Thousands Attend Anti-Government Protest Rally In Washington D.C.

Did you mean peoples? The interesting thing about this particular rally is the lack of organization and the fact that many Americans weren't prodded to attend and simply took it upon themselves to do so. Obviously they're concerned enough about their government's direction to make the effort to fly in to D.C. from all parts of the country.

Absolutely Grace! Lincoln, FDR, Woodrow Wilson, et al. all exceeded their constitutional authority. I'd let Lincoln slide on that one though because of the dire circumstances. Wilson's presiding over the establishment of the Federal Reserve . . . JEEZ! I bet Andrew Jackson was turning over in his grave after that one. FDR's court-packing! Wow! As to Bush's wiretapping and torture . . . all that I can say is that he didn't do anything different from what most U.S. presidents condoned beginning with George Washington (as it applies to torture), and what FDR condoned as it applies to both torture and wire-tapping. Many Americans, nowadays, are well -informed and they're getting hip to some of the tricks that their government was able to pull off in days gone by. Have you seen the opinion polls re. The Congress lately? I bet that at least 60% of the protesters that attended Saturday's rally don't have a good word to say about Bush and virtually all of them don't have a good word to say about President Obama. And  all of them have nothing but utter contempt for the U.S. Congress and Senate.

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Edmund: Thanks for the info! When I wrote this story earlier today there seemed to be some confusion over the numbers that attended the rally. I saw some estimates in the million range but the NY Times reported "tens of thousands". I stuck to that figure, however I'll update it when we get a few more estimates.

The highest and most consistent estimates i have found were between 60 and 70 thousand.

Oh, and CEOs can, huh?

Graywalker: You make some good points in my opinion, especially when you said, "There are a lot of factors on economic recovery." And it is true that President Obama has only been in office for a relatively short time. But many voters nowadays have had it with politicians. And it didn't start with President Obama. Indeed, many conservatives were railing against Bush when he entered his second term, but we didn't hear too much about it. Today, voter frustrations have come to a head, and at this point  it's anyone's guess as to the outcome of the 2010 Congressional races. Traditionally, the President's party typically loses congressional seats.

You want us to pay attention, when the Demoncrats and Reaperublicans can't pay our or control our deficit spending? I find it laughable... Who isn't paying attention are the same who aren't paying period....unless its my money they use..We have been looking at this for a very long term.....as far back as when they dropped the Atomic Bombs on Japan.  Stop the culture of me.....well tell that to Obama..... If he is so intelligent why did it take him or us over 200 years to finally have a Black American as President? Frankly I have no trust or confidence in the birdbrain leaders we get stuck with......and call that a Democrat or Republic process.  I have no x-box, playstation, or whatever.....all I have is common sense.....good sense....

I really don't see what the hell his direction is. He has no game plan in Afghanistan. What is he planning on doing? Make Afghanistan the new New York State? What? Create more and more economic activity to speed up the global warming problem? He says nothing about the world and nations in controlling birth control.

China and India are case in point. These people are sick wacked out of control culture idiots humping each other and popping out baby after baby thinking there is no worry about the need for human population control.

Here we are fighting for Oil resources...while doing nothing to put a halt to the out of control birthing of nations increasing in size faster than an economy can grow...or a GDP can produce.

It is getting crazier and crazier...and the next war won't be about getting resources, but killing people simply to have a place to sit and a space to breathe.

You may think this is an exaggeration...but I am telling you if they are still fighting over land rights in Israel and Palestine for over 60 years...how can it not be real in the high populated countries like China and India.?  China has to be one of the most screwed up places on the planet, with its screwball one country two systems problems in Hong Kong, to Taiwan, to Tibet, and the continued Urumqi XinJiang riots. 

All they do is party and squander....and talk about how great they are in comparison in other countries such as China vs. America.....and they continue screwing and stealing leading the world to where? Absolutely no where. The more happy they are..the more they party and have more babies. It is a major problem.

I can see Obama's health care plan taking care of that? Totally impossible and insane. One of the greatest things that will happen with his healthcare plan is more and more people will be going to the hospitals. And guess who goes to hospitals? Thieves....targeting the sick, stealing their stuff. Crap it happened to me today.

My knee really is aching from all the work I did in carrying all the tile up to my house, carrying all the cement bags, and a truck load of sand that they dumped out front, in which I had to shovel into buckets and carry up into the house to be used in the flooring. I had a reuseable grocery bag and inside I had a large carton of yogurt and a special type of coconut...that I was bringing to my wife. Well in my agony waiting for the doctor...the chinks got their kid to play in front of me, taking away my attention, while they went into my bag and stole my special coconut. I am really astounded that these people will steal from me in the hospital.. Low life SOB's..I think......

I guess after this happened I realized how insecure Hospitals are. There are no security cameras to watch for thieves...or to think if a Chinese security guard would give a crap if he saw another Chinese stealing stuff out of a foreigners bag. You know there are a multitude of things that happen in hospitals that are not taken toward established security. Nurses that steal drugs, or dilute drugs. Or you buy drugs and they don't give them to me...but to another patient...while saying my problem needs to seek further treatment so they can suck more money out of me... It is a major f-job if you ask me.....What to do?  And to think going back to the US would be any different?

My life has to be the most insecure senseless body of bones on the planet....and we are pandemic on sending our military into other countries to kill people to bring them our madness of unresolved hope of insecurity?  Maybe this is insanity.... Hope you are paying attention here.

Really I'm a man without a country. What would you do? If you really believe in God, and you know the US government did 911 killing fellow Americans, blaming foreigners to wage war, how does it make sense to stay in the USA? You never come clean from the corrupt system. You have to work and pay taxes to the War machine. To come to China, and go through the suffering in not understanding a word anyone says for a number of years. If that is not torture I think waterboarding might be a dip in the pool for me to say the least. Then we listen to a New Hope from Obama the first Black Presidental Candidate who says he will end the war...and do the right things....to get no more of his talk on campaign promises...but a silent guy...who really is and appears to be reneging on his promises....becoming the promised change is nothing but another lie.

God I firmly believes in suffering...more than being on our side to make things right. Case in point is Patrick Swazye who just passed away.....And to think his passing will be a positive note for the Obama Healthcare plan...because the Private Companies failed to find a cure to pancreatic cancer?  And it is the Private Companies who claim to carry the torch for research...

God Bless Patrick.

Rev. Jermano

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