Comments on: Estimating the crowd size at the Tea Party at the Capitol Mall http://www.amorian.org/2009/09/13/estimating-the-crowd-size-at-the-tea-party-at-the-capitol-mall/ The Love of Freedom Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:01:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Scott http://www.amorian.org/2009/09/13/estimating-the-crowd-size-at-the-tea-party-at-the-capitol-mall/comment-page-1/#comment-977 Scott Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:10:11 +0000 http://www.amorian.org/?p=1615#comment-977 Nice try, but you've made at least one major error, and you are disagreeing with the people who do this estimate professionally. You left out everyone beyond 3rd street. Everyone filling side streets. Everyone coming and going because there were not nearly enough porta potties. Everyone who came and went because they couldn't stay for the whole thing or they had to come late. Everyone who couldn't get in because it was too crowded (ahem). Everyone who marched and then left. I look forward to your explanation of why you didn't count the people on the other side of 3rd street. It should be interesting, especially given the number of eyewitnesses who wrote about their attendance on the other side of 3rd street. I would like to know who all those people are in the photos. Tourists maybe? There is other incidental evidence that I came across and didn't bookmark unfortunately. You can find it if you want to look for it. So I don't buy your numbers. I obviously don't think you are even close. You can pretend that it wasn't as big a deal as it was but reality is reality. Really large number of Americans are fed up with the federal government, and we want real change. There are so many people pissed off because of the way the feds and the MSM are responding and covering this major political event that there will be substantially more people there next year. You betcha there will be! Nice try, but you’ve made at least one major error, and you are disagreeing with the people who do this estimate professionally.

You left out everyone beyond 3rd street. Everyone filling side streets. Everyone coming and going because there were not nearly enough porta potties. Everyone who came and went because they couldn’t stay for the whole thing or they had to come late. Everyone who couldn’t get in because it was too crowded (ahem). Everyone who marched and then left.

I look forward to your explanation of why you didn’t count the people on the other side of 3rd street. It should be interesting, especially given the number of eyewitnesses who wrote about their attendance on the other side of 3rd street. I would like to know who all those people are in the photos. Tourists maybe?

There is other incidental evidence that I came across and didn’t bookmark unfortunately. You can find it if you want to look for it.

So I don’t buy your numbers. I obviously don’t think you are even close.

You can pretend that it wasn’t as big a deal as it was but reality is reality. Really large number of Americans are fed up with the federal government, and we want real change.

There are so many people pissed off because of the way the feds and the MSM are responding and covering this major political event that there will be substantially more people there next year. You betcha there will be!

]]> By: deathbymedia http://www.amorian.org/2009/09/13/estimating-the-crowd-size-at-the-tea-party-at-the-capitol-mall/comment-page-1/#comment-975 deathbymedia Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:48:53 +0000 http://www.amorian.org/?p=1615#comment-975 I have done my own study base on a devised stationary methodology and calculation which you can find here: http:// It's backed by visual evidence (pictures and clips) all available in the same entry, plus determining the boundaries of the rally and calculation of the final tally derived from the density of the crowd at each given block. My calculus puts the figures around 130k up to 160k. I have done my own study base on a devised stationary methodology and calculation which you can find here:

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It’s backed by visual evidence (pictures and clips) all available in the same entry, plus determining the boundaries of the rally and calculation of the final tally derived from the density of the crowd at each given block. My calculus puts the figures around 130k up to 160k.

]]> By: Scott http://www.amorian.org/2009/09/13/estimating-the-crowd-size-at-the-tea-party-at-the-capitol-mall/comment-page-1/#comment-848 Scott Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:28:06 +0000 http://www.amorian.org/?p=1615#comment-848 I don't doubt that it was much larger than the 7/4 crowds. This rally came from the same patriotic sentiments, but this rally was more than a symbolic celebration. One of the things I find surprising is the number of sorry individuals who insist that the crowd was only 60-70,000 people. I don’t doubt that it was much larger than the 7/4 crowds. This rally came from the same patriotic sentiments, but this rally was more than a symbolic celebration.

One of the things I find surprising is the number of sorry individuals who insist that the crowd was only 60-70,000 people.

]]> By: Buffalo http://www.amorian.org/2009/09/13/estimating-the-crowd-size-at-the-tea-party-at-the-capitol-mall/comment-page-1/#comment-847 Buffalo Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:08:29 +0000 http://www.amorian.org/?p=1615#comment-847 I was there and it was a significantly larger crowd than the ones I've been in for the 7/4 parade/concert/fireworks. It was also much neater. I was there and it was a significantly larger crowd than the ones I’ve been in for the 7/4 parade/concert/fireworks. It was also much neater.

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