Showing posts with label Glenn Beck. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Glenn Beck. Show all posts

Monday, October 4, 2010

Rally time!


(Note: the big crowd is from the 8/28 rally, not this weekend's. Photo via Directorblue)

This weekend saw thousands of self-described Marxists, progressives, Democrats, socialists and other left-leaners descend on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for a counter-rally: the One Nation rally.

What were they rallying against? Well, Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally, for one (as well as Tea Partiers, Republicans and other folks across the aisle). Beck held a rally in the same space last month that drew several hundred thousand people. In the photo comparisons above, you can clearly see that the One Nation even barely registers in comparison.

In addition, no one was paid to attend the "Restoring Honor" event. The "One Nation" rally, however, had its attendance numbers boosted by various unions and special interest groups who paid for members to participate and bussed in thousands of people. In some cases, kids were given class credit to attend. (h/t: Gateway Pundit)


Bonus: The folks over at Big Journalism have a nice post-event piece: "More Trash at One Sparsely Attended Left Wing Rally Than at All the Tea Parties Around the Country in a Year and a Half." The photo below is one of several they've posted.


Bonus-bonus: Most left-leaning protests I've covered usually include groups dedicated to socialism/Marxism. It's something the mainstream media usually avoids reporting on (like the crazy relative up in the attic?). The groups were out in full-force on Saturday.



Late add: Souvenirs from the One Nation rally. A sampling of "items"/trash left behind...(h/t: Daily Caller)

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Free speech for me...

but not for thee...

Not everyone signed-on with Glenn Beck's big rally in Washington, D.C., this past weekend but few expressed their opposition quite like Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (who happens to be an elected official sworn to protect the federal and state constitutions...which happen to include freedom of speech, worship, assembly, association, etc., as key pillars).

The big rally...

A tip o' the hat to the highly esteemed HotAir blog for posting this:

And you thought that a libtalker declaring a public space too sacred for God would be the dumbest quote from the Left on the Restoring Honor rally hosted by Glenn Beck. Michael Graham from Boston’s WTKK posts a clip of Governor Deval Patrick responding to a question about the rally by noting first that it’s a free country — and then that he’s not terribly happy about that, either:



So much for those pesky rights, eh?