The Rally to Restore Sanity was, I must say, a little insane.

Look I have no real idea of how big Glenn Beck's rally was, you my be surprised to learn I did not attend.  However THIS rally was.....GINORMOUS!

I am notorious for not being able to estimate crowd size, but the number that was thrown out during the rally was 150,000 and  I would not doubt it one little bit.

The crowd, which was so closely packed together that I think many of us would be considered legally married in several states along the Bible Belt, was made up of both young and old, white and brown, progressive and liberal, coke AND Pepsi drinkers, and.....well you get the idea. 

I arrived before nine in the morning, and ALREADY there were several thousands of people in attendance.  And that crowd continued to grow until it reached from East Seaton park to the Washington Monumnet.


So just imagine that entire  greenbelt filled in with socialists and fascists and you will have some idea of the crowd size.

My original plan was to tweet pictures and update, but there was NO cell phone reception  and no wi-fi service to use my laptop in order to do any blogging.

I did however get a few pictures.

Here are the people already arriving at 9:00 in the morning.
 

Here is some idea of how big the crowd was.  It extended much further in the other direction.

There were lots of great signs but this was one of my favorites.
 

All in ll it was a great deal of fun and I am glad I was able to attend.

 

I know that some people may have been expecting something different, perhaps more radical, but for me this was just the dose of fun filled sanity that I was looking for.

 

And not only that but I was treated to free concert that featured  John Legend, Yusuf (Cat Stevens), Kid Rock, Sheryl Crow, and many other talented musicians and singers. As my mother would say, can't beat that with  stick!