# Anyone going to the 10-2-10 rally in DC? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 27, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-going-to-the-10-2-10-rally-in-dc/555180 "2010-09-27T03:21:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-going-to-the-10-2-10-rally-in-dc/555180/1 "2010-09-27T03:21:17Z")
I am trying to get a ride, some guys in Indianapolis said they are looking into renting a bus. Hopefully I can go with them, because I really want to be there for this event. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-going-to-the-10-2-10-rally-in-dc/555180/2 "2010-09-27T07:29:59Z")
I had no idea what you were talking about. I assume you mean [this](http://www.onenationworkingtogether.org/pages/mission). First I have even heard of it was Googling it in response to your thread. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-going-to-the-10-2-10-rally-in-dc/555180/3 "2010-09-27T14:11:32Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > I had no idea what you were talking about. > I assume you mean [this](http://www.onenationworkingtogether.org/pages/mission). > First I have even heard of it was Googling it in response to your thread. Is that a no? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-going-to-the-10-2-10-rally-in-dc/555180/4 "2010-09-27T17:00:07Z")
Even if I was in sympathy with the organizations organizing the thing (which I am not - Code Pink in particular disgusts me) weekends are reserved for my family. But hey, have fun. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-going-to-the-10-2-10-rally-in-dc/555180/5 "2010-09-27T18:57:00Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > I had no idea what you were talking about. > I assume you mean [this](http://www.onenationworkingtogether.org/pages/mission). > First I have even heard of it was Googling it in response to your thread. I live in DC and I hadn’t heard of this, either. Just doing some googling, I can’t seem to find out what the march is about, other than “putting America back to work and pulling America back together,” and to “to demonstrate our re-commitment to change.” So no, I will not be attending, but I’m curious as to what the event is actually about. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-going-to-the-10-2-10-rally-in-dc/555180/6 "2010-09-27T19:06:23Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Is that a no? Just my HO, I think it’s more of a “What are you talking about?” than a “no”. I think I’ll wait for the 10-30-10 rally, since the autumn calendar seems to be cluttered with the things. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-going-to-the-10-2-10-rally-in-dc/555180/7 "2010-09-27T19:14:12Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I think I’ll wait for the 10-30-10 rally, since the autumn calendar seems to be cluttered with the things. I’ve been doing a little reading about DC’s tourism (very little reading), but what I’ve read makes the cynical part of my brain think all these rallies are just a push by the tourism board to keep money coming into DC in the off-season. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-going-to-the-10-2-10-rally-in-dc/555180/8 "2010-09-27T20:22:30Z")
It’ll be interesting to see how the liberal MSM spins the attendance sizes on this really. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-going-to-the-10-2-10-rally-in-dc/555180/9 "2010-09-27T20:30:18Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > It’ll be interesting to see how the liberal MSM spins the attendance sizes on this really. If they take their cues from FOX News it’ll be an absolute blowout. But they probably won’t, and will report the actual numbers, as meager as they probably will be. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-going-to-the-10-2-10-rally-in-dc/555180/10 "2010-09-27T20:40:17Z")
> [@](#): > > We march for a clean environment, so no child is ever forced to decide between drinking the water or breathing the air and staying healthy. “Well, what’ll it be, kid? Water? Or AIR?! Choose! Choose now!” ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-going-to-the-10-2-10-rally-in-dc/555180/11 "2010-09-27T22:18:37Z")
Wow, that’s gotta be the worst-publicized event I’ve ever actually noticed. Even the migrant farm worker rallies get press. I live next to DC and know many activists with a variety of causes (some slept over at my house this weekend) and I’ve never heard of this. I hope no money’s been spent on this at all, because if so, someone was defrauded. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-going-to-the-10-2-10-rally-in-dc/555180/12 "2010-09-27T23:32:55Z")
> [@Mr.Moto](#): > > Even if I was in sympathy with the organizations organizing the thing (which I am not - Code Pink in particular disgusts me) weekends are reserved for my family. > > But hey, have fun. What’s Code Pink? And to the question in the OP, this is the Jon Stewart thing? I only know about it cause there’s a big thread in Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-going-to-the-10-2-10-rally-in-dc/555180/13 "2010-09-28T13:49:31Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > > [@Mr.Moto](#): > > > > Even if I was in sympathy with the organizations organizing the thing (which I am not - Code Pink in particular disgusts me) weekends are reserved for my family. > > > > But hey, have fun. > > What’s Code Pink? [Shrill harpies.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Pink) I don’t have a problem with most antiwar protesters apart from simple disagreement, but I have a real problem with them. They would protest outside of Walter Reed, with coffin effigies. They would taunt busloads of patients heading in and out, many of whom had a ton of survivor’s guilt. I can’t respect that at all. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-going-to-the-10-2-10-rally-in-dc/555180/14 "2010-09-28T15:43:58Z")
Also, last Halloween when President Obama hosted a costume party for military families, these idiots showed up to protest - they dressed up as “ghost soldiers” and taunted the sons and daughters of servicemembers as they went into the White House. [Link.](http://www.codepinkalert.org/article.php?id=5147) [Link 2.](http://blogs.reuters.com/gbu/2009/11/02/taunting-children/) ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-going-to-the-10-2-10-rally-in-dc/555180/15 "2010-09-28T15:48:47Z")
[WaPo](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/28/AR2010092801263.html?wprss=rss_metro/dc) has an article today announcing the festivities. It seems that it includes “four hours of speeches, singing, and spoken-word poems.” As a liberal, I’m taking a pass. Spoken-word… (shudder) ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-going-to-the-10-2-10-rally-in-dc/555180/16 "2010-09-28T15:57:54Z")
I’m going to Stewart’s rally because it’s a rally for people who don’t like rallies. This appears to be a rally for people who like rallies. Ew. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-going-to-the-10-2-10-rally-in-dc/555180/17 "2010-09-28T16:41:45Z")
> [@](#): > > We march to create a million new jobs right away, because the national values that got us out of the Great Depression will get us out of the Great Recession. After all this, and it turns out that all we needed to create jobs was a march. Imagine that. And this - > [@](#): > > We are students and newly-returned veterans – persevering in the face of mounting debt – determined not to be the first generation to end up worse off than our parents. in light of a trillion and a half dollars in deficit spending a year, ventures into the territory of the ironic. Perhaps Obama will show up to condemn the evil war criminals who do wiretaps, detain people at Gitmo, and issue “Wanted: Dead or Alive” notices against US citizens. Or maybe not. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-going-to-the-10-2-10-rally-in-dc/555180/18 "2010-09-28T17:07:51Z")
Well, maybe it will get some bus drivers and Sharpie marker sellers back to work. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-going-to-the-10-2-10-rally-in-dc/555180/19 "2010-09-28T18:28:20Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > We march to create a million new jobs right away, because the national values that got us out of the Great Depression will get us out of the Great Recession. > > After all this, and it turns out that all we needed to create jobs was a march. Imagine that. > > And this - > > > [@](#): > > > > We are students and newly-returned veterans – persevering in the face of mounting debt – determined not to be the first generation to end up worse off than our parents. > > in light of a trillion and a half dollars in deficit spending a year, ventures into the territory of the ironic. > > Perhaps Obama will show up to condemn the evil war criminals who do wiretaps, detain people at Gitmo, and issue “Wanted: Dead or Alive” notices against US citizens. Or maybe not. > > Regards, > Shodan This message has been brought to you by the Republican Party, deeply committed to fiscal responsibility and civil liberties since January 2009. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-going-to-the-10-2-10-rally-in-dc/555180/20 "2010-09-28T18:58:47Z")
How long have the Democrats been committed to them? Seems to me that both parties only get pious while pointing at the whore. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-going-to-the-10-2-10-rally-in-dc/555180.md?page=2)