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Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

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Hanging in DC after the Rally

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In front of the White House on the way to the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
In front of the White House on the way to the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
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In front of the White House on the way to the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
In front of the White House on the way to the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
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At the Georgetown cupcake shop. Forget the name, but the cupcakes were great!
At the Georgetown cupcake shop. Forget the name, but the cupcakes were great!
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Sarah K. Robbins in front of The Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University
Sarah K. Robbins in front of The Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University
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Sarah K. Robbins and Ruth T. Albin at the LIME Study Hall.
Sarah K. Robbins and Ruth T. Albin at the LIME Study Hall.
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Sarah K. Robbins at the LIME Study Hall.
Sarah K. Robbins at the LIME Study Hall.
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The Marine Corp Marathon was going on the day after the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.
The Marine Corp Marathon was going on the day after the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.
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Sarah K. Robbins and Steve Albin in front of Madison Hall.
Sarah K. Robbins and Steve Albin in front of Madison Hall.

We traveled down to Washington DC to visit our niece, Sarah, and take in the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. We had no idea what to expect at the Rally but in the end we thoroughly enjoyed it. It kept getting referred to as a political rally in the news media, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Maybe the reason the media hadn’t a clue is the same reason that causes Stewart and Colbert to send them up constantly. The Rally, as advertised, was simply a celebration of moderation. For the most part, the crowd got it. There were only a very few political hacks trying to horn in, and even they were reasonable.

The press can hold its magnifying glass up to our problems, bringing them into focus, illuminating issues heretofore unseen. Or they can use that magnifying glass to light ants on fire. And then perhaps host a week of shows on the sudden, unexpected, dangerous flaming ants epidemic. If we amplify everything, we hear nothing.

Jon Stewart, at the closing of the Rally

Satellite photo of Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
This image of the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on October 30th, 2010 was collected by the GeoEye-1 satellite. It shows the far eastern end of Washington’s National Mall. At the top of the image is the National Gallery of Art. At the right of the image is the stage for Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.

 

 

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