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The answer to the above question is… yes and no. Yes, they are real in the sense that there will be a gathering of people in Washington, D.C. on October 30th, assuming that the permit for the event is approved. As MsInterpreted blogged yesterday, an application was submitted to the National Parks Department on September [...]
Some of you may have noticed in a few of our earlier linked articles that this long awaited announcement has a bit of a caveat: the National Park Service has not yet aproved the application for this combined Rally to Restore Sanity and March to Keep Fear Alive. We thought you’d want the latest info on that; here’s what we’re seeing from The Washington Post‘s TV Column (emphasis mine):
EPISODE NUMBER: 6117 (September 16, 2010)
GUESTS: Lawrence O’Donnell
SEGMENTS: Announcement of the March to Keep Fear Alive, ThreatDown
VIDEOS: Thursday, September 16, 2010
Who: Jon Stewart. Stephen Colbert. Reasonable people. And not.
What: (Rally to Restore Sanity) and (March to Keep Fear Alive)
When: 10/30/2010
Where: The National Mall in Washington, D.C.