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For those of you who are planning on attending the ‘Rally to Restore Sanity’/'March to Keep Fear Alive’ event, there are ton of resources to help you find a ride to the event, good places to stay, even rallies that are happening in local venues all over the country for people who cannot get to the Washington D.C. event. Here’s a comprehensive list of web sites to find news and information about the events!
As you might expect, the announcement of the competing Rally to Restore Sanity and March to Keep Fear Alive caused a pretty big stir in the media. I’ve tried to round up some of the highlights for you here, although this is by no means a complete or even comprehensive collection of articles. But as a whole they seem to encompass most of the commentary — some of it sharp and perceptive, some of it ridiculous and overblown — that’s been floating around in the days since the big announcement.
According to ABC News, National Park Service spokesman Bill Line said Wednesday the organizers for the events have amended the number of people they expect on their permit application from 25,000 to 60,000.
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.