http://www.healthcarebs.com/2009/09/13/dc-protests-the-party-line/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:44:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2009/09/13/dc-protests-the-party-line/#comment-447655 Phillip Ley Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:11:50 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2009/09/13/dc-protests-the-party-line/#comment-447655 Four-fifths of the Mall was full, with the crowd being kept from the final section by the Washington Monument by the previously scheduled Black Family Reunion. The crowd was very respectful, well-behaved and, for the most part, CLEAN. The crowd was made up largely of average, everyday people Four-fifths of the Mall was full, with the crowd being kept from the final section by the Washington Monument by the previously scheduled Black Family Reunion. The crowd was very respectful, well-behaved and, for the most part, CLEAN. The crowd was made up largely of average, everyday people

]]> http://www.healthcarebs.com/2009/09/13/dc-protests-the-party-line/#comment-447654 Phillip Ley Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:09:46 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2009/09/13/dc-protests-the-party-line/#comment-447654 I was the Event Medical Treatment Coordinator for the 912 March on DC yesterday. Using USA Today's diagram to estimate crowd size, and from actually marching, having a first aid station set up on the west side of the reflecting pool, I believe that an estimate of 1.2 million in attendance would be a CONSERVATIVE one, and that estimates between 1.5 and 2 million would be believable. I was the Event Medical Treatment Coordinator for the 912 March on DC yesterday. Using USA Today’s diagram to estimate crowd size, and from actually marching, having a first aid station set up on the west side of the reflecting pool, I believe that an estimate of 1.2 million in attendance would be a CONSERVATIVE one, and that estimates between 1.5 and 2 million would be believable.

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