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Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

samjamsamjam New York Posts: 9,283
edited November 2010 in All Encompassing Trip
What an incredible day! Me & 4 friends attended the rally, was so cool to be a part of something like that! Hilarious, but also meaningful! Amazing guests (The Roots, John Legend, Sheryl Crow, Kid Rock, Jeff Tweedy (from Wilco), Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Bennett, Yusuf (Cat Stevens), Mavis Staples, The O-Jays, Adam & Jamie from Mythbusters, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Daily Show correspondents) as well! So glad I Metro-ed in for the event! Anyone else go too?
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  • BinGnarlyBinGnarly Posts: 508
    I know a few friends that went but I couldnt make it. Had to work and couldnt do the 10 hour trip to DC.
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  • jmurrayjmurray Stratham, NH Posts: 3,538
    samjam wrote:
    What an incredible day! Me & 4 friends attended the rally, was so cool to be a part of something like that! Hilarious, but also meaningful! Amazing guests (The Roots, John Legend, Sheryl Crow, Kid Rock, Jeff Tweedy (from Wilco), Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Bennett, Yusuf (Cat Stevens), Mavis Staples, The O-Jays, Adam & Jamie from Mythbusters, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Daily Show correspondents) as well! So glad I Metro-ed in for the event! Anyone else go too?

    Did you bring a sign? My favorite so far is "God Hates Snuggies."
  • FrankieGFrankieG Abingdon MD Posts: 9,100
    Hell yes Sam! I went with 3 of my college friends. We had to leave at 2:!5 am to be able to catch a bus to get onto the Mall by 7 to volunteer as Giveaway people.

    Did you get a Rally Towel?! I was giving them away :D

    After we ran out of towels we got to go up to McCready's side of the VIP Section for the show cause of our volunteer shirts! :mrgreen:

    Where were you?!

    Totally awesome day! I love Stewart and he really did a great job at the rally!
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  • samjamsamjam New York Posts: 9,283
    jmurray wrote:
    samjam wrote:
    What an incredible day! Me & 4 friends attended the rally, was so cool to be a part of something like that! Hilarious, but also meaningful! Amazing guests (The Roots, John Legend, Sheryl Crow, Kid Rock, Jeff Tweedy (from Wilco), Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Bennett, Yusuf (Cat Stevens), Mavis Staples, The O-Jays, Adam & Jamie from Mythbusters, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Daily Show correspondents) as well! So glad I Metro-ed in for the event! Anyone else go too?

    Did you bring a sign? My favorite so far is "God Hates Snuggies."
    No, I wish I did!! So many of those signs were genius! Kept us very entertained waiting for the rally to begin and navigating our way back to the Metro after the rally!
    FrankieG wrote:
    Hell yes Sam! I went with 3 of my college friends. We had to leave at 2:!5 am to be able to catch a bus to get onto the Mall by 7 to volunteer as Giveaway people.

    Did you get a Rally Towel?! I was giving them away :D

    After we ran out of towels we got to go up to McCready's side of the VIP Section for the show cause of our volunteer shirts! :mrgreen:

    Where were you?!

    Totally awesome day! I love Stewart and he really did a great job at the rally!

    That's so awesome you got to not only go but volunteer! And I did indeed get a towel, its hanging up in the dorm right now! And how cool you got to go to the VIP section! To see some of those people up close would have been incredible- still in shock over the whole Cat Stevens/Ozzy Osbourne bit!! We got to the rally at about 10:30 and were standing on the right side, near 7th street. Was able to find a nice place, could see a screen very well so we were all good! I was so happily surprised with the crowd- did not encounter a single asshole who did not know the definition of personal space near me! Definitely agreed, it was such an amazing day!! So glad I could be a part of it!
    "Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
    ~not a dude~
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    2015: Global Citizen Festival
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    2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,926
    Wanted to go. Didn't make it. Watched most of it. Was slow at times and took too long to get to the point but I think Stewart did a great job in the end. His speech at the end was outstanding.

    Glad you guys had fun. Was hoping to go. Kind of happy I didn't but enjoyed watching it, hoping to get video if his final speech, hit the nail on the head in my opinion.
  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,321
    Knew someone who was going, I just kind of forgot about it. I'm not into politics from either side.
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  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 49,424
    6 billion people? jeez, i'm glad i didn't go. i'd still be sitting in traffic.
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  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,926
    The Jeagler wrote:
    6 billion people? jeez, i'm glad i didn't go. i'd still be sitting in traffic.

    not to mention, an exact representation of Americas demographics.
  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 49,424
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    The Jeagler wrote:
    6 billion people? jeez, i'm glad i didn't go. i'd still be sitting in traffic.

    not to mention, an exact representation of Americas demographics.

    pretty spot on
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  • smarcheesmarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    did you take the buses that Arianna Huffington was providing from New York ?
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  • samjamsamjam New York Posts: 9,283
    smarchee wrote:
    did you take the buses that Arianna Huffington was providing from New York ?

    Actually I go to University of Maryland, so I hopped on the Metro!
    "Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
    ~not a dude~
    2010: MSGx2
    2012: Made In America
    2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
    2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
    2015: Global Citizen Festival
    2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2
    2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
  • FrankieGFrankieG Abingdon MD Posts: 9,100
    samjam wrote:
    FrankieG wrote:
    Hell yes Sam! I went with 3 of my college friends. We had to leave at 2:!5 am to be able to catch a bus to get onto the Mall by 7 to volunteer as Giveaway people.

    Did you get a Rally Towel?! I was giving them away :D

    After we ran out of towels we got to go up to McCready's side of the VIP Section for the show cause of our volunteer shirts! :mrgreen:

    Where were you?!

    Totally awesome day! I love Stewart and he really did a great job at the rally!

    That's so awesome you got to not only go but volunteer! And I did indeed get a towel, its hanging up in the dorm right now! And how cool you got to go to the VIP section! To see some of those people up close would have been incredible- still in shock over the whole Cat Stevens/Ozzy Osbourne bit!! We got to the rally at about 10:30 and were standing on the right side, near 7th street. Was able to find a nice place, could see a screen very well so we were all good! I was so happily surprised with the crowd- did not encounter a single asshole who did not know the definition of personal space near me! Definitely agreed, it was such an amazing day!! So glad I could be a part of it!

    So glad you had a great time! I didn't see any VIPs, but I was really close haha.
    Did you take picture's?!? Mine ar here --> http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2 ... 1554104929

    Ozzy surprised me so much. I had a bet with my friend that Eddie was going to show up. I had him singing Rockin In The Free World with the Roots and everyone on stage as the final song, but he didn't show :( lol

    No assholes by me either, just a couple guys with signs in front of me :evil:
    You're so lucky that you go to school so close! I had a 4 hour trip home -_-

    but everything was definitely worth it :D
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  • rhcpjam1029rhcpjam1029 Posts: 1,981
    FrankieG wrote:


    Ozzy surprised me so much. I had a bet with my friend that Eddie was going to show up. I had him singing Rockin In The Free World with the Roots and everyone on stage as the final song, but he didn't show :( lol

    when stewart introduced "two people both from chicago" i was hoping one of them was going to be eddie...

    i had a great time at the rally as well. my college, syracuse university, was able to get a bus down to the event. we left at midnight on friday, got to d.c. at 6 am, got to the mall at 8:30, and stayed there until 3. we had a pretty good view of the stage; right behind the first barricade. it was great being a part of that. it had a really great message too.
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  • samjamsamjam New York Posts: 9,283
    FrankieG wrote:
    So glad you had a great time! I didn't see any VIPs, but I was really close haha.
    Did you take picture's?!? Mine ar here --> http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2 ... 1554104929

    Ozzy surprised me so much. I had a bet with my friend that Eddie was going to show up. I had him singing Rockin In The Free World with the Roots and everyone on stage as the final song, but he didn't show :( lol

    No assholes by me either, just a couple guys with signs in front of me :evil:
    You're so lucky that you go to school so close! I had a 4 hour trip home -_-

    but everything was definitely worth it :D

    I did take pictures but my FB is on private, so sorry everyone! But I definitely thought we had a shot at an Ed appearance, and every so often my friends would tease me and be like 'It's Eddie!' or 'When's Eddie coming on?' :)

    Will be talking about this for a long time, what a cool thing to have witnessed!


    And rhcp, so awesome you got to go, lucky Syracuse provided a bus! One of my friends really wanted to go and would have gone with me, but unfortunately her school (Albany) did not provide bus service.
    "Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
    ~not a dude~
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    2012: Made In America
    2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
    2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
    2015: Global Citizen Festival
    2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2
    2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    We went - I wrote a little about it in the Moving Train thread about it. I'll try to post a few pictures later. It was great to be there. I hope everyone's voting!
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