[FORUM MEET] Comedy Central Rally, Washington DC
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Topic: [FORUM MEET] Comedy Central Rally, Washington DC
Posted By: Snake6
Subject: [FORUM MEET] Comedy Central Rally, Washington DC
Date Posted: 18 September 2010 at 2:21pm
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Sincesome of us have decided to go to this thing, I figured I would branch this off into its own thread with travel and meeting info.Thread will be updated as certain details are worked out. Dates: Friday, Oct 29; Saturday, Oct 30th. Recommended Hotel: TBA(depends on what type of prices I can get from priceline, I have stayed in the Hyatt Regency Crystal City before for less than $70 a night, so I am leaning towards that: http://www.crystalcity.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp - http://www.crystalcity.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp Meeting Point and Time for Friday: TBA Plan of stuff to do: TBA Meeting Point and Time for Saturday: TBA Plan of stuff to do: TBA(I want to go bar hopping again after the rally) List of attendees: Confirmed: Snake Possible: High Voltage jmac3 tallen702 benji Post here if you plan on coming, and I will add your name to the list under either confirmed or possible. Also feel free to post ideas for activities and hotels. ------------- 
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 18 September 2010 at 2:53pm
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I'll be around most likely. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: God
Date Posted: 18 September 2010 at 2:56pm
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snake6, Oh, hah, you meant this thread.... We will see how it does on its own staying up on the front page. Man, this would be awesome to go to but for me it isnt going to happen. For those that saw this thread locked for a second, I apologizes, it was an accident. For some reason my phone caused me to press the wrong button. I meant to sticky the thread. I opted to sticky the thread for now until the event since there is some legit interest, plus snake was nice enough to ask for peermisssion, first. Enjoy, folks. The sticky czar can overrule me if he so chooses. |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 18 September 2010 at 3:24pm
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I'd love to go. I'll try to see how much cash I can save up. -------------  irc.esper.net #paintball |
Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 18 September 2010 at 6:11pm
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I want to go definitely. I know now gas isn't all that much so it is a possibility. ------------- Que pasa? 
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Posted By: oldsoldier
Date Posted: 18 September 2010 at 7:09pm
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I can't believe that all you kooks are going to a rally. Blinded by some calling, or political belief, weighing in on a far corner of politics, the hyprocracy of it all. Too many of you are falling for the Comedy (there is a metaphor)Channels slant on real news, again the hyprocracy. Next you will be carrying signs and pretending you are a real political force, the insanity of having a belief or faith in anything anymore.
It shows again the hyprocracy here, Glenn Beck entertainer=nutjob, Comedy Centrals nutjobs are meaningfull. Jeeze what has America come to. Please understand the message before comment..... ------------- 
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Posted By: DaveEllis
Date Posted: 18 September 2010 at 7:25pm
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oldsoldier wrote:Posted By: __sneaky__
Date Posted: 18 September 2010 at 8:11pm
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I'd go if I lived closer to DC ------------- "I AM a crossdresser." -Reb Cpl Forum Vice President RIP T&O Forum |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 18 September 2010 at 8:50pm
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Wait... I'm sorry, does OS think that any of us are going to see this for a political reason? Because I'm simply going due to the fact that it'll be a chance to see John Stewart and Stephen Colbert in person. The only message that will be sent is that those two comedy goldmines have larger audiences than any of the politically motivated whack-jobs on either side of the cable news aisle.
I can't tell you how many times John Stewart has reminded the nation that he's not a news anchor and that the Daily Show is a parody. If you think any of us take what we see there seriously, then you've proven yourself to be the exact kind of nutjob you were just preaching against in your post. Talk about hypocrisy..... Oh, and Snake. If you didn't see the earlier post, I'm not going to have a restaurant that will be open by the 30th. I'll be getting ready to open my new one which is 45min from DC. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: GroupB
Date Posted: 18 September 2010 at 9:04pm
LOL Obviously you missed Stewart's announcement. Here ya go, worth a watch. |
Posted By: oldsoldier
Date Posted: 18 September 2010 at 9:11pm
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No I know it is not for political reasons, but if I mentioned I was going to the Beck event your conclusions would have been?
Enterttainment is where you find it, and I love reading Becks books. -------------
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Posted By: GroupB
Date Posted: 18 September 2010 at 9:13pm
| The difference is that Beck is completely serious. Stewart and Colbert are satire. |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 18 September 2010 at 9:17pm
QFT. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 18 September 2010 at 9:25pm
USAF went to see the Beck/Palin rally, but I don't think he's a nut job (well, not for that reason at least...) However, he refrains from spewing the rhetoric that you do. See, people's opinions of others are often formed from a mishmash of factors. If person A spews anti-obama, anti-bailout, pro-Palin rhetoric which mirrors that of Beck or O'Reilly and also attends a Beck rally, then yes, I'd assume that he was fringe right. If someone simply went to the Beck rally without spewing such rhetoric, then no, I would not assume that he was a right-wing nut job. The same can be said of any situation. Do you have people who are anti-Republican, anti-war, pro-Obama, "where's my free money" whack jobs attending anti-war rallies and whatnot? Yes, and because of the combined stances they have, can you rightfully assume that they are on the fringe left? Of course. But can you assume that anyone attending an anti-war rally is a fringe-left nut-case? No. They may simply not want our country involved in a war. So, the lesson here is that if you paint with too broad a brush, of course the results will be slanted, but if you take into account the multiple actions a person takes, and the beliefs that they hold, you can narrow the picture down much further. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 18 September 2010 at 9:54pm
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Sticky stands, as long as the political bullcrap goes away and the original intention of the thread comes back to life. We'll not have a political crapfest stickied on these boards.
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Posted By: GroupB
Date Posted: 18 September 2010 at 9:55pm
| That being, said, I am going to check my schedule and see if I can make it. |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 18 September 2010 at 10:36pm
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Post updated.
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 19 September 2010 at 1:04am
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I've got two bedrooms and an extra air mattress for those on a shoestring budget. Erin and I are moving Oct. 1st to within a 2 mile walk to the Huntington Metro station. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: PaiNTbALLfReNzY
Date Posted: 19 September 2010 at 1:29am
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Wish I still lived in Dahlgren so I could visit. Hope you guys get a good turn out.
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Posted By: __sneaky__
Date Posted: 19 September 2010 at 7:00pm
------------- "I AM a crossdresser." -Reb Cpl Forum Vice President RIP T&O Forum |
Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 19 September 2010 at 9:25pm
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il come up from the beach area if anyone wants to split gas. im partail to the marriott though. ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 19 September 2010 at 9:30pm
You could ride with me if you want to stop by richmond first(kind of have to anyways). Marriott is good, but its not $55 a night good. -------------
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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 20 September 2010 at 8:00pm
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Superglue applied, oh yeah.
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 20 September 2010 at 9:05pm
$55 is night is bad? Are hotels in Canada just extremely overpriced? ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 20 September 2010 at 9:14pm
And here I was thinking you didn't care.  ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 20 September 2010 at 9:51pm
$55 a night is extremely good for Washington DC in an upscale hotel. -------------
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Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 21 September 2010 at 3:13pm
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Carl I think he was saying the Marriott is considerably more expensive than $55 a night. It is worded strange and you read it wrong me thinks. ------------- Que pasa?
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 21 September 2010 at 4:51pm
Probably. That is worded strangely. ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 21 September 2010 at 5:10pm
| So who wants to pool money to get me a ticket? |
Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 21 September 2010 at 5:20pm
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If I didnt have class id be down. I just cant get the time off to go =( ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 21 September 2010 at 6:22pm
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My twin brother will be there. He's staying at American University though. ------------- BU Engineering 2012 |
Posted By: FreeEnterprise
Date Posted: 22 September 2010 at 1:20pm
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interesting thoughts on the event...
http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/checker.aspx?v=hdkUkUSU4z - http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/checker.aspx?v=hdkUkUSU4z
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Posted By: Gatyr
Date Posted: 22 September 2010 at 1:32pm
I'd report you if I was a more petty person. ------------- 
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Posted By: Tical3.0
Date Posted: 22 September 2010 at 1:57pm
Im petty as hell REPORTED! ------------- I ♣ hippies. |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 22 September 2010 at 3:16pm
You misunderstood. The big bald guy with prison tattoos didn't say "petty," he said "pretty." ------------- 
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Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 22 September 2010 at 5:45pm
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Lol. That gregalogue crap is hilarious. That guy is not entertaining. People watch that? Why is Fox News wasting time on a comedian anyway? haha. "It looks like old fashioned show biz" Oh really? I wasn't aware that Colbert and Stewart are comedians with shows on Comedy Central. ------------- Que pasa?
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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 22 September 2010 at 6:16pm
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John Stewart had me rolling last night. http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/tue-september-21-2010-sigourney-weaver - http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/tue-september-21-2010-sigourney-weaver ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: jerseypaint
Date Posted: 23 September 2010 at 10:04pm
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Anyone from D.C. or Maryland know where me and my friends will be able to easily take a bus/train/subway into D.C. since we don't want to have to deal with actually driving into D.C during the rallies. We're just looking to drive to a town around D.C. and take public transportation from there. ------------- 
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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 24 September 2010 at 7:08am
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Which way are you coming from? If comming from VA, your best bet is to get on the metro at Franconia/Springfield. If coming from Maryland you could try Shady Grove.
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 24 September 2010 at 10:31am
Shady Grove.... no thanks. If from the MD side, go Greenbelt, people there are less inclined to get all stabby. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: jerseypaint
Date Posted: 25 September 2010 at 5:58pm
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Well, I guess Greenbelt it is then. Mucho gracias. -------------
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Posted By: GroupB
Date Posted: 26 September 2010 at 11:21pm
| There's a group from indy taking a charter bus for $100. Anyone need a hotel room mate? |
Posted By: jerseypaint
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 7:22pm
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Hmm, seems like the Huffington Post is offering free bus transportation. Woot. -------------
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Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 13 October 2010 at 2:46am
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Not gonna make it. All available funds are being saved for moving. Appears they will air it live on Comedy Central, win. ------------- 
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Posted By: God
Date Posted: 14 October 2010 at 7:29pm
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Foreclosure, got you too?
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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 15 October 2010 at 8:48am
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AI think hes moving into a bigger apartment or some **edited**. I will get more travel details up for those of you who are still going soon (TM). Real life has been insane for me lately.
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Posted By: jerseypaint
Date Posted: 20 October 2010 at 12:24am
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Well I'm definitely going, and with a small group of friends. Anyone else attending? -------------
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Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 25 October 2010 at 10:51pm
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i should be in the area for a meet, what are we doing and whos going to be there for sure? ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 28 October 2010 at 10:21pm
I should be there. Booking a hotel now. Unless **edited** hit sthe fan tonight, we should be good. I figure best bet is to meet at a metro station on Saturday. I will wear my PBC T-shirt or a brown fleece for easy recognition. I figure the best place to meet at will be the Federal Triangle stop at about 1100. We can figure out what to do from there. I will be going up friday night after work so if you guys are going to be up there and want to hit the bars PM me tonight or tomorrow before 2000, and we will arrange a meet point and swap cell phone numbers. -------------
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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 29 October 2010 at 9:15am
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Quick update while I'm sitting here at work. I will get into the city at around 7 or so, gonna stop by a friends house and then head out to rocket bar in chinatown. If anyone wants to meet there, let me know. -------------
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Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 29 October 2010 at 11:18am
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i have to work so i wont be able to make it till late saturday night. ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: Gatyr
Date Posted: 29 October 2010 at 10:44pm
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I genuinely envy and hate anyone going there. I hope they do this another time in the future so that I can attend a rally like this one.
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Posted By: jerseypaint
Date Posted: 30 October 2010 at 10:14am
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If anyone sees a kid dressed as indiana jones, like hat and leather jacket, im the dude that with him. -------------
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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 30 October 2010 at 10:27pm
lol I saw some chick dressed as Indiana Jones last night at the bar. -------------
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Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 31 October 2010 at 10:33pm
Also, unless you're updating us with pictures and stories, let's unsticky. It's taking up my pixels. ------------- 
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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 31 October 2010 at 11:23pm
I only got a couple of pictures since my phone died in the middle of it. -------------
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 01 November 2010 at 1:19am
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Sorry this didn't materialize for me. Store opening was tonight (Sunday) and I've been pulling 17 hour days in preparation for it. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: jerseypaint
Date Posted: 01 November 2010 at 1:43am
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My phone was near dead so I wasn't able to take photos. Sucks because I wanted a picture of a kid with the sign "The Game: You just lost it", as well as a handful of other ones that had me laughing aloud.
But the rally was amazing. The only downer was my friend had me waiting 30mins for him at his house so we got to the Huffington Post Buses much later then I had hoped for. This made it so we were on the last buses out and we didn't get to the rally until about 2pm. But I did manage to get a great view of the last hour in front of one of the giant TVs and speakers forward from the main stage. -------------
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Posted By: The Reaper
Date Posted: 03 November 2010 at 3:13pm
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event recap... Tippmann mods stickied this for how long?... And NO ONE met up with anyone there?
Classic...
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Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 03 November 2010 at 4:02pm
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Oh God, the mods have a liberal bias! My brother was there. Says partying it up was fun, and the bands were good. But I'm not sure it was actually a political event. ------------- BU Engineering 2012 |
Posted By: jerseypaint
Date Posted: 03 November 2010 at 6:19pm
Yes. The rally was full of uninformed, thieving, angry moderates. 215k of them. -------------
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Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 03 November 2010 at 6:45pm
I was going to go, but I spent far too much money on vacation the weekend before. Also, that guy got "assaulted" for making fun of the guy because of the passport thing. The black guy was an idiot, but still. ------------- Que pasa?
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