RALLY TO RESTORE SANITY AND/OR FEAR!!!!!!! & THE CORN MAZE!!! :)

Great Sign

     So yesterday was the "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" on the National Mall. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, 2 hysterical comedians who talk about politics hosted it. President Obama and King Abdullah were just recently on Jon Stewart's show.

     Everyone was supposed to dress as people who America has taught us to hate to go to the rally. I didn't dress the radically, but I had "Lenin" written on one arm and "Stalin" on the other arm. I also had "Commi" written on one of my hands. Some people went more radical than others. 1 girl at SEGL, Rosa, dressed as Karl and another, Zoe, dressed as Marx. It was hysterical. The signs and costumes at the rally were so funny, and some pretty meaningful. I was surrounded by people who pretty much felt the same about alot of issues as I do.

Our hands! Mine says "Commi" :)

      It was crowded to the extreme! One report today says that there were 87,000 people there! The Mall was entirely filled up, you barely could move because everyone was pretty much shoulder to shoulder trying to push through the crowd. We eventually jumped a gate to get closer (don't worry, not illegal...) and we pushed our way through the crowd to get closer. Alot of people were in trees, on top of porter potties etc. just to try to see. Where we eventually were we could see some of the stage, but we could see the big jumbo screens and we could hear pretty well :). Still, we were shoulder to shoulder with everyone around us, so we made some friends :).

HUGE CROWD

 There were alot of performers. Some of them were John Legend, the O'Jays, Sheryl Crow, Kid Rock, some more, and of course Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. Stewart and Colbert were hysterical! I was on the ground cracking up at some points. Jon Stewart was the sane one and Stephen Colbert was the one spreading fear, which was really interesting. They had video montages which were SOOOO funny showing how the media spreads fear (especially FOX...just saying) and they gave out medals too. Some fear awards went out to the media stations that wouldn't let their employees go to the rally because of fear, so they gave a medal to a 7-year old girl who's more brave. They also gave a fear award to the founder of facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, for instilling fear and paranoia into everyone. He didn't come because "He cares more about his privacy than he does about yours..." -quoted from Stephen Colbert, haha.

Love this sign!

    Some sanity awards went to some baseball guy who was a good sport and a few other people.
    Jon Stewart ended the Rally on a serious but funny note. He said something that really really struck me, something that I totally believe. "The fact that America can't distinguish between a Muslim and a terrorist makes us less secure, not more."That is SOOOOOO true. Him and Stephen Colbert went back and forth about Muslims earlier, with Colbert being the devil's advocate saying that it was Muslims who attacked us so they are terrorists. Stewart replied by saying those were just a few of 1.5 BILLION Muslims in the world! I was like, "AMEN!!!!!" That is SOOO true! My roomate and I actually had a conversation about that same topic a few days ago.
     So basically the Rally was unbelievable, like Woodstock....kind of. It was actually one of the best things I've ever been to.

At the Corn Maze

     Our night was amazing too! We drove an hour and a half away to a Corn Maze in Virginia. The place was so cool, they were playing Iron Man 2, there were bonfires, pumpkin cannons (legit) and of course the Corn Mazes. The Corn Mazes were something pretty much out of the Tri-wizard tournament, I though Voldemort was going to come out and get me! lol, Harry Potter reference. There were 4 different Corn Mazes and they were all so fun, but creepy too. It was pitch black, and our group; VJ, Alex Daniels, Aarati, Arielle, and I only had a little flashlight. After our corn maze adventures, we all sat around a bonfire, ate some  french fries and played some intense "WAHHH!" (SEGL thing).
     We got back at 1am and I just passed out, it was REALLY long day. But one of the best days EVER!!! :)


MORE PICTURES FROM THE DAY:

Us at the Rally with Captain Planet

  

Me

                                 

Me with sign guy

One of the best signs of the day!

Me making friends with cool sign people.
Clearly got a little sunburnt.

Rosa and I on the Capitol Building lawn after the rally

Rosa, Zoe and I all rallied up!

Some interesting articles:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-100-best-signs-at-the-rally-to-restore-sanity

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/us-politics/8100978/Thousands-attend-Rally-to-Restore-Sanity-in-Washington.html

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-rally-to-restore-sanity-was-amazing-no-wonder-our-idiot-media-are-dissing-it-2010-10