Conservative
Type 40
Dead Movement Walking? I don't think so. Thought I might give a little update.
Occupy Congress on Jan.17
Not to mention the on-going supporting of people fighting evictions from their homes.
HOLY CRAP! 50 of 'em? WOW, that's impressive.Last week, some 50 marchers arrived at McPherson Square from New York and then marched on the Capitol.
um...Protesters say they hope to set up 1 million tents in front of the Capitol.
the average 2 person tent is 5x7, or 35 sq. ft.
multiply that by 1,000,000 tents, you get 35 million sq ft. (1.25 sq. miles)
that's about 800 plus acres, with no room between tents...each tent touching all the tents around it.
if you only double it to allow for space around the tents, you have 1600 acres (2.5 sq. miles).
I do not believe there is a single contiguous place in DC that large, which is open space and could hold that many tents. All this assumes 2 man tents. Larger tents would obviously increase space requirements.
I'm going out on a limb and say they get nowhere near 1,000,000 tents of ANY kind.