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Old 01-20-2009, 10:30 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by pshrynk View Post
Now, there are an estimated five billion people joining me in watching this moment. 5,000,000,000. That's a lot of zeros. I have this congnitive dissonance of feeling very very small, and very very immense all at the same time.
Given that the Obama campaign lied about the number of people who might show up for the inauguration, I don't beleive this one either.

I've repeatedly heard predictions of 5 million people on the Mall during the inauguration. That is flatly impossible. According to the Capitol Police, the largest number possible is 1.5 million, and it would require everyone standing shoulder to shoulder.
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