--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <do.rf...@...> wrote: > > Mike Dixon was duped into believing: > > > We'll be back, again and again, bigger and stronger. > > > Up to two million march to US Capitol to protest against > > Obama's spending in 'tea-party' demonstration > > Bananas. > > ABC News - Conservative activists, who organized a march > on the U.S. Capitol today in protest of the Obama > administration's health care agenda and government > spending, erroneously attributed reports on the size of > the crowds to ABC News. <snip> > At no time did ABC News, or its affiliates, report a number > anywhere near as large. ABCNews.com reported an approximate > figure of 60,000 to 70,000 protesters, attributed to the > Washington, D.C., fire department.
On a lefty blog reporting this cock-up, one commenter noted: "The problem was with the unit of measurement. They meant to report that there were 2 million pounds of protesters present." And another commenter responded: "I hate to squander the great potential of wingnut weight jokes, but 2 million pounds divided by 70,000 wingnuts comes out to 28.5 pounds per wingnut."
