My photos from the Boston Health Care Rally today (dial-up warning)

[Ian David]

For those of you who could not make it to a rally today, please K&R in Solitarity. http://wikiality.wikia.com/Solitarity

Final count was 3,500 Real Americans protesting in favor of Single-Payer, or The Public Option in Boston, Massachusetts.

The following photos were posted live on my Twitter feed as the event unfolded:



Outside Park Street Station #hcr http://mypict.me/yRAEabout 11 hours ago from UberTwitter


Thousands. We have THOUSANDS of people. #hcr #boston http://mypict.me/yRH8



THOUSANDS #hcr #boston http://mypict.me/yRMfabout 11 hours ago from UberTwitter


(Official count is 3,500)

#boston #hcr Crowd still growing http://mypict.me/yRX2about 11 hours ago from UberTwitter


#boston #hcr http://mypict.me/yS1Fabout 11 hours ago from UberTwitter



#Boston #hcr http://mypict.me/yS5Yabout 11 hours ago from UberTwitter



#Boston #hcr http://mypict.me/ySayabout 11 hours ago from UberTwitter


#hcr #boston http://mypict.me/ySmgabout 11 hours ago from UberTwitter



THOUSANDS of people at #Boston #hcr Hey, #iamthemob- SUCK IT! http://mypict.me/ySrJ



Finally decided what to write on my sign. #Boston #HCR http://mypict.me/ySK9



We have 3,500 peole in #Boston #hcrabout 10 hours ago from UberTwitter


Got drafted to make these. Meanwhile, someone took my sign. #hcr #boston http://mypict.me/yTjf


#Boston #hcr http://mypict.me/yTxBabout 10 hours ago from UberTwitter



That is Rep. Stepheb Lynch on stage, not just some other guy who looks like #Beaker from The #Muppets. #hcr #Boston http://mypict.me/yTV8

About 3,500 people just shouted-down Rep. Stephen Lynch with chants of, "Public Option! Public Option!

And now we march! #hcr #Boston http://mypict.me/yTZNabout 10 hours ago from UberTwitter



#SamYoon #Boston #hcr http://mypict.me/yU71about 10 hours ago from UberTwitter



#Boston #hcr http://mypict.me/yUALabout 10 hours ago from UberTwitter



#Boston #hcr #march http://mypict.me/yULiabout 9 hours ago from UberTwitter



Hey, why don't we take this march into the lobby of #LibertyMutual right around the corner!? #hcr #boston #seiuabout 9 hours ago from UberTwitter


Fuckin' #Geico is flying an ad banner over the #HCR march in #Boston. http://mypict.me/yUYU



Old dude that has been trying to pick up college girls on the train by giving them communist newspapers is here. Wow, he's OLD.about 9 hours ago from UberTwitter
(That same guy has been using that schtick since I was in college myself in the 1990s).


Here we are at Crane, Poole and Schmidt. #hcr #Boston http://mypict.me/yV9Cabout 9 hours ago from UberTwitter



#hcr #Boston http://mypict.me/yVezabout 9 hours ago from UberTwitter



#Boston #hcr Now at Copley Plaza http://mypict.me/yVl7about 9 hours ago from UberTwitter



#Boston #Hcr http://mypict.me/yVouabout 9 hours ago from UberTwitter



#boston #hcr rally has marching band http://mypict.me/yVuZabout 9 hours ago from UberTwitter


#Boston #hcr #noWEarethemob http://mypict.me/yVAvabout 9 hours ago from UberTwitter



#boston #hcr http://mypict.me/yVFaabout 9 hours ago from UberTwitter



#boston #hct http://mypict.me/yVJXabout 9 hours ago from UberTwitter



#Jesus wouldn't deny care because of pre-existing conditions. #boston #hcr http://mypict.me/yVVrabout 9 hours ago from UberTwitter



The monkey's dead. Show's over. Time to go home. Only a couple hundred milling abouy Copley Square. #Boston #hcr http://mypict.me/yW5Jabout 9 hours ago from UberTwitter



#hcr #boston http://mypict.me/yW8Aabout 9 hours ago from UberTwitter



http://mypict.me/yWcQabout 9 hours ago from UberTwitter



Over 3,500 people at #hcr rally in #Boston today. No #deathers or #teabaggers in sight. #hc09 #p2 #demund #NoWEarethemob #rebelleft #tcotabout 8 hours ago from UberTwitter


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For those of you who could not make it to a rally today, please K&R in Solitarity. http://wikiality.wikia.com/Solitarity

[countingbluecars]

1. K&R! n/t

[dccrossman]

2. K&R

Solitarity, indeed!

Though I moved out of my mom's house many years ago. =)

[chollybocker]

3. Hooray for the youth of America!

These are the children and grandchildren of the Town Hollers. Notice the lack of hatefulness.

[Ian David]

4. There were PLENTY of old people there.

In addition to veterans, people in wheelchairs, people of all ages and colors and backgrounds. There were even a few church groups.

This wasn't just the kids or the grown-up "dirty hippies."

This was at least some of EVERYONE.


But you know what?

The Catholic "church" turned out in droves to fight against Marriage Equality, and I did not see a singly fucking priest in the whole damn crowd.

If you are a Catholic, I suggest you raise your voice and draw the old men who wear dresses out onto the streets for THIS shit.

[Ian David]

5. Boston's Labor Day Health Care Rally: A Gallery

Boston's Labor Day Health Care Rally: A Gallery

Bostonist Flickr contributor A.P. Donovan attended the Boston Labor Day Health Care Rally and took this series of great snaps. The Globe estimated the crowd at 1,000 or more, and it included several high profile office-seekers, including prospective Senate candidates (and current Attorney General and U.S. Representative, respectively) Martha Coakley and Michael Capuano and Boston mayoral candidate (and current Mayor) Thomas Menino. The crowd gathered on the Boston Common for speeches and marched to Copley Square to continue the rally.




More:
http://bostonist.com/2009/09/07/bostons_labor_day_health_care_rally.php?gallery0Pic=2

[Ian David]

6. Boston Health Care Rally - Surprise!

BlueMassGroup.com
Boston Health Care Rally - Surprise!
by: soffner
Mon Sep 07, 2009 at 17:08:45 PM EDT
(Flooding the zone, here ... - promoted by Charley on the MTA)

Carl and I just got back from a large rally for health care reform on the Boston Common today. The weather was perfect, many people showed up, and there was a big welcome surprise at the end.
soffner :: Boston Health Care Rally - Surprise!
The rally was organized by Organizing for America, President Obama's group. I wasn't too excited about going, and at first it was dispiriting. The signs by the organizers said nothing about a Public Option, let alone a robust public option, let alone single payer. We came with single payer signs, and were happy to find that many other people also had single payer or public option signs. But in general, we felt like people were being softened up for a big cave-in on Wednesday.

Then came the speeches. Representatives Tierney and Capuano, both of whom are among the 65 Democratic health care heroes who have pledged not to support any bill that does not contain a robust public option, gave outstanding speeches, strongly supporting a public option. Representative Capuano also supported single payer in his speech. Both were enthusiastically cheered. Then came Representative Lynch, who has been singularly unenthusiastic about public option. He started talking vaguely about "universal care". Suddenly, the crowd came to life. These very proper Bostonians, median age probably somewhere between 50 and 60, started chanting "public option" over and over again. Nobody there could doubt why all those people had come out on a beautiful Labor Day when we all would rather have been doing something else. Representative Lynch cut his speech short.

I am writing this diary just to underscore how strong, deep and serious the support for public option is around the country - undoubtedly for single payer as well. Make no mistake - if President Obama comes through for us on Wednesday there will be a groundswell of enthusiasm that will lead to the passage of a good health care bill. This enthusiasm will then generate demand for all the other things we want - green energy, the return of our civil liberties, employee free choice act and the right to organize unions, an end to fruitless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the use of diplomacy rather than war to handle international disputes. We will gain, not lose, seats in the House and Senate in the 2010 elections. We will have a future we all can look forward to.

More:
http://www.bluemassgroup.com/diary/16781/boston-health-care-rally-surprise

[FrenchieCat]

7. Simply Phenomenal!

[midnight]

8. I'm so greatful to you and the thousands of people who came

together for public option. Love the sign about Jesus not denying healthcare because of pre-existing conditions.

[asdjrocky]

9. Now that's a rally.

Gee, wonder if the media will pick up on it.

[Ian David]

11. There were TV cameras there, but it looks like they're under-reporting the number of people. n/t

[JimWis]

10. Thanks for sharing the pics and story. It is encouraging to know

a lot of people want the public option or single payer.

[lib_wit_it]

12. Thank you for the pix and thanks to all who showed. Any M$M coverage? /m

[Ian David]

13. No idea. I don't watch MSM. n/t

[BlueJessamine]

14. Great pictures Ian!

Thankyou for rallying for all of us.


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