The morning began with only a few thousand people, but by noon, more than 215,000 gathered at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to participate in the Rally for Sanity and/or Fear on Oct. 29.Jon Stewart started the rally by praising the demographics of the crowd. “I can’t even believe this has happened,” Stewart said. “It is a perfect demographic sampling of the American people.”

With much anticipation, Stewart and Stephen Colbert conveyed many positive messages to the audience through music and comedic acts which included a duet by Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow and a special performance by The Roots.

The strongest message that was given was a musical performance involving Ozzy Osbourne, Cat Stevens and The O’Jays.

Stewart began the skit by having Stevens play “Peace Train.”

About two minutes into the song, Colbert interrupted. “I’m not getting on that train,” Colbert said. “I have a better train ladies and gentlemen. My train is arriving at the station now, and the conductor has an important message to make.”

As he said that, Osbourne walked out on stage screaming, “All aboard,” and proceeded to sing “Crazy Train.”

After a few minutes of alternating between songs, they stopped playing and left the stage, making it clear that chaos is never good.

Stewart and Colbert finished the skit by making The O’Jays play “Love Train.”

The moral of the skit was powerful – our government is in a realm of chaos and in order for things to get better, they must work together.

Stewart also suggested that we should not judge others so strongly. “Individuals can be scary,” he said in a serious tone, “but you can’t make that generalization of all people in a particular group.”

Even though everyone should listen to this advice, many do not.

But in order for America to grow together, we must try to accept others.

Yes, there are some people out there who want to hurt the nation, but not everyone is like that.

This is a problem that is going to take generations to fix.

But if we commit ourselves to this cause, then we can progress as a country, we are bettering ourselves.

If there is ever a rally such as this one again, I hope even more people attend.

Through rallies like these, every American has an opportunity to learn something from the messages Stewart and Colbert delivered.

If more people would stop pointing fingers and try to work together, more effective projects would get accomplished.

I know many will say that this vision seems unrealistic, but if we want to grow in the world as a united country, then it is something that will have to be done.

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