For the cube rats--unofficial parade thread.

[blondeatlast]

For those who can't watch the train wreck, let's give em a play by play...

[Mabus]

1. Semi-retards from Crawford band

going by.

Very guady float thing. Huge "TEXAS" on it.

Bush looks constipated.

[blondeatlast]

8. Don't he though?!

I mean he REALLY does, wish you all could see it.

[blondeatlast]

2. Marine Corps band. nt

[Mabus]

5. Very diginified

No one (allowed) to look at smirky.

ARe they looking at him!! Not allowed. Not allowed.

[blondeatlast]

What's with the focus on their lower regions?! nt

[CottonBear]

3. Black Horse Brigade just went by @ 4:23 pm

(I love horses.) It was a group of women in English riding outfits riding in formation. I imagine * recoiled in fear: "Arghhh! Horses!"


Before that was some sort of weird cowboy brigade in white outfits. The cowboys were sort of dancing in formation. Bizzare.

[Roland99]

6. "Somebody call Dick Cheney"

[dave29]

lol

God I love WIll Ferrell

[Roland99]

29. I wish he'd go back to SNL

He has 4 more years of material!

[AntiCoup2K4]

7. Imagine how the horses felt!

"Aaaaagh! Fucking idiot human!!"

[blondeatlast]

4. Gad--Mrs. Stepford was singing. nt

[Mabus]

9. Wyoming High School band

Dick looking at US map, trying to find Wyoming. --joke--

Mrs. Cheney holding grandkid (?) ala Michael Jackson. --not a joke--

[blondeatlast]

12. Yeah, and did ya catch a load of their matching outfits?!

:puke:

[blondeatlast]

10. Third Reich--I mean the Aggie band.

But it looks more like the former.

UGH.

[Mabus]

13. Good call.

[CottonBear]

11. Texas A&M Univ. band marching by...n/t

[Mabus]

14. Broken Arrow HS band (Oklahoma)

How appropriate. Broken Arrow is usually symbolic of broken peace treaties.

[blondeatlast]

15. Wonder if these kids know they are gonna be drafted? nt

[Mabus]

16. US ARmy Caisson Platoon (Ft. Myer, VA)

on horse.

[blondeatlast]

17. Army Caisson unit--I wish one of those noble steeds would charge! nt

[CottonBear]

27. Another marching band from Lakefield, MN. n/t

[no name no slogan]

44. That's Lakeville, MN

And yes, they had to pay their own way to be there, too. $40mil for a coronation, and they can't even pay for a bus for a high school band.

[Mabus]

18. Marching band with "E" on unifrom

Easton High School Band (Pennsylvania) w/majorettes and flag twirlers. red and black uniforms.

Band has cowboy hats. :puke:

[coffeenap]

19. Tom Ridge watches and smiles from reviewing stand

[coffeenap]

23. cheney's grandfather's civil war renacters

[coffeenap]

24. watch out, everyone, many people are looking at * -that's not allowed

[Mabus]

28. I noticed that

I guess they'll just lead them to Gitmo when they round the corner.

[coffeenap]

30. secret service with flags

[CottonBear]

20. US Army Caisson Platoon (horses pulling caissons)

A caisson is a kind of wagon. A very impressive sight. Beautiful matched horses. The riders have elgant military uniforms.

[blondeatlast]

21. Notice that in the viewing stand

nobody but the kiddies are watching?

Scheming bastids.

[Mabus]

22. "Ring of Fire" trolley car

bell ringers. from Sherwood, Oregon.

[Mabus]

25. Lakeville High School band (future draftees) from MN.

missed one.

[blondeatlast]

26. Chimpy dance! I'm NOT kidding.

Dances just like a lily white frat boy, I wonder why?

[Mabus]

31. hand to heart, hand at side, hand to heart

he doesn' tknow how to act. Wish they show the Bush girls doing their make-up again.

[Mabus]

32. Spartans Drum & Bugle Corps

Nashua, NH.

What's with all the black and red uniforms?

Nice poofy hats though.

[Mabus]

33. Governor's Horse Guard

from ? with three guys following with bucket and shovel.

[CottonBear]

38. That would be the Poop Scooper Brigade!

Not the best parade job but necesaary. I can laugh about that as I scoop lots of horse poop everyday.

[blondeatlast]

34. Just realized the Senate hearings are on--gotta switch, gang.

Boring as hell, anyhoo.

[Mabus]

35. Phone call from relative, gotta go.

[coffeenap]

36. Cheney is still there

[Kolesar]

37. Found feeds at cbsnews.com & cspan1

cspan on Winmedia & cbs on a realplayer-looking viewer.
http://www.cspan.org/watch/cspan2_wm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS...
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/home/main100.shtml

[coffeenap]

40. good, a break for me then

[coffeenap]

39. navy--guns and swords, thank you very much

[electropop]

41. For me the day was brightened by all the booing.

It totally drowned out the weak scattered applause.

[coffeenap]

42. Valdosta Ga h.s.--every girl has long, straight hair--how'd they do that?

[Mabus]

46. You put an order in at the GOP store

and they import them from the Nazi labs in South America.

[coffeenap]

43. Order of the purple heart float--I don't see Kerry

[underpants]

45. How about that P.A. guy?

[Mabus]

47. Halau Ho'omau I Ka Wai Ola O Hawai'i (Alexandria, VA?!?)

Jon Stewart will love that one.

[Mabus]

48. NC band (West Johnston HS) alert-uniforms NOT black and red

Why are they looking at *.

[Mabus]

49. Is Drudge in the booth?

Who's the guy in the brown hat?