The occupotty people have failed to listen to Pasadena police who have been very clear here - they will not be given placement after the parade. They may fall in, like everyone else. The 'repent now' group organizes and follows the parade at the first available moment, whereas the occupotty people plan on waiting for the end of parade to make the turn onto Colorado before they enter it.
Then again, as of 45 minutes ago, they had a whole 6 people there, one of which was in a military uniform (an odd mix of Army Ranger patches, Marine fatigues and infantry pins..) doing what occupotty protesters do best - offering the strangest of opinions. He was wearing a sign saying 'Dr. Martin Luther King would have been sent to Gitmo.'
I couldn't help myself, I actually had to ask him "Do you consider Dr. Martin Luther King to be a violent psychopath bent on enforcing religious rule by murdering others, suppressing the education of women, denial of gays to even live, and committing terrorism against foreign and domestic targets?"
As usual, his response was confused, filled with statements which made no sense, but the gist was that no, Dr. King wasn't like those held in Gitmo, he just would have been sent there.
Yep, you're right, they'll be just where the weirdos go in the parade, right behind the 'end is near' bicycle crew. I did get a laugh though - the space they wanted on Colorado Blvd across from the cameras was filled with Cal Poly students who didn't seem interested in the least in giving up their spot to 'the important movement.. Don't they understand that we're fighting for them?'
No, occupotty protester, they realize exactly what you're fighting for - you're fighting for free rides for all those useless degrees which they're told are equivalent to the hard four years of work they put in for engineering degrees, supporting departments which drain university resources and fill classrooms with brain dead Marxists who make regular appearances on campus to say how evil corporations are, while reading speeches off their iPads and drinking Starbucks.
You're looking for the Chicano Studies students and Women's Studies and the others who won't be at the Rose Parade - those kids who are there helped build that float in the parade and are there in pride and school spirit.
We’re going to the parade today, nearer the end of the route. Our Conservative children say they want to bring American flags to wave at the Occupiers, as they sing the Star Spangled Banner. We only have two kids, though, so I’m not expecting to start a huge counter-protest.
As to the Cal Poly students who will not cede their place to the Occupy people, many of them probably vote Democrat. But you’re right that they haven’t much in common with the Victims studies majors.
We were just at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo last week, looking around and taking a hike. Many beautiful, fairly new, dormitories and buildings, with every conservation and earth friendly feature spelled out in signs next to the buildings. A whole lot of tax money must of gone there, but the students there are extremely sharp and have practical majors. They should be more capable than most of repaying the money by being productive future tax payers.