CODEPINK human rights activist Tighe Barry, decked out in Revolutionary attire, hams it up for the camera while he has a friendly discussion with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department before the parade. The LASD is well regarded locally for their respectful attitudes and actions.
Uncle Sam seated on the first float of the parade - Western Asset Management’s The Circus Comes to Town. Over 160 feet long, it featured a circus train with four life-sized cars. (Phoenix Decorating Co.)
The Pasadena City College Tournament of Roses Honor Band has marched in the parade for 79 consecutive years. Americans have been exercising free speech for over 200 years, and Kucinich supporters exercise theirs in front of the Norton Simon Museum. (See this image in Part 5 of the video of the parade on KTLA’s site at: http://ktla.trb.com/extras/ktla/roseparade2008/video2008.html) The convergence of activists near the museum was called the White Rose Coalition in honor of the 1942 Munich resistance movement. Members of the Coalition, founded by attorney Peter Thottam, include the Los Angeles National Impeachment Center (www.bcimpeach.com), CODEPINK, The Backbone Campaign, Troops Out Now Coalition, World Can't Wait, ANSWER, Progressive Democrats of America, the Green Party, Veterans for Peace, and United for Peace and Justice.
Thottam, a former political candidate for the Green Party, said organizers had been promised by the Pasadena police and Tournament of Roses officials that they would not be arrested if they did not block other spectators' views with their signage, noting, "Everything we are doing is strictly within our First Amendment rights, and we do not want to interrupt anyone's enjoyment of the parade. We have made it clear to every participant that we want to be respectful."
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