I Think They Should Follow the Horses

As I write this I'm watching the HGTV broadcast of the Tournament of Roses Parade (this is one of those times when I have no control over the TV remote). For some reason the parade organizers have decided that they have to have some sort of "Kum-Ba-Yah" big opening number every year. Last year's was pretty lame and this year's production number featuring the "Up With People" cast, a bunch of Boy Scouts, and the Missouri marching band wasn't much better. Lots of international brotherhood and love hoohah, all lip-synched to an overproduced score.

I did learn something, though. When the Queen's float came by the announcer informed us that over 1,100 girls had tried out for the court...and two guys. If one of them had been chosen it certainly would have given a new meaning to the title "Queen". They always pick an ethnically diverse court, so how long until the ACLU sues to demand a guy in the Queen's court?

Although there will be more than 50 spectacular floats, lots of bands and lots of horse units, the most interesting part of the parade will be the performance of the "Marching Morons Impeachment Drill Team" which is scheduled to march behind the street sweepers at the end of the parade. Personally, I would have lined them up behind a horse unit. That unit will be led by none other than Cindy Sheehan, who is described by Instapundit as "not the freshest flower in the bunch".

It will be interesting to see if the network parade coverage stays on the parade long enough to pick them up. Of course, at the end of the parade it may be hard to pick them out from the other horse's butts.

UPDATE: Neither HGTV nor the local LA channel gave any coverage to the protesters. They cut away as soon as the last unit (the LA Sheriff's Department mounted police) passed their cameras.

UPDATE 2: Michelle Malkin has Sheehan's unhinged online rant about protesting at the parade.

UPDATE 3: The crowd boos the protesters.