I just got back from the Rose Parade

[jaysunb]

and the Occupy Movement was very much a presence at the end of the official floats.
everyone seemed peaceful and their purpose seemed to be well recieved by the crowds waiting to leave.
I'm glad, because right off the main parade route, the Sherrifs were "loaded for bear" w/ the full body armor and plastic cuffs. I watched as they shadowed the marchers mostly out of sight of those still watching the last of the floats.

I must say I was very concerned that this would turn into something ugly and give the MSM an opportunity to bring discredit, but, so far so good.

Now, lets occupy the ballot box.

[malaise]

1. Saw a clip on TV

I'm proud of the Occupy movement.

[jaysunb]

4. They had a team of "self policers"

ready to ponce on any one trying to provoke or disrupt. Makes me proud as well.

[barbtries]

2. i've got the live stream.

i watched the parade and they ended their program before any sign of Occupy, so switched to live stream.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/02/1050785/-Occupy-the-Rose-Parade-Live-Stream?via=recent

[gateley]

3. What network was airing it? I think we should bury them in complaints that the OWS folks

weren't shown (unless they were scheduled to change programming, anyway).

[xxqqqzme]

7. Any network or channel w/

parade coverage is in an assigned spot near the start down Colorado Blvd. So there will be no cameras set up at the end of the parade. Only cameras at the end will be 'news' cameras.

The coverage was crap anyway. The parade was moving so fast, there were scant float descriptions or time to view them.

My son figured since the parade was on a Monday they were trying to get Colorado Blvd open for regular traffic as soon as possible.

Corporations rule!

Good for OWS. I wasn't expecting to see any evidence of their presence during the parade as those images are tightly controlled.

[gateley]

21. Yeah, a friend of mind went to a Target somewhere around there

and went "what the fuck was I thinking??". He said Target closed until the parade was over, so I think your son was right -- commerce is what's REALLY important!

[barbtries]

8. they may have been.

it was KTLA, and they just quit at 1:00 (EST) and urged their viewers to stay tuned for the instant replay.

[Fire Walk With Me]

11. KTLA raw unaired video

http://www.ktla.com/videogallery/67109864/News/RAW-VIDEO-Occupy-s-Rose-Parade-Float

[ellisonz]

20. That's a pretty cool octopus.

[unapatriciated]

32. Thanks for the link KTLA is a great local channel....

wonder why they didn't air it.

[Fire Walk With Me]

36. I'm hoping RT and LA channel 22 will have video up soon. nt

[hootinholler]

10. ABC and NBC

ABC went to scheduled Outback Bowl. NBC went to scheduled NHL Winter Classic. I was on ABC and I'm not sure they showed all the floats.

[Fire Walk With Me]

13. It's getting impossible to find hockey on television any more

so this shows how desperate they were to have something, anything, to air other than #Occupy

[onenote]

16. Its actually easier to find it now than it was in the 80s.

Televised hockey on broadcast television has been on off and on affair for decades. With the advent of regional sports networks and the national coverage by Versus (now NBC Sports Channel), there probably is more hockey on television than at any other time in the league's history. And the Winter Classic, which is in its fifth year, draws audiences that are as big, if not bigger, than some of the college bowl games.

If you think that the networks scheduled the Winter Classic in order to avoid covering OWS' appearance after the formal end of the Rose Parade, you are mistaken.

[Fire Walk With Me]

17. No, I'm not saying they scheduled it to conflict with #Occupy...

I'm saying they'd air ANYTHING but #Occupy. None of the major stations aired a moment of the march. I'm hoping for video from RT and other "secondary" sources.

[Wait Wut]

5. "Now, lets occupy the ballot box."

Excellent idea!

[ellisonz]

6. +1

[Fire Walk With Me]

9. Hopefully the police will eventually get the message that we are a peaceful movement.

[jaysunb]

12. +1 n/t

[Bozita]

14. +2 ...

[jaysunb]

15. I said this to one of the cops

more or less. He just gave me "the look." LOL ! Nothing like a dose of time released truth.

[Fire Walk With Me]

18. :)

I've done this once as well.

"Enlightened self-interest"

[Bozita]

19. seeds of doubt

And seeds grow. Peter Sellers told me so.

Chance the Gardener: Yes! There will be growth in the spring! - "Being There," 1979

[sandyd921]

23. +99 n/t

[joshcryer]

24. My favorite chant from OWS is "I don't see no riot here, take off that riot gear!"

[Zorra]

40. I always bring peace cookies to Occupy actions.

First I walk around and offer them to my fellow Occupiers as the cops look on.

Then I go from cop to cop, offering them cookies.

"Would you like a cookie?"...

[Kablooie]

22. In the LA Times breaking news the Occupy articles were prominent among the other Rose Parade ones.

[joshcryer]

25. One thing I am fascinated by is the anti-Republican sentiment.

I personally didn't see any anti-Democrat sentiment in that video, though I'm sure it was there.

[pinboy3niner]

26. Props to DUer U4ikLefty for Occupying the Rose Parade!

I know he was determined to march, getting up a 3am to be at the staging area early (where he got a hug from Cindy Sheehan).

He and I met afterward, at the Pasadena City Hall event--after which we "occupied" Pasadena's Yard House Restaurant for a late lunch.

[joshcryer]

27. pinboy3niner! That's wonderful! I LOVE those pics! Thank you for sharing!

[Fire Walk With Me]

28. I'm so glad you guys got to go and met up!

[pinboy3niner]

31. We missed you, Fire!

We were sad to be reduced to the Two Occuteers.

Next time...

[Fire Walk With Me]

35. Next time :)

[proud2BlibKansan]

29. CBS Evening News did a nice story tonight

[Fire Walk With Me]

30. Here's a pic of one of three reported sheriff-mobiles which shadowed the march:

[pinboy3niner]

34. Here's one I took of only a portion of the cops at Pasadena City Hall

This was during the post-parade Occupy press conference/concert there:

[Cleita]

33. As I said on another post, the authorities are

showing how fearful they are with that kind of overreaction to peaceful protestors. Things can go wrong if there is any faction that will make law enforcement react with violence. Try to weed out any suspicious types that may try to act as disruptors before they have a chance to cause trouble.

[pinboy3niner]

37. "She crossed under the yellow caution tape and joined the march"

Source: Los Angeles Times

Rose Parade 2012: Cheers, jeers greet 'Occupy Octopus' human float
January 2, 2012 | 12:05 pm


Hundreds of Occupy the Rose Parade protesters marched down Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena on Monday after the real event was over, lining up behind police squad cars, tow trucks and the last official float to carry their message of economic inequality.

...



Protester Art Goldberg, 70, of Echo Park told a young woman as he walked past: "Don't watch history, make it."

She crossed under the yellow caution tape and joined the march.


http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/01/rose-parade-2012-cheers-jeers-greet-occupy-octopus-human-float.html

[Liberal_in_LA]

38. k&r

[pinboy3niner]

39. Occupy the Rose Parade: 5,000 Protesters, Giant Octopus Fail to Make Live TV

Source: L.A. Weekly

By Simone Wilson Mon., Jan. 2 2012 at 12:00 PM


Apparently the 70-foot octopus float carried by an estimated 5,000 Occupy L.A. protesters at the end of today's Rose Parade wasn't awesome enough for KTLA, the premiere local station covering the event.

Reporters gushed over marching bands, floral arrangements and even a police horse brigade led by LAPD Chief Charlie Beck. But after float No. 43 had passed the finish line, the cameras shut off.

...


A contributing factor to the Occupy snub may have been that occupiers' intentions today weren't all feel-good. More than just another general anti-bankster protest on a national stage, the Rose Parade demonstration was an occupation of the popular Pasadena event itself.

...


Organizer Mark Lipman told City News that "the march would spotlight the role Wells Fargo Bank -- a Rose Parade sponsor -- had in the home foreclosure crisis."

KTLA also notoriously shut off aerial coverage of the LAPD raid of Occupy L.A. in the wee hours of December 1, so as not to screw with police strategy.


http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/01/occupy_the_rose_parade_5000_protesters_giant_octopus_fail_to_make_live_tv.php

[Fire Walk With Me]

41. Predictable, and predicted.

But people KNOW. I believe this action has had a larger effect than we imagine.