Three Kings Day Parade hits the road (Giuliani attends parade in Miami)

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Miami Herald

Three Kings Day Parade hits the road
Thousands of people attended Sunday's Three Kings Day Parade. Among the dignitaries: the Heat's Dwyane Wade and candidate Rudy Giuliani.
Posted on Mon, Jan. 14, 2008

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Three Kings Day is a traditional Hispanic celebration that honors the biblical story of the three kings who brought baby Jesus gifts of gold, myrrh and frankincense. Many households in Latin countries celebrate by giving children gifts on the Jan. 6 holiday, instead of Dec. 25. Thousands of people flocked to an 18-block stretch of Calle Ocho, or Southwest Eighth Street, to watch the procession between Fourth and 22nd avenues.
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Dozens of local leaders and politicians paraded down Calle Ocho, too, many waving and smiling from atop sleek convertibles. A motorcade of Miami police officers on roaring motorcycles cleared the way. Then came the Three Kings, also known as the Wise Men or Magi -- Melchior, Gaspar and Balthasar -- in their flowing purple and gold robes.

Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani rode with Miami-Dade County Commissioners Carlos Gimenez and Rebeca Sosa on an antique firetruck. His appearance on a firetruck had angered some firefighters in Miami-Dade and New York who criticized his response to 9/11.
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Julio Juarbe said he still celebrates Three Kings Day with his son, Julian, who leaves grass and a big bowl of water under his bed for the Three Kings' camels the night before the holiday. The next morning, the grass and water are gone -- and replaced with presents. Juarbe, who like many others sported a straw hat and sunglasses, said he was content with his first visit to the parade.



Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/378372.html

[Bonobo]

1. I'm surprised there are any firefighters that would let that sack of shit sit on their truck!

He is despised, absolutely fucking LOATHED by firefighters.

[Scurrilous]

3. Fire union assails Giuliani

A planned parade ride on a firetruck by Rudy Giuliani has drawn ire from some firefighters in Miami-Dade and New York, who criticize his response to 9/11. Others expressed support.

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"Rudy Giuliani's plan to ride in a Miami-Dade firetruck in Sunday's Three Kings parade has outraged some firefighters who say the presidential candidate has ''lied'' about his 9/11 record because he did too little to equip and protect emergency workers.

The controversy -- unwittingly set in motion by County Commissioner Rebeca Sosa -- has politically pitted firefighters against one another in Miami-Dade as well as in New York. To quiet the feud, the IAFF's local Miami-Dade chapter, 1403, will cover its numbers on the union-owned firetruck by draping it with an American flag

Giuliani's campaign said he will probably ride in the truck and walk beside it with firefighters."

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"Jim Riches, a recently retired New York firefighter featured in the union's media, told The Miami Herald that Giuliani doesn't deserve to go anywhere near a flag-draped firetruck.

"This is improper. Rudy lied about what he did on 9/11. He's giving the appearance he's backed by firefighters and he isn't," Riches said, "Rudy has to go all the way down to Florida to get firefighters to stand next to him because he can't get that support in New York."

http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/377470.html

[monmouth]

2. Very heavy Repug area. They voted GWB in and Jeb is their fav resident..n/t