Posted on 01/01/2016 10:18:00 AM PST by Don Corleone
Just finished watching the 2016 Tournament of Roses Parade and I have one observation for Obama and all his sycophants, "YOU ARE SO FRIGGIN' WRONG!!!"
Surrender Dorothy !
We were kind of in-between. We stayed at a Marriott about 10 miles east and left at 4:30 AM after a good nights sleep. They had coffee and donuts for the early risers. When we hit Pasadena at 5, there was hardly anybody out. I was shocked how empty it was. We parked and went to the Marriott in town and had more coffee there (even though it was reserved for their guests). Got to our reserved bleachers at the turn about 7:00 or so — Colorado Blvd was pretty filled up by then. It was COLD last year, close to freezing; luckily we didn’t freeze our butts off for too long.
Classic!
I watched the NBC coverage this year, and I have to say it was seriously lackluster. The two hosts, Al Roker and some ditz who’s last name is Kotb, gave an utterly juvenile performance.
At one point early on, Al related a tweet from someone who asked if they’d been drinking before the parade. He responded by saying “Yes, we have!”. There was no “just a joke, folks” or retraction of that statement. Considering what they were saying and how they were acting, I really wonder if either or both of them were tipsy. Not only that, the parade STILL had floats and bands to show, and they cut the program to show some hockey game.
Although it will probably do absolutely no good, I am considering emailing NBCUniversal and telling them what I think of this outrage.
BTW....they made no mention of anyone doing any skywriting.
I, too was amazed by the Downtown Abbey float. I also liked “What a Purr-fectly Paw-ful Adventure” by the city of Torrance, Calif., which featured firemen rescuing a cat in a tree.
That is a lot cheaper then I thought it would be. Hard to see how they could make a profit.
Georgte ‘the devil’s child’ Soros, who else?
The most notable thing I observed was at the very end of the parade there was a Sikh float with dancers along each side and the commentators went on and on about the float “Vasakhi” — named after the celebration of harvest in Punjab, India — fosters more public understanding about Sikh culture and its positive contributions to American society.
It was a lovely float with an inspirational message.
Next, some horse, a Park float and then the commentators (barely) introduced the final float ‘Lutheran Laymen’s League/Lutheran Hour Ministries’ whose message is ‘Jesus Is the Light of the World,’ after the introduction, the Broadcast abruptly ended without ever showing the float.
Seems like the ultimate in PC...
Yeah...you’d think fuel alone and pilot time would eat all that up. 5 pilots x $100/h x 1 hours = $500. Fuel 6 gal/h x 1 hour x $5/gal x 5 planes = $150. Aircraft depreciation, maintenance, hangaring — hundreds of dollars. Pretty thin margin.
I saw the Sikh float.
It was a good idea for them.
It was a “We Are Not Muslims” float and message.
“Al Roker and some ditz who’s last name is Kotb”
Her name is Hoda Kotke. I always wondered if her family nickname is “Ho”! ;-)
The Sikh float was lovely and they do have a message of Peace, it was the fact that on KRONTV, they introduced the Lutheran float with it’s message that Jesus is the light of the world and then never showed the float and abruptly ended the broadcast.....It is an SF TV station so, not much of a surprise....
That such cute flot with cat LOL!
I’m watching the replay on KTLA, 5 in LA.
Maybe the same broadcast - does KRON have Eubanks and Edwards?
That exactly what I gathered from the float.
I always watch it on HGTV-no commercials.
They had him get in a wheel chair and they took him into a crowd. When he reemerged, he was dressed in drag.
Pasadena is close to Hollywood. Wouldn’t be surprised. They would be very tied to Hillary.
Yep
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