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Fri Dec-03-04 10:00 AM
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Uncle Sam died for your sins and other Arkansas Christmas floats |
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If there was one time I wish I had my camera it was last night.
I took the family to our Christmas parade last night and boy was it interesting...not a single nativity scene, which is the normal staple of a Christmas parade but they made up for it in patriotic tackiness.
One of the first floats we saw was a scene from 9/11. Two huge cardboard WTC buildings. Which I thought wasn't too bad until I saw the aluminim plane they built that was on it's way to crash into them. There was a banner across the bottom that said, "9/11 changed everything and so did Jesus."
Next there was a float with a man dressed as Jesus, waving American flags.
And to top it off, one of the final floats had a man walking behind, dressed as Uncle Sam, carrying a cross that had the message "He died for your sins" burned into the wood. Now I haven't been to Sunday school in awhile but I never knew it was Uncle Sam on the cross.
Wackiest, Parade. Ever. :crazy:
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Fri Dec-03-04 10:01 AM
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My husband loved Little Rock and we were thinking of going there for a long weekend sometime. Now I'm not so sure ...
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Fri Dec-03-04 11:11 AM
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22. Don't let stuff like this put you off, shrike! |
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For every fundie bible-thumper in Little Rock, there's at least one live-and-let-live pothead. A few hours in the River Market and you won't even care that you're in the very buckle of the Bible Belt.
Come on down!
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Fri Dec-03-04 10:02 AM
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2. That is truly disturbing |
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you should see if you can find pics of that from someone else in the community or the local paper. the 9/11 float is not just "tacky" it is downright offensive. :mad:
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Fri Dec-03-04 10:02 AM
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expects the Spanish Inquisition!
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Fri Dec-03-04 10:03 AM
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4. Wow that sounds ridiculous |
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Fri Dec-03-04 10:03 AM
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5. Church = Political Rally These Days |
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:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:
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Fri Dec-03-04 10:05 AM
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I favor irreverence towards such matters.
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Fri Dec-03-04 10:05 AM
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7. pLease Let pics show up! |
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Fri Dec-03-04 10:13 AM
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12. I looked but couldn't find any |
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Fri Dec-03-04 10:08 AM
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8. I know there are a few other Hot Springs, AR residents on this board. |
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So maybe someone else was able to get some shots. Oy!
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Fri Dec-03-04 11:30 AM
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24. I was there! Unfortunately I didn't take my camer either! |
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My wife and I both said (more than once), "The things you see when you you don't have a camera!" I have a friend who had her video camera and I bet she got all the shots but I don't know how I would grab any frames soon enough to still be relevant. I think we have just gone back about one hundred years. This stuff isn't new but there are frightening aspects in regards to Progressivism, etc. Time will tell.
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Fri Dec-03-04 10:10 AM
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There's gotta be some pics out there somewhere of this craziness. Did the local paper cover it?
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Fri Dec-03-04 10:10 AM
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when you talk about this, you're alienating them and being disrespecful . . .
how do you expect to win them to our side?
/sarcasm
the religious people in this country are INSANE.
i say this without any qualifiers. a moderate christian is one terrorist attack away from becoming a fundy.
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Fri Dec-03-04 10:13 AM
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11. Have you heard of the book |
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"What's The Matter With Arkansas" by Thomas Frank. I saw him on Comedy Central, The Daily Show where he discussed the dramatic shift of the heartland state from progressivism to conservitism. He can't figure out how the Republicans managed to take over the minds of a people that were once the trendsetters for progressive thought among the rural class.
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Fri Dec-03-04 10:14 AM
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13. My hometown parade was similar |
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although not even close to that level of wackiness. It was called "An All-American Christmas". I thought I was just imagining the overt red-white-and-blue-ness of it all, but everyone ignored me when I mentioned it. Perhaps it was the disgust in my voice :eyes:
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Fri Dec-03-04 10:20 AM
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14. That beats out the disturbing Veteran's Day Parade in Tulsa |
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Actually, just one "float." It was a trailer pulled by a truck and on it were three flag draped coffins. What made it disturbing was that it was the only float that was throwing out candy. I just thought it was weird.
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Fri Dec-03-04 10:26 AM
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15. RoveThink = blurring lines |
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Rove has taught his minions throughout the country very well: how to blur important lines. The blurring of 9/11 and Iraq... the blurring of Jesus and George Walker Bush... the blurring of Satanism and liberalism... it's amazing how well these people have succeeded and ARE succeeding.
How can we defend ourselves against this dumbing down of America? Is it too late? Eh, those are just rhetorical questions, aren't they?:(
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Fri Dec-03-04 10:35 AM
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16. I forgot the climax of Santa Clause. |
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The parade always ends with an appearance by Santa but instead of the usual sleigh float he's normally on, he was standing in the back of a Humvee surrounded by soldiers...
I know one of the photgraphers from the paper so later today, if I can get ahold of him, I'll see if he has any extra pics.
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Fri Dec-03-04 10:38 AM
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17. Wow, I'll Have to go to Ft. Smith's X-mas parade Saturday! |
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was this Hot Springs? I always thought Hot Springs was more liberal.
(the RW around here would always talk about Clinton down in "liberal" Hot Springs with his pickup truck and his mattress in the back.
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Fri Dec-03-04 10:42 AM
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19. It is a pretty progressive city. |
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But we obviously have our share of oddities, apparently.
I almost expected the man dressed as Jesus to go, "I died for your sins....U.S.A!!! U.S.A.!!!!"
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Fri Dec-03-04 11:18 AM
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Hot Springs has always struck me as being about half Holy-Roller, half Libertine--but it's been a decade or two since I've spent any time there.
A parade like this would seem to be right in keeping with the fundy/hedonist schism that I have always cherished about Arkansas.
:evilgrin: dbt
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Fri Dec-03-04 10:40 AM
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18. Almost sounds like the Do-Da parade |
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Fri Dec-03-04 10:43 AM
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20. Where the fuck do you live? |
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Fri Dec-03-04 10:47 AM
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21. Explains some things, though - .... |
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... how successful the GOP and the flag-waving media have been at selling the notion that America is "chosen by God" to lead the world. But something tells me that's not quite right - must be the pictures I see coming out of Iraq.
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Fri Dec-03-04 11:36 AM
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25. Don't forget Uncle Sam on his knees (leaning over a prayer |
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bench) in front of a cross illuminated by white light bulbs around the edges! I am afraid he also looked like he was about to be administered a spanking. A hope that doesn't come true!
Anyway, there was a slogan that I can't remember about nations being Christian or something, I'm sure. It was just incredible but not new to the American expericence by any means. We have just gone bace about 100 years.
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Fri Dec-03-04 12:00 PM
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26. you witnessed religious insanity |
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following uncle sam and his cross should have been an angry mob wanting to clear their streets of religious nuts.
did these floats get booed?
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Fri Dec-03-04 01:15 PM
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in New England. That's just crazy!
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Fri Dec-03-04 01:18 PM
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28. Our parade in Athens, GA last night |
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was awash in patriotic jingoistic imagery as well. Four guys in fatigues holding the Iwo Jima pose through the whole stop-and-go parade route. Owwwwch.
I applauded and called out "Bring our guys home!" Happy to say it got some other applause too.
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Fri Dec-03-04 03:04 PM
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29. Well, I talked to a photographer a minute ago |
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and looked at the photos he took. At the angle he took the WTC shot you couldn't see the plane and get the full disgusting affect.
He did get shots of Uncle Sam kneeling at the cross and Jesus waving the flags so I'll see if I can get copies of those.
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