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Zombie: The Democratic Convention Giant Puppet Parade On Tuesday, a group called The Backbone Campaign sponsored a parade they call "Procession to the Future," but which is better known in journalistic circles as Giant Puppets!
Zombie: Scenes from a Convention Not everything that happens outside the Democratic National Convention fits into a theme of some sort. The following series of images were all taken within the space of two hours. Here's a more gut-level impression of what walking around Denver is like this week.
Zombie: Pro-Hillary March On Tuesday, some Hillary Clinton die-hards held a march along the designated parade route from Denvers Civic Center Park to the free speech zone at the Pepsi Center, where the convention is being held. Their goal: a last-ditch attempt to secure the nomination for Hillary.
Zombie: Biden to Boxer and Beyond: Celebrity-Hopping Convention Style Political conventions are prime territory for star-chasers and celebrity hounds. In a few hours, I shook hands with the potential next Vice President (Joe Biden), had lunch with my Senator (Barbara Boxer) and a movie star (Danny Glover), then met Dan Rather and San Francisco Attorney General Kamala Harris, and finally caught a glimpse of Hillary Clinton.
Zombie: The Mosque in Denver's Civic Center Zombie's latest report is on the mosque that was constructed in Denver's Civic Center Park, within sight of the capitol building.
JPG On Tuesday, a group called The Backbone Campaign sponsored a parade they call "Procession to the Future," but which is better known in journalistic circles as Giant Puppets! JPG Here's a secret about parades: the best scenes are usually in the staging area, not the parade itself. JPG One of several symbolic figures: individual real women throughout history are used to personify various positive attributes. And who, in the long history of humankind, was chosen to exemplify Truth?
JPG This sad, overheated polar bear is here to remind us about global warming. Justice, for example, is represented by Rosa Parks dressed up in what looks like a Harriet Tubman costume. JPG Ralph Nader's 2000 running mate Winona LaDuke is Respect. JPG Sadako Sasaki, the Hiroshima victim who folded a thousand origami cranes, is Peace -- while that irrepressible Amy Goodman pulls a prank on a Code Pink member. JPG Because commercial radio stations say things we don't like! JPG In a nod to Americana, they had a gigantic Declaration of Independence. JPG Members of the public had been invited to sign it with messages of their own. The Backbone Campaign's logo is a human spine on an American flag, meant to "embolden citizens and elected officials to stand up for progressive values." JPG Ah, the chain gang of war criminals: Condoleezza Rice, Dick Cheney, George Bush, and Donald Rumsfeld. And is the one defining attribute of farm workers that they carry around giant coffee cups? The people carrying them were chanting, "Keep the bees alive! JPG Sometimes it seemed the sign-carriers went out of their way to wear the most inappropriate clothing. Here, for example, is a man with Soviet Union shirt who was part of a group carrying signs that demanded "Universal Human Rights" and "Dismantle Empire." JPG And then there was the woman who showed her support for "Separation of Church and State" by wearing a kaffiyeh. JPG My favorite puppet without any doubt was the polar bear, because the people inside actually somehow managed to make it walk like a bear. JPG One way to pass the time at the parade was to play "Identify That Giant Head."
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