Jazz Funeral For Democracy

[progmom]

NEW ORLEANS -- January 1, 2005 -- On January 20, 2005, when George W. Bush
is taking the oath of office to begin his second term as president, a "Jazz
Funeral for Democracy" will parade through the streets of downtown New
Orleans lead by the world famous Treme Brass Band to mourn the occasion.

An ad hoc group of concerned individuals calling itself the January 20th
Coalition of New Orleans ("J20C") has held several meetings over the past
month, planning strategies and mapping out a route the march's participants
hope to follow at the same hour Bush is being sworn in in Washington, D.C.

According to Buddy Spell, one of the archetects of the action, "While the
rest of the country will be focused on the beginning of Bush's second term,
our objective is to show the world that we are not in support of a
continued war in Iraq, the torture and inhumane treatment of percieved
enemies, record inflation, flagrant disregard for the constitutional rights
of all citizens, state sponsored homophobia, government deception, and four
more years of rule by a small group of wealthy, elite, corporate hacks.
This will be a time to remind the president that he has a sworn obligation
to represent and respect the rights and wishes of ALL Americans, including
the 56 million people who voted against him."

The highlight of the march will be the symbolic casting of a copy of the
Patriot Act into the Mississippi River at Woldenberg Park. Pending approval
of their parade permit, the participants are tentatively scheduled to
gather at Louis Armstrong Park at 10 a.m., begin marching down North
Rampart Street to Canal Street through the heart of the Central Business
District between 11 a.m. and noon, then continue along Canal to North
Peters Street. From there they will enter Woldenberg Park at the Moon Walk,
where a copy of the Patriot Act will be tossed into the river in protest.
The march will then proceed up Decatur and North Peters to Esplanade Avenue
and Frenchmen Street where mock inaugural balls will be staged at various
neighborhood clubs.



http://www.commondreams.org/news2005/0101-01.htm

[Cuban_Liberal]

1. No offense, but this has been posted and reposted into every DU forum. eom

[progmom]

3. Whoops!

Thanks - I was out most of last week - I must have missed it.
:hangover:

[Cuban_Liberal]

4. No blood, no foul.

:hi:

[jeff30997]

2. Cool idea.