The teachers duly went on parade this week, with banners denouncing both merit pay and the governor's plan to stop the "auto-pilot" spending increases given to education by Proposition 98.
The crew took me out on the boat, dressed me up in a drysuit, threw me overboard and picked me up, then asked, "So, what about joining?" At first, I was very reluctant – I worried about the commitment and imagined that I would have to go on parade.
This year, Mayor Landrieu has also "asked" 11 krewes to go on parade a week early so that "the focus stays on football".
Held last weekend, just after the summer solstice and as the 24 Hours of Le Mans was going on in France, the Mermaid Parade featured more than just mermaids.
As head of North Korea's international fan club, Alejandro was able to celebrate the big day by flying out to Pyongyang last week and meeting Kim Jong-un and a coterie of his top ministers at the Arirang Mass Games, later going on to watch a huge military parade at Kim Il-Squarequare.
As head of North Korea's international fan club, Alejandro was able to celebrate the big day by flying out to Pyongyang last week to meet Kim Jong-un and a coterie of his top ministers at the Arirang Mass Games, later going on to watch a huge military parade at Kim Il-Squarequare.
But the parade of pedestrians climbing a staircase to the top is a hint that something else is going on. .
Americans went on parades.
And despite their cynicism about its brutality, they went on parades, participated in meetings and performed the rituals demanded by the state.
She seemed confused by what was going on – the parade is only one day a year and it gets super crazy.
