Posted on November 4, 2010 by floridadoc
Filming Location
Now for a post on the lighter side – On 10/31/2010, I had a chance to go and watch the NYC Halloween Parade. Although it was quite cold, the parade itself was a lot of fun to watch with great music, creative costumes and well-rehearsed dance routines including a rendition of Michael Jackson’s Thriller.
HALLOWEEN NYC PARADE FACT SHEET 2010
Now in its 38th year (2010), New York’s Village Halloween Parade is…
- The nation’s largest public Halloween celebration
- Named as The Greatest Event on Earth by Festivals International for October 31
- Attended by over 2 million people, seen by over 1 million on TV
- The nation’s only major night Parade
- Listed as one of the 100 Things to do Before You Die
- More Information
Here are a few highlights from the 2010 Parade: Continue reading →
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Posted on April 19, 2010 by floridadoc
"Granny is not shovel ready"
"A village in Kenya is missing it's idiot"
Well, I’m back from Washington, D.C. and the Tea Party rally on April 15th was… tame. I never heard racial slurs, and I didn’t see homophobic, racist or bigoted signs. What I did see was a number of people out to protest “high taxes”, “socialist government” and Obama in general. Overall, it was a peaceful protest of people exercising their first amendment right of assembly. However, I would like to point out that while they have the right to protest, they are often protesting factually inaccurate information. For example, income taxes for the middle class are at one of the the lowest levels in the last 50 years. Protesters suggesting that 95% of Americans didn’t get a tax cut under Obama are dead wrong. Continue reading →
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