As we have written in this space over the last couple of weeks, Occupy Nashville protesters who continue to sit in at the Tennessee Capitol have long worn out their welcome. Even as we have defended the right of those people to hold a legitimate protest, they camp out indefinately without any notice to the General Assembly as to what might disperse them. The Occupiers, as we point out, threaten the Open Plaza for the rest of us. It seems that certain members of Occupy Nashville think that when they refer to the Legislative Plaza as "the people's plaza," that it belongs only to the people who happen to agree with them. We have defended their right to protest, but we wonder how much longer they intend to stay on the Plaza and subsist in the people's Capitol, while the rest of the State begins to go about the people's business.
Another group of Occupy protesters are set to make utter fools of themselves before a national and worldwide audience. The annual Tournament of Roses Parade is scheduled to get underway this morning in Pasadena, California. The annual spectacle features floats made of roses, a beautiful Rose Queen, and ends the day with the oldest college football bowl game in existence, the Rose Bowl. It isn't remotely a political place or a political event, indeed many of the floats and attractions in the parade are geared toward children. That doesn't seem to matter to the publicity hounds of Occupy. Rather than organize their own event, they are going to sponge off of the hard work of the Tournament of Roses organizers in what they are calling "Occupy the Rose Parade," where the intend to display a giant octopus at the end of the parade route.
After all, no day but May Day is apparently sacred to these people.
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