A dangerous question to ask around here

As it turns out, it's actually a float about health care. Hard to see, but the people in the bed are wearing labels like "Congress" and "Big Pharma"

What's this, you say?

Don't you know a banana slug when you see one?

The protest effect is somewhat diminished by the fact that these two jumpsuited people look so happy

An Anti-Obama entry. Liberty in chains, held by the President, accompanied by an executive and a woman screaming "Obama lies." I was astounded, but also heartened, to see an anti-Obama float: it's good to see people criticizing the administration (though it would have been nice to include more substantive criticisms).

Here's a detail of the executive.

These people aren't hippies, but I wasn't really sure where to stick them. This parade entry really upset and offended me, and I think it riled up a lot of other people as well. The person in blackface was offensive because...well...I mean, yeah. The person crossdressing as a representative of what a transgendered person looks like pisses me off. A lot. I would call this a major parade fail, and I'm still upset about it. Shame on these people.

This abalone was part of the Game Wardens' float

Can't have an abalone without a diver to nab it!

Puppets!

This gentleman was on the Harvest at Mendosas float

Ok, ponies aren't actually that weird or unusual

But yaks, yaks are unusual

Cow man makes his annual appearance

Book fairies from the Gallery Bookshop

Rollergirls! We have rollergirls?

Happy roller girls

Standing up for state parks