LA Times: Occupy protesters are busy finishing their float that will run at the
end of the Rose Parade: a 70-by-40-foot octopus made of recycled
plastic bags.
The octopus, said activist Mark Lipman of Los Angeles, represents Wall Street's stranglehold
on political, cultural and social life, with tentacles "that reach
into your pocket to get your money and a tentacle to get your house."
"This is the real Rose Parade, and the other is the Rose Charade," said Pete Thottam, 40, an Occupy activist.