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Wild Tchoupitoulas Mardi Gras Indians heading to Democratic National Convention

The Wild Tchoupitoulas are going to the 2008 Democratic National Convention! An amazing First in America and Big Time Kudos to all the folks that pulled this together, from Rueben Williams of Thunderbird Management, Tab Benoit, Cyril Neville, James Carville, Bill Taylor of the Tipitina's Foundation, the Friends of New Orleans and many others!
Now you know the Republican convention is really gonna pale in comparison. "New Orleans?" they say...."Mardi Gras Indians? " Duh!
The convention is just days before the Third Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and presents a great opportunity for us to remind the nation that New Orleans is a great American city. To remind the nation of what the late great New Orleans artist John Scott said of the city at the end of the PBS American Experience episode on New Orleans ~

"The promise of that city is the lesson that can be learned from that city. At its best, when the people are doing what they do naturally--blending a seamless culture it has a oneness about it that very few places in the rest of this country has. New Orleans' promise is we can teach America how to be America. If anybody's listening."