LA Times Article on Saints Parade

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If pro football really is the national religion, the Mardi Gras-style victory parade for the New Orleans Saints on Tuesday displayed the varieties of religious experience: What other event would bring together Bobby Jindal, Louisiana's choirboy GOP governor, and the Ying Yang Twins, the Southern rap duo whose songs describe sexual activities that barely sound biologically possible?

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This is the louche, gothic, funky old city of dreams, on the third night of a celebratory bender.

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All of the classic pre-Lenten bases were covered. Satire was represented by the man in the chicken suit playing off the MasterCard ads, with a sign declaring that the Saints' victory -- and Nagin's exit because of term limits -- was "priceless."

Absurdity was embodied by the blindfolded guy with a sign: "Don't tell me what happens . . . I TIVO'd It!"

As for sex, there were two modestly dressed but devilishly grinning women with signs showing tight end Jeremy Shockey, shirtless.

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