Even Shadow Senator Paul Strauss had a car in the parade. And a classic one, to boot.

Starbucks’ stock won’t be the only thing falling in Seattle this weekend.

More Caffeine, Please: The Redskins, who are coming off their first consecutive losses of the season, will face the Seahawks for the first time since losing to them 35-14 in the Wild Card game last year. And with Seattle only 2-8 in 2008, it’s clear that two of the big reasons behind Seattle’s past success are now on the visitors’ sidelines. Without Jim Zorn as the Seahawks’ quarterback coach, Matt Hasselbeck has the worst passer rating out of starting quarterbacks in the NFL this year (55 percent) and is on pace to have the worst passer rating of his NFL career. Running back Julius Jones is running middle-of-the-pack so far in 2008 — nothing compared to now Redskins backup Shaun Alexander’s stats for several years in the nation’s Caffeine Capital. Jones and Hasselbeck are on an offense that ranks 31st overall and will be facing the NFL’s fourth best defense Sunday (if you’re worried about your job at Starbucks, the Seahawks are taking applications – or should be).