Update 2: "They don't care what you know, they just care what you stand for.. and we stand for a lot." - Daniel Eugene "Rudy" Ruettiger, who is speaking at the convention currently. Wonderful speaker. Update 1: Who needs politicians, anyway? There is an article up at Fox and others regarding the 'snub' the VFW is feeling because the administration isn't offering up any speakers. Apparently, they did, but the VFW turned them all down. All of this hubub may just be window dressing, if you recall the snafu of the VFW PAC in the runup to the 2010 electoral season. By this, I mean that most of those addressing the VFW this convention are Republican, while ALL, or nearly all, of the speakers addressing the Legion, are Democrats. This is certainly an interesting situation. Original Post: Sitting in Bloggers Row here in the convention center with Jonn from TAH; supposedly, Ed Morrisey from HotAir is supposed to join us, but no sight of him yet. Place is getting busy early and quickly. Magnetometers all over; lines queued up to get thru; inspections that would make the TSA jealous. But no scanners? WTH? I will make one observation- they have a room set aside for 'Law Enforcement' that's as big as any of the other breakout rooms in the building. Not that they don't deserve one mind you, but holy crap, how MANY do we have here? Oh right- we have a Special Guest coming in. Or two. I just go back to my time in Baghdad, in a war zone, where few things were truly secure, and all the visits I handled, to include some serious 'visitors'. Not once was my weapon even mentioned, nor even glanced at; no one asked me to remove so much as a bullet. But here, in my own damn country, I've nearly got to strip just to get into a PATRIOTIC groups meeting. Respectful fellow, every one. Sad, truly sad, what we've devolved into here in the USA... Anyway, I digress. I'll post up vids and pics as they get developed. Videos likely much later today. Be sure to see Jonn's posts over on TAH- and MOTHAX, from BurnPit, won't be with us today as he's getting ready to do some judicial stuff in PA. He gets the important stuff.
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