The American Legion Convention so far
You already know that I’m in Minneapolis along with TSO and B5’s Mr Wolf and mostly its been a serious ball. Yesterday we sat outside a place called “The Local” in downtown Minneapolis and self-lubricated while ten thousand Legionnaires paraded past us. The picture above is when the bagpipes stopped near our spot on the sidewalk and played several songs. Of course, TSO nearly wet himself.
At ten o’clock local time tomorrow morning, the President is supposed to address the assemblage on the subject of what this administration has done for veterans according to Minnesota Public Radio;
“You’ll hear him talk about the historic accomplishments of the administration in terms of veterans’ policy: the largest percentage increase in the VA budget in 30 years, help for caregivers of severely wounded veterans, taking homeless veterans off the streets in the tens of thousands to date,” Flavin said. “So there’s a lot of good stuff to talk about, but at the same time, I think you’ll hear form him that it’s still not enough and we still have along way to go.”
Well, you’ll be pleased to know that Mr Wolf and I will be there in the room with him live blogging, the President’s speech. We have our own table near the center of the room. Hopefully, I’ll have a chance to kick out some New York Times goofs. The American Legion will also be streaming it live beginning at 10 am Central Time.
So you won’t hear from me early in the morning because I’ll be queued up to get my body cavity search from the Secret Service very early. It wont be a good day for TSO either since his plane to Harrisburg is scheduled to take off at the exact same time as the Presidents plane is supposed to land.
Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Veterans Issues
I can’t really do live Streaming here on my ridge so I’ll let my imagination run free.
Off Camera: “Whadya mean no cavity search! I WANT MY CAVITY SEARCH! I told everyone I was gonna have a cavity search so here, let me drop my pants for ya.”
Camera pans crowd while waiting for the CinC (he’s usually late): Near the center of the room a lone figure is seen sitting at a table. Oddly there’s no one sitting near him. He has a blissful look on his face.
Well Obama managed to piss off the VFW.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2011/08/vfw-outraged-after-obama-administration-snubs-veterans-group-for-first-time-in-its-history/
Back in the days I was in the Legion, had I been attending the convention and Obama had showed up?
I would have stood up in the crowd and turned my back to him for the duration.
Given that he has damaged our country more than any enemy since World War 2, that has has done more to destroy morale among the troops, that he knows so little and cares so much less about the military (I just loved his “make the troops get their own health care if they were wounded” shtick) than any president in our history; as much as I admire your efforts, “live blogging” anything about this clown except his unceremonious exit from the presidency will be a massive waste of time.