Interesting lesson from his appearance here in Honolulu– and in my own apt building, where his grandmother lives: Wherever he goes, he’s dealing with not just one security team, but often 3-4 of them, each with its own jurisdiction and territory. There may be
* personal security, who go where he goes
* local (e.g. city) security forces, whose job it is to keep him safe while traveling on local streets
* County, State, or Federal agents, depending on whether he is driving on county, State, or Federal highways

and probably others. For example, if he’s appearing at a public venue to give a speech, that’s a whole nuther crowd.

Each one of these can be fiercely protective of its own turf, to the point that they won’t share information with other security teams until the last minute. Testimony here is that some of the people escorting Obama are mean nasty-looking SOBs that look like they would squash the life out of you in a second if you made the wrong move, without a second’s hesitation, and without any regrets. And they’re not always nice to little old ladies in wheelchairs who might be in the way. These folks set up human corridors for Obama to travel through, and they don’t care who they might be blocking or crowding into a corner for however long it takes for the protected person to get from A to B. They look like Blackwater types, although probably much more disciplined.

Bob in HI

That’s great to hear! She’s been my #1 priority for TV viewing since her show began. Here in HI, they moved her up into Tweety’s spot in prime time. Next will she elbow KO to the side?

IMHO she’s done a great job reconceptualizing the news format. Less stupid entertainment stuff, more real news, smartly presented, with “experts” who tend to be younger than on most channels.

Bob in HI

But I hope he/she might return

as mostly I like much his/her talky.

Come on, lokywoky, com on back

for your absence will cause a lack …

David

but you deserve an apololgy of some real sort.

Woky talky much too rough

ya don’t deserve dat kinda stuff.

Your comments about him hiring Blackwater and stating that you don’t want his ’security team’ shooting at people seemed to me to be more of the same. There are hundreds of private security companies out there that are not Blackwater. You automatically jumped to the conclusion that if Obama did hire private security it would naturally be the nastiest, worst reputation outfit in the world. So again, an inference (this time) that Obama would be associated with that outfit based upon no evidence whatsoever. My ex-son-in-law works for a security firm that is not Blackwater. They provide security for high-profile people all over the world. They do not shoot first and ask questions later. His company has hundreds of employees and your inference actually insults all of them.

I apologize for your item 3 since I actually don’t know how you feel about Barack Obama or Michelle, Sasha and Malia.

Then FEMA announced that they were giving the people who already qualified for foodstamps an extra $63 of foodstamps. Anyone who didn’t qualify would get a one-time $200 of foodstamps. WTF?