In about 15 minutes Air Force I will be landing at the airport in my town. The Stockton Record reports that, "Stockton police for several weeks have devoted hundreds of hours to planning." It will cost $250 to have breakfast with Bush and Pombo. Those of us who can not afford $250 for breakfast and would rather eat with human beings anyway, will be fenced into the "free speech zone" across the street in Martin Luther King Jr Square.
My cat is acting totally insane and I think there may be a tremmor in the force or something.
The streets will be closed for undertemined amounts of time and no one is saying what streets or when. The last time Bush came here, in 2002, the SS had trucks and busses parked between the square and the building where he was speaking. This time, the paper is saying, that won't be the case.
The Chief of Police said that it is an honor to have the President "visit" and that "dignitary protection is a cost of doing business." Bush isn't visiting. He is comming to raise money for Pombo. It is like everyone here is making a forced contribution to that weasel's campaign.
I have to let the cat out now, before he breaks something else.