SwillRacer
01-06-2006, 01:30 PM
President Bush came to the CBOT today, where I work, and did a little tour of the trading floor.
I managed to squeeze my way up to the front row (they had a fenced-off security perimeter). I scored an autograph and actually got to speak to him. Knowing he’s a former owner of the Texas Rangers and a big baseball fan, I said to him, “Mr. President, how about those White Sox?” He responded: “That was great. Fantastic. I was very happy to see them win it even though, you know, I was pulling for Houston…”
The building was on total lock-down with Secret Service everywhere. Metal detectors, bomb sniffing dogs, etc....What a production....It must cost the government millions just to keep him safe where ever he goes. Every once in the while one of their sport coats would come open just enough that you see that most of them were packing sub-machine guns like a mac-10 or similiar. They all had ear pieces in and talked into their wrists, that crap you see on TV is real. They were all pretty very polite and professional but at the same time you could just see that they were not to be screwed with.
Whether or not you agree with the man’s politics, it was still a pretty amazing experience meeting the most powerful man in the world.
I've took pics with the camera phone, but they're too big to post here and I don't have time to re-size them today....
I managed to squeeze my way up to the front row (they had a fenced-off security perimeter). I scored an autograph and actually got to speak to him. Knowing he’s a former owner of the Texas Rangers and a big baseball fan, I said to him, “Mr. President, how about those White Sox?” He responded: “That was great. Fantastic. I was very happy to see them win it even though, you know, I was pulling for Houston…”
The building was on total lock-down with Secret Service everywhere. Metal detectors, bomb sniffing dogs, etc....What a production....It must cost the government millions just to keep him safe where ever he goes. Every once in the while one of their sport coats would come open just enough that you see that most of them were packing sub-machine guns like a mac-10 or similiar. They all had ear pieces in and talked into their wrists, that crap you see on TV is real. They were all pretty very polite and professional but at the same time you could just see that they were not to be screwed with.
Whether or not you agree with the man’s politics, it was still a pretty amazing experience meeting the most powerful man in the world.
I've took pics with the camera phone, but they're too big to post here and I don't have time to re-size them today....