The Burnman Experience
11Sep/090

Shots fired! Shots fired! (not really)

This morn­ing, CNN reported via Twit­ter that a sus­pi­cious boat was in a river near Pres­i­dent Obama with shots fired:

CNN Tweet - Suspicious Boat, Shots Fired

Min­utes later, CNN reported that a the United States Coast Guard attempted to pre­vent a boat from enter­ing a secu­rity zone on the Potomac River near the Pen­ta­gon, where Pres­i­dent Obama was at an event com­mem­o­rat­ing the 9/11 attacks, and again men­tions the police scan­ner reports of shots fired:

9Sep/094

You’re quitting on your country

Barack Obama
As you may well know, Pres­i­dent Obama gave a tele­vised speech to America’s school chil­dren yes­ter­day.  The speech was deemed con­tro­ver­sial by some, and con­cerns that polit­i­cal agenda would be included in what should only be a “stay in school” style speech were voiced by many.  I was one of the many.

Before the White House released “Remarks by the Pres­i­dent in a National Address to America’s School­child­ren,” I was not sure what to expect from the speech.  In today’s polit­i­cally charged envi­ron­ment, I could not help but won­der how much agenda would make its way into the speech.  I was happy to have the oppor­tu­nity to read the speech before it was aired, and while my ini­tial con­cerns were quelled, a cou­ple of new ones took their place.