An interesting side note to the former President coming here today...he will not arrive until noon - however the State police is absolutely everywhere, lanes are already blocked off, and where he will be speaking is off limits to both vehicle and foot traffic.
There are signs up indicating if you walk near the building carrying even a purse you will be stopped and searched.

Just an interesting thing to observe.

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I imagine if it were the sitting President he would be excoriated by many here for wasting resources on his security.

dude he was in san jose a couple of days ago, tell me. 101 was a friggin mess for 2 hours.

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Yeah it'd be the same with Bush Senior too, the USSS is actually looking to expand the period of which ex-Presidents get protection from them from 10 years as it is now after they leave office to 25. Also they want it that if a direct family member of the former President then goes on to serve as POTUS then the first President through association should receieve lifetime protection. That also includes the entire former first family and associates there of.

Just on a side note how much of a draw do you think that mayor of yours is to Clinton going to your town Iam? I know she has the boobs and looks but is she fat enough for him?

Why does everything always have to turn into this silly schoolyard us vs them mentality?

I don't know.

I was stationed in Alameda in the mid 80's and if I remember right 101, and every other route was a mess on the best of day's.

So you remember the "we have the hottest mayor thread"....good memory.

No she is actually friggin hot...very nice body.

Well.......I will be leaving in about 10 minutes...I'll post back what I experienced later.

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The most serious threat to the United States is not someone hiding in a cave in Afghanistan or Pakistan, but our own fiscal irresponsibility 2008 - David Walker, Controller General of the United States

Oh yeah i remember, man until this crop of candidates i would never thought of voting 3rd party but your mayor should run for President!!

Have a nice meal.

When Clinton visited Camp Lejeune in the mid 90s,it was a fucking zoo. If you didn't attend the rally, you had to sit in your room on a chair, in front of the window with the curtains open. There were snipers all over the base, and react teams in case you moved out from in front of the window.

In order to attend the rally, you had to be in line at 4 in the morning in uniform to be searched. Once searched, you had to go sit in the uncomfortable bleachers with your hands visible at all times.