OBAMA!!!

Yes, you are looking at a current posting, the blog has not flipped back to pre-election days....

GUESS WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS WEEKEND!!!

OH YES, THAT ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPPORTUNITY THAT YOU ALL (ok, not all, but a fair number) GOT TO EXPERIENCE BACK IN JANUARY.... WE'RE GETTING OUR VERSION ON SUNDAY!!!

President Obama will be leaving the G20 summit and heading over to Prague for the weekend. On Sunday he will be giving a public speech, his first foreign policy speech abroad, within the Prague Castle Square. Admission is free. The speech starts at 10 - gates open at 7... I expect we will be there well before then.

Unlike the millions that descended upon the White House there is an expected crowd of 40,000 (small space, intentionally chosen to keep the numbers low and manageable).

Bags, signs, deodorant, dogs, and metal objects are not allowed - please carry your passport at all times. (??? seriously... deodorant - please they should be handing it out not prohibiting it!!)

People are coming in from surrounding countries and there is still only an expected crowd of 40,000. The low numbers is not due to a low popularity rating, on the contrary that is an astonishingly high expected turnout... considering this nation is the size of Virginia and the square is very, very small and enclosed. Maybe I missed a zero and it's 400,000 but I can't find the article now. They're trying to avoid the 200,000 crush he faced in Berlin while he was campaigning for the Presidency.

All protests have been canceled for this weekend as the police force is already fully extended. Roads will be closed, the transit affected.

It will be interesting!!!