Okay here we go.
I guess you could say that our worst fear is trying to come to light.
I heard the first report Monday morning that there was an arrest of a man from Wyoming that tried to get two rifles and two handguns into the hotel where Nancy Pelosi is staying. Supposedly he is in Colorado to hunt. The only problem is that to hunt anything with a rifle in this state you’ll have to wait until October. And now four more people have been arrested trying to accomplish the same thing.
With the security in place, it’s going to take a lot more thinking to get past the front door with anything more than clothing in your suitcase.
Police are everywhere. There are bomb sniffing dogs. Dope sniffing dogs. There’s the Secret Service. FBI, and Federal police (We have the federal reserve in downtown Denver). Undercover. Overcover. If it’s security, it’s here in Denver.
I have the opportunity to be gigging for AT&T for their delegate parties.
There is a routine check you must go through everyday.
The venue for our events happens to be on the 38th floor of the Grand Hyatt.
First you must pass security to enter the building. Then you must be on a list to enter the elevator area. And you better have current ID with photo. Now you may proceed to the elevator to the 38th floor. When you arrive at the 38th floor you must pass security to leave the elevator area. If you have to go to the restroom, have no fear, security is at the door.
Now you can proceed to set your equipment.
This means the band, the caterers, the wait staff, the chef staff, and any other staff.
Once everything is set and the doors are ready to open, everyone, and I mean everyone must leave the area, and then the dogs come in. They do this type of sweep all day long.
So it seems to me that if you are going to be crazy enough to attempt something like this, you probably should be a little sharper than Barney Fife.
This is security for the everyday person taking part in the convention events. Imagine the security at the Pepsi Center, or Mile High Stadium (true broncos fans refuse to call it INVESCO Field).
As you can see in the photo these guy’s are ready. And this is the second or third team. For the first team there is a unit of combat ready men and women in attire that seems more suited for Bagdad, than Downtown Denver. Fully armed to the teeth, and most likely anxious to use their new fangled equipment, and firearms.
This is what we Black folks have feared all along. Although we see it as a great day in history and for the world for Barack Obama to have come this far in the America we live in, at the same time we knew there would be attempts’ on his life. We knew there are those who see this as the fall of America. Those people that preach of keeping their bloodlines pure.
Of course those same dumb ass people still don’t realize that life began on the continent of Africa. And the only way to keep your bloodlines pure is to have a bit of Blackness in there to make it all good.
Daddy.
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