The sunshine is gorgeous, people are out in the parks, almost no one is
working–I just drove out of downtown at 5 PM, with no traffic at
all. What is obvious is the security. Here west of Boston
our normally quiet skies are now regularly ripped by fighter jets
zooming around the city, protecting us by air. These jets come out of
the North American Defense Command, but are now under the direct
control of the Secret Service. The are flying 24 hours a
day. In town you have got to love the security. On every
corner there are clusters of police, marines, MPs, and others. By
clusters I mean 6 to 10 in a group. And then the black Chevy
suburbans and police motorcades wind their way by every few
minutes. And I’m talking a mile or so from the Fleet Center..
My agenda tonight is to watch and report, of course, but also to
bring attention to the genocide in Sudan, and to the importance of
human rights issues for the country, the party, and the campaign.
And of course I am urging folks to go to
