Comments on: IT'S NO SECRET

By: Warmbowski

Warmbowski — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:57:20 +0000

Wow, how serendipitous. I just got done watching "To Live and Die in LA" mere minutes before reading this. An 80's flick where William Peterson (AKA Gil Grissom of CSI) plays a secret service agent who goes haywire trying to catch a counterfeiter played by Willem Dafoe. I can't think of any other movie that depicted the SS in this light, as the employees of the Treasury, protecting our money.

By: Patti

Patti — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:38:25 +0000

I had the pleasure to meet a couple Secret Service officers during the 97 Inauguration. BK makes a good point – get them going, and they will tell you some fascinating stories.

As for worse jobs, have you ever met members of the Capitol Police force? 535 members of congress to protect and fewer resources, and always having to wonder if some redneck Congressman from Kentucky decided to bring his concealed weapon into a committee meeting.

By: j

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:47:39 +0000

Hey, do they actually jump off and transfer the bike while it is in motion like in the movie Breaking Away? That looked so dangerous to me.

I too am afraid of a possible assassination…not because of fear of unrest but actually because I very much hope that he is president until 2017. When you saw the Obama/Beyonce show at the inaugural ball, can you tell me that you did not think it is the new century's version of the Kennedys and Marilyn Monroe? Completely breathtaking.

By: beau

beau — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:22:29 +0000

Reminds me of that Hicks bit that ends with "Ronald Reagan…wounded".

By: BK

BK — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:06:56 +0000

I had a brush with the Secret Service when I was in college working as a bouncer in college bar. An off-duty co-worker and his girlfriend were in the bar about 9 on a Tuesday night. The only other two guys were stragers who sat with windbreakers on sipping some beers while minding their own business.

When my inebriated, off-duty coworker went to the bathroom, his girl starting talking/flirting with the two strangers. Coworker comes back, words are exchanged and the next thing I know I am pulling a guy off a barstool and breaking up a potential fight.

The guy I grab tells me "You made a mistake, I'm a cop," to which I reply, "You're not a cop till I see a badge." He promptly reaches in his pocket, pulls out a wallet and flashes something in my face. I ask to look more closely and he hands it to me. The shield read "Department of the Treasury" at the top and "United States Secret Service" at the bottom.

I apologized profusely and was escorting him back to the bar and placed my hand on the small of his back when I felt his handgun. Meanwhile, my manager is kicking my coworker out of the bar and firing him as he protests about them hitting on his girl.

Both guys could have ended my life right there. I'm not a big fan of the police typically, but applauded these guys for showing a lot of restraint. They didn't so much as lift a finger.

Turns out they were on their way to the Cities from Chicago for a Bush rally and proceeded to tell us a lot of stories of busting PLO counterfeiting rings in Chicago…

By: Dustin

Dustin — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:28:30 +0000

Very true. The SS can't even stop a SECOND shoe from being thrown at the president…