Today I had the honor of going to the Vice President's speech with the VFW (thanks to Doug Butscher) and it was awesome. I have never seen a public official of this caliber in person before and at 50 feet away is was definitely an experience. He spoke about the Iraq war, war funds, and other pressing topics of today. On a side note, the speech was at the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City. This memorial is also the National World War I Museum and I am really looking forward to visiting it in the future...