By now everyone has heard about this but I wanted to add a reassuring update. President Obama is safe and it only took the Secret Service 2 hours to get him to come out from under his desk.

Personal note from RTF (and then I'll comment on the article): The wife and I departed early Friday morning for our annual Laymen's Retreat in the beautiful Adirondack mountains of NYS. It was so nice - no TV, radio, phones - just a weekend of fellowship with other Christians and leaving the insanity of the world behind. The retreat ended at noon on Sunday. The drive home for us is about 5 hours - during that time, we didn't even turn the car radio on. We just listened to music. As we were driving towards home along the Thruway though, I did make the comment "well, I don't see any mushroom clouds so I suppose WWIII didn't start while we were away."

About the only thing I watch on FOX anymore is "The Five", so when we got home I turned on the TV to watch the installment from Friday (which we had DVR'd). That's where we learned about the shooting near the WH.

So here's my comment: In that report, they said the Obamas weren't there at the time. The (p)resident was "on the golf course . . ."

The wife and i just looked at each other, and rolled our eyes