The morning after...

Major cliches with the lap top during the Coast Guard graduation yesterday prevented any blog updates. I was able to post a few - via cell phone - on the paper's main Web page. It was a long day, and the sunburn shows that it was also a bright sunny day.

U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, passed up an invitation to fly up on Air Force One to attend the graduation ceremony, leaving on Congressman Christopher Shays - the only Republican member of the state's congresssional district to attend with the president. Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele represented the state.

I actually thought the president's speech was considerably better - delivery-wise - than the one he delivered at the academy four years ago. And, as it was the case four years ago, he certainly did seem to enjoy handing out the commissions and having some fun with the cadets and families. I suspect he doesn't get to have that much fun these days.

All in all, a good day for the cadets and their families. And that was the important part of yesterday's event.