I was just watching MSNBC and there was a breaking story about a man in Florida who has been taken into custody for threatening to assassinate presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama.

He made the threats during training in Florida.  His automobile was found with weaponry, body armour, etc.

More to follow...

I've been a part of this community of DailyKos for a little over a year.  I joined because I was interested in the 2008 Election, and politics in general.  As the campaign went on, I swayed between candidates Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, and John Edwards.

Their stances on the issues were close to what I was concerned about, but I settled on Obama because of his consiliatory approach (which was in line with my personality and style), his new approach to politics, and the way he pursued Howard Dean's 50-State Strategy (and improved on it immensely, in ways I could never imagine).

I'm a serial lurker.  I've read some great diaries on politics, the environment, the sciences, and personal antedotal stories by people from all walks of life.  I made comments of all types, funny, angry, happy, sad--all range of emotions.  I write what I think, stream of conscious type thoughts.  I was never inspired to share a story of mine until last night, when I met a few random people at my usual neighborhood bar in downtown Orlando.  So, this is my first (and maybe only) foray into writing a diary.