Obama Barbecues Across the Street from Farrakhan

The rest of the article tells about, what appears to be a civil conversation between the Secret Service and Farrakhan's security force. What is interesting is the neighborhood Obama lived in and the intense security Farrakhan has.

It is a shame that Obama chose to miss the Arlington ceremony, but, as we are told, it is not the first time a President was AWOL.

If you are curious about "best friend" Marty Nesbitt, read here.

Excerpt: Just a few blocks from Obama’s home in the Kenwood/Hyde Park neighborhood, Obama’s friend Marty Nesbitt lives across the street from the ornate yellow-gold home where Farrakhan lives.

For the past two years, when Obama has brought his family over to Nesbitt’s home, the press pool bus parks near Farrakhan’s house. This usually does not cause a problem, but Saturday night — as most of the city was indoors watching the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Philadelphia Flyers in the Stanley Cup finals — a bit of tension emerged on Woodlawn Avenue. Farrakhan followers, press have minor 'stand-off' in Obama's neighborhood