Gee-Dub is in the house

George W. Bush was in town yesterday. Part of his visit included a speaking engagement at Mesa Community College, touting their Business and Industry Institute as a "model" program. I've been saying that for years.

I'm glad to see the program at MCC get national recognition. I have them to thank for multiple vendor certifications that I could not have gained were it not for the affordable tuition that they offer. Other community colleges in the area offered Microsoft programs, but MCC was (at the time I was enrolled, anyway) the only one to use the MOC. They are Microsoft, Novell, Sun, Cisco and Oracle certified, and were working on more. I'm a pretty firm believer that learning at a normal classroom pace is much more effective than a week long bootcamp, not to mention the thousands of dollars you save.

Well, now that I've given MCC a little love, back to the topic at hand. I was more than a little surprised at GW's choice of restaurants here in town. I can understand wanting Mexican food while you're in Arizona, but Tee Pee Tap Room? Don't get me wrong, the food is pretty good. Still, its not exactly what you'd call a "fine dining" experience. I mean, he stayed at arguably the nicest hotel in town. Seriously, as if it wouldn't have been enough of a shock see Jerry Colangelo, Joe Garagiola and Bob Brenley sitting at the table next to me, I'd have most definitely choked on a tortilla chip if I saw the President walk in and sit down with them. Just weird...

I suppose George is people too.