Free tickets! *

Do you ever pay attention to those little * that appear on all kinds of "free" things. It's kind of like the old saying, "there is no such thing as a free lunch." Very true.

Well, it turns out there is no such thing as a free ticket to the Obama acceptance speech at Invesco Field in Denver. After being told that they would receive the free tickets, they were told that they would only receive them after they volunteered for the campaign.

Normally in business we call this the Bait and Switch technique.

Of course, maybe B.O. just 'moderated his position' on the word 'free'.

It's a good thing B.O. is a 'different' kind of politician, otherwise this would seem like a cheesy political trick.

So... is the campaign calling up Berliners and asking them to come in and volunteer? After all, they already had their 'free' speech.