White House Gate Crashers: Looking for Buyers

As quoted by the AP’s write David Bauder 2 hours ago:

“NEW YORK – The couple who crashed President Barack Obama’s first state dinner are peddling their story to broadcast networks for hundreds of thousands of dollars, a television executive says.

The executive, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the network does not publicly discuss bookings, told The Associated Press that representatives for Michaele and Tareq Salahi contacted networks to urge them to “get their bids in” for an interview. The executive said the Virginia couple was looking for a payment in the mid-six figures range.”

Tell me this whole thing wasn’t planned by the Salahis!  Their 15 minutes of fame has turned into an hour now.

SHE wants to get on the  Bravo reality TV show, “Real Housewives of D.C.” I would hardly call her a ‘REAL” housewife of D.C.  She’s gone beyond ‘real’.

THEY are in debt to the six figure range, involved in  16 lawsuits which could cost them another 6 figure sum.

They chickened out of a Larry King Live interview, probably knowing that Mr. King would rip them and their plot to shreds.  I guess it’s on to “Oprah” next.

 

White House Gate Crashers: Reality TV Wannabes

Here we go again!  Reality TV wannabes Richard & Mayumi Heene’s   ‘Balloon Boy’ hoax captivated the public in October.  Now we have White House gate crashers, Tareq and Michelle Salahi,  schmoozing with celebs at the Obama administration’s first White House state dinner.

With a BRAVO  TV film crew trailing behind, they managed to get admitted to the affair after passing through security.

Oops!  Someone at the gate is going to have a LOT of egg on their face!  As for the Salahis, they’re sure to be in hot water because lying to the agents at the gate is a federal crime.  OOPS again!

With the country’s fascination of reality TV – is THIS what we’ve become?  Is this how to get your 15 minutes of fame? Pull a stunt…, any stunt and for the moment – get away with it.  Then you’re on the front page of every newspaper and gossip rag. You find yourself on the most wanted list of talk shows, late night TV and radio.  Gee, if you’re lucky, you might even get a book deal or a movie offer! Ah…, but WILL you get that coveted reality show?  Looks like the two most recent attempts backfired.

The Heene’s have already been to court;  Myumi, not an American citizen, came close to getting deported.  Richard has admitted his guilt and both will go to court next month. The Salahis probably will be investigated by the Secret Service and will find themselves in more trouble than they bargained for.

In an article from CNN, it seems that the Salahis are bumbling their way through the court system in Virginia with several lawsuits pending.  Bankruptcy rears it’s ugly head, too.  They’ve been sued by customers of the winery who allege that after reserving the Oasis Winery, which the Salahis own, for a wedding, thousands of dollars were charged to the client’s charge card.  It got messy; the Salahis threatened to cancel the wedding. The customer paid up so that the wedding would go ahead but later sued them for the unapproved charges.

They’re in debt for tons of money, too.  It’s obvious that these two are living a running scam.  Their Facebook pages list events they were at, probably uninvited, like the White House state dinner. If they’d kept their mouths shut, they might have gotten away with it, but of COURSE, the allure to say “LOOK WHAT WE DID!” is too much.

So that’s it, folks.  Wanna get famous?  Get caught doing something you shouldn’t involving high profile people and you’re sure to have your 15 minutes.  This is a sad testament to our society.

Is this what we want to teach our children?

Conservative Christians STILL Believe Obama Is A Muslim

Following is a sad and scary testament.  I received this message from my conservative Christian relatives.  It was sent to them by their equally biased friends.

Check out this latest picture from yesterday, Veterans Day 11/11/09  at the Ceremony in Arlington National Cemetery. I don’t know whether the National Anthem is being played, or the Flag is going by, or WHAT, but EVERYBODY in the picture is either saluting or has his hand over the HEART.  All except ONE…….Guess who.?

The previous sender wrote:

I guess a Muslim’s sign of respect is folded hands over your crotch.  How in the hell did the American people elect this guy to the highest office after only 150 days in the Senate, never having run anything except maybe a rally and having lived so many years overseas.  Are we really that stupid?  This had better be a one term deal and the Senate and the House damn well better turn Republican or at least Conservative in 2010.

To which I replied:

True, you don’t know what’s going on in the picture and seeing at the President isn’t a Muslim and knowing what I know about them, I highly doubt that ‘the Muslim sign of respect is hands folded over your crotch.’  Politics in this country has no place for the radical conservative Christians who want to force their limited, bigoted,  racially stereotyped views on the rest of the country. Unfortunately for them, Christianity is NOT the only religion so get over it!

Never underestimate the narrow-mindedness of the human race

These sad little people are just an example of a dangerous aspect of American life:  Christian conservatives.  They actually BELIEVE that President Obama is a Muslim!  DUH!  Mr. Obama was BORN in the UNITED STATES of AMERICA and HE IS A CHRISTIAN! His father may have been from another country and Mr. Obama could never have run for this nation’s highest office if he were not an American citizen. Even if he was a Muslim by faith – what would that matter? Ooohhhh noooo…, to THESE people, that would have meant he was a terrorist!

These people are horrifically narrow-minded, biased, brainwashed and terribly uninformed.  From what I’ve heard, thousands of people still believe in that old rumor started during the campaign that Obama is a Muslim….. that he has a secret agenda to allow the terrorists to come in and take over the government and kill all the conservative Christians.

These same people voted for John McCain probably because of Sarah Palin’s conservative Christian blubberings, figuring she she, as VP, would liberate this country and establish a Christian-based conservative government.

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO SEPARATION OF CHURCH and STATE?

Why do some factions of our population believe that their limited, racially biased,  dangerous fundamentalist views  should be imposed on this entire country?  Are we not a nation of many cultures?  Are not some of these cultures non-Christian?

These people follow a religion based on a game of Biblical “Post Office”,  read their Bibles, quote scripture,  and blindly take    e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g     literally as if God said it in the New York Times yesterday.

They are dangerous.  Their limiting agenda is dangerous to the freedom of all the citizens in this country.  Their supposed ‘values’ which embrace religious persecution and racism,  threaten the entire democracy on which this nation stands.

They are as dangerous as any other fundamentalist group bent on forcing their will on anybody else who does not agree with them or share their religious beliefs.

Want A Job? Move To India

A friend who has worked for Bank of America just learned her job will end on July 31st.  She has worked there 15 years through various name changes and takeovers/buyouts.

Her boss announced the jobs would be outsourced to India.  Isn’t that NICE!

I just found out (un-officially) that I will be out of a job on July 31st .. wow. My dept is the best in the country – we have come under goal for 18 months! Not one other dept can say that. The big honcho came in person to tell us. One of my co-workers called me and told me .. management has yet to call me. Our jobs are going to India.  India!?! Freakin’ India?? Bank of America just got more bailout money .. for what?! I want to know what the hell they are using that money for! To decorate another office?! I am writing every person I can find – this is so not right! I am literally shaking from anger ….

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?  Those of us who are out of work and those who have recently lost their jobs and those who will be losing their jobs…., where are the jobs for us?

I guess we have to move to India.

There aren’t enough burger joints for all of us to work in!  Time was, a game of kiss-ass would keep you a job.  That doesn’t work, not when daily announcements of losses and layoffs blankets the news.

In the movie, “SICKO”, there is an interesting note.  A person interviewed in France said, “Here in France the government is afraid of the people.  In the U.S. the people are afraid of the government.”

Maybe it’s TIME for another REVOLUTION!  Time to let government know that we WILL NOT TOLERATE OUR JOBS BEING SENT OVER SEAS.  Companies who do intend to send jobs to places like India should be fined heavily.  Not being in law or government, I’m not sure how this would work – but IT HAS TO STOP NOW.  If companies are losing money – it is because people are not buying because they have no jobs or are afraid that they are next!

The new administration  has a terribly difficult task ahead of it cleaning up the Bush era mess. I don’t envy President Obama because I truly believe he is on our side.  It’s the other clowns in government I worry about!