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Michaele and Tareq Salahi posing with Vice President Biden

The couple, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, that got into the Tuesday night dinner at the Whitehouse, even though they were not on the guest list, took a picture with Vice President Biden.  The picture was posted on Michaele Salahi’s Facebook page.    Apparently there is going to be a review of the security procedures, which is obviously needed.    If someone with evil intentions was able to breach security and get into the dinner we could have be hearing about a more catastrophic story.  This is not the Grammy’s that was crashed, it was the Dinner with the President.  Things that make you go “hmm””

Apparently there were some uninvited guests at the Whitehouse for the State dinner on Tuesday night.  The couple were able to go through the security checkpoint and make it to the dinner.   They even posted pictures of themselves on their Facebook page.    This is an affluent D.C. couple that is reported to be auditioning for the “Real Housewives of Washington.” 

I have few questions:

1.  How were they able to get past the Secret Service, which is supposed to have the highest security in the country?  Maybe they needed to have some L.A. nightclub bouncers guarding the entrances.  
2. Will this couple have any federal charges filed against them for crashing the State dinner?  I don’t know if they should, but then again you cannot have anyone just breaching security and going wherever they want around  President Obama and his family.  
3. Will crashing the State dinner help or hurt the couple’s chances of being on the “Real Housewives of Washington?”  It is hard to tell when it comes to reality television.  They all have their own set of standards.

Story in the New York Times

It is big news that the media giant, Oprah, is leaving her show in 2011.  It is expected that she will be appearing on her new cable television network.   OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) will premiere in January 2011 and is a partnership with the Discovery Communications.

 After all the success she has had it is no wonder she want to make a change after over 20 years.  As a billionaire, she is financially secure enough make some career moves. There are some average men and women that wish they had a few thousand dollars to make a change in their lives.     Oprah is doing what a lot of people wish that they could do; make a career change without have to worry about how the bills are going to be paid.

Robin Givens wished that Oprah had said more when Mike Tyson stalked about his abuse of Givens during their marriage.   During his interview Tyson said that one of the best punches he threw was at Givens and at that moment Givens wished that Oprah had interjected and said it was wrong.  Oprah apologized to Givens and other abused women and said that she regretted not saying more and letting Tyson know that he was wrong.   Givens was on the Oprah show after the interview and accepted Oprah’s apology.

As a reporter or interviewer Oprah did do her job.  She is there to ask questions and get answers without pushing across her personal beliefs.  However, over the years the Oprah Winfrey show has been a place that she has expressed her opinions and beliefs so it may see out of character for many that she did not let Mike Tyson know that he was out of line.

New mom, Nicole Richie, has been hospitalized because of Pneumonia.    Richie has a 2 month-old son and a 2 year-old daughter.   

It must be hard for her to be away from her young kids and I hope she is able to rest, relax, and have a quick recovery.  

Source:mtv.com

The largest U.S. breakfast-cereal maker, said flooding at an Atlanta facility and repairs at a Tennessee factory will cause Eggo waffle shortages through the middle of next year.  

Kellogs did say that they are upping production to reduce the shortage.    If there is a shortage consumers can get used to the store brand until that time.  I do have to say that the store brand waffles do not taste good as the Kellogs waffles.   There are some store brand products that I do not mind using, but waffles are not one of them. 

Source:bloomberg