Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

Michaele and Tareq Salahi crashed the Obama's first state dinner. Unless you have been living under a rock you must have heard about the DC couple who talked their way into the state dinner.

While the lack of security is somewhat of a concern to me, the bigger concern for me has to be that Obama obviously did not know who was coming to his own dinner! There are photos of them talking talking to the President and first lady and the vice president, as well as pictures of them walking through the receiving line.

Granted there were a lot of people at the affair, but we had a lot of people at my wedding, and if I did not recognize someone I asked my wife who it was. Wouldn't you think he would know (and recognize) everyone who was invited...after all, didn't he make up the guest list (or at the very least approve it)?

My veterinarian sees a lot of dogs and cats, yet he knows all the dogs and owners by sight. he cheats of course. He has a picture of every dog and the file contains both the dogs name and the owners. In the morning he looks at all the files so he can be ready to greet each client. When he walks through the door he greets the dog and us by name. It is a sign of respect. The message is he cares about who we are. With all the resources at his command, Obama did not "study" the guest list? I know he is a busy man, but doesn't it make a better impression on the visiting dignitaries if you actually know who they are? Worse yet, what message does it send to the world? Obviously the terrorists are thrilled with this info. If a couple can so easily infiltrate the white house, they must be licking their chops.

The Secret Service says the Pres was in no danger because all the guests passed through the magnetometer. Isn't the comment a bit specious (not to mention self serving). This was a dinner wasn't it? What were they eating with, foam rubber utensils? I am certain there were some steak knives lying around. An amateur could kill a man with a fork if he was motivated enough. I'm guessing there were plenty of bottles lying around. I remember how jagged the glass shards of a broken bottle are. The SS is downplaying the danger they subjected the President too.

The rest of the world just sees this as another example of our lack of attention to detail. That can't be good for our worldwide rep.

With all the challenges we face now, a couple of party crashers seems like a dumb thing to focus on, but its more than just the ease with which they crashed an important event. It reminds us of how sloppy we've become. Sloppy is not what we want the world to think about America

Shame on Michaele and Tareq Salahi. They put their greed and their desire for publicity and a reality TV show ahead of their responsibility for their country. Rather than put them on a reality show, we should put them on the first plane to Iraq or Afghanistan. Let them spend some time fighting for the country they so callously embarrassed.

In my opinion, the producers of the "real housewives" should not consider her for the show. If they do use them, advertisers and viewers should change the channel. With every problem we have right now, we did not need another one! No network should pay them for their story or photos...isn't that profiting from a crime (trespassing)?