In her tell all book Once Upon a Secret former White House intern Mimi Alford explains her 18-month affair with the former U.S. President, right down to the pairs torrid affair in Jackie O’s bedroom.

In the book she reveals such details as he:

“Unbuttoned the top of my shirtdress and touched my breasts.”

After that encounter the President apparently just pointed at the bathroom and as she headed home the then 19-year-old kept thinking, “I’m not a virgin anymore.”

Mimi says the sex between them was “varied and fun” and that they spent an “inordinate amount of time taking baths” but never kissed.

Apparently JFK also had some jealousy involving Vice President Lyndon Johnson when he told Mimi “stay way from him.”

Mimi Alford also says that the President essentially tried to pimp her out to friends, include Dave Powers who the President said she should help relieve some stress.

“This was a challenge to give Dave Powers oral sex. I don’t think the president thought I’d do it, but I’m ashamed to say that I did . . . The president silently watched” Alford reveals.

In a less sexual moment Mimi says the couple cried together then reading letters about the death of the Presidents infant child, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy.

The one time she refused sexual favors was when JFK allegedly said she would “take care of my baby brother. He could stand a little relaxation.” She “absolutely” refused.

It’s no secret that JFK lived a playboy lifestyle as the President of the United States, would it surprise you to learn that all of Mimi Alford’s facts are in fact correct?

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President Barack Obama invited the Boston Bruins over to the White House recently to honor them for their Stanley Cup championship, but Tim Thomas, the team’s goalie, was a no-show.

Apparently, his absence was not at all accidental; Thomas decided to use his invitation to the White House as an opportunity to voice his disdain for the government. While it may come off as if he isn’t exactly a fan of Obama, in a post on his Facebook he says that his decision wasn’t in protest of one political party or another–it was in protest of the government as a whole.

Here’s what Thomas had to say on his Facebook:

I believe the Federal government has grown out of control, threatening the Rights, Liberties, and Property of the People. This is being done at the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial level. This is in direct opposition to the Constitution and the Founding Fathers vision for the Federal government.

Because I believe this, today I exercised my right as a Free Citizen, and did not visit the White House. This was not about politics or party, as in my opinion both parties are responsible for the situation we are in as a country. This was about a choice I had to make as an INDIVIDUAL.

This is the only public statement I will be making on this topic. TT

Thomas may be insisting that his decision has nothing to do with the party that President Obama is affiliated with, but his actions were nonetheless enough to spark a bit of a political firestorm.

“My advice to him is to stick to hockey,” said Phil Johnston, a top state Democrat who served under President Clinton. “I think Bruins players are taken seriously for their hockey, not for their politics.”

What do you think of Tim Thomas’ decision to back out of the White House Stanley Cup ceremony?

[Image credit: AP]

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William Daley is resigning his position as White House chief of staff, a title which will now pass to budget director Jack Lew as the Obama administration gears up for the 2012 election.

President Obama made the announcement today, saying that Daley had expressed his desire to step down from his position in order to spend more time with his family. Though Obama asked Daley to reconsider, he refused, citing a desire to return to Chicago.

Regarding the departure of Daley and subsequent appointment of Lew, President Obama had this to say:

“There is no question that I am going to deeply miss having Bill by my side in the White House, [...] Here in Washington I have every confidence that Jack won’t miss a beat.”

Jack Lew has served as budget director for Presidents Clinton and now Obama. His success under the Clinton administration is what got him the job from President Obama:

“If there was a Hall of Fame for budget directors, then Jack Lew surely would have earned a place for his service in that role under President Clinton, when he helped balance the federal budget after years of deficits,”

Lew was Daley’s personally suggested replacement, and the President took Daley’s advice. Though Daley’s departure is a bit of a surprise, he has pledged to remain with Obama through this year’s election:

“I made a commitment to the president through his reeelection, which I’m confident he will do, and then my wife and I will return to Chicago,”

Lew will be learning the ropes as Daley’s responsibilities narrow, and should President Obama see a second term, Lew will be the new go-to in Obama’s team.

Here’s the video story from our pals at Newsy:

Do you think this announcement comes at a bad time, or is Jack Lew a good replacement for William Daley?

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Dallas Maverick’s player Delonte West won’t be joining his 2011 championship team during their visit to meet President Barack Obama at the white house after he was “banned” from the landmakr.

Two year’s ago West was involved in a high profile arrest and after the President’s security team ran a routing background check they chose to deny Delonte West access to the White House and the President.

West told the Fort-Worth Star-Telegram

“I’m banned from going to the White House, so I’m not going to make it,” while adding, ”But I’m going home to D.C., I’m just not allowed to go to the White House. That’s what happens when you make bad decisions in your life. You can’t go to the White House.”

I’ve been there 100 times in my lifetime,” said the D.C. born west “I live right around the corner. I live in D.C. It’s going to be a ashamed the President isn’t going to get a chance to meet me. I’m the president of my house.”

After his omission West went on Twitter and began attacking just about everyone who has covered him over the years. He has since deleted those tweets.

Since 2004 Delonte West has been a dynamic player to watch however even under his most medicated of days his tantrums remind his fans and reporters just how childish he truly is.

Do you think Delonte West got what was coming to him? I’m personally glad he won’t be stinking up the White House with his own special brand of stupidity.

In the meantime here’s a screen grab of Delonte West using his Twitter account to practice his favorite swear words:

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The destruction of the Twin Towers changed America forever. The events of 9/11 made it abundantly clear to every single citizen that terrorism was about to become a major factor in their existence. However, it is doubtful that when President Bush announced America’s “War On Terror”, the average American could anticipate just how much this new war would change their lives. As we begin 2012, we are still living under the intrusive eye of the Patriot Act and Guantanamo Prison is still full of accused terrorists. The much despised Transportation Security Agency (TSA) continues strip searching grand mothers in wheel chairs and sticking their hands down the pants of 5 year old kids. To make matters worse, Big Sister Janet Napolitano hinted that Americans might be subjected to even more intrusive security with this comment on the Charlie Rose Show, “Terrorists are going to continue to probe the system and try to find a way through. I think the tighter we get on aviation, we have to also be thinking now about going on to mass transit or to trains or maritime. So, what do we need to be doing to strengthen our protections there?”

The American people have reached the boiling point over being exposed naked on potentially harmful body scanners while the even elderly and the very young are given physical searches that would lead to molestation charges in any civil society. Whether or not they are willing to continue to accept this on-going violation of their human dignity, not to mention possible violations of the Constitution, remains to be seen. We do know for a fact that the Airline Industry is going broke and the volume of flyers is falling steadily. Major carriers are filling for bankruptcy and certainly the TSA’s policies have not been helpful in convincing passengers to fly. Many Americans have decided to drive or take other alternative transportation and the struggling economy has led to many families cancelling their travel plans altogether.

There is an on-going debate about the effectiveness of the methods used by the TSA. Despite the fact that every single person boarding an airline in the United States is screened, there have been several alarming lapses in security, including the notorious Christmas Underwear bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. The very fact that this man was whisked through security in Amestredam, Holland exposed one of the biggest flaws in the TSA octopus. Air travel is international and until the TSA permits American carriers to be responsible for providing their own, additional security in foreign airports, American citizens are at the mercy of foreign governments when they travel outside the USA. Not only do we need private professional security of the highest standards to be used by American Carriers when they fly from foreign destinations, but all foreign carriers flying into the USA should be required to meet the same standards. The citizens of the United States should not have to suffer endless intrusions into their lives and risk to their very existence because some foreign governments or foreign carriers may refuse to properly secure their airlines. The FAA maintains a list of the safety of all foreign airlines and certainly lack of proper security should land any carrier on the banned section of the list.

When it comes to setting policy on how to protect travelers, the TSA has chosen what many many experts in the field feel is the least effective method. Despite a 2012 budget of 8 billion dollars and 58,000 employes, the TSA has failed many internal security tests with as many as 75% of the simulated bombs getting through screening. Even outside agencies, including newspapers and television stations, have exposed how they were able to repeatedly smuggle simulated contraband through security and find many alternative routes into secure areas of the airport that bypassed all the security checkpoints. To compound the problem, the TSA airport staff is composed of mainly low pay, hourly workers with little, if any, security training. There have even been documented cases of convicted criminals working the screening lines at our major airports. Reports abound of personal property disappearing from passenger’s luggage, abusive treatment by TSA staff and a general atmosphere of “Comply or Else.” We wonder how many Americans know that they can be charged with a felony if they object to the intrusiveness of the screening and attempt to leave the airport once they have entered the controlled security area. So much for the right to say “No” when a person feels their rights, their faith or their dignity is violated.

According to those who have worked in the field of Airport Security and terror prevention, there is a better way. It is called Behavioral Profiling. This method, which is in no way related to the politically in-correct and frankly in-effective method of Racial Profiling, has been used to perfection to protect the world’s most endangered airports in Israel. Behavioral Profiling involves using highly trained professionals at the security checkpoints instead of the vast legions of barely trained wage slaves, of which the TSA is so enamored. These professionals observe passengers and anyone else who happens to be in the area for any telltale indications of unusual behavior. They also ask direct questions of every single person about to board an airline. Simple, straight forward questions like “Who are you?, “Where have you been?”, “Where are you going?”, “Why are you going there?” and “Did anyone ask you to add anything to your luggage or carry on baggage?”. They observe the behavior and listen carefully to the traveler’s replies. If answers appear out of the ordinary or the passenger’s behavior does anything to indicate the need for a more extensive examination, they are then taken to a private area for an in-depth security screening. No one is putting their hands down the pants of a child in public at an Israeli airport. Respect for privacy and a calm, polite professional demeanor is expected of every member of the Israeli Airport Security Services.

The Israeli system works and it works well, because in addition to the fully trained security personnel at the airports, from the moment a traveler buys their ticket, Israeli security is checking for any factors that might indicate anything out of the ordinary. For example, someone who buys a one way ticket in cash, then requests a window seat over the wing, would be flagged, in advance, for a full security screening at the airport. Someone who enters an airport carrying an empty suitcase would be put through a high level screening because the Israelis would want to know if that person had already placed a bomb, if they were perhaps using the suitcase to try to conceal something they planned to steal from the airport or if they were trying to test the security. According to Shlomo Harnoy, the former chief of the Israel Security Agency’s Aviation Security Department, bloated agencies like the TSA, that spend billions on ineffective methods, are not the solution. He said, “Whoever is concentrating on stopping old ladies bringing a bottle of mineral water on to the plane will not find the terrorist, or the bomb. The old lady is not a suicide bomber and the bottle of water is not a bomb component.”

Of course, the TSA and  its enablers in the White House and Congress have some standard, pat replies to any attempt to bring the TSA back under control. Instead of taking steps to emulate the best airport security in the world, they moan the United States is too big to use the Israeli system and continue to treat all Americans like suspects. Rather than end the burden on the budget of 58,000 employees, 44,000 of whom are members of a union for Federal workers, the big spenders in Washington continue to roll out more and more costly programs to “protect” Americans from the threat of terror. Despite the fact that the TSA continues to fail at its mission and the Airline Industry is in the toilet, partly because passengers are sick and tired of being treated like criminals, there are no indications the TSA plans to change its methods and stop making travelers feel like actors in a bad porn movie. Many Americans have simply had enough and are quite happy to discover the charm and beauty in their own communities during vacation time, rather than go through another round of choosing between back scatter radiation or a “touch your junk” pat down. Meanwhile, we move another step closer towards a Police State and the economy suffers. We would hope the political elite who run the country might wake up to the fact that Americans are fed up, but then again, there hasn’t been a really good miracle since Moses parted the Red Sea and Jesus fed the 5000 with five loaves and two fish.

Airport Security In America – The TSA vs The American Citizen is a post from: The Inquisitr

The Obama White House today announced that a deal to sell $30 billion dollars worth of advanced f-15 fighter jets to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been finalized.  Obama has stated that the deal is meant to counteract Iran and provide job and export growth to the American Economy.

Congress approved the deal in 2010.  To fulfill the contract Boeing will provide 84 advanced F-15SA combat planes to the Royal Saudi Air Force.  In addition it will provide upgrades to 70 existing jets in addition to providing arms for the planes, spare parts and other resources for their upkeep.

White house Press Secretary Josh Earnest said that “This agreement will positively impact the U.S. economy and further advances the president’s commitment to create jobs by increasing exports.  According to industry experts, this agreement will support more than 50,000 American jobs, engaging 600 suppliers in 44 states, and providing $3.5 billion in annual economic impact to the U.S. economy.”

Additional military equipment being provided to Saudi Arabia as part of the $60 billion dollar deal approved in 2010 are 70 Apache attack helicopters, 72 Black Hawk helicopters, 26 Little Bird helicopters and assorted weapons systems for the aircraft.

The main reason for the arms package’s approval, at the time, was the insistence of both the Obama Administration and The Saudi Arabian government was that the Iranian threat  required a well armed Saudi Arabia.  Saudi Arabia has stood side by side witht he US in opposing Iran’s nuclear program.

Press Secretary Earnest further stated “This agreement reinforces the strong and enduring relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia, and demonstrates the U.S. commitment to a strong Saudi defense capability as a key component to regional security,”

The Obama administration also sought to allay concerns that the arms package diminished Israel’s miltary edge in the region.

“All sales to the region must be evaluated for the impact on Israel’s qualitative military edge,” assistant Secretary of State Andrew Schapiro told reporters. “We conducted that assessment, and we are satisfied that this sale to Saudi Arabia will not detriment Israel’s qualitative military edge.”

Should America be so committed to improving the Saudi’s military?

Obama White House Selling F-15′s To Saudi Arabia, Worth $30 Billion is a post from: The Inquisitr

Every week it seems that the Republicans are butting heads with the Obama government over something and this past week has been no different as everyone involved is trying to get a payroll tax extension in place before the end of the year.

Not one to shy away from the use of social networks to try and sway public opinion the Obama White House has taken to Twitter to try and get average Americans to weigh in with their opinions over the battle being caused by the Republicans.

At the center of this go around is a two month extension which the White House has been trying to get passed so that they can at least make it into the new year and past the expensive holiday season before trying to hammer out a longer term agreement. It seems though that the Republicans are having none of it and want to work out a longer term deal now even if that means the payroll tax break disappearing and Americans finding more money disappearing from their paychecks.

So the White House is calling on Americans to head to Twitter and express their thoughts when it comes to having that extra $40.00 per paycheck that the payroll tax break brings them.

In a new tactic, the White House has called on middle class Americans to write in about how the payroll tax hike would affect them and published the responses on its website.

“Forty bucks a paycheck is HUGE for me. I am supporting my adult daughter and her four children,” wrote K.J., from Sacramento, California, one of 18,000 responses the White House says it has received since Tuesday.

“By not passing the extended payroll tax cut they are literally taking food from my grandkids’ mouths.”

via PhysOrg

You can read more reactions at the special page the White House has set up for the responses.

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California Congressional Representative Darrell Issa, the fiery chairman of the House Governmental Oversight Committee, wants to know why the Obama administration is allowing Occupy Wall Street protesters to destroy $400,000 worth of landscaping and refurbishment by putting their encampment in a D.C. park.

Issa is interested in knowing why Interior Secretary Ken Salazar supported the decisions of the National Park Service to not evict the protesters who had built a tent city despite the park service’s rules barring any type of camping in the park. According to Fox News, Issa said “NPS’ laxity toward enforcing its own rules has resulted in protesters killing “newly planted grass that had been funded by the stimulus” and “wasting much of the hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer money used to rehabilitate McPherson Square.”. “While the merits of this stimulus funding are debatable, we can all agree that once the federal government invested the funds, no government agency should have allowed it to be damaged or destroyed when it legally could have been prevented,”.

The national park service had issued a statement shortly after Issa’s inquiry stating “The National Park Service and U.S. Park Police are firmly committed to upholding Americans’ First Amendment rights while also enforcing our nation’s laws, guarding public safety, and protecting the resources with which we are entrusted,” which he also said to Fox News

Issa used the Obama administrations own stimulus tracking resource, Recovery.gov, in order to find out just how much had went into the park and therefore how much was being destroyed by the protestors. According to Recovery.gov, $424,600 was awarded to a local firm to rehabilitate the park, installing new grass, putting in concrete curbs, installing refurbished benches, light poles, water fountains, paint, chain fencing, trash cans and light meters.

Issa said much of the newly built park was “damaged or destroyed”.  He blamed the Park Service for allowing what he deemed “illegal camping” using great detail about NPS’ definition of camping. He claims that NPS violating its own rules and definitions by declaring that the protest was a vigil instead of an encampment.

The DC police had tried to evict the protestors on two previous occasions but were stopped when a district judge ruled that the Park Service must issue a vacate order 24 hours in advance, which until know they have refused to do.

Should the Occupy Wall Street Crowd be permitted to camp out in the DC park?

Occupy Wall Street Stomps On Stimulus, Destroys Park is a post from: The Inquisitr

Lady Gaga paid a visit to the White House on Tuesday to further discuss the issue of bullying with the government bigwigs.

While she didn’t meet with President Obama himself (he was otherwise engaged in Kansas for a speech on the economy), the pop star discussed the subject with Obama administration staffers, and was later praised by Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett.

Jarrett described Gaga as “a source of strength for many young people who feel isolated and scared at their school.” Writing on the White House blog – the White house has a blog! – Jarrett said:

“Lady Gaga has described this cause as a personal one — she has said that as a child, she was often picked on for being different. I am deeply moved by the way she has used her story, and her success, to inspire young people, and shine the spotlight on important issues.”

Apparently Gaga and Obamama have met before, when the singer appeared at an Obama fundraiser for his re-election campaign in California this year. No question where Gaga’s hat lies.

The Obama administration says bullying affects 13 million students, or about a third of those attending school.

So good on Gaga, I say. Yeah okay, she’s not everybody’s cup of tea, and yes, she’s a pretty one-dimensional recycler of old pop trends with an average voice, but to heck with that, she clearly cares about some crucial issues (as opposed to negotiating her next reality TV deal or living off of her parents’ hedge fund). And for that, I salute her.

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It’s officially Christmas time at the White House. President Obama and his family didn’t waste any time after Thanksgiving to get their Christmas tree. The 18-and-a-half-foot balsam fir tree from Wisconsin was delivered to the White House by a horse-drawn carriage this afternoon.

The Star Tribune reports that White House staffers traveled to Wisconsin last month to pick out the tree.

The White House Christmas tree will go up in the oval-shaped Blue Room where it will be the centerpiece for holiday decorations this holiday season. The tree will be decorated to honor Blue Star families, or people who have loved ones serving overseas.

Here’s a video of Michelle, Malia, Sasha, and the president’s dog Bo inspecting the White House Christmas tree.

The Washington Post reports that the tree came from Schroeder’s Forevergreens near Neshkoro, Wisconsin. Tom and Sue Schroeder, who own Forevergreens, won the honor of providing the White House Christmas tree after winning a national contest run by the The National Christmas Tree Association. (The contest has been running since 1966.)

Sue Schroeder said:

“It’s just very thrilling.” Seeing our tree at the White House is the “highlight of our Christmas.”

The White House Christmas tree will be trimmed, lit, and decorated with the help of volunteers from around the country. The decorated tree will be unveiled on Wednesday.

Do you put up a Christmas tree? Real or artificial? Does it come anywhere close to standing 18 feet tall like the White House Christmas tree?

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Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, 21, the suspected White House shooter from this past Friday appeared in court on Thursday and was charged with the attempted assassination of President Obama.

Ortega-Hernandez allegedly fired several rounds of bullets into the White House while hitting a wall and at least one ballistic covered piece of window pane near the building where the family lives.

According to people close to Ortega he had repeatedly called President Obama the “anti-Christ” and the devil while blaming the President for all of his recent troubles.

After the shooting investigators found a semi-automatic rifle and several boxes of ammunition inside the shooters car which was parked several blocks away on the lawn of the National Institute of Peace.

Under the assassination charge Ortega-Hernandez faces a likely penalty of life in prison along with a $250,000 fine.

After fleeing from the scene Ortega-Hernandez agreed on Thursday to be extradited from Pennsylvania to the District of Colombia and reserved his right for a detention and preliminary hearing after the transfer.

Two witnesses saw Ortega take the shots at the White House on November 11 and the Idaho license plate they gave to authorities registered to Ortega. The shooter stopped the vehicle and took shots at the White House through the cars open window.

A trace of the weapon did not show Ortega-Hernandez as the purchaser.

According to CNN:

One witness — identified only as “W-4″ — told investigators that Ortega-Hernandez “has increasingly become more agitated against the federal government, and is convinced that the federal government is conspiring against him,” the FBI agent’s affidavit said.

He “wanted to ‘hurt’ President Obama and referred to him as ‘the anti-Christ,’” the witness said.

Other witnesses repeated the same claim that Ortega-Hernandez said he “need to kill him” and that his comments had “gotten worse over the years.”

Upon his arrest the suspected shooter went quietly, simply asking why he was being detained.

Do you think any shots fired upon the White House should be seen as an act of treason and result in a life spent behind bars?

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White House secret service agents and various other agency workers are currently on a manhunt for Oscar Ramiro Ortega, a 21-year-old Idaho man who is believed to be the shooter behind last weeks attack on the White House.

Ortega’s crashed car was found this week in Washington DC at 23rd Street NW and Constitution Avenue and inside the vehicle was a semi-automatic rifle.

One source told ABC that Ortega was fixated on the White House and should be considered dangerous giving his various convictions for domestic violence, assaulting police officers and drug offenses.

After the shooting on Friday a bullet was found in a White House window. The bullet was lodged in ballistic glass which sit directly in front of the houses historic exterior glass.

So far officials know that Ortega was in the Washington DC area for weeks leading up to his attack on the White House, he is said to have visited the Washington Mall on several occasions and authorities believe he may have been attempting to blend in with Occupy Washington protesters.

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A proposed 15-cent per tree Christmas tree tax was abandoned this week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)  after coming under fire by various right wing groups.

Under the proposed plan big producers and importers of trees would be required to pay a 15 cent per tree tax, that money would then be used to set up a Christmas Tree Promotion Board which would promote real trees over artificial offerings. Think of the board as the “Got Milk” equivalent of the Christmas Tree industry.

In one criticism Republican Sen. Jim DeMint said of the proposed tax:

“It’s the “single stupidest tax of all time.”

For their part the White House quickly shifted the focus away from the current administration with a spokesman noting:

“I can tell you unequivocally that the Obama administration is not taxing Christmas trees,” while adding, “What’s being talked about here is an industry group deciding to impose fees on itself to fund a promotional campaign, similar to how the dairy producers have created the ‘Got Milk?’ campaign.”

At this time the USDA has agreed to “delay implementation and revisit this action.”

The Christmas Tree Promotion, Research, and Information Order is authorized under the Commodity Promotion, Research and Information Act of 1996.

It should be noted that both the “Got Milk?” and “Beef: It’s What For Dinner?” campaigns which were ordered under the same act were met with some resistance when first introduced, the former of which is one of the most successful campaigns in current memory.

[Image via ShutterStock.com]

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In a disturbing turn of events the official Facebook page for the White House was inundated on Sunday with nasty remarks about the United States and 9/11.

The messages, appearing on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center included one message with a photo of Osama bin Laden which read:

“We’ll come back U.S.A. One day only 11/9/2011.”

Another message specifically threatened the White House noting:

“We’ll come to u white house sooooooooooon.”

While another was more direct, threatening all American people:

“We’ll come back 11/9/2011 to kill u all.”

At this time the Secret Service is assessing the cowardly remarks of individuals hiding behind their desktops.

In the meantime new York City and Washington D.C. have raised their security levels to deal with possible threats to national security on 9/11, including reports that car bombs could be used near bridges and tunnels. It should be noted that FBI officials have found no credible reason to be alarmed around those areas at this time.

The anniversary of 9/11 also increased the lookout for two stolen construction vans from Queens on Sept. 1 or 2, with officials cautious that they could be used in terrorist attacks.

Security has also been heightened at football stadiums around the country as thousands of fans begin to take in the opening season game for many of their favorite teams. The NFL has been on higher alert since the September 11 atttacks first took place one decade ago.

Have you witnessed any type of added security check points in the New York City or Washington D.C. areas?

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Ron Bloom, a top adviser to President Obama will leave his post by the end of August, says a source close to the exit, Bloom was integral in the auto bailout and following restructurings at Chrysler Group LLC and General Motors Co.

Named the presidents top adviser on manufacturing earlier in the year he helped structure and file GM’s initial public offering reducing the governments stake in the company from 61% down to just 26.5% after the IPO.

The announcement of Bloom’s exit comes at a time when his efforts seemed to have worked better than planned with taxpayers expected to lose $14 billion from the $80 billion automotive bailout, down from a much higher $48 billion which was projected two years ago.

Following in his automotive specialty Bloom was also instrumental in the 2025 requirement that automobiles be capable of reaching 54.4 miles per gallon, an agreement ushered in by President Obama last week.

Bloom does not have another job lined up, he is rumored to be returning to Pittsburgh to spend more time with his family who remained in their home after he accepted his current position in Washington.

With an upcoming reelection campaign approaching Bloom’s exit couldn’t have come at a worse time for the Obama Administration, republicans have argued that Bloom, a former union negotiator, organized the auto bailout in favor of the United Auto Workers union, instead of focusing on investors who lost billions during bankruptcy hearings. Obama during his first election cycle relied on union workers as a large part of his grassroots campaigning.

No comments are being offered by the White House at this time and the exact reason for his exit are also still not truly known.

Ron Bloom Leaving His Obama Administration Post By End Of August is a post from: The Inquisitr

The man who was responsible for hunting executed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was identified this week when a photograph analysis of the now famous White House photo was revealed.

The man was standing just outside of the frame on the original photo which was taken on July 5 as President Obama’s national security team watched the raid occur at the Osama compound.

John Young of Cryptome.org noticed that the man’s yellow tie shown in the picture was the same tie worn by a member of the White House staff, leading him to conclude who the individual is.

The Observer is grappling with whether or not to release the mans identity, a move the CIA says would put the man’s life in danger.

Speaking to Fox News CIA operations officer Charles Faddis says of the situation:

“It’s not entertainment, some people may think it is, but it’s not … There are real people out there that are going to be killed because of this.”

While former deputy director of central intelligence John McLaughlin said to the Observer:

“I implore you, do not publish this man’s name.”

Man Who Hunted Osama bin Laden Identified In White House Photo is a post from: The Inquisitr

…was quick and to be expected on Facebook.

[Failbook]

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Donald Trump got his whining, complaining way after having breathed life into the “birther movement” once again, compelling the White House to re-release the President’s birth certificate earlier today. (The Obama campaign released the standard version in 2008, but die hard Obama opponents have been demanding the “long form birth certificate” issued when he was born in 1961 since the first birth certificate release.)

Of course, the egomaniac who has gaudily splashed his name over much of Manhattan and Atlantic City has taken complete credit for the revelation:

“Today I’m very proud of myself, because I’ve accomplished something that no one else has been able to accomplish,” Trump said, adding, “Our president has finally released a birth certificate.”

However, he said he would have to check out the certificate himself and wondered why the president didn’t do this “a long time ago.”

The release comes a day after a Gallup poll was released indicating that several Americans are still not too clear on the President’s place of birth issue:

…only 38 percent of Americans said they believe Obama was definitely born in the United States while 18 percent said he probably was and 15 percent said he probably was born in another country. Nine percent said he definitely was born elsewhere. The same poll showed only 43 percent believed Trump was born in the United States and 20 percent said he probably was.

Of the controversy, Obama said:

“We do not have time for this kind of silliness. I’ve got better stuff to do.”

White House addresses “silliness,” releases President Obama’s long-form birth certificate is a post from: The Inquisitr

On Mother’s Day first Lady Michelle Obama will be appearing on The Martha Stewart Show.

Stewart told PopEater earlier this week, ”I’d been dying to meet her.”

Also appearing on the show is Second Lady, Dr. Jill Biden.

The three women were all at Camp Lejeune, N.C. on April 13 for Operation Shower and now Martha says she’ll meet with Michelle Obama during garden time:

“I’m gonna go down and see the (White House) garden, because she finally invited me!” she said. “I’m so excited. You know, I love that White House.” Martha went on to add, ”If she has any problems or challenges in the garden, I’m sure I can help her with those.”

It looks like the President will be eating some very fresh fruits and vegetables this Spring.

Martha Stewart To Help Michelle Obama Plant White House Garden is a post from: The Inquisitr

That would appear not to be the case, as Facebook friends of Barack Obama will tell you. (Yes, I am one- homeboy and me are tight.) Today, we all got linked to the official Organizing for America page to take part in a vote for shirts that feature a few different phrases commemorating the hard-fought and much criticized new laws cracking down on insurance companies. In addition to “Yes We Can,” “This Is What Change Looks Like,” and “I Stand With The President” is one shirt, pictured above, proudly trumpeting “Health Reform is a BFD.”

While the shirt will probably only serve to inflame partisan anger on the contentious issue, I have to say, nice job, Mr. President. I personally think this is exactly the kind of “sit down and shut up” attitude the executive branch needs to get things done in this atmosphere. What do you think? Totally tasteless or hell, yes we can?

President’s Facebook shilling “Health Reform is a BFD” shirt is a post from: The Inquisitr