Seriously.
- Dixie Chicks: We're ashamed that our president is from Texas. We don't agree to the Iraq War.
- Media: Boycott their albums, demand an apology, and ruin career.
- Ted Nugent: I'm gonna be in jail or dead if Obama is president again. And we better chop off the heads of Democrats in November.
- Media: A brief secret service meeting, nothing too serious.
1st female director of Secret Service sworn in
CNN: Julia Pierson has been sworn in as the first female director of the Secret Service in its 148-year history. She took the federal oath administered by US VP Joe Biden and President Obama holding the Bible in the Oval Office.
Pierson has been the chief of staff to the director since August 2008. Her career began in 1983 when she served as a special agent in the Miami field office.
“Julia’s reputation within the service is extraordinary. She’s come up through the ranks, she’s done just about every job there is to do at the Secret Service,” Obama said.
“We’re going to say a prayer that Boston wins the wild card spot…I’m worried if in fact they don’t, he’s going to be so damn miserable he will not jump in front of a bullet.”
—Vice President Joe Biden in Boston commenting that his lead Secret Service man is a Red Sox fan.
Random Dead Presidents Fact of the Day: 3.5.12
The United States Secret Service has one of the most difficult, intense, thankless, and potentially dangerous jobs in the world — protecting the President, the First Family, and other high-ranking officials. For several decades, the Secret Service had to do this job without a tool that many probably take for granted today — secured radio communications. In the past, anyone with a police scanner could pick up on Secret Service radio chatter, which led to the development of code names
While there is supposedly no meaning behind the code names given to Presidents, First Ladies, and other officials, it’s obvious that many of the code names are fitting descriptions of their subjects. With the development of encrypted, secure communications, Secret Service code names are no longer a necessity, but the tradition continues. Here are some examples of the many code names used by the Secret Service:
PRESIDENTS
•Dwight Eisenhower: Providence
•John F. Kennedy: Lancer
•Lyndon B. Johnson: Volunteer
•Richard Nixon: Searchlight
•Gerald Ford: Passkey
•Jimmy Carter: Deacon
•Ronald Reagan: Rawhide
•George H.W. Bush: Timberwolf
•Bill Clinton: Eagle
•George W. Bush: Tumbler
•Barack Obama: Renegade
FIRST LADIES/PRESIDENTIAL CHILDREN
•John F. Kennedy, Jr.: Lark
•Caroline Kennedy: Lyric
•Jacqueline Kennedy: Lace
•Luci Baines Johnson: Venus
•Lynda Bird Johnson: Velvet
•Lady Bird Johnson: Victoria
•Pat Nixon: Starlight
•Betty Ford: Pinafore
•Susan Ford: Peso
•Nancy Reagan: Rainbow
•Patti Davis: Ribbon
•Ronald P. Reagan: Reliant
•Maureen Reagan: Rhyme
•Amy Carter: Dynamo
•Rosalynn Carter: Dancer
•Barbara Bush: Tranquility
•Chelsea Clinton: Energy
•Hillary Clinton: Evergreen
•Laura Bush: Tempo
•Sasha Obama: Rosebud
•Malia Obama: Radiance
•Michelle Obama: Renaissance
VICE PRESIDENTS/OTHERS
•Joe Biden: Celtic
•Walter Mondale: Cavalier
•Nelson Rockefeller: Sandstorm
•Dan Quayle: Scorecard
•Ted Kennedy: Sunburn
•Jesse Jackson: Thunder
•Queen Elizabeth II: Redfern
•Howard Baker: Snapshot
•Strom Thurmond: Footprint
•Sarah Palin: Denali
•John McCain: Phoenix
•Eugene McCarthy: Instructor
•Henry Kissinger: Woodcutter
•John Kerry: Minuteman
•Dick Cheney: Angler
•James Baker: Foxtail
•Speaker of the House of Representatives: Flag Day
•Al Gore: Sawhorse
•Prince Charles: Daily
•Pope John Paul II: Halo
LOCATIONS/ETC.
•White House: Crown
•Andrews Air Force Base: Acrobat
•President’s Motorcade: Bamboo
•Camp David: Buckeye/Cactus
•Situation Room: Cement Mixer
•Vice President’s Office: Cobweb
•Vice President’s Staff: Pacemaker
•U.S. Capitol Building: Punch Bowl
•Storeroom: Truman Library, Independence, Missouri
•LBJ Ranch: Volcano
•Air Force One: Angel
•Air Force Two: Carousel
•Press Aircraft: Dog Pound
•Presidential Limousine: Stagecoach
•Vice Presidential Limousine: Trailbreaker
