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November 13, 2008
Damn
I won't be working in the Obama administration. One of the job application requirements:
They must include any e-mail that might embarrass the president-elect, along with any blog posts and links to their Facebook pages.The application also asks applicants to “please list all aliases or ‘handles’ you have used to communicate on the Internet.”
Dammit. I knew I shouldn't have trolled those Scarlett Johansson fansites as "DarthFuckwit69".
Filed under: Barack Obama
Posted By Bob Cesca | November 13, 2008 11:12 AM
Comments
Me either Bob..since HuffPo has deleted 32 of my posts so far....I don't think I'd qualify! (Not to mention the stuff we say here on the GDAB)
Oh well..
Posted by: cminri
at November 13, 2008 11:27 AM
Me too, Bob.
I fucked up in 2002 with a rather incendiary email (regarding a certain president) to a foreign news organization, and it ended up in print. Anyways, I don't think Obama's computer banks have enough disk space to store all the self-incriminating emails/blog posts I'd have to fork over.
Posted by: cactusgal
at November 13, 2008 11:32 AM
cminri, Huff's deleted 77 of mine. Haven't checked today. It's probably up to 88 by now.
Posted by: cactusgal
at November 13, 2008 11:34 AM
Great. I'm really fucked...
So much for dream job of being the Secretary of the Interior. *sigh*
Posted by: Redmond
at November 13, 2008 11:34 AM
cminri & cactusgal:
You guys are PIKERS. I'm up to 97 Huffpo scrubs, and still counting!
The last one got scrubbed because I referred to Joe Lieberman as an asshat. What was wrong with that, I ask you? It was mild.
They're narrow-minded fuckwads.
Posted by: PackyJ
at November 13, 2008 11:37 AM
hey! you said "fuck" on the front page! Cesca! You're so outta here!!
That said, um, is the Scarlet J. site still up? :D
Posted by: Groobiecat
at November 13, 2008 11:37 AM
As far as those requirements go, I don't know if there will be any new employees. They will have to find people that don't own computers.
Posted by: CupcakeCult
at November 13, 2008 11:38 AM
>>hey! you said "fuck" on the front page!
Nope. I said DarthFuckwit69.
Posted by: Bob_Cesca
at November 13, 2008 11:41 AM
What about "HughGToole"? That got me in trouble on the flight deck once...
BTW, they're worried about blog posts and emails? Isn't there some potential treasury dude they're considering that has a history of saying demeaning things about women? Maybe he didn't say it in an email...
Posted by: Nanotyrannus
at November 13, 2008 11:41 AM
Packy - my goal is to catch up to you on scrubbed Huffpo comments. I think I will try for another 10 today. (Btw...at what point do they ban you from commenting!?!?)
Posted by: cminri
at November 13, 2008 11:45 AM
FuckPo scrubbed one of mine yesterday because I asked why Cindy McCain thought she had to "..go out for steak when she had turkey jerky at home."
Now you tell me, what the fuck is wrong with that?
Posted by: cactusgal
at November 13, 2008 11:48 AM
Clearly, the only two viable candidates will be John McCain and Ted Kaczynski.
Posted by: Strawdog
at November 13, 2008 11:50 AM
cminri- I don't know. But in some ways, it would be a relief. Then I wouldn't pop a blood vessel when they scrub a comment that has NO profanity, nor is an ad hominem attack (I understand the asshat scrub - Lieberman is more of an asshole than asshat).
I wish I knew what keywords their scrubbing software triggers on - or if there are just some there who just don't like my viewpoint.
I just want to be loved.
Posted by: PackyJ
at November 13, 2008 11:51 AM
AHEM... If I may...
By "embarrassing," the Obama team isn't asking about your HuffPo comments. They want to know whether you've ever posted, say, a torrid bit of pornographic prose somewhere.
Furthermore, these sorts of things are not disqualifying as long as you are upfront and honest about them.
Posted by: Matt Osborne
at November 13, 2008 11:53 AM
Nano: "HughGToole" Goddamighty, that's toooo funny!!
I heard a Navy guy being interviewed on KING TV in Seattle once, and they asked what his name was. He replied, "Spurt Seaman"
That required a change of underwear for the interviewer and myself.
Posted by: cactusgal
at November 13, 2008 11:55 AM
All kidding aside, I don't think that's such a good idea. It might scare away some of the "best and the brightest" if they have a wee little inconsequential skeleton in their closet.
Not only that, the stringent vetting process undermines plausible deniability. No matter how careful they are, some embarrassing tidbit is going to fall through the cracks. When they have such a seemingly thorough examination, it undermines their ability to say that they didn't know.
On the other hand, it's probably good that they're weeding out freaks, crackpots and lunatics. The Obama administration is going to be run like the campaign: a disciplined tight ship.
Posted by: jasperjava
at November 13, 2008 11:57 AM
Hmmmmm..torris bits of pornographic prose you say??! Does telling my ex-husband to go fuck himself count?
Posted by: cminri
at November 13, 2008 12:07 PM
and by "torris" I meant "torrid"..
Posted by: cminri
at November 13, 2008 12:10 PM
Hmmm, didn't get the 7-pager with all the "hard" questions yet. Guess I'll be mid-level if I get in :P
Posted by: brutlyhonest
at November 13, 2008 12:13 PM
I've only had three comments deleted at HuffPost; yet, compared to what gets through, I'm an angel. The fact that some of you keep posting and posting and posting only to have said posts deleted can only be described as postomasochistic. Stop wasting your time posting comments in that catchall reading hole.
Posted by: Tracy Adams
at November 13, 2008 12:14 PM
Is anyone here willing to admit to having a post censored by GDAB?
Posted by: cactusgal
at November 13, 2008 12:17 PM
HughGToole Meet Mike Hunt
Posted by: yelorose
at November 13, 2008 12:18 PM
Tracy:
But it feels so good when I stop!
Posted by: PackyJ
at November 13, 2008 12:20 PM
HughGToole meet Mike Hunt
sorry couldn't resist
Posted by: yelorose
at November 13, 2008 12:20 PM
Ok Yelo, you win. Must go change pants now.
Posted by: cactusgal
at November 13, 2008 12:21 PM
Yelo... are you channeling Bart Simpson?
Posted by: PackyJ
at November 13, 2008 12:21 PM
oops, sorry for double post.
GDAB censors posts?
Posted by: yelorose
at November 13, 2008 12:24 PM
Yelo, based purely on my observations, even GDAB has a "fuck" limit. Bob would have to confirm this, mind you, but I believe it's around 14 or 15.
Posted by: cactusgal
at November 13, 2008 12:29 PM
There is a fuck limit? Only 14 or 15? Damn...I'm fucked.
Do you think my talk last night on the open thread about the position piledriver will ruin my chances? And does it say anything about pornographic pictures, or are those okay?
Posted by: KatinWilm
at November 13, 2008 12:34 PM
Packy not Bart Simpson,
Was reminded of a coworker receiving a call asking for someone she didn't recongize the name of and being new not sure if that person worked there she announced over the loud speaker to the sales room "call for Mike Hunt, Mike Hunt please pick up line 3." Happened years ago but still cracks me up.
Posted by: yelorose
at November 13, 2008 12:36 PM
Thanks Cactus, will be sure & stay under the limit.
Posted by: yelorose
at November 13, 2008 12:39 PM
Fudge. I was good until Matt says no to torrid prose. :(
QT
Posted by: QueenTiye
at November 13, 2008 12:47 PM
I always fail the "are there nude pictures of you on the Internet" question. Appearently i would not just embarrass the White House id embarrass Deal Or No Deal too.
;)
Posted by: JennyDemilo
at November 13, 2008 12:48 PM
KW--The official Fuck Limit of 14-15 is not cumulative, but merely a per-post restriction, I daresay, maybe even a guideline to the permissible use of profanity on GDAB.
I should probably not even bring this matter up. As you know, Bob gets a bit testes about censorship.
Posted by: cactusgal
at November 13, 2008 12:48 PM
Just today I got the yield sign on BCGDAB. It was all over "ass crack". Now the little warning thingy said it was delaying my post to help some such shit about fucking keeping profanity down on the cocksucking blog tubes. THEN it posted my ass crack twice. Swear ta God as yelo as my witness.
Posted by: Poleezz
at November 13, 2008 1:33 PM
>>It was all over "ass crack".
WHAH??! I don't have any language filters on this blog, and I don't censor anything beyond the front page. I'll look into it.
Posted by: Bob_Cesca
at November 13, 2008 1:47 PM
There there, Grasshopper. By any chance was your "ass crack" remark preceded by 14-15 "fucks?"
If it was--Bob's your fucking uncle--they DON'T ALLOW THAT MANY FUCKS IN ONE POST!!
Posted by: cactusgal
at November 13, 2008 1:52 PM
Cminri, I was banned at about 17 scrubbed on the very day Sarah the Dimwit Fuckface was announced (what's that about a GDAB limit? Fuckity fuckwit buggery fuckery asswipe shit sombitch--oops, no job in the new admin---changing my handle to Sunshine23 and I don't even KNOW anyone named DP). I wrote then about the banning because I had not used any of the above words or even way above--all the posts above--but was simply making a snarky remark--duh, it was the intro of the new Sarah Asswipe. I received No Reply and was not unbanned until Mr. The Bob AwesomeDarth69 came along and let me through on a comment to his HP piece, apparently breaking the curse of the ban (or maybe they unbanned me and it was accidental, but Bob was stuck with me at that point).
Is there really a fuck-limit here or are you guys just fucking with me? Bob gets "a bit testes"? How "torris" does it have to be to get flagged? (Fuckity fuckarooney have a fuckaloney sandwich)
Sorry, the fucking dentist does this to me.
Oh, and I really went to HS with a guy named Mike Hunt. We all fell down when he was called over the intercom once--I don't think anybody recovered for the whole day--especially those of us band bums who happened to be in class with him. I'm not sure it had occurred to anyone what his name said back then--until the intercom incident.
Posted by: dontpanic23
at November 13, 2008 1:59 PM
DP you squeaked right under the GDAB Fuck Limit on your last post.
And what's this about your dentist fucking you?
Just what canal was he rooting around in, anyway?
Posted by: cactusgal
at November 13, 2008 2:13 PM
"Dammit. I knew I shouldn't have trolled those Scarlett Johansson fansites as 'DarthFuckwit69'."
Outstanding.
Posted by: MG
at November 13, 2008 2:13 PM
Fuck Limit? I thought this was a family blog? I refuse to raise my children without using "FUCK" at least twice a day. That is the way my dad did it, his dad did it, and I am going to do it Goddamn it. I turned out just fine. Nothing makes me happier than to drop an F-Bomb in public. It is my fucking right as an American.
Posted by: GItheJOE
at November 13, 2008 3:58 PM
Let GItheJoe's be the final word on the GDAB's ridiculous and un-American Fuck Limit. GI, along with millions of other brave men and women, has fought for our right to drop the F-Bomb, the A-Bomb, the H-Bomb and whatever the fuck kind of bomb we want to drop, when and where we want to drop it.
And just so you know, my old man served alongside General Dan Quayle with the Indiana National Guard, and by fuckity, he can spell potato with a fucking e if he wants to. He's EARNED the fucking right, my friends.
Posted by: cactusgal
at November 13, 2008 4:24 PM
Cacti, my dentist only fucked me financially, and with his hyg no higen no FUCKING TEETH CLEANER PERSON being a McPalinite and hitting the nerve with that cold water thing once she heard the word "Obama".
Sorry I missed one "fuck". I really thought I'd bang the system. Wait, bad choice of words.
And yes, thanks to THE for preserving our right to fucking say fuckity fuckfuck.
Posted by: dontpanic23
at November 13, 2008 5:27 PM
Rats! PRCleburne was a Confederate general, albeit one who proposed freeing the slaves ( he was Irish ).



