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Presidential Doodles - Blog - Copy Cut Paste

Real drawing doodles of Obama and Palin. Quite surprising. Also, site pokes fun at some other politicians/celebrities would-be... more

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Election spurs 'hundreds' of race threats, crimes

Cross burnings. Schoolchildren chanting "Assassinate Obama." Black figures hung from nooses. Racial epithets scrawled on... more

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President Barack Obama on 60 Minutes

Steve Kroft takes us inside the life of President-elect Barack Obama: behind the scenes on the campaign trail, at home with his... more

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California Sunset

Smokey haze and the smell of burnt trees... Please post your sunset!

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Shooting the BIRD

Is that little girl shooting the little boy the BIRD Way to go kid. Kids do what they see done at home, Must be Sarah... more

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Gay Rats

I can see it now, lines of Christians and the religious right lined up at the new birthing clinic and having there new born... more

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Please Don't Bring Your Teen-ager To Nebraska!

"Please don't bring your teenager to Nebraska," Gov. Dave Heineman told CNN. "Think of what you are saying.... more

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Too Much, Too Young!

kids with pumps... CHEERS

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RightPundits Paranoia: The Obama Job Application

So you say you want a job in the Obama Administration? Plan on filling out the 7-page Obama Questionnaire complete with 63 topics. Only those with no controversial or questionable past need apply.

To some, maybe this is a job of a lifetime. To others, the Obama Job Application seems quite incredulous. A seven-page questionnaire being sent by the office of The One to those who are seeking a cabinet and other high-ranking posts may be the most invasive extensive application ever.

The Obama questionnaire includes 63 topics requesting personal and professional records, some covering applicants’ spouses and grown children as well. Only the smallest details are excluded like traffic tickets that carry fines of less than $50. Applicants are asked whether they or anyone in their family owns a gun. Applicants must include any e-mail that might embarrass The One, along with any blog posts and links to their Facebook or MySpace pages. Really.

In the Obama job application, applicants are asked to “please list all aliases or ‘handles’ you have used to communicate on the Internet.” So no internet discretions for Obama:

“If you have ever sent an electronic communication, including but, not limited to an email, text message or instant message that could suggest a conflict of interest or be a possible source of embarrassment to you, your family, or the president-elect if it were made public, please describe.”

Question #45 asks about ‘police or government investigations,’ and not just focused on the applicant, but also their spouse and any child over 21 years old. In fact, the word ’spouse’ appears 34 times in the job application.

There are also questions about friends, guns, taxes, property and an open invitation to admit anything else that could stir up a controversy that could even remotely make The One look bad.

It has been widely known that the vetting process for executive branch jobs has been an arduous one for decades - with each incoming administration making it a wee bit more difficult then the last. But The One seems to have elevated the vetting of applicants to a whole new level - reportedly a reflection of his campaign promises against rabid lobbying and the back-scratching, self-serving ways of Washington.

So remember: anyone who wants one of the many jobs in The One’s administration had better be ready to lay bare their most closely-guarded secrets. The One’s minions have promise to probe deep into the hidden corners of YOUR personal and professional life.

Surely the irony of this is not lost on anyone?

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"The One?"

Can't we move past the name-calling and subtle undertones of conspiracy? Haven't we seen similar cabinet-post vetting in the past? This application doesn't "elevate the vetting of applicants to a whole new level." It is cautiously and respectfully delving into the personal matters that will be of contention to those same right wingers investigations of all his cabinet appointees. Doesn't that only make sense? Would you want someone working in your cabinet who has skeletons in their closet, just waiting for the right wingers to open the door? I find his application no more intrusive than a standard job application -- one that requests your criminal history if you're handling cash, or one that requests your driving history if you're driving a vehicle for the job. If you are going to be a public servant, you should be willing to divulge your public profile for your prospective employer to scrutinize. To not ask this information, in my opinion, would be incompetent, to say the least, of your prospective employer.So you say you want a job in the Obama Administration? Plan on filling out the 7-page Obama Questionnaire complete with 63 topics.... more