Find the Brownie

September 30, 2005 7:32 AM

Find the Brownie No, not Where's Waldo amidst disaster, but that could be fun too. [via]
posted by jeffburdges (21 comments total)

Boring.
posted by Witty at 7:46 AM on September 30, 2005

Wrong, Witty! Very informative. Thanks, jeff.
posted by wsg at 7:52 AM on September 30, 2005

Diogenes! Heh...
posted by 327.ca at 7:54 AM on September 30, 2005

That shit is weak.
posted by The Jesse Helms at 8:00 AM on September 30, 2005

Boringly informative.
posted by Witty at 8:00 AM on September 30, 2005

Candidate: Vice-Chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Credentials: charter member and a chairman of GOPAC, the Republican fundraising group used by Newt Gingrich to engineer the GOP takeover of the House in 1994. Interior decorator by training.

Looking over this list makes me rue the day that I listened to my parents and went to college to get an education. If I'd been smart, I would have sold out fast an early and become a well-paid Republican bootlicker.
posted by rks404 at 8:05 AM on September 30, 2005

Boring, yet somewhat informative. I kinda wish it had been "Where's Waldo amidst disaster." Less tasteful, by far, but less boring, too.
posted by Godbert at 8:05 AM on September 30, 2005

I wish there would have been a real brownie waiting for me.
posted by Armen Tanzarian at 8:28 AM on September 30, 2005

Not much there yet, but could be useful as time goes on.

I love seeing "brownie" spread as an eponym meaning "unqualified person who got an important job through political or personal connections." It's so useful.
posted by barjo at 8:48 AM on September 30, 2005

Barjo's right--and it's kind of similar to brownosing, which makes it all the more fitting.
posted by etaoin at 9:00 AM on September 30, 2005

I agree, it is fun to see it spread.
posted by Atreides at 9:19 AM on September 30, 2005

A heck of a post.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 9:21 AM on September 30, 2005

The objective of this blog is to find an important government job occupied by a person with no apparent qualifications other than strong personal, political, or business ties to a member of the administration.

There you have it. Is posting a bit of information about you link too much to ask? It's a noble cause, but 60% of people would find this site a waste of time; why not tip them off?
posted by squirrel at 9:29 AM on September 30, 2005

I wish there would have been a real brownie waiting for me

There you go. Have some milk, too.


posted by CynicalKnight at 10:00 AM on September 30, 2005

Not much yet, but it's a great idea. I agree with the comments to make the link clearer, however.
posted by mrgrimm at 10:46 AM on September 30, 2005

Heck of a job.
posted by bardic at 2:24 PM on September 30, 2005

I thought about posting this till i saw how little there was so far. But it's doubled since last nite, so maybe it's something to watch.
posted by es_de_bah at 2:36 PM on September 30, 2005

I don't think this guy can track them all down by himself, so people need to know about the blog to submit stuff.

Oh, via should point to memepool.com, which also has this today.
posted by jeffburdges at 5:43 PM on September 30, 2005

Is there some good reason to omit the candidates' names?
posted by obloquy at 6:11 PM on September 30, 2005

You rang?
posted by waldo at 7:42 PM on September 30, 2005

Could be punchier. One can rue and laugh at the same time. Send this guy a big box of what Wonkette's smoking.
posted by dhartung at 11:11 PM on September 30, 2005