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Obama Campaign Belatedly Looking for a Security Expert - After the Problems Are Exposed

Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 10:58:22 am PDT

As we’ve pointed out recently, the official Barack Obama campaign web site is full of utterly amateurish security problems, such as open directory listings.

LGF reader EC Marm points out that the campaign is now advertising for a “security expert:” Barack Obama | Change We Can Believe In | Secure a Website and an Obama Victory.

Obama for America is looking for a network security expert who wants to play a key role in a historic political campaign and help elect Barack Obama as the next President of the United States.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

Analyzing the network architecture for the My.BarackObama website

Leading an overhaul of existing security systems and architecture, including policy, firewall, VPN, and networking equipment

Developing a strategy for responding to hack attempts, DDoS attacks, and other potential threats

Establishing and managing the security posture of the online campaign My.BarackObama

Maybe I’m old-fashioned, but shouldn’t they have enlisted a security expert before putting this site online? This isn’t somebody’s meaningless blog, it’s the web site of a presidential candidate, and they’re so lax about security that they’re only now getting around to doing something about it—after the problems came to light.

People who donate money to Barack Obama through his web site ought to be very concerned about giving this group of amateurs their personal information; the campaign apparently puts almost no value on internet security.

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1 RTLM  6/10/08 10:59:27 am reply quote 1

"Help me, help me! I'm in over my head!"

2 Silhouette  6/10/08 10:59:34 am reply quote 6

Pffft, as if the problem was lack of security.

Maybe the open directories, but not the open hate groups. That's an ideology problem.

3 Ojoe  6/10/08 11:00:11 am reply quote 0

They might be looking for a security expert after we have felt a disturbance in the force, too.

4 Dark_Falcon  6/10/08 11:00:27 am reply quote 3

And this man wants to in charge of our national security? We've got to make sure that does not happen!

5 Honorary Yooper  6/10/08 11:00:27 am reply quote 10

I do believe this is called closing the barn door after the horse has bolted.

6 bosforus  6/10/08 11:00:28 am reply quote 2

It's like asking for a an expert in terrorism after we've been attacked. I won't sleep easy if this guy ends up on Pennsylvania Avenue.

7 Silhouette  6/10/08 11:00:35 am reply quote 13

Wanted: One Bus Driver. Must be able to drive over bumps.

8 Dark_Falcon  6/10/08 11:01:10 am reply quote 0

re: #3 Ojoe

They might be looking for a security expert after we have felt a disturbance in the force, too.

So Obama's a Sith? That would explain alot.

9 lawhawk  6/10/08 11:01:26 am reply quote 2

Foxes, hen houses, doors.

10 Athos  6/10/08 11:01:27 am reply quote 1

ROFLMAO.

Perhaps they can hire the same people from Carnegie Mellon....that left their servers open?

11 LeftJustAintRight  6/10/08 11:01:40 am reply quote 1

Charles
I will forward your Bio to them

12 SeafoodGumbo  6/10/08 11:01:54 am reply quote 4

Remember that this Obamalama who puts security of his website at such a low priority also wants to dramatically disarm the US.

13 Dark_Falcon  6/10/08 11:02:12 am reply quote 2

re: #7 Silhouette

Wanted: One Bus Driver. Must be able to drive over bumps.

Only one? With his base of support, he needs a whole fleet of buses.

14 looking closely  6/10/08 11:02:14 am reply quote 1

Charles,
Maybe you should volunteer?
You've already done more to benefit Obama's website than he deserves.

15 Honorary Yooper  6/10/08 11:02:15 am reply quote 1

re: #8 Dark_Falcon

So Obama's a Sith? That would explain alot.

Darth Hussein learned from the best, Darth DaMayor. ;-)

16 vxbush  6/10/08 11:02:44 am reply quote 1

Yeah, Charles, you've obviously proved your abilities. You should apply!

17 LeftJustAintRight  6/10/08 11:03:21 am reply quote 1

re: #16 vxbush

Yeah, Charles, you've obviously proved your abilities. You should apply!


I already submitted his resume

18 gibsonz  6/10/08 11:03:27 am reply quote 1

He has the same attitude toward border security.

19 Athos  6/10/08 11:03:36 am reply quote 1

President Obama, the Chinese government has downloaded from the Pentagon all of the design schematics for our next generation military weapons and the war plans for the Pacific basis. What should we do?

Obama: We'll skip the next cut of the FBI's counterespionage budget.

20 Ringo the Gringo  6/10/08 11:03:47 am reply quote 1

Imagine how he'll do with homeland security.

21 unrealizedviewpoint  6/10/08 11:03:48 am reply quote 0

re: #6 bosforus

It's like asking for a an expert in terrorism after we've been attacked. I won't sleep easy if this guy ends up on Pennsylvania Avenue.

No forethought before taking action, or speaking on action.

22 Iron Fist  6/10/08 11:03:51 am reply quote 1

He's just showing the same concern for computer security that he will show as President for National Security.

Strictly amature hour. You can't say we haven't been warned.

23 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  6/10/08 11:03:59 am reply quote 5

"Someone lock this barn door - all the horses have been stolen!"

24 saberry0530  6/10/08 11:04:27 am reply quote 0

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!

25 Dar ul Harb  6/10/08 11:04:41 am reply quote 2

re: #4 Dark_Falcon

And this man wants to in charge of our national security? We've got to make sure that does not happen!

I guess he was hoping to have a "diplomatic surge" with the... man, I can't say "black hats" or "crackers" in this context, can I?

Er, he wanted to negotiate with the people who would harm his website.

26 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  6/10/08 11:04:58 am reply quote 3

re: #8 Dark_Falcon

So Obama's a Sith? That would explain alot.

"These aren't the blogs you're looking for."

27 republic  6/10/08 11:05:00 am reply quote 0

"Boy, that Barack Obama sure is ready to be POTUS!"

/

The potential leader of the free world has about the same capacity to be POTUS as a 12 year old.

28 godfrey  6/10/08 11:05:10 am reply quote 0

They have plenty of time. None of this will affect news cycles in in the fall.

There will be plenty more to pound on before November.

29 lobosan5  6/10/08 11:05:49 am reply quote 0
the web site of a presidential candidate, and they’re so lax about security that they’re only now getting around to doing something about it—after the problems came to light.


hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....maybe this is a metaphor so to speak.....jus'like the flat-tired bicycle.....we can 'HOPE'!

30 ctrlL  6/10/08 11:05:49 am reply quote 0
they’re so lax about security that they’re only now getting around to doing something about it—after the problems came to light.

Trust in your fellow humans, people. If we just have HOPE we can CHANGE the nefarious actions of everyone ........ everywhere ... forever.
/LLL
//we just have to understand
///lets sit down together and talk .. and sing a song of togetherness

31 Dark_Falcon  6/10/08 11:06:08 am reply quote 0

re: #15 Honorary Yooper

Darth Hussein learned from the best, Darth DaMayor. ;-)


Yes, that does work. Especially if we cast Bil Ayers as Gen. Grievous. He's got the murderous, inhuman, monster part down cold.

32 paradox42  6/10/08 11:06:25 am reply quote 1

This is more evidence that Obama does not have any idea of the kind of world we live in. Just like he would implicitly trust scum like the Iranian mullahs, he is oblivious to the nature of internet. I'll bet he asked nicely not to be hacked, and we can see how well that worked.

33 republic  6/10/08 11:06:40 am reply quote 1

re: #28 godfrey

They have plenty of time. None of this will affect news cycles in in the fall.

There will be plenty more to pound on before November.

Obama has about twenty issues that would have any other candidate out of the race, with even just one, and yet, he's gaining.

Deception of a large scale.

34 taxfreekiller  6/10/08 11:07:05 am reply quote 1

O'ccult never expected to make it this far, he just wanted to tap into Soros's money, make a name in the primary and run later, but the msm
pushed his ass up the Peter Principle ladder to the top and over and now all he can see is the stuff he never intended to do. Only a armored tank of a bus with one hell of an undercarriage will get him past the next month.

to bad so sad

35 uncle_monkey  6/10/08 11:07:18 am reply quote 0
People who donate money to Barack Obama through his web site ought to be very concerned feel really good about giving this group of amateurs comrades their personal information; the campaign apparently puts almost no value on internet security you at the top of their list of wonderful and truly caring concerned citizens looking for hope and change.

I also suggest using multiple credit cards just to make sure.

36 LeftJustAintRight  6/10/08 11:07:29 am reply quote 0

re: #28 godfrey

They have plenty of time. None of this will affect news cycles in in the fall.

There will be plenty more to pound on before November.


News Cycle
LOL
Hahahahaha
You must be thinking of another MSM
Obama could start doing crack and robbing liquor stores and it would not get covered

37 lawhawk  6/10/08 11:08:13 am reply quote 2

Why is everyone volunteering Charles' services for this job? Obama has the money to pay whoever is hired for this position quite handsomely. Charles is a capitalist after all.

38 HugoChavez  6/10/08 11:08:30 am reply quote 1

On-line donations?

pshaw!

His candidacy is financed by me, Soros, and Strong.

What better team of Marxist financiers could one ask for?

39 Shropshire_Slasher  6/10/08 11:08:46 am reply quote 0

Cows outta the barn, better close them doors

40 EC Marm  6/10/08 11:09:29 am reply quote 1

Thanks for the mention Charles. The DT hat tip kinda belongs to "galloping granny" who mentioned that she knew some tech people that were ROFL about the position. Then "Sabra412" searched the Obama site to find the ad.
/disclosure

41 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  6/10/08 11:09:30 am reply quote 0

A possible future conversation with Barry:

"OK, you won. Now what?"

"Um, I dunno. Change? Never really thought it thru to here"

42 doppelganglander  6/10/08 11:09:43 am reply quote 0

Don't they also take donations online? I wouldn't give these clowns my credit card information. Well, I wouldn't donate anyway, but I'm just thinking of the security aspect.

43 saberry0530  6/10/08 11:09:54 am reply quote 0

re: #38 HugoChavez

On-line donations?

pshaw!

His candidacy is financed by me, Soros, and Strong.

What better team of Marxist financiers could one ask for?

FARCin South American Commics.

44 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  6/10/08 11:09:57 am reply quote 1

re: #31 Dark_Falcon

Yes, that does work. Especially if we cast Bil Ayers as Gen. Grievous. He's got the murderous, inhuman, monster part down cold.


But is he asthmatic?

/never understood what it is about labored breathing that makes one a villain - General Grievous, Gorilla Grodd,...

45 Dar ul Harb  6/10/08 11:10:01 am reply quote 0

re: #32 paradox42

I'll bet he asked nicely not to be hacked, and we can see how well that worked.

Well, he wasn't "hacked" exactly. His webmasters left his file structure flapping in the breeze...

46 kahall  6/10/08 11:10:06 am reply quote 0

Jeez, all they have to do is find a decent host and most of the problems Charles has pointed out are taken care of by default. Not the posts themselves but the open directories. Someone had to set them open I would think, (which I have done for various reasons) but they forgot to close them back up. Idiots!

47 Dolphin  6/10/08 11:10:28 am reply quote 0

Good afternoon all..

Has this been posted here yet?
[Link: www.ticotimes.net...]

The dam is just one facet of the Iranian government's larger pact with Nicaragua 's former Marxist revolutionary president. Under the pact, Iran is to fund or help fund the construction of a farm equipment assembly plant, 4,000 tractors, four hydroelectric plants, five milk-processing plants, a health clinic, 10,000 houses, two piers in the western port of Corinto and a deep-water port on the Caribbean in collaboration with Venezuela .

In exchange Nicaragua is to export coffee and other agricultural products to Iran .

48 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  6/10/08 11:10:30 am reply quote 0

re: #38 HugoChavez

On-line donations?

pshaw!

His candidacy is financed by me, Soros, and Strong.

What better team of Marxist financiers could one ask for?

Oprah.

49 vxbush  6/10/08 11:10:38 am reply quote 0

re: #40 EC Marm

Thanks for the mention Charles. The DT hat tip kinda belongs to "galloping granny" who mentioned that she knew some tech people that were ROFL about the position. Then "Sabra412" searched the Obama site to find the ad.
/disclosure

I brought your comment to Charles' attention from the previous thread, but I'm sure others did as well. It was too much of a hoot not to.

50 Killgore Trout  6/10/08 11:10:46 am reply quote 1

re: #42 doppelganglander

Yeah, the take donations through their site. I have no idea how secure it is but neither do they.

51 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  6/10/08 11:10:47 am reply quote 0

re: #44 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

But is he asthmatic?

/never understood what it is about labored breathing that makes one a villain - General Grievous, Gorilla Grodd,...

Respiratory problems are the mark of Stan!

52 Athos  6/10/08 11:10:57 am reply quote 1

re: #7 Silhouette

Wanted: One Bus Driver. Must be able to drive over bumps.

Obama no longer uses the term 'sweetie' for everyone, they're now called 'Crunchy'.

53 LeftJustAintRight  6/10/08 11:10:57 am reply quote 0

re: #37 lawhawk

Why is everyone volunteering Charles' services for this job? Obama has the money to pay whoever is hired for this position quite handsomely. Charles is a capitalist after all.


Because Charles is the Master Blogger
And he could expose Hussein Obama for who he really is
A fox in the Hen House
And Hussein Obama deserves a blog only Charles could deliver

54 HugoChavez  6/10/08 11:11:08 am reply quote 0

re: #43 saberry0530

You're now on my list of Zionist reactionary running chain dogs!

55 livefreeor die  6/10/08 11:11:25 am reply quote 1

re: #16 vxbush

Yeah, Charles, you've obviously proved your abilities. You should apply!

Charles, you should at least get a "finder's fee" for discovering the woeful state of their website.

56 dentate  6/10/08 11:11:28 am reply quote 2

Add to above advertising:

"We are opening this important position to qualified candidates because our original website and internet security experts have been promoted to the role of senior advisers to the candidate on national security and terror threats."

57 mean Gene  6/10/08 11:11:38 am reply quote 0

They have to think of something as a problem before they can even consider addressing it as a problem.
Problem is....they never did either....until Charles helped them.
What is the payment for mugging them into reality, Charles?
Will they all become ''neo-cons?"

58 EC Marm  6/10/08 11:11:44 am reply quote 0

re: #37 lawhawk

Why is everyone volunteering Charles' services for this job? Obama has the money to pay whoever is hired for this position quite handsomely. Charles is a capitalist after all.


Obama better be able to pay. Who in their Wright right mind would want a position like that in Boston, MA. Job security? Forgetaboutit.

59 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  6/10/08 11:12:07 am reply quote 0

re: #51 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Respiratory problems are the mark of Stan!

Must be the eeeevil "tobacco consumption" - which is listed as a warning for the new Hulk movie!

60 WrathofG-d  6/10/08 11:12:12 am reply quote 1

Hey it is just like how he expects to take care of our National Security. First you start with Hope, then well-wishes, then you talk about it, then after the attacks, and exposing of the problems you hire someone to come in and fix it.

oy, we're doomed!

61 Occasional Reader  6/10/08 11:12:19 am reply quote 1

re: #41 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

A possible future conversation with Barry:

"OK, you wonAQ just nuked Atlanta. Now what?"

"Um, I dunno. Change? Never really thought it thru to here"

(assuming Barry devotes the same attention to national security as he does to network security)

62 saberry0530  6/10/08 11:12:33 am reply quote 0

re: #54 HugoChavez

You're now on my list of Zionist reactionary running chain dogs!

WHOOOO HOOOO! Thanks.. I've always wanted to be on someones list somewhere.

63 HugoChavez  6/10/08 11:12:37 am reply quote 0

re: #48 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Ssssssssshhhhhhhh! No one is supposed to know about her!

64 taxfreekiller  6/10/08 11:13:10 am reply quote 2

I say the O'ccult needs to take a few days off and go to the beach,

have some rum, lay out on the beach, take in some Jimmy Cliff,

do a large roll your own, hang out with Bill Ayers, old Bill can tell him

what its like to be on the run from a bad past record. Then he can

come back to us and try some new, fresh, and more innovative lies.

65 jcm  6/10/08 11:13:19 am reply quote 2

Tehran ships a nuke to NY City and detonates it in the harbor.

Obama will then take a look at National Security.

66 Sabnen  6/10/08 11:13:25 am reply quote 2

I continue to sit agog, with mouth open like a codfish, wondering how the Democrats could come up with this candidate as their Presidential nominee. All they needed was a warm body to run against the Republicans in the fall and then they pick Obama. Hey, I'm not complaining, I'm just agog.

67 Spider Mensch  6/10/08 11:13:34 am reply quote 0

obamas web site...the stalag 13 from Hogan's Heroes of web sites..."hey obama did you know Kinch has a radio hidden in the coffee pot?..teehee! and Hogan goes out every night thru his tunnels and gets laid?"

68 Occasional Reader  6/10/08 11:13:35 am reply quote 0

re: #44 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

/never understood what it is about labored breathing that makes one a villain - General Grievous

Who was a robot, fer pete's sake. How badly did they have to screw up his design spec to get an asthmatic robot?

69 ccrnyc  6/10/08 11:13:46 am reply quote 0

Some geek should go on a spending spree with the obama donor credit cards, if he does it in $2300 increments noone will ever notice.

70 tfc3rid  6/10/08 11:14:01 am reply quote 0

re: #65 jcm

Tehran ships a nuke to NY City and detonates it in the harbor.

Obama will then take a look at National Security.

But that would be Georgge W. Bush's fault for illegally starting a war with Iraq...

71 taxfreekiller  6/10/08 11:14:02 am reply quote 0

#42

Its all Soros's money and he does not have a SS #, not to worry.

72 LeftJustAintRight  6/10/08 11:14:26 am reply quote 3

re: #65 jcm

Tehran ships a nuke to NY City and detonates it in the harbor.

Obama will then take a look at National Security.


Nah
He would apologize and send them a nuke to replace the one they used

73 Occasional Reader  6/10/08 11:14:37 am reply quote 0

re: #54 HugoChavez

You're now on my list of Zionist reactionary running chain dogs!

Hugo, your call the other day for FARC to lay down their arms... that was just a big practical joke, right?

74 paxnhymn  6/10/08 11:14:42 am reply quote 1

"...well, our management of our internet site is tangentally tied to my managment of the Executive Office"....BHO

75 livefreeor die  6/10/08 11:14:59 am reply quote 0

re: #68 Occasional Reader

Who was a robot, fer pete's sake. How badly did they have to screw up his design spec to get an asthmatic robot?

But he was a robot with a real brain wasn't he? I thought it was someone who go even more f---ed up than Anakin Skywalker.

76 Catttt  6/10/08 11:15:06 am reply quote 0

Charles - you are the man.

Can I get a witness?

You are pretty much IT on your site, which is the imho best blog, tech wise, on the planet. The obamasite needs someone like you. Period.

/yes, I know I use old-fashioned slang.

77 coquimbojoe  6/10/08 11:15:14 am reply quote 2

The Obama Campaign is also looking for some grown ups....

78 alegrias  6/10/08 11:15:19 am reply quote 0

Preserve, protect & defend are NOT values that matter to this group.

79 Dark_Falcon  6/10/08 11:15:19 am reply quote 0

re: #44 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

But is he asthmatic?

/never understood what it is about labored breathing that makes one a villain - General Grievous, Gorilla Grodd,...

Probably. He spent a lot of time around toxic chemicals making those bombs.

80 prikolno  6/10/08 11:15:28 am reply quote 0

They are looking for a network administrator and web designer in 1. Those are 2 different fields at all. These guys are nuts.

81 jcm  6/10/08 11:15:43 am reply quote 0

re: #72 LeftJustAintRight

Nah
He would apologize and send them a nuke to replace the one they used

Damn! Where's that spare keyboard... this one is covered with coffee.

82 livefreeor die  6/10/08 11:15:59 am reply quote 0

re: #80 prikolno

They are looking for a network administrator and web designer in 1. Those are 2 different fields at all. These guys are nuts.

I see more great LGF days ahead!

83 right wing zephyr  6/10/08 11:16:02 am reply quote 1

Good timing. I'm available.

84 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  6/10/08 11:16:20 am reply quote 0

re: #68 Occasional Reader

Who was a robot, fer pete's sake. How badly did they have to screw up his design spec to get an asthmatic robot?

In the Cartoon Network Clone Wars micro-series, Jedi Master Samuel-L Force-crushes Grievous's chest, which is supposed to account for his labored breathing. Though anyone who didn't watch the cartoon is wondering why the hell a robot is having coughing fits!

85 Catttt  6/10/08 11:16:21 am reply quote 0

re: #80 prikolno

They are looking for a network administrator and web designer in 1. Those are 2 different fields at all. These guys are nuts.

We need to clone Charles for them.

86 looking closely  6/10/08 11:16:38 am reply quote 0

re: #37 lawhawk

Why is everyone volunteering Charles' services for this job? Obama has the money to pay whoever is hired for this position quite handsomely. Charles is a capitalist after all.

I'm not volunteering anything or anyone.

I'd expect whomever is hired to be compensated appropriately, and with Obama's pockets overflowing with cash, I don't see how that should pose him any problem.

87 WrathofG-d  6/10/08 11:16:38 am reply quote 0

I don't know if its been asked but has Charles sent his resume in?

88 RTLM  6/10/08 11:16:49 am reply quote 1

re: #77 coquimbojoe

The Obama Campaign is also looking for some grown ups....

In dire need of at least some hand holding.

And maybe some burping -

89 Occasional Reader  6/10/08 11:16:56 am reply quote 6
Developing a strategy for responding to hack attempts

I've got one: Immediately agree to meet with the hackers, without preconditions.

Do I get the job?

90 gman  6/10/08 11:17:07 am reply quote 2

According to Ben Smith, there's no need for a network security expert because it's impossible to police Obama's website.

91 Sabnen  6/10/08 11:17:21 am reply quote 0

re: #64 taxfreekiller

Jimmy Cliff! Watcha can mon.

92 allah this  6/10/08 11:17:24 am reply quote 2

Other positions available:

.Class A negotiator: should be fluent (or at least know how to say "yes sir, anything you say, sir") in Farsi, Korean and Spanish.

.Counter-terrorism expert: should have intimate knowledge of large, smoldering craters and burnt out city blocks. Own fallout suit a plus!

.Bicycle mechanic: must have true desire for CHANGE! (of tires.)

93 Catttt  6/10/08 11:17:37 am reply quote 0

re: #81 jcm

Damn! Where's that spare keyboard... this one is covered with coffee.

Consider yourself lucky. I just killed an ant on my screen. Now I'm in omg an ant overdrive.

94 LeftJustAintRight  6/10/08 11:17:43 am reply quote 0

If Charles turns it down
Bill Gates comes to mind
Or the guy who invented the internet
Gore

95 Kosh's Shadow  6/10/08 11:17:56 am reply quote 1

re: #33 republic

Obama has about twenty issues that would have any other candidate out of the race, with even just one, and yet, he's gaining.

Deception of a large scale.

The Dark Side of the force powerful is.
Jedi needed

96 right wing zephyr  6/10/08 11:18:05 am reply quote 0

My theory is that the Obamatrons have been given rohypnol in large doses.

It seems like a nice happy date now but wait until later when you lose feeling in your extremities.

97 livefreeor die  6/10/08 11:18:18 am reply quote 0

re: #89 Occasional Reader

I've got one: Immediately agree to meet with the hackers, without preconditions.

Do I get the job?

It depends-are your eyes wide open with a maniacal look and are you drooling to show your unabashed worship for the Obamessiah?

98 Cygnus  6/10/08 11:18:38 am reply quote 0

re: #7 Silhouette

Wanted: One Bus Driver. Must be able to drive over bumps.

Even now they're retrofitting their bus with 4-wheel drive.

99 HugoChavez  6/10/08 11:18:44 am reply quote 0

re: #73 Occasional Reader

You imperialist neo-cons are just too smart for your britches.

100 Dark_Falcon  6/10/08 11:18:51 am reply quote 0

re: #68 Occasional Reader

Who was a robot, fer pete's sake. How badly did they have to screw up his design spec to get an asthmatic robot?

I think he was actually a cyborg, like Hillary.

101 livefreeor die  6/10/08 11:19:54 am reply quote 2

re: #100 Dark_Falcon

I think he was actually a cyborg, like Hillary.

With a shout-out to Occasional Reader, how do you screw up a design spec to get cankles on a robot?

102 jorline  6/10/08 11:20:10 am reply quote 2

Wanted...
Obama for America is looking for a network security expert web-plumber who wants to play a key role in a historic political campaign and help elect Barack Obama as the next President of the United States.

Apply in person;
MyBarackObama
Room #313
Watergate Hotel
Washington DC

103 unrealizedviewpoint  6/10/08 11:20:34 am reply quote 4

re: #65 jcm

Tehran ships a nuke to NY City and detonates it in the harbor.

Obama will then take a look at National Security.

Hey John McCain. At the foreign policy debate, point to Obama and say this and Chief Justice John Roberts will be swearing you in on January 20th.

104 Cygnus  6/10/08 11:20:55 am reply quote 0

re: #17 LeftJustAintRight

I already submitted his resume

I'd love to be a fly on the wall when they read that one!

105 offendi  6/10/08 11:21:00 am reply quote 0

Don't you take the training wheels off before you run a national general election campaign?

Or was Barry's bicycle helmet on too tight when they set up the web site?

106 Dark_Falcon  6/10/08 11:22:29 am reply quote 0

re: #95 Kosh's Shadow

The Dark Side of the force powerful is.
Jedi needed

I was also thinking: if Obama's like a young Darth Vader, that would make George Soros Emperor Palpatine. But does he have the lightning fingers trick down yet?

107 Dar ul Harb  6/10/08 11:22:30 am reply quote 0

re: #80 prikolno

They are looking for a network administrator and web designer in 1. Those are 2 different fields at all. These guys are nuts.

I hear they're also advertising for a fry cook / brain surgeon / double naught spy.

108 Ojoe  6/10/08 11:22:50 am reply quote 1

re: #68 Occasional Reader

No. It was part of the design, like the sirens on the Stukas.

109 CommonCents  6/10/08 11:23:12 am reply quote 0
People who donate money to Barack Obama through his web site ought to be very concerned about giving this group of amateurs their personal information; the campaign apparently puts almost no value on internet security.

Most of the credit cards used for contributions are stolen anyway. Who needs protection?

110 right wing zephyr  6/10/08 11:23:49 am reply quote 0
other potential threats

hmmm. Whatever do you mean? I do need to know before I get started.

/I don't know shit so I'm eminently qualified for mybarack.home.ummah.commah

111 Ojoe  6/10/08 11:24:01 am reply quote 0

100 comments in 20 mins.

112 taxfreekiller  6/10/08 11:25:36 am reply quote 0

Just thinking.

Is this real or cable TV late night stuff in the wrong time slot.?

113 Dustyvet  6/10/08 11:27:23 am reply quote 0

re: #4 Dark_Falcon

And this man wants to in charge of our national security? We've got to make sure that does not happen!

[Link: www.youtube.com...]

114 Cygnus  6/10/08 11:28:47 am reply quote 0

re: #106 Dark_Falcon

I was also thinking: if Obama's like a young Darth Vader, that would make George Soros Emperor Palpatine. But does he have the lightning fingers trick down yet?

That would play well with the Obamessiah cult.

115 Catttt  6/10/08 11:31:08 am reply quote 1

re: #109 CommonCents

Most of the credit cards used for contributions are stolen anyway. Who needs protection?

That reminds me:

Senator McCain has PayPal.

(Senator Obama doesn't - I checked.)

116 Dustyvet  6/10/08 11:31:22 am reply quote 0

Computer Security 101

[Link: www.youtube.com...]

117 Hard Right  6/10/08 11:32:30 am reply quote 0

re: #52 Athos

Obama no longer uses the term 'sweetie' for everyone, they're now called 'Crunchy'.

When driving I've always felt pedestrian=Crunchy

118 mattm  6/10/08 11:35:20 am reply quote 0

I bet even "amature" personal websites and non-profit sites are better secured.

119 Kosh's Shadow  6/10/08 11:40:07 am reply quote 0

re: #98 Cygnus

Even now they're retrofitting their bus with 4-wheel drive.

It's going to need monster truck tires, too.

120 Prikolno  6/10/08 11:40:20 am reply quote 0

Jokes aside, is that possible that they based the requirements after watching the following video ?
[Link: www.youtube.com...]

121 Kosh's Shadow  6/10/08 11:41:28 am reply quote 2

re: #106 Dark_Falcon

I was also thinking: if Obama's like a young Darth Vader, that would make George Soros Emperor Palpatine. But does he have the lightning fingers trick down yet?

No, he still uses puppet strings.

122 kahall  6/10/08 11:42:24 am reply quote 0

re: #120 Prikolno

Jokes aside, is that possible that they based the requirements after watching the following video ?
[Link: www.youtube.com...]

That should do it!

123 Prikolno  6/10/08 11:42:28 am reply quote 0

or this one "dont leave your network security to a chance " [Link: www.youtube.com...]

124 Dustyvet  6/10/08 11:47:50 am reply quote 3

Joke That'll Get You Arrested

Don't say that I didn't warn you:

If you are sitting next to someone who irr