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rockymountaindem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 11:16 PM
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If you could do any kind of work for the government, what would you do?
What do you think would be the most interesting? What would be of the most service to others? Where do you think you could have the most influence?

Personally, I'd like to be a diplomat or the Sec. of State.

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jurassicpork Donating Member (435 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 11:17 PM
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1. Is rotten egg-throwing
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iconoclastic cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 11:17 PM
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2. Believe it or not, I'd like to be in the CIA.
Not to spy on you guys, though. I know more than I want to know about DUers as it is.
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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 11:23 PM
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11. We should have lunch.
Looks like there are going to be a few openings.
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iconoclastic cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 11:26 PM
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13. Could an inner-city high school teacher with an MFA in writing really be
an asset to this country's intelligence corps? I might be a third whell.
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lvx35 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 11:19 PM
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3. I'd have to invent a post.
Something like head of department of Internet or something fun, something that doesn't exist.
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teach1st Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 11:23 PM
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DAWS
Department of Aimless Web Surfing.

I'd kick ass at that job.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 11:19 PM
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4. Foreign Aid, Health, policy. In my dreams.
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Maple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 11:20 PM
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5. Education
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RoyGBiv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 11:20 PM
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6. FCC Chariman ...
Edited on Sat Jul-23-05 11:21 PM by RoyGBiv
Free the electrons ...



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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 11:21 PM
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7. Are you a recruiter for post-Bush 43?
That would be nice. There is a future out there in which we rule, briefly.

"Further" - The '37 GMC bus that carried the Merry Pranksters. Don't forget where you come from.
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rockymountaindem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 12:14 AM
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29. No, not a recruiter.
Just someone interested in politics and government and planning his post-college life.
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two gun sid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 11:22 PM
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8. Sec. of Labor.
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tofubo Donating Member (229 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 11:22 PM
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9. assistant to the deputy undersecretary in the dept. of redundancy dept.
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B0S0X87 Donating Member (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 11:23 PM
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10. The guy at the CIA who covers up alien landings
That sounds like fun.
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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 11:26 PM
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14. We'll pick you up in a Black Helicopter or a Wave or Light .
You'll be back before you know it. Too bad, you won't remember a thing.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 11:29 PM
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16. Don't they have a vigilante squad doing that now?
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solinvictus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 11:24 PM
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12. Chief of Counter-intelligence...
or a State Dept. flunky as a cover for working in covert intelligence gathering.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 11:28 PM
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15. Either the guy who cleans Karl Rove's office tapestries, or else
the President.

If you want a serious answer, I'd like to work for the state department in the foreign service.
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solinvictus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 11:29 PM
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17. I took the foreign service exam in 1999..
the essay question concerned curtaling individual liberties in the face of domestic terrorism.
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 11:29 PM
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18. I'd like to be a Senator...like Paul Wellstone.
You may not always agree with my vote, but you'd know that I was open, honest, and doing what I thought was best!
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dweller Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 11:29 PM
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19. i'd settle for chief bottle washer
in the Dept. of Peace under Pres. Kucinich.

dp
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NEOBuckeye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 11:36 PM
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20. House Cleaning
Specifically, the White House. :-)
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 11:37 PM
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21. I'd like to take out the trash....


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Zorbuddha Donating Member (822 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 12:00 AM
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28. LOL...Where have you been?
You and housecleaning.
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MadisonProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 11:40 PM
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22. President of the US
I gotta be better, right?
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Poiuyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 11:42 PM
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23. I want to drive the presidential limo
I think that would be exhilarating. Police escorts wherever you go
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Devlzown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 11:44 PM
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24. Vice President
I could stay in an undisclosed location most of the time while I collect my fat salary. Unlimited free travel is another plus. With my luck, though, the President would probably croak after a short time in office and I might actually have to show up at places and do things. Cheney's been living the life of Riley for the last 4 and 1/2 years!
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WiltedFlowerChild Donating Member (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 11:47 PM
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25. Director and Secretary
Department of Peace
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Zorbuddha Donating Member (822 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 11:53 PM
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26. I'd be the procurer of the Cuban cigars
What they do with them is their business.
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Zorbuddha Donating Member (822 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 11:58 PM
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27. Or the guy responsible for changing the batteries in Cheney's pacemaker
I'd LOVE that job.
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