What Will We Do With Census Workers To Keep Unemployment Down?

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by Smitty (via Digg)

After the Census is taken, the job numbers would be likely to tank. Would be, that is, if Hugo Chavez wasn’t leading the way:

Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela, who only recently signed up to Twitter, has rapidly risen up the rankings to become the top tweeter in the country, despite having previously described the service as a “tool of terror.” The leader has also hired hundreds of staff to reply to tweets.

Chavez (“Presidente de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela. Soldado Bolivariano, Socialista y Antiimperialista” according to his bio), has, at the time of writing 239,994 followers and enjoys inclusion on 7,538 lists. Presumably some of which list people who are “threats to the open web“.

The fact that these are not jobs in any ‘delivering products to customers’ sense wouldn’t matter. All that is needed is a number to use to spin the unemployment figures. Additionally, these ‘workers’ could spend time thinking of ways to demonize Bush, Cheney, and Rove. So that’ll be a big help.

Update: Fausta suggests Chavez is having trouble managing his Tweeter.  As long as he doesn’t have to pass through an airport x-ray in mid-Tweet, he should be OK.

11 comments

  3. Don’t worry, they surely have jobs waiting at Organizing for America or as part of the Chosen One’s National Civilian Security Force.

  4. Don’t worry, they surely have jobs waiting at Organizing for America or as part of the Chosen One’s National Civilian Security Force.

  5. I filled out my census forms and sent them in. I received a call a month later. You see under race, I put in american for all 7 of us. I guess they didn’t like that. I told the woman I already filled it out and that I was done. I then hung up. I fully expect to see these lackeys at my door someday soon. Screw Obama.

  6. I filled out my census forms and sent them in. I received a call a month later. You see under race, I put in american for all 7 of us. I guess they didn’t like that. I told the woman I already filled it out and that I was done. I then hung up. I fully expect to see these lackeys at my door someday soon. Screw Obama.

  9. Oh, I’m sure our old friend Hannibal Lecter can come up with a more tasteful preparation than Soylent Green.

    “Well, Clarice, have the Obama supporters stopped screaming?”

  10. Oh, I’m sure our old friend Hannibal Lecter can come up with a more tasteful preparation than Soylent Green.

    “Well, Clarice, have the Obama supporters stopped screaming?”

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