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Gov't Computers Used to Find Info on "Joe the Plumber"

Posted by timothy on from the wurzelbacher-wurzelbacher-french-is-it? dept.

After Joe Wurzelbacher of Ohio gained fame as "Joe the Plumber" in the course of the current presidential campaign, it seems that he's drawn more than idle curiosity from people with access to what should probably be confidential information. An anonymous reader writes with a story from The Columbus Dispatch that "government insiders accessed Joe the Plumber's records soon after the McCain-Obama debate. 'Public records requested by The Dispatch disclose that information on Wurzelbacher's driver's license or his sport-utility vehicle was pulled from the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles database three times shortly after the debate. Information on Wurzelbacher was accessed by accounts assigned to the office of Ohio Attorney General Nancy H. Rogers, the Cuyahoga County Child Support Enforcement Agency and the Toledo Police Department.' Welcome to 1984."

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  1. Joe should have posted on slashdot by syousef · · Score: 4, Funny

    ....as JoeTheAnonymousCoward. Average Joe said over a cup of Joe today that he learnt about AC too late, but that maybe others could learn from his mistake.

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    1. Re:Joe should have posted on slashdot by Average_Joe_Sixpack · · Score: 5, Funny

      is that what the "Post Anonymously" option does?! all these years ... all these years ...

  2. Where's McCain's other friend? by Prikolist · · Score: 3, Funny

    Did they find Simon the Invisible Unicorn? (if you don't know the reference, watch the SNL spoof)

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  3. It's the union by philspear · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is clearly the work of the union, posing as a government employee. They found out he wasn't a member and have initiated a smear campaign against him. The most insidious thing is that they're blaming the democrats for it!

    Fact: The plumber unions secretly run the stonecutters guild, which in turn secretly runs the world.

    My toilet is overflowing, they're onto me...

  4. In soviet russian prisons... by ZarathustraDK · · Score: 1, Funny

    ..."Joe the plumber" accesses YOU!

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  5. Re:From the article... by Ortega-Starfire · · Score: 4, Funny

    >He lied in his question to Obama about being in a position to buy his boss' company.

    What you aren't aware of is that Joe had drawn up a contract to buy the company, and has recently signed a very lucrative contract with a wealthy american coupleto do the plumbing for all 7 of his houses.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTRFbup0iv8

    1 minute in for details.

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  6. Re:How do you think it should work then? by arkhan_jg · · Score: 2, Funny

    There's always the short version.
    "I like paying taxes. With them I buy civilization."
    -- Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes

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  7. And what did they find? by actionbastard · · Score: 1, Funny

    Nothin' but crack, baby. Nothin' but crack.

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  8. Re:Open your eyes by Gordonjcp · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ding! You win a slightly scratched CDR, contents unknown.