Black Man Given Nation's Worst Job

[Pale Blue Dot]

WASHINGTON—African-American man Barack Obama, 47, was given the least-desirable job in the entire country Tuesday when he was elected president of the United States of America. In his new high-stress, low-reward position, Obama will be charged with such tasks as completely overhauling the nation's broken-down economy, repairing the crumbling infrastructure, and generally having to please more than 300 million Americans and cater to their every whim on a daily basis. As part of his duties, the black man will have to spend four to eight years cleaning up the messes other people left behind. The job comes with such intense scrutiny and so certain a guarantee of failure that only one other person even bothered applying for it. Said scholar and activist Mark L. Denton, "It just goes to show you that, in this country, a black man still can't catch a break."

http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/black_man_given_nations?utm_source=onion_rss_daily

:D

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. lol.

[cemaphonic]

2. Heh

[cliffordu]

3. Well....

:rofl:

[nomorewhopper]

4. reminds me why i love the onion

[Motown_Johnny]

5. Glorified Janitor??? Cleaning up after Republicans

[AuntPatsy]

6. That was cute..and kind of true...

[al bupp]

7. Just freaking perfect, lol

once again The Onion out does itself

[Festusss]

8. I love Onions

[vanderBeth]

9. haha

:)

[tridim]

10. I don't think Obama considers it the worst job.

Even if everyone else does.

President Obama can handle it.

[Blondiegrrl]

11. LMAO! Amazing how close to the actual truth The Onion can be. nt

[Kali]

12. heh

too damn true! as usual for the onion

[Mojambo]

13. Absolutely wonderful! n/t

[Kali]

14. heh

too damn true! as usual for the onion

[buzzard]

15. In some ways I agree with this, this is not a task most would want the obstacles are great and no

matter what he does it will not be enough for many people. What I admire about Obama is that he is willing to take on this great challenge knowing that he will be blamed for the coming hardship that will be dealt to the American people. It is not of his making but deal with it he will, not to the satisfaction of all but I believe his choices will be in the best interest of the many, I do not envy him of this job. excuse the grammar i have opened a bottle of wine.

[live love laugh]

16. lol

[eppur_se_muova]

17. Phillip K. Dick was right ... we should assign the job by lottery ...

and winners should run like Hell. :evilgrin:

ON EDIT: cf "Solar Lottery" http://www.philipkdick.com/works_novels_solar.html