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Late Monday night, I published an article reiterating my disdain for Donald Rumsfeld (among others), and re-using the phrase “unconscionable malpractice.”
About 12 hours later, at roughly 1pm EDT Tuesday, someone came to visit from IP 152.216.3.5:
It appears someone Google-searched “RECENT ARTICLES ABOUT DONALD RUMSFELD” from a desk at some government agency that has the initials “IRS” ... and ended up at my site.
Just someone goofing off at the end of their lunch hour. Yeah, that’s what it had to be. Pretty sure.
Pretty please?
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This is what I hate about Google. It isn’t just the Emperor who isn’t wearing clothes these days. It’s gotten to the point where before I type anything I think “who don’t I want finding this on Google?” I think it was 4 months ago the last time I had that internal conversation and quickly changed some of the names of the people in my article.
Be that as it may…..take solace in the immortal words of Frank Zappa:
“It can’t happen here.”
The road through google is not a direct one. I think you’re safe. I’m guessing bored civil servant
Oddly, there may be a legitimate reason for an on-duty IRS agent to google Rummy articles. They could be looking for political activity by 501( c)(3)’s.
Even then, their search is off-base. Since Rumsfeld isn’t elected, and his boss isn’t up for election ever again, non-profits can say pretty much whatever they want about him.
If you IRS guys are still here and looking for non-profit abuse, try this search:
“God” “Voter Guide” filetype:pdf
Reminds me of the time someone from Halliburton was surfing my site for pictures of Jenna Bush.
Don’t they already have all the pictures of Jenna Bush that they could want?
RT: “It’s gotten to the point where before I type anything I think ‘who don’t I want finding this on Google?’”
Yeah, I try to be aware of that, since Google seems inordinately interested in my site at times. But at the same time, Google is somewhat a civility enforcer for anyone who is both [1] aware of its ways and consequences, and [2] concerned about their long term reputation. Meaning, if you do or say something grossly stupid or notably foolish, it will follow you around like a piece of toilet paper stuck to your shoe. I’m not altogether sure that’s a Bad Thing.
However, all tools can be used for evil. Maybe Google should ban inquiries from all .gov addresses. Yeah, sure they would…
emcee: “I think you’re safe. I’m guessing bored civil servant”
I agree, I just thought it was humorous. In a make-your-skin-crawl manner. Besides, they ended up on this page. So, I’m safe, but Gen. Batiste might want to watch himself.
“If you IRS guys are still here and looking for non-profit abuse, try this search…”
Oh, c’mon, you’ve got to make it easier than than. Give ‘em something to click. About 400 returns.
Matt: “Reminds me of the time someone from Halliburton was surfing my site for pictures of Jenna Bush.”
Hmmm. This could explain a lot. At any rate, I’m thinking Rummy must have some ugly pictures of somebody that have kept him in his position this long.