• May 27, 2012

Joe Biden Tells America To Track Stimulus On Wrong Website

by Jim Newell  5:06 pm February 20, 2009

Look, when Joe Biden was growing up in Scranton, all the local guys — classy ones, they had CLASS back then — would end their damn websites with the same damn thing, “.com,” alright? They didn’t have any of this pansy ass “.gov” or “.org” or “.edu” or “.whateverthegoddamnthing” monkey business; it was either “.com” or nothing and you sucked it up, took it like a man. JESUS! So don’t go hollering at Joe Biden for referring to “Recovery.gov” as “Recovery.com” in a speech today and thereby boosting some private company’s new project, okay?, because who gives a rat’s ass what the damn thing is, all these sites look the same anyway…

“We’ve already set up a Web site, Recovery.com, which will show where and how the money is being spent,” the vice president told the leaders of the United States Conference of Mayors during a speech in the East Room of the White House. “The public can actually go on a Web site and see how we’re spending this money.”

But the stimulus site is not Recovery.com — it’s Recovery.gov. Recovery.com and Recovery.org earlier today both redirected to the commercial Web research company Onvia, a NASDAQ-traded $20 million business that’s been tracking government spending for a decade and that’s now also in the business of helping businesses secure government contracts being doled out under the stimulus bill.

The problem is that tons of people went to Recovery.com earlier today and discovered a website that will, in fact, track how the stimulus money is spent, but probably in much greater detail than whatever pretend-transparent bullshit Recovery.gov will offer.

Joe Biden is great.

The VP Gives Wrong Recovery Website [YouTube]
Misspeaking, Biden Directs Mayors to Private Web Company [Washington Post]

{ 51 comments }

teebob2000 February 20, 2009 at 5:13 pm

“Joe Biden Tells America To Track Stimulus On Wrong Website”

Win

V572625694 February 20, 2009 at 5:14 pm

Alright, Obama’s done for. Biden’s useless. Geithner gets a FAIL. Who’s left? Come back, Jjud Ggreg!

salt_bagel February 20, 2009 at 5:15 pm

When W. misspoke, people had laffs and maybe a war would start. When Biden misspeaks, awesome stuff happens across the country. This is the difference.

keepinitrealyo February 20, 2009 at 5:16 pm

Reminds me of when Dick Cheney recommended factcheck.com during that first VP debate, which was a terrible mistake on two levels.

Dreamer February 20, 2009 at 5:17 pm

I think the first time Barry loses his hopeyness will be with Joe Biden. He is so adorable even-though he is a walking talking error machine

guerilla-nation February 20, 2009 at 5:20 pm

monkey business? really? are we going to have to picket your offices, too?

guerilla-nation February 20, 2009 at 5:20 pm

oh wait, you’re talking about biden. what a baboon!

SayItWithWookies February 20, 2009 at 5:21 pm

WaPo: Misspeaking, Biden…
So redundant.

Oh hell to the no February 20, 2009 at 5:23 pm

That man is gaff-tacular.

Dr Tobias Funke February 20, 2009 at 5:24 pm

Recovery.com redirects to recovery.gov automatically for me?!?

Has the opposition been silenced / competition destroyed?!?

AngelaB February 20, 2009 at 5:27 pm

I went to recovery.com and it redirects you to recovery.gov

Dreamer February 20, 2009 at 5:28 pm

[re=248522]Dr Tobias Funke[/re]: Welcome to Barry’s totalitarian regime.

grevillea February 20, 2009 at 5:28 pm

[re=248522]Dr Tobias Funke[/re]: Well, durr, what’d you expect from a socialist Muslin govt?

grendel February 20, 2009 at 5:30 pm

[re=248522]Dr Tobias Funke[/re]: It’s just those snarky bloggers failing to do their fact checking… I knew Denby was right!

jagorev February 20, 2009 at 5:32 pm

But now recovery.com mysteriously redirects to the .gov site

Has the Onvia company been disappeared by government agents?

IceCreamEmpress February 20, 2009 at 5:34 pm

Gaffer Joe strikes again!

Wait, that’s not really a big deal. I think Tom Ridge did the same thing with Ready.gov.

Suds McKenzie February 20, 2009 at 5:35 pm

Lets lock Joe and Meghan McCain in a room and figure out this whole “internet thing” once and for all.

DustBowlBlues February 20, 2009 at 5:35 pm

I don’t care what Joey’s done lately. He sent me a personal note with a picture of Pres. Obama (I still love the sound of that) taking the oath of office. Joe’s the best pen pal I’ve ever had, except for the fact the others didn’t hit me up for a donation to the DNC.

SayItWithWookies February 20, 2009 at 5:38 pm

[re=248522]Dr Tobias Funke[/re]: [re=248525]AngelaB[/re]: The Onvia folks redirected the sites ’cause Recovery.com and .gov weren’t supposed to be up and running yet. Biden outed ‘em. So they took the site offline for now and did the redirect. It’s at the bottom of the WaPo article linked above.

Suds McKenzie February 20, 2009 at 5:39 pm

oh, plus ” butt sex” … sorry.

Jim Newell February 20, 2009 at 5:44 pm

[re=248542]SayItWithWookies[/re]: What you said.

Canmon (the Inadequate) February 20, 2009 at 5:44 pm

So Biden made a mistake but accidentally gave the address of a better site. That is the dictionary definition of pulling a “Homer”.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Defined

blinky_twinkie February 20, 2009 at 5:46 pm

There’s a Facebook group of 300-odd Catholics dedicated to trying to get Our Joe excommunicated from the Catholic Church. WHY CAN’T THEY JUST LEAVE THE GAFFER ALONE??!?!?!?!?!!?!?1 (…sob…)

From their Basic Info: “One of the Spiritual Works of Mercy is to “admonish the sinner,” so an excommunication in this instance would be an act of mercy.”

bitchincamaro February 20, 2009 at 5:48 pm

Jebus. Paging Dr. Faux Pas. Joe’s waking moments are so error laden, I hope he wears an industrial strength full-on chin strap while sleeping next to that lovely wife of his. Oh, the breakfast table conversations must be really something.

PomPom February 20, 2009 at 6:03 pm

Eh, whatever. Biden is funny, seems nice, and is hella smart even though he and I don’t see eye to eye on how to interpret the Commerce Clause. He can gaffe all the livelong day and will still be a bazillion times better than this creepy guy skulking through the underbrush: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/us/politics/18cheney.html?_r=1&hp

Texan Bulldoggette February 20, 2009 at 6:03 pm

Leave Joe alone. It’s not like he said blackdildos.com or something. He was close!

mayor_quimby February 20, 2009 at 6:18 pm

Yeah, and now when you go to recovery.com it redirects to .gov
Opening picture is of Obama giving us the STFU face he gave Biden that one time.
All Is Well

Nick vdK February 20, 2009 at 6:24 pm

Oh Jesus, he’ll NEVER get over this gaffe! Just like the time Pat Buchanan was all, “Hitler rocks,” or MA Gov. Michael Duchovny was all, “Hello, I make riding a tank look totally gay and also I will make sure you get raped,” this will RUIN him.

Mr. Herpes February 20, 2009 at 6:34 pm

That’s why I love Joe Biden. He’s just a goof. Personally, I sleep better at night knowing my VP is just being the class clown instead of over at Langley, listening to the tapes of the waterboardings.

ph7 February 20, 2009 at 6:40 pm

[re=248604]Mr. Herpes[/re]: Agreed. He’s comic relief for tense Cabinet meetings.

tallulah February 20, 2009 at 6:41 pm

.org redirects too.

who the hell is joe biden?????

jbd February 20, 2009 at 6:49 pm

Good god I want this man to be president. I have for years. The urge is only getting stronger.

Lazy Media February 20, 2009 at 7:03 pm

Attababy, Joe, baby, hum baby, THROW it in there baby, STEERIKE! batter, whaddayamean, ump, where was that pitch, c’mon, Joe baby, hum it in there baby, attaboy, STEEERIKE! C’mon, ump, you need to borrow my specs now, whatsamatteryabum, now HUM, baby, Joe, boy, attababy, zing it in there boy, SWING batter, whatsamatter, ump, that was down the middle, now.

recharged95 February 20, 2009 at 7:43 pm

Basically, using today’s buzz term: Barry “call these guys out”, hopefully not in gestapo style. Biden, really, he is helping the economy (at least these guys for web traffic).

recovery.com
Domains by Proxy, Inc.
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States
Expiration Date: 23-apr-2012

recovery.org
Registrant Name:Bill Casti
Registrant Organization:AQC
Registrant Street1:PO Box 310
Registrant City:Herndon
Registrant State/Province:VA
Registrant Postal Code:20172
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone:+1.7032440497
Registrant Email:billcasti@gmail.com
Expiration Date:18-Feb-2010 05:00:00 UTC

And if these guys are smart, anyone touching these proxies will be getting spam or IP/hostname will be sold to the highest bidder (for spam).

Yes, the internets love you.

Lionel Hutz Esq. February 20, 2009 at 7:46 pm

Actually, Biden was trying to direct traffic to his personal porn site, Recovery.tz, featuring the best women that Delaware has to offer.

Elizabeth February 20, 2009 at 7:47 pm

Let’s see…how do I break this to you gently…hmmmm…Oh I know…why don’t you try going to recovery.com and see where you end up.

You owe the Vice President an apology…or more, if I presume correctly.

rocktonsammy February 20, 2009 at 7:47 pm

Biden is just fucking with us, keeping it real. He speaks to me.

rocktonsammy February 20, 2009 at 7:57 pm

And the hot wife!

sarcasticusername February 20, 2009 at 9:28 pm

@jbd: dude’s kind of old, so that would pretty much require something bad happening to hopey; what kind of awful person are you? why do you hate unicorns and black people?

windupbird February 20, 2009 at 10:55 pm

All I know is that Joe is the perfect foil for Barry.

Bruno February 21, 2009 at 4:26 am

This was no mistake. Look for a large offshore trade from Onvia shares in the previous trading session. I got a special exclusive email about it. It even had a candlestick chart in it so I knew it was serious

DangerousLiberal February 21, 2009 at 10:12 am

Whenever I see “website” and “stimulus” I just assume it’s NSFW.

Darkness February 21, 2009 at 10:32 am

Hopefully they have enough sense not to send him out promoting whitehouse.gov…

NoNewKidontheBlock February 21, 2009 at 12:35 pm

WTF ….. is this guy stupid or what ….. what a bunch of MORONES ….. fuck’em …. fuck’em all!

GooseInANoose February 21, 2009 at 1:10 pm

Yeah, fuck the Morones. And fuck the morans while you’re at it.

coolicula February 21, 2009 at 2:22 pm

This just in: A survival story! Biden struggles to regain his footing in the Obamanation tribal council! All that remains to be seen is if he can remember where he left his feet!

Captain Swing February 22, 2009 at 4:54 am

I say cut the Second Dude some slack.

He’s just finished cleaning out the Dark Lord’s office- Who knows what unspeakable horrors he found there but can never tell. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is such a bitch.

Besides, some old timers are still coming to grips with teh Intertubes.

laurairene February 23, 2009 at 1:14 am

poor joe biden. he’s just old and doesn’t understand the internet.

humble pinko February 23, 2009 at 1:24 am

Damn the series of tubes

CrazyDrumGuy February 23, 2009 at 8:32 am

Recovery.com just got owned by the government, literally. Looks like Barry’s internet gremlins have bought recovery.com and recovery.org now redirect to recovery.gov. Win!

CARCUNTZ!(tm)-R-Us February 23, 2009 at 3:31 pm

[re=248805]Darkness[/re]: You mean whitehouse.com? I’ve made that mistake a couple times. Mostly on purpose, but whatever.

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