McCain wants Ballmer as ambassador to China

Irascible chair-flinging corporate tyrant Steve Ballmer could be in the running for a top government job, it was revealed last week. Presidential hopeful John McCain, speaking at the D: All Things Digital conference, announced plans to co-opt various tech industry luminaries in the event of reaching the White House. According …

[Tr0n]

Vive le Ballmer!

I'm thinking Ballmer would be the perfect Emperor - err, I mean embassador - to China.. His communist operating system will work well there..

Oh wait, he called Linux communist!

You know, communist - the fact everything has to be closed off, limited, and forbidden. You have to do everything ONE way.

For FUD's sake!

[Ted Treen]

A cunning plan

Either the man (John McCain) is totally stark raving mad, or it's a cunning plan, worthy of Baldrick, to send the renowned furniture-throwing potty-mouth somewhere where he just might disappear.

Come to think of it, we could appoint Prescott as ambassador to Uzbekistan.....

[muzchap]

Title

Hey why are we tyrannising a person who likes to act normal!

If only you could scream and below at work - kick chairs around, smash up everything - it would be ace.

Hang on - why do I feel like doing that at work.

Oh yeah - because my PC keeps doing things I don't want it to do - or stupid users think the moon can be delivered on a stick in 5 different flavours because they read marketing literature that promises the earth and delivers nothing!

So yeah 'communism' is the nu cool comrade!

[Jan]

Former Soviet Republic of Ubuntu

Please, Ambassador Ballmer I am not sure you understand, we simply can't launch an arial assult on Ubuntu.

[Jan Buys]

oh dear...

I feel World War III coming...

[Anonymous Coward]

More noise from McCain

Right...

Luckily John McCain, invented war-hero, who is spinning faster than an Iranian centrifuge and driving on the right of the Pretzel President has absolutely zero chance of getting into the White House

(...whereby I make the sign of the cross twice and throw a hare's paw around for good measure)

Ballmer would only be in China for a couple of months until a nuclear exchange over Taiwan would take place.

[Anonymous Coward]

Seems fitting

John McCain, a man whose temper tantrums are legendary is looking for a fellow playmate.

If he's elected I'd give the world 20 minutes before a 'developers! developers! developers!' chair-chucking tantrum went nuclear.

[J]

Better idea

I think North Korea would suit his personality better...

[Robert Ramsay]

As the Vulcans say...

"Only Ballmer could go to China..."

[Keith Doyle]

Fishing expedition?

You don't suppose McCain could be fishing for campaign contributions...