[ NNSquad ] Stephen Colbert Tries Tim Pawlenty's "Google Test"

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Stephen Colbert Tries Tim Pawlenty's "Google Test"
http://j.mp/iOaO2B  (This message on Google Buzz)

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You may recall a week ago in "GOP Presidential hopeful: Eliminate all
government services you can find via Google (+ response)"
 - http://j.mp/l2dJXH (Google Buzz), I noted Tim Pawlenty's assertion

    "We can start by applying what I call 'The Google Test.' If you can
     find a good or service on the Internet, then the federal government
     probably doesn't need to be doing it."

Now Stephen Colbert has used his Comedy Central show to "endorse"
Pawlenty's "Google Test," and to demonstrate how "effective" it really
could be:

http://j.mp/l4wjJ5  (Gawker [Video])

Note that one of the commenters on my original posting correctly
presaged Colbert's bottom line on this issue!

--Lauren--
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