Somebody posted the video to YouTube, which you can find here.

Random trivia:  The building that this takes place in is my building, building 86.  There’s a joke or two in there about the maze-like design of the first floor of building 86 – or what is affectionately known as “Bunker 86″ by many of its inhabitants.  The building itself used to be part of the SafeCo campus purchased by Microsoft in recent years, which is why it doesn’t conform to any of Microsoft’s usual natural-light-maximizing layouts.

To prove his point, Rush says he did some Google searches for “Great Depression” and then proceeds to attack each of the results as liberal propaganda.  Because we all know that college professors teach straight off of Google results pages.  So my friend is listening and hears something rather striking… the name of one of our mutual colleagues – Paul Alexander Gusmorino (“The Third!” – I love the way Limbaugh says that).  

Limbaugh found among the top results an essay written by Paul, entitled “The Main Causes of the Great Depression,” (link goes to essay).  He quotes Paul’s essay and refutes each of its claims, dissecting them as if they were part of a Harvard professor’s lecture on the subject.  He doesn’t pull any punches either.  “Mr. Gusmorino, you better check Karl Marx and see if you plagiarized him in putting this piece together.”

Ouch.  Those words would be harsh if they really were for a Harvard lecturer.  But that’s not who wrote this essay.  It was my friend who works as a Program Manager at Microsoft.

When he was in 10th grade.

A friend and colleague of mine has a funny story about someone from Google asking for his resume, and not accepting it in Google Docs format, but instead requesting it as an MS Word file =) 

I’m estimating that Jack Tretton owes me about $72,000 as I count about 60 units (actually it’s probably 63).  While it may look like there’s one missing, and that might lead you to think it has been sold, you would be wrong.  I joked to one of the blue shirts, “I guess you sold one!”  He just shook his head and pointed me over to the PS accessories section, where the PS3 box had been placed on the floor, ostensibly after its carrier realized the price was per unit and not per stack of 60.

But don’t watch it too many times, or you might clog the internets!

Good thing these guys aren’t running things… oh wait, nevermind.