Apparently, getting into journalism isn't quite as hard as we thought.

Joe the Plumber, aka Samuel "Joe" Wurzelbacher, the ubiquitous caricature of "the Average Joe" used by the McCain campaign, is heading off to war. Not to fight, though (wouldn't that be an ironic turn of events), but to be a war correspondent. 

...What?

Yes, that's right. Conservative website PJTV has hired Joe the Plumber to be a war correspondent, MSNBC and the International Herald Tribune report.  Joe is being sent to cover the stories of "Average Joes" in Israel. He's heading into the currently chaotic Middle East to cover the Israel/Palestine conflict taking place, and try and explain why their is such conflict.

Besides the obvious lack of credentials here (because, honestly, what insight is a plumber from Middle America going to have about an incredibly delicate and complex situation?), there is also the fact that Joe won't even be taking the time to really research the story. He won't be spending months in the field getting research like many of his journalistic "peers." Joe, won't even be spending a half-month there. He'll only be in the area for 10 days. 

Mad props to PJTV for giving me something to laugh at. I guess I should also give kudos to Joe the Plumber: in a terrible economy, he was able to find a job.