2008 Presidential Candidacy

[RU Sirius]

I promised myself I wasn't going to be tempted by the 2008, but last night, mildly toasty on Scotch, I thought about what could be a point of focus for this group and couldn't help but think that a Presidential candidacy could be fun and a way to communicate ideas and get attention for the cause etc.

One idea: Run a bot or an intelligent system. Either a real one, if it's possible, programmed with the Open Source platform or etc. or a composite of all of us acting behind the virtual mask of the AI.

Another idea: John Barlow

Another idea: Ok, I started thinking about doing a humorous candidacy...couldn't help it... and jotted down these platform ideas...

If nothing else, I made myself laugh...

Campaign SloganL Don't Tase Me, Bro!


1( I will get the Constitution and the Bill of Rights together for one final tour (and maybe a CD) before they are forced to retire completely.
2) I will have famous artists design our money so it's worth something.
3) Blonde right wing chicks who preach conservative morality while wearing miniskirts right up to their snatches will be protected against pie-throwing college students by the Department of Homeland Security
4) Any American high school student who can locate another country on an unlabelled map of the world and name its leader will receive $100 billion to launch an invasion of that country. Blackwater, KBR, and other fine organizations will be made available at normally inflated rates for these projects.
5) I will fill in the national deficit with air from the heads of Paris, Britney, Lindsey, and Nicole and all the people who make their livelihoods following them around or talking about them.
6) Torture should be allowed only between consenting adults for erotic purposes.
7) Aw fuck it. Put everybody in jail and make them prove they should be let out.


Make up your own!

[Jon Lebkowsky]

I think you already know what I'm gonna say... I think running a candidate and buying into that madness makes us part of the problem, not part of the solution. I don't know how we bring pressure for whatever changes we want to get behind if we're just another "third" party pushing just another niche candidate.

[Gary F. Moraco]

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