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I am voting for Cthulhu for President. Why vote for a lesser evil?

*duck* ... I am sorry, but it had to be said!

Cthulhu for President. Why vote for a lesser evil?

the problem is there's no "exit ceremony" in these wackjob cults except ones involving death. if i could be un-baptised, i would.

Try this : "Debaptise Yourself - making it official", which gives the procedure for getting removed from the Catholic Church in Britain. Since they have a procedure, then it's safe to assume that the hierarchical nature of the whole Catholic edifice means that there is a procedure in all other Catholic Churches.

Write a letter to âthe competent ecclesiastical authorityâ(TM) at the Diocesan Offices giving the details of your baptism (date and place) and include at least the following paragraphs:
"I wish to declare my formal defection from the Catholic Church in accordance with canons 1086, Â 1, 1117 and 1124 of the Code of Canon Law as mentioned in notification Prot. N. 10279/2006 from the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts."
"I hereby reject the teachings, dogma and authority of the Roman Catholic church and any benefits, so-called sacraments, graces and blessings supposedly bestowed upon me, either in the past or the future. Furthermore, please note that I make these statements personally, consciously and freely."
"I respectfully request confirmation that this act has been noted in the baptismal registry (cfr. can. 535, Â 2) with explicit mention of the occurrence of a 'defectio ab Ecclesia catholica actu formali'."

On that site a number of other procedures are described.

In other news, Sarah Palin's campaign for the Presidency of the USA is accelerating.

There's something below Fox News in integrity? That's very difficult to imagine - even Cthulhu has some principles.

So what you're saying is that, in this case, Cthulhu is the lesser evil?

Obviously, the answer is Cthulhu. "Why settle for the lesser of two evils?"

Mind the tacos though. They're tasty, but non-euclidean.

And, as I always say, give me the greater of two evils.

Your candidate has arrived.

Except there's NO SUCH THING as the lesser of two evils.

Cthulhu would beg to differ. :)

I might go so far as to call your premise ridiculous. The rant itself was entertaining and raised a few interesting points (and I hasten to say that I am a third party voter, in general), but there seems to be this idea going around that because neither of two major US parties is ideal, they're both equally bad, and that's a steaming pile of crap (usually offered, as far as I can tell, by apologists for the more evil of the parties and/or the more evil elements of both parties).

I regret to inform you that the evil bit of the IPv4 packet header field was accidentally propagated to the display screen and--subsequently--would ensure that in the last femtosecond your vote was for evil as you were accepting your selection.

After all, there's no point voting for a lesser evil.

Satan incarnate? Pffft. That's why I vote Cthulhu

The financial crisis is a strong indictment of Sarah Palin's inexperience.
Why, if she were making policy, the bailout would be at least twice the size of the GDP, instead of the mere $700 billion-ish that was the last "conservative" estimate I saw.
Furthermore, if she were in office, the house of cards would have come tumbling down in nine months at most, instead of the several decades it took to brew under various regimes since 1977, despite all of the calls for reform.
Yep, bringing in somebody from outside to do some house cleaning is the last thing we need now.
Which is why, this year, I will not vote for the lesser evil.
Cthulhu is beyond questions of gender or race: all will be devoured. Now that is a moral exquivalency we can all feel, briefly.

If you take that thought to it's conclusion, I believe you'll find a preferable candidate here: http://www.cthulhu.org/

But that's only because Cheney's not running.

Well, he is the bigger evil. The bigger and the better evil(I mean, he could be the devil's great-great-grandfather).

That's why he gets my vote. Because Obama is a lesser evil and I don't like to vote for lesser.

If you take that thought to it's conclusion, I believe you'll find a preferable candidate here: http://www.cthulhu.org/

Or he could filibuster. Just the threat of a filibuster from the Democratic nominee should have been enough to kill the bill in the first place.

He certainly won't be getting my vote. Neither will McCain, though. I refuse to pick between the lesser of two evils. That's why I'm voting Cthulu.

But why vote for the lesser of two evils?

If Cthulhu were running what OS would he prefer?

> The current White House is definitely not an incarnation of Cthulhu. Cthulhu
> would be far more honest about his evil ways, and certainly wouldn't need to
> do anything as wimpy as manufacturing data.

Absolutely. You only have to look at Cthulhu's presidential policy paper to see that:
http://www.cthulhu.org/cthulhu/positions.html

Cthulhu. "Why vote for a lesser evil?"

Actually, this candidate seems even better. Those whose vote for him will get the bonus of suffering a little less before they are eaten.

Also some other evil potential candidate has a campaing website.

So you have to make sure you go to the right one, or you're totally screwed. You might as well sleep in on Sunday and spend the rest of the day fornicating and taking drugs, since you'll be going to hell anyway.

SkyNet? Why vote for the lesser of two evils?
Vote Cthulhu for President in 2008

http://www.cthulhu.org/

No, I'm pretty sure loyal Cthulhu followers reward is to be eaten last:

http://www.cthulhu.org/cthulhu/positions.html

Cthulhu cultists will be given the following priveleges:

        * They will die last.

Cthulhu for President. Why vote for a lesser evil?

http://www.cthulhu.org/

I think it is paramount to a repeal of the First Amendment to say that you cannot use your money in the way that you see fit.

Are you saying you think bribery is ok?

If a person gives money to his candidate in order that the candidate can furnish other supporters with soap boxes and megaphones, is it right to take that right away? Where do we draw the line? Why do we draw the line?

If I take out an ad saying "Cops are great", we understand that as free speech. If a cop pulls me over and I say, "Hey, let me give you $50 towards your `Cops are great' ad campaign, wink wink nudge nudge," we know that for bribery.

If I take out an ad saying "Vote Cthulhu! (Why settle for the lesser of two evils?)", we understand that as free speech. If I say, "Oh great Elder One, let me sacrifice to you $50 that you may use it towards your `Vote Cthulhu!' ad campaign, by the way, wink wink nudge nudge, my soul isn't all that tasty..." we should understand that as bribery. (Or rather, in this case, a pathetic attempt at bribery that will get my soul eaten...)

Thanks!

"Vote Cthulu. Why settle for the LESSER evil?"

In "Call of Cthulhu" our beloved leader is described in the following way: It seemed to be a sort of monster, or symbol representing a monster, of a form which only a diseased fancy could conceive. If I say that my somewhat extravagant imagination yielded simultaneous pictures of an octopus, a dragon, and a human caricature, I shall not be unfaithful to the spirit of the thing. A pulpy, tentacled head surmounted a grotesque and scaly body with rudimentary wings; but it was the general outline of the whole which made it most shockingly frightful. from http://www.cthulhu.org/cthulhu/

Too bad this turned out to be a dupe. It reminds me of this Chilean Blob, which was interpreted as Cthulhu effluvia floating from R'lyeh to Chile. Well, the Elder Gods have time to wait...

The Great Old Ones and their minions? Those Mi-Go are pretty hardy buggers.

On the specifics of this report's premise, it seems to me to be a hell of a lot cheaper (and more realistic at the present) to ensure humanity's survival by being able to "Go Deep". If the we could harness geothermal power down deep, we could power lights that could grow plants in our subterranean cities, etc. and keep ourselves going.

Sure we'd end up living on glowing fungus in the end, and evolve big giant eyes and go all pasty-white pale, but then when we travel back in time to visit Earth in the 1960s-80s we'll look like we're supposed to.

Must be Friday. I need a drink.

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Cthulhu holiday songs, for the gift that keeps on loathing.

> It's not like there's a huge creature in > the Pacific that feasts on cargo ships. You mean a creature like this one ? http://www.cthulhu.org/

Kind of funny that you mention that while discussing Japan...

Not that we don't invent our own fantasies about the Pacific in that manner.

I can't believe noone here has asked "This year, why vote of a lesser evil?" yet!

Of course, I happen to love Cthulhu for President if you want to find somebody with a clearly defined position on all matters of American society.

What is funny is the bumperstickers and T-shirts you can buy from the "campaign headquarters". Do they have FEC registration confirmed?

Remember, this is only a write-in campaign.

As for the wasted vote argument, so you should choose your lesser of evils candidate, remember, if you choose the lesser of evils, you have still chosen evil.

Right! So, why choose the lesser evil? Think big. Vote Cthulhu!

Just picture that debate...

Well, since you said (And I quote)"Don't be satisfied with the lesser of two evils."

Why vote for a lesser evil?

Vote Cthulhu! Why settle for the lesser of two evils?

dont' you mean "cthulhu for president!" ?

This form is based on Lovecraft's revision tales where Cthulhu is often referred to as "Clooloo" or "Clulu". Unfortunately, this form does not have a sound representing the "th" combination.

Cthulhu as Sauron

that said, for the past several elections, I have voted for Cthulhu (write-in), as a sort of protest vote...

after all, why settle for the Lesser evil?

He wouldn't be the first fictional character to do so. If I were in the US, I'd be voting Cthulhu for President - after all, why settle for the lesser evil? ;-)

Kerry sucks less than Bush.

What makes this guy so sure he's found Atlantis and not Ry'leh?

Cthulhu for President in 2004. Why vote for the lesser of two evils?

or at least Gozer.

Why vote for the lesser evils!

Bah! You FOOL!! Cthulu for President - Don't settle for the 'lesser' evil.

I rather think that having won the ' Look and Feel' lawsuit (Remember that? You must be an old geek too then!), they can't really sue - they created the precendent that allows Evolution to exist!

Incidentally, as I believe in education, all Americans please note: that is irony. Just having a shitty day is not irony ;-)

J.

You just never know...

Shudda be Cthulhu