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Nobody's perfect

Then you can be the next Nobody for President! I'd certainly vote for Nobody -- after all, Nobody will keep election promises, Nobody will listen to our concerns, Nobody tells the truth, Nobody will defend our rights, Nobody has all the answers, and Nobody cares.

("Logic" blatantly borrowed from the 38-year-old ongoing campaign for a "none of the above" option on ballots to combat voter apathy, presented humorously as Nobody For President by the Birthday Party.)

I grew up believing in the US as a beacon for freedom and fairness. Okay, so it was the 60's and 70's and given what was going down in South America it was probably all a lie then.

Those of us growing up in the US in the 80s & 90s were led to believe in the nation's original ideals as well. It was a serious shock when I got to high school and had teachers that worked the reality behind modern-day events into the curriculum when relevant (i.e. government, history, literature).

How would you US citizens feel if you were on the receiving end of Predator drones, cyber attacks and Shock and Awe?

Trouble is, as tends to be the case with corrupt governments, average US citizens aren't the same as the US government that has been taking those actions... We have little-to-no power beyond the local level, since our election system is so fucked that all of California could vote for Nobody for President and still have no real impact on who gets the throne^H^H^H^H^H^Hposition.

To be honest, I'm more concerned that "terrorists" will attack us with military tech than that (actual) terrorists will. We already saw how much fun politicians had with the color-coded terror alert system whenever they wanted folks to bend to their will, and there's only one way to get that effect now that everyone's used to ignoring "orange"...

I've always been suspicious of Obama's shooting star status, and no, I don't support him any more than the others now. I fell into the quicksand of charisma for a brief moment, but pulled myself out. I don't claim to know or even really care who the puppet masters are. The presidency has long been a figurehead position. I have basically stated that this election is like putting Nixon in for an 11th term. This is a basically a problem of the electorate choosing to remain ignorant, and more importantly their unwillingness to see past their own self interests. I can say that knowing where McCain stands does not make it any better. That just means you would be putting a known criminal into the white house. Talk about disrespect for the office... I don't believe in voting for the "lessor of two evils". Especially when both are evil. At this stage, I have found that this guy is clearly the most qualified for the job. And you can bet he's the least corrupt of the bunch. I do not care for any apparent support he may give to the democrats. They have proven to be every bit as corrupt as the republicans.

Nobody for President

I have a serious problem with this Senate bill because I have spent over 30 years working as Nobody's Campaign Manager:

http://www.nobodyforpresident.org/

I do this because out of all the choices for president, Nobody is perfect.

I also believe Nobody has brought peace to our times, Nobody knows the turth about 9/11, and Nobody was here before Slashdot.

I can not imagine getting any special interest funds from Nobody's supporters, so would I need to register, just because Nobody bakes apple pie better than Mom?

Nobody is another way of saying, "None of the Above" and should be included of voter ballots.

Will the government require lobbyist registration for a candidate who keeps all political promises?

Nobody for President

Why doesn't anyone do anything about it?

Because Nobody is not on the ballot.

Proof Nobody W3C Validates All The Time:

http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww .nobodyforpresident.org%2F

http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=h ttp://www.nobodyforpresident.org/

No error or warning found
Congratulations!

Valid CSS! This document validates as CSS!

[snip]

sIFR-flash {

        * visibility : visible !important;
        * margin : 0;

}

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Note on page: "Non W3C Browser - can't see above animation? - Click here"

Source: http://www.nobodyforpresident.org/

First, one would, perhaps, have to change the requirements for President to,

(a) Require prospective candidates to take an extremely hard civil service exam.

(b) The top 100 scores of the exam move on to participate in the "Prezolympics".

(c) The top 10 winners from the olympics become canidates and are entitled to campaign.

(d) The winner of the election becomes President.
(1) Gets a device implanted in their brain that explodes if they tell a lie.

Nobody told me

nobody

http://www.nobodyforpresident.org
http://www.nobodyforpresident.net

I always liked Wavy Gravy's "Nobody for President!" campaign.

• Nobody's going to cut your taxes!
• Nobody's going to balance the budget!
• Nobody kept us out of war!
• Nobody's telling the truth!
• Vote for Nobody!

• Technical Contact When Things Go Wrong: Sometimes the DNS provider needs a technical contact when things go wrong. A working email address is good enough (it helps to have it on some machine not in the domain, because you're most likely to need to contact the Tech when it's broken.) Phone numbers and names are nice too, but not critical. It's nice if this is also available to the public, because sometimes other people have technical issues that need to be addressed, like machines spewing bad bits.
  
• Administrative Address - This needs to be a workable contact, to deal with policy issues, name ownership disputes, spammer complaints, etc. Again, no need for True Names, but working contacts are important.
  
• Billing contact for the DNS registrar to contact the owner of the name. Again, this doesn't need to be a True Name, and a working email is fine, though it's nice to provide the registrar with enough contact information that your name doesn't just vanish some day because of a billing problem. When NSI was the only DNS Registrar, they should have kept this private, not public, and it was only their own convenience that justified publishing it. With multiple registrars I suspect the same is still true, though perhaps there's a good reason I haven't thought of for doing otherwise.
  
• Owner's True Name, ICBM Address, and Subpoena-Serving Address - IMHO, this is Nobody's Business*, but ICANN strongly believes otherwise - they want to be able to deal with legal disputes like trademark conflicts over domain names by suing or subpoenaing the owner. This one's outright wrong, and the most serious privacy violation of the lot. The alternative is that if the dispute can't be resolved using the Administrative Contact (email or whatever), that the plaintiff should deal with the Name Registrar to see about seizing the name, and if the current user (whether Wrongfully Accused Legitimate Owner or Sleazy Cybersquatter) prefers to remain more private and not respond, then they're at more risk of losing their name, but that should be their choice. Again, IMHO, ICANN's positiion is a combination of control-freakism by some members and wanting to keep the name registrar out of disputes that they don't want to be involved with (and I sympathize - a $50 or $10 name registration fee doesn't leave lots of spare money for lawsuit defenses or even clerical dispute resolution, but that's just tough.)
  

* Technically, I'm probably not allowed to use the phrase "Nobody's Business" here in California, because there's a store by that name in Mendocino County, so it'd be name-squatting or trademark dilution or something :-). It's owned by Wavy Gravy, aka Hugh Romney, who runs the "Nobody For President" campaign. So far, Nobody's winning the election, Nobody's leading the country, and Nobody's going to do a great job!

'Nuff said.