this posting was re-edited with considerably more added to it on- - - 02-15-2002 as part of an expansion in Nobody's International campaign. Our Nobody Campaign Goes International With the UK's 2001 Elections We are pleased to announce that we have moved our campaign beyond the borders of the USA. The Oregon Committee has teamed up with www.nobodyforpresident.net to carry the Nobody campaign into England's general elections. The web site with which we attempted penetration of another (mighty)nation's elections is at- www.nobodyforprimeminister.co.uk (url since expired) Larree, the man behind these following sites, is a professional musician who is on his own as an indie musician, producing incredibly relevant protest music. Check his music out. He's good. This site offers samplings of his music through these 3 banners. Listening takes REAL Player. Tune into Election 2004 Radio for some originally rad protest music from a number of bands and artists! Update note: Since MP3 folded Election Year 2004 Radio has gone off the net.So these banners are no longer "active". I am keeping them here for the record. For archival purposes only. J.S. Larree's music is on the charts and is becoming more and more well known. He's one of those guys who is rapidly learning to put the net to good use to promote his music. His music as a spearhead for our Nobody for Prime Minister campaign into the UK has been in part, successful. I won't pretend that we pulled any rabbit out of the hat on this one. Not yet. For one thing, both Larree and I, no matter how creative we may be, are 1. Novices and still learning the campaigning game. And 2. Entirely swamped with our workloads, and simply haven't had the time to get to everything that makes for successful campaigning. But we are learning the ropes. Then add that we have a plan and are working on it just about 24/7. A New International Campaign Thrust Launching the Nobody for President...Prime Minister...Premier campaign around the globe, is a bit of a tall order. So here's a bit of an advertisement for, oh, hell... WE COULD SURE USE SOME HELP from SOMEBODY who has some experience campaigning. As well as SOMEBODY who knows and figures they can do well at marketing the real thing- democratic reform, revolution and revolt as a political humor item. We sure could use SOMEBODY who is sharp enough to catch that there is BOTH political potential, as well as $ value of what we are attempting to do. Both of us are doing the jobs that are usually done by an entire staff. Oh well huh? Nothing too unusual about that. Many a darned good plan and idea start out this way. Our incessant campaign mode is not only necessary to the overall health and success of our respective missions. It is for a Good Cause. There is no way we will let trifling matters like being overworked and underpayed stop us. Although we have never met in the flesh, Larree and I find that we work well together. I expect that there will be ongoing collaboration between us in the future. Meanwhile, to launch Nobody International, there are major obstacles to overcome. I may as well mention some of the main ones. Along with the solutions we are providing them. Voter apathy. This is not just an American phenomena. Apathy just has to be the major hallmark of virtually every "democratic" country in the world. This web-site is an ongoing experiment involved in discovering ways to break through citizen/voter apathy. My ignorance of geopolitics, For Nobody to fly Internationally, our knowledge of the intricacies, the the in's and outs of other nation's political system needs considerable refining. I admit it. To correct this I have embarked on another ongoing self-educational venture. Lack of connections in other countries. Hours and days are spent in making or strengthening business, and political/activist contacts and making new friends. The net makes this possible and the process is cumulative. Networking takes time and attention. In closing this entry, I'd like to add this. With the amount of discontent growing virtually everywhere around the world with our respective "leadership" and the political systems that brought them to power, we feel very much that going global with our campaign for a fuller, fairer freer,friendlier democracy is not only doable, but neccessary.

- - -posted 02-03-2001- - -

"Underdogs can't afford to quit campaigning. Even inbetween campaigns.
Or we'll lose."...nevertheless, the Oregon Committee is in temporary hiatus
(not to be confused with hibernation), as far as its political activities goes.
Our store is open though. Browse, buy if you like and enjoy your vist!

Actually we are as busy as ever. We have a lot of tightening up to do after an extremely busy first year
in operation. This past 2000 campaign (our first), as modest as it was, gave us several things of value.
For one thing, that all important second wind has kicked in. Our political cherry has been popped.
We have survived our mistakes. The actual, instead of merely the perceived mission we are engaged
in is a good deal clearer. We have scrapped for now, the idea of a National Protest Vote. It just won't take. (Excuse our naivete, but we still think it is a good idea.) Whereas working toward placing
None Of The Above (NOTA) on the ballot is a realistic goal. By the way, NOTA has its proponents, including Ralph Nader.

We are also a touch worn out and not afraid to admit it. We are also sore as all hell over the outcome of the Y2K Election. Without a strategic break to regroup, the next four years will see us and EveryBody else just plain am-"Bushed", if you'll pardon the pun that is bound to wear thin.

Meanwhile, the nazification of America is proceeding at a rate of mechanical acceleration
that is still outstripping the rate the Great Democratic Revolt is organically growing.
Fascists are busy people if you haven't noticed.

- - -posted 01-18-2001- - -

The following message was sent to Mr. Bush jr. as part of the Oregon Committee's
Nobody for Prez post card write-in campaign.

- - -posted 12-19-2000- - -
(revised and updated frequently.
Events are heating up...)

BUSH PIRATES PRESIDENCY WITH THE HELP OF THE
SUPREME COURT. NOBODY WINS.

Here is a poem that describes how many of us feel about George Bush as 43rd President.

Yesterday upon the stair
I saw a man who wasn't there.
I saw him there again today;
I wish that man would go away.

O well America. Wishing him away won't work. We are stuck with the "jerk with an agenda" for four years minimum. People get the kind of government they deserve. Perhaps in 4 years time we will deserve something better. Or am I just dreaming? What do you think? Until then...dig in!

Don't Wait!
At this late date, waiting could be fatal.
Begin revolting now against the continuation
of a Bush Regime .

Another Nobody for Prez PostCard Campaign is......in the works. This time, the target is the White House on Inauguration Day! No matter who occupies it, our Nobody for President post cards are a fitting way to send your messages of dissent and protest to any President! And in our opinion, this is doubly true of George Bush jr. Public response was fair for the first write-in campaign held in late Oct. Post cards were respectively sent to Vice President Gore and then Governor Bush jr. The messages sent, freely ranged over a wide variety of current issues and concerns of the individuals sending them. Now as then, no attempt will be made to channel what you say to Mr. Bush in any particular direction. Pick your issue, your gripe, and hammer it. You only have a little post card to say what you mean to say. So make it a good one. Say what you feel you need to. While numbers do matter, really, even a single Nobody for Prez post card sent with your message, packs its own punch. Not everyone can physically attend the demonstration. Yet you may feel in solidarity with its aims. Consider our write-in action as "backup". So be there.No matter where else you may be, you can be on the back of a Nobody for President postcard travelling to Washington DC to take part in the Inaugural proceedings. Post Card Write-In Campaign Info The time (Inauguration Day), the spot chosen (White House), and the recipient (the new President), all are fitting. At this point, Nobody has gained the nomination honorably. Or fairly. Nobody has been elected squarely. Really, America would be better off if it would stay that way. Nobody really would make a better President. Perhaps more importantly, Nobody will give those of US who have very good reason for our dissents and disatisfactions with those in power, anything close to a real hearing, if we would just speak up. So we in growing numbers, are demanding that we be heard too. The last of the 2000 issue Postcards to be made available, will again be 50% off for this venture. Notice: Our shopping cart is not programmed for this.

If you wish complete information on how to join the Oregon Committee's
J20action Supportive Inauguration Day Post Card Write-in Campaign - - -

Click Here

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- - -posted 11-30-2000- - -

Its Official!

NOBODY WINS!

This posting is a bit tardy... but it's pretty definitive who really won the Presidential Race in 2000.
Read all about it in the Walkerville Reader!

- - -posted 11-24-2000- - -

We Are Pleased To Announce - - -

- - - that the Oregon Committee is collaborating with the folks at www.Nobody for President.net!
on a new web site. Go to- www.presidentnobody.com. With four dismal years of whichever President we end up with and a Congress in gridlock before the whistle even blows, there is bound to be plenty of satirical comment to be made. Come by and check it out. It is online AND under construction. From what I hear there is going to be plenty of interactive tools to where that portion of the public displaying humor and outrage can even help build it! A product line is in the making.

- - -posted 11-23-2000- - -

ELECTION THEFT Y2K. NOBODY WON! In a last minute election day manuever as unforeseen as it was unprecedented, our candidate won! Of course Nobody's clear win is being contested in the courts. Which one of the two pretenders to the Presidency will be awarded with the title, is immaterial at this point. They have both shown their true colors. Neither is worthy of the title or fit for the job. Either Gore or Bush would be bound to make hash out of making anything at all about how Wash DC "does business" make good sense. Their tenure will be empty of any real substance except the expansion of "historical slippage". Their track records, their recent actions during their respective campaigns have spoken more eloquently against them than any other voice. They are void any real support from US, except from their dwindling party base propped up by LOTS of media spin. My guess is that America doesn't really like either candidate. We are just going along with what's being stuffed down our throats. Both R. and D.'s together don't form even a third of the eligible voters in this country. Who is the real American Majority? WE ARE. Nobody's Friends, the voters who vote by not voting, are the majority. Under the present circumstances, this is as it should be. With such poor candidates to choose from, and now the (s)-election, It becomes time to rabble rouse EveryBody to the polls that isn't voting. How? Don't you think it is high time that we create a truly fair, aboveboard and democratic system of electing our leaders? Do you really think that our present methods cannot be improved upon and are somehow so sanctified by a long history & tradition of misuse and abuse that we should keep the electoral process as is? Wouldn't you think that if our democratic system were really fair, inclusive and responsive to the wishes and needs of EveryBody, that more people would willingly participate in voting? To illustrate the point, who do you think would win the election now if a revote were held and Nobody, aka, "None of the Above" were allowed on the ballot, where it belongs, if only to help keep our elections, honest? You got it. NOBODY. Then what? A new election with new candidates. The second time around, American voters would be all the wiser and the political parties would start getting the message. Don't run jerks for elective office! Of course it is going to take more than that to reform the election process in any meaningful way. For starts we posit 3 meaningful reforms: 1. A much fairer system of voting called " Instant Vote Run-Off" 2. REAL Campaign Finance Reform (Take the big corporations out of politics! No reason to let them outspend US and dictate soley by money who their next lackey will be. This simply isn't very American. It goes against the grain of the true intent behind the much abused term, "We the People".) And of course- 3. None Of The Above on the ballot as the people's own direct democratic check and balance, their veto power, if you will, in in choosing our leaders.

None of these ideas are new. We think their time has come. Now is a rather tarnished opportunity, but opportunity nonetheless to do something about the sorry state of affairs our entire electoral process is in. We have four years to get something constructive accomplished. Let's go!

- - -posted 09-15-2000- - -

Open Letter To President Clinton

The following letter was sent by certified mail on the date of this posting, along with a Nobody for President
T-shirt to William Jefferson Clinton. No disclaimers are deemed necessary. The letter speaks for itself.
The responsibility is that of the co-authors. The consequences, of this act of revolutionary silliness, if any, our also ours.

Occupant, White House. The Oregon Committee to Re-Elect NOBODY for President wishes to express our gratitude for your unparalleled efforts on the behalf of our candidate. Without your actions over the last eight years, NOBODY's campaign would not be possible. However, millions of Americans throughout this great country are begining to realize that NOBODY would be a far superior president than the ones we have been conned into "electing" for years, even decades. In fact we feel that if the White House were to be used as a flophouse for homeless DC crackheads, it would be a substantial improvement over the uses it has been put throughout yours and the last several administrations. In recognition of your tireless efforts to boost the candidacy of NOBODY for President, we would like to award you this t-shirt, as our way of saying "thank you". We urge you to show a side of your sense of humor that we suspect you to have, by wearing your NOBODY for President t-shirt in public. In our humble opinion, doing so would exhibit considerably more taste than Lyndon Johnson did when he showed US his gall bladder operation scar. Come to think about it, your t-shirt is a more acceptable fashion statement than Monica's tie. We doubt that you will wear it in public though. The monumental arrogance exhibited throughout your tenure as President which has successfully and thoroughly trashed the dignity of the office, will most likely blind you to one of the most favorable photo-ops you'll ever have. O well. The magic of cut and paste photography will have you wearing it anyway and posted all over the web. And thanks to your accomplished Vice President's invention of the Internet, you'll be seen wearing it worldwide. You see, many of your loyal (?) subjects are pretty good at, perhaps as good as you and your cohorts, at putting the necessary "spin" on whatever we feel to be the expedient "truth" of the moment. We would like to take the opportunity here to point out that there are some things, eternal verities that need no spin whatsoever. Honesty, fairness, humilty and justice ...to name a few. Although these seem to be completely out of vogue both in the White House and on the beltway, we can only urge you and your successors to employ them nonetheless. Regular people still respond to them. The only requirement is that the display of these verities must be genuine, arising from the heart. Sir, your peasants or the citizenry, however you view US, from your lofty perspective, are indeed revolting. Sincerely, Jon M. Stoneman, Poetician & Chairdog & Gary C. Marlow, Chairmongrel for the- Oregon Committee to Re-Elect NOBODY for President "sometimes even the President of the United States must have to stand naked". - Bob Dylan "get thee a conscience" - anonymous

Coming Soon! Genuine Faked Photographs of President Clinton Wearing
a Nobody for President T-shirt! (Well, about as genuine as a $3.00 Bill
could ever be.)

- - -posted 09-11-2000- - -

Join the Nobody for President in 2000 Post Card Write-in Campaign!
Write the White House! Or let Bush & Gore know how you feel about the many critical issues
they ignore or sidestep. You and other Americans who feel the need to voice any of your concerns
about our ailing democracy are offered an unusually effective medium with which to do so.
Postcards 50% off through Oct 15th. D day for write-in blizzard: end of Oct. Right before the election.
E-mail for details: nobody@wmni.net Write "Postcard Campaign" in the subject line.

- - - posted 08-15-2000- - -

Campaign 2000 Bumperstickers

Here are two "virtual bumper stickers"
that you are urged to use!

The opposition to the ReDemoPub election year machine is steadily mounting all across the web and America. Have at some "cool propaganda tools" to use in spreading the word we are tired of their corporatized, dehumanized version of the American Experience. America belongs to US, at the sufferance of Nature! Our world and those of US in it may be temporarily "ruled", but never "owned" by a bunch of cheap Party Politicians who no longer are doing a very good job of representing US or Nature's interests.

Nobody for Bush or Gore is our debut into negative campaigning! Using such a visually striking sticker makes it fun! The Nader or Nobody sticker is considerably different. It presents an exciting way for Nobody to be used to campaign in a positive way by endorsing a worthwhile candidate.

VOTE BACK! Effective revolt or change, call it what you wish, can happen at the polls.

Feel free to use these electronic bumper stickers freely in your e-mails, or on your web-site

   

The graphics that made these bumperstickers were kindly made for me by Sandy at-

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