Frank Moore For President 2008

Here's another one!

2011-12-03T17:09:00.000-08:00

here is another one! This is a good example of how "journalists" make shit up. As we all know, I have two slogans. I DELIVER and I GET RESULTS. I don't think I ever said WE MEAN BUSINESS in my life. But this DUDE made it up so he could put me down for saying it. Very interesting!

January 16, 2008

8 Crazy Presidential Hopefuls You Have Never Heard of (and Why You Should Probably Vote for Them)

Ivan Sciupac | Bio

What kind of a sick, demented mind does it take to want to be President of the United States? Why would anyone spend months kissing babies, eating pancakes, and begging for money just to win the right to be vilified for 4, and if they're lucky, 8, thankless years?

Luckily for us, there are plenty of crazy nutjobs who don't mind selling their scruples to the highest bidder. Forget Clinton vs. Obama, McCain vs. Huckabee. Those candidates represent the status quo and one of them, in all likelihood, will be our next leader.

With only 293 days left until we elect our next president, you should instead turn your attention not to the ones with money and power, but to the lonely longshots of this race, the unsung Seabiscuits of politics, the deluded ones who, against all reason and common sense, have decided to "run" for the U.S. empire presidency (vote in the poll at the end of this post).

Frank Moore

Who is this guy?

I think Moore is the only candidate who is not at least a little earnest about his candidacy. What tipped me off? Oh, I don't know. Maybe it's because his running mate, Dr. Susan M. Block, is into "erotic theater". Or maybe it's because he's a performance artist who started his own political party and dubbed it "The Just Makes Sense Party". Or maybe it's because his slogan is "We mean business!" and I don't trust anyone who means business.

Why should I vote for him?

Not a bad choice, considering. Moore says he'll give every American a minimum monthly income of $1,000/month and will make sure we all get to ride public transit for free. Moore also promises to "destroy" 10% of nuclear weapons every year. Probably by launching them at some asteroids.

Best reason he should lead our country.

He would let all of us call him "dude".

Read the original Huffington Post article:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com

Rafael-alexandre Ramos wrote:

Frank, you and Mikee got you on Wikipedia, don't tell you can't retaliate against those people ?

You met people with dignity : those performance artist girls, I guess, curious mind, not rapists like the journalist you condemn.

Don't you get it ? You are your own scribe. OR, in your case, you have Alexis and Corey as scribes, writing about you, as journalists would and they are fuckin' good at it ; no one has to know that they are part of the script.

Ledit RenArt is only one person and yet, it is pretended to be as if it was a group containing a scientist, a publicist, a writter,a philosopher, a programmer, a guitarist, a bassist, a drummer, a electro-accoustic affiliated...

Name it, I'll invent something : I'm a producer, director, actor, who cares.

I'm whatever I wan't to be and people are stupid enough to fall for it in general ( I tell you there is not much witty people in this World )

Fortunately, I protect myself by not having the time to achieve these endeavors fast, as I could easily be irresponsible with all of this ; yet, it's a tactic...

Still believe I'm part of any government ? :) I wish, j'aurais au moins la répartie de mon intelligence et de mon savoir en touchant un salaire, at least.

If you meet the feds, tell them to send both of us a check at our adress : we don't teach in their Kennels for free, you know, hehehe ;)

Pour l'état de la Raison ; pour la raison d'Etat,

Rafael

Frank Moore wrote:

I don't do anything for money. Of course I always will accept money. And if somebody is making money off of the work I do, I want /get a cut. But it is not a money thing. We here pay for the art. I know how to live well and do everything with what money we have. And we here do live extremely well!

Again I don't look down on people, talk down to people. I demand and expect high things of people. That opens up possibilities!

In Freedom,

Frank Moore

we still are finding articles ....

2011-12-03T17:07:00.001-08:00

we still are finding articles about our presidential campaign. And yes, my universal medical coverage did include dental!

Frank Moore

In 2008, a record year for nuts running for President, performance artist Frank Moore ran on a fairly radical platform of near-communism for the Just Makes Sense Party. Polish political 'zine Aktivist had this to say about Moore: "Are you a US citizen? Love party and weed? Vote for Frank Moore!" Given that his running mate, Dr. Susan Block reportedly enjoys "erotic theater," as well, we've formed a pretty clear picture of what their victory party might have looked like. His campaign poster makes us wonder if universal dental care is part of his platform, too.

http://nakedlaw.avvo.com/2011/07/the-nuttiest-presidential-hopefuls-of-all-time/

Richard Winger wrote:

Ah Frank, it's good to hear from you.

We still have hopes that the US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit, will eventually rule that write-ins for declared write-in presidential candidates must be counted. This is the Bob Barr case, of course.

Frank Moore wrote:

yes, most people think if they vote for a registered candidate, their votes will be counted. Seems basic! But it is not true. The elections are so rigged to keep the bi- part[ies] in power for ever!

In Freedom,

Frank Moore

From ourcampaigns.com

2011-12-03T16:50:00.000-08:00

http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=188753

question

2011-09-10T18:08:00.000-07:00

Austin Wright wrote:

Mr. Moore,

I recently launched a website called Write the Vote, which tracks write-in campaigns nationwide. I found your write-in campaign website from 2008, and I'm wondering: Do you plan to run in 2012?

Thank you,

Austin Wright

writethevote.com

804-698-9461

Frank Moore replied:

hi, Austin! Well, I would need to be drafted! It was a very intensive two year journey . We do know That not all of the votes I received were counted. During the campaign, with the help of the national expert on ballot access issues Richard Winger, we forced several states to change their rules for write-in candidates. It was a very satisfying experience.

In Freedom,

Frank Moore

Richard Winger wrote:

We are still waiting for that U.S. District Court Judge in Washington DC to rule on whether the US Constitution requires write-in votes be counted in jurisdictions that permit write-ins, and even have a write-in filing procedures. The case was brought by Bob Barr. He filed as a declared write-in presidential candidate in 2008 in the District of Columbia, and the Board of Elections refused to count the votes for him. They say it is too much bother. This will be an important decision when it comes down.

Frank Moore wrote:

glad we were a part of the process!

In Freedom,

Frank Moore

Check this out!

2011-07-20T16:40:00.000-07:00

A stripped amendment and a neutered bill

2010-04-03T14:46:00.000-07:00

Frank Moore wrote:
my presidential platform is looking better and better!

On Thu, 10/29/09, Tim Carpenter for PDA wrote:

    From: Tim Carpenter for PDA
    Subject: A stripped amendment and a neutered bill
    Date: Thursday, October 29, 2009, 2:36 PM

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    Act Now to Pressure “Management”
    Dear Dorothy,
    Today the House unveiled its healthcare reform package. And the news is all bad.
    The Kucinich Amendment, which would give the states a clear path for enacting their own single-payer legislation, was stripped from the bill.
    The Weiner Amendment, which would substitute the clean, clear language of HR 676 for the behemoth of a introduced, may not be given its vote in the House—in spite of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s promise.
    While single payer hangs in the balance, PDA will continue to fight for single payer at the state level. Meanwhile, we have a small window of opportunity to get the Kucinich Amendment back in the bill and to make sure that Speaker Pelosi follows through on her promise to allow a vote on single-payer—the first ever in the House.
    Democratic House leaders can insert what is called a “ Manager’s Amendment” into legislation, even when it is closed to any other amendments. The managers are the majority and minority members who “manage” debate for the bill on each side.
    Today, tomorrow, and beyond, we need to call these “managers” and insist that the Kucinich Amendment is restored into the healthcare bill. We also need to urge these leaders to exert pressure on Speaker Pelosi—and exert it on her ourselves—to follow through on her promise to put the Weiner Amendment to a vote.
    The “gang” that holds our future in their hands includes:

        * Speaker Nancy Pelosi: Washington, DC, office (202) 225-4965; San Francisco office (415) 556-4862
        * Majority Leader Steny Hoyer: Washington, DC, office (202) 225-4131; Greenbelt office (301) 474-0119; Waldorf office (301) 843-1577
        * Rep. Henry Waxman: Washington, DC, office (202) 225-3976; Los Angeles office (323) 651-1040
        * Rep. Charles Rangel: Washington, DC, office (202) 225-4365; New York office (212) 663-3900
        * Rep. George Miller: Washington, DC, office (202) 225-2095; Concord office (925) 602-1880; Richmond office (510) 262-6500; Vallejo office (707) 645-1888

    It’s crucial for everyone in PDA to make these calls, to make them more than once, and to tell others to make these calls. Act NOW!
    In solidarity,
    Tim Carpenter, National Director
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Rafael-alexandre Ramos replied:
Hey Frank,
Are you saying you're presenting yourself as a candidate for 2012 as well ? :)
If so, in good spirit, we'll do another collage for that :)
Rafael

Frank Moore replied:
well, I am like zorro! I am there whenever I am needed!

28-hour day

2010-04-03T14:44:00.000-07:00

Frank Moore said:
And we here have evolved in to a 28-hour day.

Jane Vincent replied:
You need to bring that up in 2012. I've always said I'd vote for anyone who could promise me more hours in the day...
How goes the novel?

Frank Moore replied:
well, you had your chance last time, Jane! I would set up N.Y.C. time...
That is, like in N.Y.C., almost everything would be open around the clock.
This would create a lot of new jobs. And it would give us time flex!

I have written nine chapters!

Obama Betrayal Syndrome

2009-07-27T21:57:00.000-07:00

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Obama Betrayal Syndrome
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:02:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ralph Nader

"I want my money back, President Obama!"

That's the title of Marie Marchand's column in Common Dreams this week.

Marie Marchand says she gave $20 a week for seven months to the Obama campaign -- plus $60 every once in a while for a t-shirt and sticker.

"I gave of my modest purse joyfully," she writes. "I thought I was supporting change I could believe in, not more of the same bloodshed and war!"

She now feels betrayed.

Millions of Americans are feeling betrayed.

They thought Obama as President meant change we can believe in.

They thought Obama as President meant withdrawal from Iraq.

They thought Obama as President meant standing up to Wall Street fat cats.

They thought Obama as President meant a living wage.

But for those of you who stood with us during the 2008 Presidential campaign, you knew the score.

You do not feel betrayed.

You are immune to Obama Betrayal Syndrome.

Because you knew, as we pointed out repeatedly during the campaign, that Obama was the corporate Democrat.

Beholden to large campaign contributors from Wall Street.

>From the military industrial complex.

And from the health insurance pharma complex.

You knew what my campaign colleague Theresa Amato has documented in her new book -- Grand Illusion: The Myth of Voter Choice in a Two Party Tyranny (New Press, June 2009.)

That the Democrats and Republicans are beholden to their corporate paymasters.

You knew that the only way out was to organize from the grassroots up.

That's why we started Single Payer Action -- to put the question squarely to this corporate Congress and to the corporate Obama administration -- why is single payer, everybody in, nobody out, free choice of doctor and hospital -- off the table?

After all, Single Payer is supported by the majority of Americans and the majority of doctors and nurses.

In West Virginia, Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia) -- why is single payer off the table?

In Florida, Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Florida) -- why is single payer off the table?

In Oregon, Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) -- why is single payer off the table?

In Washington, D.C., First Lady Michelle Obama, Senators Max Baucus (D-Montana) Charles Schumer (D-New York) Chris Dodd (D-Connecticut) and Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota) -- why is single payer off the table?

Check out Single Payer Action TV -- and watch as activists from around the country demand an answer from these politicians -- why is single payer off the table?

Thanks to your generous contributions, Single Payer Action has been able to pump up a constant stream of single payer actions around the country.

Congress is now on its Independence Day recess.

Here's what you can do to help out Single Payer Action and its summer accountability tour.

First, find out -- through your Congress member's office, from your local newspaper, or by word of mouth -- when and where your member of Congress or Senator will be holding a town hall meeting or other public event.

And let Single Payer Action know.

Send the information along to: action@singlepayeraction.org.

Second, Single Payer Action needs your help now to help fund its summer actions.

You donate, and Single Payer Action provides the actions and then reports back to you -- through its web site -- singlepayeraction.org.

So, please donate now -- $10, $25, $50, $100, $500 -- or whatever you can afford.

If you donate $100 or more now, Single Payer Action will send you a copy, hot off the press, of Theresa Amato's hard cover, 379-page masterpiece -- Grand Illusion.

Phil Donahue said this about Grand Illusion: "Theresa Amato takes the biggest swing -- not a jab, but a roundhouse punch -- at America's corrupt electoral system."

(Since it also includes chapters about my campaign against the corporate Republicans and Democrats -- and since I wrote the foreword -- I'll autograph it.)

So, don't delay.

Please donate now.

Let's break through the corporate barriers and make single payer for all a reality.

Together, we can make the difference.

Onward to a life-saving, cost-saving single payer.

Ralph Nader

Frank Moore wrote:
mmmmmm, I TOLD YOU SO seems in order!

Rafael-alexandre Ramos wrote:
Was about time somebody realized the man was an icon, a puppet ( despite is good intentions ( if he personally ever had any... )

I think that when Obama will be out of Washington, he will be welcomed in Hollywood with an acting career possibility: wouldn't that be a first ( politicians ending up as actors instead of the opposite ) ! :P

But seriously, I think many united-staters are fed up with the two-party system as well...

Frank Moore wrote:
well, here I am!

Rafael-alexandre Ramos wrote:
Right on Mr. President ! :)

2012 ......?

2009-07-27T21:53:00.000-07:00

Frank Moore wrote:
And we here have evolved in to a 28-hour day.

Jane Vincent wrote:
You need to bring that up in 2012. I've always said I'd vote for anyone who could promise me more hours in the day...

How goes the novel?

Frank Moore wrote:
well, you had your chance last time, Jane! I would set up N.Y.C. time... That is, like in N.Y.C., almost everything would be open around the clock. This would create a lot of new jobs. And it would give us time flex!

I have written nine chapters!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

an old email "You have my vote"

2009-07-02T23:20:00.000-07:00

From: Meredith Estey
To: fmoore@eroplay.com
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 12:21 PM
Subject: You have my vote

Ever since I saw your photo on wikipedia I knew there was something...different... about you. Your ideas are brilliant, and they do make perfect sense. That's how things should be done, common sense, good luck with the election Mr. Moore.

Frank Moore wrote:
thanks, Meredith. Getting the ideas out there was the main purpose of my campaign. I am glad it is continuing to do that.

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Interest

2009-07-02T23:19:00.000-07:00

From: Stavros
To: Frank Moore
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 5:27 PM
Subject: Interest

I am I just to plane simple and stupid or what.

This economic turndown was caused by people buying homes with a variable interest rate. When the interest went up they could no longer afford their homes. The money that the banks borrowed to give the low interest was low. It was fixed. They raised the interest on the borrowers to follow the raising prime rate but they already borrowed the lower prime rate when they gave out the loan. Rather than give up their greed for additional profits they foreclosed those who could not pay the floating interest rate.

It was pure greed and nothing else. The problem could have been solved simply by changing floating interest rate to fixed rates but the banks out of greed would not do that.

Shit I wish that you won the election.

Frank Moore wrote:
i hear ya!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Obama Betrayal Syndrome

2009-07-02T23:16:00.000-07:00

mmmmmm, I TOLD YOU SO seems in order!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Subject: Obama Betrayal Syndrome
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:02:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ralph Nader

"I want my money back, President Obama!"

That's the title of Marie Marchand's column in Common Dreams this week.

Marie Marchand says she gave $20 a week for seven months to the Obama campaign -- plus $60 every once in a while for a t-shirt and sticker.

"I gave of my modest purse joyfully," she writes. "I thought I was supporting change I could believe in, not more of the same bloodshed and war!"

She now feels betrayed.

Millions of Americans are feeling betrayed.

They thought Obama as President meant change we can believe in.

They thought Obama as President meant withdrawal from Iraq.

They thought Obama as President meant standing up to Wall Street fat cats.

They thought Obama as President meant a living wage.

But for those of you who stood with us during the 2008 Presidential campaign, you knew the score.

You do not feel betrayed.

You are immune to Obama Betrayal Syndrome.

Because you knew, as we pointed out repeatedly during the campaign, that Obama was the corporate Democrat.

Beholden to large campaign contributors from Wall Street.

>From the military industrial complex.

And from the health insurance pharma complex.

You knew what my campaign colleague Theresa Amato has documented in her new book -- Grand Illusion: The Myth of Voter Choice in a Two Party Tyranny (New Press, June 2009.)

That the Democrats and Republicans are beholden to their corporate paymasters.

You knew that the only way out was to organize from the grassroots up.

That's why we started Single Payer Action -- to put the question squarely to this corporate Congress and to the corporate Obama administration -- why is single payer, everybody in, nobody out, free choice of doctor and hospital -- off the table?

After all, Single Payer is supported by the majority of Americans and the majority of doctors and nurses.

In West Virginia, Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia) -- why is single payer off the table?

In Florida, Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Florida) -- why is single payer off the table?

In Oregon, Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) -- why is single payer off the table?

In Washington, D.C., First Lady Michelle Obama, Senators Max Baucus (D-Montana) Charles Schumer (D-New York) Chris Dodd (D-Connecticut) and Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota) -- why is single payer off the table?

Check out Single Payer Action TV -- and watch as activists from around the country demand an answer from these politicians -- why is single payer off the table?

Thanks to your generous contributions, Single Payer Action has been able to pump up a constant stream of single payer actions around the country.

Congress is now on its Independence Day recess.

Here's what you can do to help out Single Payer Action and its summer accountability tour.

First, find out -- through your Congress member's office, from your local newspaper, or by word of mouth -- when and where your member of Congress or Senator will be holding a town hall meeting or other public event.

And let Single Payer Action know.

Send the information along to: action@singlepayeraction.org.

Second, Single Payer Action needs your help now to help fund its summer actions.

You donate, and Single Payer Action provides the actions and then reports back to you -- through its web site -- singlepayeraction.org.

So, please donate now -- $10, $25, $50, $100, $500 -- or whatever you can afford.

If you donate $100 or more now, Single Payer Action will send you a copy, hot off the press, of Theresa Amato's hard cover, 379-page masterpiece -- Grand Illusion.

Phil Donahue said this about Grand Illusion: "Theresa Amato takes the biggest swing -- not a jab, but a roundhouse punch -- at America's corrupt electoral system."

(Since it also includes chapters about my campaign against the corporate Republicans and Democrats -- and since I wrote the foreword -- I'll autograph it.)

So, don't delay.

Please donate now.

Let's break through the corporate barriers and make single payer for all a reality.

Together, we can make the difference.

Onward to a life-saving, cost-saving single payer.

Ralph Nader

libertarian peacenick

2009-04-29T19:30:00.001-07:00

From: Dr Susan Block Institute
To: 'Frank Moore'
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 7:31 PM
Subject: libertarian peacenick

Hey Frank, just wanted to add this link to your Presidential archives, if you don’t already have it

http://libertarianpeacenik.blogspot.com/2009/01/on-angela-keaton-and-ron-paul.html

xo Suzy

write-in result for President in Essex County

2009-01-28T09:11:00.000-08:00

Subject: write-in result for President in Essex County
From: "Blue House"
Date: Fri, December 26, 2008 4:30 pm
To:

Dear Essex County Clerk,

I am writing to find out write-in results for President in the November election. Do you have a tally by candidate? I would like to find out how many votes were cast for Frank Moore?

Thanks so much,

Corey Nicholl

From: Office of the Essex County Clerk
To: Blue House
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 8:24 AM
Subject: RE: write-in result for President in Essex County

Frank Moore got 1 vote for president of the United States.

If you give me your fax number I can send you the whole list.
Thanks
Nick

Frank Moore wrote:
votes are still "pouring" in!

Frank Edward Nora wrote:
Frank,

Yay!! My vote was counted!!
(I cast my vote in Essex County, New Jersey.)

Frank Edward Nora

Frank Moore wrote:
yep! doesn't this add a new, deeper, more personal dimension to voting? you know it's YOUR vote!

Frank Edward Nora wrote:
Absolutely. By the way, Essex county, while tiny geographically, has 100,000 more people in it than the entire state of Alaska! Too bad no one else here voted for you...

Frank

Frank Moore wrote:
we will never know how many really did, or tried to. but we know you did!

write-in results!

2009-01-28T09:04:00.000-08:00

From: Blue House
Subject: write-in results!
To: richard winger
Date: Friday, December 26, 2008, 6:02 PM

Hi Richard,
Do you have presidential write-in results for any of the following states? Alabama, Alaska, Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin. I believe you had said that Alaska had decided not to count write-ins, and that Oregon has the same policy? But just wanted to confirm ... Thanks for any info you have on these states!
-- Corey

Richard Winger wrote:
Most of the states in the list below have no declaration of write-in law, and theoretically ought to count all write-ins. Delaware in the past has counted all of them, but they don't usually release it for quite a while after the election. Alabama has already put up all its write-ins on its election web page. Most counties didn't bother to report any. Pennsylvania says it will put up its write-ins on its webpage soon. But 18 counties, including Philadelphia, didn't bother to count or tally any. The state combed thru the reports from the counties and arbitrarily decided to canvass those for Hillary Clinton, Ron Paul, and Chuck Baldwin. Cynthia McKinney was not included. But most of the counties probably reported all their write-ins, so it's possible Frank will be listed.

Traditionally, Iowa, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont, never release any write-in information. No one pressures those 4 states to do so because their ballot access laws are very easy and virtually anyone with any campaign always gets on in those 4. But this year Vermont elections department did me a favor and did tally Cynthia McKinney's write-ins. She got 66. It was the first time Vermont Secretary of State had ever tallied write-ins for any particular presidential candidate in November.

Idaho and Wisconsin did have write-in declarations of candidacy and have always been good about reporting the write-ins for those who filed the declaration. I haven't checked with those two states, out of sheer laziness. Nader write-ins were reported by Idaho in both 2000 and 2004. This year he finally got on the Idaho ballot. Did Frank file in those 2 states?

Oregon, Alaska, Washington, and D.C. won't provide a tally, even though all 4 places have a declaration of write-in. I am hoping that Oliver Hall will sue D.C. on behalf of Barr and Baldwin. That is the obvious place to sue since a D.C. court ruled in 1974 that such write-ins must be tallied.

Frank Moore wrote:
yep, penn. is one of the states i'd expect we'd get some votes in.

"Official" vote count so far ....

2009-01-28T09:02:00.000-08:00

Blue House wrote:

Here is the "official" vote count so far ... Nationwide, this shows Frank with 53 votes. This does not include Alabama, Alaska, Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin, all states where Frank was also qualified. Nebraska does not tally them. Neither do the states of Washington, Oregon, or Alaska. I'm sending a separate email from Richard Winger which talks more about who did and didn't tally write-in votes, and some history ... Alabama does have a huge .pdf file up on their site, showing handwritten tallies of all the write-in votes, but it will be a major undertaking to go through it all and see if Frank shows up ... started on it though!

MARYLAND

http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2008/results/general/office_President_and_Vice_President_of_the_United_States.html

(2 VOTES)

IDAHO – NEZ PERCE COUNTY

http://www.co.nezperce.id.us/clerk/Elections/results/Etnetcum.htm

(0 VOTES)

ILLINOIS -- DUPAGE COUNTY

http://cms.dupageelections.com/uploads/JID37_11%204%2008%20Official%20Final%20Totals%20Report.pdf

(0 VOTES)

ILLINOIS -- LAKE COUNTY

http://www.co.lake.il.us/cntyclk/pdfs/110408WriteInResults.pdf

(1 VOTE)

ILLINOIS -- KANE COUNTY

http://www.kanecountyelections.org/ElectionResults/2008-11-04/Contests.asp

(0 VOTES)

ILLINOIS -- CITY OF CHICAGO

(2 VOTES)

MINNESOTA

http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20081104/ElecRslts.asp?M=S&R=P

(0 VOTES)

NEW HAMPSHIRE

http://www.sos.nh.gov/sumpres%20w-ins2008.pdf

(0 VOTES)

KANSAS

http://www.kssos.org/elections/08elec/2008_General_Official_Results.pdf

(2 VOTES)

GEORGIA

http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/2008_1104/swfed.htm

(6 VOTES)

MONTANA

http://sos.mt.gov/ELB/archives/2008/results/Write-In_Candidates.2008.pdf

(0 VOTES)

CALIFORNIA – Statewide

http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_general/sov_complete.pdf

(36 VOTES)

SOME EXAMPLES in CA ...

CALIFORNIA – City of San Francisco

http://www.sfgov.org/site/elections_index.asp?id=70720

(5 VOTES)

CALIFORNIA – Humboldt County

http://co.humboldt.ca.us/election/results/2008/1104Write-InCandidateTotals.pdf

(0 VOTES)

CALIFORNIA – Marin County

http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/rv/main/Election_results/08elections/Write-in11-08.pdf

(0 VOTES)

CALIFORNIA – Butte County

http://clerk-recorder.buttecounty.net/elections/archives/Eln18/sov/write_ins.pdf

(0 VOTES)

CALIFORNIA – Alameda County

http://www.co.alameda.ca.us/rov/documents/OfficialWrite-in_Tally110408.pdf

(10 VOTES)

CALIFORNIA – Los Angeles County

http://www.lavote.net/VOTER/PDFS/ELECTION_RELATED/11042008_FINAL_OFFICIAL_CANVASS_WRITE_IN.pdf

(3 VOTES)

CALIFORNIA – San Diego County

http://www.co.san-diego.ca.us/voters/Eng/archive/200811wi.pdf

(2 VOTES)

CALIFORNIA – San Bernardino County

http://www.sbcounty.gov/rov/current_Elections/110408/Write-in%20candidates-results-Official.pdf

(0 VOTES)

CALIFORNIA – Fresno County

http://www2.co.fresno.ca.us/2850/Results/Results-1.htm

(1 VOTE)

NEW YORK

http://www.elections.state.ny.us/NYSBOE/elections/2008/General/PresidentVicePresident08.pdf

(0 VOTES)

UTAH

http://elections.utah.gov/CANVASS%202008.xls

(3 VOTES)

WEST VIRGINIA

http://www.wvsos.com/elections/history/results/Off_Results_Gen08_Fed_State_Multi-County.pdf

(1 VOTE)

Frank Moore wrote:
yep, i expect the actual number [as oppose to the "official" number] is around 100...which is amazing!

Ruth Spivak wrote:
can say I "knew you when". A real national phenomenon!
You did good.
Ruth

Frank Moore wrote:
ah, yes...we set the stage back then!

Monarch Place speech photos are up!

2008-12-27T01:26:00.002-08:00

Election Night party photos are up!

2008-12-27T01:26:00.001-08:00

votes are coming in finally!

2008-12-27T01:24:00.000-08:00

MARYLAND
http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2008/results/general/office_President_and_Vice_President_of_the_United_States.html
( 2 VOTES)

ILLINOIS -- DUPAGE COUNTY
http://cms.dupageelections.com/uploads/JID37_11%204%2008%20Official%20Final%20Totals%20Report.pdf
(0 VOTES)

ILLINOIS -- KANE COUNTY
http://www.kanecountyelections.org/ElectionResults/2008-11-04/Contests.asp
(0 VOTES)

ILLINOIS -- CITY OF CHICAGO
(2 VOTES)

MINNESOTA
http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20081104/ElecRslts.asp?M=S&R=P
(0 VOTES)

NEW HAMPSHIRE
http://www.sos.nh.gov/sumpres%20w-ins2008.pdf
(0 VOTES)

KANSAS
http://www.kssos.org/elections/08elec/2008_General_Official_Results.pdf
(2 VOTES)

GEORGIA
http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/2008_1104/swfed.htm
(6 VOTES)

MONTANA
http://sos.mt.gov/ELB/archives/2008/results/Write-In_Candidates.2008.pdf
(0 VOTES)

Ruth Spivak wrote:
I am glad to see that Maryland came through for you. Keep up the good work.

Richard Winger wrote:
You got one in West Virginia. West Virginia finally put its write-ins up on its web page.

Frank Moore wrote:
ah, yes! and just got 1 in west virginia!

Frank Moore wrote:
that's truely amazing! i got an email from a guy from there early on in the campaign asking me to come there.

Paul Escriva wrote:
Do you know if Cook County in which Chicago resides actually counts/tallies write in votes?
When I inquired at the poll no one was able to give me a direct answer.
xo Pablo

Frank Moore wrote:
it looks like we got 2 votes in chicago. 1 is you!

Frank got 36 votes in California!

2008-12-27T01:23:00.001-08:00

CALIFORNIA - Statewide
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_general/sov_complete.pdf (36 VOTES)

very interesting! especially the counties' breakdown! i figure we might have
gotten between 100 to 200 votes nationwide. we will never know the actual
number because some states don't tally write-in votes, etc. of course the
vote count is just the surface level of effectiveness of the campaign. and a
lot of people will think 100-200 votes are not much. but considering we did
virtually no campaigning...and suzy and i combined spent just $1,500 during
the 2 years on the campaign...this is amazing!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

vote count in NY ...

2008-12-27T01:12:00.000-08:00

we are still finding sites talking about our campaign!

ePlaya :: View topic - I say vote for *Frank Moore* and Dr. Suzy Block!

hey, richard...got your great x-mas card! you asked what will be our next adventure. i never know. i didn't plan to run for president. i just followed...like always.

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Richard Winger wrote:
I'm glad the post office did its job and delivered both my Christmas card to you, and your earlier great card to me. And we will see if we get any progress in the next few months against any of those jurisdictions that treated write-ins badly...D.C. and Pennsylvania are likely to get sued!

Frank Moore wrote:
how about ny?

Richard Winger wrote:
New York did report write-ins for all the declared presidential candidates, but you are perhaps saying many didn't get counted??? This is news to me.

Frank Moore wrote:
yep...i don't know about "many"...but 2, and perhaps 3, told me they voted for us in n.y.

Richard Winger wrote:
If you can tell me what city or town or county they live in, I would like to know that. It seems that New York city always does a bad job...were they in NY City?

Frank Moore wrote:
fred and harley, you both live in nyc, right?

Fred Hatt wrote:
Yes, I live in NYC, Brooklyn or Kings County to be more precise. I wrote in Frank for pres.

Frank Moore wrote:
thought so! so there is the smoking gun! we don't have any way of knowing how many votes we actually got!

FROM DA BOYZ DAY 12/18/08

2008-12-27T01:11:00.001-08:00

At the end of the day, at a really busy moment, there was Alden Bryant, chipper and smiling as always, saying hi and telling Corey that he was a little worse for wear, had a bit of a limp from an injury, and had been sick ... Corey saw his wife at the store all the time, but this was the first time he had seen Alden there in years ... Alden asked about the Blue House, having been in it when it was still under construction, and mentioned how we had taped that great program at UC Berkeley ... He said that he and others were about to put out a 45-page "Climate Pyramid" treatise that covered methodically all the changes that needed to be made at the different levels of society in terms of switching energy sources in order to deal with the climate problem ... Corey said that Aldent could always send things like this to Frank! Alden asked, "So how did Frank do in the campaign?" As in votes ... Corey said he did great!! We had just found out that Frank got 36 votes in California, which was amazing. It was never about the votes, but was a lot of fun to find out ... Alden was very impressed, and made the thumbs up sign, saying, "Well, one of those was me!" Totally blew Corey's mind! Wow! That's great!

Frank Moore wrote:
alden bryant helped draft the original kyoto protocols for the u.n. so gettting his vote is huge!

Frank Moore: The Movie

2008-12-18T00:48:00.001-08:00

more Frank Moore for Pres./Election links!

2008-12-18T00:42:00.000-08:00

http://ilination.net/
THERE IS MORE ON THE BALLOT THAN OBAMA OR McCAIN...

http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2008/10/ron-paul-qualified-as-official-write-in-candidate-in-california/
paulie cannoli // Oct 23, 2008 at 7:55 pm
"Did Ron Paul fill out a form like this?
http://www.frankmooreforpresident08.com/forms/california_statement_write-in_2008.pdf
Did all the paperwork get turned in by Oct 21?
Has the state said everything was in order and accepted?"

http://uselectionatlas.org/NEWS/index.php?feed=13&date=1225915056
"... Additionally, including states where Moore is a registered write-in, he joins Obama, McCain, McKinney, Nader, Baldwin and Barr as candidates who have a mathematical chance of winning. Frank Moore, and independent candidate from Florida, is also on enough write-in ballots to win, but is not listed on the ballot in any state, has not received much coverage, and might only have the ability to win due to states that count unregistered write-ins."

http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_10868542
(San Jose Mercury News Readers Letters)
"Voting third party
not a waste of vote
In reality the only 'wasted' vote is a vote against conscience, a vote against our dreams," said Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney. While I am not voting for McKinney myself, I would like to highlight the wisdom in her words. Voting third party, or even no party,
is not a waste of your vote if it is a sincere expression of your will. Last Friday, California's secretary of state released the list of official write-in presidential candidates. Votes for these candidates will be tallied. This list will not appear on the ballot, however. Therefore, if you are disillusioned with politics as usual, consider write-in candidates Chuck Baldwin, James Harris, Frank Moore, or Ron Paul (yes, Ron Paul is an official candidate).
Chris Carnevale
Menlo Park"

http://www.noiselabs.com/blog/2008/09/
Don't Blame Me, I Voted for Frank Moore

http://www.duluthbudgeteer.com/
election results from Duluth, Minnesota

http://www.lwvmd.org/vote/guides/VG%20Washington%20County.pdf
League of Women Voters Guide to Candidates in Washington County, MD

http://gregornot.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/election-2008-propositions-races/

frank Moore, You are a hero!

2008-12-18T00:39:00.000-08:00

aaron ingemi wrote:

Frank Moore; let me start by saying I only know you from your presidential campaign and I am in high school in Massachusetts. However I mostly agree with you and would like to thank you for commenting on the you tube video I made about you. I have a disability too, called asperger's syndrome. For this reason, I do not particularly get along well with people of my age. I am more turned on politically than most in my school at least. I brought the message of the just makes sense party to my summer camp, a camp for people with asperger's. They too, liked your message and we even made a movie about it (it was a comedy and we gave you the power to walk and talk in a computer voice in the film). Also you should, in my opinion, file law suits against states for there ballot access laws. They do not allow all to get on the ballot for example, how is someone with cerebral palsy suppose to collect signatures? Finally I would like to know if it is okay if I start a branch of the just makes sense party in massachusetts when I run for mayor when I am 21. thanks frank Moore! You are a hero!

Frank Moore wrote:
shucks, aaron! i'm glad that i and our campaign inspire you. i would love to see that summer camp movie...if you have a copy. [who played me?] your frank moore = party video was very effective. you sure can form a just makes sense chapter. good luck running for mayor!

we are working with richard winger of ballot access on challenging the procedures and rules of various states that rig the election in favor of the 2 main parties. for example, it turns out n.y....which i know we got votes in...doesn't count write-in votes even for official write-in candidates! my having c.p. would be a red herring distracting from the real point that the process is rigged.

i see that you also have a band. if you send me tracks, i'll play them on http://www.luver.com.

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Jesse Beagle wrote:
Pleased you are challenging the vote counts, I thought it looked like
a system just waiting to be changed! Your campaign serves this
good cause of "change" needed to get a third party in.

Jesse

Frank Moore wrote:
that's why we ran!

Jen Wilson wrote:
I think this is the link for the movie Aaron is talking about. Frank Moore: The Movie!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIJKhY8moKE&feature=related

Frank Moore wrote:
what a wonderful video! i'm honored and flattered!

the "real" frank moore

Richard Winger wrote:
Today an attorney asked the District of Columbia Board of Elections to tally the write-ins for the declared write-in candidates. If they won't do it, he will sue the Board. This may open the door to get at some of these other bad jurisdictions.

Also we are waiting to see if Pennsylvania did a good job of tallying write-ins, and there are attorneys ready to sue Pennsylvania also if necessary. Pennsylvania doesn't have a write-in filing procedure (neither does New Jersey).

Frank Moore wrote:
our campaign continues to effect change! it is outrageous we may ever know how many votes we actually got. we know we got votes in penn., n.j., and n.y....in fact i think n.y. would be our second best next to ca.

The Erotic Campaign

2008-11-29T06:30:00.000-08:00

A HOT CAMPAIGN!
Photos, video and text about the September 13, 2008 performance at 8th Street Studio in Berkeley, CA.:
http://www.eroplay.com/Cave/erotic_campaign/index.html

Do you like Parties? Then Vote Frank Moore

2008-11-29T06:27:00.000-08:00

very sweet video

Frank Moore for President swag

2008-11-29T06:21:00.000-08:00

On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 6:44 AM, Linda Mac wrote:

Hi Frank,

Linda here with Frank Moore.
We'd like to send you some of the Frank Moore for President swag!
Where should we mail it to?

Hot Shit!
Linda Mac

Frank Edward Nora wrote:
Linda,

Awesome!! Here's my address:

Thanks!!

Frank

Linda Mac wrote:
Hey Frank,

The package of swag went out to you last week!
You should receive it any time now.

Hot shit!
Linda Mac

Frank Edward Nora wrote:
Linda,

I got the package! I am going to open it live on my show.

Thanks!!!!

Frank

Frank Moore wrote:
can't wait to hear that, frank!

CAMPAIGN POST-OP

2008-11-29T06:20:00.000-08:00

DA BOYZ:

At Gerald's, we caught up with Gerald on the end of Frank's campaign. He really enjoyed hearing about everything, especially the victories with the various election departments, the story of Minnesota and Santa Cruz. He said that these were small, but important ... that they would have an effect on things in the future. He got Frank saying that these were only one level of the effect of the campaign ... He really liked the Utah lawyer story ... He told us about what they had done for Nader/Gonzales ... he said that Nader did not do very well this time. Back in 2000, Nader got 9% of the vote. This time it was only 1%. Back then, he ran as a Green, and had a lot of support. This year, half of the Greens voted for Obama, didn't support their own candidate, Cynthia McKinney.

These numbers reveal the true number of awakened peoples in America currently.

2008-11-21T19:43:00.000-08:00

Now look at this little tidbit below:

Finance

• (money spent/total votes=average spent per vote)

• Barack Obama (D) $638,759,000 / 64,629,649 = $9.88 per vote

• John McCain (R) $360,167,823 / 56,888,006 = $6.33

• Ralph Nader (i) $3,952,772 / 665,663 = $5.93

• Bob Barr (L) est. $1,000,000 / 493,175 = $2.02?

• Cynthia McKinney (G) $118,000 / 144,331 = $0.82

Source: Open Secrets[97]

Susan Block wrote:
These charts only showed a few of the canidates. I heard Ron Paul got 19.5 K & didn't run. Do u know how much frank moore spent on ur campaign? ir would be interesting to calculate.

Frank Moore wrote:
Hi Frank,

About how much did you spend on our campaign? My friend Joe (atx@gmail.com ) is calculating costs per vote on the candidates.

We could add about $400 of mine to your expenditure, since I figure I spent about that much in various little things.

Thanks!
Suzy

Frank Moore wrote:
well, we figure we spent between $1,000 and $2,000 on the campaign over the 2 years. we don't include last year's l.a. trip because that was more a CHEROTIC ALL-STARS trip. we don't yet have a vote count. but it is obvious we spent pennies on their dollars! that is what i always do...make things happen for very little money!

another letter

2008-11-21T19:36:00.000-08:00

From:
Sunol Glen
Unified School District
11601 Main Street
Sunol, CA 94586

Dear Mr. Moore,

We are a class of twenty-nine 7th grade students attending public school at Sunol Glen School in Alameda County. Sunol Glen School is an important part of the small, rural, unincorporated community of Sunol. Our one school-site school district educates approximately 234 students in grades Pre-K through 8th grade. Students served come from Sunol, Pleasanton, Fremont, Livermore and beyond to enjoy the quality education offered at our school.

One of the many things that make our school so special is the annual 8th grade trip to Washington, D.C. Students who participate learn about U.S. History and government while exploring the Capitol, local monuments, and museums, which brings a deeper understanding of our history. This is an outstanding experience that can not be duplicated in the classroom setting, and will be a cherished lifelong memory.

Students prepare for the trip by working together to raise the money necessary to for all 8th graders to attend. The cost per student is approximately $2,000. Fundraising efforts for our class trip through WorldStrides (www.worldstrides.com) have just begun. Would you consider supporting our fundraising efforts of the class of 2009-2010 with a fully tax-deductible donation? Our school tax id is: 94-2378188. If you have funds available from any remains of your political campaign or have other means to help us, we would greatly appreciate your support in making this trip a reality for each of us.

Thank you very much for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

Sunol Glen School, Graduating Class of 2010
11/19/2008

Dear Students,

Your letter moved me. Unfortunately I ran my campaign on virtually no money. So there is no money left in the campaign. But I’m enclosing $10 of my personal money. Have fun in D. C.!

In Freedom,

Frank Moore

it keeps going!

2008-11-21T18:10:00.000-08:00

Below is just one of many layers of the influential effects that our campaign is having. But it’s the easiest layer to talk about.

DA BOYZ:

One of the significant achievements of the Frank Moore for President campaign was to research and catalog the requirements for qualifying as a write-in candidate for President in each of the 50 states. See http://writein2008.blogspot.com/ This proved to be a long and sometimes challenging task, and in the process the campaign not only forced several states' elections divisions to clarify and refine their procedures, but in some cases, challenged the legality of elections procedures, and in other cases both challenged and changed those procedures both before and after the election. In states such as Vermont, Rhode Island, New Mexico, Nebraska and others, the campaign had the effect of familiarizing elections officers with their own procedures, which they did not know before the campaign contacted them.

In Arkansas, the campaign challenged the Elections Department's stand that "Write-in candidates are not allowed in presidential, municipal, or primary elections." With the invaluable help of Richard Winger of Ballot Access News, the campaign talked with Tim Humphries, the legal counsel for the Arkansas Secretary of State's office, pointing out that there is no basis in Arkansas election code for a prohibition of write-in candidates for President, and that in fact the state of Arkansas had allowed write-in candidates for President in 1972 and 1976. In the end, this served only as a challenge ... Humphries would not admit that there were significant inconsistencies, and did not even realize that Arkansas was in a very small minority of states that do not allow write-in candidates for President. An article about this challenge is located here: http://writein2008.blogspot.com/search/label/Arkansas

In Pennsylvania, the campaign got an elections official to admit that Pennsylvania's system is "archaic and not good". He said that there should be some kind of pre-certification of write-in candidates like those that operate in other states, so that the county and state elections boards are all on the same page as to who the write-in candidates are, who to count votes for, etc. He said that if PA were to actually follow their own elections code which states that in order for a write-in vote for president to count, the candidate's 21 presidential electors must be written in (and not the candidate’s name), it could be legally challenged, and the challenger would easily win the case.

In Wyoming, the campaign began correspondence with Kelly Dagostino from the Wyoming Secretary of State's Elections office to find out what a write-in candidate needed to do in Wyoming. As we talked back and forth, she began to realize that what she thought we were asking about was not really it, and that she actually did not know what the procedure was for a write-in candidate for President in Wyoming, a candidate outside of the major parties, without the money it would take to get enough signatures in the state to get on the ballot ... to simply be a write-in candidate and have his/her votes counted. She said, "What does this say about our country, and this democracy" that she didn't know how this can work in Wyoming, that they were not set up for a candidate outside of the political machines ... she should be the person to know, if anyone knew. She said, "But I am going to find out! And I'm going to call you!" In the end, the elections office in Wyoming refined and clarified their procedure through this correspondence, and it is noted here: http://writein2008.blogspot.com/search/label/Wyoming

With regard to Utah, it was Richard Winger who alerted us that the information we were receiving from the Utah Elections Dept. might be incorrect. We had ruled out trying to qualify in Utah because we were told by the Elections Dept., several times over the course of months, that a write-in candidate for President had to come to Utah in person and pay $500 in order to qualify. With persistence, we were able to get to Mark Thomas in the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, who was surprised to learn of the information we had been getting from their Elections Office. He would have to make sure that they knew the correct process. Filing for write-in candidacy for President was a much simpler process, only requiring a form and a follow-up questionnaire by phone.

As the election approached, on October 24th Frank received a rejection letter from the Elections Division of the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State. His filing for write-in candidacy had been received in early July, but they were only now writing to let him know that they had rejected it. The letter said: “Your document has been rejected because, for the office of President and Vice President, the candidates must be residents of different states.” Again, with the help of Richard Winger, the campaign challenged this rejection, and won! The Minnesota Elections Division consulted their legal counsel, and had to admit that the rejection was in error, and that Frank would be officially qualified as a write-in candidate for President in Minnesota. See: http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/10/25/minnesota-secretary-of-state-rejects-presidential-write-in-filing-for-frank-moore/

And http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/10/27/minnesota-now-accepts-frank-moore-write-in-filing/

Several days after the election, Frank received a call from a woman in Santa Cruz informing the campaign of a vote-counting practice by the Santa Cruz County Clerk which would exclude write-in votes cast for President where the vice-president’s name was not also written in. This was not only a change in the way Santa Cruz county counted write-in votes for President, but went against the “voter’s intent” legal precedent already set in California and in most other states. The campaign consulted Richard Winger, and again challenged this procedure both with the Santa Cruz County Clerk and with the California Secretary of State. Due to this challenge, and the pressure put on the Santa Cruz County Clerk’s office by other interested parties, including supporters of Ron Paul (who was also one of the four certified write-in candidates for President in CA) the Secretary of State’s office confirmed that they would continue to count write-in votes for President where only the name of the presidential candidate was written in! See: http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/11/10/california-will-as-usual-count-write-ins-for-declared-presidential-candidates-even-if-voter-didnt-vote-for-vice-president/

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Harley Spiller wrote:
Amazing what a fella can do! Go Frank Gogh! Harley

Frank Moore wrote:
shucks! but, yes....actually it's amazing what a small tribal community can do...what art can do!

beyond the campaign trail

2008-11-21T18:09:00.000-08:00

DA BOYZ:

The new milk guy, Tom, asked about our election night party, did we have fun? Did we know how many votes Frank got? Corey told him about it, and how we wouldn't know for at least another week what Frank's vote count was, in the states that actually tally them! Corey also told him about the card from Greg Hawkins, the Utah lawyer, and Tom was really moved, and fascinated .... he really focused in on what Greg had said about how our government is less about ideology than it is about process, and that Frank had "invigorated" the process. He was really impressed, and it made him think ... and it really struck him how powerful it was that Frank's running had reached so many people, from so many walks of life, for so many different reasons. Kevin, Alex's husband (Cultured) had the same reaction ... genuinely blown away.

Giving It Up to the Combine

2008-11-21T18:07:00.000-08:00

mmmm...i have used the term THE COMBINE PLOT since the early 70s. for the
first decade people either thought i was crazy or they simply didn't get
what i was talking about. but for the last 10 years, every guest on my
show...no matter what they were into...has ended up talking about different
aspects of THE COMBINE!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

The Political Choice Facing America
>
> Giving It Up to the Combine
>
> http://www.counterpunch.org/martin10222008.html
>
> By STEPHEN MARTIN
> October 22, 2008
>
> "Yes. This is what I know. The ward is a factory for the Combine. It's
> for fixing up mistakes made in the neighborhoods and in the schools and in
> the churches, the hospital is. When a completed product goes back out into
> society, all fixed up good as new, better than new sometimes, it brings
> joy to the Big Nurse's heart." -Ken Kesey
>
> There is a wondrous truth in the extract above.
>
> A deliberation from far outside.
>
> Truth within apt setting - the ward of psychiatric institution.
>
> But this small article is to be no exercise in literary criticism; rather
> a rage against such factory as representing body Politic degenerate, and
> a financial crisis caused by wilful deliberation as part of attempt at
> Global Financial Dominance - as act of madness.
>
> Against the Combine as Political Form, and Military Metaphysic as world
> view. As attempt to delineate psycho politics in a knowing of the enemy
> as Fascism - and the power of fear. The fear that we most of us now know
> so well as disruptive of psyche; in the questioning of assumptions made
> and as in threat to daily routine of lives - such the effects of
> shakedown of the Economy as Meltdown caused.
> Such , as consequent of Combine seeking to grasp more power in the
> shakedown.
>
> It is of Political origin - and demands Political remedy.
>
> Such the extent of damage as chaos inflicted that it does indeed call into
> question: 'Has the world gone mad?'
>
> The Combine isn't that big really.
>
> It is people who elect to give it such power as it has, through belief.
>
> Through form of ideological tithe of the mind, of giving up proportion of
> individuality.
>
> Giving it up to the Combine is a choice.
>
> Certain things in the mind as so given up, or as reconstructed through
> propoganda, as pattern in the head of others to scheme, are as taboo in
> the mentioning.
>
> They are as Social Contract abused.
>
> Excess proportion of tithe of the mind, as it were. Given from
> completed product thereby.
>
> Don't know about you; but I don't want to be a pattern in anyone else's
> head.
>
> Or to be ideologically occupied and conceptually restrained by Combine, or
> produced as completed product by Factory, or to cause joy in such as
> Big Nurse's heart.
>
> As completed product Political.
>
> Especially not to serve the needs of so few, at the expense of so many.
>
> I do not wish to become fait accompli to Fascism, however unwitting or
> gentle as unconscious slumber may the path be, before finding myself
> adopting such World View, looking around in fear, feeling under attack-
> and persecuting in my hatred as expression of such hateful state of
> being. As product complete.
>
> It is so easy to forget the power of ideas as beliefs in Politics, and for
> ideological tithe to operate unconscious such sense. But it is there as
> potential in each and every individual, as selective filter, in the
> interpretation of political events that is as apperception: as reflection
> of the precedence of existence over essence. It is there in the
> calculations made.
>
> The essence of spin is to operate at such a level, getting in to the
> ideological tithe. To limit thought as in the prohibition. By pejorative
> label, stereotype, generalisation, the maxim of slogan as seed, for
> example, as constituent of tithe fashioned.
>
> But what can be given up can also be taken down.
>
> It is a double edged sword.
>
> Politics seen here as pattern within world view determined, subjugation of
> consciousness political form accordant, factory restrained the Fascist
> form; Craft enhanced the Democratic - and the Combine as having fucked up
> in a big way, the factories not working as before, Psycho Political
> demand increasing as much as Economic sense gone beyond.
>
> Is there such connection?
>
> The wheels are turning, the puppets are dancing, the spinmeisters hard at
> work.
>
> Despite such, a lot of products out there are questioning their
> completeness, myself included.
>
> The straightjackets have been pulled too tight for illusion to prevail
> further that they are not there.
>
> This; there in the horror felt in listening to 'Drill, baby Drill!' at
> Political rally, as suitable 'build up' as could be to such mindless chant
> as: 'War is Peace! Freedom is slavery! Ignorance is strength!"
>
> In the distance felt, in such horror; awareness of the tithe. As
> unconscious operant no more, such the glimmering of insight.
>
> The insight as would see straightjacket on such others chanting so, -
> while ignoring one's own little item of such apparel, albeit drawstrings
> not so tightly drawn. Yet.
>
> The world has gone mad, and the lunatics are in charge.
> The demand for tithe requisite to support such world view form, the
> reality of Economic Imbalance, inequity of distribution, become too
> great to support the quid pro quo of outstretched hand as born of
> calculation, as in the enjoinment of scheme.
>
> That there be pretence as to Emperors new clothes whilst wearing rags
> oneself?
>
> As a ragged trousered philanthropist to ideological tithe?
>
> But; always to the Combine which wants more given up.
>
> Economics and Morality demand control of belief and can become the triumph
> of illusion over reality, or reality over illusion. To Riefenstahl, to
> Hitler; the former expressed as 'Triumph of the Will'.
>
> Of Social Contract as Psychology based upon Economy of daily crust given
> expressive of the 'Morality'?
>
> Of the Gini Coefficient and Military Metaphysic in intimacy of
> relationship. For you can't have one without the other, they are bound
> irrevocable in the body Politic.
>
> But God knows we must have Billionaires, and 'sharing the wealth' be as
> obscenity in the tithe; taboo - the very idea being as the sight of turd
> in a swimming pool.
>
> Even although most people, truth be told, now need such greater sharing of
> the wealth more than ever. As it has become even more polarised in the
> possession. As their sufferance grows.
>
> Of pragmatism such relationship born; Machiavellian manipulation of energy
> constrained as by Spinmeister roving to hierarchy, divided, machine like
> in the consequence of abrogation as Fascism; or the free collective
> summation of individuality as right to transcend, to be variant;
> egalitarian and unifying, organic in the assumption, as Democracy?
> This; the choice staring America in the face.
>
> 'Cui Bono?' resounding starkly in the sufferance and misery as is.
>
> Highlighting the possibility of much worse to come should wrong 'choice'
> be made.
>
> Of Politics and Form as World View thereby determined.
>
> Of Fascism and Democracy as extent and type of ideological tithe.
>
> This, two fingers to such factory serving Combine, Churchill like
> reversed; as in 'V' for 'Victory' - for the Combine have overstepped the
> mark this time in destroying the basis of world view propagated as
> illusion, in the removal from even the crumbs of consolation from the
> table, that in the taking from the sustenance for so many, reality
> prevails over illusion, no matter effort contrary.
>
> No matter the ideological tithe.
>
> The Combine has gone a bridge too far.
>
> Theirs is a tithe now too demanding to support. The power of money to form
> of greed has crossed the Rubicon of Political Form. You cannot have
> Democracy when a small group has all the power money can buy, the demand
> such form is for Fascism.
>
> This Fascism must not be allowed to be furthered. As in statement of
> taboo:
>
> The Combine must be dismantled, bit by bit, piece by piece.
>
> There must be a cleanout of the Financial System which brought this
> catastrophe about.
>
> Most notably the Federal Reserve.
>
> In the sufferance caused by Combine machination gone wild by greed, eye on
> new field of exploitation, world view apparent; stark and staring from
> abyss; servitude for people as complete product in the extent of tithe
> threatened.
>
> Because greed has destroyed the real factories, the real Companies as
> source of livelihood, destroyed the real Economy.
>
> Because this is the reality staring us in the face, as madness of
> destruction brought about, as so many lives destroyed by so few, and for
> so little.
>
> Like so many little men so tithed ideological, I am weary of the
> machinations, unable to continue to stand still in hope that the scythe
> passes by, hoping for freedom to grow again while sensing contrary.
>
> Tired all 'sense' around.
>
> Of print, radio and t.v, of mainstream media, of 'news'; of talking
> heads and hateful mouths; of boot being stamped down upon face as evermore
> apparent in such bind as would be.
>
> Such tithing, such tithing.
>
> Tired of the dance of puppets, to music of the sellout, the rhythm
> getting more frantic.
>
> Tired of the Factory such mindset as product manufactured.
>
> Tired of giving it up to the Combine.
>
> Life is not death.
>
> Liberty is not incarceration.
>
> Happiness is not misery.
>
> No matter such as may be paid in the contribution towards.
> In giving it up to the Combine.
>
> Whether as Wall Street Alumni, Government by shadow, bad faith stooge or
> military metaphysic cheerleader.
>
> To say as in moment captured, embrace private, share of love familial or
> in ecstasy orgasmic:
>
> 'I am alive. I am free. I can be happy!'
>
> Should not be as revolution attained against the odds; against the body
> Politic.
>
> Not as something to be repressed, rendered servile, destroyed.
>
> But seen as gift of much greater mystery, surely much the more
> transcendent as shared.
>
> Should be as everyday embrace of life anew - as routine and joyful as Sun
> rising.
>
> To dawn of another day.
>
> In a Democracy.
>
> But yet, when it boils down to it; we are most no less than two pay checks
> from the street.
>
> So many are already there.
>
> When the Combine turns screw too far, this much apparent as fear way
> beyond; pragmatic such as black box vote hacked; water board in stateless
> Gulag, electro shock applied to one who would question , protest zone or
> free speech cage; the trend seen clear.
>
> Choosing to tolerate such goings on - that may be seen as complete
> product?
>
> What next to acceptor of the tithe; what next ..?
>
> In giving it up for the Combine
>
> In the fear cultivated; strangulation of the willingness to speak up, each
> individual so bound by tithe; another quiet slipping away.
>
> Of Democracy.
>
> That Politics can be such exercise of control; of mind, of love, of soul?
>
> No more!
>
> No longer such world as constrained; to accept what is told acceptable -
> thankful for crumb fed , mind bent - and in such kneeling; 'joy' to
> heart of big nurse.
>
> Not while staring into the abyss of meltdown; looking at life anew in the
> huddle, to such clear reflection of Combine - and their tithe of mind.
>
> In such staring, dreams and belief seen as through broken screw on
> thumbnail instrument of torture and control; as Socratic insight upon
> release from shackles; of pleasure as the relief from pain.
>
> The military metaphysic now apparent in all it's monstrosity - for all but
> the most tithed of to see.
>
> No more the belief that Factory serving such Combine can be good, when
> the fowl and evil consequences produced stare us in the face.
>
> All around.
>
> That such given up, as of world view, as in tithe, was worth it for the
> common good; as served peace; 'individual' survival?
>
> Despite the wars in far off lands, despite the desperate pretence of gain
> as happiness found in materialism extreme, despite Economic crash,
> sufferance of neighbor if not of self?
>
> In such protective insularity, as between margins, a tragedy of failure,
> as on my behalf, seen - as the victory of illusion over reality.
>
> In giving it up to the Combine.
>
> But the dominance and demands increasing.
>
> Democracy in America is slipping away, the ideological tithe growing in
> the accretion of lie upon lie.
>
> The biggest of such lies?
>
> That this Financial Meltdown was accidental; the results of a few greedy
> individuals, held up as scapegoats.
>
> When the Combine gambled upon field anew, it knew the risk. It knew the
> downside. It knew the price of 'all or nothing', the trend as must be
> followed, the fear as must be exerted as instrument of control, the
> mechanisms to be changed, the levers to be pulled.
>
> The patterns of the Military Metaphysic must indeed be changed - the
> question is by whom - and which form accordant; descent or ascent?
>
> The tithe must change.
>
> Yet in the crisis for the people there is also a crisis for the Combine.
>
> Is someone to arise, who shall step forward on behalf of the people, and
> change the tithe - in turning the tide?
>
> In such seeing, making announcement clear, so cutting to tithe, so
> destructive of the Combine and their control?
>
> With words recognising what lies underneath.
>
> Words such as:
>
> "So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we
> have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror
> which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
>
> Franklin D Roosevelt
>
> That fear, that terror as is as in giving it up to the Combine, form of
> ideological tithe. As causes retreat, prevents advance.
>
> Such as leads one to plead:
>
> Speak up now Citizen, or lose the ability, let alone the right to do so.
>
> In giving it up to the Combine.

How effective has our campaign been?

2008-11-21T18:05:00.000-08:00

well, i knew we were reaching a wide range of people. but i wasn't prepared to get in the mail a thank you card from http://www.yourfamilyslawyer.com/! he is a mainstream mormon (not to be confused with the bigamist group who endorsed us) lawyer, republican politician (ran for the senate and was a staffer for Sen. Orin Hatch!). the card's front was his picture and inside was this hand-written note...with a smiley face drawn:

From:
Gregory P. Hawkins
Hawkins & Sorensen, LC
5710 South Green Street
Murray, UT 84123

Dear Frank,

Thank you for running. I am very grateful. Citizenship, as you know, is about participation. But, patriotism is about sacrifice. I know by experience the sacrifice it takes to run for public office.

I applaud you! You are a patriot. Our governing systems are much less about ideology than they are about process. It is the process that secures our liberty. You have invigorated the process. God Speed.

Greg

Thank you!

Frank Moore wrote:

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Hi, Greg,

Your card meant a lot to me. I totally agree with what you say about process and citizenship, participation, ideology, sacrifice, and patriotism. A lot of people think running for office is all about “winning.” Especially for a write-in candidate like myself, “winning” is a very minor/remote possibility. I ran to introduce new ideas, new possibilities…to inject hope…and to change the process. We did that! Our campaign forced several states to change their election procedures, as just one example. Utah was one of those states. At first it looked like Utah didn’t allow write-ins. But on the advice of Richard Winger of Ballot Access, we pushed. Then we were told I would have to come in person to Salt Lake and pay $500. We pushed some more. It finally turned out Utah legally is one of the easiest states in which to qualify as a write-in. But you have to push!

You and I probably don’t agree on a lot of things. But we agree on the basics!

Btw, I am a military brat too. My dad was in the Air Force. My mom was from Utah. From 9 to 13 [I’m 62 now], I went to special education schools in Ogden and Salt Lake. Then we lived in Germany.

Again thanks for writing.

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

hey, johnny!

2008-11-15T04:00:00.002-08:00

got your phone message congratulating our campaign. thanks! it meant a lot to me. how did you hear about my campaign?

i run the web station http://www.luver.com. i would love to carry your johnny beefsteak show. do you record it?

last sunday's show

2008-11-15T04:00:00.001-08:00

kene-j is a local hip-hop artist who has been on my luver/tv show quite a lot over the years. but for the first time he came to one of our live performances/campaign events. afterwards he went home and wrote a bunch of songs inspired by the performance. so i had him on to sing these songs. also for years he has been promising me a pot roast!

ERIKA:
Pot Roast Anyone??? Yes he had brought it!!! Good News!!! Soon the show started and Tha Archivez, Kene-J had written many new songs that were inspired by Frank and by our last performance that he was a part of, they were softer and sexy, fun!!!! Then came the talk where he really bloomed and talked and talked about the state of the world and needing to focus on love and that can break down all the love-haters!!! It was amazing!!! You could feel how much this guy loves Frank, and feels connected to us. He has been in various shows with us about 8 times now!!! Frank talked about the death of the Claremont House which was a clear example of what needs to be battled with love for Kene in life and we showed him the card Frank got from the lawyer in Utah thanking Frank for his presidential campaign. Kene talked about it only being a matter of time before we break down the conservatives and Frank had stories about that, conservatives loving his platform. Wow it was an amazing show!!

Write-in vote problems.

2008-11-15T03:54:00.000-08:00

Richard Winger wrote:
If anyone in New York city (or anywhere in the country) e-mails you that they DID write-in you, and then that same person later learns that the write-in wasn't counted, please save that person's contact info. We may be suing some of these jurisdictions (New York city is very bad) that break their own law and don't count valid write-ins.

Unfortunately people who just let themselves get talked out of writing in aren't useful for this purpose.

Frank Moore wrote:
we have gotten 2 such reports from nyc...from different parts of the city...which tells me there were more such cases. sounds like the person wrote me in, realized she didn't do it correctly, asked for a second ballot and help, but was met with hostile resistence by the polling officials, so left without successfully voting. did i get it right, aimee?

Aimee McCormick wrote:
Yes, I was not able to cast my vote because the staff at the polling place were hostile, but, alas, not that my vote wasn't counted. I should have asked for help before entering the booth, but did not anticipate having trouble with the machine. Staff member entered my booth uninvited, which I felt was in violation of my privacy. I wanted assistance but did not want someone in the booth with me, she entered uninvited, as, I suppose, I was taking too long, I asked her to leave the booth as I noticed the instructions for write in candidates on the wall of booth. I followed the instructions, the last step being to pull over the lever, duh!! So, I asked for help again, at that point, where she chastised me for having pulled the lever, and I felt ridiculed in front of everyone in the polling place, she shouted across the room to someone higher-up, who potentially could have helped me recast the vote and told me to speak to him, but felt humiliated, and ran out crying like a dumbass, with people laughing at me. I suggest educating people on how to write in more specifically with those damn old machines. If I had just held down the "personal choice" button while sliding over the slot at the same time I would have been able to vote for you. I thought I knew what to do had done some write in research beforehand, but the instructions on the booth were just not instructive, and following them, I ended my session. Look, I really love living and working in Harlem, but there was obvious bias at the polling place, and as much as I want to stand for democracy, I just didn't want everyone knowing I was not voting for Obama, I get enough attention as it is.

So I guess I got "talked out of it" bummer, next time will be more proactive, but am honored to have correspondence with you.

Yours Truly,
Aimee

Frank Moore wrote:
aimee, you went beyond the call of duty! thanks! that shows how seriously people took our campaign. it also shows how much the election process is stacked/rigged, at all layers, in favors the 2 major parties.

richard, should aimee register a complaint now?

Richard Winger wrote:
Probably she shouldn't bother. She should just serve as an example for all of us who read your posts.

Frank Moore wrote:
exactly!

ANOTHER VICTORY FOR OUR CAMPAIGN!

2008-11-15T03:52:00.000-08:00

DA BOYZ wrote:

At lunchtime, Corey called and left messages for the Sec. of State's legal dept. again, and for the woman who had processed Frank's candidate filing in the elections office ... while still at lunch, there was a call back from Pam Giarrizzo, the head of the legal dept., letting Corey know that they had decided to count votes which were written-in with only the presidential candidate's name ... She made sure to let him know however that they had some precedent for NOT counting them this way, but that they had decided in the end to do it. Corey let Richard know and he was very happy! He said that their reasons for not counting them were weak ... they were citing cases
that were really about other issues, and there was much more support, both from CA and from other states, for counting write-in votes in situations like these.

THE END OF THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL...THE PARTY!

2008-11-15T03:51:00.000-08:00

DA BOYZ:
The party prep went into full swing ... last minute decorations, balloons, folding clothes and putting away the clothes drying rack, etc. etc., chopping tons of carrots and potatoes and packing them into foil packs with onions, garlic and herbs, yum yum yum ...

Then before we knew it, you guys were pulling up, with Lois right behind and getting situated and the food was getting set out ... it was a lot of fun ... a really fun way to celebrate the end of Frank's campaign, and to watch the election returns come in together. It was really neat to have over Lois and Alicia, Carol Swann, Bob, Eric and Carol and Stephanie and Egon from next door ...the food was amazing, and then the desserts, the cupcakes!!

It was amazing to see the reactions of people to Obama's victory ... how much hope it gave everyone, very moving! Corey ran down plates of food and desserts to Betty & Joe, and she was delighted! And then we took food down to Bill, who we knew appreciated it a lot.

The crowd thinned out, and soon it was just us, and we cleaned up, packed food away, kept the election coverage going ... talking about the night ... the farts started appearing!

ERIKA:
Corey and Alexi went off to vote!! I finished with the balloons and then did the flower arrangement and set up all the plates and silverware and then washed carrots and cut them up for roasting! All the cooking was starting and Alexi fired up the grill!! Soon we were on our way to the polls to vote. It was a fun walk and quick when we got there voting for Frank, what fun!!! Then we headed down for the event!!! After a couple of trips for Frank's cups and pillows he got settled in his chair and the TV and computer had election news coming to us!! Everything looked great, all the decorating, the flowers and the balloons and all the yummy food!! Louis and her daughter arrived when we did and later Carol Swan and Bob, and our neighbors from next door. It was small and intimate and cozy. We talked and watched the election news and soon ate some of the delicious food, then before we knew it they were announcing that Obama had won so we all gathered in close and watched on TV!! Wow, so many crowds of people gathered around the country and the world with tears in their eyes, amazing!! Carol and Eric arrived with cupcakes just as we were eating our macaroons and cookies, yum!!! They both had some big plates of food and thought the food was great!!! It was fun to meet them. We took food down to Betty and Joe and to Bill, and Betty called to say that it was delicious and that Frank should have won!! Soon people started heading out and we started to clean up and still watching the news coming in and gathering up our asses to head down to the PH.

JEN:
Peeked outside to see if anyone was coming and there you were taking photos of the pretty lights and the awesome banner. Lois and her daughter came in with you as we were just starting to put the food on the island. Was really cool to finally meet Lois. Then Carol Swan came and she was really fun! Bob called and had traveled along San Pablo to Gilman and up to Santa Fe, so I gave him directions to get here. He called again when he got to Curtis so I went out to meet him down the street. When we walked up to the house the lights and everything looked so amazing! It was fun to have him come. There was so much food for everyone. We were all cozy watching the votes come in. It was such a quick success for Obama! Exciting! We heard a little parade going on outside and went out to see it. The people all stopped in front of the house beating and whooping, and they looked up at Frank's banner with curiosity and some confusion and then they moved on. Bob was getting ready to leave so I told him that I would walk him home. I would take my bike so that I could just ride back. He said that it wasn't necessary to do that, he would be ok. I walked him outside and he said he was really glad he came. Said that there would be a lot of people around so he felt better about going home on his own. I opened the gate for him and he zoomed away. Shortly after that the doorbell rang and there was Eric and Carol! And cupcakes! Eric had told me he was going to be baking them for the party as he had a craving to make them and hasn't in a while. They came in and saw the spread and dug right in. Loved the food! Even took a plate for their son and for Mike who works at Phoenix. Corey and Alexi also took plates to Betty and Joe, and Bill. Really great to be able to share the bounty. We all watched Obama's victory speech. Amazing to see a black family up there, and they looked close and warm with each other. Then Carol and Eric left saying they would see me tomorrow. Took me a while to remember what day it was. Then Carol Swan left too with plans to have her mom on Frank's Shaman's Den. We hung out together as the food was divvied up and put away. Cookie was very attracted to Frank and kept lying on his foot. When everything was ready we all walked down to the ph.

election returns JUST IN!

2008-11-15T03:43:00.000-08:00

according to

http://www.sfgate.com/election/races/US/u/p_president/p_0/g_general/us.shtml

suzy and i have recieve 6,563 votes nation-wide so far! keep in mind that most states have not even started counted write-in votes yet! we could get much more. i was expecting a few hundred. THIS IS MIND-BLOWING!

Ruth Spivak wrote:
That is awesome! And you beat 9 other people! Do you have a state by state breakdown yet? I am so proud of you. We have beat the "aristocratic" barrier (Jackson), the religion barrier (Kennedy), the color barrier (Obama) and now you! Way to go!

Vinnie Spit wrote:
Congrats dude - well done.
- Vinnie

Richard Winger wrote:
Unfortunately some person wrote "Frank" but they meant "Brian". Brian Moore is the Socialist Party presidential candidate and he was on the ballot in 8 states. No state has yet tallied any presidential write-ins.

Frank Moore wrote:
ah, something didn't seem to jive! but it was on a mainstream news site...the kind of media on which most people form their reality picture! and what else is unreal?! we will just have to wait to find our actual vote count. and we should remember that vote count will be only the tip of the ice burg of our campaign's influence effect...which has been huge!

Ruth Spivak:
Sometimes when something is too good to be true, it is. I am sorry. But I am looking forward to finding out what your numbers actually were.

Frank Moore wrote:
exactly, ruth. the actual vote count will be small fraction of the effect. also we are getting emails from people...especially in nyc...who tried to vote for me and couldn't because of pressure at the polling place...which is a bummer, an outragew. but it also tells me that people went to the polls for us...which is mind-blowing!

John The Baker wrote:
amazing. this in news !! Ya'll should write a press release and state that 6,500 votes will inspire many new third party candidates for future elections. This is revolutionary!! You should get invited to the white house to teach campainging and to have parts of your platform included into the new admins . platform.

I could see you getting nominated for secretary of the alter abled. !!

Keep going ! Jesse Helms seat in NC which was held by Elizabeth Dole was uprooted by a democrate defeating the incumbant Dole ! revolution I say !

peace my friends !
John the Baker

Frank Moore wrote:
ah, yes....too amazing to be accurate...at this point. but no matter the numbers, we have opened up the possibilities...like we always do!

hi, katherine!

2008-11-09T15:36:00.000-08:00

Frank Moore wrote:
i just want to thank you for all you do!

Katherine wrote:
Frank,

Thanks so much. I’m sorry I couldn’t make it to your election returns party on Tuesday. It was bittersweet for my friends who were working for No on 8. We will get there! I was pleased to air your wonderful campaign media, and hopefully you got good feedback from the community about it. I appreciate you and Corey and Linda being so supportive of community media (not only in the platform but on an everyday basis!) and so understanding of the quality we’re able to maintain with limited staff. Even though we’re fabulous, wickedly smart staff such as myself…ahem.

Hope you’re having a good autumn,

Katherine
Programming Coordinator
Berkeley Community Media
B-TV Channel 28 Live Stream: http://www.betv.org/btv28/btv.asx

Frank Moore wrote:
hopefully the new administration will value public access and other community channels.

we really need to get religion and politics out of each other. marriage is a religious, hence personal/private, concept. it shouldn't be defined/limited by politics...the same with abortion.

HUZZAH for your campaign!

2008-11-09T15:35:00.002-08:00

Dorothy Jesse Beagle wrote:
Dear Frank,

I'm sorry I missed your campaign party at the Blue House, Corey and Alexi brought me tons of groceries last evening as I'm still 'under the weather' but also brought wonderful cookies, ,MACAROON homemade! BY Mikee - WONDERFUL!!!

I told C&A that your campaign meant that millions were able to know your platform, and learn much from it.. Here and in other countries.

HUZZAH! Jesse

The election

2008-11-09T15:35:00.001-08:00

Betsy wrote:
Frank,
I wanted to congratulate you on your run for president. You put out a view that needed to be heard. You too are an historical figure of this 2008 election. How fabulous that you were able to do this and touch so many people. Look what a person can do if they perservere, you are a role model for all people, not just those who are challenged. I am very excited about the possibilities of our new administration. We all grew up in the thick of the anti-war movement of the civil rights movement and to see this, is wonderful. I guess democracy is not dead. I kept thinking about my mother who was a peace and civil rights activist even before I was born. I know she and her buddies were dancing out there in the universe... we shall overcome.
To peace, tolerance, humanity and to making a difference,
Thank you,
Love, Betsy

Frank Moore wrote:
shucks, betsy!

Santa Cruz county write-in vote counting

2008-11-07T15:10:00.002-08:00

Blue House wrote:
A woman from Santa Cruz called today to let us know that her husband, who has been working as an elections volunteer for the Santa Cruz County Clerk, was given a document meant to instruct them as to how to identify and count write-in votes in Santa Cruz County. He was surprised to see the instructions, which were new to him, that said that in order for a write-in vote for President to be counted, the names of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates must be written there. He had not seen this before, and believed it to be wrong. This is the document: http://www.votescount.com/nov08/certwi.pdf He questioned the county registrar about this, and she told him that it came from the elections code. He looked up the code she referred him to, and did not see anything in it which would require this, so he kept on her about it ... When last he saw her, the day before the election, she had told him that she was going to look into what other counties are doing ... she could not explain where they had gotten this instruction from.

He and his wife both said that there were no notices to voters of this at the polls, nor in the election materials that were mailed to Santa Cruz county residents. Moreover, it turns out that it is not legally defensible under California elections law.

Richard Winger cited a court case from 1961 to back this up: Muir v. Steinberg 197C.A.2d264 . At the end of the ruling, on pg. 271, it refers to the intention of the voter being primary in counting write-in votes in California. He also said that this emphasis on the intention of the voter is true for most states. He has contacted the Secretary of State's office about this, but has not been called back. Richard said that for the following reasons, this requirement for counting write-in votes for President is in error ...

In the case of write-in voting for President, the voter is actually voting for a slate of Presidential electors pledged to a particular candidate. So if the voter writes-in the name of the Presidential candidate, but leaves out the name of the v.p., the intention is crystal clear: the voter wants those electors that are pledged to that candidate. The name of the v.p. is unimportant. Second, Richard said that in many California counties, the space allowed for writing-in is small enough to deter people from writing in the v.p. candidate's name in addition to the presidential candidate. And thirdly, there is the fact that Santa Cruz County has not required this before, and it does not appear to have originated as a mandate from the Secretary of State.

Richard gave me several numbers to try at the Secretary of State's office and Elections office, and I left three messages at lunch ... by the end of the day, there was a call back from the head of the Secretary of State's legal department, wanting the court case and citation number I referred to in my message. At that time, I didn't have a number to cite. Richard looked it up for me, and I called back this afternoon and left a second message with that information!

Frank Moore wrote:
and we thought our work was over! FOLLOW IT UP!

Frank Moore for President ???

2008-11-07T15:10:00.001-08:00

Andreas GMX wrote:
Frank Moore for President ???

By the way - elections are over and I haven't seen a bit of you. German TV channels didn't show a second of your campaign.

But all you Americans - today you can be very proud of your Nation, of your democracy and of your new President. God bless you all.

Andreas

Frank Moore wrote::
well, what is on tv is a tiny fraction of reality!

thanks for your best wishes for us here.

i just want to say

2008-11-07T14:42:00.000-08:00

Susan Block wrote:
Thank YOU, Frank, for an inspirational campaign. I’m honored to have run as your Veep.

My second choice was Obama. So I’m happy his Message of Hope trounced the Republican Uber War Machine.

I can’t wait to see how he responds when you offer him your help in getting the country back onto a course of peace, prosperity, responsibility and good vibes.

I was thrilled to vote for you/us today with British TV filming my cute little business-suited ass for Bravo and Virgin 1. Many people in the line were fans of my public access show in LA (some had seen you on it too!). Even though you’re not supposed to canvass, I slipped a few copies of your platform to people dying to read it. They were bound and determine to vote for Obama, and I wasn’t about to rain on their parade, or blame them for wanting to be a part of this orgasmic seismic historic shift in American dominant culture. But they thanked us profusely for entering the political conversation, giving them fresh ideas that “just make sense” and making a difference in this big sprawling multi-cultural continent we call home.

Peace through pleasure

Suzy

Frank Moore wrote:
you and i were on a mission of hope! MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! thanks for going on it with me!

the guy working at our polling place was obviously a fan of our shows. he knew who we were voting for!

btw, people are calling me demanding new episodes of your show!

Media News: We Won One!

2008-11-07T14:41:00.000-08:00

From Media Alliance Email News:
Hopefully this isn't the only "we won" e-mail that many of us will receive in the next 24 hours.
But on this Election Day, we are thrilled to announce that the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) voted unanimously this morning to open vacant television channel spectrum (the "white spaces") to unlicensed use, which support the development of broadband and wireless technologies to increase speed and deliver access to rural and urban low-income communities poorly serviced by commercial providers. This is a big win! There was a furious attempt by the television broadcasters and their lobbying group (the NAB) to delay and/or scuttle this vote.Thank you everyone for your e-mails and calls. They really made a difference. To more victories later today and this evening,

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Paul Escriva wrote:
Yeah...this really seem like a good one!! More channels of possibilities. Frankie, you are still changing the world.

xo Paul

Frank Moore wrote:
ya betcha!

Well done frank

2008-11-07T14:33:00.000-08:00

Annie Sprinkle wrote:
Frank,
You made a heroic effort. Congratulations on a well done campaign. Hopefully one day more candidates will adopt your proposals.
We wish Prop k had won to decriminalize prostitution.
Heroic effort there too. At least it was a respectable loss. We got close.

annie

Frank Moore wrote:
yes, annie...it was an amazing 2 year performance, going deep on so many levels....getting the ideas, philosophy, and the possibilities out there, infecting literally tens of millions of people directly...planting seeds of change! wish i could claim i planned all of it. but like always i just hung on for dear life, treating everything seriously and with respect, just following the openings.
frankly we here are blown out how successful it has been! but thank fuck we didn't know what we were getting into! we never do!

Election 2008

2008-11-07T14:32:00.000-08:00

MiddleEarthmap@ at aol.com wrote:
Please give me a 200 word or less reason why I should vote for you. Thank you.

Frank Moore wrote:
a little too late!

Good luck!

2008-11-07T14:31:00.000-08:00

Good luck with today's election, my President. I'm going off to vote for you, as well as against prop 8 and prop 4, with the British TV crew filming me (whatever happened to privacy in the voting booth?). Waiting for Ian to pick me up!

MOORE/BLOCK in '08
Suzy

I tried ...

2008-11-07T14:23:00.002-08:00

Aimee McCormick Ford wrote:
Dear Mr. Moore,

I was going to write you in today, but was faced with the old confusing machines, and hostile volunteers. I feel just terrible about it, I left the polls in quite a flustered state, and am so dismayed with our political system.

I take some responsibility on the matter, I should have done more research on how to write in and use the machines, I didn't know that you had to hold the button down while sliding the slot over at the same time, and the instructions in the booth were of no help, and I mistakenly ended my session before writing you in.

As a former performance artist, a current pacifist, special ed teacher and advocate for neuro and physical diversity I salute you, and hope to get it "write" in four years to come.

Aimee McCormick Ford

Frank Moore wrote:
aimee, thanks for making the effort! legally they should have given you another ballot. which state are you in?

in performance, the intensity of intent creates effect, deepens it. on this level, your trying to vote for me created a powerful effect! thank you! but they should have respected your vote. i do!

Aimee McCormick Ford wrote:
thank you for your reply, I live in Harlem NYC, . The polling place volunteers appeared a bit "biased" and they used the old voting machine. I was uncomfortable with the volunteer being in the booth with me, and she was being hostile. I was also uncomfortable with the whole room knowing I was writing in, and I perhaps could have stayed and fought to have it redone but became so flustered, suppose it was a performance in of itself, with everyone laughing at the crazy white lady.

Onward!

Frank Moore wrote:
what they did was definitely illegal.

how did you come to know about my running for president?

vote

2008-11-07T14:23:00.001-08:00

Fred Hatt wrote:
Just wrote your name on the ballot in Brooklyn, NY!

Fred

Frank Moore wrote:
great, Fred!

I voted for you today!!

2008-11-07T14:21:00.000-08:00

Frank Edward Nora wrote:
Frank,

I proudly cast my vote today in Nutley, New Jersey. I hit "write in" and typed FRANK MOORE on the little keyboard. And I felt great doing it.

I recorded the whole voting process, coming today on The Rampler #104.

Also I played some clips from the Dr. Susan Block Show on The Overnightscape #752, also coming today.

Thanks for making the voting today cool and enjoyable!!

Frank

Frank Moore wrote:
great, frank!

WE VOTED FOR FRANK MOORE for PRESIDENT!

2008-11-07T14:15:00.000-08:00

Blue House wrote:
AND IT FEELS GOOD!

Frank Moore wrote:
YES INDEEDY!

Re: NEED I SAY MORE?

2008-11-07T14:14:00.001-08:00

Michael Rosenthal wrote:
Hi, Frank and Linda.

I already voted for Mr. Obama, but if it's any consolation, I would vote for Frank before I would vote for McCain or Nader.

Keep me on your e-mail list. Thanks.

Michael Rosenthal

Frank Moore wrote:
a good choice...not the best choice....but...

things are going to change for the better!

i just want to say

2008-11-05T01:28:00.000-08:00

THANK YOU!!!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Eric Kroll wrote:
u ran a good clean race and so does she (Danielle)
eric

Frank Moore wrote:
that's exactly what we tried to do!

Harley wrote:
thank you Frank - it must be a big disappointment but you've had downers
before and never stop cracking that great big glorious grin and oozing all
that fabulous love - and we got hte 2nd best outcome so...you're welcome
and thank you and you're welcome and thank you! Harley

Frank Moore wrote:
what have you been smokin', har? what "a big disappointment?" what
"bummer?" we did much more than we set out to do on every level! i ain't so
foolish to have "winning" as a goal.

AT THE END OF THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL!

2008-11-03T23:46:00.000-08:00

DA BOYZ:

Soon we were off on a quick walk/platform drop. This time we headed down Francis to Santa Fe, and went up Santa Fe toward Gilman, dropping a platform on every porch, and then went down Key Route, both sides of the street, dropping Frank's platforms, and in some cases handing them to folks directly. One guy said he had seen all the signs up and was curious about this and he would check it out. It was really fun to leave Frank's platform like this, and a good walk! It gave you the feeling that if there were people all over the country going door to door like this, just giving people Frank's platform, he would win!

AND COME TO THE ELECTION BAR-BQ/POTLUCK PARTY!

you are invited to a potluck/bbq ELECTION PARTY at the Blue House on
Tuesday, November 4, 2008!

it will start around 6pm or so!

Blue House
1200 Curtis Street
Berkeley, CA 94706

bring a dish, something to grill, and anything else you can think of!

even more press!

2008-11-03T22:46:00.002-08:00

This looks like an article by the guy who interviewed Frank from the Independent of London ... is that right?? this is pg. 4 of a 5 page piece from December 2007.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/in-depth/wacky-racers/2007/12/08/1196813078622.html?page=4

FRANK MOORE Independent

Most shrewd political advisers would counsel against appearing naked except for your shoes and socks and having a girl grind up and down on you. But performance artist and quadriplegic Frank Moore isn't following the usual advice.

He's known as the "Stephen Hawking of performance art" and communicates, like the esteemed Lucasian professor of mathematics, with a pointing board. His vice-presidential candidate is Dr Susan Block, an internet and telephone sex therapist who also hosts an explicit cable and internet TV show.

"Define 'win'," he says through his interpreter when I ask about his chances. "I have already won. You are talking to me. It's not just a publicity exercise, but (an effort) to get the issue talked about in a real way."

His policies include abolishing welfare and social security in favour of a $1000-a-month payment for every adult; free education and healthcare for all; a flat-rate tax of 10% for earnings up to $1million, with a 75% rate on earnings above that; and halving the military budget.

"I suppose at first it's kind of funny," says Block. "Here's this quadriplegic artist and a pretty outspoken sex therapist who likes to dress up in lingerie. But I think when people read our platform they'll find there's a lot of sense in it. Right now, some politicians are sexually repressed and channelling their sexual energies into big phallic bombs and war and destruction." Make love not war, indeed.

good luck

2008-11-03T22:46:00.001-08:00

Stavros wrote:
Tonight on the eve of the election I refuse to believe the polls. I don’t care what they say, You have a chance in winning this election.

Frank Moore wrote:
yep, a chance and a possibility!...upon which i've made a lifetime!

NEED I SAY MORE?

2008-11-03T22:45:00.001-08:00

Frank Moore for President is mentioned here ...!

2008-11-03T22:43:00.000-08:00

STILL MORE PRESS!

http://www.counterpunch.org/block09202008.html
Suzy's article mentioning that her "man" is Frank Moore appeared here on CounterPunch's website!

League of Women Voters
SmartVoter.Org
http://www.smartvoter.org/2008/11/04/ca/state/president.html
Frank is listed here!

http://im.about.com/od/resources/a/potusicons.htm
Frank is listed here on a site about contacting candidates through Instant Messaging icons!

http://www.newswithviews.com/BreakingNews/breaking161.htm
Frank is listed here as a write-in candidate for President!

http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_10853849
Frank is listed here as a write-in candidate for President!

to refresh you before you go to the polls...

2008-11-03T22:39:00.000-08:00

FRANK MOORE’S ECONOMIC POLICIES

Frank Moore for President 2008

I’ll do away with welfare and social security. Instead, every American will receive a minimum income of $1,000 a month. This amount will be tied to the cost of living and will not be taxable. (See Guaranteed Minimum Income below for an expanded view.)

We will have universal prenatal-to-the-grave health care and universal free life-long education with equal access. Everyone will have equal access to health care; everyone will have the same health coverage as the President has.

Public mass transit will be free, 24/7, and reliable.

The minimum income and the minimum/livable wage, linked to the cost of living, will rise every time the congress members vote themselves a pay raise…will rise by the same percentage of their raise.

Prisons should be only for violent or otherwise dangerous criminals. Prisons should be a part of the health and educational system and should include drug rehab programs. This should also be true for the new creative in-community programs for non-violent criminals for paying-back, rehab, and education sentencing. These programs will be more effective and much less expensive and harmful to the community on every level than the current human warehouse system. Flexibility of sentencing should to be returned to judges. I will ban the death penalty.

The use of drugs should be legalized and taxed. Pot and spirits should be sold over the counter to adults only. Tobacco and other addictive drugs should be sold by prescription only. Free drug rehab programs should be readily available.

I will forgive the loans to the so-called third-world countries over the original principle.

How will I pay for all of these new programs?

I’ll do away with all tax deductions for over $12,000 income. Instead, there will be a flat tax of 10% on annual income of less than one million dollars for an individual and less than five million dollars for a corporation. But the flat tax will jump to 75% on annual income exceeding these limits. An individual taxpayer will be able to direct her taxes to what functions she wants to support. But corporate taxpayers should not have this option.

I’ll cut the military budget by at least half.

I will reduce the federal government while raising services to the people by getting rid of welfare, social security, the so-called war on drugs, etc., and by the cuts in the military, the I.R.S., prisons, etc. The Department of Homeland Fear… I mean Security…has been a disaster, a con job on a massive scale. I will junk it.

Community-based health services will create jobs, and increase quality of life for patients and the community itself, especially the elderly. It will be more effective, more humane, and cheaper.

Preventative medicine will cut costs. School meals should be part of the health system. Growing food in schools, and healthy meals in schools will cut medical costs and improve kids’ performance in school. This will also make schools more a part of their communities, increasing the overall health of the communities.

Today, because of monopolies, we pay much more for drugs and have less access to drugs than most Western nations. The drug companies are searching for what will generate the largest profits, and that dictates the research. This means many problems that are deemed unprofitable are left unexplored. With profit/greed no longer the driving force in the health care system, medicine and coverage for the so called “non-profitable” diseases and services would be better funded and much improved. There will be much more funding available for things like primary care, immunizations, basic health care … things for the public good.

We will use half of the money we will save by cutting the military budget to pay down the national debt. I will shrink the federal bureaucracy and again use half of the savings for this pay down. I will reduce the pollution caused by obscene corporate profits.

Basically the problem is not a lack of money, but what we have spent our money on…war, pork, waste, etc. It has been a standard trick to distract us with supposed waste, fraud, etc. in the social programs while milking us out of billions in military waste, corporate welfare, etc.

On the bailout, let me get this straight...we are bailing out these companies to the tune of $700 billion because they are "too big to allow them to fail because if they failed, the whole global economy will crumble!" If this is true, if the global economy is that fragile, we are in deep shit. A bail out will not get us out of this deep shit. I would down size these companies to more sane sizes...I would break them up. I would make the selling of debt illegal. I would set an interest rate ceiling of 5% on all loans. I would bring back pre-Reagan regulations on banks, etc. If I were going to bail out these companies, they would have to provide full and free medical coverage to every American for 25 years!

Again, the selling/buying of debt should be illegal. Moreover, there should be a maximum interest rate of 10 percent on the original principle over the life time of a loan.

Royalties from medicines and devices that were developed in public universities or by the government will be returned to the public by way of funding the health care system. So the public will see a return on their investment in these public institutions. These funds could also help the education system I propose. All patents and copyrights will expire in 20 years. Inventions, products, etc. which are developed with governmental money and/or public institutions can not be patented.

It is to get back to common wealth rather than wealth, to induce the break up of the big corporations, to bring back the control of our society to us the people, to turn away from greed and distorting huge profits, and shift the burden of paying for our common good to those who have the ability to pay. All of this will open up a great wealth of new opportunities for everybody.

Frankly, most of "the rich" make out very well under my plan. In your personal life, do you know anybody making a million dollars a year? I don't. But I would call that person RICH. and that person would pay at the 10% tax rate. Not bad! The rich...like everybody else...will get $12,000 tax-free each year, free health-care and education, etc. Businesses won't have to provide health-care or pensions to their workers. Yep, the rich will do quite well. and the wealth junkies can still make as much money as they want. They will keep 25%!

All businesses selling their products in the U.S. will have to certify that their products were manufactured in accordance with this country’s labor, wage, environmental, and safety laws ... that they meet or exceed these ... no matter where they were produced. This would curb people’s desire to come to this country for a better life. It would also remove the corporations’ motivation for draining jobs from this country. Businesses would pay non-citizen workers at least the minimum wage which would be tied to the cost of living. Businesses that hire non-citizen workers would pay a tax to cover the additional costs to our educational and health systems. This tax couldn't be taken out of the wages of the workers.

Guaranteed Minimum Income, an expanded view

The guaranteed minimum income is meant to be a safety net rather than a replacement of work. I think most want to work…in an expanded concept of work. But to get a true feeling of what it would be like if you had to live on your minimum income, you have to crank in that you wouldn’t pay for health care, education, mass transit, etc. It all adds up. The combined minimum income couple…or a single parent with a child…would be $2,000 a month. This should provide a realistic basic living. This allows the single parent the option of being home doing the important work of raising a child. But free childcare provided by the universal free education system would open a whole host of new possibilities to the single parent.

The minimum income would encourage people to form the cooperative communal family [of all kinds] groupings who pool their incomes together…using their minimum incomes as a base to create more nourishing homes, to start and maintain small businesses. These communal groupings will be much more financially stable, emotionally nourishing, and environmentally friendly than today’s common isolating model of living.

It is all about caring and choice. If a senior wants to stay in her own home, the $1,000 a month will make that possible as will the home attendants provided by the health care system. This is also true if she wants to live with her family or in communal housing. This will actually be much cheaper than the scary mess we have now. The warehouse nursing home will be a thing of the past. Seniors will be an important, active element of every part of our society. We need everyone actively involved. We simply cannot afford on any level to warehouse portions of our population. It is a waste of potential!

Some people have expressed concerns that the guaranteed minimum income would drain people’s productivity. They ask why people would work. What they are really asking is why people would work without the whip of fear of hunger and poverty. They never ask this about the rich or the corporations, only about the working class and the poor. In reality most people want to work, want to contribute, want to improve their lives. Hunger, poverty, and fear drain productivity. If we are to survive, we need to end hunger, poverty, and fear.

The guaranteed minimum income will tend to keep wages in general higher and working conditions safer and more worker-friendly. This was also true for welfare and was the true root of the capitalist opposition to welfare.

The guaranteed minimum income will be very different from welfare. Everyone will get it. So there will be no stigma attached to getting it. There will be no red tape, no entrapping rules, no case workers drained of their humanity, and the rest of the demeaning rituals of enforced head-bowing associated with getting public assistance. The guaranteed minimum income will be something you get as a citizen, something you can depend on.

ANOTHER DAY, MORE PRESS!

2008-11-03T22:38:00.000-08:00

Impressions Of America

well our campaign was just endorsed by ...

2008-11-03T22:33:00.000-08:00

The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS Church), one of the largest Mormon fundamentalist denominations[1][2] and one of United States' largest practitioners of plural marriages. they have 100,000 members.

in their voters guide at http://www.communitiesinharmony.net/newsletters/Issue6FINAL2008_files/page0006.html, they gave me their highest ratings for both my ethics and my commitment to civil rights.

they don't even know that i grew up in utah nor that one of my aunts grew up in a bigamist family.

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

the report on the local college radio nightly news about our campain

2008-11-03T22:32:00.001-08:00

http://www.luver.net/audio/KALX_103108.mp3

campaign

2008-11-03T22:30:00.000-08:00

Lundy Ray wrote:
is your campaign for real?

Frank Moore wrote:
it is, hence it is real.

Dorothy Jesse Beagle wrote:
Great response, reminded me also of Bill Clinton's FAMOUS line when he was busted, "it depends on what is IS! he is still proving himself to be the most engaging speaker of the 'establishment politicos running' --- I of long wordedness admire your sucinctity. - a polling place somewhere in the southeast I believe, had a quandary, where could they find a polling place for the nudists separate from 'the regular.'

djb
GO PREZ GO! Jesse

PS - a polling place somewhere in the southeast I believe, had a quandary, such as where could they find a polling place for the nudists separate from 'the regular.'

Frank Moore wrote:
it is what it is!

I sent in my Ballot

2008-11-03T22:29:00.000-08:00

Devi wrote:
And voted for the best person ... Thanks for the opportunity xoxo Devi

Frank Moore wrote:
this warms me, devi!

Devi wrote:
which warms me ... glad to add heat to one hot guy! xoxo

Frank Moore wrote:
you always have heated me up!

Campaign Stop: BCM 28 upcoming airtimes

2008-11-03T22:28:00.000-08:00

THE FINALE OF THE CAMPAIGN! in addition, tonight (10.31.08) on the nightly news on KALX, the college radio station, they did an in-depth report on our campaign!

Katherine at B-TV wrote:
Linda,

Thanks for submitting LUVeR.org Special: Frank Moore for President “Imagine the Possibilities” Part 1. It’ll debut:
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Sat
11/08/08
02:00 PM
Channel 28
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Wed
11/05/08
05:30 PM
Channel 28
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Sun
11/02/08
05:00 AM
Channel 28
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Sat
11/01/08
06:00 AM
Channel 28

“Imagine the Possibilities” Part 2:
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Sun
11/02/08
06:00 AM
Channel 28
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Sat
11/01/08
07:00 AM
Channel 28

Better early than never!

Good luck on Tuesday!

Katherine

more on the campain trail

2008-10-31T23:26:00.001-07:00

DA BOYZ:

The union guy from IWW came in briefly ... he knows that Corey is involved in the Frank Moore for President campaign from chatting in the store, but also from seeing us at events where they have had booths too. He was saying that he ain't voting Obama, and doesn't want to vote McKinney or Nader either. Corey said he could vote for Frank! A qualified write-in in California. He said he would do that. Corey grabbed him a stuffed platform so that he had the names ... he said, "A voting guide and everything, great!"

KALX was doing a fund drive, and people were arriving to handle the phones ... they thought at first that Corey was one of those ... he could hear Loretta's voice on the air, doing the news, and just hung out on a couch and waited, watching the activity of a radio station. Fun! The girl next to him, waiting to be a phone person, asked what he was there for, and he told her and showed her Frank's platform. She said she liked election day being a paid holiday ...

Soon Loretta was out, and they were looking over Frank's bio that Corey had emailed her, but also brought a copy of ... she was picking out paragraphs she wanted to have on air, and couldn't stop checking them off one after the other! She kept saying, "Oh wow ... oh wow! This is really interesting ... this is great!" And soon they were heading into the recording studio with Chris, an engineer and new DJ at KALX too. Loretta would do a short intro/bio for Frank, and then Corey would continue the bio by reading from "Imagine the Possibilities", and then Loretta would ask why Frank decided to run, and Corey would read from "Finally, A Real Candidate for President", and then she would go into her 6 topics ... equal pay for women and men, getting out of Iraq, roe v. wade, global warming, health care and lowering gas prices ... But the computer filled up about 5 minutes into the recording! Chris had to delete a bunch of files and then they would start again. 5 minutes into what was supposed to be a 10 minute piece, and not out of the bio portion yet, Loretta reconsidered using as much of the bio, so that they could get to the issues ... and it still ended up going 17 minutes! Really really fun, and it felt like it went really well! Loretta and Chris were boweled over by Frank's words and approach ... Loretta said she wished she had more time to give to Frank's campaign, there was so much to talk about .. There were more tidbits that Corey gave off air that they were both fascinated by ... the write-in requirements, what happened in Minnesota, etc. ... Chris got the wave file burning, and headed out with handfuls of materials for Frank, and Corey and Loretta chatted while waiting for the file to burn. Chris had shown Loretta how to burn it to disc after the wav file finished, but she decided she wanted to wait for help doing it, since she really didn't know how to use that computer ... so Corey could get a copy of the interview at another time. She was talking about the late night music show she does on KALX ... saying she really wants to put stuff on that she hasn't heard anywhere else on the radio, to mix it up, to do stuff like she used to hear back east, when she was living in Erie, PA ... DJs would really mix it up a lot more than they do now, not just straight genre shows ... She liked to thrown in poetry, news, her own thoughts, music she hasn't heard much of on the radio ... She was talking about recently discovering The Last Poets, Gil Scott Heron ... Corey said that Frank was available to come on to her show and talk!

Back here, Corey came down for a tape to record the show... And soon the show was starting, Soapbox Derby. It started late because of the pledge drive, so hopefully, the DJ after Loretta wouldn't mind her running long and playing the whole interview she had done with Corey! After a guest talking about Prop. 8, Loretta introduced Frank Moore, and then it just went to music! It didn't play! Alexi called the station, and found out what Corey guessed ... technical difficulties ... too bad there wasn't someone there with more technical knowledge to help her!

We fliered around San Pablo/Gilman/Ashkenaz, and then down to Gilman St. Club, and then made our way around the city in a big circle, hitting all the major intersections and places where people congregate! It was a fun way to flier. At the corner of University and San Pablo, a guy watched us putting up the fliers, and was very curious, reading the poster. We handed him a platform, and he started reading it right away ... Then we postered our way around the street corners of that intersection, and when we came around to the last corner, there he was again waiting for a bus, and he came up to us and said that it is really good! "I like it, it is really good ... Obama won't do those things ... but he [Frank] can't ... it won't, happen now ... it is like ... 'utopia', no?" We said yes, but it could happen! It is possible ...

on the campaign trail

2008-10-31T23:22:00.000-07:00

DA BOYZ:
Corey got on the phone with Minnesota! He was put straight through to Nancy Breems, the woman who had signed the rejection letter to Frank, and talked over with her our contest of that decision, and the reasons, and mentioned Richard, and that we needed to have this resolved that day because of the impending deadline the next day! She put Corey on hold for a short time, and when she came back, she said that she was not the "end all, be all" of this elections department, so she needed to go over this with their legal counsel and she would have to get back to us. Corey suggested that he could email an article directly addressing this very issue, and she said that would be fine, and gave him the email to send it to. As soon as they were off the phone, Corey sent her the link to Richard's article, and then we started writing the day, and the usual morning stuff .... within about a half hour or so, she was calling back to let us know that their legal counsel had shown her her error in interpreting the requirements and that Frank was now a qualified write-in candidate for President, and Susan a qualified write-in candidate for Vice-President in Minnesota! Yay!!!

At BNG, it was the usual Monday morning activities ... fresh off the call to Minnesota, Corey was telling everyone what had happened. Amazing! Cindy, Nai were very impressed with the victory. Corey saw Steve Levine of Excellent Paper Supply again in the morning, in the store to check on BNG's stock, etc. Corey gave him a platform and a button this time, so that he was sure how to write in Frank and Suzy's names. He loved getting the button!

Corey told Jasmine all about Minnesota while they were stocking in the same aisle, and she really got it, really got how the government blocks access to the people, and how the whole thing is set up that way. She said, "What you don't know, CAN hurt you!" She said that she was telling her 12 year-old daughter about Frank running for President, and she was amazed and excited. She thought that there were only Obama and McCain! She didn't realize that anyone could run for President!

Corey called New York one more time to try and finally confirm Frank's write-in filing acceptance there. He left a message for Lisa, the woman he had been talking to, and she called back during our lunch break. It was official: Frank Moore and Susan Block are qualified write-in candidates for President/Vice-President in New York state!

On the way home from work, Corey put on the rw&b cowboy hat, and went door to door along Gilman's shops giving people platforms ... the response was mixed! Mostly people were surprised! What is this ...??? While the chiropracter glowered at Corey, and the BNG regular stood corrected (Corey was not supporting Bob Barr, but this Frank Moore!), the gal behind the counter was, with jaw dropped, looking over the platform Corey had just handed her!

We headed out with our cowboy hats on and hands full of stuffed platforms! We stopped by J.P.s first to invite him to the election night party, and then went door to door, leaving Frank's platform in the most obvious place we could, usually on the front door mats, or tucked into screens or in the door ... It was fun! Really a trip to think of all these people checking out Frank's platform ... We went all the way up Curtis to Marin, and then back up Neilson ... It got dark, and we ran out a little before Francis. So we headed home, reading the passage about the Brotherhood of the Spirit that we came upon in the cookbook that we had picked up along the way -- wow!! Then we picked up more platforms, hit a few more places on Curtis on the way to Gilman, and then went back up Neilson from the other side, completing that block! Really fun, and a workout, going up and down all those stairs!

When we got up to the Monterey Market area, we gave a platform to the gal with her Obama Biden table set up outside Monterey Market. She had met Frank already, and said that he is a "very nice gentleman" and wished us luck!

We bought the olive oil, and then wheeled down the set of shops there on Hopkins ... it wasn't the best time to electioneer with shop owners because it was the end of the day, and they were busy with last minute shoppers, etc. We went past Gioia pizza, hovering there for a few minutes and looking at the write-ups posted on their windows ... the cute girl working inside came over to the order window and asked us what was up? We told her we were checking out the pizza, and also handing out platforms for Frank Moore for President! We gave her one ... and she started reading it right there ... we did a little u-turn ... the guy in the liquor store was really busy too, so we would just head home, postering our way back ... She was still reading it! We asked her what she thought, and she came over pointing to a paragraph, and saying, "Well, I don't think I like this!" It was the paragraph about marriage ... She asked what was Frank getting at there? Did he not want the government to expand their concept of marriage? We explained that Frank wanted government to stay out of how people define their relationships totally, so people can get married or celebrate their relationships in whatever way they want to, but the government will afford all forms of relationships of 2 or more people the same rights and benefits. After talking about it for a bit, she really got it. She asked who Frank was, and we told her that he is an artist, a performance artist here in Berkeley ... he himself lives in a tribal relationship of 7 people. She said, "Hmmm .... sounds very ... intimate ..." We said yes ... And then her boss had to yank her back inside to serve up pizza! And we were off to put up fliers and head home.

I say vote for Frank Moore and Dr. Suzy Block! - tribe.net

2008-10-31T23:17:00.002-07:00

I VALUE BURNING MAN VOTES!

2 Comments

BryTee
BryTee
offline 215
Wed, October 29, 2008 - 12:14 AM
Very good policies
I don't think the rich would like it, I don't think people who *think* they might eventually be rich would like it either.

DVDB...
DVDBurner
offline 139
Wed, October 29, 2008 - 12:36 AM
Isn't it weird you may be right about that?

Sticks and Stones

2008-10-31T23:17:00.001-07:00

Gretchen Menn wrote:
Hi, Frank,
I wanted to thank you so much for having Sticks and Stones on your show last night! It was a real pleasure, and we sure appreciate you taking the time to talk to us (not to mention allowing us to take over your front room for a couple hours!).
Rock on, and kick butt on election day!
Gretchen

Frank Moore wrote:
are you going to vote for me?

Gretchen Menn wrote:
You've got all of Sticks and Stones' votes! Sam came into rehearsal last night having read your platform and informed Mickael and me that you are a genius who could save all the world's problems...and Sam's not one to to effusive!

Thanks again for having us, and I look forward to seeing you in my other incarnation (Francis Bakin).

Gretchen

Frank Moore wrote:
i value y'all's votes...and especially sam's!

Frank Moore For President 2008 Photo Blog

2008-10-31T23:15:00.001-07:00

check out the new photos on the
Frank Moore For President 2008 Photo Blog
http://frankmooreforpresident08photos.blogspot.com/

Re: Frank received a rejection letter from Minnesota yesterday ...

2008-10-30T15:55:00.001-07:00

John The Baker wrote:
wow ! that is like the best thing . in these times of voter fraud and purges. having a victory so huge is commendable. thank you frank moore , I am so proud to know you as my friend. Sometimes I get caught up in , "well a third party candidate is a waste of time", type of thinking and so to see a victory of this magnitude from the dilligence of one man and his friends is truly inspiring !
YOU ARE THE MAN FRANK.

thanks you so much for staying focused and pour of heart. your innocent approach to this process allows this type of changes in our system. I am overjoyed ! Now I will always believe that other party candidates can make a difference, I will explain this to people using your experience in MN as an example of just how a lone wolf candidate can make a difference just by standing up with persistance to do the right thing.

wow. i am a changed person. thanks once again for helping me frank.
love,
John the Baker

Frank Moore wrote:
john, what a wonderful letter/email! it fuels me/us! it means a lot to me. what we have here is a feedback loop...you inspire me, i inspire you, we inspire others, and so on. there have been thousands of these feedback loops during the campaign [not to mention in life in general]. people who say "but you can't win!" don't understand. we are expanding the possibilities in very concrete ways. btw, today in the mail there was the official apology from mn.!

Susan Block wrote:
Wow, tears are flowing, tears of joy that our campaign makes such a dif...
Xo suzy
http://www.drsusanblock.com/blog/

P.S. Frank: You and the campaign should be on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/drsuzy

Frank Moore wrote:
yes, indeedie!

how Frank would pay for all of the programs he proposes!

2008-10-30T15:50:00.000-07:00

From Virtual and Open Presidential Debate for 2008

Mr. Moore,

Great ideas on campaign reforms.

How do you plan to fund all the "free" programs you list?

With considerably reduced military, how do you propose to defend the USA against probable attacks?

Respectfully,

Daniel Kingery

Frank Moore wrote:
I’ll do away with all tax deductions for over $12,000 income. Instead, there will be a flat tax of 10% on annual income of less than one million dollars for an individual and less than five million dollars for a corporation. But the flat tax will jump to 75% on annual income exceeding these limits.

I’ll cut the military budget by at least half.

I will also reduce the federal government while raising services to the people by getting rid of welfare, social security, the so-called war on drugs, etc., and by the cuts in the military, the I.R.S., prisons, etc.

We will use half of the money we will save by cutting the military budget to pay down the national debt. I will shrink the federal bureaucracy and again use half of the savings for this pay down. I will reduce the pollution caused by obscene corporate profits.

Basically the problem is not a lack of money, but what we have spent our money on…war, pork, waste, etc. It has been a standard trick to distract us with supposed waste, fraud, etc. in the social programs while milking us out of billions in military waste, corporate welfare, etc.

Today, because of monopolies, we pay much more for drugs and have less access to drugs than most Western nations. The drug companies are searching for what will generate the largest profits, and that dictates the research. This means many problems that are deemed unprofitable are left unexplored. Under my policies, companies that develop drugs based on research done at universities, government labs or other public institutions will pay royalties to those public institutions, thereby making future research possible.

It is to get back to common wealth rather than wealth, to induce the break up of the big corporations, to bring back the control of our society to us the people, to turn away from greed and distorting huge profits, and shift the burden of paying for our common good to those who have the ability to pay. all of this will open up a great wealth of new opportunities for everybody.

Frankly, most of "the rich" make out very well under my plan. In your personal life, do you know anybody making a million dollars a year? I don't. but I would call that person RICH. and that person would pay at the 10% tax rate. Not bad! The rich...like everybody else...will get $12,000 tax-free each year, free health-care and education, etc. Businesses won't have to provide health-care or pensions to their workers. Yep, the rich will do quite well. and the wealth junkies can still make as much money as they want. They will keep 25%!

All businesses selling their products in the U.S. will have to certify that their products were manufactured in accordance with this country’s labor, wage, environmental, and safety laws ... that they meet or exceed these ... no matter where they were produced. This would curb people’s desire to come to this country for a better life. It would also remove the corporations’ motivation for draining jobs from this country. Businesses would pay non-citizen workers at least the minimum wage which would be tied to the cost of living. Businesses that hire non-citizen workers would pay a tax to cover the additional costs to our educational and health systems. This tax couldn't be taken out of the wages of the workers.

The military budget is so bloated, so focused on the past, cutting it by half would actually increase, rather than decrease, our military defense effectiveness.

Frank Moore is a screwball

2008-10-30T15:46:00.000-07:00

Blue House wrote:
I posted Frank's platform on energy and climate change on craigslist Oregon, and was posted after ...

Frank Moore is a screwball

So Frank Moore wants us all to live in small villages connected to mass transit? What happens to all the big cities that exist? If you took away most of the combustion engines in the major cities and put an emphases on mass transit or produced electric cars or hybrid cars you could create a much healthier environment, why would people have to live in small villages?

His ideas seem to be unrealistic at best. He says that he promotes free public mass transit,well who will pay for it? He says he is also for legalizing drugs yet he turns around and says that tobacco should require a prescription. He proposes that he will do away with welfare and social security and give every adult American a minimum income of $1,000 a month. What happens to the safety net for people who have been laid off, and people with disabilities, and people nearing retirement age? Don't they need that social security and don't the severely disabled need some form of assistance?

If he completely does away with welfare and social security just how exactly is he going to "guarantee employment" for millions of Americans out of work and not receiving any money? Just think how desperate millions of Americans will become if you leave them jobless, with no social security, or food stamps, and with no money to eat or provide shelter over their heads when they are out of work, crime will triple.

What he says sounds enticing but it really doesn't make any sense at all, and why would I vote for a candidate who stands absolutely NO chance at all to win?

Frank Moore wrote:
a screwball, eh? well, pitchers will tell you that screwballs are very useful, especially if they are controlled/focused.

cities are actually networks of small villages. living in terms of small villages is much more effective on every level. the less energy we use the better, no matter what kind of energy.

see my platform at http://www.frankmooreforpresident08.com/ to see how we will pay for our proposals. the combination of the guaranteed minimum income of $1,000 a month, lifetime free education, and universal free health care [including long term care and home attendants] will form an effective safety net.

will you put this in GOING ON?

2008-10-30T15:44:00.000-07:00

this November [or earlier],

WRITE-IN
FRANK MOORE
for PRESIDENT

& SUSAN BLOCK
for VICE-PRESIDENT!

for a humane, sustainable, and just plain enjoyable society!

See http://www.frankmooreforpresident08.com/qualified_write-in_states.html
for the states in which Frank is qualified as a write-in candidate and
instructions for how to write-in Frank Moore / Susan Block in your state!

Frank Moore has qualified in the following 25 states as a write-in
candidate for President of the United States! Alabama, Alaska, California,
Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota,
Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia,
Wisconsin, Wyoming.

Go to http://www.frankmooreforpresident08.com/ to read his platform and
check in with the campaign. And to find out to write in, go to
http://www.frankmooreforpresident08.com/qualified_write-in_states.html and
click on your state.

Harley wrote:
Hi Guys n Gals - please send Goings On email to harley@franklinfurnace.org
only - this account is my personal one - no need to duplicate. thanks
m'friends, Harley

Frank Moore wrote:
OK

Harley wrote:
grassy-ass! run Frank run = Pennsylvania Avenue's almost in sight and lord
knows we need ya! Harley, forever dangling carrots

Frank Moore wrote:
better than dangling chads!

New York

2008-10-30T15:38:00.000-07:00

Blue House wrote:
It is official (finally got the confirmation from NY yesterday after weeks of the write-ins being under "Executive Review"): Frank Moore and Susan Block are qualified write-in candidates for President/Vice-President in New York state!

Frank Moore wrote:
it's very exciting!

btw, i just read that they don't count write-ins on election night. it may take up to a month to find out how many votes we got.

on the campaign trail

2008-10-29T04:31:00.000-07:00

DA BOYZ:

There was the call from the polygamist group! Corey went down to call Carlene ... amazing! She loved all of Frank's platform ideas that Corey talked about in response to her candidate survey ... this would be reaching 30,000 polygamist voters in Utah! She was especially struck by the simple masterful concept of family that Frank outlines in the platform ... marriages would be left to churches, etc. ... but any 2 or more people who have lived together for more than 2 years can register as a family, and receive all the benefits and protections that married couples receive today. An amazing call, and she would be sending the list of questions to Frank as well so that he could expand on some of the ideas!

Then we were parking in downtown Berkeley, and getting started! We plastered all of downtown Berkeley. We realized that it was much easier to do a postering night in Berkeley on a Saturday night, plus we knew now that they would stay up until Monday! Much easier than going out on a Friday night after a full day of work and all the other Friday evening activities. We wore our red, white & blue cowboy hats, which people really like, and made our way through downtown, plastering! People were curious, and we handed out platforms to several people along the way. At a cafe about halfway through our route, we ran into this older scraggly guy and a young black guy at the back of the cafe near the poster board. They both knew about Frank running for President. The older guy said that he and Frank are legendary! We asked him what he was legendary for?! He said he didn't want to toot his own horn, and tried to get the younger guy to tell us, but it didn't work, so he confided that he has sold enormous amounts of pot in his lifetime, a proud member of NORML. We told him about Frank's platform on legalization, and he already knew about it. He really liked Frank, loved the platform, and said that people think that this is some kind of a joke when they see Frank's picture, but this is a very substantive serious platform that Frank has. The younger black guy knew that Frank was running too, but hadn't read the platform, and we gave him one, and left him reading it ... totally engrossed. We gave the older guy a button too, which he loved!

We postered our way back to the car ... a succesful night of fliering. It was so neat to experience first hand how effective the fliering is, and how many people are being exposed to Frank ...

At bng, on an early break with Nai and Kao, they were watching the news, and Nai was asking why they never talk about Frank on the news if he is one of 7 or so candidates who could actually win the presidency. Kao said that they don't even cover some of the more well known 3rd party candidates, because they don't want people to know about anyone except the parties in power, they don't want to allow for the other possibilities.

Corey was also telling folks about the call from Utah, and the 30,000 potential votes in Utah! Jennifer said that she liked Frank's platform about marriage -- it made a lot of sense!

Checking off the new milk guy, Tom, telling him the latest about Frank's campaign ... and then back into the cooler to do the milk delivery ... Kevin of Cultured (raw sauerkraut), Alex's husband, was doing his semi-regular delivery to the store ... The last time he was there, Corey was outside checking off the milk order and talking to Bruce about the campaign ... and Corey told him about Frank running for President ... he sort of knew about it, but was totally impressed to learn that it was completely for real! Now, Corey had a chance to hand him a platform, and he was really glad to get it, saying he and Alex were going to check it out! Corey also told him about the call from Utah, which he was totally amazed by, and as he was leaving, saying, Frank could get the polygamist vote in Utah!

Also, in the morning at some point, Steve Levine of Excellent Paper Supply was in the store, doing his order for BNG, and Corey and he started chatting about the election. He was disgusted with the process ... he didn't like that his local polling place had been shut down and his only choice for voting now was to do it by mail. That was not an anonymous vote, they knew where it was coming from, especially out where he lived in the country in Napa ... He much preferred to go into the polling place and push the buttons, and turn in his ballot, but since Napa county was closing down scores of polling places, he imagined that the Napa elections department didn't share his point of view! Corey asked him if he had told him about Frank running for President? He had, and Steve had also read the platform ... Steve said, so I can't look for his name on the ballot, right? I have to write him in? Frank Moore? M-O-O-R-E? Ok. Well, I am going to vote for Frank, I'll write him in. !

Corey wrote up the email about the Minnesota letter to Richard Winger, and it wasn't long before he responded, and then Corey talked to him by phone too. What would we do without Richard!? Amazing! ... reading his blog post later, it was amazing how he could just pull up these court cases to illustrate his point, and now we could use this as well when Corey called Minnesota Monday morning!

We went into Cafe International, and saw Zahara again, the owner ... it had been quite some time. We told her that Frank was running for President! She said, Really?? "Well, he'll be better than this," and she pulled out a color copy of McCain's head with Palin next to him, actually her face on a nude playboy-type model's body! We gave her the platform and she started reading it, loving everything ... She took a button too and put it right on. And told the guy waiting for coffee behind us that he should vote for Frank! She said, "He'll get some votes through me, because I have a lot of influence in this neighborhood!"

virtual debate question

2008-10-29T04:30:00.001-07:00

Blue House wrote:
There was actually another question, which I'm not sure exactly how Frank would answer (part of the same post with the question about funding the free programs ...)

"With considerably reduced military, how do you propose to defend the USA against probable attacks?"

Frank Moore wrote:
the military budget is so bloated, so focused on the past, cutting it by half would actually increase, rather than decrease, our military defense effectiveness.

District of Columbia

2008-10-29T04:28:00.000-07:00

Richard Winger wrote:
did you file in the District of Columbia?

can't tell from your map. DC is too small to show up!

I am broken-hearted to learn today that Alaska won't tally write-in votes, even for declared write-in candidates.

Frank Moore wrote:
unfortunately we are one person/elector short in d.c.

i figure that if we had known when we started this campaign 2 years ago what we know now, we would have qualified in between 5 to 10 more states.

Voting...

2008-10-29T04:23:00.000-07:00

Paul Escriva wrote:
Hi Frankie,

Just got home from casting an early voting ballot for you.

Have been distributing the buttons you sent for the past few weeks. I even gave one of the original buttons to Tim Miller back in July.

Chicago weather is cold but it is heating up over you!

When will you get the actual count from each state?

Take care,

xo Paul

Frank Moore wrote:
great, paul! keep it up! as for finding out how many votes we got, we will figure that out AFTER the election. now we are focused on getting votes!

Frank received a rejection letter from Minnesota yesterday ...

2008-10-29T04:11:00.000-07:00

ok, gather around....i've a tale of victory to tell...

on saturday i wrote suzy, my vice-president, this:

"btw, i hope you are ready to move to another state if we win california's popular vote...as chaney did! as if we have to worry about that happening. apparently we can't have the same electors if we live in the same state...but only if we win in that state!

we only found out that absurdity today! it came up because yesterday we got an official letter from mn informing us they had rejected our forms in july to be write-in candidates [oh, btw,, the deadline to appeal is this week!] because the president and the vice president can't be from the same state. this was the first time i heard that requirement...and obviously the other 24 states that qualified us haven't either! so we asked our ballot expert. he was outraged. it's bogus. we are challenging it! but then he told us about the elector rule! but never fear...if we win california, just move to d.c. early!"

this was the letter from the Elections Division of the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, dated OCTOBER 17:

"Dear Mr. Moore,

Thank you for submitting the document, Written Request By Write-In Candidates for Federal and State Office. Your document was received on July 1, 2008.

Your document has been rejected because, for the office of President and Vice President, the candidates must be residents of different states.

Sincerely,

Nancy Breems
Elections Division
Office of the MN Secretary of State"

(The deadline for filing for write-in candidates is OCTOBER 29)

Included in the envelope were three other things:

1) a blank "Written Request By Write-In Candidates For Federal And State Office" form. This is the form that we filled out and sent in to them. It has a space for the name of the Vice-Presidential candidate, and says to print name and state of residence. It does not say anything about the vice-presidential candidate needing to be from a different state.

2) a print-out from the Minnesota Office of the Secretary of State website --
http://www.sos.state.mn.us/templates/printer_version.asp?page=899

It is titled: "Presidential Ballot Access and Election Process"

We have read through this description of the qualifications and process for a candidate for President, and it makes no mention of the candidates for president and vice-president needing to be from different states. In fact, there are other links on this page, including one that says: "2008 Presidential Ballot Access Q&A". http://www.sos.state.mn.us/docs/presidential_ballot_access_qa_2008gp.pdf
This also does not make any mention of this requirement.

The "Presidential Ballot Access and Election Process" page lists the qualifications for President, and cites the Constitution: "A person must be a natural born citizen of the United States, be at least 35 years of age, and have been a resident of the United States for at least 14 years to be qualified to be President of the United States. (The Constitution of the United States of America, Article II, Section 1)"

3) a glossy printed brochure from the Office of the Secretary of State, State of Minnesota.
Inside, there is a section outlined in pen, under "Qualifications for Partisan Offices Elected in 2008:"

"President and Vice President: Candidate must be a natural born citizen, at least 35-years-old and a resident of the United States for 14 years. Candidates for president and vice president must be residents of different states."

It does not cite the Constitution here.

so we asked richard winger, the nation's leading expert on ballot access, who has been helping us, what gives!

richard answered:

"This is outrageous. Many people mistakenly think the US Constitution requires the president and vice-president to be from different states. They are wrong. The Constitution only says that electors from one state cannot vote for both president and vice-president for people who are from THAT STATE. Furthermore, the 12th Amendment says "The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves. Furthermore, in 2004, a Democratic elector from Minnesota did vote for someone for both president and vice-president from the same state. One elector voted for John Edwards for both president and for vice-president. Please get me a copy of the Minnesota letter. I will denounce it!"

he and corey talked throughout the weekend. Richard advised us to call first thing Monday morning and talk to the woman who wrote the rejection letter from the MN Elections Division. over the weekend richard posted this on his site, http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/10/:

Minnesota Secretary of State Rejects Presidential Write-in Filing for Frank Moore
October 25th, 2008

Frank Moore is a write-in presidential candidate, who has been diligently attempting to file for declared write-in status in as many states as possible. He is likely to succeed in 25 states, which will probably be a record. However, on October 17, the Minnesota Elections Division rejected his write-in filing on 12th Amendment Grounds. The Minnesota Elections Division seems to not understand the 12th Amendment.

The letter says, “Dear Mr. Moore, thank you for submitting the document, Written Request by Write-in Candidates for Federal and State Office. Your document has been rejected because, for the Office of President and Vice President, the candidates must be residents of different states.”

This letter is mistaken for two completely separate reasons: (1) The 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does not require presidential and vice-presidential candidates to reside in different states. The only restriction is that if a presidential and vice-presidential candidate do both live in the same state, they can’t both receive electoral votes from THAT state; (2) Even setting that point aside, the residence of the candidate for president and vice-president is only material in December of the election year, when the electors meet and vote. To illustrate, in 2000, Dick Cheney and George W. Bush both lived in Texas when they were nominated. After being nominated, Cheney changed his voter registration from Texas to Wyoming, so that both he and Bush would be able to receive the Texas electoral votes.

Ironically, in 2004 a Minnesota elector did vote for someone for president, and someone for vice-president, who lived in the same state, the state of North Carolina. One Democratic elector, for reasons unknown, voted for John Edwards for both president and for vice-president. Congress counted that electoral vote.

Another point is that Minnesota in the past has placed teams of presidential and vice-presidential candidates on the November ballot, even though both individuals lived in the same state. The Socialist Workers Party ticket consisted of a New Yorker for president, and a New Yorker for vice-president, in 1968, and that team appeared on the Minnesota ballot. In 1968, a New York challenge was filed against the SWP ticket on the grounds that both lived in that state, but the challenge was defeated. The case was Application of Horowitz, 294 NYS 2d 69, affirmed, 294 NYS 2d 988.

this generated outraged calls other than corey's to mn. so when corey called mn early monday morning, the groundwork had been laid. after consulting with their own legal staff, mn reversed itself, admitting it was a mistaken interpretation! suzy and i are now qualitified in mn! it is amazing that our campaign has forced a few states to change their election policies!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Comment on Ballot Access News blog re: Frank's MN rejection letter

This is from the October blog posting about Frank's rejection letter from MN on Ballot Access News
http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/10/25/minnesota-secretary-of-state-rejects-presidential-write-in-filing-for-frank-moore/#comments

# randallthayes Says:
October 26th, 2008 at 8:44 am

I emailed the Minn. Sec. of State’s office last night explaining how they misapplied the law and asking that they correct their mistake and accept Mr. Moore as a write-in candidate.

If anyone else wants to contact them, here’s their contact page:

http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=42

Ruth Spivak wrote:
Frank,

We got our sample ballots last week. I was so pleased to see your name in the write in candidate area. You are definitely on the ballot in Maryland!

Let me know your final numbers. I will be very interested.

I think you will be interested in this article, if you haven't already read it. http://tinyurl.com/5wwnn2

Ruth Meyer Spivak

Frank Moore wrote:
yep, it is slightly surreal to see it in the official frame of reality!

so do i have your vote?

John The Baker wrote:
wow ! that is like the best thing . in these times of voter fraud and purges. having a victory so huge is commendable. thank you frank moore , I am so proud to know you as my friend. Sometimes I get caught up in , "well a third party candidate is a waste of time", type of thinking and so to see a victory of this magnitude from the dilligence of one man and his friends is truly inspiring !
YOU ARE THE MAN FRANK.

thanks you so much for staying focused and pour of heart. your innocent approach to this process allows this type of changes in our system. I am overjoyed ! Now I will always believe that other party candidates can make a difference, I will explain this to people using your experience in MN as an example of just how a lone wolf candidate can make a difference just by standing up with persistance to do the right thing.

wow. i am a changed person. thanks once again for helping me frank.
love,
John the Baker

Frank Moore wrote:
john, what a wonderful letter/email! it fuels me/us! it means a lot to me. what we have here is a feedback loop...you inspire me, i inspire you, we inspire others, and so on. there have been thousands of these feedback loops during the campaign [not to mention in life in general]. people who say "but you can't win!" don't understand. we are expanding the possibilities in very concrete ways. btw, today in the mail there was the official apology from mn.!

Good luck in the election...

2008-10-29T03:32:00.000-07:00

Twisterbait wrote:
You guys are going to win this time.

Then there'll be no more of this...

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7Oxgq79PWhs

Good luck!

Frank Moore wrote:
yep, i and susan just might win this sucker! more and more people are saying they WILL vote for us!

Twisterbait wrote:
Here’s hoping all the votes get counted properly this time… you’ve got mine mentally (being a UK citizen), for a fully functioning democracy!

Frank Moore wrote:
actually some states refuse to count write-ins...even officially qualified write-in candidates...which is illegal!

Twisterbait (Brendan Fitchew) wrote:
I’m sad to say that doesn’t surprise me, taking into account the blatancy of the other illegal vote-removing methods that have been used successfully in the past.

Here’s something I’ve just sent out in the hope it might catch a few undecided folks out there…

Terrorism relies on people's fear of an enemy.

There is no enemy other than fear.

It's a tool that's been cunningly and callously used throughout history to physically empower those who are themselves ruled by it.

It's instilled in Americans every day, because without it the US could not have its democracy, constitution, civil liberties and freedom removed from the hands of its people.

'Terrorists' spread terror to justify actions which only they benefit from while those who support them are left disillusioned, poor, homeless, childless or dead, and devoid of rights.

If you're looking for an alternative to fear, may I suggest you vote for this guy:

http://www.frankmooreforpresident08.com/

Frank Moore wrote:
brendan, thanks for your endorsement!

moore/block campaign pics from meloversary at the speakeasy

2008-10-27T23:04:00.000-07:00

the finale of the campaign

2008-10-27T22:04:00.001-07:00

Last night, we did my last campaign speech…at least for this campaign! It was at the retirement community where Erika works as The Director of Enrichment. I spoke there about a year ago delivering one of my first campaign speeches. A lot has changed between the 2 appearances, both in the outside world, but especially in their world…and NOT change for the better. Their community was just bought from a family-owned non-profit by a big for-profit corporation. This corporation doesn’t value “enrichment,” “community,” or the people [the residents and the staff alike] who have been there for many years. Instead it is in the process of removing the older people and going after a younger [richer] crowd who would require less care, hence less costs, hence bigger profits. This was the context in which the standing room only audience took what I was saying. Last year they got what I was saying. But this year, everything was more intense, real, and personal. We were describing how things should be, how we could get there in very practical terms. I did my longer speech, but almost everybody in the room stayed engaged. What a finale for the campaign!

DA BOYZ:
It was really fun to be back at the Claremont again, setting up for another campaign event! Kit was around too, finishing off his day of work ... It was really fun to decorate ... the last hurrah! Election night would be the last event of this amazing campaign ... unless of course Frank won!!!

We all decorated, and Corey set up the camera, and folks were starting to come in and sit down, and by the time Frank, Linda and Mikee arrived, they had a full house! The running commentary from some of the ladies in the back row was stuff you couldn't make up if you tried ... so, so funny and totally uninhibited ...

After getting the mics set up, Frank got right into his speech ... and it was really amazing how it felt like everyone there was really taking it in on a deep level, really listening. It did feel like the hour went by very fast, and it was so great that Frank brought in what had happened at the Claremont, now "Monarch", to illustrate what he would confront as President ... really powerful on so many levels! And how Frank's speech addressed seniors specifically, and what he would do as President to address the "warehousing" of seniors, to cover all of their needs, to integrate everyone into society together because we need all members of society ... it was just so powerful, and it really felt like everyone there took these ideas in very deeply! It was amazing how the one guy likened Frank's ideas to socialism, a revival of Eugene Debs' ideas, and we remembered later that Richard Winger had said something similar about Frank's platform ... that it was socialist in nature, but did not give you the feeling you get from listening to Socialists or reading socialist writing ... it was much more inviting, attractive .... something like that! It was really powerful too, Sydney's comments about the former Claremont and what has happened there ...

And then the speech was over, and everyone was invited to have milk and cookies ... And Frank and Linda chatted with Ruth up front, who really enjoyed Frank's speech, and liked wearing the red, white & blue cowboy hat, and liked that she would be on public access tv! And then the evening melted into a deep, soft concentrated conversation with Carol ... a woman we found out later is around 97 years old ... she wanted to know more about Frank, and Linda, and how we all live, what Frank's daily life is like ... it was so deep and moving on so many levels ... Linda said later it was felt like "one body" with Carol ... She just kept asking questions ... and was really moved and impressed and fascinated with Frank ... She used to live in our neighborhood, was a teacher ... they got to know each other ... she got to hear all about Frank's daily routine, what you do "for fun", basically what Frank's day is like ... It was so powerful after hearing Frank's presidential plan, to hear about your/our life so intimately, and to feel it resonate so deeply in Carol ... And then later, we were talking about the level of how Carol would repeat questions, but it never felt like it was the same question ... more like rubbing a wood carving in a certain place deeper and deeper to get to the deep feeling of the carving. And how because you didn't get into the repeating of her questions in the way that people might commonly perceive them, that it transformed not only the conversation, but the whole notion of aging, and communicating with older people ... the whole thing was very transformative! It was so neat how you talked about your days ... longer than 24 hour days, and how Carol really appreciated this, and then there was the level of how she asked Frank so much about how he gets around, and can he walk, and does he mind sitting for long periods of time...? ... we only found out later that she was confronting issues with her own need for a wheelchair, and so hearing how Frank enjoyed his life so fully, even though he was usually sitting, in one form or another, must have had quite an effect on her ... It was really really fun, and deep.

ERIKA:
Kit was back from putting up flyers and he helped set up the cookies with red, white and blue napkins!!! The decorations looked great and soon you arrived, just in time. The residents were chatting, "Where is the toothless wonder?" "Who is this Guy Frank Moore?" And then he arrived. Frank started right in with his speech telling everyone that they could interrupt at any time with questions and comments. The room was sucked into his speech, everything dropped down deep and they were ready to listen. There was a little chatter throughout but the feeling in the room was they were right there with him going into the world that he was creating through his speech/platform, especially in the parts that were about health care, and that everything they needed including all their expenses to live in a retirement community would be taken care of, wow!! Then there were some questions and comments and Sidney said that she was noticing changes in the Monarch Place, that going from a non-profit to a profit business changes the feeling and that they had gotten rid of their nurse and Frank said to cut costs, to make more of a profit and that health care should not be for profit. There were a few more questions and comments and then we served up some Paul Newman's cookies and milk and most of the crowd left the room but before that time it was packed!!! A couple of residents stayed including Carol and Helen. Carol had questions about our life at home and how Frank spends his days and how he gets around and at times she repeated questions each time taking us down a different road, what do we do for fun, how do we spend our days, where do we live, does Frank walk, how does he get around the house. She was amazed by it all and impressed with all that we do including Frank's 48 hours performances!!! What an amazing night, what a great audience, what fun!! We started to clean up taking down the decorations etc. and soon headed home still talking about the night, the amazing conversation with Carol how ready for the speech everyone had been, how powerful the parts were that went directly into the lives of the residents.

JEN:
We got there and started decorating. Every now and then someone would poke their head in and say hi. A lot of people were looking for Erika. The place felt good. Once the room was done it filled up fast. Erika and I went around with consent forms and then you guys showed up and got ready in no time. The feeling there was very full and fun. Everyone taking in what Frank was saying, what his speech was about on a deep level. Even the comments and the joking was part of the fun. A lot of people felt what it would mean to them if Frank was president, how that would stop the for-profit bulldozer. There were serious candidate questions like what is his stance on abortion and gay marriage. His answers sunk in. It was very real and deep how Frank spoke to the people as himself, not some glossed over image of who he wants them to believe he is. After the speech people stuck around and had cookies and milk. They felt good, cozy. Then we had a great talk with Carole and her friend when everybody else had gone. She was so innocently curious as to how Frank lived. Her questions cut through everything and lead down different paths each time she asked them again. Finding out something new every time. Rubbing deeper into us. Everyone having a really great time just being there. It was a wonderful last campaign stop.

Betsy wrote:
Frank,
Sounds like a really good event. You are doing a great job. I have been following along with your emails. All the best, good luck,
Love, Betsy

Frank Moore wrote:
betsy, that means a lot coming from you! now vote for me!

Louis Scott wrote:
Is this the Betsy from San Bernardino days?

Thank you for all the work you're doing on the political scene. I never
thought I'd have the privilege to vote for anyone I completely believe in.
I did a mail-in several days ago and it was a thrill.

Louise
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Frank Moore wrote:
yep, i never thought i would run for president. but votes are coming in!
it's very humbling!

yep, it's our betsy!

Election Night at YBCA

2008-10-27T22:02:00.000-07:00

Anna Halprin and Mountain Home Studio wrote:
Election Night at YBCA
Dear Friends

Final announcement concerning, November 4th, Election Night. We will not be having a class on Tuesday November 4th. We will start the new series the following Tuesday, November 11th.

I hope you will come to Yerba Center for the Arts at 3rd and Mission in San Francisco on November 4 where artists of every discipline will gather for this historic occasion. I will be presenting the Earth Run from Planetary Dance with Billy Cauley, maybe Barbara Borden, and Jahan Khalighi at 6:30 sharp to 7:00 pm. We will be the first performers following the YBCA Director, Ken Fosters' introduction. Please come as it promises to be a great time to be together. The event is free and there will be free pizza when the poles close.

Look up the YBCA WEB site for futher description. www.ybca.org

There is a parking lot at 5th and Mission. YBCA is at 3rd and Mission---give yourself plenty of time to park if you are driving.

Cheers

Anna

Frank Moore wote:
hi, anna! did you know i'm running for president as a write-in candidate? see http://www.frankmooreforpresident08.com/. i and my running mate susan block are qualitified in 25 states [including california, of course] which breaks the record for write-in candidates!

Missouri

2008-10-27T22:00:00.000-07:00

HaloPixelated has made a comment on on Taxes and Debt (YouTube):
Does anyone know if Frank Moore is eligible in Missouri for a write-in vote?

Frank Moore wrote:
unfortunately Missouri is one of those states that make it virtually impossible to qualify as a write-in...thus denying their voters full choice which voters in other states have...by requiring rituals of absurd hoops. in Missouri...

The candidate will need to file a notarized “Candidate Declaration Form United States President” and a notarized “Declaration Of Intent Candidate Vice President And Elector Nomination Form” (which needs to include the Vice-President candidate’s name, and the names of 11 presidential electors in Missouri pledged to the candidate).

These two forms will need to be accompanied by 11 notarized “Declaration of Candidacy” forms for each of the Missouri electors. 9 of the electors must come one from each of Missouri’s 9 congressional districts, and 2 can be “at large”.

election night party!

2008-10-24T05:30:00.000-07:00

y'all come to celebrate our 2-year presidental campaign!!!

you are invited to a potluck/bbq ELECTION PARTY at the Blue House on
Tuesday, November 4, 2008!

it will start around 6pm or so!

Blue House
1200 Curtis Street
Berkeley, CA 94706
bring a dish, something to grill, and anything else you can think of!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Who knew Alternative presidential candidates - The Collegian Online

2008-10-24T05:20:00.000-07:00

ANOTHER DAY...MORE PRESS!

Who knew??? Alternative presidential candidates
By Kaley Delarosa

California write-ins known Thursday

2008-10-24T05:17:00.000-07:00

Richard Winger (http://www.ballot-access.org/) wrote:
The Calif. Secty of State says she will tell the world which presidential candidates have filed for write-in status, on Thursday Oct 23.

Frank Moore wrote:
CAN'T WAIT!

Comment posted on "Frank Moore at "How Berkeley Can You Be?" Parade 2008"

2008-10-24T05:16:00.000-07:00

Craig Glassner wrote:
Hi Frank. It's Ranger Craig on the Rock! Frank Edward Nora (who I've been talking with for some time - we did a few podcasts about Alcatraz a year or so ago) has asked me to be on his podcast again to talk about you. I let him know (when I heard him talk about your campaign for president - which he is actively supporting) that I knew you, mentioned your (amazing) performance art - history - and how I kind of helped get you "online" (I kinda miss our old Atari computers - I'm using a Mac these days). I don't know if I can do this (as a federal employee subject to the Hatch Act) but if I can I wanted to make sure that it was OK with you that I discuss our (back then) history.

I must admit that I am still trying decide how to vote. I've (literally) voted for NOBODY (back in the 70s - the candidate that was supported by Wavy Gravy and the Yippies! who was the only candidate that would end the war, support the environment, etc.), I've voted for 3rd party candidates, but I'm so SO tired of the Republican regime that I am tempted to vote for Obama this time as a "lesser of two evils. I must admit I'm a bit embarrassed by this, but I regret having voted my conscious a while back allowing Bush1 winning control. Oh, I know it wasn't ME voting that got senior in office, but, well, our system is so fucked up I felt bad when he won.
You know, back when we were more in touch we talked about you coming out to the Rock. I would really love to show you around some time. It's really an interesting place. We would have fun if you came out!

craig

Frank Moore wrote:
hi, craig! ah, that was pre-web days when we found each other on the GENIE bbs!

great about you being on frank's show to talk about me! we're debuting his show on luver this friday night.

now....to repeat myself....the voting for the lesser of 2 evils is a powerful con for maintaining the status quo. if you are in a "swing" state, voting for obama just to make sure that mccain doesn't slip in makes some rational sense. but not in states like california...IF you like my platform better than his. your vote for nader in california did not let bush in for various reasons. so your guilt isn't founded in fact...most guilt isn't! so don't throw your vote away...if my platform speaks to you, vote for me! such a vote is a vote for the new possibilities!

and how about this spring for THE ROCK?

Craig Glassner wrote:
Your "swing state" argument makes a lot of sense to me. Thanks. Spring, summer, winter or fall works for me - just come visit!

Ranger Craig coming to you from the tubes.

Frank Moore wrote:
so can i depend on your vote?

Can you come to our school?

2008-10-24T05:15:00.001-07:00

From: Chris DeWuske
To: fmoore@eroplay.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 8:52 AM
Subject: Can you come to our school

My school has a politics class and we are looking for guest speakers. Would you be willing to make an appearance at a high school not far from St. Paul.

Frank Moore wrote:
hi, chris. i wish i could speak with your class. but i live in berkeley, california. i'm running our campaign with virtually no money. so i can't travel there.

Abortion

2008-10-24T05:13:00.000-07:00

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan"
To: Frank Moore
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 6:34 PM

I see you are running as a third-party or independent candidate for President. What is your position on abortion, and how does it compare with the positions of John McCain and Barack Obama?

Frank Moore wote:
i think it should be a private personal issue of the person. i think the
government has no business meddling in private personal issues.

Jonathan wrote:
Thanks for your reply. Appreciate it.

Frank Moore wrote:
so do i have your vote?

Jesse's Endorsements, Rent Board Party, and Sophie Hahn @ Jesse's house!

2008-10-24T05:07:00.000-07:00

Frank Moore wrote:
jesse, this is a very useful, clear tool to help california voters as we go into the voting booth. we here just used it as we prepared.

and thanks for including susan and me in your presidential top 3 picks!

Jesse Townley wrote:
Hello to all of my friends and supporters of my 2008 campaign for Berkeley Rent Board & my 2004 campaign for Berkeley City Council-

3 subjects on this October morning, but first a disclaimer: If you do not wish to receive periodic updates and alerts, or if you're receiving multiple copies of this e-mail, please let me know and I'll remove your e-mail from this list. THIS IS THE LAST E-MAIL from me until after the November 4th election. Thanks!

*** Wednesday & Saturday- Sophie Hahn @ Jesse's house!
*** Rent Board party @ Blake's & hot window signs!
*** Jesse's Endorsements for this November!

*** Wednesday & Saturday- Sophie Hahn @ Jesse's house!
Sophie Hahn is the sole challenger to incumbent Laurie Capitelli- many of you supported me in my race against him in 2004. I'm proud to host a house party for her @ my house, 1354 Carlotta Ave, this Wednesday the 15th, from 7-9 pm. There will be food & drink, it's wheelchair accessible, and you can ask Sophie any questions you want. Bring your checkbook!
http://www.sophiehahn.com/

3 days later, please join Sophie & I at my house to walk around our neighborhood & speak with voters and drop literature. It's early on- 11am-1pm- so you'll still have a full Saturday afterwards. Please e-mail me & let me know that you'll be able to come by!

*** Rent Board party @ Blake's & hot window signs!
But wait Jesse, aren't you running for Rent Board? You bet, and yes we- the Progressive Slate of Townley, Tregub, Shelton, Harrison, & Drake- really need your support. E-mail me quickly if you want a window sign (they're running out because they're so popular!). We need phone bank & lit drop help. Please donate via check or paypal here: http://berkeleyrentboard.com/action.html

We're having a fundraiser/birthday bash for Slate-mate Igor Tregub @ Larry Blakes this Saturday night from 8-10pm. The 1st $250 worth of food & drinks are FREE, so show up early! There's a requested donation of $5-$10 which will go to our Rent Board Slate & to Jesse Arreguin, my pick to replace the (frankly) irreplaceable Councilmember Dona Spring in District 4.

All 7 Rent Board Candidates will be live on B-TV (Channel 33) tonight 7-8pm in the League Of Women Voters debate. It'll be repeated on B-TV until election day. Check their schedule here http://206.110.32.32/Cablecast/Public/Main.aspx?ChannelID=2

*** Jesse's Endorsements for this November!
If it's election season, it must be time for my endorsements. I don't agree with 100% of any of these people's stands- after all, the only person I'll back 100% is myself. Same for you, right? Anyway, add these endorsements to your deliberations- though I know some of you reading this have already sent off your absentee ballots. Still, you'll be advocating for particular political positions or candidates with your friends & family, so read on...

Since I'm running for Rent Board here in Berkeley, let me get this out of the way first. Please vote for the 5 of us:
Jesse Townley, Jack Harrison, Judy Shelton, Igor Tregub, Nicole Drake.
There are 5 open seats, and we were chosen from a field of 12 by more than 200 progressives, tenants, and Greens in August to run as a unified 5-person slate. Please look at our endorsers & positions at http://www.berkeleyrentboard.org for more information.

President of the U.S.- NOT McCain/Palin.
I live in California, a state that is going for Obama/Biden. I love the excitement and hope surrounding Obama's campaign, and deplore everything the McCain/Palin campaign stands for. However, Obama is NOT the 2nd coming of JFK, let alone FDR. Cynthia McKinney & Rosa Clemente are running on the Green Party ticket. McKinney was incredibly impressive & realistic when she spoke @ February's Green Presidential debate. Local artist & troublemaker Frank Moore is running his own nationwide independent write-in campaign, with sex educator Susan Block. I'm not supporting Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez, even though both have been excellent candidates & activists throughout their careers- I'm working hard to build up the Green Party & I'd rather support candidates who specifically join & build the Greens national profile (although Matt Gonzalez is a Green).
Obama/Biden
http://www.barackobama.com/newsroom/
McKinney/Clemente
http://votetruth08.com/
Frank Moore/Susan Block
http://www.frankmooreforpresident08.com

California State Senate District 9- Marsha Feinland
Marsha is the Peace & Freedom candidate, running against the probably unstoppable Loni Hancock. Marsha is more progressive & NOT a part of the local political machine that revolves around Hancock & her husband Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates. The major critique of the Hancock/Bates machine is its disdain for sustainable, neighborhood-appropriate development & people who aren't registered Democrats. Send Loni a message!
http://feinlandforsenate.org/

Judicial Office, Superior Court Judge, Seat 9- Dennis Hayashi
Smart, experienced, and just. http://www.dennishayashi.com/

Berkeley City Council Races
District 2- Darryl Moore
Darryl is a solid progressive who is stellar. http://www.moorefordistrict2.com/

District 3- Max Anderson
Max is a solid progressive who is stellar.

District 4- Jesse Arreguin
There is 1 great candidate- Jesse Arreguin- 3 very fine candidates, and 1 business-as-usual candidate. This district was represented by Councilmember Dona Spring, who passed away this year. She was my political mentor and was the conscience of our town. She was a political realist who knew when to reach for the seemingly unreachable- and succeed in reaching her goal. Jesse A is the one who will carry on her legacy honestly and earnestly.
http://www.jessearreguin.com

District 5- Sophie Hahn
She's smart, she's energetic, and is ready to be a leader on the Council. I ran against her opponent last election, so I've been keeping a close eye on the incumbent. Come meet her tomorrow or Saturday at my house!
http://sophiehahn.com/

District 6- Phoebe Ann Sorgen
After years of serving on community & city commissions, Phoebe's finally making the move to City Council. It's an open seat, and the other candidate is the 16-year aide to the outgoing Councilmember. Business as usual? No way, vote Phoebe!
http://www.phoebesorgen.com

Berkeley School Board
John Selawsky is the #1 choice of every progressive in Berkeley. Although there are 2 seats open on the school board, both the Green Party & BCA did sole endorsements for John. Since he's the sole Green in a field of Democrats, the area Democratic clubs cannot (because of the state Democratic party) endorse him. This means that the other 3 candidates may have different endorsements than John, even though he is in line with the local progressive Democratic Clubs, like the Wellstone Club & the John George Club. A "bullet vote" (a vote for just 1 candidate in a multi-seat race) for John will ensure his election.
If you want to vote for 2 candidates, then please vote for Beatriz Leyva-Cutler as your #2 choice.
John Selawsky
http://www.berkeleygreens.org/berkeley/school-board-race_4.html
Beatriz Leyva-Cutler
http://beatrizforschoolboard.com/

AC Transit At-Large- Joyce Roy
It's tough, because the incumbent has been really good over the past few years, but Joyce stepped up & helped expose the atrocious Van Hool bus deals in the press. The incumbent, whose heart & vote is usually in the right place, supported the AC Transit management responsible for the Van Hool situation. Vote Joyce Roy for a change to a knowledgeable, experienced advocate.

California State Propositions
1A-
YES
High Speed Rail- Is it perfect? No. Do we need a quick & (hopefully) inexpensive route to L.A. that breaks the current status quo of millions of automobiles and thousands of tons of jet fuel? Yes.
2- YES
Mandating semi-humane treatment for animals in factory farms? A no-brainer.
3- NO
$2 Billion bond for Children's Hospitals- sounds good, but it's mostly going to private hospitals with massive endowments. We in Alameda County will probably be asked to replace our only public hospital- Highland Hospital- within a couple of years. We should save hospital bonds for that much more pressing need.
4- NO
Parental notification for abortion- this is something like the 3rd time in 4 Novembers that this proposition is on the ballot. It's been rejected so far & it's vital for us to reject it a 3rd time.
5- YES
Expanded treatment & diversion programs- It's common sense to not lock up someone who isn't a recidivist when they're a non-violent offender. Why spend the human & economic capital on locking up people who could turn their lives around outside of a prison cell?
6- NO
This is a punitive, anti-democratic, mean-spirited law that wasn't able to get through the legislative process so billionaire Henry Nicholas III put up $$$ to bring it directly to the voters. We're already facing massive budget shortages, why add another $1 billion/year to the mix?
7- NO
Quick, take a picture! I'm backing the same proposition as PG&E! Of course, so is the Union of Concerned Scientists, the California Green Party, and many others who I trust. Basically, the prop isn't well thought out-- it's skewed to long-term big energy suppliers, leaving the grassroots & medium-sized vendors out of the loop.
8- NO
Banning gay marriage- er, equal rights? A no brainer!
9- NO
Like Prop 6, this is not helpful for addressing recidivism or rehabilitation- it's just vengeance pure and simple.
10- NO
This is a trojan horse proposition- the major alternative fuel covered by this is Natural Gas. It's still a fossil fuel- where's the love for non-fossil fuel transportation? Oh yeah, that's 1A.
11- YES
Redistricting is broken- everyone agrees that having legislators draw their own districts is a bad idea. This solution, which has 11 appointees, 4 each from the majority parties, plus 3 'decline-to-state' or non-majority parties, isn't perfect. However, it's much better than the current system.
12- YES
The soldiers caught up in W's Afghanistan & Iraq debacles should have the same chance @ home ownership as WW2 veterans. This prop expands those chances.

Alameda County Propositions
VV- YES (to fund current bus operations in light of skyrocketing fuel prices without another damaging fare hike)
WW- YES (to fund east bay parks)

Berkeley Propositions
FF- YES
Fix branch libraries, just like Central was fixed a few years ago. Accessibility, seismic strengthening, & expanded space = no brainer.
GG- YES
End fire station 'brownouts,' fund disaster CERT training, & enable paramedic training. Removing these incredibly important items out of the General fund is imperative to our response after the next earthquake & wild fire. Even many from the anti-tax crowd have said that these issues should be priority one. Please join all of us in passing this measure by an overwhelming margin!
HH- YES
Regularly scheduled reauthorization of current taxes that fund vital services in Berkeley, including for the disabled. This adds no new taxes. This is a no brainer.
II- YES
Housecleaning measure that bumps redistricting deadlines back to accommodate problematic and/or late Federal census data.
JJ- YES
This is identical to the Medical Marijuana Measure R narrowly defeated by voters in 2004. Possible vote fraud led a judge to order this placed on the ballot again. I supported it then & I support it now. It doesn't legalize marijuana, but it does treat medical marijuana dispensaries as regular businesses. It's an important step towards common-sense regulation of dispensaries.
KK- NO
Pitched as a referendum on BRT (Bus Rapid Transit), this is actually a requirement that all transportation proposals that require carpool lanes or bus-only lanes be voted on by the public. This adds a layer of time, energy, & expense to a process that can better be used to create local consensus (or at least broad public support) for specific transit projects as they come up. Supporters say that Berkeley voters made the right choice when we voted to have BART built underground in the 1960's. That's true, but how many times have we watched big business or conservative funders distort a worthwhile proposition? To imagine that Berkeley initiatives are immune to distortion by partisans is fantasy. If this were a referendum on BRT specifically, this recommendation would be a lot more difficult. I wish the anti-BRT people had put forward a measure focused on BRT instead.
LL- NO
Berkeley developers been able to build many many new buildings under the current Landmarks Preservation Ordinance. But that's not enough for them- this measure is a watered-down LPO dreamed up by the Mayor & a pro-development-at-any-price City Council. Considering the high numbers of empty storefronts & empty condos in the newest buildings, why is there a need to further loosen the rules? The City should concentrate on refurbishing existing buildings & other Green building processes.

P.S.- THIS IS THE LAST E-MAIL from me until after the November 4th election. Thanks!

Stay strong,
Jesse Townley
Boardmember, Independent Arts & Media
http://www.artsandmedia.net/
Secretary, Berkeley Green Party
http://www.berkeleygreens.org
Vice-Chair, Disaster & Fire Safety Commission
Candidate, Progressive Rent Board Slate 2008
http://www.berkeleyrentboard.org
Former candidate Berkeley City Council District 5
510-525-4373

LUVeR.org Election Specials conclude next week on BCM 28

2008-10-24T05:01:00.000-07:00

we are flooding berkeley's [and surrounding cities] public access station with our campaign specials...a couple hours a day....until we legally can't do it!

LUVeR.org Election Specials conclude next week!

How Berkeley Parade Part 1:

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Finally, A Real Candidate!:

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Frank Moore For President 2008

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we still are finding articles ....

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A stripped amendment and a neutered bill

28-hour day

Obama Betrayal Syndrome

2012 ......?

an old email "You have my vote"

Interest

Obama Betrayal Syndrome

libertarian peacenick

write-in result for President in Essex County

write-in results!

"Official" vote count so far ....

Monarch Place speech photos are up!

Election Night party photos are up!

votes are coming in finally!

Frank got 36 votes in California!

vote count in NY ...

FROM DA BOYZ DAY 12/18/08

Frank Moore: The Movie

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frank Moore, You are a hero!

The Erotic Campaign

Do you like Parties? Then Vote Frank Moore

Frank Moore for President swag

CAMPAIGN POST-OP

These numbers reveal the true number of awakened peoples in America currently.

another letter

more Frank Moore for President links!

it keeps going!

beyond the campaign trail

Giving It Up to the Combine

How effective has our campaign been?

hey, johnny!

last sunday's show

more links for Frank Moore for President! (official mentions)

Write-in vote problems.

ANOTHER VICTORY FOR OUR CAMPAIGN!

THE END OF THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL...THE PARTY!

More links about Frank Moore for President!

election returns JUST IN!

hi, katherine!

HUZZAH for your campaign!

The election

Santa Cruz county write-in vote counting

Frank Moore for President ???

i just want to say

Media News: We Won One!

Well done frank

Election 2008

Good luck!

I tried ...

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I voted for you today!!

WE VOTED FOR FRANK MOORE for PRESIDENT!

Re: NEED I SAY MORE?

i just want to say

AT THE END OF THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL!

even more press!

good luck

NEED I SAY MORE?

Frank Moore for President is mentioned here ...!

to refresh you before you go to the polls...

ANOTHER DAY, MORE PRESS!

well our campaign was just endorsed by ...

the report on the local college radio nightly news about our campain

campaign

I sent in my Ballot

Campaign Stop: BCM 28 upcoming airtimes

more on the campain trail

on the campaign trail

I say vote for Frank Moore and Dr. Suzy Block! - tribe.net

Sticks and Stones

Frank Moore For President 2008 Photo Blog

Re: Frank received a rejection letter from Minnesota yesterday ...

how Frank would pay for all of the programs he proposes!