Two US Presidential Candidates Using My Free Templates on Serendipity

Friday, February 29. 2008

This is it, this is the post where people who have something to say about the US presidential elections can do so. I'm making this post available to anyone, whether a US citizen, an illegal immigrant or an interested foreigner. Why? Well, two of the US Presidential candidates are using Serendipity and in fact, the template that I produced, so both are linking to me, and as you would imagine, my traffic is increasing as their visitors obviously have something to say. The two candidates are both independents, Ralph Nader and Christine Smith.

So, here are the rules. I'm going to be really tough and delete any message that is inappropriate or offensive. Don't ask me to contact either of these candidates, I don't have their contact details, visit their website for that. Do not post comments about the US Presidential campaign or candidates on any other entry in my blog, this is the appropriate place.

My views are that being a non-US citizen my hope is that whichever candidate is elected President will change US foreign policy and actively work for peace and peaceful relations between peoples, the elimination of global poverty, and will firmly promote a tougher, more stringent successor to the Kyoto protocol, perhaps even adopt the same policies as the EU Commission. That's it, what say you?
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  1. jenny said,

    Friday, February 29. 2008 at 10:57 (Reply)

    haha us candidates using website by a foreigner i guess they have good foreign policy already

  2. YellowLed said,

    Friday, February 29. 2008 at 12:09 (Reply)

    Too bad, none of them ... erm ... dare I say it? ... will have a fighting chance. There. I said it. Shoot me ;-)

    Just imagine if a future US president would be using our little blog engine ... the publicity! :-)

  3. Jillian said,

    Friday, February 29. 2008 at 12:46 (Reply)

    See? It was a sign!!! Remember my previous comment??!

    Anyways, this is kinda cool, I'd be all excited... but that's because I'm easily excitable. Also, I like the template Nader is using... love the Simplicity! And when I switch, I'll have to remember it.

    Politics? SO not my strong suit. I'm an Independent, actually. I hope whoever makes it in does something about healthcare, education, gas prices, employment, and sure... why not Foreign policy. Oh, and Immigration.

    Sometimes it all seems so hopeless.

  4. Carl said,

    Friday, February 29. 2008 at 12:57 (Reply)

    Thanks everyone,

    @jenny, lol, my thoughts exactly

    @Matthias, I've probably introduced more people to Serendipity because of Nader than any of my templates or other promotions, of course that guy who owns GoDaddy has probably done more than me but oh well. And its a damn shame these two won't have much of a chance, and I'm still really pissed off about Gates (not MS, the politician) comments about Europe being the next terrorism problem for the US.

    @Jillian, immigration is a problem everywhere you should see what Europe looks like; you know how most people think Europe is filled with white people? Not anymore, although I personally think this makes us a better place. It broadens the spectrum and gives people choices beyond the traditional attitudes. And you complain about gas prices? Sheesh, you should see how much petrol in the UK costs, about double what you pay in the States.

  5. YellowLed said,

    Friday, February 29. 2008 at 13:44 (Reply)

    Yeah, well, the guy who owns GoDaddy also gave us a lot of people in the forums with problems with s9y on GoDaddy ;-)

  6. Jillian said,

    Friday, February 29. 2008 at 13:09 (Reply)

    Yes Carl, I most certainly will complain about gas prices. You guys might have it worse, but that doesn't negate the issues me and a lot of other people have with them. :-P

  7. carl said,

    Friday, February 29. 2008 at 13:14 (Reply)

    lol, maybe people in LA are finally being punished for having such a big city with highways criss-crossing it, public transport is the way to go

  8. Jillian said,

    Friday, February 29. 2008 at 13:22 (Reply)

    OMG... you know, I can't speak for everyone, but I would use Public Transportation if it ran on time and went more places. I live in the valley and the places I need to go don't have buses that run frequent enough or late enough. Such a hassle.

    I agree. I don't know why they won't get on the ball and make it happen.

    One of the things I love about San Francisco is their public transportation. You really don't need a car! Between the cable cars, taxis, buses, BART... you're all set.

    Maybe it's harder to work out something with Los Angeles being a city that is not very centralized.

    But yeah I agree. P.T. is the way to go.

  9. carl said,

    Friday, February 29. 2008 at 13:30 (Reply)

    Woohoo, an American with a brain ;-)

    The problem with public transport is that it needs to be designed at the same time as the city or things need to be knocked down.

    In Auckland, NZ they have a massive problem with traffic because there really is no public transport to speak of and no room to build a new metro. Brisbane in Oz by contrast has a great metro system but the buses weren't connecting with them so they've had to knock down hundreds of houses to create dedicated busways that join the bus service to the rail service.

    Düsseldorf in Germany has it even better, they had no room for a lot of the metro so they just converted it into a tram system like San Francisco has. Works really well.

    Here in Ronda traffic is a nightmare, everyone has a car,there is no public transport to speak of, and there is not enough parking on narrow streets so you run the risk of smashing the car into something everytime you go into town. As for us, we park on the outskirts at one of the supermarkets and walk. Great for exercise, we walk about 5km everytime we get a lotto ticket.

  10. Jillian said,

    Friday, February 29. 2008 at 13:42 (Reply)

    'The problem with public transport is that it needs to be designed at the same time as the city or things need to be knocked down.'

    That's a really good point. I know it would suck for some, but offer them some money and knock some stuff down [and do whatever needs to me done]. It needs to happen. The cost of living is already insane in SoCal, not having a car or needing car insurance would be a nice break.

    And speaking of lotto tickets... I need to buy some today!

  11. Anonymous said,

    Friday, February 29. 2008 at 14:05 (Reply)

    @Matthias, oh yeah I know all about that one, he promised me it was going to be fixed 2 years ago, I even helped out one of their top engineers test the service but...

    @Jillian, when I retire, hopefully next year, I don't want a car anymore, or at least not one that needs petrol. I'm thinking I'd prefer one of those new cars that run on compressed air. Or get a driver lol ;-)

  12. Costa Rica SEO said,

    Friday, February 29. 2008 at 20:48 (Reply)

    If you want to see a city with the most pathetic public transport system, go to Detroit. President Carter promised $600 million dollars for a monorail system called "The People Mover". They started to build it, then he didn't get re-elected. Now they have a two mile multi million dollar system coined "The Mugger Mover". If it had connected out to the suburbs like the BART, I could imagine that it would have been very useful.

    I should run for President on the Serendipity platform. After all, blogging software is the issue that the people really care about. "A chicken in every pot, and a s9y blog on every web site." would be my slogan. Do you think I could do better than Nader?

  13. Carl said,

    Friday, February 29. 2008 at 20:55 (Reply)

    monorails everywhere have suffered a similar fate. I think they're a great idea but just too expensive.

    You should run for president; except you'd have to leave Costa Rica, is it really worth the aggravation?

  14. Costa Rica SEO said,

    Friday, February 29. 2008 at 22:21 (Reply)

    The wife and I are planning on going to the US in a few years to get her permanent residency. After the three years we'll decide where to go next. The only cool part of being president would be getting to travel all over. I would be the president who spent the least time in the United States. Not that I don't love the US. I just want to see more of what's out there. Nothing opens a mind like travel.

  15. Carl said,

    Friday, February 29. 2008 at 22:25 (Reply)

    So being married isn't enough, she has to actually live there as well? From memory it works differently with British passports.

  16. Costa Rica SEO said,

    Friday, February 29. 2008 at 23:16 (Reply)

    Sorry, I'm thinking citizenship. Yeah, by what I understand we have to apply for her residency. When she has her residency, we can go to the US. Once we're in the US for three years she can apply for citizenship. The idea is it's FAR easier to travel with a US passport than a Costa Rican passport. So it's better to get her citizenship than residency. If she has a Costa Rican passport she has to get a visa for almost every country we want to visit. The baby will have her passport soon, so that's not a problem.

    It's probably going to take years. The US immigration system is pretty messed up like that. In the mean time I'm not 100% that she can even visit the US. We have a trip planned for November, but I'm still waiting for my response from the embassy to find out if we can do that. The problem is she needs a tourist visa to visit the US, and the US doesn't like to give tourist visas to spouses. They think my wife for some reason needs to live in the US, not just visit. They also operate on the assumption that everyone who wants to visit, has the intentions of living in the US illegally. So it's harder for her to get a tourist visa now than before we were married. Pretty stupid if you ask me.

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