http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Running_for_Office_It_s_Like_A_Flamewar_with_a_Forum_Troll

I had some trouble finding it, so I went to post it (that was the only way to find it was already posted).

As a fellow dirty foreigner, I hope this gets way past the 3000 donations. Also hope you can get your full website back up so people can get more of an idea of your stances, than just the webcomic (which is all kinds of awesome).

[Upon checking a map, I recall that it was Lenexa, not Olathe, that the school would be evacuated to. This must have been in the pre-H-bomb days when there would be some chance you could survive that...]

Though I have long billed myself a Milwaukeean and a Wisconsinite, as a native Kansan, I will [and did] give Mr. Telvis my financial support. $16.68 to what appears by all means to be a _very_ good cause. Let’s do it!

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“I love how the word progressive has been hijacked by so many.”

I’m a Bob La Follette progressive, Tex. Is that pure enough for you?

“Every nation has its war party. It is not the party of democracy. It is the party of autocracy. It seeks to dominate absolutely. It is commercial, imperialistic, ruthless. It tolerates no opposition…. If there is no sufficient reason for war, the war party will make war on one pretext, then invent another.”
—Robert La Follette

If the tables were reversed and large blocks of money came in to support an openly racist candidate or advocated killing babies with avocaodes how would that affect your decision?

I teach in a semi-rural district, and science (including biological evolution, cosmology, and geology) is taught without any reservations. We teach enough about what a scientific theory is that we don’t even need to bother with the handwaving “oh, don’t worry, it’s just another THEORY” BS.

Even if the State Board of Education goes insane again, the science teachers of Kansas are not going to go along with them.

These people need a geek in office! Check out their election commissioner’s name:

Brian D. Newby, Election Commissioner
brian.newby@jocoelection.org
(913) 782-3441 or (913) 715-6850

My girlfriend is a math grad student in Kansas State university, so I go there nearly every month (I live in New York). There are many people in Kansas who don’t care, and many who are very opposed to the bullshit that the government pushes.

However, a lot of them live in two university towns – Lawrence and Manhattan – where they are shielded from the outside world. The schools there teach evolution, since the professors’ kids go there; the environment is multi-national and liberal. So there’s almost no need to do anything…

Almost. If no action is taken, scary thing might happen. It is indeed up to the people there to vote, but it certainly is ethically/legally OK to help the guy spread the message across.

PS: The town of Manhattan boasts itself as “the little apple”, so I get to fly roundtrips between the apples.

I’ll take that as a good sign, and try back later.

* Donations cannot be accepted from non-U.S. citizens.

So what are the risks (for him) if non-US citizens do?

(From the ethical point of view, I’m here to stay, and it’s only a matter of time before I become one. Might as well participate now..)