Happy Mutant Congressman has at least two Boing Boing T-shirts in his wardrobe

It was great to see US Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) wearing my "Critter" Boing Boing T-shirt (Cory posted the photo here as an update to his post about Rep. Polis' epic takedown of the laughably disingenuous Drug Enforcement Administrator Michele Leonhart). Now I have a photo of Rep. Polis in another Boing Boing T-shirt ("Unizilla" drawn by Adam "Ape Lad" Koford).

The photo was taken by John Maushammer when Rep. Polis came to The Boulder Hackerspace and signed up for membership. Wow -- a US Congressman who is against the War on Drugs and is also a maker -- I almost want to move back to Boulder so I could vote for him next time he's up for re-election.

Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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Polis for Prez 2016?
brandonmwest

Jared Polis is an amazingly smart, progressive, and fact-based person. If Congress were full of people like him, we’d be much better off. He’s the type of politician that is genuinely worthy of respect.
- Ipo
  
  He’s the type of politician that is genuinely worthy of respect.
  
  You mean that exists for real?
  
  Now, what about Unizilla?
  *exitedly holding breath*
Nicole Dunham

Whoa he kind of looks like François Hollande!
http://twitter.com/MrAaronSwainEsq Aaron Swain

That’s it. I’m fucking moving to Colorado.
- http://bbc.co.uk/chinese cycle23
  
  Just realize that Boulder County is an anomaly within Colorado. Nederland, CO is an anomaly within the known universe..
- cpm5280
  
  We’re not like the rest of our state, that’s for sure. Denver is increasingly sophisticated & urban (and progressive), but outside of Denver & Boulder, Colorado’s as red as its neighbors.
  
  But we’ll keep JP in office. We like him.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Kevin-Baker/1530948805 Kevin Baker

This is also the same person who posted on the League of Legends message boards to rally opposition to SOPA.
John English

I was at the hackerspace when he was there. Great surprise – both to see my congressmen in our space and to see him in a boingboing shirt! He was very friendly and chill. Some of our members who didn’t know who he was thought he was just another regular person.

It’s incredibly cool to have a congressmen that I can respect politically, and also geek out with. Holy cow, why can’t the rest of the federal government be so awesome?
- Mark_Frauenfelder
  
  Of the people, by the people, for the people. In this case, it seems to be true!
jaredpolis

OMG so excited to be on BoingBoing twice in one year!
John Maushammer is a way better photographer than me, too. And to think, he printed out the camera from scratch and made the memory card from leftover macaroni!
- morcheeba
  
  Aw, thanks! I didn’t really print out that camera from scratch, but I have reverse-engineered a series of “disposable” digital cameras to make them reusable. I bypassed the security mechanism that the company put in them (intended so that only they could retrieve your pictures, for a price of course!). There’s a bunch of DMCA implications, so if you’re interested, I can give you an earful from a hacker perspective!
  
  Welcome!
- Mark_Frauenfelder
  
  You should write a how-to article for MAKE, Rep. Polis!
  - cpm5280
    
    “HOWTO: Be a decent person and a politician simultaneously”
CoquiELF

C’mon back to Boulder, Mark!