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gdesignr
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 		Election and Campaigning
The election is underway! I'm starting this new topic to hopefully keep the campaigning in one spot. Here is the link to view the candidates and vote:

http://www.instituteforhumancontinuity.org/vote/

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gdesignr
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 		Elect Michael S.
It looks like the elections are up and voting has started for Leader of the Post-2012 World. I am one of the candidates, Michael S. While I was pleasantly surprised to learn that I was a candidate, I must admit at first I wasn't crazy about filming myself. Then it hit me that I actually have an opportunity here to become part of an ARG. With that in mind I tried to make the best Campaign Speech Video that I could, playing it straight and really becoming a candidate.

While I've followed many ARG's in the past and joined in the discussion on a few, it is really amazing now to actually be a (small) part of the story. Of course on top of that is the chance to win a decent vacation. It isn't easy to beg people you don't know to go through the effort of voting so that you might win a prize. With that in mind I ask you to vote because you are taking part in this alternate reality and in that reality people should exercise their right to vote. I encourage you to vote for me, not just because I am a member of this community, but because you hopefully like my campaign for Leader of the Post-2012 World.

http://www.instituteforhumancontinuity.org/vote/michaels/

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phantomjester
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 		VOTE FOR DAVID W.
So I really wanted to be allowed to give an explanation for each of my profile answers. So here they are:

Film: I chose the princess bride not because i consider it the best movie ever made, nor because it is my favorite movie. I chose it because in my thoughts after the events of 2012 we will need escapist entertainment. Movies that will let us escape from our troubled lives and into another world. I consider the princess bride to be one of the all time greatest escapist movies that pulls you into a world other than our own and lets us laugh along the way with a great message of true love conquering all.

Art: I didn't know what to say for this one, in retrospect i probably should have gone with the book of artwork called "the Mysteries of Harris Burdick" due to its ability to get the creative juices flowing but i went with starry night just because it is my favorite painting of all time.

Literature: I went with the Giver by Lois Lowry because it is my all time favorite. In the post-2012 world we most likely will need to temporarily give up some of our freedoms in order to help restabilize our government this book would be able to serve as a guide of what can happen if we let the loss of freedoms and rights go to far and become permanent.

Music: I am a huge love of music and I would have loved to say something like "the i-tunes store main hard drives" but I thought that took away from the spirit of the question. I chose the album "action" by little known band Punchline because while there may be better album musically, and while there is definitely merit in taking the works of the classical experts, this is one of the only albums i have ever heard that no matter how much or how often i listen to it, I never get tired of it. In fact the exact opposite happens, it is one of those albums that everytime i listen to it i find something new to appreciate. I highly reccommend you check it out.

I already feel blessed to have made it this far (especially after horribly botching the island game the first week before i really understood what it was asking us to do) and I would be thrilled to win this trip and take a second honeymoon with my wife. I have really only ever participated in 2 other arg's before, The Dark Knight and Cloverfield, and I even made a slusho commercial for the cloverfield arg contest(go to youtube look up "slusho weight loss plan"). So if you feel strongly enough to vote for me I would appreciate it.

p.s. In case you are wondering why there are only 11 candidates, my mother was the 12th but she decided that she didn't wish to go any further so she just didn't submit anything, we are currently hoping that they will still send her the ps3. According to the rules I believe taht she should still receive it but at the beginning of phase 2 she called up West Coast Marketing and asked if she had to continue in order to receive both prizes and she was told something along the lines of "if you dont send us anything you dont send us anything" but then she was told that sony wanted to see some interest in the constest so we will have to wait and see.

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gdesignr
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 		Nice job phantomjester!

You should have talked your mother into it - that lineup could really use a woman's face Smile

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celina63
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 		Gee COULDA BEEN ME as the female face of the Post-2012 Leader elections... but nooooooo Very Happy

I'll just have to be happy with being an Ambassador Smile Good luck to everyone and congrats on your PS3s!
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Tim S
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 		 Vote for TIM S
Vote for the survival of humanity
Hello,

My name is Tim and I am one of the 11 contestants that made it through to phase 3. I am here to simply ask that you consider voting for me because I am not one of those guys using comedy, flashy editing, or over-scripted catch phrases to trick you into trusting me.

Many of the other contestants speak of securing food, water and shelter. But these are things the IHC has spent much time considering extensively and they would not propose electing a leader for those efforts. A leader is needed to inspire optimism and encourage the survival instinct of humanity as a whole. Speaking in terms of securing resources post-2012, I would not undermine the efforts of the IHC.

I would like to extend my appreciation in advance to all of those who vote for me. Thank you,

Tim S http://www.instituteforhumancontinuity.org/vote/tims/

Become my Fan!

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Pixiestix
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celina63 wrote:
Gee COULDA BEEN ME as the female face of the Post-2012 Leader elections... but nooooooo Very Happy


Come come now Celly, this is a US based game, er, organization yeah that's what i meant eh hem. As I was saying, USA based - you know we don't believe them thar women should be LEADERS. noooo.

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Melissae
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 		Congrats to the guys that made it through to the election stage!
I'm super excited to be an Ambassador (melissa b). I hope there are some more ways for us to get involved.

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phantomjester
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 		Re: Vote for TIM S
Vote for the survival of humanity
Tim S wrote:
Hello,

My name is Tim and I am one of the 11 contestants that made it through to phase 3. I am here to simply ask that you consider voting for me because I am not one of those guys using comedy, flashy editing, or over-scripted catch phrases to trick you into trusting me.

Many of the other contestants speak of securing food, water and shelter. But these are things the IHC has spent much time considering extensively and they would not propose electing a leader for those efforts. A leader is needed to inspire optimism and encourage the survival instinct of humanity as a whole. Speaking in terms of securing resources post-2012, I would not undermine the efforts of the IHC.

I would like to extend my appreciation in advance to all of those who vote for me. Thank you,

Tim S http://www.instituteforhumancontinuity.org/vote/tims/


In response to this I would like to say that it is commendable that you chose not to use video editing, humor, or a well written campaign slogan in order to relate to those who may be voting in this election; However that refusal to use all resources available, even in campaigning, shows a narrow minded view point and a lack of resourcefulness that will be essential in the post 2012 world.

I would just like to point out that in your speech you refer to taking all sorts of preventative methods in regards to the cataclysmic events facing our planet on 12/21/12, there are several problems with this course of action. First, this is an election for the leader of the POST 2012 world, any and all power and authority that would come with winning this election wouldn't take effect until after the year 2012, you would basically have the political sway of a homeless man in front of the white house with a 'the end is nigh' cardboard sign. If the u.n. hasn't listened to the ihc in the past 30 years, why would they listen to a leader elected by that institute?
Second, all the awareness, preparation, and money in the world wont be enough to stop the predicted events. If the ihc has decided after more than 30 years of research that these events are impending and that the best course of action isn't to try to stop them, but to try to survive them, then what makes you think that 3 years would be enough time to develop and deploy successful counter measures? This is not a movie where we can just throw up a montage and do decades worth of work in 2 minutes of a "eye of the tiger".
Third, this world has faced a scenario known as M.A.D. (Mutually Assured Destruction) for the past 30 odd years, every day Iran, South Korea and a dozen other countries are getting closer and closer to starting WWIII, terrorists have threatened to destroy every country/city/house/person on this planet, typhoons have killed hundreds of thousands of people in a matter of minutes, and with all this destruction, hate, and death in the world, NO ONE WORKS TOGETHER!!! Now I agree that this is a terrible truth about the world we live in, however it is a truth. Trying to get all the world's markets to work together would be a fruitless endeavor. The fact of the matter is that if all the markets worked together to stabalize the global economy it would be profitable for everyone, impending doom or not, yet they still refuse to do so, one man from a little listened to organization would never be able to change that. Not to mention you are the only person I have ever heard of who runs for a position on the platform of a promise to make the position you are running for obsolete before you are even able to fill it.

As for promises made by myself and others to secure food and water as a top priority, while the ihc may say that they have already secured these resources but how are we to know how long those stores of food and water will hold up. For that matter how do we know if we will even have access to them, they may have been lost in the havoc or destroyed in anarchy following that disatrous day. For that matter, how do we even know that these resources exist? Some of us on these forums are having our doubts about whether or not the funds that have been allotted for certain projects within the ihc have been making it to their designated projects. In fact there are serious accusations out there about a massive diversion of funds to a certain "project naaczaal". So yes the acquisition of renewable sources of sustainance IS a serious issue. The way I see it there are no guarantees of anything following that devastating day. This is why I personally planned my campaign from more of a view point of having nothing given to us afterwards; however if the ihc comes through with things such as food, water, and shelter, that is all the better and we can go ahead and focus our efforts elsewhere while we start to rebuild, however we cannot function under the impression that the ihc will be this perfect socialist entity giving us everything we need, after all if that were the case they wouldn't be bothering with an election.

The way I see it you speak of not undermining the ihc's efforts, however everything you say in your campaign speech goes right in the face of the institute. How can you assume that the ihc hasn't expended all resources towards awareness and cooperation? They have done everything in their power to make the general population aware of the predicted events, this election itsself is an effort to make more people aware of the upcoming events, and they have done everything they can to increase cooperation between all possible governments, however they apparently have deemed it necessary to procede with survival as opposed to prevention, I agree with this thought process. This is why you should vote for me David W. I will not waste my time on fruitless efforts that have already been attempted by the ihc and deemed to be dead ends, nor will I try to exercise power and authority that I wont receive for another 3 years. I will instead work on the most important issue for the days immediately following the catastrophic events of 12/21/12, survival. After we have ensured the base survival of the human race, then we will start to rebuild and expand.

Vote for David W.

Thank you.

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 		...aaaand the gloves start coming off. Smile

Given that, I might as well finally take a swing at Sony for not including me as a candidate despite my scoring higher on their tests than others who moved on to the final round. Even after one of their chosen candidates chose not to participate. Bad form, Sony. Bad form.

And a big FAIL on their part. I spent weeks preparing a campaign that would have included recognizable internet personalities and persons from notable sites participating in my video and electioneering on my behalf. I guarantee it would have attracted attention from their target market.

Note to viral advertisers: when someone takes part in your ad campaign from day one, gets involved in all aspects of your game, attends your live events, promotes your product heavily, and is an active participant in the largest community centered around this type of 'event'- they might just be a good choice for drawing attention to whatever it is you're trying to sell.

That said... congratulations to all candidates, and good luck in your campaigning! I will reserve my vote for the bloodied and battered last man standing. Wink
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Tim S
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 		Re: Vote for TIM S
Vote for the survival of humanity
-Tim S http://www.instituteforhumancontinuity.org/vote/tims/

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phantomjester
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Tim S wrote:
phantomjester wrote:


"All the awareness, preparation, and money in the world wont be enough to stop the predicted events" -very optimistic of you dave...

"As for promises made by myself and others to secure food and water as a top priority, while the ihc may say that they have already secured these resources but how are we to know how long those stores of food and water will hold up." -so much confidence in the agency that wants to give you a shot at leading it.

"How can you assume that the ihc hasn't expended all resources towards awareness and cooperation?" -maybe because Barbara said that it was our next goal in her latest video.


First off, I apologize if I insulted you directly. I don't believe I made any direct references to you or your speach but I will say that if you found my post offensive, sorry.

Secondly, and I will attempt to be as politic as possible, you are wrong about everything. You started this thread off with a strong grasp of just how indecisive you are-feeling the need to explain/justify your works' choices. You even express uncertaintees about the choices you did make.

Lastly, and this is more of advice than criticism, you should try to put a link to vote for you in at least one of your posts. So far you've promoted voting for me more than you have yourself. Also, you should try to keep your posts shorter. You ramble on so much that I can't even read your whole post.

-Tim S


First of all let me say that I take no offense at your post, nor do I feel that you attack me directly. I just felt like this was a good starting point for debate and argument in an attempt to inform the voting public about certain fallacies in the logic of some of the candidates.

Second, in regards to my justification for my choices for the works of art, film, literature, and music that i would take with me; we were asked to pick, basically, what we thought were the most important works in these four catagories in the world, pardon me if I thought that the general population would like to know what we were thinking when we made our choices. As for my indecision on the art catagory, there are billions of works of art throughout the history of the world, I appologize that I wasn't completely comfortable choosing only 1. Once again your rejection of this idea does nothing but show your narrow mindedness.

Third, as for not posting a direct link to my voting profile, I feel that you are underestimating and insulting the intelligence of everyone in this forum by suggesting the idea that i would need to. Most of the people who regular this site have been to the ihc's site more often in the past couple months than most people have checked their email. They know how to get to the voting site.

At the end of you post you said that you can't even read my last post. I am sorry but your illiteracy doesn't engender a lot of confidence in me about your leadership ability. Now before you go posting a mean response to this, it was a joke. Although I probably shouldn't have posted it as we already have been shown your opposition to using humor in campaigning. But in a more serious response to your last criticism about the length of my post I will simply relay something a wise man once told me, "It's better to be long winded than short witted".

When you say: "All the awareness, preparation, and money in the world wont be enough to stop the predicted events" -very optimistic of you dave... I am not being pessimistic about our chances just being realistic.

"As for promises made by myself and others to secure food and water as a top priority, while the ihc may say that they have already secured these resources but how are we to know how long those stores of food and water will hold up." -so much confidence in the agency that wants to give you a shot at leading it. As I stated at the end of my last post, there are serious accusations and questions out there as to whether or not funds allotted for certain things have been going where they were meant to go. i.e. project NaacZaal

"How can you assume that the ihc hasn't expended all resources towards awareness and cooperation?" -maybe because Barbara said that it was our next goal in her latest video. I am sorry, I must have missed this last video. However I personally do not trust miss penn nearly as much as I trusted Soren Ulfert, I feel that his "resigning" was more than a little suspicious. But even if everything is on the up and up, as the saying goes, than why would we need to elect you if everything that you propose to do is already being undertaken by the ihc, makes you as a leader a bit superflous don't you think?

Anyone In summation I will simply say that a vote for things that the ihc is already doing is a wasted vote. What we need is preparation not prevention. We cannot stop what is coming towards us on 12/21/12 but we can prepare ourselve to survive afterwards.

Thank you.

Vote for David W, (you know how to get there, worst case scenario just copy and paste tim's link and change the 'tims' to 'davidw')

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Tim S
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 		 Pre-Post-2012
The Election is happening NOW
I would like to address the issue mentioned by dave dub in regards to the content of these campaign speeches:

Apparently, many of the contestants believe that our speeches are centered around a question of "If elected, what would you do post-2012". They have gotten this wrong in 2 ways and I will explain why:

Firstly, the question posed for the contestants video campaign speech was "If elected, what 3 things would you do immediately?". Immediately being much sooner than post-2012.

Secondly, the idea behind answering the question appropriately is that it adequately displays a level of leadership that is beyond simple problem solving and obvious post-2012 "search for food, water, and shelter" reactionary mentalities.

So yea, let's vote for someone who's willing to exhaust every effort to reduce the events of 2012 in a way that is not panic provoking. I feel strongly that whoever wins this election will deserve it, even if it's not me.

Vote for Tim S http://www.instituteforhumancontinuity.org/vote/tims/

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 		Vote for Tim S - http://www.instituteforhumancontinuity.org/vote/tims/

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 		This is getting a little personal... let's keep it civil, ya'll ! Despite any jokes I've made about gloves and punches, it's not endearing to your constituents when the mud starts flying. Part of running a successful campaign is knowing how to pander properly Wink



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