Robert Anton Wilson is running for Governor of the Republic of California

[Champion Jack]

Position Paper #1

After refusing many pleas to run for governor,
I have reconsidered and now enter the race
as an unofficial write-in candidate. After
all, why shd I remain the ONLY nut in California
who ain't running?

My party, the Guns and Dope Party, invites extremists
of both right and left to unite behind the shared goals of

--Get those pointy-headed Washinton bureaucrats off
our backs and off our fronts too!

--guns for everybody who wants them; no guns for
those who don't want them

--drugs for everybody who wants them; no drugs for
those who don't want them



http://www.maybelogic.com/rawgov.html

--freedom of choice, free love, free speech,
free Internet and free beer

--California secession -- Keep the anti--gun and
ant-dope fanatics on the Eastern side of the Rockies

--Lotsa wild parties every night by gun-toting dopers

--Animal protection -- Support your right to
keep and arm bears

More position papers will follow; we know at
least 69 good positions

Robert Anton Wilson
Guns and Dope Party

[sujan]

1. excellent platform

[bicentennial_baby]

2. I love him!

I just picked up a newer book of his: "The Thing That Ate the Constitution"

[Khephra]

5. Let me know what you think

I was a little disapointed in it. I expected it to stick to the theme of the title, but it's really another one of his collections of various essays.

[bicentennial_baby]

11. Yeah

I skimmed it and it looks kinda all over the place...We'll see, and I'll let you know! It might be a relaxing diversion from the first week of classes :evilgrin:

[Khephra]

3. I love RAW

I'd vote for him over the other candidates, that for sure.

:evilgrin:

[Champion Jack]

8. With a platform like this, how can you lose?

[LearnedHand]

4. Is this the same guy who wrote...

...Schroedinger's Cat and co-wrote The Illuminatus Trilogy?

[Khephra]

6. Yeppers

.

[Champion Jack]

7. yep

That would be him

[KamaAina]

9. Is he financing his campaign with flax?

Are flax contributions covered under California campaign finance law? I mean, we wouldn't want to see Gov. Wilson beholden to special interests like Hagbard Celine or Robert Putney Drake, now would we? :-)

Remember, never trust a Governor with the initials A.S.

[Khephra]

10. Just what is the level of Discordian voting in CA?

With this election, RAW could win.

:evilgrin:

[Twenty3]

12. RAW RAW RAW

THAT'S the spirit...

[Mari333]

13. I used to smoke dope with him and his wife in Chicago in the 70s

I didnt like him as much as I did his wife, who died a few years ago...she was very cool, very bright, and I sure miss her. He and I argued quite a bit about my views on feminism and his views on feminism....

[Octafish]

14. Sorry to hear about Ms. Wilson. He's a great writer.

In addition to explaining some of the more esoteric ideas in philosophy and physics, RAW is able to jot down more than a few of his own. He's had great ideas about the quantum wave function and the role of human consciousness in creating the future we all share.

My condolences on the loss of your friend, Ms. Wilson. From a memory of one of Mr Wilson's writings: Tragedy has struck their family. Didn't they lose their son in a hold-up at a Berkley food store in the late 70s?

[g_w_blaaarg]

15. fnord <nt>