© THV11/YouTubeDustin Ebey legally changed his name to Literally Anybody Else to make a presidential run
The 35-year-old military veteran and middle school math teacher, formerly known as Dustin Ebey, said he is running for president to protest the current major-party candidates -- President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump -- and show his distaste for a system that his website states "often prioritizes partisan battles over real solutions."
Else is running a write-in campaign in Texas, where did he did not get the required 113,000 signatures to make it onto the ballot, and is expected to appear by name on the Tennessee ballot, where he said he did get the required amount of signatures.
"It's not necessarily about drawing attention to my grievances," Else told KTRK-TV, "but about giving a place for anyone who shares these grievances to come together to a focal point."
Else announced Neal David Sutz, a New York man currently living in Switzerland, will be his running mate.
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NOTA would be required to be a choice on every single ballot item. In an election for a position, if NOTA wins then there must be another election held for that position, and NONE of the other candidates are allowed to run, because they have already been rejected by the voters. As a slight modification, the position might be abolished.
A similar change to voting involves proposals to spend money. Everybody knows - or used to, anyway - that "Government" has no money of its own, and can only get money through taxation or monopoly. The TAXME modification would allow voters to decide, individually, whether they wish to pay a proposed expense. The ballot choices would be "PAY" or "DON'T PAY". A voter choosing to PAY would deposit a blank, signed cheque in the ballot box, while one voting "DON'T PAY" would deposit a piece of paper with the words "NO THANKS" written on it.
My wife and her brother were good friends from an early age with a local family by the name of Stowe, Mr Stowe changed his name to Mr F, hoping this might give him an advantage in the parliamentary elections, it didnโt, he was a great human being and a real asset to the community.
Quoting himself, "I have never gone out of my way to be anything but an angry bastard."
I include a short article thatโs behind a pay wall. (for those interested)
Mini-motors go but Ivor's still standingMarch 31, 2003
Ivor F may be better known for his eccentric habit of standing for Parliament whenever a premier or prime minister calls an election. When he first threw his hat into the political ring in 1972, campaigning for spelling reform, he even streamlined his name, from Ivor Francis Stowe to just IvorF, hoping the gimmick would help, It didn't, and last Saturday he lost again for what he thinks was the 17th or maybe the 18th time. But Mr F's real passion is not a seat in Parliament but model aeroplanes - and their tiny motors. At last count the 77-year-old retired schoolteacher had 1800 of the little engines - probably the biggest collection in Australia.They are stacked on shelves and in drawers inside his Doonside home. Hundreds more are in the shed out in the backyard. "And there are about 900 up in the roof," he said.
Now Mr F has decided it's time to part with most of the engineering treasures he has been accumulating for 56 years.He accepts that not everyone sees beauty in such miniature motors. "It's about man's struggle to fly," he said, noting that while the Wright brothers conquered powered flight in 1903 it was another 30 years before science perfected the micro-technology needed to mass produce model plane engines.
In 1980 he formed a partnership with another enthusiast to make motors. The engines worked well, but the business crashed. "It was a disaster. We sold only 350. We lost $80,000."The experience failed to dent his enthusiasm for his little machines, some of which date back to 1936. "They are antiques," he said, nominating models fitted with tiny spark plugs as among his favourites.While he is a member of two model aircraft clubs, few of his motors ever take to the sky. "They are too good to fly," he said.
But visitors are rarely invited to inspect his collection. "I know they wouldn't be interested."Mr F hopes his prized possessions, to be sold one by one via eBay, will fetch more than $60,000 - although he has no plans to keep the money.
Instead, he intends to give at least $10,000 to each of six western and north-western Sydney public schools so they can help disadvantaged pupils.While his days as a model aeroplane engine collector may be over, he is already toying with his next tilt at Parliament, promising to slash politicians' perks in the unlikely event he is elected."
I have never gone out of my way to be anything but an angry bastard."