Vote Michael Badnarik for President

this looks like i am continuing my political theme from yesterday, but i wasn't trying to. i was really just trying to add something to my amazon wishlist so people could buy me things. but anyway.

what the fu.. ok, another thing. i am going to stop saying the f word so much.

what is up with amazon.com? obviously they are going to merge with google soon and together they will control the flow of all knowledge and goods, but who decides how they should go about it? at first the other stuff they were selling made sense: magazines, newspapers, those are kind of like books. music...well, ok. then they start adding all these other stores. buying slim-fast and cookware on amazon.com didn't really seem related to books anymore, but still it seemed kind of cool that you could register for your wedding or baby while you were shopping for a bestseller. i tried once to figure out if the stores on there were related at all... babies-r-us, target, etc. i lost interest. but anyway, tonight i noticed something new and *weird*.

you can donate money to your favorite presidential candidate on amazon.com!!

"Amazon.com takes the friction out of grass roots contributions to presidential candidates. A 1-Click payment is the easiest way to make a contribution -- from $5 to $200."

a 1-click payment! and they have a bunch of candidates on there that i have never even heard of. this is the first clear step toward world domination that i have seen on the part of amazon.com. you can see that they are keeping a clear tally of how much dosh and how many people are donating through their site. when candidate X gets elected President, amazon.com wants to make sure he remembers that he owes them one.

Sunday 25-Jan-04

It sure does sound as though Amazon is turning into something big. Maybe turning into the retail and info version of MS? Eek.
I'm not too troubled by it really. Those are two awesome products. I just hope they retain their awesomenity when they finally tie the knot.
Would be a shame for either of them to be blighted by the union. Still, the internet community has a way of producing just-as-sweet products in very short time when the big ones go bad.

posted by: Fraser on Sunday 25-Jan-04

I shop only irregularly at amazon, so I'm not too troubled by it all. Mind you, I tend not to pay too much attention to their recommendations and related links, so I'm probably missing most of these exciting new features. ;) I am, however, constantly annoyed at spotting things I'd rather like to own, only to find they're not shipped outside of the US. :-/ Still, it'd be interesting to know who is absorbing the processing costs for all those campaign donations...

posted by: sarah on Monday 26-Jan-04

Can the candidates put "The Presidency" on their Amazon.com wish list?

posted by: Rob on Tuesday 27-Jan-04

Fraser's still alove. I thought he had been mauled by a rabid kiwi since he had disappeared for so long. Good to know you are still kicking.

posted by: jon on Wednesday 28-Jan-04

Jon! Speaking of rabid kiwis, I have a present for Jaeger! Send me your new address bro.

posted by: Fraser on Wednesday 28-Jan-04

I like the wizard of oz

posted by: Mark on Thursday 19-Feb-04