Double Rainbow Guy For President 2012, All The Way!

Screengrab from Paul Vasquez’s Votocracy campaign video.

Double Rainbow Guy, also known as Paul Vasquez, is running for president in 2012. And he’s manning his campaign via Facebook.

Vasquez, who resides in a mobile home just outside of Yosemite National Park, set up his campaign using the Facebook app Votocracy, as reported by Mashable. His campaign name, as listed on his Votocracy page, is “Yosemitebear Vasquez.” His slogan? “Emergency! Alternative Energy!” Clearly, he’s excited.

His enthusiasm shines through in his campaign video where he discusses his goals and objectives, appropriately backed by a double rainbow. His vision for a new country is clear.

“If I was to get elected president, I would declare a state of emergency. I would create a section of the government like Homeland Security but it would be for alternative energy. That department would be in charge of making sure that we can maximize our efforts to get ourselves on alternative energy.”

Vasquez feels alternative energy is “priority one,” which he makes loudly apparent in his video.

Candidates gain support from Facebook “Likes” on their votocracy pages. Currently, 160 supporters “Like” Vasquez’s page.

Also running for president in 2012 via Votocracy is Derek Broes, a native Angeleno. While he lacks experience in nature’s duplication powers, the former senior vice president of the digital division at Paramount Pictures spent four years running global wireless strategy for Microsoft.

What does it mean? Anyone with passion can gain support sans previous political background or a hefty campaign budget, and we may have a surprising new candidate entering into the presidential race.

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Home Invasion Robbery Suspect Arrested

Police: Facebook Tips Led To Arrest In 2 Home Robberies

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville police have a man suspected in two home invasion robberies on the Westside in the last two months, thanks to tips from the public about the man’s identity.

Police arrested 22-year-old Travis Overton on Thursday after they said the public, once notified by the media, posted on the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Facebook page about who they thought the man seen in surveillance pictures was.

That information was passed to detectives, and within hours, Overton was identified and arrested. He was booked into the Duval County jail and is being held with bail set at $2 million.

Police said Overton used the two victims’ credit cards at local businesses.

Police said that several items and a vehicle were stolen about 6:20 a.m. June 7 in a home invasion robbery in the 4400 block of Chippewa Drive. The items and vehicle have since been recovered.

Police said that money, a credit card and a vehicle were stolen in a second home invasion in the 7500 block of Impala Lane about 2 a.m. Thursday. The vehicle had not been recovered as of Thursday afternoon.

“I thought that was the most heinous act threatened that I had ever heard of,” said Ortega resident Anne Adams, who lives next to where one of the home invasion robberies happened.

Adams and her husband, Bill, were relieved to hear a suspect has been arrested, but they said they will still be taking precautions.

“Normally, we keep the door open. We don’t do that anymore,” Bill Adams said.

“I think it’ll be quite some time before people relax around here,” Anne Adams said.

JSO spokeswoman Lauri-Ellen Smith said that Facebook is not only a popular social media tool, but it is also an avenue in the future of law enforcement, one that police said led to Overton’s arrest.

“What you’ll see in the coming weeks is a new online crime mapping tool,” Smith said.

One of the victims said in a phone interview that he was relieved to hear of an arrest and hopes this kind of crime doesn’t happen again.

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