| Emperor Norton org 
            is dedicated to promoting the factual history of Norton-1 as best 
            we can know it. We shall not, however, refrain from including well 
            credited absurdities befitting Our Sovereign's legend. Nor shall we 
            refrain from campaigning on His behalf, in particular for the renaming 
            of the Oakland Bay Bridge to the more fitting Emperor 
            Norton Bridge (restated here in case you skipped 
            our homepage where we beat on the point ad nauseum). 
 We are adherents to Norton-1's 
            exemplary three political principles, i.e.:
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          |  | 1. 
            E Pluribus Unum (1 of these things is not like the others--but 
            it belongs) 2. Stare Decisis (hang tuf)
 3. E Clampus Vitus (sic)
 4. Credo Quia Absurdum (I believe because it's absurd.)
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          | Four! 
             Four political principles: | 
         
          |  | 1. E Pluribus 
            Unum (infinite diversity thru infinite combination) 2. Stare Decisis (facts to the contrary are irrelevant)
 3. E Clampus Vitus (ibid.)
 4. Credo Quia Absurdum ("The absurd is the essential 
            concept and the first truth.")
 [Albert 
            Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus, 1942]
 5. Non illigitamus carborundum (Don't let the bastards grind 
            you down.)
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          | Five! 
             Five political principles.  But that's not important 
            right now. |