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Region: Libertatem
I'm sorry that you have to cling to what you have been told your entire childhood and have trouble accepting fact. Continue to live in your fantasy land. I will take a nice sip of reality.
No, I will continue to sip reality. I acknowledge Washington was a great military mind but not the greatest of politicians. What was vital about his presidency was stepping down after two terms, however he increased the strength of slavery, 25% tax on whiskey, and created the National Bank. You can continue to sip whatever you are sipping
As long as neither of you are sipping bleach, we're good here.
Gradea
Yep.
Gough Whitlam would beat George Washington anyday.
The founder of Aca came in and left, probably due to the recent closure of our embassy with them. He then posted on his RMB that he would like to be a part of a large, active region. ACA only has 8 nations, but 5 are WA members. Perhaps Libertatem should attempt to court this region and have them come to our side. As I have not obtained citizenship here yet, I have not acted in any official capacity (haven't contacted them at all), but thought I'd mention it here for the Board to consider. Could be some potential new recruits for the armed forces!
Gradea
So my citizens have a flat income tax of 1.3%, and I got an issue of taxes being oppressive. So I did what any logical person would do, lower taxes even more.
I would be happy to discuss a merger proposal with ACA if they were interested, but it would be an insult for me to push this on them. Their region may be in bad shape with only a few members left, but it has still been around for quite a long time.
I've been in Titan's shoes - I know what it's like to try to reform and repair a historic region that has seen better days. Speaking from this experience, though, I believe he might succeed - every so often, after all, a phoenix rises from the ashes. We need only look to our allies in the IRU (and, similarly, the FFS) to see that.
Gradea, Austex
That's good news, Austex.
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=331073
Do you support the death penalty? Debate here.
I do, but only for the most extreme cases (e.g: murder, rape, terrorism, armed robbery, etc). At least, that is my basic stance.
I still get issues about my tax rates.
I have none. I'd bet they're negative taxes at this point.
Still too oppressive, lower them more.
Just thought I should say, on behalf of the people who get to wear silly hats and act official, thanks for not wearing a silly hat and acting official.
It's great, really, when people realize they don't have any official power, especially since anything anyone from this region says is noticed and spun by the entire communist community (is that redundant?). Good job. Really. People acting official when they don't have that capacity can really screw things up. Even people not pretending to act official can screw things up. In the left's eyes, everything we do is a screw-up, though, so I don't mind about the latter as much.
Austex
European Libertatemites:
Have any of you been to Lucerne? Positive or Negative reviews?
Luzern :P
Very beautiful city, not so many things to see but still very beautiful.
Lucerne. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucerne
I didn't mean to correct you, I just said the german name of the city :P
I would like to announce that I'm stepping back up to the position of President. I'd also like to thank Vice President Northern Prussia for filling in for me.
I have prepared a speech for this occasion:
We stand today at the crossroads between history, legend, and destiny.
The libertarian community on NationStates has matured greatly over the past few years. Hundreds of regions grace our world in promotion of sovereignty, free association, and personal liberties. The number in and of these groups increases by the day; however, the responsibility we have to maintain them remains unchanging, and the necessity of their defense will never cease to be. Veritably, freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.
A machine, colored crimson with its contempt for civilization, casts a shadow over all who value liberty. It is not a tool of conventional warfare, but of demoralization every blow they shrug off, they praise as an ultimate success, and every attack that pierces through them is quietly dismissed. Their guise of left-wing ideals hides the despotism, betrayal, and ideological purity that drives them to use terrorism as their weapon against us.
How many more times will you permit them to taunt you from the safety of their fortresses?
How many more allies will you let their armies harass?
How many more friends will you allow to fall at their hands so that they can continue their campaign of terror?
We stand today at the crossroads between history, legend, and destiny, and every nation who answers the call to action will become a greater part of these roads with each step they take. Time will not remember all of the obstacles in our way; it will only recall our fulfilled promise to keep liberty alive another generation longer, and our success against the Fleet who seeks to extinguish it.
Thank you, and God bless.
The New United States
This sounds like a resignation. You are just temporarily stepping back, correct?
This.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/08/12/congress_and_spacex_red_tape_ties_up_private_space.html
Well, ain't this Slate article just bubbling with hypocrisy.
On one side, small gub'ment Republicans pushing for more regulation on an industry they don't like. On the other, the left-wing Slate Magazine complaining about regulation because it's on something they like.
Are you looking for us to be surprised?? :P
Gradea
Stepping back up to the position. Meaning, I am returning to office. Putting myself back in the seat. Ending the break I had taken from the Presidency. Being President again.
Perhaps I wasn't clear.
Gradea
It sounded like you were stepping down.
If I were stepping down, I would have said down. I said up.
2 hours ago: Snabagag ceased to exist.
RIP (again).
Again.
And Islands, unfortunately. But they'll be back.
I did not realize that Conservative Idealism had taken a break.
He did
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=gradea/detail=factbook/id=368273
The Democratic Left have been formed!
One week anniversary of my time in Libertatem tomorrow. Yay.
http://www.oddee.com/item_98669.aspx
It's always weird when people say "one [unit of time less than a year] anniversary."
Anniversary literally implies that it's a year.
Anni.
Years.
Please.
The Latin is strong in this one.
Well, thanks to airhead couples with deep infatuation for one another who say: "It's our month anniversary, It's our two month anniversary". It's the damn youth again that started this
YOU AREN'T EVEN 20!!!!!!
YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE 'damn youth'!!
I know, I am sadly apart of the youth as are you. You know as well as I do that the modern young people of this time period are quite idiots.
Yrellian Confederacy, Gradea
People in general are idiots.
But for the matter of using anniversary incorrectly, I blame the youth. For example, went to the store to get groceries and this couple in line were having a discussion and the female said: "It will be our 4 month anniversary tomorrow." I just shook my head
Well then mien
[nation=short]Wyvern Recruiter[/nation], you are in violation of the The East Pacific's Regional Message Board Regulation Act, which states:
Regulations, Enforcement, and Punishment
2. Any region advertisement posted on the RMB is, through the passage of this act, hereby
considered a transgression against the East Pacific public. All RMB violators are subject to ejection
and permanent banishment from the region. The Delegate may at their discretion suppress any
advertisements posted on the RMB.
(1) Violators of this Act are subject to summary punishment by the Delegate, citizens reserving the
right to appeal to Conclave.
(2) Repeated and offensive violations constitute an insult to the East Pacific, its right to an active
RMB and sovereignty. This should be dealt with accordingly by the government.
Please keep your spam off our RMB. Thanks.
GCRs are dickish regions that use their political clout and unnatural size to bully the rest of Nationstates.
^example above
I despise Gough Whitlam. He really is one of our worst prime ministers, not as much for incompetence as the sheer destruction of liberty and prosperity that he caused to Australia. We were doing great without Medicare, including the poor who could just go into a hospital and often get treated for free. But now we have a monstrous, bureaucratic mess. Thanks, Whitlam.
According to our friend he trumps Washington
I don't know who you are, but surely you can see that w have no active nations named Wyvern. That person was most likely attempting to get someone to call the mods on the region. Probably the puppet of one of our enemies.
Now, I would very much appreciate it if you took your self-righteous rule-reciting off of our RMB. Thanks.
wut
^
Humph, I'd like to ask you a personal question: is being a campaign manager your official job?
What about the flag amendment ? Is it something or not ?
Pev is physic! *Or pev has been following humpy which is concerning*
It was last year. I'm applying to do it again this year for a City Council race, but that hasn't been confirmed yet.
You see a flag amendment is suggested but it is never followed up. Kinda of like the closing of Guantanamo Bay
That's right - I said that once I returned to office, I would have an answer to the flag debate, didn't I?
Give me some time to convene with my Chief of Staff.
[quote=conservative_idealism_in_libertatem;10007546]That's right - I said that once I returned to office, I would have an answer to the flag debate, didn't I?
Give me some time to convene with my Chief of Staff.[/quote] [/quote]
[quote=right-winged_nation;10007357] *Kinda of like the closing of Guantanamo Bay* [/quote]
We will reach closure on this matter, but not without teamwork and cooperation.
I could give a definitive answer on how to deal with the regional flag right this minute if I wanted to - but if there's one thing I've learned in my time as President, it's that lone wolf policies are seldom successful. This is not an autocracy; if I make a decision, I do need to make sure that it is within my authority, and I must answer to the people of this region when I do so.
Just give me a minute to seek advice on whether my proposed solution is adequate.
That was more like 40 minutes, but that's neither here nor there. I present to you all an executive order:
The following is a legal, complete Order by the Office of the President.
HENCEFORTH, the contents of the World Factbook Entry shall be subject to the discretion of the Founder, and in terms the President.
FURTHERMORE, the standard of Libertatem, the flag, shall also be subject to Executive discretion.
IMMEDIATELY, this shall take effect as law in the Region of Libertatem.
EVENTUALLY, should this order be overturned, it must be done by majority vote of the Board, per precedence.
WITNESS, my HAND and SEAL on this ORDER, Signed,
Conservative Idealism In Libertatem
Effective the Eighteenth day of February in the Year of Our Lord Two-Thousand and Fifteen.
Yrellian Confederacy, Gradea
hi im new to this place
Gradea
same here
Gradea
Hey, feel free to telegram me for information or just to talk. Thanks ;)
Hello. I just arrived.
Gradea
So many new arrivals, what can it mean?
The sky must be falling of course.
I think the President has the legal authority to change the flag on his own, since it's part of the WFE which has always been at the discretion of the delegate and founder. During my Presidency, I updated the flag a few times for cosmetic adjustments. So, I think this executive order is unnecessary. HOWEVER, the Constitution says that one of the Board's enumerated powers is to check the power of the President. So, we could override such an executive order with a majority vote.
But I still need to brush up on the laws again. I'll give an official statement tomorrow.
You can overturn it if you really want to, but I think giving the executives the authority to access executive controls is just common sense. I've had this idea in mind for some time now.
Anyway, I'm not going to arrange for the flag to change just yet - I actually want us to host a flag debate anyway and see where it takes us. Who wants the flag to stay the same? Who wants us to wave Minerva's proposed flag? Who will design a flag for us and submit it for us to mull over?
*violently throws multiple gavels*
Geez, calm down, it's not my fault the jury hasn't come to a decision yet
But muh court
Perhaps [nation=short]Gradea[/nation] could shed some light on this.
Moi?
Aye. Are you not the founder of Wyvern? Would seem highly likely that [nation=short+noflag]wyvern recruiter[/nation] would also be a puppet of yours.
Austex
But all of my puppets have the same password and gave the password to one of them to a friend of mine.
Post self-deleted by Gradea.
Why would your friend be posting recruiting messages on various RMBs for Libertatem?
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/feb/18/defensive-architecture-keeps-poverty-undeen-and-makes-us-more-hostile
I don't know. Honestly.
Interesting article I found:
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/feb/18/defensive-architecture-keeps-poverty-undeen-and-makes-us-more-hostile
omg yall im the largest cheese exporter whoop
Gradea
If you want to be a part of a regional community, the last thing you should do is lie to that community.
Austex
Alright, I tried to do some recruiting for Libertatem. I didn't believe that what I was doing was wrong and I was only trying to help.
But you were warned about doing the same thing 20 days ago:
I have decided that the French influence in this region was too high. Humpheria's Francophilia, the language always being spoken, too many Libertatemites from France, it's disgusting. Socialist cheese eating surrender monkeys have no place in this American and British region. Therefore, I have created the FRANK Act.
The FRANK Act
Section I
Subsection I
Speaking French in the region is banned
Subsection II
Speaking about France in a positive manner in the region is also banned
Subsection III
Replacing your avatar with a French flag is banned
Subsection IV
Singing the French national anthem is banned
Subsection V
Being French is banned
Section II
Subsection I
The president has the authority to execute all of the above
!ممتاز, أكره فرنسا
.أمزح, أمزح
Normally, I would foment a revolution but right now I'm too lazy, so instead of a revolution I'll start a strike from my couch.
Booooh
We want the withdrawal of this law, a resignation and our weight in baguettes.
*beheads with guillotine*
You know, beheading someone with a guillotine is a big part of being French so...
Honhonhonhonhonhonhonhonhonhon baguette
French toast.
Is a toasted baguette considered french toast?
*violently eats baguette*
Oh yeaaahhh
Oh my.
...is it Humpy after dark yet.
Is 10 in the morning
Staph. I wanna go to Heaven.
Lol
This is heaven.
That's okay - you're learning, at least.
And, from a rules-lawyering standpoint, what you did wasn't wrong - game-created regions, as well as regions tagged "Recruiter-Friendly", are fair game for advertisements (provided you do not leave more than one within a 24-hour period). I'm more appalled by the belligerence of The East Pacific's government than by your actions, actually - it's unthinkable that a feeder region would be so unaccommodating to the interests of the free regions of NationStates.
No, but the 24 hours you have allotted have passed without a decision from the jury. I believe this means that the current trial shall be deemed a mistrial.
Congratulations - if I'm correct, you're a free man. Er, nation.
So ankha you can change your name now
Legally, the Judge's parameters have passed so the trial is a mistrial. Meaning that Ankha has not been found not guilty, just nothing. However, in the interest of time, we will not seek a retrial.
And with the current jury status I would be not guilty anyway.
Who were the members of the jury, anyway?
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