Campaign thread for Foreign Ministry

[Togas]

I think we all have a great deal of respect for Sn00py's amazing graphic mods and such, so no offense to him, but jdd2007 really should have won the Foreign Ministry job.

He's active, enthusiastic, insightful, and a generally all-around good guy.

--Togas

[Timeline]

He's not bad.

[Apocalypse]

So is anyone else going to run? If no one runs can we just skip the election?

[Spiffor]

Apoc : until now, we never skipped unopposed elections. nopposed candidates were against the banana, just to check if the candidate is really hated or not (Trip invented this, and got the lowest score ever against the banana, 60% )

But I think we should skip the election. The sooner we'll have a foreign minister, the better. As an interim FAM during turnchats, I don't dare to take big decisions, such as creating embassies everywhere and such. A true FAM would do better for our empire than myself.

[Apocalypse]

I know we've never skipped before. This is different since this isn't a normal election.

In the episode of King of the Hill about low flow toliets, Hank Hill wanted to run for city council or the board or whatever but since there was a vacancy, he was automatically in. Ninot should support no election this time around since both the Simpsons and King of the Hill are FOX comedies. This is assuming, of course, the court okays this.

[jdd2007]

lets wait a few days to see if a candidate pops up

[Apocalypse]

voting should begin roughly July 31st, so lets see if we can get some campaigning done fast.
We need this job filld.

The voting is suppose to start Wensday. It has already been three days. If there isn't any more candidates by the end of Wensday, I don't see a reason to wait any longer.

[Aro]

Originally posted by jdd2007
I am the best man for the job because

-I have been, am being, and shall be very active
-I will work as much as possible with other ministers
-I will make sure to listen to the people and both major parties
-I will compromise
-The whole court thing is over. Case closed. I did not end up being even charged with anything.
-I will appoint ambassadors to other civilizations.
-If allowed to, I will make an ambassador to the CFC C3DG, to learn from them
-I will answer any questions you may have.

And, last but not least: what a nice avatar!

[Donal Graeme]

Seeing that no one else appears ready to enter the ring against Jdd, then I would like to announce that will run for the Post of Foreign Minister(as an IND for right now).

As for why you should vote for me:

1. I am experienced in Civ 3, very active in the Civ 3 Demo game, and am able to participate anytime, without periods of long absences.

2. That avatar of Jdd may look cool... but do we really want someone with that kind of appearance as our Ambassador-in-chief? The last thing we need to do is tell the rest of the world that Apolytonia is full of warmongers eager for blood. I am busy working on my own avatar, which will mix a peaceful depiction of the banana, yet remind the world how strong our nation is, and will soon become.

3. Third, I understand how very important diplomacy is at this stage of the game. With the strong likelihood that a war with France is emminent, we need someone who is watching out for Apolytonia on the international scene. I will do my best to make other nations understand that Apolytonia is full of peaceloving, banana easting people, not blood thirsty imperialists. As Foreign Minister I will oppose any military action that will jeopardize our relations with the other nations of our world. No sneak attacks, not until we have Nukes that is! On Emperor the AI is looking for an excuse to gain up on us, and I intend to not let that happen!

Well, that is my reasoning. Now let the best man win.

[jdd2007]

I am busy working on my own avatar, which will mix a peaceful depiction of the banana, yet remind the world how strong our nation is, and will soon become.

hate to break it to you, but you need 500 posts to use a custom avatar. currently, you have 40. almost there, buddy...

[jdd2007]

your views are too diplomatic, Donal. i agree that our reputation should be a priority, but wars are neccessary to survival and flourish. you dont want other civs to attack us, but even if we have no wars at all, they will strike eventually. i would think that you would know this. to grow large, we must wage wars. i support limited wars with set goals, but not extended world wars we could be dragged into. When the time comes that such a war might be unpreventable, then we must be prepared.

[Donal Graeme]

500!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well then...
Then I guess I will have to change plans. Perhaps what we need is an official seal of Apolytonia. That will work with my idea as well.

[Donal Graeme]

I know that we need wars now and then. That is something that goes without saying. What I was attempting to get across was this:
1. Wars should always have a end-goal in mind, one that will create progress for our nation. Once this end-goal is no longer possible or is distorted, time to pull out.
2. The AI loves MPPs. I mean loves to use them to screw the human player over. On emperor, we must be very careful in not letting us get gained up on by half the AI players. This won't be a problem for a while, but even military alliances can prove dangerous.
3. Mainting good relations is essential to our survival. What will likely be the the center of our empire happens to be smack-dab in the middle of our continent. We occupy, or will occupy, land everyone will need to get access to different parts of the continent. Our reputation is the first line of defense, as well as a strong army. I believe in Teddy Roosevelts Big Stick philosophy: Have a large army, but only use it when you have to.

[jdd2007]

yes i am familiar with it too:

'speak softly, and carry a big stick'

1-i agree with you here mostly
2-we should get allies in the future so that if (banana-forbid) we did enter a world war, then we will not be alone
3- expansion=priority #1
good relations=priority #2

[Apocalypse]

Hopefully this election will be more interesting than the last one.