Presidency Campaign Thread

[Aro]

Aggie and Arnelos, make yourselves comfortable... Here, have a seat...
Post your platforms here.

[Aro]

Hmm... Nobody seems to be taking this thread seriously... But it is! If you have any questions, please post here. The real candidates will be happy in answer (even me! ).

[nz_upy]

All: Do you have any plans to streamline turnchats during wartime?

Aro: Will being president affect your ability to conjure maps?

Aggie: Will you institute ARMS into policy therefore creating FEAR?

[Shiber]

(In Yoda's voice) FEAR leads to ANGER. ANGER leads to HATE. HATE leads to SUFFERING.

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Shiber
(In Yoda's voice) FEAR leads to ANGER. ANGER leads to HATE. HATE leads to SUFFERING.

Is that a problem for our zealots ?

[Shiber]

Still waiting for the actual campaign to begin. I still don't know who to vote for! PANIC!!

[Aro]

Originally posted by nz_upy
All: Do you have any plans to streamline turnchats during wartime?

No, not at all... I can't see how we could streamline turnchats without cut the fun. But I would like to nominate a Legal Counselor to attend turnchats, to avoid all those interruptions and violations of the CoL. "Sorry, guys, I can't do nothing until I talk with my lawyer!"

Originally posted by nz_upy
Aro: Will being president affect your ability to conjure maps?

No, I'll do the maps in the same way... After the turnchats. Hey, gimme a couple of hours!

Important note: IMO, the other candidates are better choices for the job, both with a lot of experience and the necessary skill. But if you want "a new perspective", you should vote for me...

[Arnelos]

Originally posted by nz_upy
All: Do you have any plans to streamline turnchats during wartime?

How about not have wars?

Ok, ok, fat chance of that.

Seriously, the thing that would speed up warchats the most is something that is going to happen on its own within the next 2 turns: being done with all tile improvements in the entire empire aside from German annexation areas. Without having to spend rediculous amounts of time on Public Works, turns are going to get shorter on their own.

As it regards the military, however, that ball is really in the SMC's court. In a warchat, the President is really just executing the orders he gets from the SMC. Whether the SMC takes a long time or whether he takes a short time is largely determined by the situation. Sometimes there's a lot of information to process and figure out a logical move from that and sometimes is just intuitive what needs to be done.

Aggie: Will you institute ARMS into policy therefore creating FEAR?

I'm not Aggie, but I think Aggie needs to answer questions like these. Saying that he plans to rule the nation as an undisputed despot and curtail civil rights for the populace in role-play is one thing, but when you run for President, you really have to take things more seriously.

I have made it abundantly clear that I will not knowingly violate either the Constitution or any laws passed by the Senate. It is my view that if we allow our laws to be violated out of convenience, we've removed the incentive to CHANGE stupid laws. The difference of opinion between Aggie and myself as regards Senate meetings and what would allow them to have legal force is illustrative on this point.

As President, I would follow the letter as well as the spirit of the law. The right of the Senate to make the decisions it is legally vested with the power to make will not be infringed upon. The most you'll get out of me will be the legal and appropriate (and in the future, timely!) use of the veto power in situations that call for it.

I have the patience to allow the Senate to do its business before I do mine. I fully understand that a lot of people get very upset when, in the process of this DEMOCRACY GAME, their right to help make major decisions on behalf of the nation is assaulted. I have been willing in the past and will continue to be willing to even get the "we can't stop the chat, we should never stop a chat!" people pissed off at me for ending a chat early because the Senate has a right to make a critical decision.

In short...

I will be a patient, responsible, and democratically accountable leader of our nation.

I believe that service in the past, as Vice President, Foreign Affairs Minister, and President all serves as testimony on that account.

Thank You.

[Kuciwalker]

I seriously doubt that Aggie would violate the Constitution and such. It's just RP.

[nz_upy]

He is using Aggie to boost his own chances at President.
What a sly guy.

[Aggie]

Originally posted by nz_upy
All: Do you have any plans to streamline turnchats during wartime?

Aggie: Will you institute ARMS into policy therefore creating FEAR?

These are fair questions and ones that need to be answered.
First will I try to streamline chats. Arnelos made a good point, just having the pw done will save much time. Also I intend to introduce the running turn into this term. What this means is I will generally do the FAM and DM orders and send the save to the SMC for his moves during the week. Maybe we can issue orders say on tuesday and spend the rest of the week doing the 5 turns. On the weekend I plan on a normal chat. I believe this will help the game move along.
Second as much as I enjoyed being the prophet I do differentiate rp and the game. I might bring such idea's into a situation that is already happening, but I will not let it dictate policy. Remember we are a democracy, not a theocracy.
I also urge all people to remember that I have always and will always consider the people's will when I make decisions. My desire is to move the game along and I will continue to do this, however I will not do it at the price of democracy. I show as an example the current senate meeting that was just ended. That meeting both kept the game going and also allowed the people's voice to be heard. In the future such meeting will have an earlier announcement and absentee time to ensure broader participation. For the record, it has been implied that on this issue I knowingly went against the constitution. This is not the case I did ask at least one member of the court his opinion of the action before it was done. I was informed that it is a grey area. That being so I decided to attempt this plan. If the court rules it wrong we have lost nothing, because we are where we would have been anyway. But if approved this will have advanced the game. We risked nothing for a gain, seems reasonable to me. Also remember I have always tried to reach out and make a concensus for our future moves and have always made sure all sides were consulted.
Aggie

[Thud]

Remember we are a democracy, not a theocracy.

Not for long! Mwa! Ha! Ha!



Btw, eloquent reasoning for the chat today.

What are all of your opinions as far as Emergency Powers for the President? (as is currently being discussed in the pre-amendment thread)

[Aggie]

Originally posted by Thud


Not for long! Mwa! Ha! Ha!



Btw, eloquent reasoning for the chat today.

What are all of your opinions as far as Emergency Powers for the President? (as is currently being discussed in the pre-amendment thread)

Shhhhs Thud, how did you find out that I was going to replace governors with high priest., You found me out.

As far as emergency powers go I am eager to see how the amendment sets up, as long as the people's voice is heard it those powers could be useful. but remember the purpose of the constitution is to protect us from unjust rulers, so we must keep this in mind in any such amendment to prevent abuse.
Aggie

[Jonny]

Two questions for the candidates:

1. Which civilizations would you support a war against?

2. What method of victory would you like to achieve?

[Aggie]

Originally posted by Jonny
Two questions for the candidates:

1. Which civilizations would you support a war against?

2. What method of victory would you like to achieve?

I would support a war against England and a country whose cities would not be corrupt, this is dependent on palace location. For example if the new palace is in Macross we should go to war with greece. If on the other hand the palace is located else where, say further s and e, then we could perhaps go for the wonders in russia and punish rome and bablyon. Basically where we go to war depends on palace location. In addition we should punish zulu for their crimes against us, additionally by taking the gems and holding them to ourselves we weaken the rest of the world.
I support a space race victory and that is my goal. A diplomatic victory is also possible and regardless we need the un to ensure that we don't lose by that method.
Aggie