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« Reply #75 on: August 04, 2011, 08:35:23 PM »


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The President will be traveling to San Francisco tomorrow to meet with the Governor of the Pacific and other senior lawmakers to discuss issues relating to the disquiet in Oceania.

He will also attend a fundraising dinner in Los Angeles tomorrow evening.
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« Reply #76 on: August 05, 2011, 08:47:19 PM »


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The President has regretfully accepted the resignation of the Attorney General.

"I thank him for his service, and wish him every success with his future endeavours"

Anyone interested in the position should contact the President.
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« Reply #77 on: August 05, 2011, 09:13:44 PM »


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The President will be addressing the ASPCA National Conference Fundraising Dinner at the Sheraton Hotel, Chicago on Saturday night.

He will speak not only on the present Canine Protection Bill before the Senate, but the broader issue of animal abuse and the need to take crimes against animals seriously before the law.
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« Reply #78 on: August 07, 2011, 12:41:02 AM »


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The President's remarks to the Atlasian Society for the Conservation and Preservation of Animals (ASPCA) Annual Conference fundraising dinner

Sheraton Hotel and Towers
Chicago, Illinois



Ladies and gentlemen,

Thank you so much for the invitation to speak with you all today at this very important event.

The ASPCA has a proud history of advocating for the humane treatment of all creatures great and small,  bringing light and hope into the lives of animals who want nothing more than to be loved and cared for, and the opportunity to return that unconditional love that we have experienced from our pets, and I hope this will continue for many many years to come.

I have a long been an advocate for greater protections for those animals with whom we share this planet. I had planned some issues later in this term, but the current Bill to guard against canine abuses has sparked me to start a broader dialogue.

I believe the issues around animal abuse are too important to allow our political discussions to be distracted by sensationalism.

I do support the intent behind the Bill to stop the availability of dog meat – we must make it so commercially and economically unattractive that it becomes more of a non-issue than it already is.

However, I want to address my firm views on animal cruelty and the law.

Like all of you here, I have heard horrific stories of people abusing helpless animals. People kicking kittens onto railway tracks, chopping the nose, leg and ear off a puppy, setting a cat on fire… as far as I’m concerned abuse of the helpless is to me one of the lowest acts you perform and if there’s a hell, there is a special place reserved for all who commit such foul and disgusting crimes.

However, very often, the legal response to these crimes is ‘well, it was just a cat or dog, or horse’. People who are charged and found guilty of crimes of animal abuse end up with mere slaps on the wrist. But what does that say about us as a community, that we don’t consider the willful torture of an animal to be a serious enough crime to warrant serious punishment?

Now  a lot of people who consider these issues to be unimportant, think of them to be issues of people who throw red paint, who live on tofu, and worry more about plants and animals while humans suffer. This is not true, I believe people have room for compassion for both people who are need of help and to prevent cruelty and abuse against animals.

I personally believe that this extends to all animals including those we use for food and other goods. Those animals may not have a full-life, and I’m sure many here would rather that we didn’t use animals for anything, but if they are to have that end, it should be done with the utmost respect for that animal.

I believe these issues require a lot of work from all of us who believe that animals are not tools placed on this planet to use as we please, but creatures who feel as much as we do, and deserve to be treated with dignity and respect, even if it is to end their lives.

You have my best wishes for a successful conference, and in me you will always have an ally.

Thank you all.
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« Reply #79 on: August 10, 2011, 08:57:42 PM »

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« Reply #80 on: August 13, 2011, 01:35:41 AM »


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The President welcomes the positive economic news released today.

"We have a long way to go to bring Atlasia back to the prosperity we once enjoyed. But these positive numbers show that we are certainly on the right track. My administration continues to work to build business confidence and reinforce the Government's economic credentials"

The President will be visiting Pittsburgh and Detroit on Tuesday to meet with those interested in the state of the Atlasian manufacturing industry.

The President will be speaking on the Somalian Famine and what Atlasia will be doing to assist on Sunday evening.
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« Reply #81 on: August 13, 2011, 07:54:06 PM »

Mr. President,

The Atlasian Green Jobs Act has passed the Senate and is presented to you for executive action.


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« Reply #82 on: August 14, 2011, 07:36:52 PM »

Mr. President,

The Amendment to the Anti-Opebo Act has passed the Senate unnopposed and is presented for your signature or veto.

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« Reply #83 on: August 15, 2011, 07:20:23 AM »


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The White House is announcing that the Atlasian Government will be contributing specific aid to deal with the Somalian famine.

The aid package will consist of food, transport, staff and military escorts - the package will cost $38million. The first shipment will be on the ground tomorrow.

The Department of External Affairs will announce any further specific details on this aid mission.
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« Reply #84 on: August 16, 2011, 06:51:09 PM »

For the President:

Game Reform Committee Interim Report
August 16th, 2011

Over the last month, the Game Reform Committee, commissioned by President Polnut on July 3rd, 2011, has determined the important topics of the day regarding Game Reform and the shared our own personal feelings on what could, or should, be done.

We have since determined the following areas of interest for proposing structural changes: Senate Elections. The Vice Presidency. The Wiki. Regional government authority. The Senate itself. The state of the political parties.

For the purposes of the Interim Report, we present to you all proposals we will seriously consider prior to the final report, where we aim to finalize our proposals. We welcome the contributions and simple comments of others to that end.

Senate Elections:

We have several proposals on this front. The first and simplest, is the one openly proposed by Marokai Blue and Cincinnatus; giving regions the ability to administer and alter the voting system of their regional Senate elections.

Yelnoc presents multiple proposals himself: A return to redistricting, abolishing at-large Senate elections and electing two Senators per region, or making all Senate seats elected at-large. Belgiansocialist is intrigued by a return redistricting, and proposes simply changing the voting system for at-large elections to a variant of FPTP or any other system.

Nevertheless, Jbrase's current effort at altering the way regions elect their Senators has no opposition from the committee, and the expressed endorsement of at least two of our members.



The Vice Presidency:

We seem to have at least one area of unanimous agreement: Give the Vice Presidency relevance or abolish the position outright. The Game Reform Committee as a whole believes there is utterly no point to having the position without giving it additional responsibilities.

To that end, we are currently debating over numerous proposals. The first, is giving the Vice President the full powers of a Senator. (Marokai Blue and Belgiansocialist) The second, is giving the Vice President a cabinet office of his choosing, similar to parliamentary systems. (Cincinnatus and Yelnoc) Both proposals receive the support of half of the committee, and this will doubtless be the point of most debate moving forward.

Marokai Blue also proposed electing the Vice Presidency separate.



The Wiki:

The Game Reform Committee seems to have another area of unanimous agreement here. We all agree that the best way forward for the Wiki is increased participation from everyone. How to do this, is, we believe, the biggest problem.

Cincinnatus seems to suggest that regional governments should set up individual outreach programs to raise awareness in their region for wiki-editing. Yelnoc proposes asking the Attorney General to create "law summary" pages, that allows statute to be summed up, thus, improving readability.

Marokai Blue proposes a contest system, setting up multiple rewards to be given to the top wiki editors, in the form of temporary honorary positions, the ability to determine one GM article, etc, on a regular (perhaps monthly) basis. Belgiansocialist proposes raising awareness and finding ways to allow people to contribute without necessarily creating an account themselves.



Regional Government Authority:

There seems to be a consensus in the committee for, at least, expanding regional power.

Cincinnatus and Yelnoc both propose allowing the regions to function more as individual countries on their own, loosely bound by the federal government ala Articles of Confederation.

Marokai Blue and Belgiansocialist propose allowing the regions to have a greatly expanded role in ratification of Constitutional Amendments through an "Americanization" of the process.



The Senate:

The committee remains conflicted in how we can actually improve the inner machinations of the Senate itself. Nevertheless, we endeavor to find a way.

Marokai Blue and Belgiansocialist support the idea of "activity requirements" for individual Senators, mandating a certain number of posts, votes, or legislative proposals, or risk expulsion.

Cincinnatus proposes that the Senate start focusing on rooting out and/or condensing old legislation gumming up the works.



Political Parties:

The committee recognizes the need for individual responsibility on this front, and that political parties must, themselves, change. Cincinnatus implores political parties to "move outside their comfort zones" in seeking to change.

Marokai Blue proposes legally mandated party primaries and the legal infrastructure for the establishment of caucuses within parties, that would appear on voting ballots similar to how party labels to, such as "Bgwah (JCP, Social Liberal Caucus)", "Napoleon (JCP, Libertarian Caucus) or "Cincinnatus (CID, Reformist Caucus)" etc.

Belgiansocialist (also) supports the introduction of legally mandated primaries for political office as well. The goal of both proposals is the legal infrastructure for inner-party politics alongside the usual politics. (As recently, Bgwah, leader of the JCP, has said he would like to see become the new stage for political "drama", as it were.)



Though the Committee remains without a single voice on most issues, we endeavor to find more refined proposals by the final report. In the coming weeks, we will debate each topic, and settle on a final one or two proposals that can garner the support of the entire, or most of, the Game Reform Committee.

We do believe, however, that we have at least made our initial offerings of proposals that we each individually prefer. We also believe that we have identified the "problem areas" to be targeted by supporters of game reform in general.

The Committee remains open outside commentary at all times, and we greatly thank the President for the creation of this Committee in the first place, as we all believe it's time we got serious about actually changing the game. We see problems in Atlasia, and we have been convened to propose solutions. We will do our best.
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« Reply #85 on: August 16, 2011, 08:22:02 PM »


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The President will be visiting parts of the Mideast next week, the tour will take in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin.

The schedule will be released later this week.
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« Reply #86 on: August 16, 2011, 09:18:14 PM »

Mr. President, do you have any comments on the Game Reform Committee's Interim Report, or any suggestions for the committee to take into consideration before the final report?
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« Reply #87 on: August 16, 2011, 09:30:08 PM »

I am a libertarian? If only I knew this yesterday!
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« Reply #88 on: August 16, 2011, 09:43:45 PM »

Mr. President, do you have any comments on the Game Reform Committee's Interim Report, or any suggestions for the committee to take into consideration before the final report?

Firstly, I want to thank the Committee members for their efforts so far.

I will be reading over the report and will have some comments shortly.
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« Reply #89 on: August 16, 2011, 10:11:21 PM »

I am a libertarian? If only I knew this yesterday!

It was just a random example. That's all.
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« Reply #90 on: August 16, 2011, 10:13:39 PM »

Two in a row for your stellar record of honesty. Keep it up!
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« Reply #91 on: August 16, 2011, 10:16:59 PM »

Two in a row for your stellar record of honesty. Keep it up!

What are you going on about now? Are you taking it as an insult or something?
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« Reply #92 on: August 16, 2011, 10:25:45 PM »

I'm sure a wormyguy supporter in a right wing party calls me a libertarian, something I've never claimed to be, as a friendly gesture.
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« Reply #93 on: August 16, 2011, 10:27:54 PM »

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« Reply #94 on: August 16, 2011, 10:28:55 PM »

I'm sure a wormyguy supporter in a right wing party calls me a libertarian, something I've never claimed to be, as a friendly gesture.

I would certainly consider you to be a libertarian on several issues, yes. That doesn't mean I used it as some sort of insult. Chill.
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« Reply #95 on: August 17, 2011, 05:24:21 PM »

I'm sure a wormyguy supporter in a right wing party calls me a libertarian, something I've never claimed to be, as a friendly gesture.
Your social score indicates you are a libertarian.  There's nothing wrong with that.
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« Reply #96 on: August 17, 2011, 09:04:18 PM »


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The President is currently in the negotiations with Senators over The End to Imperialism Bill. He firmly hopes that a compromise will be reached soon.
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« Reply #97 on: August 17, 2011, 11:14:48 PM »


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The President's remarks to late-night press conference
Troop Withdrawal Bill before the Senate



Ladies and gentlemen,

Thank you for coming in so late, but the issue is important.

I want to make clear that the goals of this Administration and those currently opposing the Bill are in fact the same.

It just the details in which we find ourselves in very different places.

I believe that this issue has been debated, the positions are clear now and I believe that for the good the troops, and for our polity in general - the Senate should make its decision as soon as is practicable.

I have negotiated in good faith with those Senators opposed to my Administration's withdrawal plan, I do understand the position of those who want a more rapid withdrawal, and I have great sympathy for it. I have given a lot of ground and I believe the case for a more staggered withdrawal, especially for the Afghanistan theatre is well made, and is the right thing to do.

For me, this debate is not about the pros and cons of war. My view on War is known, as was the policy of this administration, from the very beginning to extricate ourselves in a responsible manner.

But, as is right in our system of government, the final say lies with the Senate.

Thank you.
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« Reply #98 on: August 21, 2011, 07:03:38 PM »


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The President is being briefed on the situation that is rapidly unfolding in Libya.

He will issue a more detailed comment later.
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« Reply #99 on: August 21, 2011, 09:22:19 PM »


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The President and the Secretary of External Affairs have recently concluded a meeting in the White House to progress Atlasia's formal position on the events in Libya.

No further statements will be forthcoming this evening from the White House.

The President did say that the events in Tripoli were "positive".

Further comments for the time being will be coming from the Department of External Affairs.
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