Regional Protection Party

[Associate Justice PiT]

     MasterJedi, appointed to the office of Mideast Superior Court Judge.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Through Gporter & KotBP:

     In total, we have 9 members in the Southeast, 5 in the Mideast, 3 in the Northeast, 2 in the Midwest, & 2 in the Pacific. We now have 21 members total, including three in TN & VA each, as well as two in LA.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Yeah, that occurred to me too. Of course, the more people you have the harder it is for most of them to hold public office.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Yeah, that occurred to me too. Of course, the more people you have the harder it is for most of them to hold public office.

Still, having 10 members hold office is pretty good.  Does any other Party have that many?

The SDP runs that many candidates each time around, however, I think they have around 5 or so office holders

     Which is pathetic considering that they are close to the same size & left-wing, which automatically makes them more mainstream in Atlasia.

[Associate Justice PiT]

It is a little known Atlasia fact that the RPP was actually started inadvertently by DaveHawk

     Well if you're going to go that far back, it was also started by Dave Liep since he created Atlasia to begin with.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Through NC Yankee:

     In total, we have 10 members in the Southeast (including 9 non-banned ones ), 5 in the Mideast, 3 in the Northeast, 2 in the Midwest, & 2 in the Pacific. We now have 22 members total. I don't think I can edit the Wiki on this computer, so I'll have to do that on Monday.

[Associate Justice PiT]

I have decided after much consideration to join the RPP.

Really...

Wow the RPP is good at brain washing.

     That was uncalled for.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I'd like to think the Southeast is rather more active than the Pacific.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I'd like to think the Southeast is rather more active than the Pacific.

You're quite wrong, though.

     Well there's no reason to be active at this time, though the Southeast has made an impressive comeback since earlier this year.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Maybe there's a reason we don't support him?

     Because he's too much of a maverick for you? I mean, Meeker voted for Mikado over Inks in the Mideast Gubernatorial election, but we still campaigned to get him on a ticket with Bgwah.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Oh, I get it now. Hmm, that's rather shocking, I must say.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I personally think that secret ballots should be given a chance to work. After all, if the SoFA tries to change someone's vote, the poster in question can call him out for it.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I personally think that secret ballots should be given a chance to work. After all, if the SoFA tries to change someone's vote, the poster in question can call him out for it.

I'm not concerned about that, I just like following the live election results

     But instead, we could have exit polling. Like live election results, only they can be wrong.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Greetings! I just registered to be in this party! So I'm here to introduce myself, and say a mighty HELLO!

Welcome to the party.

Glad to be here! Can I ask what are platform is?

     We oppose the expansion of the power of the federal government in relation to that of the regional governments.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Dug this puppy up. Through tmthforu94:

     In total, we have 8 members in the Southeast, 6 in the Mideast, 3 in the Northeast, 2 in the Midwest, & 2 in the Pacific. We now have 21 members. Interestingly, we're becoming almost as large in the Mideast as we are in the Southeast.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I was curious, so I decided to find the average RPPer PM score by region.

Southeast: +5.19, -0.78
Mideast: +1.00, +2.13
Northeast: +5.81, +5.57
Pacific: +4.01, -3.29
Midwest: +5.82, -4.39

     Notes:
-The Northeastern figure is based on one reference point. To my knowledge, Diredapples & RowanBrandon have never taken the PM test.
-The Pacific figure was really easy to get. There were only two reference points, whose economic PM scores were +4.02 & +4.00.
-The Midwestern figure was a pain to get. PBrunsel, to my knowledge, has never done the PM test, so I based it off his PC score.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I was curious, so I decided to find the average RPPer PM score by region.

Southeast: +5.19, -0.78
Mideast: +1.00, +2.13
Northeast: +5.81, +5.57
Pacific: +4.01, -3.29
Midwest: +5.82, -4.39

     Notes:
-The Northeastern figure is based on one reference point. To my knowledge, Diredapples & RowanBrandon have never taken the PM test.
-The Pacific figure was really easy to get. There were only two reference points, whose economic PM scores were +4.02 & +4.00.
-The Midwestern figure was a pain to get. PBrunsel, to my knowledge, has never done the PM test, so I based it off his PC score.

So the Northeast is the most conservative region, however we are actually predominantly a party of libertarians and moderates. Interesting, I sort of expected us to be more conservative generally.

     The Northeast is the most conservative because you're the only person there whose PM score I knew.

     The Mideast ends up being the most moderate because it's the only one to really represent both the left & the right of both economic & social issues.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Midwest is the only region where all members have PM scores in the libertarian quadrant.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Midwest is the only region where all members have PM scores in the libertarian quadrant.

And yet I did not banish the RPP from the Midwest!  How tolerant of me!

     Glad to hear it.

     Maybe I should restart the old attempt at a recruitment drive in the Midwest, so we can crowd out the SDPers. I'll be sure to try to get some folks from the liberal quadrant. Don't know if I'll succeed, though.

[Associate Justice PiT]

What did PiT do?

     I, due to my negligence, came to be aiding Xahar in his attempt to take over Atlasia.

[Associate Justice PiT]

What did PiT do?

     I, due to my negligence, came to be aiding Xahar in his attempt to take over Atlasia.

Sorry for intruding in this thread, but what'd you do that warrants such actions by your own party?

     Even though I didn't know it was Xahar, I was much too trusting of someone I didn't know. This resulted in the secret forum's security being breached as my account there was hacked.

     Basically, I compromised our security by associating too much with people that I didn't know well enough. I'm not too clear on much of it, since I'm not an expert on computers.

[Associate Justice PiT]

can any of you guys get along? As for Duke and DWTL, can you just accept you did something wrong and move on. This is childish and is RUINING the game. So can you two stop acting like a 5 year old and just learn from you mistakes?

Pardon my naivete, but wouldn't all that be too...easy? You underestimate the impossibility for people to act as, well, people.

I see what you are saying, but this bickering should not go on.

     Yeah, the bickering sucks. I would prefer it if certain people could learn to treat others in a respectable manner, but maturity is hard to come by nowadays. Basically, Duke's comments were stupid, but everyone who gave him a hard time over it needs to grow up & leave him alone.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I'll support you.

[Associate Justice PiT]

I make no illusions that I agree 100% with the RPP, but I do think I would make a strong third preference for the RPP.

I believe strongly in a separation between the federal and regional governments. I do support very strongly the maintenance of the regional Senate seats. I feel that the regions play an integral role in the development of Atlasia, especially new members.

However, I cannot guarantee my support for a CoG, nor will I reject fellow DA members such as afleitch, Hashemite, or HappyWarrior. This is because I feel as though a certain question has been missed in the build-up of tensions between federalists and region advocates: what are the regions really meant to do? My answer to this is that the regions must foster involvement, growth, and activity in Atlasia, something I do not see a CoG doing. In addition, the DA is largely made up of current officeholders, something I see as a result of their personal abilities to invoke passion by other members.

Thus, I tell you that no, we are not  perfect fit and my allegiances are to the DA. However, I see the regions as an integral part of Atlasian politics and I will never take actions to hinder the progress of the regions. Nor will I ever consider the federal agenda as separate from the regions. If you have any additional questions feel free to ask.

And just to clarify and prevent any confusion, I do not outright oppose the CoG. I just don't see it as a cure-all to the region vs. federal debate. What would be far more productive is an amendment I have proposed (and that will be sponsored) allowing for dual office-holding on the two levels of government to increase competitiveness and opportunity in regional elections.

     I haven't been paying attention to the convention, but I would expect that an alternative solution has been receiving more attention lately.

[Associate Justice PiT]

We have a lot of pro-lifers in the RPP, so you should be fine.

     Not to mention leaving the issue up to the states is the most conservative position any party would take here. Due to the largely leftist composition of the forum, many parties would be unwilling to take any position to the right of full legalization in the first two trimesters.