Welcome, Federalists and Atlasians, to Middle Class Monday!!!

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Good Eve ah Morning,

I have created these discussion threads before to support and even as a prelude to our past conventions, and it is my hope that creating it this time will allow for a discussion but at the same avoid that thread from gettign too cluttered up with the general back and forth and also the expected intrusions from other party members who will use it for their own entertainment value. I do expect that more people will use this unlike last time where it stayed empty.

I have had many discussions over the past few days and thus why I waited a few extra days to post this. I talked with many current members, and even some former ones who left as far back as a year ago. There are different ideas on the path forward and many have shared with me and the other members some really great proposals. I think most all are united in a desire for positively radical change at this point and I couldn't agree more. Many of this Party's members have felt deeply the affects of disunity over the past two years, and it therefore comes as no surprise that there is a great interest on the part of numerous Federalists to proceed, yes with radical changes, maybe even under a new name, maybe even a complete fresh start, but as a united front against the excesses of the left, but more importantly, in favor of a common sense governing agenda and regional power and influence.

We have at various points failed to offer enough counter proposals and then when we have, we have let dark forces behind the scenes lie and distort and twist them into things they are not. We need to not only offer a bold vision, but must be present and energetic in its defence not only here but on every medium of importance.

There has been discussion on the part of many about a complete overhaul of the Party from top to bottom. At the end of the day, I am for whatever will re-energize a united right and therefore I support moving forward in that direction and encourage the members to participate and engage as we work to re-model or even rebuild from scratch, not just repaint the Party.

There are many great porposals for names, for bylaws and platforms, for party colors, for policy ideas, for changes in our region party structure, for how we approach the Federal Gov't versus the Regions as it relates to our agenda, and for how we encourage unity and energy, the two keys that this party and the right in general has lacked for so long.

I therefore welcome a civil discussion on how to move this party forward. I welcome and encourage the active participate of all and realize that we may not agree on everything, but I think we stand united behind a desire to restore the right to competativeness and ultimately a working majority passing a governing agenda.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I think that is a good point. When I started last year I made a big point about getting everyone at the discussion table and making sure each side was equally respresented. Since then we have ran one candidate from each wing and I have created several discussion threads, as well as contacted members directly. But none of them had the massive effect that was needed. If we can find a way to integrate new members in directly and avoid the create of a class of actives and a class of nots, that will go a long way towards alleviating our engagement problem I think.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Now, you wouldn't by chance remember the source for your August 2013 wiki edit to the bylaws by any chance? I searched the conventions from that time and found nothing.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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I don't give a sh#t about the 'middle class'

my constituency is the working class

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

X Senator North Carolina Yankee (I killed a lot of people for this title and Rick Santorum still gets called it so can I).

I will speak later with a "short set of remarks".

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I want to thank all those who have participated today and say that though Monday may be over this event will continue for now as I see no reason to cut off the enthusiasm arbitrarily. So if you still would like to sign or make a speech please feel free to do so. I will hold off making my speech until anyone who stil lwould like to go has had a chance to go.

Thanks again to all those who have participated so far and I urge anyone still interesting to get involved. If you have signed but not made a speech, feel free to do so. If you want to do both, come on in.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Come on Duke, the microphone is waiting.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

It is with great sadness that I inform the crowd that the distinguished former President of The People will not be able to speak tonight do ot some rather unfortunate real life events that were beyond his control. He will however, be available sometime Thursday to deliver his remarks.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I wish to thank the two term President of the People for coming before our humble event. I will say that in not knowing what this event was about, he has come far closer to my original intent with it when I thought up the idea a week and a day ago. I will also thank the President for emphasizing the balance for it was never our intent to advance one at the expense of the other, indeed it was our goal to promote both equally and condemn the divisive comments of Senator TNF. That is why when I initially conceived of it, as a two part event, "Middle Class Monday and Working Class Wednesday", the latter half of which I see has been robbed to advance class divisiveness yet again.

A week and a day ago I was fast approaching the end. A week and a day ago I was still the longest serving Senator in office, having proudly served the Dirty South, Imperial Dominion of the south and now just South for a combined 68 months. That journey, a journey I almost said no to one Spring day in May when the same yellow California Avatared libertarian, who had gotten me into this mess called Atlasia six months prior, offered me his Senate seat as he sought the Presidency, has come to its conclusion.

As I wandered through the Senate's halls wrapped up more with introspective thoughts of days, votes, and bills long past, of Members whose number reaches at least 50 that I have served with, and the many many Presidents including a hansome devil from South Carolina who once made us all feel so good, despite how bad things may have been elsewhere and for me they were terrible I can assure you. Suddently I was broke from my self-absorbed stupor by the unmistakable load voice of the distinguished Senator from the Midwest as he he described his sole responsibility lay with respresenting the working class alone and that the midde classes did not matter.

Something had to be done in response and so I together with my own motely crew that now exists within the Federalist Party and arranged this little shindig. I wasn't sure what would come of  it and at the very least we could get people to voice their displeasure with the petition. But I also hoped for some speaches and maybe even some policy discussion. I am pleased with the success that this event has had and I grateful for the number of people that have come forward to participate in this event. For years really, I have felt alone in this game with a few exceptions, and the amazing thing is that only after losing did I really realize just how many people were there in all parties and all across this game, people who provided support and encouragement. The irony is that had I won, I probably would have have left the game this summer, but outpouring of support has restored my energy and passion.

Directing that passion, I determined that we should illustrate just how committed the nation is to polices that advance both the middle and working classes together. An education policy that doesn't fail our kids, a tax code that encourages investment and entrepreneurship whislt still covering our bills, a healthcare policy that provides the potential for a range of options if a region chooses to take that path. A reasonable minimum wage policy that doesn't balloon inflation as it seeks its futile quest to be a magic bullet to put everyone in the middle class, investments in technology and infrastructure that will advance the economy, and finally yes, a good range of safe guards and even the presence of unions and co-ops to protext workers and provide further choices in what is presently a monopoly with bad service. I had the distinch pleasure of working with more then 70 different people over the course of 68 months to bring about these ends. From expanding credit lines and protecting against ID theft with Marokai Blue last decade to working with members of four different parties on healthcare last year.

In spite of all the progress, success has been uneven and the Senate has often decided to backslide, purusing counterproductive and poorly written bills. It is therefore crucial with so many of the right's long time advocates and watch dogs now gone from the Senate, that the people remain attune to the actions of the chamber and not hessistate to voice dissenting opinions and alternative visions. For the first time in 68 months I am an outsider looking in and though some may say that I comrpromised too much or lost my way, I can say that the same things that motivated me to say yes one Spring day, still motivate me today and have guided me throughout these past 68 months.

I want to thank all those who participated and signed the petition and encourage you to never be silent, to never waver, no retreat and no surrender when it comes to your voice in this game. As Federalists we may not hold a Senate seat, as Conservatives we may be severely reduced in number overall, but as Atlasian citizens we are never without a voice and we are never powerless. And no one, left right or center is ever going to take that away from you regardless of much crap they try to throw your way because eventually they will run out and you will remain standing.