The National Atlasian: Keeping You Informed

[Colin]

Welcome to the National Atlasian. We are here to provide the best in electoral coverage. We will make sure that we bring you not only the most up to date presidential election information but also the most recent Senate races. we will also begin calling elections based on current results.

Presidential Election:

1st round
1. PBrunsel/Keystone Phil - 21 votes
2. Harry/Akno21 - 19 votes
3. Nation/King - 13 votes
4. Al/Lewis Trondheim - 13 votes
5. Hughento/HTMLDon - 8 votes
6. Bandarik04/Dabeav - 8 votes
7. Nation/MAS117 - 1 vote
8. Nation/Akno21 - 1 vote
9. King/Nation - 0 votes (1 3rd preference)
10. DanielX/Bono - 0 votes (1 4th preference)
11. Fritz/Akno21 - 0 votes (1 5th preference)
12. PD/Migrendel - 0 votes (1 7th preference)

2nd round
1. PBrunsel/Keystone Phil - 22 votes
2. Harry/Akno21 - 19 votes
3. Nation/King - 13 votes
4. Al/Lewis Trondheim - 13 votes
5. Hughento/HTMLDon - 8 votes
6. Bandarik04/Dabeav - 8 votes
7. Nation/MAS117 - 1 vote

3rd round
1. PBrunsel/Keystone Phil - 22 votes
2. Harry/Akno21 - 19 votes
3. Nation/King - 13 votes
4. Al/Lewis Trondheim - 13 votes
5. Hughento/HTMLDon - 9 votes
6. Bandarik04/Dabeav - 8 votes

4th round
1. PBrunsel/Keystone Phil - 25 votes
2. Harry/Akno21 - 19 votes
3. Nation/King - 14 votes
4. Al/Lewis Trondheim - 14 votes
5. Hughento/HTMLDon - 12 votes

5th round
1. PBrunsel/Keystone Phil - 29 votes
2. Harry/Akno21 - 22 votes
3. Nation/King - 19 votes
4. Al/Lewis Trondheim - 14 votes

6th round
1. PBrunsel/Keystone Phil - 30 votes
2. Harry/Akno21 - 30 votes
3. Nation/King - 23 votes
No preference - 1 vote

7th round
1. PBrunsel/Keystone Phil - 43 votes
2. Harry/Akno21 - 36 votes
No preference - 5 votes

Current Senate Races:

District 1

Defarge 12
NYGOP 11

District 2

Bono 7
Umengus 5

We are calling a win for Bono (R-NH) in the District 2 Senate Race.

District 3

Nym 90 9
MasterJedi 6
Kucinich for President 1

We here at the National Atlasian are calling a win for Nym 90 (D-MI) in the District 3 Senate Race.

District 4

StatesRights 11
Reagan (write-in) 2
Blank 2

The National Atlasian is calling a win for StatesRights (SRP-FL) in the District 4 Senate Race. StatesRights ran unopposed.

District 5

John F. Kennedy 11
Lewis Trondheim (write-in) 1
Jesus (write-in) 1

The National Atlasian is calling a win for John F. Kennedy (UAC-CA) in the District 5 Senate Race. John F. Kennedy ran unopposed.

Currently at this time the District 1 Senate Race and the Presidential Election are both too close to call.

Thank you for choosing the National Atlasian. We hope that you enjoyed this first edition. Once again thank you for choosing the National Atlasian.


Presidential Election results courtesy of The Region.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Dear Publisher:
You will either attribute the Presidential Results you are using to The Region or we shall be forced to sue for copyright infringement given the glaring similarity of the format you are using to that used by our paper.

Jedediah Leland
Managing Editor
The Region

[Colin]

The National Atlasian
Late Election Editorial
Colin's Corner
October 24th, 2004 8:33 PM

According to the most recent election results PBrunsel currently leads Harry in the final round by 7 votes with 64% of the registered electorate voting. While Hugh and Harry keep trying to lift their spirits by saying to themselves that they may have a late Sunday suprise. Hugh keeps telling all socially progressive voters to vote him over Al or Harry saying that he is the only one capable of defeating PBrunsel. It seems as if his pleas have fallen on deaf ears. With midnight fast approaching Harry and Hugh are running around like Cinderella at the ball look to achieve the impossible before midnight. For Hugh the landscape looks bleak. He is presiding over the twilight of his party after seeing its power drift away to the Democrats. This is worstened by the fact that all registered Independence Party voters have voted. While 100% turnout from your party is good its easy to due when you only have four members. Harry is getting just as panicked he keeps saying that many Democrats haven't voted yet. Well Harry they probably wont vote in this election. With time whittling away the chances of the suprise Dem voters is becoming less and less especially since it keeps getting later on the east coast and its around 1-3 Am in Europe so we can expect little from these two constituences as midnight draws near. If I wake up tomarrow and their is a Hugh or Harry win then I know that Cinderella was able to pull off the impossible before midnight otherwise its four months of PBrunsel.

Getting off the topic of last minute election suprises and onto something else this election has brought back the dominance of the Democrats and the Republicans. While these two parties were once considered on death's door they have sprung back into being. This is not because of their message or because of any remarkable shift in voter registration it is because of good candidates and name recognition. With people who are new the names Democrat and Republican have a sense of familiarity. They know what they stand for and how they vote. They know what to expect from their leaders and their legislators. When they see parties like the Centrists or the United Left or the Independence Party they don't know what they are getting. Even when they look at the platforms they don't know what they are getting since a platform is no more a force of law in the party than the Articles of Confederation are to a modern-day American. As the voters become more aware within the Atlasian political circles they are able to better define their position within the bounds of non-traditional parties. What made the Dems and Reps so powerful this electoral season was that they had good candidates. The Democrats nominated Harry, a former IPer, who was able to bring new voters to the Democrats. The Republicans nominated PBrunsel who was able to draw many UACers who were on the right flank of their party. These enlarged electorates helped the Democrats and the Republicans but hurt the IP and the UAC, and to a lesser extent the UL. At this unexpected popularity for these two parties members of the non-traditional or non-"dark age" parties were up in arms. They thought Atlasia had gone out of its mind. They demanded Reps and Dems change their names. While this was of unimportance to members of those two parties their was some debate about it. In the end though the reason why the UAC, UL and IP didn't have good showings was because of the strong candidates in Harry and PBrunsel who were able to gain votes from the other parties.

Just my two cents.

[Colin]

Their Ernest. Sorry about that.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

No real problem, as it gave me a chance at a fun post, altho I do wonder if anyone will be able to say who Jedediah Leland is without doing a google or the like.

[Colin]

The National Atlasian


OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS


Presidential/Vice-Presidential Election

Round 1:
PBrunsel/Keystone Phil- 21
Harry/Akno21- 19
Al/Lewis Trondheim- 14
Nation/King- 13
Badnarikin04/Dabeav- 8
Hughento/Htmldon- 8
Nation/Akno21 (write-in)- 1
Nation/MAS117 (write-in)- 1

Round 2:
PBrunsel/Keystone Phil- 22
Harry/Akno21- 19
Al/Lewis Trondheim- 14
Nation/King- 13
Hughento/Htmldon- 9
Badnarikin04/Dabeav- 8

Round 3:
PBrunsel/Keystone Phil- 25
Harry/Akno21- 19
Al/Lewis Trondheim- 15
Nation/King- 14
Hughento/Htmldon- 12

Round 4:
PBrunsel/Keystone Phil- 29
Harry/Akno21- 22
Nation/King- 19
Al/Lewis Trondheim- 15

Round 5:
Harry/Akno21- 31
PBrunsel/Keystone Phil- 30
Nation/King- 23
No preference- 1

Round 6:
PBrunsel/Keystone Phil- 43
Harry/Akno21- 37
No preference- 5
PBrunsel/Keystone Phil wins.


Senate District 1

Defarge- 12
NYGOP- 11
Defarge wins.


Senate District 2

Bono- 7
Umengus- 5
Bono wins.


Senate District 3

Nym90- 9
MasterJedi- 6
KucinichForPrez- 1
Nym90 wins.


Senate District 4

StatesRights- 12
Ronald Reagan (write-in)- 2
StatesRights wins.


Senate District 5

John F Kennedy- 11
Jesus (write-in)- 1
Lewis Trondheim (write-in)- 1
John F Kennedy wins.

And these were the final numbers today after the polls closed at midnight. It seems to be a convincing victory for PBrunsel who was boosted ahead of Harry in the sixth round by preference votes from Nation. After Nation was eliminated PBrunsel was the definite winner. PBrunsel, the Governor of the Midwest, is the first Republican President and has vowed to end the liberalism that was evident in the last 4 months although the President-elect will have to face a Senate that will be neutral at best and hostile at worst. According to the final election results the Democrats have a hold on the Senate with 5 seats currently in their hands while Migrendal, who is on the verge of being recalled because of inactivity, will most likely vote with the Democrats on almost all issues. This leaves 1 UAC Senate seat and three Republican seats. Let us be the first at the National Atlasian to say that the key word for this term will be gridlock. Unless a UACer or Republican gets into Migrendal's seat if their is a recall or if the Midterm elections go to the UAC's or Republican's favor we can expect a hung jury on most issues. But we here at the National Atlasian would like to congradulate PBrunsel and Keystone Phil for their victory and we would like to thank all the Presidential and Senatorial Candidates. It was a good election and all of you gave it your all. 

[Colin]

Al Attacks The Press
“Mayor” Bans Time Magazine in Partisan Rage

One of the most basic tenets of Atlasian society came under attack in West Virginia today, as self-proclaimed “Mayor” Al banned Time Magazine until it “quites [sic] being an ultra-partisan AF GOP rag.” The reason for the banning? The magazine featured newly-elected Paul Brunsel as Person of the Year.

“Time Magazine often puts President-elects as men of the year,” said Ronald Reagan, the man behind the decision, “[it] did so with Reagan in 80, Clinton in 1992, and Bush in 2000.” So why strike now against the freedom of the press? “He lost an election and wants to attack those who had no ill will towards him, his union movement or his campaign for President,” said Vice-President-Elect Keystone Phil. “I always respected Al even when I disagreed with him. After seeing what I've seen today, my opinion has changed.” Mr. Phil’s comments are further backed by the repeated attacks that Al has launched against him, saying Mr. Phil was not “fit to lick the boots of all previous Vice Presidents” and calling him a “Partisan Hack” for having a picture of United States Senator Rick Santorum in his signature, which he called to have removed.

Now, I’m of the opinion that Rick Santorum is a twisted little freak that deserved a skydiving trip with no parachute more than a Senate seat, but I would never try to force someone to remove his picture from their personal signature space. This is just further evidence for Al’s disregard for freedom of speech and of the press. He is the one in this mess that is reacting like a partisan radical, BANNING a publication simply because he does not share their opinions. One has to wonder, who is Al’s leftist role model? Marx? Lenin? At this point, the likeliest candidate seems to be Stalin. All Atlasians, from the left AND the right need to fight back, and stand with such figures as ACLU Chairman Bono, who has stated “I warn Mayor Al that if he persists in violating the freedom of speech of the West Virginians, the ACLU will put forward a lawsuit to protect their free speech.” We can not let this aggression against our sacred freedoms stand.

This article is courtesy of Hermit.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

The above article is libelous and I intend to sue The National Atlasian

[Colin]

Fine bring it on. It was an opinion piece put forward by Hermit. It was actually to be published in the Midgard Chronicles and it should still be published in their. This is nothing more than an attempt by Al to silence opposition and cut our freedom of speech. I ask all to help in my defense against this authoritarian.

[minionofmidas]

Fine bring it on. It was an opinion piece put forward by Hermit. It was actually to be published in the Midgard Chronicles and it should still be published in their. This is nothing more than an attempt by Al to silence opposition and cut our freedom of speech. I ask all to help in my defense against this authoritarian.

"opposition"? He's trying to silence the gover'ment.

[Colin]

Fine bring it on. It was an opinion piece put forward by Hermit. It was actually to be published in the Midgard Chronicles and it should still be published in their. This is nothing more than an attempt by Al to silence opposition and cut our freedom of speech. I ask all to help in my defense against this authoritarian.

"opposition"? He's trying to silence the gover'ment.

Lewis, he is trying to silence the voice of Hermit who is a UACer and the current Secretary of State. I didn't write this I just published it. Lewis I would ask that you tell Al to refrain from his attacks on Free Speech and Free Press.

[minionofmidas]

I do not endorse the positions taken by either side in this debate.
Everybody involved is attacking the right to Free Speech and at the same time exercising it. Everybody is wasting their time.
Can you live with that, Colin?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Everybody involved is attacking the right to Free Speech and at the same time exercising it. Everybody is wasting their time.

More or less true... I don't think the Atlas actually has any libel laws... but it's kinda fun anyways.
Especially as I'd win the libel trial in real life :-)

[Colin]

Everybody involved is attacking the right to Free Speech and at the same time exercising it. Everybody is wasting their time.

More or less true... I don't think the Atlas actually has any libel laws... but it's kinda fun anyways.
Especially as I'd win the libel trial in real life :-)

Number one this isn't real life and we don't work by their laws. Number two if I were you I would be more worried about the ACLU bringing up that case against you. Number three in real life Keystone Phil and others would probably bring charges of Slander against you.

[Hermit]

Everybody involved is attacking the right to Free Speech and at the same time exercising it.

I must have missed the part where I was attacking Free Speech.

[badnarikin04]

The above article is libelous and I intend to sue The National Atlasian

Cuckoo...Cuckoo...

[Colin]

The above article is libelous and I intend to sue The National Atlasian

Cuckoo...Cuckoo...

LOL

[Colin]

What Becomes of Great Nation
Thoughts on Nation’s Loss in the Recent Election
By Colin Wixted, Editor-in-Chief

Nation’s loss was a slight disappointment to me. Even as a Republican I like the idea of non-traditional parties winning the election and I know that Nation would have been a great President. But why was he not elected? He had all the positives. He was a middle of the road candidate who headed one of the most influential parties in Atlasia, his party had the incumbent president and as such was the incumbent party, and he had a good choice of Vice Presidents in MAS 117 and King. So why then was he not elected? To answer that question one must look at Nation’s previous occupation. Senator Nation was hurt by his record in the senate. He was the third most conservative senator in the Senate. Even with his vote against the Death Penalty he still voted for the Military Defence Initiative which was disliked by many people on the left side of the political spectrum. He voted against the Family Planning Act and he voted against an increase in taxes. While I support all these positions and thank the good Senator for voting against them it still alienated leftist voters. What defeated Nation’s chances of winning were that the Republicans ran a strong more moderate candidate that attracted more right-leaning UAC voters while Harry was playing to the entire left and enticed leftist UAC members away from Nation. This coupled with Nation’s mostly conservative Senate record hurt Nation and allowed his party to fall to third place though Nation still had a chance until probably around 5:30 pm EST on Sunday. We here at the National Atlasian wish former Senator Nation the best of luck and would like to thank him for running a good campaign.   

[Colin]

Always the Bridesmaid
Thoughts on the Centre
By Colin Wixted, Editor-in-Chief

The UAC has always seemed to me to be a curious political animal. A party that is dead centre in the political spectrum and holds both the ideas of the left and the ideas of the right in high regard. In other nations so called Centrists are pulled either to the right or to the left through the tugging of the more forceful political wings but here in Atlasia the centre has always been strong enough to survive. But finally the UAC has come under the pull of the two mighty political wings. Their has been talk of some leftist to unite the entire left under one party or coalition that would control Atlasian politics. While I never think this plan will happen or if this plan could actually hold up to the realities of the political maelstrom this is causing more force trying to rip apart the middle. This is probably never to happen but it just adds more emphasis to the thought that the UAC is becoming a more umbrella party. You have right flank UACers whose political opinions almost match that of the current Republican administration. On the other side you have left leaning UAC members. They are not all that far away politically in their views with Harry and the Democrats and Hugh and the IP. This increased fracturing of the UAC may lead to an eventual demise or to a reform of the party structure much as I have suggested to the IP. The UAC in my opinion is strong enough to keep going as a political party as long as they remain unite. Divide and Conquer was the famous strategy of Julius Caesar lets hope the UAC does not fall to this stratagem.

[Jake]

Around the Nation
          by Dubya2004, Senior Writer

   Wow, it's been an exciting week.  One Friday, polls opened to vote for the next president and the next senators for this great nation.  At the outset, it looked like we would see the third straight UAC president, but it was not to be.  Mid-west Governor Paul PBrunsel (R-IA) took the lead by mid Friday and never relinquished it on the way to a 43 to 37 victory of District 4 Senator Harry (D-MS).  General Secretary Al, of the AFL-CIO, put in a strong showing with fourteen first preference votes. Al immediately made a fool of himself by saying,"Neither [KeystonePhil or PBrunsel] are fit to lick the boots of all previous Vice Presidents."  General Secretary Al followed that up by banning Time Magazine from the state of West Virginia for featuring President-elect PBrunsel as its Man of the Year.  A lawsuit from the ACLU is pending on that one.

   Another big event in Atlasia this week occured when the newly elected governor of the Southeastern Region declared "the Death Penalty Abolition Act is Null and
Void in the Southeastern Region."  This act quickly brought applause from one side and condemnation from the other.  Secretary of Forum Affairs Fritz immediately challenged the case in the Supreme Court, but the court has been unable to take the case due to vacancies caused by the resignations of Associate Justices Nym90 and
MAS117. 

   Our final topic today will be the vacancies on the Supreme Court.  Due to President JFK's abscence, Vice President Andrew has acted as acting president and nominated founding father DemRepDan and retiring Senator King to fill the vacancies.  The senate immediately brought the nominations to a vote without any debate.  Both men have secured enough votes to be nominated, though their final approval is being held up by procedural irregularities.  The next court will rule on ACLU v. West Virginia, Fritz v. Southeastern Region, and whether the Federal Activity Bill is constitutional.  That's it for this week readers.  I'll be back on Sunday with "The Week in Review" and with breaking news from the Supreme Court.

[Bono]

You're doing a great work Colin. Kudos for you.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Al immediately made a fool of himself by saying,"Neither [KeystonePhil or PBrunsel] are fit to lick the boots of all previous Vice Presidents." 

Wrong. I said that Phil was not fit to go a boot licking. I did NOT repeat NOT say the same thing about President-Elect PBrunsel

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1. The reason for the brief ban was not the fact that PBrunsel was chosen, but Reaganfan's method to determine the winner

2. Now that he appears to have lost control of the magazine and it's now running a proper contest, Time Magazine is availible in the State Borough of West Virginia.
Why can't your bloody paper report that eh?

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And what a bloody disgrace of a joke that is an all

[minionofmidas]

Al immediately made a fool of himself by saying,"Neither [KeystonePhil or PBrunsel] are fit to lick the boots of all previous Vice Presidents." 

Wrong. I said that Phil was not fit to go a boot licking. I did NOT repeat NOT say the same thing about President-Elect PBrunsel

"Neither" referred to Ronald Reagan and Keystone Phil. As was obvious without any doubt.
Now - unlike with his libel suit - Al would actually have a case in a German court against you (although all he'd get is an injunction against you, banning you from claiming so again and forcing to issue a retraction. No damages.)

[Colin]

Well number one Lewis, I don't live in Germany. Number two the laws of other nations don't apply to Atlasia. Number three, Al if you have something aganist my paper don't read it.

[minionofmidas]

Well number one Lewis, I don't live in Germany. Number two the laws of other nations don't apply to Atlasia. Number three, Al if you have something aganist my paper don't read it.

Number one, I know. Number two, I know. That wasn't the point though...