The Crusader (Public Service Announcement)

[Lumine]

Do you intend to offer an apology for those you have previously maligned?

Well, if asked for one and if I believe my rhetoric was wrong in a particular moment (and it has happened on some occasions), then yes.

[Adam Griffin]

Rule #12: Never apologize!

[Adam Griffin]

Also the headline should have been "The Art of the Duel"

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Rule #12: Never apologize!

GVU is a fraud!

[Lumine]

And the drama continues:

Fremontians ponder on the future with Senate winner unclear,
Pericles accused of committing fraud by candidate

[wxtransit]

[Lumine]

Clash of Titans:

Federalists, PUP fight over coveted
Fremont Senate seat at the Supreme Court

[Galaxie]

[Lumine]

Election Special N°1:

A Strange Phenomenon:

Scientists make startling discovery

Four More Months:

Yankee and DFW unveil inspiring banner for re-election

The Man with a Plan:

AZ enters the race with a clear, unambiguous agenda

Friendly Welcome:

Federalist HQ stages a warm welcome to the first opposition candidate

[Terry the Fat Shark]

One of the most active congresses ever within Atlasian History both pre and post reset (perhaps the most active ever with nearly 55! bills passed through Congress, though I can't say the most as I am not the Atlasian history guru part of this ticket ) along with fixing up the Wiki by and large and implementing Constitutional reform, including one of your very measures that failed the first time, quite uninspiring indeed

[Lumine]

One of the most active congresses ever within Atlasian History both pre and post reset (perhaps the most active ever with nearly 55! bills passed through Congress, though I can't say the most as I am not the Atlasian history guru part of this ticket ) along with fixing up the Wiki by and large and implementing Constitutional reform, including one of your very measures that failed the first time, quite uninspiring indeed

One can be active while being uninspiring, Mr. Vice-President (hell, I should know), they're not mutually exclusive. And clearly we have vastly different visions as to what the extent of consitutional reform ought to be.

But hey, if you're actually having fun with the present state of affairs, I'm happy for you!

[Terry the Fat Shark]

One of the most active congresses ever within Atlasian History both pre and post reset (perhaps the most active ever with nearly 55! bills passed through Congress, though I can't say the most as I am not the Atlasian history guru part of this ticket ) along with fixing up the Wiki by and large and implementing Constitutional reform, including one of your very measures that failed the first time, quite uninspiring indeed

One can be active while being uninspiring, Mr. Vice-President (hell, I should know), they're not mutually exclusive. And clearly we have vastly different visions as to what the extent of consitutional reform ought to be.

But hey, if you're actually having fun with the present state of affairs, I'm happy for you!

I think it is helping the game in the sense that it provides legislation to repeal or edit in the future if needed by a future generation which is not yet blooming but will soon enough, I also agree that we need numerous new players to run for positions after the Yankee/dfw administration concludes, whenever that may be.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

And clearly we have vastly different visions as to what the extent of consitutional reform ought to be.

You are going to dog on me over "extent" when it took intense efforts to get War Powers through?

I never said I was done Lumine. I have not even been in office two months. I also never said I could do it alone. The only ones who are going to reform the constitution, are in the end the people. If they want it badly enough it will happen. Otherwise you get to see it ripped apart over arguments about whether the comma should be on line 1 or line 2 (I am being facetious here but it is not too far off with what happened with Pardon Reform. I made changes to satisfy one group of legitimate concerns, and in the process created another group of concerns).

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

One of the most active congresses ever within Atlasian History both pre and post reset (perhaps the most active ever with nearly 55! bills passed through Congress, though I can't say the most as I am not the Atlasian history guru part of this ticket ) along with fixing up the Wiki by and large and implementing Constitutional reform, including one of your very measures that failed the first time, quite uninspiring indeed

One can be active while being uninspiring, Mr. Vice-President (hell, I should know), they're not mutually exclusive. And clearly we have vastly different visions as to what the extent of consitutional reform ought to be.

But hey, if you're actually having fun with the present state of affairs, I'm happy for you!

I think it is helping the game in the sense that it provides legislation to repeal or edit in the future if needed by a future generation which is not yet blooming but will soon enough, I also agree that we need numerous new players to run for positions after the Yankee/dfw administration concludes, whenever that may be.

I find it ironic that last October I was "putting too many inexperienced new people in the WH", now this October I am putting too much experience in it. Cannot win!

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

One of the most active congresses ever within Atlasian History both pre and post reset (perhaps the most active ever with nearly 55! bills passed through Congress, though I can't say the most as I am not the Atlasian history guru part of this ticket ) along with fixing up the Wiki by and large and implementing Constitutional reform, including one of your very measures that failed the first time, quite uninspiring indeed

One can be active while being uninspiring, Mr. Vice-President (hell, I should know), they're not mutually exclusive. And clearly we have vastly different visions as to what the extent of consitutional reform ought to be.

But hey, if you're actually having fun with the present state of affairs, I'm happy for you!

I think it is helping the game in the sense that it provides legislation to repeal or edit in the future if needed by a future generation which is not yet blooming but will soon enough, I also agree that we need numerous new players to run for positions after the Yankee/dfw administration concludes, whenever that may be.

I find it ironic that last October I was "putting too many inexperienced new people in the WH", now this October I am putting too much experience in it. Cannot win!

Lumine just likes to howl whichever fake narrative suits his personal agenda best at a given time.

[Lumine]

Lumine just likes to howl whichever fake narrative suits his personal agenda best at a given time.

I'm not particularly sure you're the best person to speak about self-interest, but I will do some soul-searching about that brilliant insight.

And clearly we have vastly different visions as to what the extent of consitutional reform ought to be.

You are going to dog on me over "extent" when it took intense efforts to get War Powers through?

I never said I was done Lumine. I have not even been in office two months. I also never said I could do it alone. The only ones who are going to reform the constitution, are in the end the people. If they want it badly enough it will happen. Otherwise you get to see it ripped apart over arguments about whether the comma should be on line 1 or line 2 (I am being facetious here but it is not too far off with what happened with Pardon Reform. I made changes to satisfy one group of legitimate concerns, and in the process created another group of concerns).

I mean, I think we can easily agree that Constitutional change is indeed quite a pain, just as you'll find no disagreement with me regarding the passage of the War Powers Amendment being both a win (in general terms) and a win in which the Administration did play a very important role despite prominent Federalists trying to get it killed. Having said that, it is also true that you have often taken a rather skeptical role of several reform attempts despite coming around to support some, and that we have a rather deep philosophical disagreement on Constitutional change as well.

It it was a matter of mere practical concerns I don't think we'd disagree as much as we do, but I think we're both rather aware it goes beyond a mere "it can't be passed".

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Also I'm surprised you didn't note that after all the TPH vs HenryWallaceVP drama, the seat ended up changing hands in the regular election not more than a month later!

[Lumine]

Also I'm surprised you didn't note that after all the TPH vs HenryWallaceVP drama, the seat ended up changing hands in the regular election not more than a month later!

Ah, that's one of the problems of not being able to update this regularly. Still, if the Presidential Election is a fun affair (or creates satire-worthy material) I do expect to publish more often.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Lumine just likes to howl whichever fake narrative suits his personal agenda best at a given time.

I'm not particularly sure you're the best person to speak about self-interest, but I will do some soul-searching about that brilliant insight.

And clearly we have vastly different visions as to what the extent of consitutional reform ought to be.

You are going to dog on me over "extent" when it took intense efforts to get War Powers through?

I never said I was done Lumine. I have not even been in office two months. I also never said I could do it alone. The only ones who are going to reform the constitution, are in the end the people. If they want it badly enough it will happen. Otherwise you get to see it ripped apart over arguments about whether the comma should be on line 1 or line 2 (I am being facetious here but it is not too far off with what happened with Pardon Reform. I made changes to satisfy one group of legitimate concerns, and in the process created another group of concerns).

I mean, I think we can easily agree that Constitutional change is indeed quite a pain, just as you'll find no disagreement with me regarding the passage of the War Powers Amendment being both a win (in general terms) and a win in which the Administration did play a very important role despite prominent Federalists trying to get it killed. Having said that, it is also true that you have often taken a rather skeptical role of several reform attempts despite coming around to support some, and that we have a rather deep philosophical disagreement on Constitutional change as well.

It it was a matter of mere practical concerns I don't think we'd disagree as much as we do, but I think we're both rather aware it goes beyond a mere "it can't be passed".

I have my own philosophy about how government should operate just like you do. I repeatedly supported reforms like regional administration of the Senate seats for years only to have them get shot down on partisan lines. But these opponents were never labeled as obstructionists or "anti-reform" the way any conservative was so labeled for daring to protect regions from further erosion of their already reduced powers pre-reset. I supported more reforms than anyone else simply by sheer factor of time present, but I never consented to let anti-regionalists and radicals get control of the dictionary to determine what was reform and what was not (usually with the expected labeling each time). This was true in 2008, 2011, 2013 and 2015.

I support things based on what make sense to me and what seems likely to achieve a desired objective. If something doesn't work I like to find a way to make it work. And when I have been "skeptical" (first AntonioV's and then Duke's Consolidation plans), I went to great lengths to facilitate debate, or even went out of my way to give it a fair shot at ratification (when die-hard supporters failed to show up for the debate and vote). Skeptical maybe, but it is impossible to call me an obstructionist of reform. Skepticism is not a bad thing either, we should be careful when amending the constitution, we have seen crap get sneaked in that later proved to be very damaging in the wrong hands.

At the end of the day I think the regions should take the lead on most domestic affairs, with the Federal gov't focused on FP and serving as a supporting role to those regional efforts. I have pursued legislation on healthcare and education that is line with these goals over the course of the period since the reset, and I opposed efforts to curtail such and begin the long trek towards centralization that caused a number (not all but many) of the problems that led to 2015. I think the government structure should protect this dynamic from erosion be it in the form centralization or in the form of separatism (Which typically is the end result of centralization).

As President it is has been my goal to break one of the biggest barriers to newbie integration and that is inability to quickly find out what has changed versus real life. It was the basis for the "legislative reset" to begin with and when necessary I have rolled up my one sleeves and put hours into it alongside the Archivists. I would consider this just as valuable as any major reform that would be so difficult pass because 1) it would directly benefit our newest members and 2) the only thing that stands in the way of it getting done is the hours necessary to get it done. It doesn't mean I am not going to keep trying on constitutional amendments, though.

When reform dominates the discussion, the reforms themselves become an "issue" based discussion that is prone to be divided based on ideology. That is why no massive reform ever succeeds without broad consensus. There was opposition to War Powers, based on different constitutional views on what the President's power of war making should be. I am somewhat of a Whig when it comes to executive power and thus these concerns didn't bother me like they did some conservatives.

There are and should be policy differences. I don't believe in monopolies be they government sector or private sector in origin (which has led to me being labeled both a socialist and a libertarian depending on which monopolies I am targeting at a given time). I think consumers should be able to have the most alternatives and choices practical. That is a bit different from saying "I am pro-market" bit more nuanced, but it is purpose driven, towards an objective. Consumer choices being paramount and doesn't excuse private sector monopolies (cough power companies).

But getting back to reform, I have said repeatedly, that as long as it preserves important checks and balances and respects our traditions of freedom and democracy, I am fine with considering any reform and that I would keep an open mind. I have not opposed a single reform effort that I can think off, since becoming President and I have not violated any campaign promise I made in this regard, it is basically what I said in April and May.   

[Lumine]

Look, Yankee, I don't mind having the constitutional debate with you from time to time, but it does get a bit tiresome to be forced to have it on places which are not exactly meant by it (and by that I mean this particular thread).

As a general commentary I'd have to say that I am glad that my - not particularly clever - attempts at political commentary and satire seem raise an immediate response, but it's tedious to see that any attempt to raise a criticism or make fun of something regarding what are now almost two years of dominance immediate results in a hijack by the Federalist brigade to either raise insults or pose long dissertations as to why Federalism or a given public figure is actually awesome.

Anyway, there is a right for people to answer back if feelings are somehow hurt and a personal intention not to be deterred regardless of being hounded from time to time, but it is a dynamic which gets old quickly.

For time being, I'll be pondering on whether to return to interviews as well after recieving a new request.

[Lumine]

Showdown at Lincoln:

Ninja campaign setting up new run-off strategy
after MB shuts the door on a split-term

[tmthforu94]

Major Progress in South

Governor TM makes big progress on Wiki updates; responsive, quick action to GM reports and citizen needs

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

Unauthorized Election Update from someone not affiliated with Lumeme's publication

AZ campaign HQ working on comprehensive  plan as Weatherboy continues to hint at run

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

My favorite publication in Atlasia since the incredible fever dream that was The Aloha Hour.

[Lumine]

October 2018 Presidential Election (Poll)

President Yankee a clear favorite for re-election

Atlasians would like a different challenger, more diverse field

Despite support for the President, most Atlasians believe the nation is going through the wrong direction

Who do you plan to vote for?

Yankee /DFW: 40%
1184AZ / Reagan/Clinton: 10%%
Other: 20%%
Undecided: 30%

Are you satisified with the present match-up?

NO: 70%
YES: 10%
Undecided: 20%

Is there another candidate you'd like to see running?

YES: 75%
NO: 25%

If so, who?

Full List: Siren (2), Ninja (2), Pericles (2), Griffin (2), Mike Wells (2), PUP Candidate (1), Weatherboy  (1), Vern (1),  None (3), Other (2), Unsure (2)

What is your opinion of Yankee?

Positive: 50%
Negative: 30%
Undecided: 20%

What is your opinion of DFW?

Negative: 50%
Positive: 30%
Undecided: 20%

What is your opinion of 1184AZ?

Positive: 45%
Negative: 35%
Undecided: 20%

What is your opinion of ReaganClinton?

Positive: 45%
Negative: 35%
Undecided: 20%

Is Atlasia going through the right direction?

NO: 55%
YES: 25%
Undecided: 20%

What is the first word that comes to your mind when it comes to Yankee?

Full List: President (2), Determination (2), DWTL Killer, Dad, Dull, Effective, Federalist, Flip-Flopper, History, Knowledgeable, Me-but-good, Old, Principled, Rambler, Wise, Dedicated, Established, Old.

What is the first word that comes to your mind when it comes to DFW?

Full List: Flip-Flopper (3), Doof (2), Vice-President (2), April 2, Autonomy, Snake, Manipulator, Mean, Obsessive, Mom, Opportunist, Winner, rolling eyes emoji, sneaky, unorthodox.

What is the first word that comes to your mind when it comes to 1184AZ?

Full List: Irrelevent, Backstabber, Ninjas running mate, Intelligent, Inconsistent, Incompetent, Game Moderator, idiot, badgrammar, Liberal, Maverick, not sure, Flip-Flopper, Peace, Texas, Weak, Competent, Bannon, Flipflopper, Waffle.

What is the first word that comes to your mind when it comes to ReaganClinton?

Full List: Ineffective, Loony, Leader, Smart, Bizarre, Immature, Alliance, Who?, stupid, Conservative, Governor, Unremarkable, Ok, Country above party, Indy, Decent, Secretive, Moderate, Centrist, nice.

Finally, which word would you use to define the present state of Atlasia?

Full List: progressing, Mixed, Alright, Stagnant, Boring (2), Nauseating, Promising, Ugh, dire, Desperate, Improving, Stale, Inspiring, Disaster, Lost, Broken, Bland, A sh*tshow, husk.