The White House

[Ebowed]

Is True Dem a GM too though?

He's still allowed to write stories for the Midgard Wire Services I think, foreign policy events or whatever.

[Hatman 🍁]

Is True Dem a GM too though?

He's still allowed to write stories for the Midgard Wire Services I think, foreign policy events or whatever.

Well, that's unfortunate.

[jerusalemcar5]

Is True Dem a GM too though?

He's still allowed to write stories for the Midgard Wire Services I think, foreign policy events or whatever.

Well, that's unfortunate.

More the unfortunate.  Horrific.  Remember what he did in Nepal?  Next thing you know Belgium will be annexing France and Islamic fundamentalists will take over the Mexican government.

[True Democrat]

Thanks for giving me nothing.  Ebowed goes clean.  Everyone is happpy, yet I'm screwed again.

[Hatman 🍁]

Thanks for giving me nothing.  Ebowed goes clean.  Everyone is happpy, yet I'm screwed again.

You still get to write the Midgard News rag.

[Speed of Sound]

Thanks for giving me nothing.  Ebowed goes clean.  Everyone is happpy, yet I'm screwed again.

You still get to write the Midgard News rag.

rag? Try massive pile of executive loyalist sh**t.

[Ebowed]

OK, this GM situation is obviously problematic.  Two organizations are spouting back at each other that the other is wrong.  Let's get back to real news, shall we?

* True Democrat's Midgard Wire Service is restricted to events concerning foreign policy and developments concerning trade with Atlasia.
* I ask anyone currently with GM powers to follow a courtesy code not to directly attack or implicate into an unreasonable crime any single person, party, or organization.  Future violators of this code will be subject to possible punishment.
* I am not recognizing the following news stories by AWN as official or relevant: "Ebowed trying to form dictatorship?", "Southeast Governor killed in duel with the President", an untitled article by Jerusalemcar5 posted on July 14, 2006 at 08:40:35 pm EDT, and "Video proves that JCar didnt kill Harry."  All stories posted by the Midgard Wire Service between July 14, 2006 and today are also not recognized.  My reason for this is that this is the only way to completely end the "news war" currently occurring.  The news organizations may get back to announcing the death of Senators and telling me that large sections of the industries are protesting my trade policies.

[Hatman 🍁]

Mr. President, we have two witnesses you killed Harry.

[Speed of Sound]

Mr. President, we have two witnesses you killed Harry.

Harry is not recognized as deregistered by the Department of Forum Affairs.  It is therefore administration policy that the "duel" event is not to be taken seriously.  That has been reflected in my previous announcement.

For the 1,000,000th time Mr. President, you. cant. erase. history.

[Speed of Sound]

Mr. President, we have two witnesses you killed Harry.

Harry is not recognized as deregistered by the Department of Forum Affairs.  It is therefore administration policy that the "duel" event is not to be taken seriously.  That has been reflected in my previous announcement.

For the 1,000,000th time Mr. President, you. cant. erase. history.

This is not without precedent (remember the DanielX Iran nuclear airshow or something similarly stupid and nonsensical?).  And if you keep acting like this, I will actually fire AWN, because I'm getting a little sick and tired of this sh**t.

The news is supposed to make sense, not be idiotic back-and-forth accusations of murder and treason.

Ummm....Im citing the Duel thread, not the AWN. You did something stupid. Firing the AWN for calling you out on it doesnt make it better, it brings us right back to your actions yesterday.

[Speed of Sound]

Because his death was certified, and it happened on the boards, thats probably why, Ebowed.

[Ebowed]

The following treaty, pioneered and written by Fmr. Vice President Supersoulty on behalf of the Ebowed/Q administration, in consultation with Prime Minster Tony Blair (UK), Chancellor Angela Merkel (Germany), Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (Japan), Prime Minister John Howard (Australia), President Álvaro Uribe Vélez (Colombia), President Thabo Mbeki (South Africa), President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Brazil), and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (India), will be the beginning of a new international force dedicated to human rights and fighting terrorism.  This will not be an abolition of the United Nations or a moving away from it of any sort on behalf of Atlasia, but rather the formation of a tighter-knit organization that will have this treaty as its guideline.

Keep reading here...

(Credit to htmldon for the GTO logo.)

[Ebowed]

For immediate release, a legislative proposal for Atlasia to enter into the Global Treaty Organization.

Global Treaty Organization Bill

1. The Senate hereby approves the Global Treaty Organization formation treaty entered into on July 17, 2006 with the Governments of Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Germany, India, Japan, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.
2. The President and other officers of the Atlasian Government shall take such actions, and enforce such regulations, as may be necessary to implement the provisions of the treaty.
3. This Act shall have effect only with respect to those countries which have ratified or approved the treaty, and which continue to comply with its provisions.

[Ebowed]

It has come to my attention that disagreements between our two GM news sources are continuing.  Therefore I establish the position of Veto Moderator, or VM.  If the two sources are having a disagreement or contradiction, they shall post the conflicting articles in a thread directed to the VM, who will then decide which article is correct.  The "loser" article will be immediately considered retracted unless the VM gives more specific directions (i.e. if his decision only pertains to a certain sentence or paragraph).

Anyone interested in this position should PM me.

Edit: the position has been given to Akno21.

[Ebowed]

No new legislative proposal agenda this week; giving the Senate a chance to catch up.

[Ebowed]

To replace Cosmo Kramer, I am nominating Boss Tweed to serve as Attorney General.

[Ebowed]

Sorry for my absence.  I've had a busy last few days.

To replace Peter Bell, I am nominating Lewis Trondheim to serve as Secretary of Forum Affairs.

[The Duke]

I find the "News War" to be highly amusing, by the way.

[MasterJedi]

Can we also get rid of Earl? He hasn't done any GM business for awhile (besides complaining about Jake's football team's name) and doesn't seem to be working on the budget which NEEDS to get done.

[TomC]

Can we also get rid of Earl? He hasn't done any GM business for awhile (besides complaining about Jake's football team's name) and doesn't seem to be working on the budget which NEEDS to get done.

If all the governors would open the booths on Constitutional Amendments, I have a feeling this would be taken care of.

[MasterJedi]

Earl failed with the budget and hasn't reported news in about a month. He needs to be fired.

[Speed of Sound]

Earl failed with the budget and hasn't reported news in about a month. He needs to be fired.

Sadly, I must second this.

[Dr. Cynic]

Earl has admitted to me privately that he is in over his head... As much as it pains me to say this, I must also support his release.

[Jake]

Earl has admitted to me privately that he is in over his head.

This much was clear to the normals here about two months ago.

[Ebowed]

As of yesterday I'm on vacation for a week and a half.  I should be around a bit, but not as much as usual obviously, so if some action requires me and I'm a couple days late don't fret.  If you need to reach me about something send a PM or email.