And the Next American Hero is… Ajay Bruno???
Arjay Phoenician
Considering how many Americans seem to thing the PTO-mercenary group calling themselves the Theocrats are some sort of heroes, fighting against the PEACE menace in Japan, sacrificing the Switzerland they PTO’d for the sake of American interests, ripping South Korea from the hands of the established community which did all the negotiations and hard work to legitimately pull the country from nonexistence, and waging resistance wars in Japan for the sake of carving out their own little empire, I figured I should introduce you to your next hero, a name you’ve come to know and loathe.
Ajay Bruno.
Yes, folks, THAT Ajay Bruno.
The Ajay Bruno who turned his name into a synonym for vicious political buffoonery in the US.
The Ajay Bruno who brought his cult to South Africa to try to PTO that country, only to get slapped down soundly by the venerable Ines Schumacher and her close-knit community.
The Ajay Bruno who has proven he will say and do anything, no matter how sinister a lie it needs to be, to gain political points.
The Ajay Bruno who, when it looked like the Schumacher crew was going to defeat his Conservative Democratic Alliance in a landslide in the most recent Congressional elections, told his followers to abandon their campaigns to vote for him and him alone, so he could win the one precious seat in Congress. His actions set the eRepublik standard for the phrase “thrown under the bus”.
The Ajay Bruno who has written recent articles in his newspaper with such catchy headlines as Why The eUS Deserves To Be Destroyed and South African President Lies To Hold Power.
The Ajay Bruno who, despite all the nastiness that’s come from his keyboard, has failed time and again to garner the respect he so desperately craves.
He’s at it again, folks. Apparently using his party to selfishly catapult himself alone to a Congressional win in South Africa (many, including me, would say he won it only because of the mercy of Ms. Schumacher) was not enough for him. A tin medal and five gold tarnishes faster than you thought, eh, Ajay?
So many people used, just to push his own agenda, and now, after all that, he’s got yet another scheme whipped up to gain the gravitas he deeply desires.
His latest crapshoot: a PTO in Colombia!
Calling his scheme “Operation CocaLOLZ” and attaching himself to an organization called Terrorists, Bruno is apparently recruiting for a potential takeover of Colombia, the country so deep in the pocket of PEACE that they were set up to invade the US by way of Mexico, creating a FOURTH front in their never-ending war in North America.
Now, let’s take a few leaps of logic here. Let’s assume the wild and crazy Bruno actually lures the several hundred recruits he would need for such a venture. Let’s further assume every one of them is successful in gaining Colombian citizenship. Let’s go another step and dream that the English-speaking Bruno builds a party that can win a majority in the Congress of a predominantly Spanish-speaking country. Let’s go further and think the unthinkable, that Bruno would actually defeat the entrenched political elite in Colombia, either at the ballot box or by hijinks, and becomes President. Let’s go that last step and dream of President Bruno pulling Colombian troops back and even yanking the country out of PEACE. There’s a lot of leaping to do to get to little Ajay from still rubbing his thoroughly-spanked behind in South Africa to being the President of Colombia, but since he’s willing to dream big, and this is where the dream goes, let’s assume, for just a moment, the planets align so perfectly, and Ajay’s lottery numbers finally win out.
That would make Ajay Bruno, despite all the complete crap he’s said and done in the US and South Africa, America’s golden boy, wouldn’t it?
I mean, that’s all it is in America, isn’t it? Even before the war, many Americans were consumed by their hate for all things PEACE. Anyone who comes along to kick their shins is suddenly their champion. Any thug, thief, miscreant who comes along who dares to say I HATE PEACE, the US will support, and the evidence of it is in last week’s articles for the rest of the world to see. The concept of the PTO is deemed dishonorable when the US is the target, but seen as perfectly legitimate when the target is a perceived enemy.
Operation CocaLOLZ is the exact same thing as the Conservative Democratic Alliance, the only difference is one is going after Colombia, the other went for South Africa. The entire world demonized Bruno for the things he said and did in South Africa last month, I fail to see where anything would change should he and his cohorts do the same in Colombia.
You have to decide what it is to be a hero, America, because in my experiences in the US, from my first day as a newbie in Arizona to today, you’ve had a funny way of defining heroism. You vaulted self-asborbed adolescents like Scrabman and Harrison Richardson to President, and their foreign policies led directly to the war you’re currently digging yourselves out from under. You sought the impeachment of a real statesman like Emerick, not once, but TWICE, calling him a PEACE spy at times for his seeking a diplomatic end to the war. You not only befriend the Theocrats for them sacrificing a country they PTO’d in the first place, you encourage their next PTO move in South Korea, which befuddles me to no end, how South Africa can garner your sympathy when your hero-in-waiting, Ajay Bruno, decides to try ripping it away from the Schumacher community, yet when it comes to South Korea, oh well, sucks for them.
Americans may not like it when I talk like this, but I seek to be consistent in my thinking. PTO’s are a menace, regardless of the party pushing for it or the party victimized by it. It’s an equally vicious tactic, and I refuse to cry out against it when “my side” is the target, but whitewash it as some cute and dirty little secret when “my side” benefits from it. You may pick and choose at your convenience which band of connivers and thieves you wish to support, that’s on you, you can’t blame anyone for pointing it out, and if you don’t like what you see in the mirror, do something about it.
I can tell you right now, if Ajay Bruno and Operation CocaLOLZ are successful, for all the disgusting things he’s said and done, there will be plenty of PEACE-blind Americans who will put him on their shoulders and parade him down Main Street like he just won the Super Bowl. That’s what he’s wanted all along, your devotion and respect, even though he thinks being a megalomaniac is the way to get it. It’s going to make me throw up, seeing the same people who once cursed his existence suddenly embrace him as a hero for engaging one of the most despicable and irritating tactics the eRepublik world ever concocted, because America will prove for all to see that the only difference between a hero and a thug is which team he plays for.
[SOURCE #1: http://tinyurl.com/cocalolz2]
[SOURCE #2: http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/wherein-i-endorse-ajay-bruno-for-president-934841/1/20]
[SOURCE #3: http://www.erepublik.com/en/organization/1767246]
Comments
PEACE PROPAGANDA!
Lol, no one in eUSA believes Operation CocaLOLZ is for real. I'm pretty sure it's a running joke at Ajay's expense.
I'm sure if Mr. Bruno were to be actually pull this off, Colombia would cease to exist in about 5 days.
If he's going there, I'm going to for a temporary PTO. (eSA is my new home though 😃)
Nice article Arjay! 😃
Far too often people turn a blind eye or even encourage bad things when they don't negatively impact themselves or benefit them in some way.
Hypocrisy ftl
Even if it were real, I don't think most Americans would start liking Ajay Bruno if he PTO'ed Colombia. We'd just all be praising that he's suddenly become PEACE's problem instead of ours. It's like we'd just be looking the other way while a con artist robs some thieves; we don't wanna root for the conman, but are happy to see the thieves getting trouble from him instead of us.
I truly hope Skepticus writes PEACE PROPAGANDA on every article I write this week. I'm sure there are people in the UK who would disagree with that empty accusation.
I don't know, Astra and Wally, if the guy's going to create an organization and a website for recruiting, that's a lot of time and energy and even gold, just for a joke. I don't think it'll get off the ground, but if we all leap and leap like a herd of gazelle to the end of this wild dream, can you imagine him being a Theocrat-esque hero in the States? Makes me cringe as well.
First, I doubt the validity of this claim. Second, I doubt the feasibility of it as well.
But people should know that some rl Americans readily celebrate antiheroes like mobsters and bank robbers. I'm sure there are a small amount of people in every country that are of this mindset.
I certainly dislike the PTO tactic, but until it is banned it surely will be used to full effect.
I have to agree with Astra Kat, and I think you might be taking this move a bit too literally. I dont think anyone is taking this move seriously. Even the leaders of CocaLOLZ seem to be making a joke: they mention in their articles that they were the ones who approached Ajay, not the other way around. It was more of an "youre the established eRep a**hole, why not get something out of it?" They know Ajay is a pariah in the world, so why bother having to get someone else established to lead the challenge. I do believe this was nothing but to give a "hey everyone, remember that Ajay character..." kind of a punchline.
Operation CocaLOLZ is in its initial stages. I cannot comment further at this time.
I didn't write this so much to get anyone's hopes up concerning Ajay's ability to pull off this scheme. Pinky and the Brain hatched better plans to take over the world than Ajay has, and I'll tell you what, their idea of ChiaWorld would have worked, because who doesn't like free T-shirts?
There's another level to read this, primarily, mocking the belief that one man's goon is another man's champion. While I appreciate the predicament the US currently finds itself in, grasping for a hero at all cost ultimately speaks more about the US than the thugs they vault to hero status.
Many lulz
AJAY BRUNO = FAIL.
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An Arjay article about Ajay. Fail^Fail.
Hail Arjay Phoenician! Death to the thugs and bullies of the world!
At first I lol'd, but then I lol'd harder.
Awesome article... Way to go Arjay... 🙂
What an impressive article! I phuza'd! 🙂
"one man's goon is another man's champion"
and therein lies the root of it all....
>>"The concept of the PTO is deemed dishonorable when the US is the target, but seen as perfectly legitimate when the target is a perceived enemy."
Erm, that's a pretty broad brush you've chosen to--incorrectly--print a country's sentiment over. You only need to spend 5 minutes on the eusforums to find a large segment of people who do not support participating in PTOs. I'd wager it's the majority, largely because some very vocal members complain constantly about that fact.
Nobody would call Ajay a hero if he took over Colombia. Heck, a number of vocal opponents of PTOs can probably be found on your comments and your subscribers list (if erep had such a list) alone.
I've really liked a few of your articles so I subscribed a while back. This one is...I dunno. You have three sources and that's admirable that you listed them, more than most of us do, but did you notice all 3 sources are just that org that started the joke (I'm on the same page as Astra about this being a joke, I admit I could be wrong of course but that's how I took it) and most of your commentary doesn't seem connected to those sources.
Beautiful article! Really makes you think about your morals, and where you stand. I know I wouldn't be thinking of him as a hero (especially not after the conversation we had...) but I can't help but think... would I thank him for closing front eUSA has had since the eIndonesian front?
Lol the terrorists tried to get the SFP on board with the plan. They wanted us to move there and set up a "communist" country supposedly.
Voted!