Mr. President, What Happened?
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by Necros Xiaoban
To Our Dear Leader,
Mr. President, you promised America a bright and shining future when you campaigned for the office which you now hold. You offered us better communication, economic relief, coordination with our military, better relations with South America, and new income from the rental of more of our regions.
You were given special advance to prepare your cabinet and ready your advisors, your election confirmed three days before voting closed. To date, twelve days into your term, fifteen since the national primary closed, you have published two articles concerning your administration.
In one article, you effectively threw in the towel, offering not leadership, not courage nor wisdom nor hope. Instead you painted a picture of doom and the end times.
Right now, I'm your president and it is my duty to try and lead our nation, institute programs, devise strategies and, if need be, launch us into war. As it stands, I have no desire to do any such thing. What is the point in a long and costly invasion when a hacker can cause Hungary to be wiped in about 3 days? The goals that we have worked for for so long, many of the older members having spent years of our lives striving for are being effortlessly handed to us, and to be honest, it feels terrible.
Where is your optimism, your sense of pride? It is my greatest regret that through the national primary we denied you the ability to step aside, and let some one else lead us. I would call for your impeachment, but you would only be replaced by your own cabinet. If you continue this defeatist approach to the challenges we face, it will serve only to drag us further down into iniquity.
Mr. President, I am asking you to get off your ass. You assured me in our debate you had contacts the world over. Use them. You hoped to work with JCS and reform our military. Talk to them. You promised to bring together the finest economic minds the world had to offer, and solve our economic woes. Get it done.
There's no one else to turn to. Sitting idly by and awaiting the election which will spurn you from office is not an option. America needs you, and you will stand by her, or you will be remembered as the man who started us down the path of failure from which we will not stray for the next thousand days.
Signed,
Necros Xiaoban
Citizen of America
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Great to see some critic on the government, but under the current circumstances Krems, his cabinet or the entire America has very small chances to change the course of the game. Gold is scarce, hackings are rampant and poor decisions by the admins are alienating players and destroying economies in a global basis.
There is a huge difference between struggling, and giving up. If we are to succeed, it will require struggle. I have not blamed our president for failing, but for failing to try.
Great to see some critic on the government, but under the current circumstances Krems, his cabinet or the entire America has very small chances to change the course of the game. Gold is scarce, hackings are rampant and poor decisions by the admins are alienating players and destroying economies in a global basis. x2
Maybe now that Krems hasn't done any different or better than BradleyReala, people might acknowledge that Brad was perhaps a little mistreated by the folks who ignorantly blamed him for problems outside of his control. When the game goes haywire and the CPs have no way of managing from bug to bug, its not surprising to see them be less active or less obviously in control than previous presidents.
If you think he's so fail you should of helped the ATO effort in SEES.
You think so Avruch? I don't know, some people seem to believe in double standards.
I would rather have my president try and fail than not even try at all. "The game is not allowing us" is a cop out. The job of the President is to try and find a way to keep things together and to keep people playing in their respective countries. To throw in the towel before even attempting anything shows a weakness in character and it is a shame that the events of last month leave no one to take the reins so Krems could step aside if he wanted to.
From what I hear, the president barely communicates with JCS, the State and Treasury Departments are barely doing anything, and this administration hasn't done much at all except finally get a new NCM up after many tries. Not impressed, and I'm hoping for better. Glad to see someone willing to come out and say this.
I agree that I deserve some critics, this term ahsn't gone exactly to plan. However, taking one paragraph from an article and then using it to frame an entire term is disengenius (sp). Further more I'm p sure I've written more then two articles about this term, but maybe you know more about that then me.
Mr. President, you have written two articles concerning your administration this term.
>the president barely communicates with JCS, the State and Treasury Departments are barely doing anything
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
once again,
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Devoid isn't the only one under that impression, to the average person, it does not look like any of these departments are doing anything. How are they supposed to know if everything takes place behind closed doors and nothing is shared?
>> "President barely communicats with JCS" Well this isn't new.
>>>>>> "President barely communicats with JCS" Well this isn't new.
BR communicated constantly with JCS. It can . President has to make the effort
And BradleyReala actually communicated with the JCS quite a bit. Numerous members not only had access to the cabinet room, but they could frequently be found in there.
>BR communicated constantly with JCS. It can . President has to make the effort
>Br communicated with someone? this is news.
I have given the JCS access to my cabinet room and to the PDB. I've hounded them for forum access. I got access to #JCS on the 7th after asking everyone I could think of nicely and have still to get forum access after litterally getting on my knees and begging.
Oh, and only about 4 of the JCS, not including Jankems, even bother joining #JCS anyway. But please, why don't you all tell me what more I should be doing to reach out to them.
Well State would look like its doing something if the forums were friggin stable 😑 I want to change the entire organization of that area around but I can't till the forums stop getting 500 errors. 😑
lol, inb4 the fionia crew find a response to my last two comments.
20 comments, not a single one from me before this, and my name still gets dragged in.
Yo posted 1 minute after my last comment. For someone claiming to be uninvolved you sure are watching this article closely.
Mr. Speaker, don't you have some more productive House work to attend to?
inre: failure 2 communicate...Last I checked, my send message/read message buttons were working just fine. It's a 2-way street.
'Mr. Speaker, don't you have some more productive House work to attend to? inre: failure 2 communicate...Last I checked, my send message/read message buttons were working just fine. It's a 2-way street.'
Rainy, you're the Whip, it's not like the Speaker's given you any authority to speak on his behalf, or really do anything...especially question his actions (or lack thereof).
If communication with the JCS is off, yell at them, not the president. The president is the man with all the buttons, the one voted to lead. The military, JCS, etc etc are all just part of the US, which is lead by Krems. If he does what he can to start communications and they're not latching on to the nipple, then who's fault is it really?
Also military is overrated anyways, from what I've seen through smaller militia channels, they're getting just as much done with tighter communication.
Point taken, I submit, Mr. Arundel.
o god, the horror! I mean, errors!
.fml
"Maybe now that Krems hasn't done any different or better than BradleyReala, people might acknowledge that Brad was perhaps a little mistreated by the folks who ignorantly blamed him for problems outside of his control."
>Yep, this always bothered me, the far left liberal media completely slammed brad for stuff he had nothing to do with, and never got credit for any of the good stuff he did.
Oh god. Must contain rant regarding the JCS.
Also, the forums being down were a bitch in terms of keeping things on track. Nonetheless, its been slightly underwhelming this month thus far.
So.......who wants to help us rape London?
When I heard about the 'national primary' I quickly realized it was a Bad Idea. It effectively set up a situation where the most popular, but not necessarily most qualified, person was selected by the most active players to be the only option.
Without the national primary, the second place person would of been someone whom actually wanted to do the job and put the work in. But as it stands, there is no accountability available.
Good job breaking the country insiders.
We're already inside you and waiting, Pimp. 🙂
It's kind of hard for the President to talk with the JCS when they don't grant him access to the proper forums.
Just saying. I have no comment on the rest.
We're already inside you and waiting, Pimp. x2
Oh good, it's all turned in to a "JCS sucks, it's all their fault, obviously" affair. Way to boil the entire article into one point. Communication with the JCS is one facet of your administration. Are you done trying to change the subject or do you have anything else to say in regards to the rest of the article and/or comments
">Yep, this always bothered me, the far left liberal media completely slammed brad for stuff he had nothing to do with, and never got credit for any of the good stuff he did." ||| Not sure about the far left liberal media and such, but I do feel like I got slammed for a number of things that were blown way out of proportion. As it is, we beat back a Russian Invasion during my term. The largest invasion since WWIII. Do I or my cabinet get credit for that ever?
You need to create your own Dogpile Brigade for that, BR. You need minions to shout loudly, tooting your horn and bringing down others. I also found it funny how this turned into a "Military Sucks, it's all JCS's fault" too.
">BR communicated constantly with JCS. It can . President has to make the effort >Br communicated with someone? this is news." Not particularly. I just didn't feel like broadcasting the fact that I talked with the JCS nightly to the eWorld. I figured it was one of the things that the POTUS was supposed to do regardless.
"You need to create your own Dogpile Brigade for that, BR. You need minions to shout loudly, tooting your horn and bringing down others. I also found it funny how this turned into a "Military Sucks, it's all JCS's fault" too." ||| I guess if I cared more about my public image, I might have gotten some to do that. As it is, I don't. My job was done, whether people congratulated me or not. I didn't do the job to become remembered in the annals of history, I did it because it needed to be done. Idgaf if people remember me as a great President or horrible one. That said, my cabinet took a lot of shit they didn't deserve, and I'd like to set the record straight on that. My cabinet was easily the most dedicated group of Americans I've ever had the pleasure of working with.
Treasury Department not doing anything? I can safely say as a number fag I have been doing a crap ton of work recently.
Unfortunately, in this game, perception is often the reality perceived by the masses. And, as for JCS, JCS is a tight, long-standing group (much more so than any administration). So it stands to reason that the new president would have difficulty and perhaps discomfort in communicating with JCS. That doesn't make it any less important, however.
The biggest problem is the excuses. When you're in a position of authority, we don't care if you fail because its impossible to succeed. We care if you fail or succeed. Making excuses for yourself (even if they're perfectly fair excuses) is a weak way out. Don't make excuses. Just do your job.
Less bitching about stupid shit, more raping of London.
So, seeing the complete lack of any real defense to what this article is saying, what I'm hearing here is "We're doing a crappy job, we know that, don't vilify us even though we would be all up on your ass if it was you doing this and not us"?
I agree. I thought St. Krems would be a much more vocal president.
The budgets are being cut, the military is more or less being left to fend for itself (what, military-related, has this cabinet done since entering office?), there is seemingly no work being done on getting or retaining new citizens, no particular changes in alliances, etc. etc. The economy is still in a shambles...
I might be missing quite a bit (I don't spend much time on the eus forums, outside the military), but from the perspective of a military officer... it doesn't seem like much has been done. Aside from tooting horns and publishing a few funny articles, what has this cabinet actually accomplished? For all the scorn heaped on Brad during his term, and the promise of a Krems magic touch to make everything better, I don't see much going on.
Yea, I think you should listen to Turd Fergusen.
And BR was p good Pres at very difficult time imo.
Anyways, Turd for Pres \o/
As I said, I have no comment on the rest of the article. I've been kind of aloof this term so it'd be improper to comment on it. That said, one of the criticisms of this article is that Krems isn't talking to the JCS. HOW, pray tell, should he do that when he isn't given the proper forum access on the milforum to do so?
That seemed to be the biggest complaint Angi. The other criticism is that I have not done enough for the economy, haven't rented any regions and haven't published enoguh articles. What do you want me to say, I agree I ahven't published enough articles and I'll be working on that. As for region rental, the Dept Tres wants to wait until the API is working so that we can get good revenue estimates and the economy is shit the world over. I never promised to fix a game flaw though I am working as hard as I can to.
You raise some good points. I do find it a little funny that people commenting on this article in anger were in the cabinet last month, but got left out of Krems cabinet. Also the ones who bitched at BR last term were the ones left out of his cabinet. I believe a large amount of the butthurt stems from that. It seems to me that two camps have developed in this country, one is comprised of members in USWP or people closely associated with USWP leadership and the other is members of SEES and those closely associated with SEES leadership. BR never wrote that much, and up to this point Krems hasn't either. This causes the "camp" not in power to get butthurt because they still want to feel like they are in the know. BR and Krems strong suit is not the media, and if I recall correctly they are the only two POTUS's to be elected before achieving a Media Mogul Medal in a long time. Lack of communication with the other "camp" killed BR and now the same is happening to Krems. That is just my two cents on the issue. Overall a good article, however I believe saying that you would try to impeach Krems if there was a better suitor steps over the line a little imo. Especially when the term isn't even half over and he really hasn't made a colossal mistake.
I did not say I would impeach him for his mistakes, but for giving up. I don't WANT him to give up, I want him to buckle down and do better.
@Henry Arundel: Gtfo fgt, or I'll make your eLife more of a hell than it already is.