A Call To Arms
Azazel Romanov
Greetings Nation,
I’ll be taking a break from Vice-Presidenting to give this announcement, so bear with me if the humor is toned down. I wanted to talk to you about the upcoming election, and what I think you should do as a voter.
Many behind closed doors might have noticed that I’ve been fairly critical of the Orikfricai administration, and I don’t deny that. I think were good outcomes. The addition of Mexico to Pacifica was a success for the United States. We secure our Southern border and regain a country that was a strong ally for the United States during some of our most difficult times. I also think the creation of the Airborne Unit, if done correctly and well managed, could be beneficial to us and provide a new source of activity for incoming players. We also had a successful media outreach from fingerguns and the WHPR, which is very praise worthy, along with fairly successful DoCA outreach.
The problem with these successes is that they don’t really include Orikfricai, to my understanding. Foreign policy is Wild Owl. Airborne is the various actors involved there, not to mention the discussion regarding USAF has been going on long before this term. Media and DoCA are their own responsibility. I don't really know if Orik himself could really claim true credit to anything this term, other than picking a dead VP and replacing him with a vacationing VP. While assembling a good cabinet is important, we need presidential direction and these areas could have been even greater with better management. We can choose a better manager than Orikfricai. While I might not be fully privy to his discussions, what I can see from the PDB and discussions with Congress is someone who doesn’t inspire direction and is, quite frankly, lazy in his approach to managing or governing. This delays results, creates a lack of unity between departments, and makes us question why we should support certain directions.
Leading from that, what we’re also lacking from Orikfricai is inspiration. I don’t know why we did certain things this term, like the wars with Indonesia and UK, nor did I feel very compelled to support them other than “rah rah war”. While war activity is great, it needs reason beyond doing it for lack of a better option. I also believe that the colonial approach to wars doesn’t net us greater security, as was proven in my last term, and I don’t know how much this plays into our foreign policy goals other than “we’re doing it because we can.” I saw fairly little from Orikfricai on pushing for these wars and battles, and what I did see seemed forced or compelled, since I know Orik isn’t particularly fond of writing. That’s fine, if you aren’t President.
This is weird for me, because I’d usually be predisposed to support Orikfricai and be against Pfeiffer. I supported Orikfricai for his first term, and saw him as a great successor at the time. Throughout most of my career, I’ve rejected or ignored Pfeiffer’s support or disapproval, and I have generally saw Pfeiffer as many of you have: abrasive and self-centered. Despite this, I support Pfeiffer for this run, as I did late in his last run. To explain why: he’s engaged. He talks to people to learn what they want. He actively plans out what he wants to do. I know he’ll push people to work and that he won’t let people drag their feet. And from what I’ve seen, I like his ideas. I like that he wants to change the focus to match the changing game.
I’m no longer interested in pleasantries. I want results. I think you should want results too. I want a President who will take input and create results. Pfeiffer fills this role. I’m not interested in improving my own standing with this, and in fact, by doing this I’m possibly forgoing my dream of being Vice President (at least for now). I had actually considered running for President this cycle as an expression of my disappointment in the Orik term, but I would rather have someone who is willing to put their full effort in, and that’s why I’m voting for Pfeiffer in this election.
Let me know what you think.
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"I also think the creation of the Airborne Unit, if done correctly and well managed, could be beneficial to us"
How many times does government have to prove it is incapable of doing this correctly or managing it correctly?
a few more, I guess.
They failed horribly with the USAF and in fact they still can't settle its issues even now. The way they the plan on fixing that s to create another MU they can mismanage.
My bet is that soon they will be asking for funding.
Naz 4 vp?
Is this a protest article because you were passed over to be VP?
In all seriousness, I don't care about being the official VP, since most people do agree, including myself, that it is a show position. Acting VP is fun to do and it passes the time and allows me to write more satirically, which is fun for me to do. I supported Pfeiffer in his last run, and I support him now, for the same reasons, just with more written explanation.
Your run for Acting VP was the most interesting thing that happened this term.
I found it to be very well written and to the point.
lame troll is lame
So really it's all about that VP slot?
"from what I’ve seen, I like his ideas. I like that he wants to change the focus to match the changing game."
What specifically are these ideas that you like and what are the changes you're supporting?
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Primarily what I see in that article is him explaining how he is going to run his administration. Other than his comment about polling the USAF membership, I don't see any "ideas" that are not purely administrative.
The above is why I put my original question to you. What are the ideas and change of focus that you reference in your article? I am not seeing them.
Accidentally deleted my comment when trying to add a new one. Basically the change of focus relates to how one runs the administration, which from his platform I valued. Relating to ideas, I like that he takes the approach of wanting to assess the sufficiency and effectiveness of programs within the exec (Defense, USAF, Interior), rather than making promises of new programs that tend to die after launch. It's realistic and refreshing to me, and it was something I tried to do as President with Hale26 and the complete audit of the DoCA he did.
Putting Media under CoS and President creates more accountability and streamlines it, and allows it to be better maintained. That, along with his Beam presence (if you have never watched any, they're pretty good) would make him one of the most media active presidents. That is also refreshing to me.
He also wants to recenter USAF on training, which it appears was kind of abandoned under Orik in favor of going towards an airborne unit. I think USAF would be better served being a training unit rather than one that tries to compete putting up damage against private MUs like EZC and War Inc.
If you want to view the entire article as purely administrative, fine, but administration and management are key jobs of the President. I suggest re-reading the article, because you seemed to have missed the above points.
So the Cabinet is doing its work, but the person in charge of it isn't inspiring them? Does not compute.
Pfeiffer doesn't inspire he bullies, belittles, and threatens. He only talks to others to see what they want when HE wants something the rest of the time he treats people like they're beneath him.
It's funny that you say these things and also support Orik.
Does not compute.
I mean Orik is usually nicer to...well not you. The two of you have some serious beef. It's painful to watch sometimes. You should have a beer summit.
It's funny that I've observed numerous comments from you in many articles speaking against those who do not support Pfeiffer and you support Pfeiffer.
Computes quite well to me.
She also has that same smug belittling I am better than anyone else attitude and as far I as can see she is willing to be used by anyone who gives her a job. Not so sure I want someone who will simply roll over and sit up as VP.
Um, I am willing to do jobs that I volunteer for and am given. Like working for Orik. Or anything I've done in my party. Or the countless other jobs I have had in this game.
Frank, I know you don't know me very well, but please be better.
You couldn't have said this better. Pfieffer will be active and does now the mechanics, for that he has my respect. When Pfeiffer would be truly respectful I would support him. Maybe I would support him in real life, but this is a game. Disrespect doesn't bring fun, as long as an opponent of Pfeiffer is decent it will be the better choice for me.
'' ...will be active and does now the mechanics,''
sure, he now everything
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Naz will always be VP of my heart
NAZ4VP
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Good article, Naz - well argumented points as always. Let the fireworks begin now xdxd