Wooky Jack: You can't unring that bell.
Gnilraps
You Can’t Unring A Bell (Mandatory listening)
Day 2785 of the New World
July 6, 2015
Congratulations to our new CP/D (stands for Country President / Dictator) Tyler Bubblar.
The remainder of this article is addressed primarily to him, though it’s obvious that I’ve invited the rest of you to read along.
Mr. Bubblar,
Where the hell did that name come from anyway? Bubblar? Really? The whole Tyler thing I get. But Bubblar? You have some ‘splainin’ to do.
But that isn’t really the main question I have for you today. What I really want to know is…
What business does Wooky Jack have in your Cabinet?
I am serious about this. Believe me, I understand about pandering for votes to win an election. I get that, though one might wonder if this particular move won you ANY votes. In fact, I’d be willing to bet that not even Wooky himself voted for you. But I am not questioning the political move at all. In the grand scheme, it is understandable.
However, now that you’ve won the election, you really have to consider the wisdom of retaining Mr. Jack in your cabinet. I know it would be fairly sleezy to just dump him, but trust me, nobody thinks you invited him into the cabinet for anything but political reasons in the first place, so dumping him is quite precisely no more sleezy than including him to begin with. And like I already said, this particular kind of sleeze doesn’t really bother me in this particular kind of case anyway.
Let me be more clear: dumping Wooky Jack NOW will be better than dumping him later. At least dumping him now can be seen as a principled move. Dumping him later will only be damage control. And given the fact that we pretty much know that, with him damage is inevitable… dumping him later will also end up being an embarrassment. And furthermore, if he somehow DOESN’T get dumped, it is at least likely that he has simply managed to avoid being detected in his clandestine anti-Congressional-affairs.
What bothers me most is the thought that an established member of, and key player in, the anti-Congress movement is included in your Cabinet.
That is right, I am writing this primarily as an eUS Congressman. I have been a key voice in all of the legislation that has protected eUSA from the great risk of foreign Dictatorship through the installation of our own Congressionally approved Dictatorship. I’ve been a key voice in all of the legislation that has protected the powers of Congress from the potential harm that could be caused by a rogue CP/D. I have an impeccable record of using my Congressional influence for the betterment of eUSA. I challenge anyone to dispute this fact.
In other words, I have spent the greater part of my time in this game these past 6 months or so crafting (what I will admit is not perfect) legislation that takes the greatest advantage of the mechanics Plato offers us in order to ensure the greatest security to eUSA.
And now one of the (if not THE PRIMARY AMONG the) KEY VOICES OPPOSING these Congressionally approved, ratified, and by now proven-to-be-beneficial legislations is now privy to the inner sanctum of Government, the Cabinet of the eUS CP/D! I despise this.
As a Congressman, I must say that your choice to include in your cabinet Wooky Jack (and I would be complaining about Aramec too, except that everyone knows he doesn’t really play this game), is a slap in Congress’ face.
Do we really need a review of Wooky’s history? I hope not, as it would be tedious.
One would only need to begin with his coup d'é·tat of eUSA that eventually cost eUS Taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost revenue. Where did this money go? It went directly into the pockets of any and all willing to click for cash, which would have randomly included any and all citizens of those nations we consider our enemies.
And this is my problem with your choice of Wooky Jack as a member of the eUSA Government Cabinet. You’ve promoted a known malcontent... a citizen whose past clearly indicates his willingness to put his self-interest before the National instereat... into a privileged position.
If your decision had been accompanied by some apology or statement of regret from Mr. Jack… some indication of regret about his past actions… that would have at least sparked my attention. I would have read through his statement with an eagerness to forgive that is borne from my own awareness of fallibility. I am no less immune to mistakes than you are… or than he is…
But I am convinced that Wooky Jack hasn’t even considered the possibility that his past anti-government actions were mistaken.
So please be informed that I deem the inclusion into your cabinet of Mr. Wooky Jack as a threat to national security.
As such, I will be treating any and all of your overtures to congress with a requisite suspicion unless you can provide assurances that your plans are being made in secret from Mr. Jack (as well as Mr. Aramec), and I am hereby formally requesting that you remove all known anti-Congress citizens from your Cabinet.
Meanwhile, have a nice term.
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Comments
Should trade Wooky Jack out for me.
Or me. Since im loved harder
Voted
I can challenge that fact Gnilraps.
You claim that the passing of the the dictator law has made the eUS a better place? I can't argue with you that it's certainly made the eUS as SAFER place, but is it necessarily a BETTER place? This is where we find the divide between the two sets of players.
Often, in your discussion when passing the dictatorship bill, you stated that you had put lots of time and money into the eUS and you didn't want to see that go to waste. Sure, you have put in lots of time and effort and you've been one, if not the most, influential citizens of the eUS over the past few years. So, therefore, I believe you passed the dictatorship law not for the betterment of the eUS, but rather for the betterment of yourself.
You have to realize that dictatorship module is killing new citizens. It is NOT helping in retaining new citizens. It makes the game dull and boring. Don't believe me? Ask any citizen thats about one-month old. They don't get it. They don't understand why we need the dictator. Because they don't know any better about the game mechanics. And then they leave the game and don't return.
As a result, BB and Tyler's cabinets consisted of pretty much the same 10-15 people. The same people always run for Congress. It's, quite frankly, boring. And yea, maybe its great for you because you've put so much effort into the eUS, but we've gotta do something to get new people involved.
We have a huge reserve, and about 100 active players. Throw the dictatorship out, and spend the money when someone decides to AS us. Otherwise, the server is gonna die, and the money will just sit there for eternity once Plato takes a hike with all your hard work and money that was all for naught.
I respect you a lot Gnil, but I think you're wrong here.
Or you are wrong
Never consider the possibility that most of the people reading this are right; Did you?
I agree that many, many times you and others stated you wanted the Dictator installed because you feared losing your cash investment. Tell me, what will that cash investment be worth when this game goes Black. I bet you will scream out,' I FN WIN!'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URAqnM1PP5E
It's cute how you's all come up with a doomsday scenario to make a point, but this game isn't going to die. They will bleed it for it's last cents, so that's easily 8 more years.
Well, right back at you.
No not really
So for the next 8 years we just play it safe, not rock the boat; never reach for glory...F that -let's have some damn fun around here!
I am the funnest guy around, I dont see how removing the dictator and forcefully creating a divide (instead of arguing your case in congress) is any form of fun though. Fun is rolling half the pacific region.
You can guess at how long it's gonna take to die but the reality is that neither of us know....and there's less than 100 people that will eventually benefit from the money. And we all know that if the reserves go towards CO's the only people that will actually get our money is a handful of people with the capabilities of tanking. Not any new players, who could really use a couple thousand CC each
Well, I have tried to take my argument to Public Congressional Proceeding and my arguments are trash canned...maybe it is time to blow some shit up....
@ Gnilraps; I don't understand what your motive is.
You don't want you us play for glory, but you are a ham.
If they quit, neither you nor I have any way of asking them why they've quit...but it's cool that you're psychic and can divine that it's because we've chosen to leverage mechanics in our favor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo6aA3Qplv4
We all know that there are a number of people involved in eUSA politics who like to see that the people at the top table are all only those personally vetted by a select group in the background. This is a sign that the landscape is changing and that no more will one small group forever control what the executive branch does in its tenure. The eUSA needs change in order to survive. Playing "safe" is killing the activity of the eCountry as players leave and eDie. The fact that there are so few truly active players to choose for a cabinet now is testament to this.
Add to this that no congressman should attempt emotional blackmail on the POTUS, and you'll find I'm truly disappointed in this blatant attempt to control our recently elected leader (even if he was not the one I voted for, he is the one who won by a majority, and thus he should be afforded the respect that goes with that to make his own decisions rather than kowtow to a vocal minority).
Oh the irony. Everyone kowtowing to a vocal minority (read you) is the raison d'etre of SFP.
STFU...GTFO...gasoline and matches are free of charge....
You really do have absolutely no clue do you ROFLMAO
Your reply does not make a shred of sense, but OK.
What a waste of your time. WJ isn't in the cabinet anymore. Sorry you wrote this whole article.
lool
Why did you wait for the election to be over to write this crap?
Speaking of ringing that bell; someone's been hitting that crack pipe.
You wrote an article about the wooky and ain't said a word about Kemal.
I wonder what kind of thought process must have taken place in your mind to link me to this event... Not all your butthurts are linked, pal. Sometimes they are separate butthurts.
@ Kemal; I have other things to do than spend all day pointing out your flaws.
Why don't you jump back in Gnilraps pocket?
I'm not the one throwing your name under an unrelated article.
That's not even a question; just a troll.
Which is what your bot was created to do.
STFU...GTFO...gasoline and matches are free of cost to you...!
Day number one starts gloriously.
Only thing the Cabal has done, so far, is defame people.
I hear you are already working on excuses why things didn't go as planed.
Great banter.
Gnil, you are far better when you write about eRep mechanisms of game-
here your arguments are so immature.
OK
you know why?
because you begin by exposing yourself as a fossil of this society being in decision making (since an 'eLife' of many players of eRep), unquestionably as the right and chosen one for an entire community;
then you accuse Wooky Jack for making an attempt to disturbing your all academic knowledge put into a vision- your wise input in the eUS future as if all have to only marvel at it!! an eternity of "awwwwwwwwwness"
it is immature because "a citizen whose past clearly indicates his willingness to put his self-interest before the National instereat... into a privileged position." you never looked irreversibly into this!!
and it is immature because you say Wooky is mistaken, but never you!!
it is you all around!!
...
there's youS all around.
Agreed!
This is 6th grade politics and gossip.
It's not immature to explain how someone goes against the majority wishes of congress, a group of people elected through game mechanics. If WJ refuses to respect the will of the majority, how is any argument against that position immature?
Because the elected majority cares only about a select few....
Typical bull that I expected of you. Thanks for never letting me down.
I like how you whales think you own the game now.
When the US is going to be under attack, those whales will be your first line of defence...
See Jude if you sell a stash for 40k cc, you spend 12 dollars and get 40k cc. If 20 of you do that, that's 800k cc, 12 dollars is not a lot and honestly if you enjoy the game its a good thing that you are helping it grow but complaining about whales and than expecting them to spend 100s of dollars for the country just makes you strange and non-serious.
Ignore him. He's the most epic butthurt troll eUSA has.
Hm.
Here I thought that I was the 'most epic butthurt troll' in America!
Damn you, Jude!
Gnilraps can not even muster a reply. Sad state of a man once considered a great orator.
Who is WookyJack?
The only American with the Liberator medal.