{eRep} General musing about our current government
Rusty D
Greetings eIreland,
Firstly, sorry for the lack of articles, however I have been away at work, so wifi is a very poor. For those who might be wondering, I am roughly 50km’s off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt:
Working on board a deepwater semisub drilling rig.
While the work is good, it can be very long shifts (avg 12hr’s a day, but can go to 16hrs a day) as well as it is very physical and tiring. Between that and the poor internet connection (think satellite internet shared between a POB of 180 people), I am limited to logging in only to read articles, do some hits, and reply to PM’s…. which is more than our current government appears to be doing.
Speaking of which….
At the start of Trito’s term, I thought I would give him the benefit of doubt with how he wanted to run the country. How ever as the days turned to weeks, it became very apparent that he had no clue how to run a country, while at the same time, preferred to be-little other players, instead of focusing on the goals he had set himself before the election. But don’t get me wrong, he is not alone in this current government in failing you, the citizens of eIreland…
First we shall start at the head of our government, the one and only Trito Fisher, Trito came into power on the back of a solid CP article ‘Focus on the Homefront’, stating his promises to better eIreland, these include
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1) To attract new citizens to eIrelan
😛On my first goal. In my term, I would expect the Minister of Community to work alongside the Minister of Foreign Affairs to publish articles in other countries to attract immigrants to our beautiful eNation.
Unsure if this has even happened once during his term…
2) To expand economic activity in eIrelan
😛On the second goal. I expect the Minister of Finance to develop subsidies so that both citizens of eIreland and citizens of other countries are encouraged to develop their factories here. I hope to expand the Irish Market, especially in products that our domestic market is weak in.
This has happened, only after someone donated money and gold to the government. However when asked about the requirements for the gold grants, the MoF was very quick to shut down any discussion about the use of government resources (more to follow below)
3) To expand player activity in eIrelan
😛On the third goal. I expect the Minister of Community to handle the Dublin Communes, organize competitions, games, etc. and to make eIreland a united eNation where every player is interested and having fun.
This is one area which Johannes Cauf has worked well in doing. He has released many articles in regards to education and compitions.
4) to have a peaceful term, with only a Training War, so that we can recuperate: On my final goal. I plan to continue the TW with Albania, talk with Bosnia on how longer they need the region, and work towards a short term NAP with the UK in which we continue to hold Northern Ireland.
Well… Northern Ireland was handed back straight away, all existing Training Wars were ended, a absolute failure of an AS was launched against Serbia (after watching our South American friends get wiped) and now we are looking at a dual Airstrike against Ireland… so much for those promises
So out of the 4 promises he made in the lead up to his election, only 1 has been visibly kept, 25% strike rate….
Being a MoD can be an easy job, a fun job and sometimes a strategic job. It can be easy when you just post Daily Orders up in the Department of Defense paper, letting your nations fighters know where to fight. It can be a fun job, when you get together with the CP and discuss plans, come up with comps for the fighters or help arrange Training Wars. And it can be a strategic one, when you sit down and plan on how to help your allies, how to conduct a successful attack or even help our friends with battle plans.
But for ReleasetheKrakken it can be a job, where you spend half of a month asleep and the second half releasing an article every 3 hours from two different papers, all while letting your fellow allies burn.
Our MoD, enjoyed a very very quiet start to the month, not releasing any DO’s, not even asking for the Irish fighters to support our allies abroad (quote taken from this article when asked why we weren’t supporting our allies and not following the CP in his request to help our allies ” well then they should have contacted me. as to what the cp asks : is running an efficient dod department not part of it then.”, However he did manage to release an insult article against the government of eIndia, while are allies burned.
For the record Krakken, this is taken from the eRep Wiki on MPP’s, or in normal speak, Mutual Protection Pacts:
But rest not, he was ready in action when our government planned the great AS against eSerbia (still unsure who thought we could of won it, even with the MoD talking it up, yet here he talks about how we can’t even beat the UK, hence returning Northern Ireland… but we can beat Serbia?? Great plan that was. Now there is a chance we will be seeing FYROM and Spain.
I only hope if you get elected in the next CP elections, you would actually learn the game as well as be a bit more active/alert.
As MoF, you are put in charge of the nation’s finances, trying to increase the wealth of the nation, looking at different tax rates, taking part in plans to encourage economic growth with in eIreland. So to do this, you would think it would be a job where the public has the right to ask “what is the government doing with my money?” as well as knowing where funds are coming from and how they are being used.
But alas, our dedicated MoF Mr David Allenkey is like our CP and our MoD, apparently stumbling around lost with in the corridors of government.
Shortly after the CP released this article where he states, that the outgoing Dictator Sluagh had left cc in the MTO MU, which he was going to use for the investment program:
And in the following CP article where our CP, declares the ‘Government’ hand out has begun:
Our wise MoF, barks at questions relating to this expenditure of funds, in the same article where his CP says it is a government handout (at a time, where we have cut down our MPP stack due to lack of money):
Well, anyway… as stated at the start of this paper, my wifi sucks and this alone has taken 2hrs to write (mostly wasted waiting for images to upload to the server, also sorry about the lack of funny gif’s, but they will come once I am back on shore in a couple of days time). But before I go, I would like to take the advice of our great CP:
So, if any party wants to endorse me, please send me a PM and I will discuss what I have planned. After all, I cant do any worse than these 3
Rusty D
An expat abroad.
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Out out out!
Anyone who shows you for who you are? LOL Scum.
Most of what happened, what happens and what will happen to Ireland is not to your current goverment to blame, there are sure some nice people in Ireland... but a lot of you (and that doesnt include you since you werent even in Ireland back then) allowed what Don, Sluagh and etc did...
Ireland used to be one of our most relliable allies, i for once never cared about damage and regarded UK, Belgium and Ireland as our brothers because when we were in need, they came to us, and when they were in need, we came to help them.
Such bond was broken by Don and his policies and all of Ireland allowed it, not even the recent wind of changes have made anything to fix it, but have even broken further with the backstab towards your eastern neighbours of UK... which, by the way if you didnt knew, let Ireland have some bonuses on the Resource Wars because they though "Ireland are our friends and we must not do any wrong to our friends".
Now Ireland will reap what they sow... and perhaps we will fail if Trico spends 20 million cc, or perhaps we succeed and delete Ireland, it doesnt matter... its up to you, population, to think about what lead to this situation and how things can be so bad that everybody around you literally hates you except USA (well, that should give you a hint).
Any eCountry that is pro-eSerbia is a eCountry I will fight against.
I care less if they been friends for 8 years they supported eSerbia.
I dont give a flying f*ck about Croatia or Serbia anymore, its their war not mine, i dont hate Serbia or Croatia, i dont have anything against any of both.
If you are so close-minded to regard an enemy of your allies as your worse enemy its up to you.
Whatever dude, the day that eIreland signs a MPP with eSerbia I leave
Everyone cannot be on the same side. Its called balance Prince Rezo. but countries like serbia dont care about balance they care only about winning. personally i struggle each time i try to figure where their small country is on a map.why are 2 countries send after us. was something done about multies. i dont get it. this is pretty lame if you ask me. so you attack us so what. dont be a duck about it.
Krakken buddy, it is Greece doing that we are on the opposite side, its USA-Argentina-Hungary invasion (surprise! the countries that are against Asteria!) what effectively kicked Spain from the Croatian side.
And your people participated actively tanking massively for USA like they hadnt tanked in all their times.
1. First off we are very friendly with Chile, Argentina and Brazil 3 big countries. We are friends with Hungary and Croatia.
2. Everyone knows most of the big countries has always huddled in the same camp. Its a kinda cowardice that keep them protected but keep everyone out of the circle in a precarious position.
3. So we will be wiped so what. This game no longer require that we keep all our regions.
4.Understanding the great thing of Chile Argentina and Brazil, This is a great step in the right direction
5. We will daily monthly and yearly keep Spain and Fyrom busy and out of Asterian coward battles.
6. Spain and Fyrom are traitors and extreme cowards. I spit on them so much respect I have for them.
7. People like you write negative articles but contribute nothing to our damage. Others include WHS, Keetnawilson.
8. We lost a lot of players at the start of Trito 's term. This meant that we simply where not as strong as previously. So what when I see our allies score 4000 million in a single battle and our top fighters scoring similar battle. My thoughts is maybe if we had like 3 or 4 more such players.
9. I have been full circle and filled every position in Ireland. My soldiers brings the damage. So keep your negative comments .
As to David Allenkey no doubt money left in the orgs was the money of private funders. Comparisons had been made about the Irish treasury. I make more than the country Ireland. I spend more on their soldiers. You wont critizise me or any of my soldiers. GTFO if your not satisfied. Nobody cares ya lozenge.
"7. People like you write negative articles but contribute nothing to our damage. Others include WHS, Keetnawilson."
Welcome to the club Rusty...soon he will say you are my multi 😛
naw rusty is a new kind of orc. you know how i coined the term to mean a person too stupid to troll like yourselves. well apparently below that is a new orc no doubt hand crafted by jisself that is unable to comprehend the basics of the game like sides: I think I will call them numporcies so a combination of a numpty and an orc.
Ah the selective memory problem. Orc was a term for K#@t the group you joined Kurgan would be so proud.
"Spain and Fyrom are traitors and extreme cowards"
The UK and Ireland had been at peace for years, helping each other out through several wipes, when Ireland decided to attack the UK along with USA and Finland. I'm afraid that makes you the traitors (attacking a country that was up until then your friend) and cowards (too scared to attack us alone, you waited until we were already being invaded by a country far larger than ourselves).
A couple of months ago I would have been fighting to defend you against invasion. But you've completely lost my respect at this point, so I'll happily fight to help the airstrikes land, and to help the Spanish and Macedonians have a long and happy stay in your country.
@Releasethe Stupid how lovely it is for you to spill your diatribe in the comments section. Now let me give you a nice response to your verbal diarrhea.
1. So close that you sat back and let them be wiped, while saying to me "They have to ask for help", "We are not apart of their alliance"...
2. Who cares what other countries do, you need to focus on Ireland and the ones who help Ireland. The only time you need to worry about other countries is when you try and NE them, so you know who their friends are (yes friends help each other).
3. A wiped nation is not good for it's growth. Taxes are lost, incomes are hurt, players leave. You should know this, after all you say your experienced.
4. I prob know more about Chile, Arg and Brazil then you do. I have worked closely with Chile for almost 2 years, bringing Australia and Chile together. They used to be enemies, but now I would say they are great friends. I even helped get Sam into Australia and had him in my government.
5. Spain and FYROM can easily hold us down if they want and still help their allies. They can split their damage to divide Ireland, to help each other out. You do realise they discussed this between them? hence the AS landing at the same time to divide.... it is called strategy.
6. How are they traitors/cowards. You said already that we could beat them, so that means they are attacking a 'bigger' country. Are they cowards because they actually had plans on how to land an AS?
7. Damage is only half a battle. I am away at work, so no packs, I am not a tank, so my damage is limited. However last time Ireland got hit by 2 AS's, I put 100k into the CO fund. Your AS bank was topped up by me with money and energy. Learn about things before saying that people dont do anything.
8. So we lose players/tanks, that is life in this game, people are leaving. How it effects poor governance is beyond me, except for you trying to make it an excuse.
9. So you have been in every part of the government, but still dont even know how to do any job in government? DO's are very simple, helping allies is very simple.
You make more then Ireland... whoopy, so do I. It is not hard when Ireland is hardly making any money. I do as well, but I dont bother bragging about it, after all this is not a d**k measuring contest.
I have never criticized Irish soldiers or any MU's, I have criticized your role as MoD, Trito's role as CP/Dic and the MoF. It is just a shame the people leading them are helpless
First of all, good to read you Rusty xD
About gov, I´m just and advisor but I can tell you that goverment is working the best they can. Like you know, sometimes what gov discuss doesn´t reflect inmediately in the citizenship. Some things like the AS we´re reciving or the end of TWs weren´t decided by irish gov, so, I don´t think that anything else could have been done.
Regards
You know me well enough that I am someone who is not afraid to speak my mind, be it good or bad, with the grain or against.
While somethings cant be discussed, alot more could be/have been said. Even look at the commune thread's, when asked about making a gdoc so both sides can see what each other are discussing, it was dismissed as to troublesome. That sort of half hearted attitude is half the problem. I wont repeat what was said in regards to these two dual AS's, but that shows even bigger issues.
My biggest issue is the fact I have seen where this leads and ends up, we had it in eAustralia. And going off Releasethe Stupid has done and with him running for CP, I could see it getting much worse.
"when asked about making a gdoc so both sides can see what each other are discussing"
I asked the same xD
Anyway, not sure who I´m gonna vote this month till the last mom (so I can see programmes/all candidates) but, good luck. I´m sure you can do a great work
We have used it many time in Australia, due to the size of congress. It is a simple task and can easily be checked by other players (for us, we tended to keep the PP's in both congress threads, so they could also confirm nothing suss).
All you do is have two gdocs, and daily updates to them via cut and paste. If something urgent/important comes up, you can just go direct to the other thread with it.. eg:
"Hey guys, in the other thread Fenoglio has suggested this xxxxx...."
However the response I got was 'it is too much hard work', then after others agreed it was a good idea, the response became "alright I will look into it" and we are still waiting :/
o/
Sam old buddy, sorry it took so long for our blind MoD to realise you guys needed help 🙁
well, I actually told your CP to wait, but your people got pretty fidgety and wanted some action. Anyway THANK YOU VERY MUCH IRELAND for standing up against Serbia. You guys still have balls! VIVA IRLANDA!
Even though it was an article that was negative towards me and others in government, I still appreciate you taking the time to write it.
When I replied to your original comment, I wasn't attempting to come off as anything other than honest. When Trito came up with the idea of subsidizing Irish market licenses, it was to breed some life back into this community, hopefully attracting new citizens who would be productive and fill some of the void that was created by those that opted to leave. The point was not for us to attach strings and impose requirements, which is all I was stating in my answer to you. This is why I followed up by pointing out that a few of the people who had received the subsidies had already entered our marketplace, and were providing products to the citizens of Ireland at a cost that was fair, and were also not disrupting our current citizens that product goods in their holdings.
@David,
I know some of the people who lic were issued to, for example Ilene ran the same style of program back in eAustralia. But with out openness, it becomes something that can be rorted. But by showing the public what the terms and conditions are or even checks and balances, it provides far more openness and transparency.
For example if a lic was given to Player Joe Blogs and he in turn puts Q1 food on our market or Q1 weapons, it could be considered a waste. However if the government targets and identifies which area's are lacking and then gives Player Joe Blogs a lic to fill those gaps with a set price (to ensure he doesnt raise it with market fluctuations), it is much better.
Another way of doing it, is to use an Irish account (org or otherwise) to purchase the products privately from the producers and then sell it here on the market, that way more tax dollars are taken in by Ireland rather then it being shared elsewhere.
Ireland's economy stinks (sorry for being blunt) and to see government funds being used for private overseas citizens, with out anything clear, it does raise eyebrows. Granted it all could be legit, but while it is hidden away...
All government funds are spent on MPP's. Extra MPP's are topped up by private donors.
So most likely the grant scheme is not government funded.
Out of curiosity, what areas is eIreland lacking in? Its not like i can i can produce since im in a country that has been effectively wiped out, but looking towards the future when hopefully we get our regions back..
Sweet drinker, once funds are donated to the government, it becomes government funds and therefore open to public questions. The CP even referred to it as government subsiding
This isn't my first term as CP (last term I had a successful AS btw)
This term, I faced unrelenting pressures: have war, but take no risks, etc
At the beginning of this term, i gave you the option of any ministry, but you're busy irl
I accept that, but if you're too busy to devote time, don't criticize others that do with such hate
If you think this article has hate... you must either not know me well enough or have very thin skin.
I tried to raise points in comments and in the commune, however you simply attacked them, this article is the climax of trying to bite my tongue on many issues that keep coming. You should try and ask the commune more, rather then just complaining about WHS.
Also I do devote time, hence me being in the commune and speaking in it. I offered to help, but you never PMed me.
It's good to see such activity in an equally small country like us (eIndia) 🙂 You guys are as ferocious in your actions as House Mormont.
Well wrote, good to see political opostion
Shame it had to come to this. I personally prefer debate in behind closed doors before public, however the communes seem to be void of anyone allowed to question the role of the dictator.
Hopefully once I am back in the land of the living, I will be doing more articles. And if Releasethe Stupid wins, I am sure that I will have plenty to write about 😛
Ah Moo the architect of Ireland destruction.
My only comment is that the "George Bush" photo you have isn't George Bush 🙂 - that's a picture of actor Sean Connery from one of his James Bond movies. George Bush isn't that awesome ha ha.
Be safe out there on that rig in the Med!
I am a big bond fan.... Hence why I didn't call it the Trump of Ireland
the lack of opposition like this in the eUK puts me in a severe state of malaise, given how much material I give them...
This is the natural endgame resulting from the PTO of the country by the likes of MUFC, Sluagh and moomoohead (and the rest of that little clique). Several players left the game or were barely active to leave a shell of a country.