USAF EZC Deal Gets 86'd

Day 1,597, 23:45 • Published in USA USA • by Gnilraps

Department of Poltics
Day 1,597 of the New World
4 April 2012

EZC Deal with PoTUS/DoD/USAF Falls Through

The past week or so has been fun.

First, the White House informed Easy Company that OMS was being "shuttered" (that was the exact word used). This information came to me as the result of an IRC meeting that I did not attend, but that was attended by an envoy from EZC who were told to inform me that the program was going to be killed.

So I published this.

As it turns out, Congress had a different view on whether or not OMS would be "shuttered". And as they began to resist the White House's decision, the damage control had to begin. My article, despite its accuracy, was trashed publicly by my most loyal trolls. Even the WHPR took a fairly cheap shot, toeing the line of damage control.

But as you can now see for yourself in the several threads which have been made public, my article was actually spot on.

Thread 1
Thread 2
Thread 3 (wherein OMS is absent from the budget being discussed)
Thread 4


In any event, after being informed AGAIN that OMS was "definitely being shuttered" by President Oblige himself, I was invited to consider moving Easy Company to the USAF as a semi-autonomous branch of our National Military.

It took Oblige and I some back and forth negotiating over some of the phraseology and the actual dollar amounts involved, but in the end we were able to mutually agree to a document that we both believed represented a workable relationship bringing EZC in as a branch of the USAF. He sought three additional opinions among his Cabinet and all agreed that the contract looked good.

One of the key pieces in that agreement was that Easy Company would be allowed to maintain its forum presence exclusive of the eUS Forum - a stipulation that was also offered to ST6.

I gave my word that EZC would join the USAF under the terms of that agreement.

Earlier today, the WHPR published the news that ST6, OWLS, and EZC had indeed become official branches of the USAF. Indeed, it is within the constitutional powers of the President to create branches of the Military, there were three agreements in place, so the news was published.

After seeing that article, I found President Oblige on IRC where a conversation ensued about the agreement we had in place. As it turns out, we did NOT in fact have an agreement at all.

What I learned in the course of that conversation is that "certain members of Congress"

whom Oblige didn't (need to) name, are apparently blocking the funding promised in that agreement unless Easy Company agrees to move its Forum activity entirely onto the eUS Forum.

In other words, "change the agreement and then we have a deal."

Which means we don't have a deal.

Which means the WHPR which first announced our membership in USAF, and subsequently was edited to say that we were "On Track" to "hopefully" join was also inaccurate.

And which also means that as long as there is an OMS, Easy Company is still affiliated with it. At least we are until it gets "shuttered".

What is at issue among those in Congress who oppose the offsite Forum hosting for EZC is a fear that the Federalist Party's hosting of EZC's forum boards is foul play for a government funded Military unit.

Specifically, I was told that "EZC is seen as an extension of the Federalist Party". I understand why that is the case, since we have a longstanding affiliation with the Federalists, since the Federalist Party President technically has authority over the EZC CO, and since our Forum has always been a child board of the Federalist Forum (well, almost always. There was an attempt to have EZC hosted separately two years ago but it failed).

As part of the agreement I signed with Oblige, Easy Company was surrendering the only meaningful control that the Federalist Party has, namely that the Party President would no longer have Executive authority over the EZC CO; that authority would rest with the USAF hierarchy and the PoTUS.

But the bugaboo in Congress was the Forum hosting. So let's ask a few questions:

1: Is not the Ultramarines "seen as an extension of the USWP", and are they not a branch of the USAF?

2: Are not the Ultramarines forum boards hosted on the same site as the USWP?

3: Is not the OWLS MU "seen as an extension of iNCi"? (It isn't, but I'll be damned if most people don't think it is.)

But surely it isn't merely the impression of an affiliation that bothers Congress. Surely they must have some knowledge of recruiting that goes on between the Federalists and Easy Company, right?

In fact, to quote Pfleuffer, "If we're going to start funding party recruitment apparatuses, I hope everyone realizes the implications of that. And knows the address where you can send USWP's check." (sic.) Which is his rhetorical way of saying that Easy Company is a recruitment tool of the Federalist Party.

But EZC is not run that way at all.

As I am 100% confident that every single EZC member will attest, I have NEVER used the EZC shout feed, an EZC mailing list, or the EZ Forum to endorse candidates, to promote Federalist Publications, or to forward any Federalist agenda. The ONLY thing I have ever used my influence for with respect to the Federalist Party is in asking for Congressional Blockers. In my mind (as in most) that is a matter of public service, not Party service.

In fact, the OMS has routinely sent "guests" in as EZC Members in order to check that we were complying with DoD orders and whatnot. I was never made aware of who or when, just that these inspections were being done. I invite OMS Director SGTRock to interview his deputies to find out if they were ever recruited into the Federalist Party, asked to vote for a certain candidate (except for the usual unofficial shouts by EZC members on election day - no different than any other campaigning, and done by Feds and non-Feds alike), or otherwise encouraged into the Federalist agenda.

No, Easy Company is run like a Military Unit, not a Political tool.

Soooooo...

Here is where we are at this time and moving forwar😛

As far as I can tell, ST6 is now USAF, as are the OWLS.

As far as I can tell, OMS is not yet "shuttered" (in fact I received the OMS funds on Monday according to schedule).

As far as I can tell, there is a very serious movement afoot in Congress to kill off OMS.

As far as I can tell, there is a very serious bloc of USWP congresspeople who are hell bent on blocking Easy Company from continuing to receive support from the Federal budget.

and

All of this is taking place at a time when the potential US Budget has increased from 700,000 per week to 2,800,000 per week since Admin lifted the daily donation limit from 100,000 USD to 400,000 USD per day.

Yes, at a time when there is actually MORE funds available, "certain" Congressmen are actually moving towards cutting OMS out of the budget entirely.




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