I'm proud of this country
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by ligtreb
These three articles made me smile more than any in this game have for a long time:
From Sea to Shining Sea
Congressional Freeze Info
The Big Freeze
Say what you want about the morality of PTOs (Political Take Overs) but they're a necessary part of the game given the rules. Both Phoenix and EDEN/Brolliance have benefited greatly in the past from having countries PTOed, and it wasn't that long ago our country was under significant PTO threat. If there is ever a time when there is open citizenship in America, our enemies will try to PTO us, no matter how nice we are.
The reason these articles made me smile was that it shows we're evolving as a country. Our leaders in the government, military and our parties are thinking about how to use all the strategies within the rules to help our country and our allies. They're not limiting themselves, and willing to take drastic actions and risk their political livelihoods. For this, I am proud.
Our country wasn't always this way. Back at the beginning of the American invasion in early summer 2009, an opportunity presented itself to PTO France, one of the countries that was attacking us and Canada. We tried back then to get the parties to come together and agree on a Congressional freeze, and a majority of parties agreed, but not all of them. The plan broke down, and our efforts to PTO France lost by a few dozen votes. In the weeks after the failed election, America was reduced to only one state (Florida). The failure of our parties to come together back then was the darkest day in the history of our country.
No event before that and since then saddened me more. When we were losing states left and right, I was sad not just because we were losing, but because we could've stopped it and didn't, because we put politics ahead of the country. We let some politicos complain we were doing away with our democracy, not realizing their policies helped our country nearly get eliminated.
True story: One of my Congressional medals is from France. I won my race, but didn't have enough Americans or allies elected with me to really do anything meaningful.
Seeing that our parties have agreed to freeze elections made me happy inside. I'm proud of our leaders, I'm proud of our country.
I encourage all Americans to help out doing whatever they can. If you're worried about your ability to publish articles in the American media while you have foreign citizenship, I make the following offer: I will allow any American that gets Russian citizenship and wants to publish an article in the American media to use my newspaper. The least I could do, since I'm running for Congress here yet again.
Thank you all.
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Firsties.
Nice!
Loved the article.
\o/
This man, is a true American. 07
the gay part is that even if the freeze is made so stuff stays the same some incumbents are losing their seats because of bad PPs
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Ligtreb is awesome.
Ligtreb is awesome. x42
oh Liggy : D
running for President yet? ^__^
Voted
I remember this, it took the hard work of many to undo the damage however i disagree on your pro-freeze sentiment to be honest.
It wasn't a PTO that turned the tide of that war in the least, at any stage.
This article is full of win.
Ligtreb is awesome. x187 :awesome:
Reminds me of when we got together and helped out Broatia.
vote \o/
I was (briefly) one of Ligtreb's colleagues in the French assembly.
It is my only Congressional Medal.
I'm JBB, and I endorse EDEN/Brolliance PTO's.
I'm glad. Sincerely. ^____^
o7 ligtreb
I disagree with the freeze. The military is for fighting other countries, not the political module. Trying to PTO Russia is not a good enough reason to stop democracy in America.
I'm running for Congress in MD as a blocker, and I plan on winning.
With all due respect bro, the PTO of France was completely FUBAR on its own unrelated to whether Congress was frozen or not.
Likewise, thanks to the eUK's backstab, a successful PTO of France would not have prevented Hungary, Indo, Russia & Portugal from invading the eUS.
I do not sincerely intend on winning the Maryland Congress Elections.
Well, cool, at a time when we need to drum up interest in politics, we stop politics.
Meh.
Great
"It wasn't a PTO that turned the tide of that war in the least, at any stage. "
yeah, I guess PTOing France just when they were supposed to destroy Canada wouldn't have helped the USA at all. Not to mention closing French MPP's and throwing Hungary out of the war(remember Russia didn't have MPP with Hungary during WW3) would have no strategic value. I guess what's important is that precious democracy was intact.
"I disagree with the freeze. The military is for fighting other countries, not the political module. Trying to PTO Russia is not a good enough reason to stop democracy in America."
lol
anyway, great article.
Voted, excellent article.
Yes, it's always nice when democracy gets derailed. PTO attempts on the US are simple fearmongering for the elite to retain power.
Great article, lig. I remember that botched French PTO and am glad we're making use of all the tools of statecraft at our disposal now. Hope it works this Thanksgiving : )
America First! Great article, we're a TEAM.
"The failure of our parties to come together back then was the darkest day in the history of our country."
Sounds like roleplaying to me, and if I may add, those were the funnest days in eAmerica, not the "darkest"
I am not in favor of the freeze. The PTO of Russia started out as a S.E.E.S idea (After their mass defection to ePakistan and fighting against us along side Phoenix) and I believe that sense it started out as the idea of a group of people it should be up to others if they want to help that effort on their own.
Sense that's not the case on election day I plan to do absolutely nothing. Work/Train/Fight then log out of eRep for the rest of the day.