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I am killing a few hours in my RL hotel room in Montery, MX and I feel like writing. I am hoping to get inspired if I sit here and just start banging on the keyboard. I could rant a bit about the high work taxes, but that one has been beaten to death. That issue deserves to be beaten to death though, and it will be until it changes. Thanks to the Black Sheep for giving it a go. The proposal went down but we can all keep trying. Meanwhile most of my production facilities sit idle and will until we have a more reasonable tax rate.



The Socialist Freedom Party and Bear Cavalry recently ran a fundraiser raffle that got more than a little attention. You can see the winners here if you are interested. The money raised all goes to our supply programs which are some of the best in the game!



We have recently added quite a few members to the Socialist Freedom Party and activity is really picking up. If you would like to join us we would love to have you in our band of revolutionaries and free thinkers. Here are two well written articles by a couple of new members. Names most of you probably know…

5am Saint
Artela

I just realized that a couple months ago I wrote an interview for the WHPR that never made it to publication. It was during Deepchill’s presidency and Gnilraps was running the media department. I was doing a little writing and mostly just hanging around the WHPR office enjoying the free coffee and donuts. I may or may not have glued Gnil’s stapler to his desk, but either way I got blamed for it and we were all punished by him refusing to publish the interview. Well, here it is, a little late and not as timely but I did write it so I might as well publish it myself… (I actually just missed the deadline but I find it easier to blame others)

Remember this is a bit outdated but hopefully it is at least entertaining.

Shortly after my interview with Kevin Sheridan I called that “special friend” in Atlanta and she pretty much blew me off. She said she had a date with someone named “The Falcon’s starting secondary.”



I thought that was a rather odd name but whatever, there are more fish in the sea. I decided to take another stab at an interview and called around for suggestions on a subject. Of all the names that I was given one came up quite a bit. It seems that this cat does, well, everything. Seriously.

I decided to take a little road trip and see if I could catch up with Scott Coyle. He is a busy guy and in addition to all of his duties he still holds down a job as a full-time truck driver. He answered on the first try when I called.

Me: “Hey is this Scott Coyle?”

Scott Coyle; “Listen a$$hole, I will have the rest of your money Thursday! Get off my back!”

Me: “Um, no Scott, I am not looking for money or anything, this is PilotPhil, I was hoping maybe I could do a short interview with you for the WHPR.”

Scott Coyle: “Aren’t you the jackass that did the Kevin Sheridan interview and disclosed to the entire world where the temporary eUS government headquarters were?”

Me: “Um, well yes, sort of. I mean it really wasn’t…”

Scott Coyle: “Whatever man, I am pretty beat. I am pulling into Milwaukee right now for a few hours of sleep. If you can get here by morning you can buy me breakfast and we can talk for a few minutes.”

Me: “Sure, I will see you in the morning. Thanks.”

I got his particulars about where to meet him and when, and then set out to figure out how I was going to get to Milwaukee which was about 400 miles away in just under seven hours. As I was in a big hurry, I decided to “borrow” one of the many government vehicles parked outside Breastaurant. I found a nice black one (apparently they all are by the way)



that just happened to be Kevin Sheridan’s personal government vehicle. It was spotless inside which I appreciated but I was very disturbed by the Kenny G. cranked up way too loud on the stereo. Really KS? Really? Anyway there was almost a full tank of gas so I suppose I shouldn’t complain too much.

Here is a little known fact that got me in a bit of trouble. A lowly staff writer for the WHPR does not get to just take a government vehicle whenever they want. They especially are not allowed to take Kevin Sheridan’s personal government vehicle. Who knew? Apparently Kevin still made his meeting with the French next day and continued his amazing work at state securing us some rental regions there. Well done and sorry about your vehicle, it is still in the Denny’s parking lot as far as I know…

I met Scott at a Denny’s just south of town and I can see why this is one of his usual stops. Not only are the servers outstanding



but the soup



was very good as well. I know what you are thinking, but don’t judge me. I am not a big breakfast person and if I want soup for breakfast I will damn well have it.

Scott ordered chicken fried steak and eggs with a side of pancakes. Black coffee and orange juice rounded out his meal. He was very gracious and answered all of my questions. He even offered to leave the tip.

Here is what I found out about Scott. Much of this is completely made up, but the basics are there. When he reads this he might call it lies and innuendo but I call it artistic license.

After joining the eWorld in 2008, real life got a little crazy for Scott and he left again in 2009, not to return until early 2014. After coming back he found that not only were his gold and companies gone, but Plato wouldn’t fix it. He wrote an article blasting Plato and almost quit again. Luckily WookyJack (5amSaint) convinced him to stick around. Wooky was elected to Fed PP shortly after and made Scott his Fun Department Director. Two months later Scott lost a hotly contested PP race to Trekker.

Seeing an opportunity, through blackmail and treachery and promising not to out all of his multi votes, Scott tricked Trekker into making him VPP and Director of Media for the Feds. One month later Molly Emma decided to get back into party politics after her stint as POTUS. After promising Scott not to release photos of his “night in Tijuana” Molly stole the VPP spot from him and he was left with more time to focus on media for the party. Most of this paragraph is completely untrue by the way, except the positions held.

Under Tyler Bubblar’s reign over the eUS Scott worked as the Director of the Census Bureau. Under Tyler’s second term he had done a few contests but it became clear that certain National Forum trolls were resisting his efforts and subsequently his work as DoCB slowed considerably. Under Oblige Scott was once again asked to serve in a similar role but after not being able to secure funds for his programs he decided to step away from national politics for a while and focus once again on his party.

Now back at his Fed Media Director desk, Scott continues to be one of the hardest working eCitizens around. A three time winner of the Work-A-Holic Fed Award, he certainly has the support and knowledge to bring quality Fed media to the entire country.

As we finished up our coffee I asked Scott about his plans for the future.

Me: “Do you plan on getting back into national politics?’

Scott Coyle: “I don’t really know, I am very much enjoying working for the party right now”

Me: “OK, but sometime down the road have you thought about it?”

He glanced up at me just briefly then his eyes fell immediately back down to his last bite of pancakes. He was quiet for a long time and then gave a little smirk that I don’t think I was supposed to notice.

Scott Coyle: “Hey Pilot, thanks for breakfast but I gotta hit the road. I have a long drive ahead of me.”

I haven’t seen or heard much from Scott lately. Perhaps he is just laying low for now. Thanks for reading my ramblings. I will leave you with my customary hot bartender pic.