Losing my mind [Running for Congress]
Day 3,016, 19:13
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by RaccoonGoon
Today, I'd like to announce my candidacy for Congress with We The People in the state of... Wait, we don't have state votes anymore? Man, that's disappointing, I always wanted to be the congressman from South Carolina...
Anyway, I'm running for Congress, which honestly, is something I thought I'd never do. For literally years now, I have actively avoided Congress because I'm not really a political player. Personality-wise, I would rather build consensus, make friends, and work behind the scenes for the betterment of the entire eUS community and country and not just for one party, and for that reason, I've avoided wading into the political pit that is eUS Congress.
Why now?
Well, to be honest, I'm not entirely sure. As previously mentioned, I may be losing my mind or just growing senile in my eAge. If there's any real reason, it's that I kind of still like this old browser game, and I like this community and it's people (and its problems), and somewhere in the pit of my stomach, I'm not really satisfied with the state of things. Thing have quieted down, people are moving on, this guy is even dying.
And you know, I don't think I'm cool with that.
Campaign promises and other assorted bulls**t
This is the part where I'd talk about all the things I'm going to do if elected, but let's be honest, nobody believes this sort of crap anyway right? Truthfully, there are a lot of things I'd like to see happen.
I mean, I'd like to see Congress emerge from its quiet forum chambers and be a bit more accountable to the other people here playing the game; I'd like to see Congress gel together a bit and do something pragmatic to heal the partisan divide we've got going; and hey, if miraculously they get this far, I also might like to see Congress have a serious talk and see if there's anything we can do to get off this rollercoaster of CO dependence that is likely to leave us all bored or broke at the end of the ride.
But eh, I'm smart enough not to make promises. I'm just one raccoonguy after all, and Congress is Congress. Sometimes they do next to nothing; sometimes they debate mascots; sometimes they max everybody's taxes without saying much here... only to decide a bit later that it might not have been the best of ideas; and other times... Well, other times they just post ponies.
So here's the tl;dr:
I'm running for Congress (finally). I may be losing my mind, but I'm just not happy with this apathy, so now seems like a good time. Making promises is silly and Congress is gonna Congress, so I've got nothing there.
But, I'm something different, and I feel the need to do... something, and if that works for you and you're in WTP, go vote for me in the Congress Primaries HERE. If you're not in WTP and you're still reading this, you're pretty awesome too, and though I know you're probably going to vote for whichever party you happen to be a part of come the 25th, I'd appreciate it if you'd throw me an article vote, a comment, and maybe a passing glance on the 25th too.
Anyway, I'm running for Congress, which honestly, is something I thought I'd never do. For literally years now, I have actively avoided Congress because I'm not really a political player. Personality-wise, I would rather build consensus, make friends, and work behind the scenes for the betterment of the entire eUS community and country and not just for one party, and for that reason, I've avoided wading into the political pit that is eUS Congress.
Why now?
Well, to be honest, I'm not entirely sure. As previously mentioned, I may be losing my mind or just growing senile in my eAge. If there's any real reason, it's that I kind of still like this old browser game, and I like this community and it's people (and its problems), and somewhere in the pit of my stomach, I'm not really satisfied with the state of things. Thing have quieted down, people are moving on, this guy is even dying.
And you know, I don't think I'm cool with that.
Campaign promises and other assorted bulls**t
This is the part where I'd talk about all the things I'm going to do if elected, but let's be honest, nobody believes this sort of crap anyway right? Truthfully, there are a lot of things I'd like to see happen.
I mean, I'd like to see Congress emerge from its quiet forum chambers and be a bit more accountable to the other people here playing the game; I'd like to see Congress gel together a bit and do something pragmatic to heal the partisan divide we've got going; and hey, if miraculously they get this far, I also might like to see Congress have a serious talk and see if there's anything we can do to get off this rollercoaster of CO dependence that is likely to leave us all bored or broke at the end of the ride.
But eh, I'm smart enough not to make promises. I'm just one raccoonguy after all, and Congress is Congress. Sometimes they do next to nothing; sometimes they debate mascots; sometimes they max everybody's taxes without saying much here... only to decide a bit later that it might not have been the best of ideas; and other times... Well, other times they just post ponies.
So here's the tl;dr:
I'm running for Congress (finally). I may be losing my mind, but I'm just not happy with this apathy, so now seems like a good time. Making promises is silly and Congress is gonna Congress, so I've got nothing there.
But, I'm something different, and I feel the need to do... something, and if that works for you and you're in WTP, go vote for me in the Congress Primaries HERE. If you're not in WTP and you're still reading this, you're pretty awesome too, and though I know you're probably going to vote for whichever party you happen to be a part of come the 25th, I'd appreciate it if you'd throw me an article vote, a comment, and maybe a passing glance on the 25th too.
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First for not having any graphics because I'm lazy and averaging one article every 666 (Yeah, really) days.
Maybe I'll make it look better later...
I don't know if there's a right or wrong way to make art, but that seems pretty close.
http://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/insert-bs-here-4/62900-random-pictures-thread-only-rule-post-here-more-entertain-me-racts.jpg?dateline=1356568868
I think you might loose your mind in the congress. Whatever happens, good luck.
Thanks, and I doubt you're really wrong there.
I might be more than a bit crazy to begin with though, so here's hoping a little more won't hurt. XD
Max taxes or normal ones? Is the only thing that matter 😛
Responsible ones. lol
18% is definitely too high for the long-term, but right now, the issue we have is a deficit of both activity and tanks that we make up for with COs. Until we start working to address the issues that led us to become so dependent on COs to begin with, a major overhaul of tax policy is just a pipe dream.
To be honest though, the thing that bothers me about the tax increase(s) is not so much the reasoning behind it. What irks me is that it kind of got shoved through in a partisan environment without any significant effort to sell it all the contributors in-game that were bound to be disenfranchised by it.
Good luck! Politics needs 'people who build consensus, make friends, and work behind the scenes for the betterment of the entire eUS community and country and not just for one party'
Good luck m8. If nothing else, I hope that you'll at least get some fun out of it. Personally, I find some of the tax 'debates' amusing..as you sad there is no real argumentation. just countless euphemisms of 'because we say so'.
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Good luck and may the Force be with you.
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With that said, hopefully we won't have to go Thunderdome in Congress. 😛
Are we going to? I like to see myself as more of a road warrior ^__^
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Good luck with congress run, and i hope you dont lose your mind 🙂
Long overdue; my friend. You may have lost your mind, but I've never seen you lose your cool.
I hope Your party can work with mine, because those are some of the issues that plague me.
The congressmen who raised your taxes to 25% still haven't agreed that it was a bad idea to be honest. They'd like to raise them back up to that level to be honest. Thank the feds and USWP for these astronomical taxes, until we get some help on the other side they will continue to force their partisan agenda upon us. Best of luck racoonguy, endorsed.
Thank you.
And you know, Congress can sometimes be a bit of a circus, but I think the key may be getting people to put aside the "my side vs your side" sort of mentality and work toward things that we can agree to be good for everyone.
Now, I'm sure that's a lot easier said than done, but hey, it's got to be worth a shot, right?
With the people on the other side of this thing I think you will quickly find there is no middle ground, and there is no compromising. The group that the feds continually run are very much an old boy network, and they have the majority so they do as they wish and are extremely abrasive/demeaning about it. I'm hoping with a revitalized WTP there can be some balance in Congress, so I'm one of your biggest fans right now especially considering I was a WTP party member for quite some time.
lol this is a fucking hilarious lie, we dangerous Fed types run pretty much anyone who's active and not a dick in our party,
idk what old boys network you see