Westwind

My daughter made the news, won the local United Way Kid's art contest
 
http://www.kxlh.com/news/four-georgians-students-wins-united-way-art-contest/
 
The presentation they mention is in an hour from now, so I'm headed there now.

This is the west pacific IH where we like people to act and if they make a mistake, we can always do something about it. Not acting, in my opinion, is worse than taking an aggressive action for the greater good.
 
Yes, you messed up but keep pushing the envelope!

There's info on it on the NS forum here:

http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=183419

I'll be even more depressing.....I don't think it's anything new or different.  I don't think it's anything that's changed.  Some individuals lose it.  It's a part of life.  Not all Human beings all well balanced, and unless we're prepared to let science choose our dna before we're born, and arrest people for pre-crimes I don't see it changing.
 
And with more population, there's going to be more people that lose it.  Just simple population pressure.  There's always been a percentage that freak out.  The percentage doesn't change, but the population is rising, so there appears to be more of them.  And when social pressures increase, more of them lose it.
 
Humans used to be rural, now we're urban.  Mass attacks will be more frequent beacuse that's how we live now....in dense population centers.
 
I agree, it has absolutely nothing to do with guns or gun laws.  If they don't have guns, they'll buy Castor beans at the natural food store and make Ricin laced envelopes to mail to schools, or whoever, whatever.  Or go on a knifing spree...or beat their victims with a baseball bat.....or set off home made bombs.  Lock the door and mix bleach and amonia together to gas everyone in the room...much cheaper than buying a gun.  Gun control is a red herring and a knee jerk "there outta be a law" from the busibodies that want to tell everyone else how to live (which is the nature of all politicians of all parties). It has absolutely nothing to do with safety.
 
A bad economy doesn't help (50% unemployment in high school/college graduates).  A future with no prospects or hope doesn't help.  Just adds to the pressure.  Governments that have parties where one wants to steal from the rich to give to the poor, while the other wants to starve the poor and protect the rich is destroying personal liberties and economic opportunity for everyone.  Left/right, conservative/liberal.....they're all fruitcake nuts that are only out for their narrow busibody worldview with a total disregard for all others. They want to tell you when you can have sex and when you can't.  They want to tell you what to eat and what not to eat.  (Castor Beans which contain deadly ricin is legal while cannabis which is harmless is illegal ?) Since when was any of this the business of these busibodies politicians?  The more pressure you put on the society, the more that pressure will seek release, and set off those venurable individuals. Basic sociology and psychology.  The politicians are playing games with things they don't understand.....because we elect idiots....because it seems only busibodies run for office.
 
Religion is another sociatal pressure.  "My god is better than your god, and if you don't believe then you're going to hell so It's okay if I kill you in the name of my god."  What the hell is wrong with human beings ?  What a terrible sickness !  Self-righteous bigots wear their robes and make their pronouncement of hell, sin, death, fatwa.....rather than focus on the teachers truths of love, hope, compassion and respect.  So venerable individuals cling to the inspiration to bring death to those they don't understand....after all, it's easier to kill what you don't understand than to learn respect for your fellow humans.  And religion can give you an excuse and absolve you for your shitty behaviour towards your fellow humans.
 
*sigh*
 
Now, where's that chocolate you promised.

And if Feux doesn't do something with his assignment to handle Interior quickly, I'll be happy to appoint anyone else with the drive to handle it instead.
 
Wanting a position is worthless to the community if you don't jump at the chance when it's provided.

I'll just mention what I've mentioned elsewhere.
 
This:
 
is in conflict with this...
 
 
TWP does not need to be forced to provide an avenue of redress for AdSpamming Nazi's our delegate banjects.

January, 2013
From the TWP Foreign Affairs Desk
http://twp.nosync.org

World Assembly Delegate:
Yy4u

The Guardians of The West Pacific:
Wickedly evil people - Darkesia – ROLHEATH- Bhang Bhang Duc
Punk Reloaded - All Good People
 New Forum

In case you haven’t heard, The West Pacific has archived it’s forum of six years in favour of starting anew. It’s the same address with a fresh install of forum software. Stop by, register and have a drink in The Clubhouse. We’d be glad to see you visit with us.
http://twp.nosync.org

 The West Pacific Armed Forces on The March

The newly revived and renamed WPAF! (The West Pacific Armed Forces) are now accepting applications for soldiers and field commanders. Experienced and Inexperienced are both welcome. In recent weeks, WPAF! Deployed in a number of missions around NationStates, and have worked closely with our allies in Equilism. A new Era in TWP military history has begun!

 Summit in The Pacific

The West Pacific is honored to be represented at the Anti-Nazi Summit of the GCR's. It is our hope that Unity among our Feeder and Sinker cousins will ensure that there is no doubt of our resolve to address the Nazi problem. We do not tolerate disrespect for the GCR player communities, and abhor the determination to purposefully annoy other players while spreading an ideology of hate.

"Once again, racists are finding new ways to exploit technology to spread their message of white supremacy, anti-Semitism and hate to a mass audience," said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director. " It's a disgusting, sick perversion of the original games...."

 Turmoil in the NationStates Republic

Activity has threatened to breath new life into the NationStates Republic, of which The West Pacific is a Founding member. As often happens, inactivity at the top of the organization resulted in a conflict of leadership and purpose.

Founder and Vice President Punk Daddy with the assistance of NSR Admin and House of Lords member Tweedy removed President People United Together from office for inactivity. Opinions from around the Alliance ranged from full support of PD's actions, to concerns that it was an unconstitutional coup. People United Together explained that RL matters had taken up his time, and provided evidence that accusations of 'forum destruction' were a matter of misunderstanding.

Voting was opened for the House of Lords to determine whether to restore PUT to the Presidency, or reboot the allinace as Punk Daddy proposed. With a mear total 4 votes cast, the House of Lords restored PUT to the Presidency.

It is the hope of The West Pacific, that this will present a new opportunity for the NSR members to ensure they are actively represented as new elections are due in about one month.


 SCANDAL! The West Pacific Ministry of Prophetic Events fails

Is your NationStates life constantly interrupted by that problem known as RL ? Well, we would like to apologize to those that were trusting in the November report of The West Pacific Ministry of Prophetic Events. The Ministry had announced that the true event of December 21, 2012 was that RL would come to an end, as the NS world replaces it. Unfortunately, reports of the continued existance of RL have been plentiful since the 'end of the world' came and went.

We hope that RL will treat you all gently in 2013.

 Report from The West Pacific Guardians.

Reprinted and embellished with permission of WTF news....

The Guardians of The West Pacific have been seen taking various hangover remedies to recover from the long holiday season. Delegate Yy4u got himself dehydrated and had to be rehydrated. Fortunately, he's recovered nicely and bites every nazi that polutes our RMB. Former Delegate Punk Reloaded (aka Punk Daddy) was seen in a post-holiday hangover rage, as he grabbed TWP Mayor Tweedy by the graphics and demanded, "More! We need more activity NOW!"

Meanwhile, former Delegate Enlightened Defenders (aka Mr. ED) returned from his walkabout, blaming a 'hard drive' for his absence. Likely story. Horses don't have hard drives installed in them. Might as well claim that the dog ate your homework.

Also, an alert to our freinds that maintain Embassies with us...... former Delegate ROLHEATH was again spotted raiding the liquor cabinet of one of the local embassies. Guard those liquor cabinets, or face the consequences !

And finally, former Delegate Darkesia was busy celebrating National Chocolate Day. Fresh chocolate cupcakes for everyone.

The West Pacific has been watching the unfolding situation in Osiris, and send our best wishes to all Osirian citizens in this trying time. The participation of non-Osirian entities in the events is somewhat unsettling, and TWP hopes that a lesson will be learned when it comes to becoming involved in the internal affairs of a Feeder or Sinker region. It is the position of TWP that this is an internal matter for the Government of Osiris to resolve itself, without interference from outside the region.
As always, TWP stands firm in it's committment to the security and sovereignty of our brother and sister Feeder/Sinker regions.
From the Foreign Affairs Desk of The West Pacific,
Guardian Westwind of All Good People

I've been considering distribution of TWP Updates via pdf as well. Well done!
I hope Osiris is able to quickly recover stability and security in light of recent events.

I'd love to be assigned to a region, or multiple regions. Of course, my familiarity with NS affairs is a tad terrible at present so I understand if I'm not regarded as particularly useful, Also. I don't think I'm quite annoying enough to make somebody declare war but I can't promise not to do something that causes sanctions to be imposed on us. Or to check my suitcases for plants or animals that cause a plague upon returning, I'm too absent-minded for that.
As an aside, I believe I still have the details of the ambassadorial medal scheme I created for retention and recruitment purposes should TWP ever desire them. They were focused on rewarding various stages of service and recognising exemplary effort so may need a little tweaking given the changes I missed.

Aye, agreed. Especially in an NS world full of UCR's that don't understand the nature of GCR's.

This embassy thread is created for Osiris.
*installs an ancient Osirian liquor cabinet found in Biyah's TWP storage unit*

I had applied as the TWP Ambassador to Osiris, but last I checked my mask had not been updated. I suppose I should check again, eh ?
*checks*
Mask updated...woot !
The Osiris Embassy is now open...