Senatorial Database [NSGSenate]

[Lamaredia]

I'm not sure what you're talking about.

What is the book about?

Ah, okay. That thing. The book is about the general dilly-dallying that often occurs in senates (mostly the American one) due to the endless usage of filibusters that obstructs the progress of the country.

[New Corenea]

What did he do? Claim the moon landing and 9/11 are fake?

No, he claims colleges are liberal brainwashing centers.

That's his conspiracy? That's not conspiracy

[Byzantium Imperial]

No, he claims colleges are liberal brainwashing centers.

That's his conspiracy? That's not conspiracy

Im pretty sure brainwashing is overstretching it, but indoctrinizing pretty much covers it.

[New Corenea]

Good point

[Prussia-Steinbach]

This thread cannot be allowed to die. Senator Joseph Wesley Bridger II is still open for questions.

[Byzantium Imperial]

Joseph Wesley Bridger II - PROGRESSIVE-CONSERVATIVE PARTY

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Account Name: Prussia-Steinbach
Occupation: Senator
Party Position: Whip
Positions in Government: N/A
Constituency: Sülënsplaar
Political Ideology: British Fascism
Family: No Family
Background:

Joseph Wesley Bridger II gave up a life of privilege as a member of a prominent Aurentine-British family at the age of twelve, running away with a girlfriend to seek a life of adventure abroad in Italy. Though the girlfriend's will had broken within the week, and he soon arranged for her return to her father, this did not stop Joe from traveling the world for the next eight years, not seeing his family once during this nomadic time. When he returned home at the age of twenty, he was a self-sufficient, chain-smoking, hard-drinking rebel with numerous friends and enemies across Europe and the Mediterranean. His father, Herbert Wesley Bridger - using his vast amounts of behind-the-scenes power - attempted to hastily correct his wayward son, arranging for him to be tutored in politics and societal leadership both in England by members of the House of Lords and on their Aurentine estate, Slimbrook-Whitemarsh, by Aurentine political theorists and professors. Once his studies were completed, it was arranged that he would join the Classical Monarchist Party, a traditional royalist party founded by the von Tyrannien family. This did not last long, though, as Joe's rebelliousness soon kicked in, causing him to defect and join the National Imperialist-Freedom Party. After a successful stint as the NIFP's secretary, the senator has now left this party as well, due to several key members of the party judging him to be "detrimental to the Party's reputation" due to his assertions that the National Imperialists were not "centre-right" and that its basic principles were identical to Fascism's. He has now joined the Progressive-Conservative Party, a political organisation founded on the ideals of pragmatism and progressive conservatism in politics, in stark contrast to the NIFP's blatant uncompromising idealism. He co-authored the National Preservation of Wilderness and Wildlife Act with Senator Jean-Henri Rousseau, and has sponsored several notable bills. He has been involved in the formation of the new Aurentine Constitution, and is a member of the Senate Committee for Economic Data. He caucuses with the Aurentina Whigs.

Faith: Anglicanism
Likes: Unfiltered cigarettes, cigars, alcohol, guns, fighting, Social Darwinism, capitalism, beer, militarism, lager, England
Dislikes: Commies, foreigners, hippies, liberals, pacifism, communism, globalism, democracy, Sweden
Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

• Don't you know smoking is bad for you? - Don't be such a square. Makes breathing fun. Fucking pussy.
  
• How do you reconcile your resistance toward authority with your adherence to Fascism? - It's the stupid people that need regulation. It's the stupid people that need the State to be their father figure, to guide them and protect them. Then there's people like me. We're smart. We can survive. We are their betters. We're the ones that end up in charge. They get left behind. That's why I'm in politics.
• Why did you leave the CMP?
  They tend to be moralistic, bigoted hypocrites. I prefer the pragmatism and progressiveness of Fascism.
• What is your view on My Little Pony, and the 'Brony' subculture?
  That fucking pussy shit? It's for little girls, disturbed middle-aged men, and trannies. It disgusts me.
• Why did you leave [Aurentina] with your girlfriend even though you knew that it would separate you from your family?
  Separation from my family was not a factor in that decision. My family was full of moralistic, up-tight, stuffy, legalistic, authoritarian douchebags. I never liked that about my family or family members, and I also couldn't stand the fact that we advocated all this capitalism and freedom while we didn't do a fucking thing to help the poor like we advocated. So I left. I was done with the hypocrisy and bigotry, and started doing whatever the fuck I wanted. Me leaving was the beginning of that, and was the best decision of my life.
• What is your opinion on the bayonet?
  I view the bayonet as a useful and necessary tool for the modern soldier. It provides them with the means and skills entirely needed in hand-to-hand combat, which has actually become necessary again with today's urban, anti-terrorist warfare.
• Having gone from the Classical Monarchist Party to the National Imperialist-Freedom Party to the Progressive Conservative Party, to what degree do you believe the Aurentine Right can cooperate against the Left and why did you decide to join the relatively moderate Progressive Conservatives rather than, say, re-joining the CMP or joining one of the more rightist parties like the Reform Party or Coalition for Freedom and Enterprise?
  I believe that the Right is doomed if it cannot unite under a single banner. The divisions between us, separating classical liberals, Fascists, traditionalists, and various other strains of right-wing thought, need to be halted. The only way for us to effectively combat an increasingly radical and increasingly powerful Left is to put aside petty differences in such things as the name for our executive and how much regulation business needs, and decide that the success of us as a whole is more important than whether or not you need a permit to own a gun. I believe the future of the Aurentine right-wing is indeed dark, if we all cannot come to some sort of agreement. And, in all honesty, I do not see a defeat of the Left or a Rightist agreement in my lifetime - or even afterward.
  
  I decided to join the Progressive-Conservatives due to profound disillusionment on my part. I was effectively bullied out of the National Imperialists, as they derided me as a Fascist and denied their own platform adhered to the most basic of Fascist tenets. And though I am fond of many Classical Monarchists, and was formerly a monarchist myself, I could not bring myself to return to a party I view as an - entirely necessary, mind you - moralistic, overly-traditional organisation which harbours many bigots and persons that seem content to drive our nation back to the Dark Ages. I did not join the CFE or Reform Party mainly due to a single factor: their miniature size. Both of the parties you mentioned are rather small, with minimal influence on the Senate and an inactive, inept membership. The message of the ProgCons - as well as their size and legislating ability - appealed to me more, with a pragmatic approach to politics that focused not on social issues, but a strong economy and secure nation.
• What is your perspective on Aurentina joining the Commonwealth of Nations and the United Nations?
  I fully support Aurentine membership in the Commonwealth. My own family being British and having ties to the monarchy for centuries, I still believe that friendly and strong relations with the United Kingdom - including accepting Her Majesty as our head of state - can only help our nation. However, I am opposed to joining the United Nations. I view the UN as an effectively powerless, impotent, and globalist organisation that can only decrease our state's sovereignty in undesirable ways and bring us closer to conglomeration into a world-wide foreign-imposed order.

Any connections to the mafia?
What should we do about rising mafia violence?

[New Corenea]

This thread cannot be allowed to die. Senator Joseph Wesley Bridger II is still open for questions.

Do you support gun rights?

[Prussia-Steinbach]

Statistics Concerning the Wealthy of Aurentina: viewtopic.php?p=16033624#p16033624

If your senator is wealthy, please contribute to this as much information as possible. You can either post it on the thread or TG it directly to me. If anyone has problems with the info currently stated, please TG it to me as well. Thanks.

[Prussia-Steinbach]

What should we do about rising mafia violence?

I believe that the violence committed by the mob is immoral, yet not psychopathic. They are but businessmen; close-knit businessmen, bound by a code of honour and working outside the laws of our great nation, but still businessmen. I believe that the growing wave of vigilantism is much more devastating to communities as a whole. Not only is it illegal, but it only provokes the mafia to action and increases possible damage to property and injury to civilians. This is a threat that must be dealt with. Street gangs are, as a whole, much more unorganised and dishonourable than traditional crime syndicates with an investment in their community.

[Prussia-Steinbach]

Do you support gun rights?

No comment.

[Seitonjin]

Jason Liu is open for questions.

Still open for questions please and thank you.

o(｀ω´ )o

[New Corenea]

Jason Liu is open for questions.

Still open for questions please and thank you.

o(｀ω´ )o

Wealth of Nations vs Das Kapital
which book do you prefer?

[Seitonjin]

Still open for questions please and thank you.

o(｀ω´ )o

Wealth of Nations vs Das Kapital
which book do you prefer?

Given that some of the content in both books being a tad outdated and have been debunked by other economists, I still would prefer Wealth of Nations.

[Malgrave]

What should we do about rising mafia violence?

I believe that the violence committed by the mob is immoral, yet not psychopathic. They are but businessmen; close-knit businessmen, bound by a code of honour and working outside the laws of our great nation, but still businessmen. I believe that the growing wave of vigilantism is much more devastating to communities as a whole. Not only is it illegal, but it only provokes the mafia to action and increases possible damage to property and injury to civilians. This is a threat that must be dealt with. Street gangs are, as a whole, much more unorganised and dishonourable than traditional crime syndicates with an investment in their community.

Confirmed for mafia apologist.

[Lamaredia]

I believe that the violence committed by the mob is immoral, yet not psychopathic. They are but businessmen; close-knit businessmen, bound by a code of honour and working outside the laws of our great nation, but still businessmen. I believe that the growing wave of vigilantism is much more devastating to communities as a whole. Not only is it illegal, but it only provokes the mafia to action and increases possible damage to property and injury to civilians. This is a threat that must be dealt with. Street gangs are, as a whole, much more unorganised and dishonourable than traditional crime syndicates with an investment in their community.

Confirmed for mafia apologist.

I'm not sure if the senate rules apply here, but if they do, then I ask you to knock it off with your accusations.

[Ainin]

Confirmed for mafia apologist.

I'm not sure if the senate rules apply here, but if they do, then I ask you to knock it off with your accusations.

The Ethics Act and Proper Procedure and Unacceptable Behaviour Act seem not to apply in this thread.

[The Nihilistic view]

Statistics Concerning the Wealthy of Aurentina: viewtopic.php?p=16033624#p16033624

If your senator is wealthy, please contribute to this as much information as possible. You can either post it on the thread or TG it directly to me. If anyone has problems with the info currently stated, please TG it to me as well. Thanks.

No, it looks fine. Hidden assets and all that .

[Lamaredia]

I'm not sure if the senate rules apply here, but if they do, then I ask you to knock it off with your accusations.

The Ethics Act and Proper Procedure and Unacceptable Behaviour Act seem not to apply in this thread.

Which is weird, considering that it's connected to the Senate as the seemingly official database.

[Prussia-Steinbach]

I believe that the violence committed by the mob is immoral, yet not psychopathic. They are but businessmen; close-knit businessmen, bound by a code of honour and working outside the laws of our great nation, but still businessmen. I believe that the growing wave of vigilantism is much more devastating to communities as a whole. Not only is it illegal, but it only provokes the mafia to action and increases possible damage to property and injury to civilians. This is a threat that must be dealt with. Street gangs are, as a whole, much more unorganised and dishonourable than traditional crime syndicates with an investment in their community.

Confirmed for mafia apologist.

Okay...? You act like that's actually supposed to mean something.

[Malgrave]

Confirmed for mafia apologist.

Okay...? You act like that's actually supposed to mean something.

Supporting the actions of a violent criminal organisation is not something to be proud of Senator.

[Prussia-Steinbach]

Okay...? You act like that's actually supposed to mean something.

Supporting the actions of a violent criminal organisation is not something to be proud of Senator.

...did you even read what I wrote?

I believe that the violence committed by the mob is immoral.

I believe that the growing wave of vigilantism is much more devastating to communities as a whole.

It only provokes the mafia to action and increases possible damage to property and injury to civilians.

[Maryginia]

Supporting the actions of a violent criminal organisation is not something to be proud of Senator.

...did you even read what I wrote?

I believe that the violence committed by the mob is immoral.

I believe that the growing wave of vigilantism is much more devastating to communities as a whole.

It only provokes the mafia to action and increases possible damage to property and injury to civilians.

Senator, I fail to see how Vigilantism is more destructive then the mob, the vigilantes do what the police can't and/or won't, they protect the community not destroy it.

[Prussia-Steinbach]

...did you even read what I wrote?

Senator, I fail to see how Vigilantism is more destructive then the mob, the vigilantes do what the police can't and/or won't, they protect the community not destroy it.

Because that's definitely how it has always worked out, hasn't it? Here have been two recent vigilante attacks in Aurentina. The first was a bomb thrown indiscriminately into a public place. The second was when three men stormed into a pub and began harassing two men, out of the blue, simply because they were wearing suits, before one of those three men pulled a gun! The mob's violence is not right, but the vigilantes only serve to fan the flames.

[Malgrave]

What should we do about rising mafia violence?

I believe that the violence committed by the mob is immoral, yet not psychopathic. They are but businessmen; close-knit businessmen, bound by a code of honour and working outside the laws of our great nation, but still businessmen. I believe that the growing wave of vigilantism is much more devastating to communities as a whole. Not only is it illegal, but it only provokes the mafia to action and increases possible damage to property and injury to civilians. This is a threat that must be dealt with. Street gangs are, as a whole, much more unorganised and dishonourable than traditional crime syndicates with an investment in their community.

You are calling organised criminal gangs honourable? Those who have burned down establishments, kidnapped and killed politicians, journalists and countless citizens of this nation? You also attack the vigilantes that have been created in response to these criminal gangs and they should be attacked by the police instead of rather going after the root cause of the problem. Community investment as well? You applaud the investment of money made from illegal means in the local community?

So yes. I feel free to call you a supporter of the mafia.

[Deutsche Demokratische Republik]

I'm also open to some questions.

edit: with a link to my profile