Senatorial Database [NSGSenate]

[Pyreneesia]

Why the fuck isn't it? These guys are training a guerilla army and we just sit here and play party cake. Jesus Christ...

*shakes head*

I think the Sensible Firearms Act deals with that particular issue.

May I have a link please?

[Polvia]

Why the fuck isn't it? These guys are training a guerilla army and we just sit here and play party cake. Jesus Christ...

*shakes head*

I think the Sensible Firearms Act deals with that particular issue.

Also the Firearms and Bladed Weapons Control Act.

[Potenco]

I am accepting questions at this time

[New Freedomstan]

Senator Freedom, why do you have the last name Freedom, and more over, why do you look like a young version of the Russian President, Vladimir Putin?

Because my father was named Freedom, and his father was named Freedom and his father took the name when moving to our country. Personally, I don't see the similarity?

[Chetssaland]

Chet Salland - Liberal Democratic Party

Account Name:Chetssaland
Occupation: Senator
Party Position(s): N/A
Positions in Government: N/A
Constituency: Soledad
Political Ideology: Economic moderate; Social liberal
Family: Wife, 2 daughters, 1 son
Background: Son of a British naval officer and a stay at home mother, he was born on February 4, 1960, and lived in Aurentina most of his young life while his father was stationed there. At age 18, he left Aurentina for the first time to study Chemistry at UCLA. He then went on to earn a postgraduate degree in law at Duke University. After working in business law, specifically in the petrochemical industry, for 23 years in the United States, he moved back to Aurentina in 2009, only a few years before the independence movement began. He organized many fundraisers for the movement, and established strong ties to his local community, who eventually rewarded his efforts by electing him as the first senator to represent Soledad in the newly formed nation.
Faith: Nonreligious
Likes: Mixed market, responsible safety net, nuclear power, individual liberty, friendly business policies, separation of church and state, LGBT rights, funding science research, mountain climbing, sailing, golf, bowties
Dislikes: Government obtrusiveness, fundamentalism, extremism, racism, affirmative action, spying on civilians, elitism, stubbornness
Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

• *ADD QUESTION*
  What is the most important thing Aurentina must do to advance its position in the world? Well, this question is based on the assumption that, as a nation, we must actively seek to promote our interests globally. Under that assumption, I would undoubtedly say that we must continue to make Aurentina one of the most important seaports in the world, and encourage foreign and domestic investment into our economy. It's my belief, however, that we should not be actively gauging our international weight. If we simply focus on maintaining the freedoms of the individual while also advancing the common good, everything else will be a walk in the park.
  
  I welcome any other questions for the senator

[Free South Califas]

Owning a rocket launcher is not illegal.

It really should be....

Disagreed. Ownership is an arbitrary place to draw the line; what if the launcher is non-functional, or is firmly locked up for display purposes with no ammo? Why not just make production, sale, loaded transfer, firing and/or smuggling of the launchers illegal, and all production/transfer of the ammo illegal? That way, existing hobbyists and museums can donate launchers to each other without anyone being allowed to risk blowing anyone up. Criminalizing mere possession of a thing which (without ammunition) is not inherently dangerous sets a bad precedent IMO.

Explosive material? Radioactive material? That's a different story.

[Free South Califas]

Question to all senators:

With the lack of a unified forgien policy in the government as of now what do you think would be threat course of action in the way of how are nation should act and preform on the international stage? And how do you thing are nation should handle the recorded 44 ongoing armed conflicts around the world ranging from bloody civil wars to low level insurgencies.

Neutrality. (Not 'armed neutrality', which is where one can be dragged into war without being directly attacked, but has no definite starting point.) We have too many pro- and anti-NATO senators to contribute meaningfully to global-scale international armed conflicts. That being said, as a Communist I would of course prefer we support struggles for inclusive, democratic, compassionate societies of equal opportunity. It's a political minefield out there, though. Perhaps the best thing to do would be to provide a safe place for anti-state and anti-militarist speech along with the other perspectives, as well as a safe, well-guarded place for public and secret peace negotiations.

Basically, anything we can do to support a just peace. The only armed interventions I would support would be directly toward this end, and usually only against extreme oppression, the reinstallment of an ancien regime where the people support the revolution, that kind of thing. But I don't think the current Senate would generally agree with me on where to intervene and how. I think it's more important to intervene in civic society than in armed conflict anyway. For example, there is much debate over which armed faction to support in Syria, but there are other organizations fighting for change through means other than war over there.

[Jetan]

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Senator Bates is available for questions. (Follow the quote for profile)

[Jetan]

Question to all senators:

With the lack of a unified forgien policy in the government as of now what do you think would be threat course of action in the way of how are nation should act and preform on the international stage? And how do you thing are nation should handle the recorded 44 ongoing armed conflicts around the world ranging from bloody civil wars to low level insurgencies.

We should integrate ourselves closely with the west and Join NATO. As to armed conflicts around the world we should focus our attention to the ones either close to us or in strategic locations, and monitor the situation, before deciding on conflict by conflict basis what we should do, if anything.

[Britcan]

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Senator Bates is available for questions. (Follow the quote for profile)

Mr Bates,
If you were not a member of the National Centre Party which existing political party would you be most likely to join?
Sincerely, A. Person

[Jetan]

Senator Bates is available for questions. (Follow the quote for profile)

Mr Bates,
If you were not a member of the National Centre Party which existing political party would you be most likely to join?
Sincerely, A. Person

Most likely the Progressive-Conservatives, since their stances are somewhat similiar to ours. Altough I dislike their policy of partywhips, and I've gotten the impression they've been somewhat sliding from the centre recently. New Social Party would also be an option.

[Divair]

OP, you ever coming back? Last update was May 31st.

[Plenomia]

Senator Charles Nicholas Harper - Coalition for Freedom and Enterprise

Account Name: Plenomia
Occupation: Senator
Party Position(s): N/A
Positions in Government: N/A
Constituency: N/A
Political Ideology: Classical Liberal/Modern Conservative
Family: Maggie-Wife, Matt-Son, and Nicholas-Son
Background: He was born to a poor family in which his father went to work everyday and his mother did whatever she could to earn a little less money. As he says himself, "We survived, not thrived." He was lucky enough to earn himself a college scholarship to the University of Aurentina. He achieved greatly at UA and attended law school, again on scholarship. He graduated with a law degree and immediately began practicing law. When he say that Aurentina was in need of leaders, he joined the Aurentina Senate.
Faith: Methodist
Likes: History, Calvin Coolidge, Modern Conservatism, Classical Liberal, John Locke, Edmund Burke, Alexis de Tocqueville, and sailing/boating
Dislikes: Government Intrusion, Hypocracy, Stratocracy, Modern Liberalism, Excessive Government Subsidies, and Excessive Taxation
Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

• What is the Most Important Thing for Aurentine Prosperity? -Aurentina must put itself on the world economic stage to achieve greater prosperity. We need to increase trade on water and establish trade relations with many nations to bring in more money and new products. We also must allow all business, primarily small, to thrive in our economy through limited regulation and even more limited taxation.

[Kouralia]

viewtopic.php?p=15097640#p15097640 <-- Pic's f*cking massive. Not going in.

Aside from that, I updated the Op from 'point x', if your stuff isn't updated it's because I didn't see it. Please relink it from here on.

[Unicario]

http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=15097640#p15097640 <-- Pic's f*cking massive. Not going in.

Aside from that, I updated the Op from 'point x', if your stuff isn't updated it's because I didn't see it. Please relink it from here on.

my Senator's last name is "von Hohenzollern" now.

[Kouralia]

http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=15097640#p15097640 <-- Pic's f*cking massive. Not going in.

Aside from that, I updated the Op from 'point x', if your stuff isn't updated it's because I didn't see it. Please relink it from here on.

my Senator's last name is "von Hohenzollern" now.

kk, should I add 'Arrested by Bundespolizei for arms smuggling'?

I joke, of course.

[Unicario]

my Senator's last name is "von Hohenzollern" now.

kk, should I add 'Arrested by Bundespolizei for arms smuggling'?

I joke, of course.

Ha-ha-ha.

[Yanalia]

Missed me.

Tom Jenkins - Red-Green

Account Name: Yanalia
Occupation: Senator
Party Position(s):

Chairman

Positions in Government:

President Pro Tempore

Constituency: Ältfoort
Political Ideology: Democratic socialism
Family: None
Background: Tom was born into a wealthy, hat-manufacturing family. His parents were highly conservative. During his youth, he became exposed to various leftist ideologies. These seemed to him better and more rational than the politics his family supported. He argued frequently with his parents as a child, which only served to drive him further into the left. Eventually, he became estranged from his parents, although they still attempted to finance his college education, an offer which he refused. Though he had initially planned to study computer science in college, his dealings with his parents caused him to turn to politics. Under British rule, he was a tireless activist for the working class and a representative in local government. When his parents retired, ownership of the hat company passed to him, which he quickly transformed into a worker-owned business. He is currently the elected leader of the business, and takes great care to listen to the workers at all times. He refuses any more money than his workers receive, and so lives very modestly. When the nation gained indepedence, Tom joined the Red-Greens and was elected to the Senate. Today, Workers' Hats manufactures the necessary hat products for daily Senate affairs.
Faith: Atheist
Likes: Rationalism, democratic socialism, atheism, civil liberties, democracy, video games, science
Dislikes: Religion, censorship, authoritarianism, capitalism, discrimination
Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

Pröütere jü Aurentinsë?



What?

To all senators…

What is your opinion on the weaponisation of space and actively use it in war? For example to create an obrital missile platform which uses nuclear "rods from gods" to bombard cities or to use the apparently fictitious Orion battleships to bombard Aurentina's enemies.




I strongly oppose the weaponisation of space, especially in the current state of our nation. Firstly, we have no need of such destructive weaponry as we have no mortal enemies as far as I know. Further, space is a great opportunity to promote cooperation between all humans, not more violence. We should be sponsoring international efforts to further our knowledge of the extraterrestrial, not weaponizing it so we can kill even more people.

[Kouralia]

Done.

[New Zepuha]

Done.

Dr.Nuckerberg the proud independent man who don't need no party.

[Free South Califas]

Missed me viewtopic.php?f=25&t=240308&p=14941169&hilit=saul+califas#p14941169

If you happen to disagree with the initial reaction to the op (now in a spoiler) just ignore i t please - I don't have the energy or desire to drag the argument up again. Thanks

[Pyreneesia]

viewtopic.php?p=14908425#p14908425

Missed me as well.

[Maklohi Vai]

Wulukuno Maklohi Porunalakai - Liberal Democratic Party

Nickname: Maklohi
Account Name: Maklohi Vai
Occupation: Senator/Head Administrator/Chairman of the Progress Coalition/Deputy Prime Minister
Party Position(s): Vice-Chairman; Ambassador to the Communist Party; Ambassador to the Progressive Monarchist Party
Other Position(s): Leading Council member of the Association for the Defense of the Republic; member of the Council of State; other various positions
Constituency: Malling
Political Ideology: Social Democrat leaning towards center-left
Family: Wife and two sons. Names not released publicly.
Background: Wulukuno grew up in Malling, the son of Samoan immigrants of a middle class origin. He excelled in school, graduating as a valedictorian from his high school. He then attended Stanford University in the United States, graduating summa cum laude in Political Science with a minor in International Relations. After interning for the Michael Dukakis 1988 campaign, Wulukuno went back to school to earn a Master's in Political Science. He then returned to Aurentina and immediately got involved in local government, getting elected to a city council seat in 1995. He then rose to mayor in 2000, where he served for 4 years before being elected the Senator representing Malling in 2004. He has served in the Senate since then.
Faith: Atheism
Likes: Baseball, Sailing, Compromise, Social Liberalism
Dislikes: Hate, Unnecessary arguing

Missed me as well.

[Zokoria]

Markus Zokos - Totally Rad Party

Account Name: Zokoria
Occupation: Senator and internet entrepreneur
Party Position(s):

Party member

Positions in Government:

Senator

Constituency: Weisen
Political Ideology: Progressive social liberal
Family: Single, has a younger sister (Karina) and an older brother (Karl)
Background: He was born in 1985 in Dalfoort to an Aurentine father, who is an engineer, and a Greek mother, who is a psychiatrist. He grew up in an upper-middle class household in Dalfoort until he reached the age of seventeen. He then studied at the University of Leishaagen, in which he graduated with a master's degree in computer science. By the time he left college, he and his friend Jeremy Nöderen founded an internet startup called "Aurentinet", which is a social networking website and a microblogging service specially designed for Aurentinian users. He became the Chairman and CEO of Aurentinet, and is considered as one of Aurentina's richest people. In 2012, he decided to run for senator in the constituency of Weisen, in which Aurentinet is based.
Faith: Agnostic
Likes: Social liberalism, progressivism, social democracy, internet freedom, LGBT rights, marriage equality, women's rights, mixed-market capitalism, civil liberties, rationalism, cosmopolitanism, video games, electronic music (including dubstep), heavy metal, indie rock, My Little Pony, Homestuck, cats, dogs, Macs, iPhones, iPads, Google Chrome, donuts, tacos, bacon, fine wines, traveling, horse riding, skiing, football (soccer)
Dislikes: Social conservatism, fascism, communism, authoritarianism, "anti-piracy" laws, laissez-faire capitalism, Nazism, homophobia, racism, anti-Semitism, xenophobia, bigotry, pop music, hip hop music, R&B, Justin Bieber, hippos, PCs, Blackberrys, Windows Phones, Internet Explorer, neo-luddites
Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

• Are you a brony? - Yes I am. Fluttershy is best pony.
  
• Are you a Homestuck? - Yes, because trolls are pretty damn rad, even though they seem afraid of buckets.
  
• Are you a Belieber? - Justin Bieber? That douchebag deserves to get a frickin' life.

[The Treorai]

Oi! Could I get my character moved from the CFE to the LFP, pretty please with a cherry uranium core on top?