 June 1998 issue |
Table of Contents
** Cover Story: Disputes, Anti-Catholicism, and War - Is the end of Cyberland at hand? |
May has been a terrible month for our sister virtual nation. There were disputes regarding potential policies, including taxes and admission of new states into their union. Then, their Deputy Prime Minister, Lee Varner, began to make anti-catholic comments such as indicting them as "not real Christians," "drunken worshipers of Mary, not Christ," and so forth. Eventually, things got so far out of hand, Prime Minister Layne had to fire him. He soon found the Deputy PM replacement wasn't nearly as good, for he favored war! This at a time when suspicion was high about a Cyberlandian involvement in the bombing of Mala.
Many pundits in Cyberia are concerned. This could be the beginning of the end of Cyberland. As well as reunification with Cyberia, bringing along the right-wing extremists to do the tango with out left-wing extremists. That would be Cyberia's Judgement Day.
It began as an attempt to block efforts to label the President as "conservative." Then, it spread to prevent the same for the Cyberian Labor Party. It then became the new paradigm in Cyberian politics that has helped to foster a spirit of national cooperation. Cyberia Today hereby gives the President the Political Play of the Month. Now for the full story:
Rosario, after a debate had died down with a slighlty unfavorable position for his party, chose to dig up dirt on the Cyberian Labor Party. He then began to critize the CLP for its socialistic links, yet alleged anti-socialistic beliefs.
This concerned the President, and argued the link was simply a mistake in the link. He promptly redirected Rosario to the newer CLP page, which lacked the "Aussie Labor Net" link. He then blasted Rosario and the Communist Workers Party for completely misreading the Cyberian Labor Party by showing off the party's platform, whose many non-leftist stances were pro-capitalism, tax cuts, and politically independent labor unions.
The seething political advertisement that the party produced hailed the CLP and its platform as "liberal and not left-wing." It also claimed this liberalism as a "new paradigm in Cyberian politics, with an old party."
This convinced the hard Left that many of its critics weren't conservative, but simply less left-wing. Then, the Progressive-Futurist Party turned out a very liberal campaign platform, convincing Rosario, a long-time anti-Hickey politician, that Cyberia's politics were much more leftist than he thought.
This all has made it easier for the slowly developing resurgence of Fascism to generate a spirit of national cooperation that has broad appeal.
Just think, though. If Rosario hadn't dug up the dirt, and the CLP hadn't produced a liberal platform, national unity may not have been able to credibly be considered. We congratulate the President on his political maneuvering that helped generate a win on his initiative on national unity.
Our June 1998 election campaign guide is a special edition of Cyberia Today. It will provide a glimpse into the contested elections, as well as major campaign issues, and anaylsis of the political parties and coalitions involved. It will also provide a special focus on the Progressive-Futurist Party, which has gone from a fringe party in late August to a significant coalition party with Labor during the presidential election and Constitutional Convention, to a major party who could very well reelect a plurality in the Chamber.
The President has reached out with peace-loving hands to the citizens of other micronations during the month of May. He offered Cyberia to the Grand Alliance, an attempt at a League of Nations of sort for micronations. He also spread the word about Cyberia through the many resources of the MicroWorld, a website about micronations. Currently, they plan on publishing an interview as well as an article or two about Cyberia in their MicroWorld Monthly magazine.
Only time will tell what benefit these initiatives have on Cyberia's citizenship, and its position in the microworld.
The Communists want to "spend, spend, spend!" The Conservatives want tax cuts. The PFP wants to spend, but only on an "as needed" basis. The President favors a huge tax rebate of ~10,000 or more for every Cyberian, tax cuts targeting the taxes on exports, the working class, and the luxury tax, as well as increased spending.
How did we get to this debate after worries of increased budget deficits? Well, it's because of the submitted budget that showed a huge revenue base (~144 billion or more) with a small budget (~13 billion), leaving us with more than ~125 billion surplus.
Rosario is making a point in his campaign that we need to spend, spend, spend. The Federalist Coalition is arguing against the tried attempts to throw money at problems, with the President wanting to fashion some sort of compromise.
The debate over this surplus will continue through the June elections and well into the summer, and Cyberia Today will be on top of it all!
The President is having some trouble. Never the best artist, he had asked a variety of citizens to help him develop graphics. CyberGraphics promised, but never delivered. The creator of Mala Post refused to help political opponents or competitors, but has promised something for Cyberia (still nothing). Meanwhile, Conan Saunders, Mayor of Kernsopolis, has shown some stuff, nothing that really helped except one banner.
The question for the President is, does anyone have anything for him, or will he just resort to using frames again?
The greatest tragedy ever known to Cyberia was committed by the fascist, pro-independence Country Party, the party last known to have bombed Dianaville last fall. Over 119 Malans were killed, and there were threats to Windsor. The Malan government was kidnapped, but later released. Heavy government aid, amongst others, was given to Mala to recover. This bombing shook the foundation of Cyberia, and will, no doubt, shatter the remaining support for the Country Party within Windsor, as well as be the martyr for increase security programs throughout Cyberia.
Continuing his series of surprising moves, the President issued an executive order - to destroy executive orders. The CWP cheered the end to those "Dictatorial Orders." The President then announced "Executive Resolutions" that would be policy statements, and announced that such resolutions will also act as orders to the executive branch (such as an executive order - aka resolution - to ban smoking in federal buildings). The heavy irony was well received by the UCCL and the rest of Cyberia.
But the question is, what precipitated this? A small violation of EO #5 by the leaders of the other two branches of government might be it, as well as the ramblings of a "fringe governor of a provincial backwater." However, the Cyberia Today thinks it might have been sparked by the President's attempt to recover lost ground to the opposition, as seen by his "liberal, but not left-wing" advertisement, and his non-involvement in endorsing candidates. The President, we think, is repositioning himself to run for re-election. It's not pandering to the left, but getting a little more comfortable in his political philosophy couch. We'll be sure to keep you updated on the pre-campaign of presidential candidates as it develops.
Cyberia Today has issued a 3 for 1 stock split, bringing our stock price down to ~20.58. Also, keep in mind that we will be issuing a special campaign guide in the next couple of weeks to inform everyone of the upcoming elections.