NationStates Jolt Archive

The rebels and the government have signed a truce in which rebels agreed to allow an election, (they were fighting against).
The first debate for the candidates seeking to become Westmoon's openly democratically elected Premiere will take place tonight after the candidates have filed campaign permits with the Ministry of Internal Security.

WestMoon National News Service:
This just in, WestMoon's current Premiere, Zagrev Ranchov, has officially filed for reelection.
Meantime, one person expected to be a candidate, who opposed Ranchov's Perestroika like reforms, Army Colonel Isoan, has announced he will not seek the office of premiere and will not be a candidate in any race in this years election.
Again the incumbent is seeking reelection and democratic legitimazation as one his most vocal critics chooses not to run against him.

Another candidate, Roy Moore of the Christian Moralist Party has filed papers for the Premiership of WestMoon.
He is promising supporters to turn WestMoon into a Christian Fundamentalist Republic. In his first statement, he said the government should use law enforcement to force people to live in obedience to biblical morality. And he wants to require everyone to memorize the ten commandments.

Two more candidates have filed they are
Jebidiah Nordstrom of the Democratic Capitalist Party and Randolph Mussolini Hitler Rodriguez.
The final list of candidates is now official and the time for candidate filing has expired.
The final list of candidates is as follows:
Zagrev Ranchov
Jebidiah Nordstrom
Roy Moore
Randolph Mussolini Hitler Rodriguez

Party affiliation has been banned from appearing on the ballot next to the candidates names. This is intended to force people to vote on the issues and not the party affiliation.

The Premireship candidates debate has begun with Roy Moore attacking the government for not enforcing Christian Moral Codes.
Moore: If I am elected, my first act will be to restore the christian moral foundation of our laws. And that means requiring all persons in West Moon and allied nations to memorize the ten commandments and executing those who violate any of them. I will ban public nudity, pornography and the holding of hands and kissing in public places and from TV and radio.
Those engage in these lewd acts will be executed.
All parents who hug, kiss, or read to their children from any book that is not the Bible will be charged as pedophiles and treated as such. Children are not persons, they are the property of their parents.

Ranchov has issued a response to Moore's statement:
Fortunately, the people of West Moon are not the extreme religious fanatics that Mr. Moore and his supporters are.
I believe the government should be prevented from promoting any religion or moral code. We ought to ban the establishment of an official religion. Nor should we be forcing people to adopt the views of particular faiths. All people should be allowed thier own private investigations and the freedom to choose their own faiths and moral systems.

Moore: The only way to provide national security and prevent crime is to force people to become Christians.

Ranchov: Nay, we should, rather, support freedom conscience which includes the right of all people to choose any religious faith or none at all.


Moore: No only reason to ban state support of religion is to prevent something akin to the Church of England which we know is evil cause it is not a real christian church. We should not ban the state from enforcing religion in public life.

Jedidiah Nordstrom has entered the debate:
We should not require the state to keep religion out of public life, unless it harms corporate profits.

Ranchov:
I don't support state enforced religion, but what I will do is pass a law mandating reasonable government accomodation of religion. I will allow public displays of the nativity, Santa's Riendeer, menorahs, chrismas trees on public property.

Nordstrom: We need to ban all public prayer though cause it is harmful to the rights of corporations who are more important than people are.


MOORE: Academics aside, we must force the people to be obedient to god. The christian god. I will legalize only the display of christian monuments and practices. I will oppose and ban all other religious beliefs and I will ban athiesm. The sole source of all law whether it is domestic or international must be the ten commandments. And we must nuke those nations that don't obey the ten commandments.

Ranchov: What other nations do is their internal business and it is reckless for someone who wants to be our leader to make threats against our allies just because he don't like their religious or moral views.
The ten commandments are just but one of many legal traditions used in the making of West Moon's law. We also borrow from Judaism, Confucianism, American secularism, the Koran and other traditions.
And I will continue this policy if I am reelected.

Jebidiah Nordstrom:
We need to abolish pesky environmental rules cause they harm business profits.

Ranchov: The moon's crust is only 5 miles thick. Experts believe that deep mining could cause catastrophic consequences for those of us who call the moon home. To destroy the moon in the name of corporate profit is highly immoral and would consitute mass murder.
We ought to be talking about regulating international trade. Some of the tankers and cargo ships have been bringing toxic and radioactive materials into our territory as they pass through here to other moon nations.
The earth nations have a uniform maritime law that regulates maritime trade. This law limits the ability of nations to govern the financial responsibilitiesof vessels, cargo owners, seamen, and others under maritime law. I propose a similar type of law for interstellar space.
Mind you, like maritime law, interstellar law would allow nations to regulate all vessels in their own air space/territory in order to protect physical interests suchas air and water quality, strategic and economic structures, and the local environment.

Nordstrom: Hogwash, that all Hogwash I tell you. We ought to make this Interstellar law binding even in national territory of other nations. Better yet, we shouldn't have any law that restricts what businesses can haul in their tankers.

Is Roy Moore that one judge here in Alabama that put the 10 commandments up in that one building?

Is Roy Moore that one judge here in Alabama that put the 10 commandments up in that one building?

Moore: That was before those ungodly people kicked me from the bench. Only because I was obeying God's will.

Ranchov: We need to take action to protect endangered species not only here but we must work with other nations to protect endangered species everywhere.

Moore: In the beggining God made man to dominate the animals, not the other way around. Though he said we are to take care of it.

Nordstrom: Heck no. We shouldn't have any laws or treaties that would violate my right as business man to kill as many animals as I want, in the name of making a bigger profit.

Rodriguez: I will support anything that leads to the creation of a masterrace that will rule the moon and the earth.

That will do it for this segment of the Premeireship candidates debate. The candidates will now field questions from the audience.

Nordstrom: Wait, I haven't introduced my proposal to force taxpayers to pay money so businesses can have free commercials. I mean we need to stand up for free speech and not having taxpayers pay up so businesses can have free ads in anti free speech. But we should ban protests of business practices.

Ranchov: It is not the job of the government to force people to pay for ads they probably are offended by.
I would support protest rights over advertising rights any day.

Randolph Mussolini Hitler Rodriguez, why have you not spoken?

Randolph Mussolini Hitler Rodriguez, why have you not spoken?
Rodriguez:
I propose to initiate eugenics programs in our schools to create a masterrace.
We must ban interracial marriage. It violates God's law. Which is that people only marry people of their own race. Those who marry outside of their race should be fined and imprisoned. You all want to talk about God's law, well that's God's law.
"And the chosen people shall not intermarry with the heathen. If they do they are to be publicly executed." That's in the Bible.

Moore: Wait, that's not in the Bible.

Nordstrom: People should marry who they want as long they are willing to pay for it.

Ranchov: If the Bible really says that, then Bible is an immoral book and we should discourage people from reading it.

Rodriguez: As for the environment, I believe in the doctrine of survival of the fittest. These animals are endangered cause they are too weak and don't deserve to exist.

Go Rodriguez! Every country needs a Hitler wanna be

Moore: I would have banned people like Hitler from running in this election cause I disagree with his views.

Nordstrom: I would have banned him cause people like him harm profits which take precedence over everything else.

Ranchov: Rodriguez was allowed to participate cause we don't want to isolate any segment of society. The goal in my administration's election policy is inclusion of all segments of society, even the one's which we disagree with or find offensive.

Mr. Ranchov, does that include terrorists?

Mr. Ranchov, does that include terrorists?

Ranchov: Those who who kill innocent civilians have forfeited their rights and have chosen not to be part of society.
They are the only ones not allowed to be candidates. But if you think about it, they believe society is evil so why would they want to lead the society they hate so much?

You have a point Mr. Ranchov. Now, candidates, what are your views on abortion?

*later*

What are your views on the military? Should it rise or sink?

Nordstrom: I disagree with this freedom stuff.
I think we ought to ban religions that discourage profit making. I mean winning is the only thing that counts.
We need to abolish laws that restrict profits. And we ought to let people have their stuff buried with them.

Moore: You all know, its not the profits and its not what you take with you that count. It's the impact you leave behind that counts. If a woman is jumping from a bridge, you should not encourage her to do it, just so you can have high tv ratings. You should talk her out of it.

Ranchov: It is illogical to destroy a perfectly good life in the name of profit. And unethical to encourage it.
All persons in West Moon society have a valuable contribution they make to our nation whether they be teachers, grocers, police officers, firefighters, truckers, or rock stars. In West Moon, everyone has a seed of compassion to sow.
There is a point when you can't walk away. When you see something you know is wrong, you must stand up tall and try to make it right.
There is a darkness that opposes all that is good and right. And it destroys everything it touches until it comes in contact with a person willing to be a light. There are people, whose names are unkown, who are making wishes come true. They don't do it for the money. They're dedicated volunteers reaching out to help the poor, feed the hungry and shelter the abused. Dreamers that are teaching children there is nothing they can't do if they set their minds to it. There are doctors, making cures for diseases, which yesterday, we did not know.
One by one from the moon to the earth, these points of light, are calling out to you, the voters of West Moon.
Bringing hope to all around them. And we will make it a point to support such people whereever they are. A ray of hope in the darkest of nights can overcome the greatest evil.

Moore: I think any one who opposes evil is a point of light.

Nordstrom: People should only do things that make them big profits. Being a light is only good if its good for profits.

Rodriguez: BS. Evil is a good thing. If a girl is suicidal we should help her kill her self cause she is of inferior make and deserves to die. Keeping her genes in the pool is a threat to the survival of the species. Therefore, I would use the police to make her jump off the bridge.

You have a point Mr. Ranchov. Now, candidates, what are your views on abortion?

*later*

What are your views on the military? Should it rise or sink?

Ranchov: Abortion is the business of individual women and their business only.

Nordstrom: Abortion should remain legal cause I have friends who make nice big profits from performing abortion.

Moore: The bible is clear, thou shalt not murder and abortion is murder. I will ban it.

Rodgriguez: I favor aborting babies that are weak and sickly and would contribute "bad" genes to the social pool

Moore in a swipe at Rodriguez: May be your momma should have aborted you in that case.

Ranchov: Military spending is at just the right level.

Moore: Thou shalt not kill, I will cut spending.

Nordstrom: I would not do anything that harms the profits of the arms industry.

Rodriguez: I will raise military spending and use the army to rid earth and moon of inferior races.

I would like to know the candidates stance on terrorism. Concerning that we have proof that terror financing came from West Moon. If elected, will you continue the current policy of allowing terrorist to operate from your territory? Or will you join the international war on terror?

I would like to know the candidates stance on terrorism. Concerning that we have proof that terror financing came from West Moon. If elected, will you continue the current policy of allowing terrorist to operate from your territory? Or will you join the international war on terror?

Ranchov: You already know my position on the issue.

Moore: Terrorism is against God's will.

Nordstrom: Terrorists are bad for profits and they often attack good businesses.

Rodriguez: Terror can be good if it means blowing members of inferior races.