NationStates Jolt Archive

Roach-Busters Nightly News:

Good evening, everyone, this is Walter Krankheit of RBNN, bringing you the latest news. Today, President J.L. has just announced the beginning of a new military operation, codenamed 'Albatross.' His plan is outlined as follows:

1)Declare martial law;
2)Close down all left-wing newspapers, magazines, and television stations;
3)Destroy all left-wing literature, videos, art, history books, etc.;
4)Outlaw all left-wing political parties, non-profit organizations, activist groups, etc;
5)Locate and arrest all communists, socialists, hippies, etc. The socialists will be peacefully deported to different nations with their families and given generous sums of money to begin their lives anew. The hippies will be sent to re-education camps until they are de-radicalized and ready to return to society. The communists will all be publicly executed on live national television

The Roach-Busterian Congress voted overwhelmingly in favor of Operation: Albatross, which J.L. hopes will be a worldwide, allied operation that will eventually destroy communism once and for all. He has already asked his ambassadors to abroad to consult all leaders of allied nations and seek their cooperation in this endeavor. We will have a following update at 10:00 P.M. That is all. Thank you, and good-night.

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What?

OOC: Sigh.. send me the communists already..

OOC: Sigh.. send me the communists already..

No can do. You can have the socialists...hell, you can even have the hippies...but the communists are to be executed on live TV. No exceptions.

Sarzonian President Mike Sarzo saw the news reports and grimaced.

"Roach-Busters? Are you kidding me?"

With his secretary Becky and most of the Gray House staff home for the evening, Sarzo didn't have the luxury of sitting down and having her draft a letter. He decided to fire up his desktop computer and send it himself.

He made the long walk from his Green Room bedroom to his office and fired up the computer. He sat down, still wearing the t-shirt and sweat pants that served as his pajamas.

When the computer was ready, Sarzo opened the software program used to send messages to heads of state and started typing a message to Roach-Busters President J.L.

We in Sarzonia are disappointed to hear of your government's decision to execute communists and to shut down so-called left wing thought. We can not endorse your government's starkly negative policies and we condemn those actions.

We call upon you to demonstrate what true democracy is all about.

Sarzo clicked SEND on the computer, realizing that events were on their march and there was no turning back.

Roach-Busters, in compliance with Sarzonia's wishes, will do the following:

1)Cancel martial law
2)Re-legalize all left-wing parties, media, etc...
3)Arrest and imprison only the most radical hippies (the ones who burn buildings, etc.)
4)Allow all exiled socialists to return

As for the communists, however, Congress is still debating what is to be done about them.

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If you will let us have the socialists, why not the communists?

We'll take Communists and Socialists. Sod the hippies though. Bloody hippies.

I the Grand Ruler of Neoma will gladly except all hippies and commies and we will talk about what will be done with them throught (shifts eyes) other means...(OOC telegram) IC we will take them with no charge just tell me how many and where to pick them up...

The socialists, communists, and hippies and their families are being shipped to your nations. They will be provided generous sums of money to begin their lives anew.

Official Statement from The Red Party of The Island of Rose:

At least you're sparing the lefties, but don't hurt the commies. And hippies must die.
-President Sergei Ilyanov of The Island of Rose

Official Statement from The Corporate Party of The Island of Rose:

It is horrible that you are executing these leftists. Even though we disagree with their economic ideals, rights should be for all. Go Free Market policies!
-Party Leader Robert Chavez of The Corporate Party

Official Statement from The Militant Communist Party of The Island of Rose:

We will bury you! Down with western Capitalism! Up with the Proletariat! Long live Lenin!
-Party Leader Major Alexei Vitca of The Militant Communist Party

Official Statement from The Facist Party of The Island of Rose:

Down with communism! Down with socialism! Long live Facism! Long live The Island of Rose
-Party Leader Adolf Roska of The Facist Party

((OOC: A glimpse at our political parties ;) )))

*Two Chellian Party Economists sit in a bar, where many party members do, as the international news plays a segment on Roach Busters. One Sniggers.*

"Whats so funny, Petrov?" Says the taller of the two, though its hard to tell when they are sitting at opposite sides of a small table.

"Ahh, Will, its nothing. I was just thinking about our political solution..."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Well, our forefathers made a wise choice. Killing off dissenters makes a good point, and in small numbers it works quite well. However, there is a certain point where the costs incurred with killing workers is more of a loss than the point made killing them is a gain..."

"Mm-hmm..."

"Hell, we found that people were fifty percent more efficient in the work camps then they were in normal life. Shows what hard work can get you, when the only other alternative is to starve, or freeze."

"Well, Im sure Roach Busters has thought of all this..."

"Meh. Possibly, likely not. According to the UN, their only the like four thousandth fastest growing economy...heh. What were we again?"

"Twenty-seventh."

"Aye. Well, we'll just see how they do."

*And with that, the two men drank and laughed.*

Coordinator Achilles Brown was horrigied by the report he saw lying on his desk after he finished his customary afternoon round of prisoner target practice out at the Maximum Security Hunting Range, but was mollified by the secondary paper that was lying underneath the orginal statement, he drafted this in response.

We are pleased that RB has decided to rescind its ban on left-wing thought and are fully supportive of their banning and socialists and communists. But hippies are happy people, in fact I have one residence who rolls all my blunts, I'd be glad to have them if you don't want them anymore.

Coordinator Achilles Brown