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Bye every one, it's been fun. I quit ;)

:(

I'll miss you. Have a few tacos for the road. *hands you a six-pack*

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo....

:(

I'll miss you. Have a few tacos for the road. *hands you a six-pack*

:)

...ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo....

Why good-bye?

...ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo....

...ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo....

can you leave us with some nude pics of yourself?

...oooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

can you leave us with some nude pics of yourself?

Hmm, if you have to go, I think I like this idea as a little something for us to remember you by.

I'm confused. Why did Steph leave?

Take care, Steph. Thanks for your service as mod.

You will still always be able to find and or contact me HERE (http://www.stephaniesworld.com) ..:)

You will still always be able to find and or contact me HERE (http://www.stephaniesworld.com) ..:)

It's not the same....

It's not the same....

Here, here.

... :eek:

But ... your the really nice one !

While I never really got to communicate with you in any great extent, I will really, really, really, miss see-ing you here, Stephistan. I just can't believe your going ...

Did some one piss you off ?

GIVE ME THEIR NAME AND THEY SHALL SUFFER ON THE SPIKE OF OUCH !

( * mutters " this had better be a bloody bad joke ... " )

Still .. if you really are going then I wish you the very best in what ever you go after. Just don't forget about us all, okay ? We love you :)

You will still always be able to find and or contact me HERE (http://www.stephaniesworld.com) ..:)I can't find the nude pics on that website >_<

Auf Wiedersehen

:(

Goodbye, Steph. It won't be the same without you. But I will always remember the golden age of General Forum debate in which we participated, with fondness.

Many fluffles.

Why are you leaving me, Steph????

Thank you for your time, your patience, your encouragement, your wit and your warmth.

You will be sadly missed.

Fare thee well.

:confused: This better not be an exodus of Biblical proportions ... :confused:

Don't want Stephistanites to leave now.

Well Shoot!

Sorry to see you go Steph but I do understand. Life's priorities always override. School and the little ones always take priority.

I will probably pop in at your site from time to time.

That is if you can handle the stench of an American! :p

Do take care and the best wishes for you and your family!

*blink blink*
looks at the screen again
*blink*
Still doesn't seem right, Steph is a mod. Mods are immortal, or did they lie to me when they said that?

Great, now I'm gonna have to set myself on fire...

The very first post I read here was one from Steph...I stayed on this board because of it, really. I'll miss seeing your posts very much. Take care of yourself.

Mods are immortal, or did they lie to me when they said that?
*Loud voice sounds within Sanctaphrax's head*

YES. WE ARE. But we are mortal to our own will.

Stephistan has apparently deleted her nation. Goobye, Steph. Oh, yeah, TG, does this mean new mods are needed?

bye
psst... :D can i have your job :P

*Loud voice sounds within Sanctaphrax's head*

YES. WE ARE. But we are mortal to our own will.
Eh?
*shakes his head slightly*
I could swear I heard a mod talking, didn't quite get what they said though.

Well, while I don't feel the need for self-immolation, I'm sad to have not got to know you. You are legendary. I would have liked to have beat up on the feeble-minded with you, enlightened some others, traded recipies and exchanged child-rearing tips ... ah well. My best to you and yours!
*bows ... er, curtseys*?
:cool:

Goodbye, Steph, you will be missed. Best wishes!

Man, so many mods have fallen by the wayside...I feel nostalgic.

Neut, Enodia, Slag, Yavin.... just to name a few.

Neut, Enodia, Slag, Yavin.... just to name a few.

And now Steph.

Did Sirocco ever come back?

And now Steph.

Did Sirocco ever come back?

Sirocco never quit... ;)

I remember when steph first came to the general section. I saved her post for some reason.

Question:

What is really going on?


Answer:

The Project for the New American Century, or PNAC, is a Washington-based think tank created in 1997. Above all else, PNAC desires and demands one thing: The establishment of a global American empire to bend the will of all nations. They chafe at the idea that the United States, the last remaining superpower, does not do more by way of economic and military force to bring the rest of the world under the umbrella of a new socio-economic Pax Americana.

The fundamental essence of PNAC's ideology can be found in a White Paper produced in September of 2000 entitled "Rebuilding America's Defenses: Strategy, Forces and Resources for a New Century." In it, PNAC outlines what is required of America to create the global empire they envision. According to PNAC, America must:

* Reposition permanently based forces to Southern Europe, Southeast
Asia and the Middle East;

* Modernize U.S. forces, including enhancing our fighter aircraft,
submarine and surface fleet capabilities;

* Develop and deploy a global missile defense system, and develop a
strategic dominance of space;

* Control the "International Commons" of cyberspace;

* Increase defense spending to a minimum of 3.8 percent of gross
domestic product, up from the 3 percent currently spent.


Most ominously, this PNAC document described four "Core Missions" for the American military. The two central requirements are for American forces to "fight and decisively win multiple, simultaneous major theater wars," and to "perform the 'constabulary' duties associated with shaping the security environment in critical regions." Note well that PNAC does not want America to be prepared to fight simultaneous major wars. That is old school. In order to bring this plan to fruition, the military must fight these warsone way or the other to establish American dominance for all to see.

Why is this important? After all, wacky think tanks are a cottage industry in Washington, DC. They are a dime a dozen. In what way does PNAC stand above the other groups that would set American foreign policy if they could?

Two events brought PNAC into the mainstream of American government: the disputed election of George W. Bush, and the attacks of September 11th. When Bush assumed the Presidency, the men who created and nurtured the imperial dreams of PNAC became the men who run the Pentagon, the Defense Department and the White House. When the Towers came down, these men saw, at long last, their chance to turn their White Papers into substantive policy.

Vice President Dick Cheney is a founding member of PNAC, along with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Defense Policy Board chairman Richard Perle. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz is the ideological father of the group. Bruce Jackson, a PNAC director, served as a Pentagon official for Ronald Reagan before leaving government service to take a leading position with the weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin.


PNAC is staffed by men who previously served with groups like Friends of the Democratic Center in Central America, which supported America's bloody gamesmanship in Nicaragua and El Salvador, and with groups like The Committee for the Present Danger, which spent years advocating that a nuclear war with the Soviet Union was "winnable."


PNAC has recently given birth to a new group, The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, which met with National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice in order to formulate a plan to "educate" the American populace about the need for war in Iraq. CLI has funneled millions of taxpayer dollars to support the Iraqi National Congress and the Iraqi heir presumptive, Ahmed Chalabi. Chalabi was sentenced in absentia by a Jordanian court in 1992 to 22 years in prison for bank fraud after the collapse of Petra Bank, which he founded in 1977. Chalabi has not set foot in Iraq since 1956, but his Enron-like business credentials apparently make him a good match for the Bush administration's plans.


PNAC's "Rebuilding America's Defenses" report is the institutionalization of plans and ideologies that have been formulated for decades by the men currently running American government. The PNAC Statement of Principles is signed by Cheney, Wolfowitz and Rumsfeld, as well as by Eliot Abrams, Jeb Bush, Bush's special envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad, and many others. William Kristol, famed conservative writer for the Weekly Standard, is also a co-founder of the group. The Weekly Standard is owned by Ruppert Murdoch, who also owns international media giant Fox News.


The desire for these freshly empowered PNAC men to extend American hegemony by force of arms across the globe has been there since day one of the Bush administration, and is in no small part a central reason for the Florida electoral battle in 2000. Note that while many have said that Gore and Bush are ideologically identical, Mr. Gore had no ties whatsoever to the fellows at PNAC. George W. Bush had to win that election by any means necessary, and PNAC signatory Jeb Bush was in the perfect position to ensure the rise to prominence of his fellow imperialists. Desire for such action, however, is by no means translatable into workable policy. Americans enjoy their comforts, but don't cotton to the idea of being some sort of Neo-Rome.

On September 11th, the fellows from PNAC saw a door of opportunity open wide before them, and stormed right through it.

Bush released on September 20th 2001 the "National Security Strategy of the United States of America." It is an ideological match to PNAC's "Rebuilding America's Defenses" report issued a year earlier. In many places, it uses exactly the same language to describe America's new place in the world.

Recall that PNAC demanded an increase in defense spending to at least 3.8% of GDP. Bush's proposed budget for next year asks for $379 billion in defense spending, almost exactly 3.8% of GDP.


In August of 2002, Defense Policy Board chairman and PNAC member Richard Perle heard a policy briefing from a think tank associated with the Rand Corporation. According to the Washington Post and The Nation, the final slide of this presentation described "Iraq as the tactical pivot, Saudi Arabia as the strategic pivot, and Egypt as the prize" in a war that would purportedly be about ridding the world of Saddam Hussein's weapons. Bush has deployed massive forces into the Mideast region, while simultaneously engaging American forces in the Philippines and playing nuclear chicken with North Korea. Somewhere in all this lurks at least one of the "major-theater wars" desired by the September 2000 PNAC report.


Iraq is but the beginning, a pretense for a wider conflict. Donald Kagan, a central member of PNAC, sees America establishing permanent military bases in Iraq after the war. This is purportedly a measure to defend the peace in the Middle East, and to make sure the oil flows. The nations in that region, however, will see this for what it is: a jump-off point for American forces to invade any nation in that region they choose to. The American people, anxiously awaiting some sort of exit plan after America defeats Iraq, will see too late that no exit is planned.


All of the horses are traveling together at speed here. The defense contractors who sup on American tax revenue will be handsomely paid for arming this new American empire. The corporations that own the news media will sell this eternal war at a profit, as viewership goes through the stratosphere when there is combat to be shown. Those within the administration who believe that the defense of Israel is contingent upon laying waste to every possible aggressor in the region will have their dreams fulfilled. The PNAC men who wish for a global Pax Americana at gunpoint will see their plans unfold. Through it all, the bankrollers from the WTO and the IMF will be able to dictate financial terms to the entire planet. This last aspect of the plan is pivotal, and is best described in the newly revised version of Greg Palast's masterpiece, "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy."


There will be adverse side effects. The siege mentality average Americans are suffering as they smother behind yards of plastic sheeting and duct tape will increase by orders of magnitude as aggressions bring forth new terrorist attacks against the U.S.A. These attacks will require the implementation of the newly drafted Patriot Act II, an augmentation of the previous Act that has profoundly sharper teeth. The sun will set on the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

The American economy will be ravaged by the need for increased defense spending, and by the aforementioned "constabulary" duties in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. Former allies will turn on the Americans. Germany, France and the other nations resisting this Iraq war are fully aware of this game plan. They are not acting out of cowardice or because they love Saddam Hussein, but because they mean to resist this rising American empire, lest they face economic and military serfdom at the hands of George W. Bush. Richard Perle has already stated that France is no longer an American ally.

As the eagle spreads its wings, American rhetoric and their resistance will become more agitated and dangerous.


Many people, of course, will die. They will die from war and from want, from famine and disease. In America, the social fabric will be torn in ways that make the Reagan nightmares of crack addiction, homelessness and AIDS seem tame by comparison.


This is the price to be paid for empire, and the men of PNAC who now control the fate and future of America are more than willing to pay it. For them, the benefits far outweigh the liabilities.


The plan was running smoothly until those two icebergs collided. Millions and millions of ordinary people are making it very difficult for Bush's international allies to keep to the script. PNAC may have designs for the control of the "International Commons" of the Internet, but for now it is the staging ground for a movement that would see empire take a back seat to a wise peace, human rights, equal protection under the law, and the preponderance of a justice that will, if properly applied, do away forever with the anger and hatred that gives birth to terrorism in the first place. Tommaso Palladini of Milan perhaps said it best as he marched with his countrymen in Rome. "You fight terrorism," he said, "by creating more justice in the world."


"The People versus the Powerful is the oldest story in human history. At no point in history have the Powerful wielded so much control. At no point in history has the active and informed involvement of the People, all of them, been more absolutely required. The tide can be stopped, and the men who desire empire by the sword can be thwarted. It has already begun, but it must not cease. These are men of will, and they do not intend to fail."


Use your heads!

Peace,
Stephanie.

Sirocco never quit... ;)

Wasn't it him who had alot of work to do and said he was resigning, temporarily, but might come back at a later date? It was about a year ago if I remember correctly, but it might not have been Sirocco.

Stephistan is leaving?

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo . . . . . . .
. . . . . oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

*The Libertarian Republic of Superpower07 salutes Stephistan with a 21-gun salute*

Bye every one, it's been fun. I quit ;)

But we never ran naked in the rain through the streets of Paris!

Oh wait ... wrong thread.

What I meant to say was .... SPLITTER!

Where the hell are you going anyway?

Stephistan is leaving?
Make that in the past tense and then yes.

Sucks to see you leave, all the best for the future !

:(

Wasn't it him who had alot of work to do and said he was resigning, temporarily, but might come back at a later date? It was about a year ago if I remember correctly, but it might not have been Sirocco.

Could have been Ineptia or Slags.

can you leave us with some nude pics of yourself?

I second this request.

I never talked to that person, not even over this internet site, this makes me sad.

I smell a rat...

its not like Steph to just say:
"im leaving...goodbye"

could somebody actually check with the real steph whether she did this, or did some cruel person steal her nation and moderatorship...

I remember the last time, she hung around longf enough for people to say goodbye aswell

although...that could just be Demonic Gophers I smell :rolleyes:

I second this request.


aye. May as well go out with a bang, no?

Could have been Ineptia or Slags.

Wasn't Slags. He retired for good.

Might've been Ineptia.

So, who's still around from back in the day?

oh great, that only leaves me with one mod that I actually like :(

oh great, that only leaves me with one mod that I actually like :(

Is it the one that hates everyone?

Wasn't Slags. He retired for good.

Might've been Ineptia.

So, who's still around from back in the day?

No, Slags retired, then returned, then retired again.

You might have been thinking of Tactical Grace, who posted here saying he was leaving for a few months, but he didn't actually retire.

No, Slags retired, then returned, then retired again.

You might have been thinking of Tactical Grace, who posted here saying he was leaving for a few months, but he didn't actually retire.

Might've been TG.

I remember Slag saying he was retiring for good the second time. Did that not happen or something? I just know it isn't Slag that I'm thinking of.

Wot, no puppets?

Seriously though, if you are leaving for good - bysiebye.

Never felt the need to say bye to anyone leaving the boards, but you and your seriously on-the-ball husband Zep were among the first posters I read (along with good ol' Spiritual Anarchy - where are you?)

Anyhoo, safe travels in real life.

Is it the one that hates everyone?
no, TG (I don't think he hates everyone)

no, TG (I don't think he hates everyone)

:) No I was talking about the Myrthinator.

:) No I was talking about the Myrthinator.
no, Myrthy's a bitch, I hate him the most

Steph,
I hardly knew you. Seriously.
But I think I've been to your site before...
Umm yea anyway much love.

no, Myrthy's a bitch, I hate him the most

Aaaah... statements like that make the whole job worthwhile.

Aaaah... statements like that make the whole job worthwhile.
I'm happy to help :fluffle:

Aaaah... statements like that make the whole job worthwhile.

Aww, I love you Myrth.


No, wait, no I don't. Sorry.

Aww, I love you Myrth.

No, wait, no I don't. Sorry.

That's me you silly boy. I'm ensuring he dislikes me, rather than doing the smart thing and mimicking Tink.

That's me you silly boy. I'm ensuring he dislikes me, rather than doing the smart thing and mimicking Tink.
mimicking me doing what?

mimicking me doing what?

Hum... I'm not in a sense-making mood. He seems to appreciate you hating him, is all.

...

I really, really shouldn't talk about this stuff at 1 in the morning.


Plus, I'm hijacking Steph's thread, which is awful of me. So all ignore. Put it down to me having too little caffeine.

Bye every one, it's been fun. I quit ;)



Bye dearest. I'll miss havin' you here with me.


:fluffle:

Hum... I'm not in a sense-making mood. He seems to appreciate you hating him, is all.


nah, I think he's just trying to wind me up

nah, I think he's just trying to wind me up

Heh. Possibly.

good bye to a great mod it is always sad to see one go. but if you feel you have done your all and made it count who are we to say no. so enjoy you retirement and know you will be missed.


rtw,usnn,uwf,jne,jnne,wpww,gr,....

bye

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

*Fluffles Tink*

Thanks. :)

*Fluffles Tink*

Thanks. :)
yay! :fluffle:

no problem

Does this mean we get to have avatars now?

Nobody may have avatars.

>_>

Well, what about images in our sigs?

Again, Jolt's rules.

<_<

Will we ever get avatars or images in our sigs?

Nobody may have avatars.

>_>

not entirely true, you have an avatar.


Anyways.. I think now would be a good time to resurrect Forum 7. As we could have a temple to Stephistan again.. unless, you don't want a temple to Stephistan, which I don't think would be very nice of you...


mwahahaha

i think we need to sticky this thread at for at least a week

Bye dearest. I'll miss havin' you here with me.


:fluffle:

Perhaps you could illuminate us, Zepp - why'd she leave...?

Bye every one, it's been fun. I quit ;)

What?! No! You're the cool mod!

Bye every one, it's been fun. I quit ;)

Farewell, angel of DEAT.

Bye every one, it's been fun. I quit ;)That was the most unceramonious resignation ever.

Gives us something like SLAGLands did when he left.

Perhaps you could illuminate us, Zepp - why'd she leave...?


Not my place to say, nor could I present a snapshot of her mindset with proper justice.


It's her reasons and it's her privacy. And the latter of those is something neither of us break about each other. Ever.

I’m sorry to see Stephistan go, being one of the more intelligent people in the Nation States World, but if it’s to get more involved in the real big bad world out there then that’s a plus. Today was actually the first time I’ve actually seen her website and I loved the fake ad based on once were heroes. It’s also good to see another fan of the Daily Show. I wish Rick Mercer was up for that level of political humour, but really lately he’s been just crawling forward on his cult of personality.

The Bruce

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
*huff puff huff puff* OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
*huff puff huff puff huff*
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
*huff puff huff puff pant pant*
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
*Pant pant death*

It's not often that I poke my head into threads here on the forums, but I did want to take a moment to express my sorrow at the loss of such an important contributor to NS. I had the honor of some interaction with you through Roleplay Univesity and I know it benefited me. May your real life pursuits go well.

BYE STEPH!!!
:( :( :(

Ive always loved ya since those first deletions and some good times before NS went rotten. Too bad yer leaving, too bad indeed.

Oh man, CUTE!!!!
http://members.rogers.com/zeppo_marx2/images/lj2004/holly_hat.jpg

Bye every one, it's been fun. I quit ;)
No your the best :(

... :eek:

But ... your the really nice one !

While I never really got to communicate with you in any great extent, I will really, really, really, miss see-ing you here, Stephistan. I just can't believe your going ...

My sentiments exactly
I dont know but of all the threads ive seen you on everything youve done has been insitful(crap ive forgotten how to spell)
Why atre you going is that the answer on your Homepage?
:(

not entirely true, you have an avatar.


Anyways.. I think now would be a good time to resurrect Forum 7. As we could have a temple to Stephistan again.. unless, you don't want a temple to Stephistan, which I don't think would be very nice of you...


mwahahaha
what did NS use to be like and what was Forum 7
We probably didnt agree on issues alot but she was very insiteful er made me think and thats important.
One vote for temple here.

Is it possible to keep the link of Stephistans' website on?

and maybe this thread can be used for eveyone who is leaving?

Sorry to see you go steph.

Farewell from this occasionally posting lurker...good luck and all that ;)

It just won't be the same....it just won't......came here around November of 2002 as Nodea Rudav....and well, Steph was here. Dude.....wow.....its.....sad...

::begins to cry::

*gets back from D.C.*
*sees this thread*
*punches Internet connection and computer a couple times*
*pinches self*

Gah, it's still there.


Steph, you were my first friend on this game and one of my best. It's really sad to see you go - I always figured you'd be around long after I had gotten tired of this place. Well, I'll still be here keeping up the good fight against the Fantasan-types - hopefully, see you somewhere else on the web!

According to her profile, her last action was today at 12:47 a.m. Or 12:49.

And she had the winking emoticon in the OP.

I don't think she's gone.

These pretzels are makin' me thirsty.

:mad: I go away for a day and a half and Steph is quitting again? What is this? Grrr....

Take good care of yourself. And, since you're such a lefty, and you're in Canada, you can always just turn to Big Brother Government and demand to be taken care of.

At which point, you will come to the US when you realize any medical procedure in Canada takes months to be approved, let alone happen.

When Steph leaves, Ravea cries.

*Cries*

...........

*Eats a Muffin*

Not even the power of muffins makes me feel better.