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So after the logs posted by
Lilith of Apollyon last night, this has forced me to review how we do things and spend some significant amount of time on org transaction logs. So what follows will be my personal and a simple breakdown of what actually has happened.
1. Portuguese mercenaries. This is not okay, with the amount of strong young American soldiers busting down the HoW doors daily. We should be investing our time and supplies on homegrowing our own tanks, not spending our money on foreign interests. Furthermore, this was not authorized by Congress, and I would have voted no. Splitting our damage is not a problem unless you're being lazy.
2. RWs are traditionally done via donation, because of that unique function of allowing you to post a reason for it, allowing us to track items like drain RWs, etc. There is NOT a good reason for using the MM to move this money along. Furthermore, the gold moved from the DoD org to the MM is not good. Frankly, it is not in HoW's mandate to reimburse for resistance wars, this is what our reserve is for, for the reasons I posted above. The explanation does not satisfy me.
3. I saw nowhere in
Pfeiffer 's article an explanation for the donation of Q5 weapons, which HoW does not stock at ALL, for cost to benefit reasons, or the direct donation of gold to his citizen account. Opening RWs for allies is all well and good, but we have a documentable procedure for this, as outlined in point 2.
4. Blatant flouting of congressional oversight for this, imo, was extremely short sighted, and I find it hypocritical at bare minimum, that someone who has championed for MORE oversight in Congress, has chosen to do the exact opposite now that they're in the big chair.
5. Conflict of interest. I'm sure some of you noticed the SC CS transfer that passed 11-10. No discussion prior, and this raised some issues within Congress about why they voted yes for an item that had no discussion on it aside from Pfeiffer showing up with a typical "vote yes on this, fags."
These items coincide with a blatant disrespect for the authority and oversight of a body of the government whose sole function is to insure that our money is spent wisely and in our best interests.
At bare minimum, it's breach of protocol and using government funds without authorization. In my opinion and as much as I hate to do so, I voted yes on impeachment.
After a long and serious talk with
Lilith of Apollyon , who has answered a detailed grilling and promised to give the office of POTUS his full attention this month, I will be endorsing and supporting him in his campaign bid. I've known Derp for a short time, and he may carry the "lulz" stigma from time to time, but I also know that he's extremely intelligent, a former SG in Sigma, and has the capacity to not only do the job, but do the job well.
I encourage my party and all parties to do the same. My endorsement may not carry the same weight that it used to, but I fully believe that Derpy is the man for the job.
Please consider him at the ballots after daychange.
In other news, there will be a short 30 minute episode of eNPR today, in about 15 minutes, to discuss the allegations of corruption of Pfeiffer, as well as discuss Derpy's campaign.
Please join us on #eNPR on IRC for the link to the show, and to add questions or comments!
Thanks!
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