.Going to repost my original speech because I worked on it for a week, and I don't have another week to spare to make another one.
Also going to be vain and say I think that it's decent
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A wild Jesus Whale ready to help Osiris. Hallo Osirans!
Tonight I come before you today to join me on a mission to revitalize Osiris and give our beloved region the jumpstart it needs to catapult itself into spring. We will smash the banks, grow the middle class, and tax the one puh-cent. We will jail the billionayahs, and no bank is too big to fail, nor is any executive too powerful to jail.
Heard that before, right? Lofty promises are not my type of thing, and I suppose that’s why Bernie Sanders is not the candidate for me
. Now then, moving on.I have served for almost a year as a Guardian of the Atef and have had the honor of serving three Pharaohs, Tim twice. A common trend that we are all painfully aware of is the constant cycle of inactivity we seem to be locked in. Recently, thanks to Jakker and Cormac, we have experienced a burst of legislative activity and for that, I thank them. However, Osiris is much more than the Deshret and solutions are needed to solve our problems. As I have said before, I don’t make lofty promises, I like to propose solutions that are realistic and work.
Today I declare my candidacy for Pharaoh, and hope to win over your vote and heart with this spiel.
What Osiris must first do to fix our problems is band together as the strong and able community we are. We must realize that we are strong together and that one person can not solve everything with the wave of a wand. I believe our problems stem from two main areas, Cultural and Government stagnation.
To fix Cultural Stagnation, we must energize certain parts of our community that have been neglected, such as that of the Roleplaying community within Osiris. I applaud Andrew for his efforts to start a roleplay which garnered some activity, but it was not enough. Together, we must work to ensure that every part of our community thrives, not just one or two. As Pharaoh, I will work with the Scribe of Culture to kickstart the RP community in Osiris by working to create opportunities for new members to get involved, and to conscript older members to join in on the fun
.If elected Pharaoh, I will push for the creation of an Integration Corps which shall be tasked with informing and updated the members of the region about what they can do for the region, and what the region is doing for the community. This will serve to keep Osirans interested and informed. The Corps will also be charged to actively recruited members of Osiris gameside to the forum, engage in recruitment of new players to NationStates into Osiris, and serve as mentors to new people in regards to roleplaying and other cultural related activities. We must create a solid foundation for Osiris to grow, and new blood is desperately needed.
I will work with the Scribe of Media to reform and revitalize the Oracle, including but not limited to, opinion pieces, artwork of some kind, a monthly Q&A with the Pharaoh/Deshret members/Scribes/Government officials, keeping up with the politics of the OFO, and hopefully much much more. I would also suggest that the Integration Corps work with the Scribe of Media and the department to mentor and hone skills of writers and to attract new ones.
With that out of the way, let’s all take a deep breath before I dive into Government Reform, as politics are my lifeblood
.In regards to the Military and Foreign Policy, I will be up front with you. I don’t really get involved with defending and raiding, as I think it’s rather pointless. However, I can assure you that I believe the interests of Osiris, those that do not conflict with our allies, should be first and foremost, regardless of being a defender or a raider. Osiris is my home, and I do not plan to ever put her on the back burner. That being said, the Sekhmet Legion is in desperate need of recruitment and energy, and I do believe mentorship as lined out in the Integration Corps is an important way to get the Legion back on track.
I am more often the one to sit and observe situations rather than dive head first into a situation without knowing the details. I seldom act without taking the advice of close friends and confidants into account and thinking about short and long term effects. This should not be misconstrued as indecisiveness, as if I need to act immediately, I will act. I believe that it is more important to forge friendships and relationships than use fear mongering and angry rhetoric to keep lackeys in line. Many have said the Osiris is more akin to the lonely kid in the corner left to its own business, and then once trouble starts everyone goes to take advantage of the situation.
I do not believe Osiris should maintain this position or the notion of it, and we should work to become a respected and important player on the interregional stage, we should make sure that our allies know they can trust and depend on Osiris if needed, and work to establish relations where they have been burned or never extended.
A past idea that was brought up by Ainocra during his run for Pharaoh was mock trials. While critics might say this delegitimizes the Pschent, I see it as an opportunity to show citizens how the Osiran Legal System works, and to give the Pschent some much needed use. Further reforms to our Judiciary must be made and built off of the reforms already made by Elder Datford, and it is up to us to accomplish them. There have been calls to make the Scribe of Justice a position independent of the Executive, but I do not believe this is the right course of action, as those calls also wish for the position to then hold no other position in the government. While in principle this is a good idea, it stifles activity throughout the OFO, and is not the right course of action.
I will open a discussion regarding the creation of a Public Advocate type position, elected by the Deshret to serve as not only a public defender for citizens who may not understand complex legalese and an educator of the legal system, but also as a government watchdog to keep a lookout on possible corruption or law breaking. The specifics of term lengths and specific powers would of course be open to discussion.
Cormac put it rather bluntly, and in some ways correctly, about two years and some change ago that Osiris is on life support. While I don’t believe that Osiris is dead or in a terminal stage, I will agree that Osiris is stagnating, and stagnation can lead to a worsening situation and more decay.
Or loss of re-election, as Jimmy Carter was to find out
.What I would propose is not necessarily a radical idea, but one I know many members are not particularly fond on. I am, however, rather persistent and stubborn, so I will try to help others understand where I am coming from and why.
Democracy is made great by the citizenry who participate in it, and the Deshret being in practice a Citizens’ Legislature shows just how great our democracy is. I do not think that the Deshret is enough however, and I believe we should institute a quasi upper house of elected representatives to serve as a companion body to the Deshret.
I know, I know, get the pitchforks and torches, JW proposed bicameralism of sorts.
What you see in most Representative Democracies, bar the US because partisanship and ‘I know better than you’, is competitiveness in the legislature due to a want to better the country leads to good solutions and compromise. The Deshret is not elected, and there is no incentive to break the mold and try to do new things that go against the grain. An elected body would allow those who care, not that the majority of the Deshret doesn’t, and have the time to put forward their best effort have an outlet to do it. I believe that this can only lead to better Osiris, unless individuals try to poison the body with personal attacks, naked partisanship, and toxicity. I know our community is stronger than that, however.
This leads me to my next and final (almost done
) point. We have an issue where people who want to help do not have the outlet to help, or the ability and know how to help. I would like to create a system similar to the Integration Corps for governmental activities. A Mentor system for those who want to help Osiris through its government. I myself only became seriously involved with Osiris due to the mentorship of Ainocra, RIP him, and I believe every new member can benefit from a veteran showing them the ropes. This of course opens the door to criticisms of personality cults and factionalism, but I know our community is stronger than this, and that we will not succumb to the petty toxicity that has prevailed in other regions. And I’ll come out and say it, if people think that their solutions for Osiris are best, I would have no issue if they discussed and debated why they thought that with people who do not agree with them, in civil and appropriate ways.Osiris is my first and foremost priority, and if elected Pharaoh, know that I will put my all into helping Osiris become what the community deserves.
Good Jesus Whale that was long
. If you stuck around through the whole thing, I really hope I was able to persuade you as to why I should be the next Pharaoh of the Osiris Fraternal Order and secured your first preference. 
