Legion World Forums LEGION OUTPOST Mission Monitor Board Every 10 Years Forum The Official LMB Leader Election Debate Thread: January 2008 Edition

I accuse my opponents of being pwned by the special interest groups who are keeping us down.

For instance Clive over there was once a robot who was taken over for malicious purposes. Remember the destruction from that incident. I think my toe still hurts from all the buttkicking I had to do.

Faraway is in some anachronistic historical troupe. Who's to say they don't have it in for us. I've no need to wear those heavy uncomfortable dresses and those corsets.

And you can only imagine what Mayavale's involved in.

I demand that my opponents come clean about their records and the contributors to their campaigns and their true agendas for their upcoming terms.

Candidates: What do you have to say to me, a seldom used alt/former invader of Legion World?

Well...I don't suppose you've seen Seth Gaterra, Bat-Fem, Clark Marlowe and Rockhopper Lass lately, have you?

Yes, Nova...and I gave full disclosure on this over at my campaign HQ. It was a regrettable time in my young life, but I learned much from it and am dedicated to do anything I can to protect Legion World from any future threats to its safety.

By the way, physician--heal thyself! Your association with Tamper Lad hardly earns you a position on the moral high ground. At least my transgressions were unwilling. How can you justify associating and oing business with Legion World's most notoriously self-interested and legally-gray citizen?

Alt-Ids are awesome. Who wouldn't like going away for a long time and beaching yourself just to show up again in a critical hour of history is a great thing?

His bumbling misadventures made Daddy an asteroid full of money? Also because I'm independently wealthy, my relationships are free of considerations of personal gain for myself. Tamper isn't wealthy which explains his constant self-interest and he does provide many products and services at reasonable rated.

I have never participated in any illegal business activity with any entity.

I'll pose the same question I asked Nova Girl to all candidates: What is your position on the LMB aiding the UP, our strongest ally, in their war with the Khanate of Sol Invictus and in the ongoing incursions on UP space by the Dark Oval, exemplified by their recent forced annexation of Epsilon Sector?

We ally with foreign powers based on shared values such as the Freedom to choose what is best for each individual sentient, so long as that choice does not impinge on the right of their neighbors to have the same choice. This is the most fundamental Freedom.

As for the UP specifically: I know Angus 'Squiddy' MacDonald, the new military liaison officer in the UP office. He and I went to school together and dated briefly. I don't usually date Scots or Molluskoids (let alone Scottish Molluskoids) but I was a bit curious back then and he looked so cute in that slimy blazer, kilt and school-tie.

I'm sure I'll have a great working relationship with him.

For all candidates: Cowbell - great musical instrument or the greatest musical instrument?

The best way to reject the ballot Tamper is to get elected then reject the result. Or simply remain leader then change the rules.

Not at all, as long as your butt is not already big

I love cowbells. I make all my underlings who ask annoying questions and waste my valuable time wear one round their necks. Then when I hear them coming to my office I conveniently fly out the window.

What would you choose as the official dessert of the LMB?

Under my leadership, the LMB will stand strong with the UP and aid it in any way we can against those threats. It's my belief that if we don't take a stronger stand against the Khanate and the Oval's agressive incursions, there may be no UP, and indeed no Legion World, left to defend.

Cowbell? Hell YEAH! I've learned how to play and intend to release an all-cowbell music album this Spring!

As I implied in the 'cake or pie' question earlier, I'm a BIG fan of cheesecake! I think making it the official dessert of Legion World would help bring the two sides together and end their hurtful war of words!

Because I support both the cake and pie communities, I propose something completely different, which I'll call the Hero Roll.

Crepe stuffed with cassis-infused chocolate ganache, compote of summer berries and served with creme anglaise.

1. Mayavale prefers pancakes.

2. Might I humbly suggest that voters be wary of media commentators who utilize such loaded terms as "waffling" and try to stigmatize candidates by tossing them around? For example, one might have spent one lifetime in pursuit of the murder and destruction of all that is wholesome and innocent in the universe, and then spent one's next lifetime promoting the well-being of all sentients. To some, this may seem like a lack of commitment to a cause or ability to keep goals in focus. But I submit that such a change may simply be a healthy attempt to keep the karmic scales in balance, and voters should celebrate mutability rather than condemning it.

Mayavale judges not a man by his power, but by his character. I would have to know said recruit and his history throughout the cycles of birth and rebirth before answering the question.

If you weren't running or were not inclined to vote for yourself, which of the other candidates would have your vote and why?

And who, among those not running thus far, should be running? Why?

1. Mayavale prefers cake. Particularly pancakes.

2. Once the great teacher Molkata was hungry for pancakes. He asked his student Holka to make him some. After said pancakes were served to Molkata, he placed them on the head of a bunny. Holka, confused, asked him why he did this. Molkata replied that there is much in the universe that does not admit of explanation, but we should always be willing to take amusement in the randomness of it all.

Though Mayavale would generally prefer eating pancakes to placing them on the head of bunnies.

3. Mayavale has a theory about Miss Spears. In my time as a traveler along many spiritual paths, I have seen some who have been severely hampered in their quest by improper use of chemical aids. While the wheeling mists, for example, can be a great help in achieving transendental enlightenment, those who attempt to inhale them without proper guidance often shows signs of erratic behavior much like that of Miss Spears. I suggest that she would be best to reject the responsibilities of family and public life, and spend the next decade in meditation under the guidance of a genuine spiritual instructor such as myself.

4. Mayavale has little opinion on this matter, though he notes that he often goes pantsless in his own intergalactic trolleycar.

5. I would suggest this avatar:

Mayavale suggests that unless you are going to vote for Mayavale, you should not vote.

That is the view of Mayavale.

Mayavale believes the LMB should work to promote and defend the core values upon which it was founded. Co-operation with foreign powers can often be beneficial to the pursuit of this goal, but blind support for anyone can only hinder our purposes.

Yes.

But Mayavale notes that his anaconda don't want none unless you got big buns, hun.

Mayavale notes that, oddly enough, he and Quislet, Esq., have had quite the cordial relationship in most of our remembered past lives. This leads Mayavale to suspect that Quislet, Esq. is plotting against him.

Faraway Lad because of his experience and upstanding character. I believe also that he is the best qualified among the other candidates to recognize and react to the upcoming threat heralded by the events of January 8th.

Rockhopper Lad, definitely. Based on his performance as Deputy three terms ago and my firsthand knowledge of his boundless generosity, I believe there may be no one better suited to be Leader in this climate, myself and Faraway included. If he were to suddenly announce his candidacy, I would drop out.

Jimmy Buffet. Mayavale seeks his aid in finding a shaker of salt he has lost.

Are you aware of the fact that in one lifetime you were Jemima, beautiful daughter of Job?