Bill Brasky, Fired!
Bill Brasky
This is article is in response to questions I’ve received about William Shafer’s recent article.
Here are the simple facts: I was recently “fired” by President Scrabman as Secretary of the Department of Education. His stated purpose was because he “heard” I “trashed” him on IRC, while speaking with my Party President Gaius Julius, and William Shafer.
I wasn’t going to write anything about the situation honestly. However, too many people are asking questions of me, and I want to clear the air. So here is my side of the story.
I logged on to eRep with 27 messages in my inbox (which is unheard for me) from all kinds of people, from Mississippi residents, to my mentees, to fellow Federalists, all asking the same question. “What is Scrabman’s big plan?” Unfortunately, I had no answer, and in fact I was asking myself the same question. So, I did the obvious thing: I wrote Scrabman. Why shouldn’t he be able to tell me? I’m a 3 term Congressman, and I was part of his personal cabinet. The following is the exact message I sent him:
“Bill Brasky 2009-05-02 06:04:23
This whole situation...
I have a simple question: What is going on? I have people messaging me constantly (I woke up with 27 in my inbox, which is unheard of for me) asking what is going on. I'm getting it from all sides, from Mentees, from Mississippi citizens, and fellow Feds. I can't tell them anything because, frankly, I don't know anything at all. I wanted to ask you what is going on first before I became too vocal about how frustrated I am with this situation.
I'm not getting orders through the National Guard, everyone in Congress either knows just as much as I do or won't talk about it. I just want an idea of what is happening, because I like many eAmericans feel like we are being completely left out of the loop. If you're planning something, that's wonderful, but we need to know a little about what is going to happen. I'm hearing everything from invading Japan, Russia, Mexico (again), Portugal, and even outlandish things such as a PTO of Canada and other allies. We need a direction here, and I need to know what to tell the people who put you in office. I'm asking you to please just shed a little light on the situation, so I know how to help new players and the people I represent.
Regards,
Bill Brasky”
Since it was early in the morning, I then jumped on IRC, on which I met Gaius Julius. We started talking about my deluge of messages, and Scrab’s super-secret plan, which was (and to a certain extent still is) a popular topic. William Shafer joined our conversation. We bantered about the “secret” plan, and I expressed my displeasure with the way Scrabman has gone about telling the populace about what is going on. We talked a little bit, and I logged off IRC. Later in the day, I got my reply from Scrabman. It was 4 lines long, and answered none of my questions. It told me one line about his “plan”, followed by a disclaimer that I couldn’t tell anyone. Then he told me that I was fired from his administration because I was bashing him earlier with Gaius and Shafer. He also informed me that Shafer was a “traitor”.
I was fired because I because he “heard” that I was “bashing” him on IRC. I was relieved of my duty based on secondhand knowledge, and a poor decision.
I run the Mentorship Program almost singlehandedly, and I have re-invigorated the Department of Education after Tiacha left. I would understand being relieved of my post had I done something that warranted such an action. Had I abandoned my duties, or neglected my mentees, I would accept Scrabman’s decision. However, I have done no such thing, I was a victim of party politics and Scrabman’s shoddy leadership.
The simple fact of it is that Scrabman values loyalty over a thorough decision. He will not accept any dissenting opinion. Despite the fact I am on the Government Oversight Committee and am well within my rights as a citizen and a Congressman to point out what I feel is a grave injustice that is being forced upon the American people. Rather than accept my point of view and move on, Scrabman decide to squash my point of view by simply ousting me from his administration. He continued to send me messages and threatened to “publicly lambast” (direct quote), me should I continue to “demean” him.
So, I come to you citizens as a member of the Government Oversight Committee, requesting that you demand answers from your President. Do not allow him to keep you in the dark any longer. Do not let the desire for loyalty to a single person overtake rational and well thought-out decision making for the entire country.
Bill Brasky
Former Secretary of the Department of Education
Comments
Very well put, Bill Brasky!
How long until the eUS is plunged into all-out McCarthyism? I could understand a termination if there was just cause, but to be fired because he "heard" you "might" have been "bashing" him is ridiculous.
Scrabman can't take credit for multipartisanship if his definition is that all the other parties get in line with the USWP or face strongarm tactics such as this.
i look at this (opinion) as he perfers no disagrements as his words final, so the secret plan was to be secret however not known of to other branches. Sortof like the a secure area I.E war room that should only be discused wil a secret council.
The idea of Democracy is somewhat based on a monarchy, unless states rights are a colilision of a republic ideals so one only influences the other, not both.
So in conclusion i argee that he over stepped his bounds in firing with very stuborn motive, and that secrets are meant to be kept.
I am a 2-term Congressman, and wish to know what's up??? And to be honest, I think it's a ploy to get reelected. is this his Big Plan or not?
Agreed, dbuck. I saw his flippant response when you (rightly) questioned the timing of the new wargames and this mysterious "big plan".
This is an outrage. While not entirely shocking by RL standards Id like to think that people in Erep can hold themselvs to a higher standard then RL politicians.
Voted, arleady subscribed.
No one fires Bill Brasky! Don't you know he's 7'6 and bathes in scotch?
Thank you for posting Bill's testimony. I hope that we can see an open and moderate response from the President.
For my article on the weekend's events see: http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/bric[..]/1/20" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/bric[..]/1/20
hey wingfield, I think you mean...
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/brick-by-brick-793129/1/20" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/bric[..]/1/20
...I bathe in scotch.
This is shameful. I hate, Hate, HATE, party politics, especially in this game. There will never be as good a DOE and Mentor Program head as Bill Brasky. I would say something to the tune of the Saturday Night Live bit, but it's not appropriate in light of this subject matter.
Bill, I will work from the inside to get you back into the jobs that you clearly love and until then I hope you will continue to be active with congress and the Federalist Party.
Ok, just because you asked for it. "Bill Brasky once used a live rattle snake as a condom!"
Oh good, we have a President who thinks all dissent is betrayal and all mention of him when he isn't there is dissent. I'm sure this will go well.....
We lost a good man in office. Scrabman is no friend to America
Scrabby is Public Enemy Number 1.
Voted.
Usually there's two sides to each story but I'm having a hard time finding a good excuse for scrabman. This is unacceptable
Brasky: when scrabman threatens you, he's serious. Trust me.
*Claps*
You deserved better Bill, I feel as though you association with me had something to do with this. Which is just plain shameful.
lol Emerick, Scrabman is srs bsns.
Gaius, do you think the entire Federalist Party has a massive target on it now? You are our party president! We all associate with you!
Impeachment proceedings have begun
http://www.erepublik.com/en/USA/law/6170" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/USA/law/6170
@fingerguns:
Yeah, they were, but someone who is currently loosing the election and doing it for lulz...
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/an-appology-to-my-supporters-793459/1/all" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/an-a[..]1/all
Impeachment isn't the answer to situations such as this... informed voting is. No one is arguing that Scrabman is incompetent at his job; by all objective standards he is a very effective director for the nation. However, it has become apparent through this and other accounts that the current administration oversteps its bounds, is willing to put personal pride and secrecy before basic liberties and freedoms of the citizens of the eUS.
None of this was secret before today, this has been happening overtly for the last week at least. We elected Scrab for another term being the person he is with no apologies or deception, and so long as he continues to perform effectively, it is time to give up this talk of impeachment and simply deal with the fact that there may be a price to pay for expression for the coming month...
So I guess Scrabman's policy is "Ye shall suffer not a heretic to live"?
so who is voting for scrab????
This isn't a surprise at all.
As Booch said, Scrabman has done a relatively good job at being the President and directing the nation. Over the past couple weeks, however, he has done an absolutely sucky job of getting over how anyone could possible not think he was just the greatest guy to ever walk the earth.
It's pretty obvious that Scrabman is absolutely beside himself anytime anyone disagrees or takes issue with anything involving him or the decisions he's made.
Like many presidents before him, Scrabman has failed miserably at public relations. Threatening Libertarians and firing cabinet members is not the best way to build good-will amongst the public.
whew...sorry to hear about this, bill.. How could he do this? I mean you're the one who slept with all of our wives....and we loved you for it!
He slept with my wife??? I didn't even know I had one!
More on the subject:
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/no-scrabman-obviously-you-can-t-take-the-heat-793667/1/20" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/no-s[..]/1/20
Un-cool.
I'm not going to politicize my fuck up but...I'm going to politicize my fuck ups!
Good job, bro.
Wow...what a sore winner.
I'm sure glad scrab posted here, otherwise we would have been talking about him behind his back and therefore enemies of the state and guilty of high treason.
Oh. And my super secret source was my good friend Hokiehigh (and my Sec Treas). So I had it on good authority as well as from several others about the extent of your disloyalty. I don't have to put up with that crap from my own cabinet. So I fixed the problem. Buh bye.
Did you read the article Mr. President? You value loyalty over position skill and merit, which in turn hurts the country.
I'm sorry you don't like me talking about your administrations lack of transparency, but I have all the right in the world to do so as a Government Oversight Committee member, and a citizen of this country.
Jakov Mikhailovich is one funny jack off. (I hope he got the play on words)
As per you Mr. Brasky, you have every right to talk about what ever you please, you should also be further advised to decided where to do it, and in front of whom.
You might also learn to pick your fights. This is not one you can win. With 60% of the vote, Scrabman has a mandate. If the country had thought he'd done a poor job, or was too "restrictive" of freedoms, then he would not have been re-elected.
Also, I appreciate the fact that you did not accuse him of appointing a cabinet of "yes-men".
I hope that as a cabinet member you were aware of the image of dissent and turmoil that PEACE is trying to spread throughout the American people. Having such a PUBLIC figure bashing the president, especially in the company of a man who is an enemy of the state and another who relentlessly bashes the person you're talking about, does not make it seem as "joking" as you try to make it seem.
Remember a few things, you're a representative of
A) Yourself, at all times
😎 Your party, at all times
C) Your position(s), at all times
You used to be a representative of Scrabman's cabinet. You no longer are. Hope the sudden drop in responsibility helps clear your vision.
Mr. Locke my vision is just fine, but unfortunately, what the people are seeing is absolutely nothing. That is an injustice to all of America, and you standing up for Scrabman on this issue speaks a lot to how you feel about informing the public.
I'd rather lose a fight that is right than not fight for what I believe in. I hope I will never lose the ability to do so.
Couldn't this just be assimilated to some kind of "propaganda", like a "rumour' and isn't eRepublik about power and means to access it as well as an economic and geostrategic simulation... ?
Aren't Medias there so that they can be used to ciruclate fake informations as well as real ones ?
Can't medias also be controlled, sometimes, directly or undirectly, by the people that rule their nations... ?
Just trying to figure it out myself 🙂
I'm incredibly disappointed in our President's ability to take criticism. As a message directly to President Scrabman, don't you think that mentioning how you will not be giving "[the] Federalists many favors anyway with the treatment I've gotten from [their] Party President" is an overwhelming testament to your pure partisanship? I believe it is ridiculous to abandon every member of a political party due to your disliking of their party leadership. Political parties are, hopefully obviously, comprised of average citizens, and by demeaning the party, you demean every citizen of that party.
A president who is unable to handle criticism in his midst ignores one of the absolute best virtues of a democratic society: the ability to question leadership. Without that, government is without any reason to act trustworthy, and a government who does not have the people in their best interests is a tyranny.
i completely sympathize, your mentorship has helped several friends of mine. voted/subscribed
Somehow, this doesn't surprise me, Bill. I am part of his cabinet as well and don't know what the "Big Plan" is, yet I am supposed to update the public as Press Secretary on what the Exec. Branch is up to. I had to go around Scrabman to use my sources and my contacts to find out what it was and when I found out, I was disappointed. Haha.
Captain Panther, I think you are quite unaware of the situation. The whole of the Federalist party, or at least about 50 out of its 52 members have taken to attacking Scrabman mindlessly (like zombies if I may) almost daily. Not necessarily openly, but obviously. (If that does not make sense, think of snide and sarcastic comments left on articles of his.)
Nick Bezier, I too am a mentor. I think you are giving Bill too much credit for being one of many.
Claire, espionage? Really?
Why, again, am I not surprised? I wouldn't have been surprised, either, if you'd tried to use it in NoneSuch's campaign. Too bad you didn't, would have made for perfect grounds for another firing 😛
Brasky should have been fired. Any cabinet member who chooses to publicly criticize the administration should no longer be a part of that administration. I honestly don't understand why people are getting their panties in a bunch over this.
People should be fired for publicly criticizing? It's not the best choice to get things done, but if there is a problem and it's not being addressed, the American people deserve to know about it. Hiding issues from the public and making sure cabinet members can't speak their minds to the PEOPLE THEY SERVE (rea😛 eUS citizens) is something I would expect of a dictatorship that just pulled off some kind of coup.
@ John Locke IV: You make me sick. I know very little about the actions of the Federalist Party, but Bill and Claire have done amazing things for the country. You are showing your weak nature by making light of the situation.
IanJohnLocke used to be kind of respected, but lately he has turned into a Troll. He goes around accusing people of things like "treason" or "espionage". Espionage isn't espionage when you ask your sources questions as a part of journalism within your own country. And no, IanJohnLocke, I didn't use it in my campaign because I am professional like that... I'm loyal to the country and was loyal to Scrab while I was in his admin. Your accusations are so unfounded they are actually comical. Keep up the good work Trolling, IJL!
Ailil,
Dictatorship? Coup? Looks like someone has a taste for hyperbole. Cabinet members serve as the president's advisers and team members. If they disagree with the administration, they should take their concerns to the president privately. If they are unable to resolve their concerns and feel the need to take them to the public, they should step down. Since, Brasky didn't have the brass to do that, he deserved to be fired.
Wow. This makes me wish I could change my vote in the Presidential election.
lol @ Korin, did you even read the article? The first half of it is my PM to him before I took it public. It's ok to criticize me, but at least read the article first.
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/2000-friend-sarina--793240/1/all" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/2000[..]1/all
As I sit drinking my PBR(yes it is true I love cheap beer also) The Federalist have done nothing but bash the USWP and now you cry foul that you are not part of the cabinet? Correct me if I am wrong but a cabinet position is there to advise the President not bash him in to the ground.
I just don't understand this entitlement the Feds think they deserve. You guys are a fringe party at best and don't hold a lot of weight nationally. Hell the Umbrella Corp has more people in it.
Oh hey, do we get to start holding every member of a party responsible for what one member does?
YAY! THIS WILL BE FUN!