Fourth Issue, November 1996
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Fourth Issue, November 1996
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On the 24th of October Ladonia had more than 1.030 citizens. That means that time has come to start the election. The election will be about the constitution. The Government and the state office give two suggestions: 1) The constitution in Ladonia will be based on a Monarchy, the person to represent the country will be a Queen. 2) The constitution in Ladonia will be based on a Republic, the person to represent the country will be a President. -A candidate is the minister of immigration Pär Lindholm, also leader of the political party MkP (to be found in Ladonia Herald no 3.) Staffan Gunnarsson's promising political party "The Bridge Abutment" has so far no issues on constitutional questions; it should be mentioned that he is very active and intensely developing his ideas. He might very well hit the soul of politics. You can get in touch with Mr Gunnarsson on basta@swipnet.se Our citizens are welcome to add other suggestions and candidates. You can then use the taxform for this purpose. The temporary regent Vilks recommends proposal 1. He means that the number of women in the Government at the moment is to small. A queen representing the country would at least mean that this fact is observed. Further, a monarchy would shed some lustre over the nation. Actually there is a problem in finding other constitutional forms. Suggestions on this subject are welcome. The temporary regent Vilks will soon resign and become the state secretary. The State Office has already a chancery officer situated in Gothenburg, Sweden. Very good work is done there and this is needed as the bureaucracy (in a good way) is growing. The Government also proposes that Ladonia generally will have no political elections. The democratic principle will be stronger than giving the democratic possibilites in the hands of political intrigues. Today all citizens have the opportunity to immediately rise from being a citizens to become a minister. When a good plan is presented and when the person in question is willing to bring about some work for the country, there is a good chance that this will be accepted. All our ministers are parttime workers and the country thus needs quite many to fulfill its intention to produce creative work and ideas. This doesn't mean that political parties are not accepted, quite contrary they are important as they can rise questions and direct interest to certain questions. This should in most cases not lead to elections but rather to construct new departments. In one occasion election could be necessary and that is when a citizen challenges a minister in office and wants to take this position. Disagreement on this subjects will be accepted as alternative proposals.
We will give one month for proposals, after that the election will
be open one month for voting.
On the 21st of October danish fishermen went into Ladonia. They were illegally trawling and purposely destroying the fishing nets of the ladonian rear-admiral Yngve Jonsson. Ladonia will act strongly against these methods. We request all boats crossing these areas to take action against trawling in the inner waters of Ladonia. The ladonian navy can unfortenately not do very much at the moment. So far we have only two vessels and one of them is situated in the Caribean Sea. We need more boats and more action to exercise control over these acts of crime and ask our citizens and visitors to help us.
Some steps in the right direction have been taken. Count Morgan
Ekström-Ahlby has been appointed Minister of the Seven Seas, and
our jewel of vessel is s/y Arrandir, 4.32 m and with a speed of 3
knots. The boat is owned by Sebastian Näslund and it is now in the service of our nation.
We proclaime again: We need more female ministers, so far we have only three. Take initiatives! Sölvi Engebakken, citizen living in Oslo, Norway, has also payed attention to the fact that in some areas there are a male domination in Ladonia. Her suggestion is to without fee raise women to nobility. Though we are warmly greatful for such suggestions, we do not think this is a very good idea. Our nobility is a domain where there is very many women!
A network delegation payed Ladonia i visit. The organisation is
called The Daughters of Europe. They made this statement:
With great charm, Betsy Thaggard has become our represent in Texas. She has her roots in Ladonia, Texas. She has a wide range of interests and knowledge and we gladly recognize her as (albeit inofficial) "Empress of the Universe". On the same condition she will of course be accepted as "Empress of Ladonia" (after all, Ladonia is a part of the universe).
We strongly recommend you to meet the irresistible smile of empress
Betsy by looking at http://www.activerse.com/people.html#betsythaggard
Two weeks ago a blue spot was placed upon a tree just a few
centimeters from the swedish border. This was a swedish marking operation and
obviously they used a ladonian tree in order to provoke our
nation. The governor of South Ladonia Count Sture von Andersson will handle
the matter and probably send a mild protest.
Local ladonian time was introduced on the 20th of October. The
difference between European standard time and ladonian is 3 minutes. On
visiting Ladonia you'll have to set your clock 3 minutes backwards: "We'll
give you three minutes more".
The Minister of Classicism, Staffan Schmidt, has brought forward a proposition on aid for developing countries. His proposition directs ladonian welfare towards countries with certain demolished areas. In the first place we will try to help Sweden and Norway. Sweden in all cultural matters and Norway in the pictorial arts. In Norway the situation is miserable as ministers and other politicians are giving lectures on art. Very few of them can reach further than giving a dinner talk, so here we have an urgent matter.
We also incite our citizens to pay there taxes. In striking
contrast to other countries the payment of tax in Ladonia is just a piece of
creative work. The national treasures thus given will be used for example
for the purpose of aid to other countries.
Michael O'Donnell is a minister worthy of imitation. Immediately
after his appointment he went to Africa looking for competent players for
our national team. I will not withhold quoting his brilliant letter
from Hotel Inter-Continental in Lusaka written with his sober mixture of
elegant and rustic language: "...I am scouting for footballing talent here. As
they are all the same colour, I see before us a situation where much
needed funds can be saved on these chaps - as they would have no need to
wear shirts or socks for that matter - but I would strongly advise the
purchase of eleven pairs of shorts - as they have plonkers hanging down to
their knees."
We might very soon see a breakthrough in this department;
what is closer to our hearts than picking the roses of pure wisdom?
* THE DEPARTMENT OF CHESS The allegorical possibilities of games is endless. In Peter Greenaways film "Prospero's Books" (you can find a webpage called "Prospero's Books") one of his books is about games, a book needed as it catches the world through a set of arbitrary rules. And when you do not play the world you move the pieces of chess. Öyvind Grotmol from Norway has been appointed Minister of Chess. He has a wide range of interests and he welcomes you on his webpage: http://home.sn.no/~grotm/sjakk.html Our quite young minister presents himself with this game of chess:
* UMBRELLAS
It was quite unknown to the Herald that there existed a symbolic
world of umbrellas. Caroline Strömberg has offered us her
knowledge concerning communication with umbrellas. We expect
further information on this higly interesting subject.
Not all of our new citizens are familiar with the traditional
ladonian greeting. It exists in various dialects but it is mainly as this:
You put both your hands up to your cheeks on a level with your ears,
thumbs in contact with your head about 1 cm from where the ears start. If
you wear glasses, the top of your thumbs should touch the frames. Palms
open and directed forward. This is a way for ladonians to recognize each
other.
Margareta Granvik, Minister of Jazz, has created a painted stone.
This stone showing a jazz-subject is now permanently placed in the
stone-book Arx 2.
The new minister in this department, count Morgan Ekström-Ahlby,
has provided Ladonia with a straightforward issue: Bringing the
first colony to our country. He is soon to conquer a part of
Norway. We cannot at this moment give any more details.
From the Department of Justice, the Minister Erik Norman hasn't
given any news. Rumours tell us that he is occupied with a
remarkable proposition. What we have heard is that there will be
no general laws in Ladonia but only specific cases. A
breath-taking standpoint but none the less impressive. The
reduction of the code of laws is thus total. Obviously we have
what we need before and after this book: To give a sentence has
never had a clear connection with any set of rules. A good example
was seen in Stockholm, Sweden when 1 000 turtles were killed on the 25th of
October because the law made it impossible to handle the fact that they
were caught in the customs regulations.
Our correspondent in Brazil is our new citizen and journalist
Fernando Rodrigues. Information to Mr Rodrigues can be sent to
fernando@uol.com.br
Radio Ladonia will before long appear in Norway. Thomas Olsen and
Stig Arnesen are working with preparations. The coincidence
between this activity and the planned colonization of a part of Norway is
noteworthy.
Another new and young face in our team of ministers, Theo Hultberg
with exquisite knowledge of popmusic, will lead us through the
mysteries of contemporary sounds.
We are proud to present a new version of this popular columne. This time we have a text especially written for this occasion. The authour is Olav Bakken and if you enjoy his text you can ask him for more on: bakken@sprakrad.no
Vos omnes fortasse creditis me aliquid grave ac
memorabile Latine dicturum esse. Re vera, illud facere
non in animo habeo. Etenim perlecturus sum vobis
catalogum lavandariorum. Hic incipit. Tibialium paria
tria, subuncularum quinque, tunicae duae, nullum
amylum. Sic, actum est. Mihi plaudere nunc potestis.
Die dulci fruimini.
The new norwegian embassy is situated in Nesoddtangen. Ambassador
Geir Johnson is a well-known composer of music. In the field of music
he is also regularly writing and contributing to various magazines. Mr
Johnson can be reached at geir@notam.uio.no
KREV, Kingdom of Elgaland/Vargaland, sent us a message concerning
there troubles to realize a project on monarchy in Great Britain.
Conservative England couldn't resist censoring their artwork. You
are able to peep at this terrible thing on
http://www.it.kth.se/KREV/fertil.html
Editorial: At this point, when this edition of the Herald has come to an end, I think it is time to enter a mood of meditation and listen to our confident Minister of Health. This time he is inviting us for a journey into a universe of love, Burger King and the Big Bang. "The other night as I was talking on the phone with a wonderful woman I love, a dramatic message interrupted our cosy conversation accompaigned by the beeps and silvery tremolos of my Libra II telefax machine: "Your Excellency! Might we pray you look out the window towards the southern sky; a UFO is there moving about among the clouds next to the moon at an increadibly high speed in circles since 11.50 p.m. Sincerely N.N. and wife." I hung up and went to the window as instructed, and indeed, the description was correct, I hurried out, and begun chasing the strange speedy light phenomenon with my car, out of the village, into the farmland. An eerie feeling took command of the night. Would your Minister of Health be abducted by the white and tall benevolent men, or the small grey ambiguously minded with large empty eyes, or would I find a huge ground based floodlight which had created the magnificient illusion? Would I ever talk to my beloved woman again? Before long however, the mysterious ship vanished out of sight. I drove back and resumed the conversation across land and water, towns and forests, all bathing in pale soft moonlight. The next day a note in the morning paper explained the phenomenon. A local Burger King restaurant had opened new business and boosted it with a celestial light show. The following night competitors launched additional UFO's of similar appearances. However, I was still happy for the telefax message. In Ladonia it has been known since time immemorial that the universe could not have started with a Big Bang, contained in the psyche as it is, lest the psyche itself started in such a fashion (which would have been a rather funny idea indeed), and then the explosion must have had infinite extension before its beginning could be experienced, which is a difficult position to sort out. The Big Bang Universe seems no less illusory than any craze created by our local Burger King restaurant. Chasing the mysterious light with my car, it became clear to me that not only is the universe contained in the psyche, the psyche in its turn is contained in love, and nothing has any deeper meaning outside love. The love I had been blessed with was my understanding of the foundation, of the universe, my corner of it all. Should Infinity bring a message, it would hardly be limited to scientifically manageable issues, simply because Infinity is not contained in any closer conceptual universe. Infinity cannot be measured, nor can love, nor the child of love, the psyche. Hence we could prove that there must exist truths science has no means of grasping, but we could never prove specifically what they might be. Of course a strong element of the psyche must be linked with any UFO sighting or like phenomenon, it doesn't discredit such events at all, which is downright logical, as my oldes daughter with a natural bent for free Ladonian thinking concluded. And sometimes you don't even need the UFO. Isn't that marvellous? And why are incredible but documented miraculous cures of diseases so much more convincing than documented UFO sightings? Simply because man is as much otherworld as the reality everybody agrees upon, whilst in the latter reality the otherworld is very ephemeral indeed. Maybe the deepest truth available about health and sanity is the fact that they seem to be self contained, and the mysterious inside of ourselves we never understand intellectually, but experience when it prospers and flows. And that very flow is the concern of the Ministry of Health of Ladonia." |
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Lars Vilks, temporary regent of Ladonia
Anders Löwdin, Minister of Internet
Lars Vilks
Box 1
S-260 43 Arild
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