The Balkanization of America (24 page)

The main target of the LSA supporters is the fracking sites. Progressives claimed fracking polluted the drinking water; President Brownstone quickly opened millions of acres for fracking, many LSA supporters saw this as part of the right-wing racist government poisoning the lower income families. Hundreds of sites are attacked by protesters causing hundreds of millions of dollars damage and in four cases large oil spills when the pipes carrying oil are broken by the people trying to save the Earth. In one case, the gas line is broken causing a huge explosion that kills hundreds. The progressives caused the very contamination of the ground water they swore the fracking caused.  The media claimed the fracking caused the contamination, they never mentioned the fact that mobs and rioting broke the oil pipes.

In Parkersburg West Virginia thousands of government, union members are bussed in from New York City and Pittsburg. They attack the area’s largest coal mine. President Brownstone used an executive order to reopen the coal mines President Obsma had closed. Obsma’s supporters KNEW coal mining was bad; coal mining destroyed the land; burning coal polluted the air and water. To them, this was another example of how the radical new President was creating hell on earth. They knew the air and water are going to become so polluted many children will die. Global warming is going to increase rapidly, causing the coastal cities to disappear under the rising oceans. Sea life will die from the water temperature increasing. Unions advertised President Brownstone is destroying the world. Many knew that Brownstone and his policies have to be stopped. Millions of LSA supporters refuse to move to LSA states, they thought that by staying behind in the USA and fighting showed them to be the best of the best, they are saving the world from the evil racists. They are the new progressive insurgents who’ll bring the right to their knees.

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“Ron come on it, look at the neat pins Kathy made.” Handing the small flag pins to Ron he looks them over, his eyes light up, Ron breaks out laughing.

“I like these, Kathy can you make a bunch more, wonder why no one thought of this before, if we’re first we can sell them at the farmer's market. We’ll launch a new site on the web tonight. We have to get on the market first. Brad, Ron, let me help you see if we can trademark the design.”

Ron, how can it be trademarked? She took an LSA flag pin and drew a red circle and line through it like the European no entry signs. I like them, do you think we can trademark and sell them?”

“Let me call a lawyer I know, we did some favors for each other when I was a sheriff.”

“Before I forget, congratulations on becoming the town’s new police lieutenant. How’s it feel to be back in uniform again?”

“I like getting a paycheck; I like getting paid in money backed by something real. Since the dollar recall, which I understand caused over fifty battles with drug lords trying to turn in hundreds of millions of shrink-wrapped hundred dollar bills. President Brownstone’s administration had the druggies on their most-wanted list. Every time one showed up to exchange they were arrested or were killed, and the money confiscated. The rumor is these swaps have collected more than $5 billion.”

“I wonder how the other countries are handling it.”

“We hear some countries got an even exchange like the UK, others were forced to take a massive haircut on the exchange. Between the canceling of the debt owed to the Fed and the confiscation from the mob and cartels, I think the President has lowered our debt by trillions. Got to say so far I’m really impressed.”

“Us too, prices jumped four times a day the impeachment vote was announced. Prices have dropped every day since his new economic policies were announced. I really have to hand it to Brownstone; he’s operating the government as if it was the Marines. He gives them the broad plan he wants, the staff either returns with a plan or excuses, and he doesn’t take kindly to excuses. I love it when Rash announces every day the number of Federal Government workers fired for trying to slow down the recovery. With the Full Employment Act overturned, and the welfare state ended those fired are going to have to change their ways, or they're going to be hungry.”

Laughing Kathy says, “They could always pack up and move to the LSA; they will be right at home there.”

Ron laughs saying, “Many on both sides are moving, I think moving companies are booked six months out.”

“I wish they weren’t so overwhelmed, I know a number of people living close to us I’d like to see a move.”

Ron deadpans, “Can’t we all just get along?”

Both Kathy and I throw pins at Ron, who laughing says, “If one of those pins strikes me and draw blood, I’ll arrest you for assaulting a police officer.”

Kathy says, “Go ahead, and just remember who feeds you almost every night. Who let you live rent free until you could find a new place?”

After we stop laughing, I ask Ron, “Is it true Brownstone is compensating people like you whose homes were destroyed by the DHS?”

“It’s true. I couldn’t believe it. I got a call inviting me to a meeting with six others in the area whose homes were destroyed by the DHS. The meeting was led by a member of the new FBI; we were each handed a package which documented the destruction of our homes, the estimated recovery cost and offer for our belongings that were in the house. Let me tell you since the insurance companies refused to cover my loss this was a godsend. The bank forced me to make payments on a home that was a pile of ashes; the insurance company told me they weren’t going to pay on my policy because it was an act of war; we were deemed to be domestic terrorists, we were classified as combatants fighting against America. I was shocked at the openness at the meeting. At first I thought it would be a typical government bullshit. When my name was called I was led into a conference room with an insurance company auditor, an FBI agent and a Representative from the Department of Treasury. They had Google images of my house before and after the drone attack. I have to tell you, I expected them to low ball me; they gave me a list of real estate comps in our area, hell I think one was your home. I agreed to the price; it was more than I expected, they paid me via direct deposit after paying off my old mortgage at a discount they negotiated on my behalf. I understand they did this for everyone who lost their homes to the DHS strikes. I think you and others like you that had their homes ransacked will be getting compensation too. The DHS senior staff were arrested; they are being tried in federal court for treason.”

“How are we paying for this?”

“The President stopped all foreign aid; he stopped many welfare programs, and he even closed some government agencies.”

“Man, I’d heard rumors of arrests of the upper-level DHS staff and even some field agents. The web is alive with chat of the government paying for the damage done. I wonder if I can expense on my taxes the pants I ripped the night we stole back our weapons.”

Laughing, Ron responds, “I can see the IRS laughing over that one. Have you heard the President is going close the IRS and move to a national sales tax?”

“Yes, I also heard the government is also going to run a national lottery, like a super Powerball. The winner gets the money tax-free!”  Glen, this morning, said the government is going to bring in more revenue at a much lower cost this way, no more hundreds of thousand IRS agents, I wonder how he got Congress to approve this since so many industries live off of the complicated tax code?”

“Does it matter? He’s putting more money in our pockets. Prices have stabilized and in some cases started falling. Fuel is still in short supply with high prices that should start coming down since supply won’t be a long-term problem given the new tax incentive to build new refineries and bringing in new petrochemical reserves. Man in another year we’ll be completely energy independent.”

“Brad, it looks like the LSA is our going to be our largest customer. Obsma won’t allow fracking or drilling on his lands, but he’s OK with buying oil and gas from us. I thought it was great when Brownstone told Obsma he won’t accept LSA currency; they have to pay in precious metals.”

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“Jefe, we have a major problem. Our dollars are no good.”

“What do you mean our dollars are no good? I have $2 billion stashed in banks and invested in real estate.”

“Jefe, the new Norte American President, he’s changing all of the dollars. He said we had 60 days to swap old for new.”

“Louis, that’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. How can the crazy Americans switch dollars there are quadrillions of dollars out there.”

“Jefe, that’s what they’re hoping, many like us won’t make the swap saving them a fortune.”

“I didn’t work as hard as I did and killed two other Jefe’s to be cheated out of my money. I made the money; it’s mine. I refuse to be cheated out of it.”

“Jefe, in order to swap, we need to contact the Americans. The instructions say we are to give the Americans one week to ensure they have the cash to make the swap. Their website also says the history of the money won’t be questioned.”

“Louis, what does that mean?”

“Jefe, it means they don’t care how we made the money. They’ll turn a blind eye to how we made the money.”

“Louis, do you think we can trust them?”

“Do we have a choice?”

“We can always sell more product to make up whatever shortfall from us not turning in our dollars.”

“Without new dollars how are we going to pay our people? They’ve got us over a barrel; we have to do the swap. Tell the men to collect the cash, we have an appointment with the Americans.”

Four days later, at an abandoned runway, Jefe, Louis and ten armed men guard five ¾ ton trucks loaded with hundreds of millions of dollars, most wrapped in clear plastic on wooden pallets. Jefe stands with his hands at his side, “Hello Mr. Alexander, as we agreed, I’m here with our cash. We have $986 million with us in these trucks, where are my new dollars?”

“Listen, do you hear the trucks coming?”

“Yes”

“Those trucks have your new dollars in them; they will be here within a couple of minutes; they got delayed due to traffic.”

“Very good.”

Four minutes later five LAVs pull onto the old runway, the first LAV stops, the rear doors are opened; Jefe and Louis look inside the LAV seeing pallets holding sealed packages of new dollars. Jefe smiles, he orders his men to unload his trucks. Jefe asks, “Mr. Alexander, can I buy the LAVs from you? I like them.”

“Jefe, since we plan to burn the old dollars right here after we confirm the amount by weighing the piles of your money, I think we can arrange to sell you the vehicles.”

“Do they come with the machine guns?”

‘For a price, however, they are not new, they have been used.”

“May I have a demonstration?”

“Of course, Sergeant Jefe and his men would like a demonstration of the M240s.”

Laughing, the sergeant says, “Sir, it’ll be my pleasure.” The sergeant lowers himself into the LAV; he speaks quickly to the other vehicles on his headset, after a minute he comes back up, he grabs the machine gun, pulling the charging handle he swings the machine gun to the left, He quickly begins firing, the other LAVs join in, they swing the guns across Jefe’s men and trucks, three short bursts are all it takes to kill them all and disable their trucks.

Mr. Alexander says, “Sergeant, nice demonstration, you can dispatch your troops to burn their bodies, trucks, and the old money. We have another appointment in three hours, I hope the next drug lord is as dumb as the last three have been,”

The next drug lord is a little more untrusting; he’s able to shoot one of the American troops making the exchange before the drug lord, and his people are all killed. The Army Ranger Sergeant tells his people, “time to wrap it up and head for the barn, we have two appointments tomorrow. Does anyone realize we’ve burned over $5 billion dollars?”

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“Mr. President, we’ve met twenty large and fifteen medium-sized drug lords, all have been taken down along with their lieutenants. The Rangers followed up by attacking the drug lord’s base camps. We’ve killed out eight hundred fifty people, destroyed thirty labs and burned ten thousand acres. We destroyed a street value of over a billion dollars of drugs.”

“Excellent news. I knew the drug lords wouldn’t turn down a chance to convert their money. They thought we wouldn’t lie to them. President Obsma might have honored his word; these people are all criminals, taking them down protects US citizens.”

“Sir, we’ve put a huge dent into the drug trade, I think this is a good time for you to announce your new drug policy.”

“How many drug lords remain?”

“Sir, we think there are three major chiefs left.”

“Do we know where they’re located?”

“Yes, we have a good lock on them.”

“Tell the Admiral to attack them, take all three of them down today.”

The media talking heads announce the President’s new drug program; they’ve just been handed the short overview, reading it, and all are surprised, shocked is a better word to describe their feelings. They break into their normal broadcast programs, “Ladies and gentlemen, today the Brownstone administration has announced a new drug policy. First the Brownstone administration has announced they have captured or killed most of the existing drug lords. The administration has issued a statement saying they classify the war on drugs as unwinnable. Billions of dollars have been spent and wasted in a losing war.  The administration announced a few minutes ago they are legalizing most drugs. These drugs will be sold through pharmacies. Major drug companies are going to take over the production of the drugs to ensure they aren’t cut with any poison. The drugs will be available with a doctor’s prescription; insurance coverage won’t pay for the drugs, and the government is taxing them. Steve Forbas said today he expects the federal Treasury will collect billions in new taxes while also saving billions. Having them sold through pharmacies will ensure they are clean and safe. The administration says they expect street crime will decrease. President Brownstone asks the states to follow the Federal Government and also pass DUI laws that cover driving under the influence of drugs. The President said if liquor can be purchased and taxed, why not drugs? He said no matter what the government does; there will always be a demand for drugs why shouldn’t the country profit from the sale of them while at the same time ensuring the users are protected from mistakenly taking poison. As a side note, the change of the country’s drug laws only applies to those over the age of 21, all drugs are still illegal for those under 21.

The media is shocked at this change; the administration caught the media and the country by surprise.

The “talking heads” don’t know how to respond, most are at a loss of words being asked how to respond. Most try to find something negative to say, however, the positives outweigh the negatives. The networks don’t know what to do, they also don’t know if they should accept advertising for legal drugs. The major networks chair people call each other to discuss the question of accepting advertising; none wants to be the first if the others don’t accept the ads.

Complete surprise takes many in the country on both political sides, most don’t know how to respond, over time both sides agree that the President’s decision is a good one for the country.

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In the Presidential conference room President Brownstone, four-star Admiral Zander Chairman of the Joint Staffs, Rash Linebacker, Press Secretary, Randy Paul the Secretary of State and John Sessions the Secretary of Defense discusses options. John is addressing the group, “Russia now has firm control of Poland and is massing on Germany’s border. China has absorbed Vietnam and Thailand. They have moved three million people into Korea providing what they call humanitarian aid. I’d guess by the end of the month they will have total control of both Koreas. Japan and China are in discussions to work together; our best guess is Japan will become a sort of vassal to China.

President Brownstone looks around the table; he’s studying the map, which displays the locations of the American and Russian and Chinese forces. He says, “We’re in a hard spot we have no forces in a good position to slow down their next steps.”

Randy says, “The Premier of Germany is screaming we have to support her.”

The President responds, “Just how are we going to do that without starting a full-scale third world war? A year ago she demanded we remove our troops and now she wants them back? If we do nothing, Russia will end up taking over Europe, in order to remove them we’ll be in a third world war which will cost us trillions of dollars and most likely hundreds of thousands of wounded or killed. We’ve saved Europe twice before. After each world war, we were asked to bring our troops home. I’m not sure we can get there quick enough with enough equipment to make a difference. I refuse to use our people as a speed bump. Comments?”

Chapter 23

The Secretary-General of the United Nations takes the podium to open the new Security Council session, “Ladies and Gentlemen, I hereby call this session of the Security Council meeting to order. We have received a request from a very well know national leader and friend of the world to address the council this morning. Given this person’s background, given how hard he’s worked for world peace his entire life I could not refuse his request. Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s my pleasure to turn the podium over to someone who really doesn’t need any introduction, President Obsma.”

President Obsma is greeted by polite applause; most of the Security Council members sit in stunned silence not believing the impeached US President would be standing in front of the world’s body. Many wanted to leave, on the other hand, all are curious what he has to say.

“Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for allowing me to address you this morning. I’ve come before you to make an important announcement and to request your support. I put in six very stressful years trying to lead the United States to become a true member of a peaceful world community. In my six years as the legally elected United States President, I learned that the United States has outlived the country’s founder’s goals. Today’s world is much different from the future the founders of America envisioned. America grew very rapidity; I can honestly say the United States grew by walking on the backs of the poor workers who were exploited by the racist rich business owners and bankers who held the real reins of power behind the scenes. Before I was elected as the 44
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President, the real ruling class in America were the Jewish bankers who almost destroyed the world’s economy in 2007~8. These bankers didn’t just ruin America’s economy; they brought the world to its knees. The upper-class business owners who compose the world’s 1% are also responsible for the pain felt around the world. We have reached the point in the history of the world when a small number of people can and more importantly do control the world’s economy. While this great organization works every day to ensure World Wars are a thing of history, and this body works to improve the lives of each and every one of the six billion people living on the world. No matter what this great council agrees to, if the ruling 1% don’t agree with what this wise body agrees, they’ll ignore the United Nations, in reality the world’s single voice. I stand here today to officially announce the formation of a new nation, a nation that is based on the core principals that founded this great body. In man’s history, many nations have come and gone. Very few of the nations represented here have the same borders as they did when they were founded. Many countries have grown; many realized that groups of their citizens didn’t relate to the views of the other citizens. There comes a time when people of a like mind and heart decide to come together and form a nation. History is full of hundreds of examples where these new nations grow and overtake the economic strength of their original national parents. I worked harder than any previous American President. I launched more progress to reduce income inequality than any other Presiden. I provided every person in America with health care, and improved America’s education system with a common core that ensured every student learned the same regardless of where they lived in America or what their family’s income was. The children of the poorest and the children of the top 1% learned the same lessons at the same time. I made more progress to equalize the way every religion was treated; I made sure all religions were treated the same, all religions had their holidays and customs honored. I alone defended the planet Earth by outlawing fracking that we all know damages the world’s fresh water supply. I alone did more than anyone else did to improve our citizen’s health by outlawing trans-fats, by outlawing the use of salt; my wife improved the school meal program for every school age child in America.

We outlawed fast food and high sugar snacks in our schools. We tirelessly worked to improve peace in the world. I alone cut the world’s largest military by over 50%. I started the total nuclear disarmament of the world’s largest inventory of these horrible weapons. As the only country to have used these horrible weapons, it had to be America to be the first to say NO to these weapons. I was the first American President, who understood how horrible these weapons are. I alone disarmed the American citizens who owned 300 million weapons, 300 million dangerous firearms have been removed from the world. I tore down the fences that blocked the people’s free access across the imaginary lines drawn on a map that determined borders. I always stood for people having the right to decide where they want to live and raise their children. I always stood for making the world a safer place to raise children. The children of today are the teachers and presidents of tomorrow. Today’s children will one day be sitting in our seats within this hallowed halls working to ensure a peaceful world.