Freedom Earned. Ronald Price
The colonel turned to the guards. “Take the Captain to C Corridor so he can talk with his friend.” He turned to Diana. “Please come with me, young lady, and let me fill you in on what’s going on.”
Diana was pleased the colonel was including her in this clambake too. It meant a lot to her.
*****
The admiral had laid out all the basic plans and had introduced Bill Loadman to the projected B plans and what was going to happen. He invited Bill to join them and become part of this restoration of freedom and rights. Bill was in full agreement, but felt he would be a traitor.
“I’m sorry, Admiral,” he said. “I cannot fight against my own people. I agree something must be done, but this is too much even for me. It’s madness. You will all end up in prison.”
The admiral chuckled. “Bill, there is not enough prisons in the country or even in this continent to hold all of us. This project will touch almost every household in the country. It would be impossible for it to happen anywhere else but here. Remember freedom is earned and the Supreme Court stole it from us when they agreed with the merger.”
The admiral looked at his friend closely. “Bill, you must consider that we have a great deal of House and Senate members that are working for us, and we expect many more to join our cause. I know how you feel, and I know that you should join with us. If you fear for you or your family, rest assured you feel no differently than the Founding Fathers did when they went to war with King George. Remember, they were Englishmen that felt the Crown had let them down. So they took it into their own hands to address what they thought was wrong. From their efforts, the greatest super power on earth emerged. Now it has been subjugated by her citizens, men and women that have sold her out to the new world order, to the United Nations.
“With or without you, we will regain this country for every citizen. We will once again provide this country with its constitution, as written by our Founding Fathers. Only those changes taking away our rights will be removed. The constitution as written and honored on September 11, 2001, will be honored. The merger with Canada will and Mexico will be repealed until the people in the United States can vote on a referendum.”
At that moment, a lieutenant commander on the bridge called the admiral and reported a priority message had been received. Two words had been transmitted. The message read, “Freedom earned.” The admiral smiled and said, “All is well. Carry on as instructed.”
The admiral addressed Bill. “You think about it, Bill, and then you tell me you still want to work for the UN International Police, because if we lose, that’s where you’ll be, that is, if they decide not to put you into a dark hole in Brussels or Calcutta or another hellhole. Remember, at this moment, thousands of men and women are getting ready to do battle with your government. Anyone else wanting to get involved, well, they all know where they stand, and that to win their freedom, it must be earned. Wouldn’t you feel better knowing that you’d be working with them and for them and not against them?”
Bill Loadman looked at this great admiral of the navy, and he knew he was sincere. “Admiral, I must talk with my wife, and then maybe I can make a decision that would guide us both to our destiny. You have made a strong case for this, and I need to talk it over with her.”
The admiral smiled and left the good man to his thoughts. He went directly to the communications center and sent a coded message to Washington. It read, “Pick up Mrs. Loadman and transport to this location immediately.”
*****
Senator Stoppell had been working late with his staff on a proposed bill to plug holes in the Federal Equality Health and Pharmacy Plan that had been passed and signed into law. It had excessive cost overruns due to abuse and lack of positive controls to save it. The senator had been working on the new bill. An advocate of the new world order, he was highly respected by the president, one of the new Americans that believed in the power of the United Nations.
The bill was designed to increase taxes to pay for it. It was easier to increase spending than to correct the abuse and prosecute the offenders. The increase in taxes would affect everyone’s income. No one would be exempt. The cradle-to-grave medical care had to be preserved at all costs, no matter who was hurt. The United Nations had decreed it, the president demanded it, and the new government approved it. As the senator was getting into his car in the underground parking lot, two men approached him. As the senator closed the door, one man put up his hand and motioned the senator to lower his window so they could speak.
The senator reached over and pushed his left front window button and the window slid silently down. “Yes, gentlemen. What can I do for you?”
The one man smiled. In a soft voice, he asked, “Excuse me, are you Senator Stoppell?”
“Yes,” he replied. “What can I do for you?”
“Sorry to bother you, sir, I’m agent Parker and this is agent Clarkson. We’re from the bureau.” Parker opened a small leather folder he was holding and let the senator see his credentials. “You have a priority emergency meeting with the president, sir. There seems to be something going on, and the president has asked the bureau to pick you up, sir, and several of your staff. Seems there’s some real problems coming up on the med bill and the president wants a high-level meeting tonight. He doesn’t want anything to go wrong with it at this stage. If you don’t mind, sir, we have a car ready to take you over to Andrews for the flight to Camp David. If you like, sir, you can call your family from the helicopter on our way there.”
“That’s great, but I’m really tired. Can we do this in the morning?”
“I’m afraid not, sir. The president needs you immediately.”
“Well, I’ve got everything with me on the new bill, and this will give me a chance to go over it with him before we finalize it. Okay, tired or not, let’s go.” The senator got out of his car and locked it, and the three men entered a bureau car and departed for what he thought was a ride to the base and Camp David.
All over Washington, the same scenario was going on. At each selected target, they were picked up and taken to a plane or a helicopter for transport. Before the sun was to rise on another day, all the selected targets had to be picked up and at their destinations or on their way to the holding camps. At the same time, the chosen military units were moving into position throughout the country. State governments were being silently taken over. Selected governors were picked up by federal agents and were on their way to camps where they would be kept away from other members of the House and Senate. Naval units had moved into position in both oceans. Carrier task groups were standing offshore.
The members of the House and Senate that were part of the revolutionary council were standing together to make the announcement at 6:00 a.m. in Washington DC. The country would awaken to a new, free, and brighter nation.
At the precise time of the announcement, a delta assault group would be hitting three known drug cartel bases in Mexico and Latin America. They would hunt down and bring back the drug lords to the United States for trial. Special selected ground forces, air, and naval units were moved to a position just off Panama. Should the cartel’s host countries try to intervene in American operations, they would be smashed. They had planned everything to the last detail.
Both air and naval units had targeted military bases and depots in each country. If need be, they would destroy them. The council was determined to stop all drug traffic into the country. The first proclamation would be to guarantee all basic constitutional rights based on the 1941 laws. They would enact all civil rights laws to protect all citizens based on their national origin, color, and gender. They would revoke all state same-sex marriage laws and allow companion laws to prevail with states granting spousal-type benefits. There would be no homosexual allowances within the military.
They would recess the Supreme Court and then hold the justices at a secret base until the revolutionary government was in complete control of the country. They expected that there would be areas that would fight to maintain the laws and the way of life as it was. The council hoped that without a governor or lieutenant