Day Twenty. Reports were beginning to trickle in from around the country. In some communities, local police had resorted to containment tactics by imposing strict curfews, establishing checkpoints, and requiring photo identifications or other documentation before allowing people to enter certain ares or even assemble for funeral services or burials. Some television stations in broad geographical locales had started forming their own 'mini-networks' in an effort to bring more orchestrated reportage to their respective regions. Rescue crews began dismantling wreckage and hauling debris away; frequently, as they removed piles of rubble, more ravaged bodies would be uncovered.

The videoconferences opened promptly at 4:55 P.M. EST as usual. Cameras panned the room as backdrops of American flags, large photos of American heroes and past presidents, and other patriotic paraphernalia seemed to be cropping up everywhere. A bizarre blend of patriotism, remorse, pride and determination charged the room as O.U.T.R.A.G.E. members tried to deal with the results of these past twenty-six days. At the start of his State-of-the-Union address, a President of the United States, most members of his administration and cabinet, and most members of the U.S. Congress had all been savagely extirpated. At that same moment, lives of tens of thousands of prominent, wealthy and celebrated people around the country had also been extinguished. The national headquarters of America's largest corporations, government buildings, luxurious private homes, and military facilities were all abolished. It was reported that the well-publicized underground military operation buried in a Colorado mountain was inoperable. Largely because there was no chain-of-command left to give the orders, staff personnel were reluctant to launch underground missles - and, if they did, there was no actual 'target' at which the ICBMs could be aimed. The United States had not been attacked by an outside enemy; all of this destruction was a direct result of a highly-sophisticated group of rebels who knew how to use the world's most updated technology to achieve their objectives. It appeared that even many O.U.T.R.A.G.E. members were astonished - perhaps overwhelmed - at what their revolutionary band of patriots had accomplished. In a matter of minutes, they had virtually abolished the power base of the United States government, had removed a huge regiment of greedy and corrupt individuals from existence, and killed off thousands of wealthy individuals who - it was believed - had contributed to the downfall of America's moral compass and sense of equal justice. Everyday the confounding conflicts of what they had done returned to their consciousness, and everyday the same questions crept into the privacy of their own minds and hearts: "Was this the right thing to do?" "Would there have been a better, less destructive means of accomplishing our goals?" "Where do we go from here?" The unusual component of all this was that there seemed to be no one "in charge". Unlike infidels such as Fidel Castro who led his revolutionists toward the collapse of Cuba, there was no visible "leader" of O.U.T.R.A.G.E. Here was a collection of average American citizens, somehow forged together in this "Rebellion of '08", but without any signs of a front-runner.
The only thing these folks seemed to have in common was their commonality. The only goal appeared to be to rid the United States of the hubris, avarice, and corruption that had flooded America's consciousness for over fifty years. It seemed there was only one objective: rid the country of all its unscrupulous citizens and bring government back to the people. Yet, what made members of O.U.T.R.A.G.E. the judge and jury as to who should die because they were considered to be evil, wicked, or selfish individuals? It was a question that was haunting some O.U.T.R.A.G.E. members as they began to learn more about the capacity of their deeds.

No resolution was presented today, only because no one came forward to introduce one. Two days ago, 1,218,609 people across the country had voted for the resolution regarding abortion and the right-to-die. More than 53% (658,048) had voted in the affirmative ("Yea"); 560,56l people voted "Nay".

Yesterday, the resolution calling for clarification of our federal documents passed 772,519 to 502,090. More than one-and-a-quarter million people had cast their ballots for the first time since this process began. The concept of a popular vote, unimpeded by the dilatory sloviness of Congress who would have to have it approved by their special interest groups, was beginning to take root. That in itself might be cause for the members of O.U.T.R.A.G.E. to rejoice.

Bringing the United States of America out of its corruptive variation of a republic and into a refreshed new version of true democracy might actually be possible since all those boisterous naysayers were not around to reject the idea. American voters actually were capable of making up their own minds, independent of what a Presidential administration, body of Congress, special interest groups, or big business might want them to believe.