Sunday, August 17, 2008: the O.U.T.R.A.G.E. membership had now exploded to over twenty-five million members! In less than two months, revelations about the Bush administration's knowledge and involvement in the events of September 11, 2001, outraged U.S. citizens, and gave credence to a radical change in the way the U.S. government was structured. For far too many decades, American politics had been dominated by two corrupt political parties and a handful of families who beieved it was their birthright to serve their own best interests instead of serving the interests of the American constituency. Now, exactly seven months to the day when O.U.T.R.A.G.E. bombs had strategically assassinated most of America's economic and political power bases, U.S. citizens were finally beginning to recognize that their own apathy had played a major role in allowing such shameful, sordid activity to meld itself into the nation's collective consciousness.
Movie stars' sex lives, famous athletes' drug usage, millionaires' squanderous spendings, and ruiness celebrity marriages could no longer be the pre-occupations they once were; Americans needed to address the issues that were really important; if they didn't, the American society would crumble. Already, the economic powerhouses headquartered in New York City were in shambles, thanks to the 'Rebellion of '08' and a horrendous hurricane. The political power base in Washington, D.C. had been obliterated by the same hurricane and the same O.U.T.R.A.G.E. revolution. Los Angeles lay in ruins after O.U.T.R.A.G.E. bombings and a devastating earthquake had wiped out most of the rich and famous and their glittery lifestyles. Economic chaos was only being avoided because the power brokers - now impotent or dead - had been replaced by hard-working people at the state and local levels who managed to keep things afloat. The same went for the political power bases; no longer did a municipal government, a mayor, or a city council, have to wait for instructions from Washington. They simply returned to local management, as it had worked so effectively seventy five years ago before big government stuck its nose into everybody's business. To be sure, there was still considerable disorder and disruption; but, for the most part, local and state governments managed to manage quite well, thank you very much, without the interference of a behemoth federal government that had long ago forgotten its role as public servant.
O.U.T.R.A.G.E. headquarters remained in St. Kitts, dispatching volunteers to various areas of the country to boost morale, assist in clean-up operations, and keep citizens informed as to events as they unfolded. A new political system was being implemented, giving more and more 'common' citizens an opportunity to actually participate in public service. Armchair football viewing now took a back seat to active political intervention. Gradually, more Americans became more aware of - and involved in - such things as recycling, infrastructure, social programs for the less fortunate, and rebuilding a nation that had come upon hard times. Perky Jil Adams continued her quest across America, recognizing and rewarding O.U.T.R.A.G.E. volunteers who had given so much of their lives to the reformation. The Patrick-Patrick team of Lynn Patrick and Patrick Hamilton trouped across the country on its mission to legalize drugs. O.U.T.R.A.G.E. workers helped create new political parties for the upcoming elections in November. Change was underway as millions of Americans began to understand how they could no longer think only of themselves and their own creature comforts. The greatest nation on Earth had to learn, all over again, how to become a united states of citizens who stopped looking out for themselves and started looking after each other. It was a time of greatness, tribulation, and dramatic overhaul. For the first time in decades, people were actually proud to be an American.