Monday, October 27, 2008: the campaigning continued around the country and around the clock. O.U.T.R.A.G.E. television broadcasts allowed every candidate equal time to convey his or her message; to ensure that voters knew what each candidate stood for, and were well-informed on the issues. Unlike most U.S. elections in recent memory, where the best-looking candidate with the most money got the most exposure, this election presented a level playing field for all stripes. Even "off-the-wall" candidates with little or no chance of gaining popular support were still given an equal oportunity to make their case and attract followers.
The twenty-five articles of resolutions, presented within days of the assassination of President George W. Bush and most of his cabinet members, were being readied as referendums, which voters would support or reject on Tuesday, November 4.
Nancy Pelosi was recovering nicely from her injuries after being found barely alive weeks after the January 17 bombings which had obliterated much of the political, corporate, and celebrity power in the country. Search and rescue efforts were still going on in various parts of the country. Clean-up from the massive Los Angeles earthquake and the east coast hurricanes continued.
Indeed, the United States of America had been weakened. But from such foible had come strength and resolve, so typical of the traditional American spirit. People had rebounded, come together for the good of the country and their neighbors. This series of phenomenal disasters seemed to be just what the country needed. O.U.T.R.A.G.E., of course, had nothing to do with the natural disasters; it could only claim responsibility for the events surrounding the devastation of January 17. With a few thousand well-placed bombs, detonated by common cell phones, America's upper crust had been decimated, destroyed.
The corporate greedheads, political power brokers, wealthy elitists, millionaire athletes, swarmy celebrities and other assorted lowlife from America's high society were no longer alive to wield control, exert undue influence, or undermine the public good. On April 2, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a verdict that caused tremors through the corporate industrial world. It blamed American industry for its blissful ignorance of the Earth's environment, which - finally - looked like it might cause manufacturers to begin paying attention to ecological issues. On one network news program, a pompous representative for a manufacturers' association whined that this court decision could cause havoc among automobile manufacturers, because they might not be able to continue building gas-guzzling SUVs and pick-up trucks, two of the industry's most profitable products. The spokesman actually complained that trying to save the environment was not nearly as important as trying to maintain corporate profits! For years, industrial lobbyists had fought bitterly against any form of government intervention that would reduce air pollution, minimize vehicle emissions, or help make the Earth "greener". Even as the scientific community continued to warn that these issues would dramatically impact on the world in 50 years or less, manufacturers and other polluters continued to pooh-pooh the warnings and downplay the significance of substantial scientific findings.
Former Vice-President Al Gore produced a movie called "An Inconvenient Truth" which was highly acclaimed by scientists, yet ridiculed by those who opposed any efforts to try and improve the Earth's air and water quality. Even the majority of home owners and householders seemed ignominniously ignorant of the need for recycling, reducing waste, and reusing everyday products. America had become - boastfully - a "disposable society", throwing away everything from styrofoam cups and plastic soda pop bottles to family values and basic morality. It was so much 'convenient' than the 'inconvenient truth' of what the past 150 years of pollution, waste, and debauchery had turned America into: a nation without a moral compass and without concern for the health and welfare of its future societies. "All for One...ME" was the motto. "Looking out for #1" was the creed.
On all fronts - economic, ecological, political and personal - America had been dangerously, speedily racing toward the edge of a cliff which would cause the greatest socioeconomic experiment in the history of the world to collapse. And, until January 17, 2008, no one really seemed to care. That's what the O.U.T.R.A.G.E. band of revolutionists understood; that was what - now - the rest of the citizenry was beginning to understand.
The twenty-five articles of resolutions, presented within days of the assassination of President George W. Bush and most of his cabinet members, were being readied as referendums, which voters would support or reject on Tuesday, November 4.
Nancy Pelosi was recovering nicely from her injuries after being found barely alive weeks after the January 17 bombings which had obliterated much of the political, corporate, and celebrity power in the country. Search and rescue efforts were still going on in various parts of the country. Clean-up from the massive Los Angeles earthquake and the east coast hurricanes continued.
Indeed, the United States of America had been weakened. But from such foible had come strength and resolve, so typical of the traditional American spirit. People had rebounded, come together for the good of the country and their neighbors. This series of phenomenal disasters seemed to be just what the country needed. O.U.T.R.A.G.E., of course, had nothing to do with the natural disasters; it could only claim responsibility for the events surrounding the devastation of January 17. With a few thousand well-placed bombs, detonated by common cell phones, America's upper crust had been decimated, destroyed.
The corporate greedheads, political power brokers, wealthy elitists, millionaire athletes, swarmy celebrities and other assorted lowlife from America's high society were no longer alive to wield control, exert undue influence, or undermine the public good. On April 2, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a verdict that caused tremors through the corporate industrial world. It blamed American industry for its blissful ignorance of the Earth's environment, which - finally - looked like it might cause manufacturers to begin paying attention to ecological issues. On one network news program, a pompous representative for a manufacturers' association whined that this court decision could cause havoc among automobile manufacturers, because they might not be able to continue building gas-guzzling SUVs and pick-up trucks, two of the industry's most profitable products. The spokesman actually complained that trying to save the environment was not nearly as important as trying to maintain corporate profits! For years, industrial lobbyists had fought bitterly against any form of government intervention that would reduce air pollution, minimize vehicle emissions, or help make the Earth "greener". Even as the scientific community continued to warn that these issues would dramatically impact on the world in 50 years or less, manufacturers and other polluters continued to pooh-pooh the warnings and downplay the significance of substantial scientific findings.
Former Vice-President Al Gore produced a movie called "An Inconvenient Truth" which was highly acclaimed by scientists, yet ridiculed by those who opposed any efforts to try and improve the Earth's air and water quality. Even the majority of home owners and householders seemed ignominniously ignorant of the need for recycling, reducing waste, and reusing everyday products. America had become - boastfully - a "disposable society", throwing away everything from styrofoam cups and plastic soda pop bottles to family values and basic morality. It was so much 'convenient' than the 'inconvenient truth' of what the past 150 years of pollution, waste, and debauchery had turned America into: a nation without a moral compass and without concern for the health and welfare of its future societies. "All for One...ME" was the motto. "Looking out for #1" was the creed.
On all fronts - economic, ecological, political and personal - America had been dangerously, speedily racing toward the edge of a cliff which would cause the greatest socioeconomic experiment in the history of the world to collapse. And, until January 17, 2008, no one really seemed to care. That's what the O.U.T.R.A.G.E. band of revolutionists understood; that was what - now - the rest of the citizenry was beginning to understand.
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