The Balkanization of America (15 page)

“How shall I address you?”

“Call me John.”

“John, I believe we have to crash DC’s entire network, we need to inflict them with enough pain that they come to the table.”

“General, we agree on inflicting a high pain level. However, we believe there are other ways to inflict such pain. In accordance with our partnership agreement, we’re asking you to allow us to increase their pain level. We don’t want tens of thousands of computers destroyed. They can’t be quickly replaced when the government is restructured.”

“John, In accordance with our partnership, I’ll agree to cancel the EMP attack if your organization can bring down their networks.”

John smiles an evil grin responding, “General; we can bring down anyone’s network, including yours. Thank you for your understanding, and, by the way, we think your kick-off meeting went very well.”

“I wasn’t aware any of your people attended.”

“We didn’t have to.”

The two men stand and shake hands. General Brownstone thinks to himself he has to get his network checked again. He calls his aide to join him. “Captain, I just added a visitor from Anonymous, they don’t want us to attack DC with EMP weapons. I agreed to their request, with the agreement they will crash and keep down the government’s many networks. By the way, they informed me they listened to our kickoff meeting, how did they do this? I want all of our computers checked. I also want our most secret messages to be hand delivered.”

“Sir, hand delivering messages will add time to our schedule we don’t have.”

“I know, however, losing time is better than opening all of our secrets to our new partner whom I don’t fully trust.”

“Yes, sir. I’ll inform the Admiral the cruise missile attack is off the table.”

“Thank you.”

Chapter 14

The separation widens between those supporting and those against the President. The disagreements are heated quickly turning violent. Fist fights break out in offices and retail stores all over the country. Many employers start separating workers by which side of the discussion they support. Some employers decide to lay off workers who support one side or the other of the national debate. Some national chain stores run commercials inviting both sides to shop in their stores saying they are neutral on the ongoing national debate. This hurts their sales as both sides decide the chains lack the moral fortitude to take a position on the argument. Target is one of the chains to announce they won’t take a side, sixteen of their stores are set on fire, both sides claim responsibility. Macy’s flagship store in New York City is hit by a flash mob of 300 people who loot the store’s high-end pocketbooks, some selling for upwards of $4,000 each. The fine jewelry case is smashed; most of the jewelry is stolen. By the time, the NYC police arrive over two hundred thousand dollars of merchandise has been stolen, and tens of thousands of dollars in damage done. Macys decides to close its flagship store until they can arrange private armed security guards for the store. A major food fight breaks out in a Burger King just outside Madison Alabama; the fire department has to be called to turn fire hoses on to the people inside the restaurant. As the food covered “warriors” leave the restaurant the fighting continues in the parking lot, three people have to be taken to the hospital with broken bones. Shopping malls start closing due to flash mobs. Fighting breaks out among customers and store workers. There was a single event that got the attention of the national broadcast media. The event took place in San Marcos California; a fight broke out between the supporters for and against President Obsma inside a movie theater, and somehow the theater caught fire. The fighting became so engrossing the moviegoers didn’t notice the fire until it was too late, in all 134 people died in the fire. The media reported the fire without mentioning who started it.

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Anonymous next targets the national banking ATM machine network. Some people discover much to their joy; their bank accounts have increased, and in some cases the super rich find their accounts are empty. Some in the upper ranks of government find they’re instantly poor. People in certain far left-leaning communities find they're now broke. Many of the elites discover their life savings are gone, the banks say the records show the funds were transferred to other accounts and other banks. All the banks can say is funds were transferred in and out of people’s accounts from a number of different locations. Anonymous transferred small amounts of money from thousands of accounts into others. They issued a message saying, “President Obsma wanted income equality; hence, we decided to assist him. In one evening, we redistributed America’s wealth.”

One particular liberal filmmaker who’s famous for making fictional documentary films learns his fortune that yesterday was over $400 million is now down to $1.76. He starts screaming at the ATM machine in Beverly Hills. He’s very proud of his anti-gun films; he also carries an unregistered 32 caliber snub nose revolver which he uses to shoot the ATM machine. Two of the bullets bounce off of the hardened steel of the ATM hitting a person waiting in line to use the machine. An off-duty LA police officer also in line sees the producer pull out a gun and start firing, he sees the person three ahead of him fall screaming. The officer thinks the producer shot the bystander; he tells the famous producer to drop his weapon. “Do you know who the fuck I am?”

“I don’t care who you are, just drop your weapon and raise your hands.”

“I’ll do nothing of the sort, this machine, this bank just stole hundreds of millions from me.”

The producer doesn’t think about the small handgun in his hand. He turns to face the off-duty officer who’s holding his service pistol, the officer thinks the producer is going to fire at him, the officer fires first hitting the producer in the chest with three jacketed hollow point 9 mm bullets, instantly killing the producer.

When Beverly Hills police cars arrive, the officer explains what happened, the on scene senior officer listens to the eyewitness,' and he determines the officer was on the right to open fire. He tells the officer, “Go to your station, fill out the gun shooting report, you’re on paid suspension, however, I’ll file a report that you acted to save the lives of these people and yourself from the producer who carried an illegal firearm. Such a shame, he made some crappy movies, he’ll be missed by himself.”

Smiling, the off-duty officer says, “Thank you, sir.”

“Officer, you’re a hero, you saved the lives of these people, don’t thank me, I should be thanking you.”

The FDIC decides it has no choice but to tell the banks to close their ATM machines until the accounts can be sorted out. Years ago banks cut back on the number of tellers to reduce costs. They pushed people into using the ATM machines by charging customers to see a live teller. Now that the ATMs are unreliable the banks aren’t staffed to assist the mass of people who jam the banks only to discover it’s not just the ATM network that’s corrupted, it’s the banks records themselves. The FDIC and the Department of the Treasury announce a three-day bank holiday to give them time to sort out the real balances in people’s accounts. One major headache is the people who withdrew the money they didn’t own. People find themselves without any cash. With their accounts liquidated, they can’t use their debit cards, or make payments on their credit cards or mortgages and other bills. The panic deepens across the country. Violence increases when people try to steal food to feed their families and fuel for their cars. The National Master Card and Visa networks decide to suspend all of their cards due to the banking crises. Without cash or credit the panic deepens.

To increase panic among people, Anonymous hacks the Government payment system, issuing benefit deposits in the amount of $1.00 to all welfare benefit holders. Their accounts are marked paid for the month. People are excited when they realize a deposit has been made, only to get angrier when they see the amount of the deposit. Millions take to the streets protesting the government.

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That evening, at 7:00 PM EDT, President Obsma takes to the internet to announce, “My fellow American’s the recent events have been very hard on all of us. There’s no reason we fellow Americans are fighting each other; there’s no reason we can’t all just get along with each other. My policies are designed to create a new and safer America for our children. My policies are working; unemployment is down, people are earning more, and almost everyone in the country has health insurance. Education is free for all from preschool to a college degree. How can anyone disagree with these policies? To disagree with them is to be un-American. To disagree is to say you’re not in favor of a better future for our children. Everyone should put politics aside and look at my policies for the good they are doing. I call upon the group that calls itself Anonymous to release its hold on our broadcasting. I call upon the members of Anonymous to allow the people to decide for themselves what is in their best interests. I call upon the members of the disbanded US Marines to stop fighting my policies, to lay down your illegal arms. You’re used to following orders from your commander in chief that is me, as such I’m ordering you to turn yourselves in. You will receive the mental help you need. You will receive education to help you assimilate into a new America.

If you attempt to fight us, you will be hunted down and brought to justice. If we have to hunt you down, justice will be swift and harsh. America is changing, adapt to it, and change with us; I welcome you to be a part of the new America. Everyone, it’s time to come together and make peace with each other. I’ve outlawed the racist Tea Party; Congress is going to restart soon, and I’m already working with the Speaker of the House and the Leader of the Senate who have both sworn to be supportive so we can return some degree of normalcy.

Each of us should go back to work, each of us has to respect each other's opinions, we are Americans we have always changed with the times, change is a natural process of nature. If we don’t change we’d still be using quill pens, there will be no internet, no television, no airplanes. I’m reminded of a saying I learned many years ago, the only constant in life is change. Change is normal; I’m pleading, yes pleading with every American to accept change for the good it’s bringing to our children’s future.  Change is always difficult at first. At one time people thought, people knew the Earth was flat, people believed there wasn’t any human-caused climate change today we all know better; these are examples of change, change that was hard to accept at first and is now the known truth. As a country we’ve overcome many issues, we’ve grown, we’ve matured, we can work together to build a better America for our children.” Before the President can complete his speech, the power in Washington DC is cut. The White House battery powered alarm's sound. Four Secret Service agents push in the Oval Office door; they grab the President dragging him to the elevator to the bunker under the White House. President Obsma yells, “What the hell is going on? What happened? Where are you taking me?”

“Sir, the power in all of Washington DC is out, it was intentionally cut we have to assume this is the start of an assault. We have to get you to safety.”

“How is the elevator going to work without power?”

“The emergency generators are cutting in; we’re having some problems with two of them, seems there’s water in their fuel tanks. We’ll worry about how the water got into the tanks later; our first task is your protection.”

“I didn’t get to complete my speech; the people will worry something horrible has happened to me, I need to assure the people I’m all right. If they think the racists have harmed me, there’s going to be bloodshed. I’m the people’s elected leader to bring America into the future. I must complete my address before it’s too late.”

“Mr. President, once you’re safe in the bunker we’ll see about getting you back on the air…”

Before the lead, Secret Service agent can complete his sentence new alarms sound. One of the agents listens to his ear bud, saying, “incoming planes. Stingers have been deployed to the roof; two Patriot air defense missile batteries are online, they're operating on their backup generators. Looks like a flight of C130s, thinking either gunships or we’re about to have a bunch or visitors drop in on us.”

The senior agent yells, “Bring those planes down before they get close enough to either attack us or drop paratroops. Tell the patriots they are free to fire.”

President Obsma is trying to break free of the agents; he yells, “What’s happening? I’m the President; someone tells me what’s happening!”

While still half dragging and half carrying the President, the lead Secret Service agent responds “Mr. President there are incoming airplanes, these could be gunships that can tear the White House apart or drop paratroops on us.”