Fly on the Wall

“Good job! We Got’em”
“Right where we wanted them . . .”
“They never saw it coming.”
“They saw it, but didn’t know what it was.”
“Like watching a kid doing a handstand on a basket ball.”
“Opps! Missed that landing! Ha! H!”
“Pick yourself up, son. “
“You can go at it again”
“But, we’ll keep this ball. Hahahahahah!”
“How did we do it?”
“You know the old saying. Keep ‘em barefoot, hungry, scared and pregnant and they’ll follow you to hell!
“You can’t talk like that today.”
“Just a metaphor”
“SHHHHHHHHHH! Quiet. He’s coming.”
“He’s speaking.”
“He looks good, don’t you think?"
"Yeah, he's got that look"
"That's ma' prez."

HE moves to the podium, pauses until the hushed silence. He speaks in a soft almost inaudible voice.

“I told you we could do it!”
“First, we we create plans and have them in place.”
“Then, we create subtle incremental victories.”
“These victories are measured and controlled by the management of fear indexes”
“For example, children should go to sleep worrying about things they never heard of nor understand”
“As we move toward our goals, anxiety becomes a part of the physical and psychological barometers by which we leverage our victories.”

A hand is raised to ask a question.

Q: “Sir, when or what was the first Victory.”
A: “The ground was laid several years before I arrived on the scene. All implementation plans were laid out. All we needed were the incremental Incidents.” The first Big One! The Hole in the Ground.

Long silence. Mutterings throughout the crowd

"What was the Hole in the Ground?!
“Was? Still is!
“Matter of fact, there were of two of them.”
“Oh! I get it.”

Q: “Mr. President. Exactly, where are we now”
A: “The last hand is being played even now. The surprise you heard of, expected, and doubted is here. Today their hands will fold. With one last full house, look at what we have accomplished.
We Privatized Social Security, education, health care, and highways
Cleaned out the treasury with a jackpot $700 billion dollars Golden Parachute
We managed it with no legal or private oversight
We passed legislation to protect Our Managers from any form of criminal culpability, and this protection is grandfathered to include any previous acts.
We made permanent the tax breaks that continue to stimulate the economy and created Three Banks that will manage our empire
We have shuttered descent by nationalizing the National Guard and sending them to fight terrorists abroad
We shut down avenues for dissemination of information that runs counter to our objectives
We then privatized the military and they can now be deployed anywhere in the world, either at home or abroad.
Recently we have deployed some of these good men to political rallies, voting places and other disruptive demonstrations that ran counter to our objectives.“

"I saw a picture of a building at the Los Angeles Times recently. It had a quote from Patrick Henry. He said, “Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without papers, or papers without a government, I would not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”

Mumblings heard from the crowd“Patrick Henry? Who’s He?”
“I donno”
“Jefferson! It was Thomas Jefferson who said that.”
“He rewrote it.”
"He didn't rewrite it, he just didn't remember it"

Chuckles from the crowd. President Continues.

I disagree with Patrick Henry. A great American but , , ,
“Huh, Huh, He’s doing it again.”
“So?”
“I believe, with most of the American people, that the press has been the enemy …”
“What’s this? Where is he going with this?”
Scattered applause heard throughout the gathering. The President raises his hand for quiet.
“We have a need to erect a monument to some of the brave men who are now guarding our borders, polling places, university campuses and retention centers throughout our great country. This quote from Patrick ….”
Shouted from the crowd
“Thomas Jefferson! You $$%^@head!

A commotion in the midst of the crown and a small huddle of uniformed soldiers are seen headed toward an exit. A hushed silence ensues.

“This quote from Patrick Henry! . . . From Patrick Henry!. . . It will be replaced by a monument to the Guardians of our Freedoms.”

A commotion in the midst of the crown and a small huddle of uniformed soldiers are seen headed toward an exit. A hushed silence ensues

“There is one last thing. Some of you might be aware that there was a clause inserted into a bill and signed by the House and the Senate during the period of the creation of the Patriots Act. It gives the President the power to declare a National Emergency. In such an event, he can suspend the constitution, declare Marshall Law, and suspend the powers of the Supreme Court as well as the Congress. The National Emergency will continue until The President, in his wisdom, determines that stability has been restored. “

“I was going to wait until October, but What the F(*_&$%$%! “
“If you'll pardon me, I have to go and . . . give some.”
“God bless you and god bless America! “

The President looks at the body of his followers and then tracks them to his left. He espies an insect crawling up the wall. Irritated, he points to a minion who immediately produces a can of mace and dispatches the fly with one sweep. As fumes drifted toward The President he turns, walking back down the red carpet.

Soto voce mutterings throughout the room

"What just happened?"
"Ah dunno! Whadda you think?"
“Did you see McCain on TV today.”
“No.”
“He might have had a little stroke”
"When’s October?"