BIG SMOKE. CEDAR CREEK. BIG SKY. APPROACHABLE GIRL NEXT DOOR. ARCTIC FOX. PETTY CREEK. FISH CREEK ROAD. ROAD KING. YOUR LAST MILE IS OUR PRIORITY. MONTANA FOOTBALL EXIT 96. SNAPPED. STICK'EM UP FOR A BUCK. YOU'VE GOT ME SMILING. FOR WHAT MATTERS. YOU NEVER KNOW HOW STRONG YOU ARE UNTIL BEING STRONG IS THE ONLY CHOICE YOU HAVE. --BOB MARLEY. WILDLIFE CROSSING. OSBURN. MONTANA BAR. ALL-IN-ONE-FAMILY-STOP. EXPERIENCE VILLAGE. SILVER REALTY LEGACY. STEEP GRADES. HISTORICAL MARKERS. SALTESE. SPOKANE PRODUCE. WATCH FOR ICE. WATCH FOR ROCK. HAUGAN. GOLCONDA. GOLD CREEK ROAD. RODE KING. WILSON LOGISTICS. RYDER. MORNING DISTRICT. XPOLOGIX. LME. LOOKOUT PASS. CHAIN UP AREA. END CHAIN UP. BULLY. TURNOUT. THE FORCE BEHIND THE FORCE. PROTECT MUELLER. NO MAN IS ABOVE THE LAW. REPEAL & REPLACE TRUMP. UNTIL THE NEW DEMOCRATIC HOUSE MEMBERS ARE SWORN IN, WE THE PEOPLE ARE IT! THE DEMOCRATIC BLUE WAVE WAS THE LARGEST IN THE LAST 40 YEARS! INCLUDING THE TEA PARTY BY A LARGE MARGIN! GERRYMANDERING LIMITED THE AFFECT. OPEN RANGE. STILL A FEW RACES TOO CLOSE TO CALL. SOME ARE CANDIDATES WHO HAD CONCEDED. CONGRATS TO SENATOR TESTER. SENATOR, BILL NELSON OF FLORIDA? GILLUM? LOOKS LIKE TWO MORE TO CLOSE TO CALL. I HAVEN'T SEEN THE NEWS TODAY OR YESTERDAY--GREYHOUND FROM MISSOULA TO SEATTLE AND BACK! LOL. WE EXITED YOU TO PERMANENT HOUSING? ONCE YOU ARE IN A PROGRAM, YOU CAN'T LEAVE AND COME BACK. I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS IN A PROGRAM. I AM NOT IN PERMANENT HOUSING. SISTERS ARE. EX-BFF IS. MIGHT WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON USING ME TO GET THEIR ASSES HOUSING, WHILE BEING KICKED OUT OF "THE PROGRAM" I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS IN? OH, WELL. HOOKED UP WITH SOME HOT MARINE FROM KALISPELL, MONTANA, ON CRAIGSLIST. LOL. SOOOOO TEMPTED. LOL. DON'T DO IT JOANN! THIS DUDE HAD QUIT THE ENTICING ADVERTISEMENT FOR HIS SHARED HOUSING SITUATION. TOTALLY HORNY FOR THIS. FUCK, I WAS HORNY JUST RESPONDING IN THE EMAIL. LIKE I NEED ANOTHER KILLLING MACHINE IN MY LIFE! HE DOES HAVE A GYM IN HIS BASEMENT. HOT PIC MIGHT GET ME MORE THAN MOTIVATED! WE'LL SEE. IT IS AGAINST MY BETTER JUDGEMENT. LAST TIME IN KALI, MOTEL BOMB, AND ASSASSINS OUTSIDE MY DOOR AT THE ECONOLODGE ON THE 4TH OF JULY 2017. MMMMMM. BETTER THINK THIS ONE OVER. HOT ADVENTURE, THOUGH. LIVE DANGEROUSLY. CREATE SOME MISCHIEF! WHO WINS. MY GOOD ANGEL. OR? SMILE. FUN THOUGHTS ALL DAY. OPEN RANGE. I LOVE THE NEW KOHL'S CHRISTMAS AD--CHICK RIDING ON A HORSE WITH DUDES CHASING HER, THROWING CHRISTMAS PRESENTS AS SHE RIDES, ACROSS THE OPEN RANGE, CATCHING UP WITH THE TRAIN--LEAPING OFF THE HORSE TO JUMP TO SAFETY IN A BOX CAR! MY KIND OF GAL. HOW DID A GAL LIKE YOU GET TO BE A GAL LIKE YOU? SWINK. A FEW OTHER CLEVER ADS. THE NEW DOMINOS PIZZA, OR DOM APP. DAD ORDERING ALL THE $5.00 STUFF, TEXTING THE REST OF THE FAMILY FROM CHEERLEADERS TO STUDIOUS SON, TO MOM, TEACHING MATH! SCREAM. AS TEACHER MOM, RACES FROM THE MATH ROOM, GATHERING HER FOLDERS AND PURSE, SHE, YELLS TO HER MATH STUDENTS--YOU WON'T NEED THIS STUFF ANYWAY! LOL. I HAVE NEVER USED ALGEBRA. GEOMETRY DONALD DUCK SHOOTING POOL FILM, IS EXACTLY WHAT I USED GEOMETRY FOR . . . BEATING MEN, GENERALLY AT POOL, USING THE ANGLES TO HIT THE POCKETS! LOL. THERE IS ANOTHER REALLY FUN ONE, BUT, I CAN'T THINK OF IT RIGHT NOW! LIKE I SAID--AD AGENCIES ARE GOING TO SAVE THE WORLD! FUN. FUN. FUN! SO TRUTHFUL! LOL. BEST SHAKE EVER. VAN TRANS. DREXEL. SHAMROCK FOODS. TARGET KIDS. PIERONE. GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. SUPERIOR. ICY SPOTS. DRY CREEK ROAD. HOW THE GUN WENT OFF! DURANGO. TARKIO. MAKING BUSINESS PERSONAL. KEEPING BUSINESS MOVING FORWARD. SNAPPED. SWEET PEA SERVICE & SEWER. FRENCHTOWN. HUSON. GRAY. DELIVERED DAILY. NUSSBAUM. CARALLO. NO. IT IS JOSEPHINE THE OUTLAW WITHOUT A CRIME WHO WRITES THIS BLOG! BETTER KNOWN AS MOM TO FOUR OF YOU! KISSES. I WATCHED A FEW EPISODES OF "CHICAGO PD" WHILE AT THE COZY ASPEN MOTEL, A FEW DAYS AGO. THERE IS A DIRTY COP OVER THE INTEL DIVISION. EVERYONE SEES IT. EVERYONE KNOWS IT. INCLUDING IA OR INTERNAL AFFAIRS. THE CHICK IN IA, APPROACHES ONE OF THE REALLY GOOD COPS, AND HANDS HIM A CARD, JUST IN CASE HE NEEDS IT ONE DAY. THE COP SAYS--I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF. SHE SAID, THAT IS RIGHT, BUT WHEN IT COMES TIME TO PUT THE HANDCUFFS ON HIM, CAN YOU DO IT? COULD YOU? TESTED TOUGH. HOW DO I TEACH MY CHILDREN TO BE ABLE TO RISE TO THE OCCASION, BY PAMPERING THEM, CODDLING, OR MAKING THEM PUSSY CATS? I DON'T. BUT THEY WILL. IN THE CHURCH OF THE OPEN MIND. IT IS CRITICAL TO HAVE THE CHURCH OF THE OPEN BODY! BONDING. LOYALTY. DOING THE RIGHT THING IS HARDER WHEN THOSE BOUNDARIES HAVE BEEN CROSSED! YOU NEVER KNOW HOW STRONG YOU ARE UNTIL STRONG IS ALL YOU HAVE. BEST SHAKE EVER. IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, I HAVE BEEN IN ST. GEORGE, UTAH, MISSOULA, MONTANA, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, AND NOW BACK TO MONTANA. STRONG IS ALL I HAVE! I DO & GO. GRAB & GO! OH, I GOT TO TRY THE NEW RESTAURANT IN THE MISSOULA BUS TERMINAL--NINJA MIKE'S THAT I WROTE ABOUT, LAST WEEK. THIS MORNING AS THE JEFFERSON LINES ROLLED INTO MISSOULA, ABOUT, WHAT, 9:00 AM OR SO, I WANTED TO GO TO GET BREAKFAST. SINCE I AM AN EFFICIENCY EXPERT, ALWAYS, LOOKING FOR THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE WAY OR THE FASTEST OR THE SMOOTEST WAY TO GET THINGS ACCOMPLISHED, LIKE GETTING BREAKFAST, THEN BLOGGING, AND GOING TO GET MY TWO DIAMOND STUD EARRINGS AND STAR EARRINGS I LEFT AT THE ASPEN MOTEL--HONEST STAFF, THEN, BACK TO THE POV. WHERE THE DOORS ARE ALWAYS OPEN! THANK GOD! BUT, AS I WAS DECIDING BETWEEN GOING TO BURGER KING ON RESERVE, AS OPPOSED TO BURGER KING ON BROADWAY, THE BUS PULLED INTO THE TERMINAL, AND THERE WERE THE FUN INVITING LIGHTS ON NINJA MIKE'S! HOW PERFECT. I DON'T HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHICH BUS, AT WHAT TIME, I CAN JUST GET BREAKFAST RIGHT HERE! NOVEMBER 24TH IS SMALL BUSINESS DAY! THIS PLACE ROCKS, YUMMY BREAKFAST, FUN ATMOSPHERE, BRIGHT, SUNSHINE COMING THROUGH THE AMPLE WINDOWS, COLORFUL, CLEAN, WITH HOT YOUNG HELP--COLLEGE STUDENTS OR YOUNG GRADS, LIKELY. I HAD A BREAKFAST BURRITO! TASTY TREAT. GREAT HOT SAUCE, AND EITHER PEPSI PRODUCTS FROM THE VENDORS, OR DIET COKE FROM THE VENDING MACHINES! VERY SATISFYING, FAST,, GOOD. BUS IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES AND TOTALLY SATISFIED! KISSES. HOT CHICK AT THE COUNTER, SAID, THEY BUSINESS IS OPENING FOR LUNCH, NOW! THEIR HOURS ARE MONDAY - FRIDAY, 6:30 AM TO 2:00 PM. PARENTS--HEALTHY EASY BREAKFAST ON THE RUN! ONE SUGGESTION. BELLY FULL, BUT LISTENING TO A MOTHER AND HER TWO KIDS ON THE BUS, WHO WANTED TO GO GET SOMETHING TO EAT AT THE NEW PLACE, LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW NEAR THE BUS SIDE, AND THE MOTHER ASKING HER KIDS IF THEY WANTED TO GET LUNCH, LOOKED AND SAID--THEY ARE NOT OPEN. I SAID, NO THEY ARE--I JUST ATE THERE. PUT ANOTHER BRIGHT ORANGE "OPEN" SIGN ON BLACK, ON THE BUS SIDE, LIKE YOU HAVE ON THE CUTE CURB APPEAL FRONT OF YOUR SHOP! CURRENT MENU: (1) BREAKFAST BURRITO; (2) DAILY BAKED SWEET & SAVORY TREATS; (3) MADE TO ORDER: (A) HOMEMADE JAME ON HOMEMADE ENGLISH MUFFINS! (4) BREAKFAST TACOS: (5) BACON OR AVOCADO EGG & CHEESE SANDWICH: (6) GALLO PINTO; (7) POTATO SKILLET; (8) BUILD YOUR OWN SKILLET! IT WILL BE FUN AND DELICIOUS TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE OFFERING FOR LUNCH! LOOKS LIKE THE SHOP IS HOPPING ALREADY! WHEN I FIRST CAME TO MISSOULA OVER FOUR YEARS AGO, THERE USED TO BE A SUBWAY SANDWICH SHOP. WHEN THEY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS, THAT SPACE HAS BEEN OPEN ALL THAT TIME! WHAT A WELCOME SIGHT, TO FILL IT WITH FUN FLAVORS AND CONVENIENCE! THANKS. BUSINESS BEGETS BUSINESS! CLEVER & COOL IDEAS IN SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS THE CITY, STATE AND NATION! SUPPORT THESE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS! THEY ARE THE BACKBONE OF AMERICA! NOT CORPORATE WELFARE! WE NEED A TAX CUT FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS! THEY ACCOUNT FOR THE LION'S SHARE OF NEW JOB CREATION! WHEN THE MIDDLE CLASS THRIVES, SO DOES AMERICA! BEFORE YOU START SHOPPING THE BIG BOX STORES, GO OUT ON NOVEMBER 24TH AND CHECK OUT ALL THE UNIQUE FUN SHOPS IN YOUR HOME TOWN! ALL ACROSS AMERICA THAT IS TRUE! FOR EVERY DOLLAR YOU SPEND LOCALLY, SEVEN DOLLARS ARE CIRCULATED IN YOUR COMMUNITY! KEEP IT LOCAL! KEEP IT WILD! KEEP IT WEIRD, MISSOULA! LOVE IT! NINE MILE ROAD. HISTORIC RANGE ROAD. FUN HISTORY. FUN CULTURE. THINKING ABOUT OPENING A NEW BUSINESS OF YOUR OWN? USE THE COLORFUL PAST AND CREATE FUN NAMES THAT CATCH PEOPLE'S ATTENTION! GOOD JOB, NINJA MIKE! MISSOULA SAW INC. IN THE MISSOULIAN NEWSPAPER THIS MORNING FRONT PAGE COVER ARTICLE SHOWING LOCAL PROTESTERS, MARCHING AGAINST THE FIRING OR FORCED EXIT OF UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL, JEFF SESSIONS--WHO AT LEAST WAS SMART AND ETHICAL ENOUGH TO RECUSE HIMSELF, KNOWING THERE ARE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, BEING A BIG SUPPORTER OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, AND BACKING OFF THE MUELLER RUSSIAGATE INVESTIGATION, SOMETHING THAT HAS PISSED THE TRUMPSTER OFF SINCE DAY ONE, SEEING, SESSIONS AS HIS PROTECTION, NOT THE ATTORNEY FOR THE UNITED STATES AND ITS PEOPLE! SO, JUST WHEN, YOU DIDN'T THINK IT COULD GET WORSE, OR MORE RISKY, FOR MUELLER, TRUMP HIRES, A MAN WHO HAS KNOWN, ISSUES WITH SPECIAL COUNSEL, MUELLER, AND IS A TRUMP LOYALIST, FROM START TO FINISH! THIS IS A BIASED OPINION, AND CAN'T BE TOLERATED, AS THE BOSS OVER DEPUTY, ROD ROSENSTEIN, WHO OVERSEES THE RUSSIAN MEDDLING INVESTIGATION AND MUELLER. THROUGH TRUMP'S FIRING OF COMEY, GETTING RID OF MCCABE, AND NOW SESSIONS, ALL WITNESSES TO SOME OF THE EVENTS IN RUSSIAGATE, TO ME SMACKS OF CLEAR "OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE" AND "CONSPIRACY" TO COLLUDE WITH THE RUSSIANS, WITH TRUMP OUTRIGHT ADMITTED HE WANTED HILLARY CLINTON'S EMAILS HACKED, AND THEY WERE THAT DAY BY RUSSIANS, THAT AFTER FIRING COMEY, MEETING IN CLOSED DOOR SESSIONS WITH SEVERAL RUSSIANS, WHO WERE FORMER TOP SPY AGENTS, NOW CLOSE TO PUTIN AND THE KREMLIN, WITHOUT AMERICAN PRESS THERE, TELLING THE RUSSIANS, BACK SLAPPING AND LAUGHING, THAT THINGS WILL BE MUCH EASIER WITH COMEY GONE, THEN GOING AFTER, BOTH MCCABE, ONCE ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE FBI, AND SESSIONS, THE NEWLY APPOINTED, TRUMP AG, WHO WERE BOTH INVOLVED IN THE DRAFTING OF THE LETTER TO FIRE COMEY, AND WERE ALSO WITNESSES WHEN, TRUMP PULLED COMEY IN THE WHITE HOUSE OVER DINNER, TO TALK ABOUT GOING EASY ON MICHAEL FLYNN OR DROPPING THE INVESTIGATION, AGAINST HIM, AND DEMANDING AN OATH OF LOYALTY FROM COMEY, WHO REFUSED TO DO IT! THEN, WE HAVE THE FIRING OF DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE U.S. ATTORNEYS OFFICE, BEFORE SESSIONS WAS APPOINTED, SALLY Q. YATES, TOO--WHO TRIED TO ALERT, BOTH, V.P. PENCE, WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL, MCGAHN, TO GET TO THE PRESIDENT, AND THEN SHE IS FIRED FOR DOING HER JOB? THIS THING STINKS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM AND THE FISH ROTS FROM THE TOP DOWN! I HAVE SAID, MANY TIMES, IF YOU CAN SOLVE MY CASE, YOU WILL ALSO SOLVE THE TRUMP RUSSIAN THING! I KNOW THE PEOPLE BEHIND TRUMP, STARTING BACK IN 2011! THESE PEOPLE CREATES MOKE SCREENS, MIRRORS, AND USE TRICKS AND GAMES, TO STACK THE DECK, NOW FOR THE PRESIDNET, JUST LIKE THEY DO FOR THEMSELVES AGAINST ME . . . BEING ABLE, ABETTED, AND HELPED, STEAL BILLIONS OF BLOGGING MONEY, CASES, BUT WHAT IS WORSE THAN THAT, IS THEM HIDING BEHIND THE RUSSIANS, CREATING THE RUSSIAN BOOGIE MAN! THAT IS TOO SIMPLE AND EASY! ONE MAN, A 74 YEAR OLD VET, INTERVIEWED, THIS MORNING IN THE MISSOULAIN, SAID, HE HAS NEVER BEEN SO FRIGHTENED FOR AMERICA, SINCE HE WAS IN VIETNAM, THAN HE IS NOW! WHY? I AM READING A BOOK, NOW CALLED THE "MACHIAVELLI COVENANT" AND IN THE OPENING FEW DAYS OF THE BOOK, THERE IS A SENATOR'S WIFE, WHO IS LAYING ON HER DEATH BED, DYING FAR TOO YOUNG, AFTER SEEING THE PLANE, THAT, HER HUSBAND AND FATHER, WERE ON, BLOW UP! SHE FINALLY GETS A FEW THINGS OUT, ABOUT HER UNTIMELY DEATH AND HER HUSBAND AND SON'S MURDERS, COVERED AS IF A PLANE CRASH, AND, SHE MENTIONS A DOCTOR'S NAME TO HER OLD, HIGH SCHOOL LOVER, FORMER COP, WHO GOES TO FIND THE DOCTOR, ONLY TO SEE HER BLOW HER BRAINS OUT, RATHER THAN, DEAL WITH THEM. THE ONE THING, THAT, THE DEAD FRIEND, SAID, WAS, "THE CA ". .. KAY IS THE NAME OF THE BITCH, WHO WAS, GIVEN, MY $357.6 SECURITIES CASE, AFTER I HAD IT WON! THIS GROUP STARTED STEALING MY SONS' MUSIC MONEY, PLAYED AT THE CONSERVATIVE CONVENTION, WHEN TRUMP FIRST GOT THE NOMINATION, OR SO IT SEEMED WITH THE ISRAELI'S HELP, FOLLOWED BY THE RUSSIANS . . . KAY BURNINGHAM, AKA, ONE OF THE "MINI-ME'S" USED TO LIVE IN BOULDER, COLORADO, WHERE THE CONVENTION WAS HELD! IT ALL ADDS UP! BUT IN THIS BOOK, IT DESCRIBES, THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THESE PEOPLE LOOK FOR TO HELP STACK THE DECK, JUST LIKE TRUMP IS NOW, AND WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE, THEIR MAKE-UP, ON STEROIDS, WITH MY BLOGGING MONEY, AS MONOPOLY MONEY! ART IMITATES LIFE, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. MOST WRITERS, WRITE THEIR NOVELS AS FICTION, BUT THEY ARE BASED ON TRUE STORIES AND FACTS! THIS SHOULD SCARE THE SHIT OUT OF YOU . . . THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN BACK IN 2009, I BELIEVE, BUT THIS EFFORT, HAS BEEN GOING ON FOREVER, AND IT IS TRUE! I THOUGHT, I WAS READING, THIS BOOK AS IF IT WAS TODAY! SOME EXCERPTS.

INTRO--MACHIAVELLI THE PRINCE OF WAR

The Prince

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This article is about the book by Niccolò Machiavelli. For other uses, see Prince (disambiguation).

The Prince

Title page of a 1550 edition
Author	Niccolò Machiavelli
Original title	De Principatibus / Il Principe
Country	Italy
Language	Italian
Subject	Political science
Genre	Non-fiction
Publisher	Antonio Blado d'Asola.
Publication date	1532
Followed by	Discourses on Livy

The Prince (Italian: Il Principe [il ˈprintʃipe]) is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. From correspondence a version appears to have been distributed in 1513, using a Latin title, De Principatibus (Of Principalities).^[1] However, the printed version was not published until 1532, five years after Machiavelli's death. This was done with the permission of the Medici pope Clement VII, but "long before then, in fact since the first appearance of The Prince in manuscript, controversy had swirled about his writings".^[2]

Although it was written as if it were a traditional work in the mirrors for princes style, it is generally agreed that it was especially innovative. This is only partly because it was written in the vernacular Italian rather than Latin, a practice which had become increasingly popular since the publication of Dante's Divine Comedy and other works of Renaissance literature.^[3][4]

The Prince is sometimes claimed to be one of the first works of modern philosophy, especially modern political philosophy, in which the effective truth is taken to be more important than any abstract ideal. It was also in direct conflict with the dominant Catholic and scholastic doctrines of the time concerning politics and ethics.^[5][6]

Although it is relatively short, the treatise is the most remembered of Machiavelli's works and the one most responsible for bringing the word "Machiavellian" into usage as a pejorative. It even contributed to the modern negative connotations of the words "politics" and "politician" in western countries.^[7] In terms of subject matter it overlaps with the much longer Discourses on Livy, which was written a few years later. In its use of near-contemporary Italians as examples of people who perpetrated criminal deeds for politics, another lesser-known work by Machiavelli which The Prince has been compared to is the Life of Castruccio Castracani.

The descriptions within The Prince have the general theme of accepting that the aims of princes – such as glory and survival – can justify the use of immoral means to achieve those ends:^[8]

He who neglects what is done for what ought to be done, sooner effects his ruin than his preservation.^[9]

EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK, "THE MACHIAVELLI COVENANT" BY ALLAN FOLSOM

PAGE 83 . . . Not forgotten in all this necessary political "forward motion" was the incident aboard Air Force One on the flight to Berlin.  He could still fell the numbing chill of Dr. James Marshall's proposal to assassinate the president of France and the chancellor of Germany.  To be replaced with leaders we can trust, now and in the future.  Followed by Jake Lowe's bold statement, There are such people, Mr. President.  And then Marshall's It can be done, sir, and rather quickly.  You'd be surprised.

PAGE 110-111 . . . And as the minutes and hours ticked away before Richard finally called, his anxiety level had risen almost to bursting.  What would he do if they abandoned him?  go back to Arizona and the meager life he'd lived thee before they'd found him?  It would be as if he'd been given another chance and failed again, then, let go for reasons that were not his fault at all, the same as had happened so many times before.  

     It seemed as if it was his damnation--hard worker, always on time, never complaining, but let go in a few months anyway for reasons never made clear.  It had all been hands-dirty sweatwork: warehouseman, truck driver, short-order cook, security guard; in his entire life he had never held a job for more than fifteen months.  And then this wonderful opportunity had come along, and with it growing respect and first-class travel to cities he had never dreamed of.  And now the thought of losing it.  Oh, God!  The awful shadow of that possibility burned in his guts.  fear and despair twisted inside hm with each passing minute.  Too often he looked as the silent phone on the bed next to him.  A phone that should have rung hours before but hadn't.  Then, finally, mercifully, it did ring and he snatched it up to hear the comfort of Richard's voice bringing him back into the fold.  Afterward, when he'd clicked off, he let out a deep breath and relaxed, even smiled.  

     Everything he knew was still alright.

PAGE 134, 135 . . . The president's eyes left Marshall and swung to the others.  Every one of them stared back at him in silence.  and that included his long-time political adviser and close friend, Jake Lowe, and his dear host, Evan Byrd.

     "Jesus, God," he breathed.  He had no friends here, none at all.  Again he heard Jake Lowe's words.  Before . . . our people were not yet in place.  Now they are.

     And before they did't have the weapons they needed.

     Now they did.

     "What you are planning is some kind of biological warfare.  Against what, the Muslim states?"

     "Mr. President."  Vice President Hamilton Rogers crossed in front of the Marshall.  rogers was blond with dark savage eyes, ten years his junior and far more  conservative.  The truth was he had fought against having him as a running mate, feeling he was much too conservative, but had finally given in to the pressure of Lowe who had convinced him Rogers was the man to push the vote over.  Now he knew why.  Rogers was one of them.  Whoever they were.

     "For the security of the nation we are asking you to authorize the physical elimination of the president of France and the chancellor of Germany.  Please give us that authorization."

     In that instant President Harris knew that if he didn't go along with everything they wanted, they would kill him.  And then, by law, the vice president would become president and authorize the killings anyway.  Looking at them--who they were, the offices they represented, the vast connections they had--he realized that from top to bottom there was no one he dared trust.  No one.  Even his private secretary, who had been with him for nearly twenty years, had to be suspect.  the same with his Secret Service protectors, and that included his SAIC, Hap Daniels.  What he needed was time to find some way out, to find some way to stop them and whatever horrifying Armageddon they were planning.

THIS IS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT, WHEN I TALK THE "DEEP STATE!"

THESE GUYS EXIST!

THEY ARE WHO HAVE BEEN TRYING TO KILL ME, AS I HAVE TRIED TO TRAIN AND INFORM YOU!

GO FIGURE.  I AM A CONSTITUTIONAL LAW ATTORNEY, PATRIOT, VETERAN OF DOMESTIC WARS FOR 25 YEARS?

FIRST THEY BREAK YOU, THEN, THEY REMAKE YOU!

LOOK AT TRUMP'S BEHAVIOR TOWARDS OUR FRIENDS, OUR ALLIES, AND OUR FORMER FOES.  WHY FRANCE AND GERMANY?  WHY NOT RUSSIA AND CHINA?

THEY WANT NEW GEOPOLITICAL BOUNDARIES AND FRIENDS!

THAT NEW WORLD POPPY BUSH AND BUSH JR. TALKED OF!

THINK THE PATRIOT ACT OVER THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION!

THINK THE WORLD, OF THE OPEN MIND AND OPEN BODY!

FASCISM WILL COME WITH THE FLAG AROUND ITS NECK, AND A CROSS ON ITS CHEST!

WE ARE SO FAR INTO THIS THING, THAT IT WOULD SCARE THE BIGIBBIES OUT OF YOU.  25 YEARS AGO, WHILE I WAS IN LAW SCHOOL, MY, COP, FBI AGENT, BOYFRIEND, PRETENDING TO BE ALL ABOUT THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, BUT TRYING TO GET ME TO NOT ONLY DROP OUT OF LAW SCHOOL, BUT, FUCK THE CONSTITUTION, A DEAD DOCUMENT, ALREADY A SINKING SHIP?

I HAVE FOUGHT VALIANTLY, ALONE, FOR THE MOST PART, TO BRING THAT MAGNIFICIENT DOCUMENT, WITH SO MUCH FORESIGHT, WE ARE JUST REALIZING, BALANCE OF POWER, AND A WALL OF SEPARATION BETWEEN THE BRANCHES, JUST HOW, INSPIRED, THOSE BRILLIANT MEN WERE!

YOU BET, I WOULD GIVE AND ALMOST HAVE, BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD, GIVEN MY LIFE FOR, AS MANY HAVE, YOU KNOW AND LOVE!

DON'T LET THE SACRIFICE BE IN VAIN.

THEY HAVE MY DAILY MONOPOLY MONEY!  ABOUT $30 MILLION OR MORE PER DAY!

THINK WHO THEY CAN BUY AND WHAT DESTRUCTION THEY CAN REAP!

SOME TOLD ME, YEARS AGO, THIS COUNTRY WAS DOOMED!

IN THE 25 YEAR FIGHT . . . I HAVE "NEVER" BEEN SO ENCOURAGED!

FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT!

KISSES. LOVES. HUGS.

YOU NEVER KNOW HOW STRONG YOU ARE UNTIL STRONG IS ALL YOU HAVE!