The Convention of States

by on September 10, 2020 at 12:01 am
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The old Federal government did not accept being Impeached by the Convention of States and continued to meet as before. The old House passed bills in their chambers. The old Senate approved them in their chambers. The old President signed them aboard Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, and the remains of the old Supreme Court passed down their rulings as before. They declared the Convention of States and all of its works unconstitutional and ordered that America ignore them. It was an audacious plan. Continue to meet as normal and demand everybody act as if they were still the official government. It could have worked, but they lacked the funding to support it, and relatively few parts of American actually followed their directives as time went on.

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The Convention of States

by on September 9, 2020 at 12:01 am
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The Convention of States chose to deal with the Federal government by Impeaching most of the Federal government and reducing the roles it would be allowed to perform in the future. The States then selected new Senators, who elected from amongst their number the man who would become the next President. The Convention also called for new elections for the House of Representatives. Some regions refused to run or legitimize them, and multiple organized movements materialized to disrupt the State elections that did run. The vast majority of the elections managed to provide a result satisfactory to the their populations though, and a new class of Representatives moved to Camp David where the military had just completed their temporary offices. The new Federal government was complete. Mostly. Partially. Sufficient unto the needs of the day. Functional at a minimal level. It was a slap dash, barely constitutional, affair held together more by hope and the determination of the Convention of States that it had to work better than the previous Federal government had in the end.

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The Martian Affair

by on September 8, 2020 at 12:01 am
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I’ve recently published The Martian Affair. It takes things all the way back to 2080, and showcases Jack’s father doing what the man raised Jack to adulthood (of a kind) does best. Take a gander if you want to see what that is. 😉

And yes, this is another quality cover by the amazing Stephen Huda. Buy a few copies of the story so I can keep hiring him to make more beautiful art like this. Hehehe.

The Martian Affair is available at your favorite ebook publishers all over the world. Probably. I know it’s available at a lot of them. More than I’ve tracked down so far, but I’ll provide some links that I know work if you don’t like hunting around.

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The Martian Affair is available at the following retailers

Amazon

Barnes and Noble

Apple Books

Kobo

Smashwords

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Law and Order

by on September 7, 2020 at 12:01 am
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Our society is built on the idea of Law and Order. There are laws written to promote the public order, and those who violate them will be punished if found guilty. No matter who they are. Rich or poor. This system was built in answer to an abuse of Law and Order by the British, and is the foundation of the society we have built in America.

And yet some of our citizens protest now, saying that the system oppresses them rather than protects them. They point to alarming examples of abuse where they live, and demand change. And the vast majority of Americans agree with them. Such examples of abuse should be punished to reduce the chances that such abuses become acceptable and commonplace.

We do not want to see people getting killed in the street. Or people’s houses broken into without warning and their residents killed. We all agree that this is bad and that reforms must take place. For the good of all Americans. Because one of us oppressed is all of us oppressed.

That is why Law and Order works. If we all accept the law, and we all accept the consequences of breaking the law, then order for everyone is achieved. A civil society is achieved. A society where we all have a chance to succeed on our own merits. Our own plans. Our own initiative. Without someone else taking it from us.

The key here is to reform those areas where these abuses take place so they can rise to the level of those parts of America where they don’t take place. A rising tide raises all ships after all. I do not wish to see all of America sink to the level of these areas. I like living in a place where such abuse is rare and not tolerated. Where Law and Order is enshrined and accepted. I want all of us to live in such an America. I fervently hope we can make the needed reforms, in the places most in need of such reforms, to make certain the American Dream is extended to all of our people.

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The Convention of States

by on September 6, 2020 at 12:01 am
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The old President did not accept his Impeachment at the hands of the Convention of States. He stepped out of Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews and ordered the military to close down the temporary offices for the new Congress at Camp David. The new President responded by stepping out of the White House and noting that it is an American tradition that the military stay non-partisan and not engage in political conflict. He uttered an order to follow this tradition for those willing to listen to him, but said that he understood the sense of duty that may require some to follow the orders of the previous President. The vast majority followed his order, though some attempted to heed the other orders, most from the various bases near Washington D.C.. The Marine Corps had to deal with nightly infiltration attempts at both the White House and Camp David, and both resembled war zones for months as the Washington Resistance used every weapon at their disposal in an attempt to drive the new government out of the district. Both perimeters held, but the rioters burned every building around them to the ground and scorched the very landscape down to bare earth.

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