TYRANT: The Rise (28 page)

“I’m going with you,” Pastor Price said to Nathan as the HMMWVs came rolling in.

“But you have a wife and two daughters to look after,” Nathan said to him.

“I’ve already talked it over with them. They understand that they won’t have a life without the freedom that comes with it. They won’t be taken prisoner and made to die in some wretched prison camp.”

Nathan could see the resolve in his eyes. Rory had made eye contact with Nathan and he wasn’t letting go.

“Alrighty then. Give them a kiss good-bye. We’re not sure when we’ll be back.”

Rory turned and kneeled down next to his kids.

The HMMWVs were now parked next to them and waiting for everybody to load up.

Rory looked into his little daughters’ eyes. Each of them was crying, but the memory of their talk was still fresh in their minds. The wind was blowing their blonde hair into their faces. The fine strands were sticking to their cheeks because of their tears. Rory kept wiping them away, but they kept pouring from their eyes. He kissed each of them on the forehead and wiped their tears one last time.

Rory stood up and kissed his wife and hugged her passionately before he opened the door and stepped into the convoy. As they drove away, Rory looked at his family, and they never took their eyes off of him until he disappeared out of their sight.

Along the way, the convoy pulled over for a man standing on the side of the road next to a broken-down white Chevy Impala.

“Are you a veteran, son?” Buchanan yelled to the man.

“Yes, sir, I am. I fought against the hajis in the jihadist wars,” the stranger answered.

“Hop in. We could use your experience,” Buchanan said.

The stranger opened the door and entered the backseat, sitting next to Nathan. He extended his hand and said, “Thanks for the ride! My name’s Cade.”

By the end of October 2032, the former United States had suffered through several executive orders. Through these orders, there was a breakdown of the country that the forefathers had built through the establishment of the Constitution. Bypassing the Constitution through executive action gave the president power to assume the powers of the other two branches (Legislative and Judicial). This allowed dictator-style rule through circumvention.

Ambitious presidents preceding Adalyn Baker had signed executive actions that could be taken by any president at any time under the guise of “emergency.”

Adalyn Baker invoked the following Executive Orders to accomplish her goal:

EO 10997

Electric power, petroleum and gas, solid fuels, and minerals

Signed February 16, 1962, John F. Kennedy

EO 10998

Food resources, farms, fertilizer, and facilities

Signed February 16, 1962, John F. Kennedy

EO 10995

Telecommunications management

Signed February 16, 1962, John F. Kennedy

EO 10999

Transportation, the production and distribution of all materials

Signed February 16, 1962
, John F. Kennedy

EO 11000

Manpower management

Signed February 16, 1962, John F. Kennedy

EO 11003

Air travel, airports, operating facilities

Signed February 16, 1962, John F. Kennedy

EO 11004

Housing and community facilities

Signed February 16, 1962, John F. Kennedy

EO 11490

Federal departments and agencies control all US citizens, church, and businesses

Signed October 28, 1969, Richard Nixon

EO 13010

FEMA takes control of all government agencies

Signed July 15, 1996, William J. Clinton

EO 13603

Executive can seize all water, all human and animal food, all transportation, all energy, all construction materials, all health resources, all farm equipment, all fertilizers, all fuels, etc.

Signed March 16, 2012, Barrack H. Obama

Every year preceding the Flip, tens of thousands of Americans swore an oath to uphold the Constitution and to defend it against all enemies, both foreign and domestic. Yet America lost her light and fell into darkness.

America did not fall by the might of an invading army. It was not outsmarted by a technologically superior nation. It fell because it degenerated from the inside out; beginning with an unfaithful pledge and ending with unconstitutional executive orders.

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L. Douglas Hogan is a USMC veteran with over twenty years in public service. Among these are three years as a USMC antitank infantryman, one year as a Marine Corps Marksmanship instructor, eight years as a part-time police officer, and sixteen years working in state government doing security work and supervision. He has been married over twenty years, has two children, and is faithful to his church, where he resides in southern Illinois.