WE THE FEW...

A new novel by Douglas Perron. Available as a PDF or Mobipocket e-book from eBookMall for only $2.98. “We The Few” is available at this low cost in the hope that many people will read it and think about the future of America. Get involved – if only just to vote for humanity (to counter all those who vote for greed).

Is America based on Greed or Democracy? – Only The Few decide. The “Insidious Power Elite's” covert domination of America has finally provoked patriots into a new revolution! Derek Adams, self-sufficient and self-isolated in his mountain retreat, struggles with a strong desire to help his country, offset against his life philosophy of “accepting-all-as-is.” He invites a dozen experts, a council, to advise him on the need to act on a plan that has been bouncing around in his head for years. It becomes all too clear to the history professor, the bank VP, the federal judge, the senator's chief of staff, the computer expert, the ex-NSA assistant deputy director, the economist, the psychologist and the genius analyst: For the sake of humanity, covert control of America by the Insidious Power Elite must end! Elimination of the 164 greedy megalomaniacs and retrieval of their ill-gotten billions of dollars by hacking the computer-banking systems, is the just action necessary for implementing plans to fix America to benefit its 300 million (less-fortunate) citizens.

The Council votes to start an irreversible course of action that may improve America – and/or get them all killed or sent to prison. They begin making detailed plans for beneficial changes to the country's economy, government and political systems in order to: reduce social inequity; provide humanitarian aid to the disadvantaged; remove the two-party control of politics by electing independents; block the covert control of the government by corporations and other special-interest groups; and shore-up the failing U.S. economy by modifying American capitalism. Other council members devise methods to raid the bank accounts of the Insidious Power Elite; to be initiated shortly after The Council's ex-Army Special Forces major unleashes his team of mercenaries to eliminate these greedy few.

All does not go as planned, as mistakes bring the FBI to their neighborhood and the NSA into snoop mode. The net is closing fast and it's a race to run or hide from the FBI and the NSA, implement the remaining plans and avoid the retribution of the Insidious Power Elite and their families.

Can the remaining council members use their new-found billions of dollars and complex plans to improve America or was it an impossible goal – a Utopian lifestyle that most contemporary human beings are incapable of accepting?
This (semi-fictional?) novel deals frankly with real issues in contemporary America, so it includes a non-fiction appendix with reference links on the data cited in the story; information on recent voting trends, income of the wealthy and the Fiscal Year 2008 (proposed) Federal Budget; and the transcribed text of the American Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and its Amendments.

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The Appendix in “We The Few...” includes the following:

References for Research – Dozens of Web links to information on: Iraq war, Federal Budget, CEO pay, children in poverty, military spending and sixteen other topics. [in addition to the dozens of footnotes]
Citizen Participation in American National Elections (1994-2004) – information about voting-age population, citizens of voting-age population (the only legal voters) and voting percentages in Presidential and Congressional elections.
Personal Wealth of American Citizens – the money of the very wealthy (the top one percent) compared to the rest of us.
U.S. Federal Budget – the proposed FY 2008 budget by expenditures and the source of the revenues.
The American Declaration of Independence (a transcription of the 1776 original).
The United States Constitution (a transcription of the 1787 original) and its 27 amendments.
“De-Re-Air Party Dolls” – a fake advertisement for Republican and Democratic Party dolls; highlighting the flaws of the Two-Party System in Congress.

Excerpts from “We The Few...”:

(page 7) “...We are here to discuss and initiate positive changes to promote democracy and humanitarianism in America."

"Novus ordo seclorum," Number Nine half-whispered, in awe of its meaning – the work of the group.

The director looked at Number Nine. "Yes, as it were: 'A new order of the ages.' Perhaps a bit bold on the phrasing, but no less in meaning of our task and its importance.” D turned to look at the various members. “This country is run by the few, the oligarchy. C. Wright Mills used the term 'Power Elite' to describe the egomaniacal group of people who control political, military and economic decision-making. These are the people within those three sectors who appear to have significant control. I think a more appropriate term for the controlling oligarchy is the 'Insidious Power Elite.' In that they are not the overt 'Power Elite' who appear to control American life, but the small, covert group of the super-wealthy who have the real power to control the government, the economy and the social foundation of America. They are cunning, deceitful and operate inconspicuously, but with grave effect. They work through the apparent Power Elite and through their own insiders, minions who do their bidding in order to obtain wealth and power themselves. The vicious greed virus that infects American society gives the 'Insidious Power Elite' a strength and resilience that can only be removed by one method. They run America for themselves. That has to change before they run it down the toilet with their desire for a 'permanent war economy.' Aristotle stated that if liberty and equality are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will best be attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.”

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(page 10) "Now, it may seem like I'm vilifying certain presidents, but as we all know, many of these guys barely have the brains to read. Some can't even perform simple public oratory. And some are zealots! But they wouldn't get elected mayor of Bumpkins, Alabama without their handlers. For analysis and especially for blame, we need to look at who is pulling the strings behind the curtain.

"It is these puppet masters who need to go bye-bye, in order to allow positive social change to improve America. They have too much money, too much influence, too much ego, and too little reason and compassion. You can't reason with megalomaniacs. It's their way or the highway. They'll throw money until they get their way. And with the caliper of greedy hogs at the Washington trough, they'll usually get what they want. They're spoiled, gold-spoon brats!

"America is not about religions. It is not about capitalism and the almighty dollar. It is not about conquest and world domination. The Declaration of Independence states, and I quote: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.'

"I dare say we don't have liberty or the pursuit of happiness, especially after the post-9/11, police-state-measures put into law," Number Nine continued. "Nor does the government have 'just powers from the consent of the governed.' Instead, it governs from people behind the scenes and an unbelievably corrupt electoral process. And as the Declaration of Independence states: 'It is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it' in favor of a government 'that shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness'."

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(page 18) "This entire plan rests on removing the Insidious Power Elite and utilizing their billions of dollars to improve the country,” D stated. “Each stage depends on the previous one. It's either the whole plan or nothing. Should we drop the whole affair? Should we allow these few to continue to control the lives of hundreds of millions of Americans, to grab as much money as they can, while the American infrastructure goes to hell, and to foist the foreign-policy agenda of the United States hegemony on the weaker world, thereby negatively affecting the lives of billions of other people? Tell me I am wrong. Tell me these few are worth that much, or it doesn't matter either way, or that the people get the government they deserve, or life goes on the way the Universe determines, and I'll drop the whole affair and go on with my life. You decide."

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(page 26) "I had my people send me what's available at NSA. Of the extremely wealthy citizens, those with sufficient assets, there's evidence of direct interference and/or collusion in governmental affairs and control of government officials for the 96 individuals in that folder. Strong suspicions and sufficient evidence of indirect interference for another 68 individuals. Another forty-two SOBs that are up and coming, but not worth the trouble now."

“And this is accepted? Bill, why aren't these bastards, and their government officials, prosecuted?”

“A few reasons, Derek. One, most of the information gathering that NSA does won't exactly stand up in court. It's for internal, national security purposes. For prosecution purposes, it's quasi-legal, at best. A bit more legal since the post-9/11 draconian, police-state measures were enacted, ironically by some of the same bastards in the Congress and the administration who participate, willingly or unwillingly, in this covert corruption. Two, with slick lawyers and lots of money, you're not likely to convict them. The litigation would drag on for years, then the Justice Department would likely drop it as too expensive or the suspects would plea out to a small fine. Three, keep in mind that the NSA and the justice department are controlled by the administration, and by the appropriations people in Congress. There's not a heck of a lot of desire for prosecution for matters that are accepted as standard political practice in this country. These obvious covert manipulations of the American government and economy are just wink, wink in the old boys network. They like the intrigue. It's just a serious game of chess to them, matching wits with each other.”

“So why don't people at the NSA just leak the information to the news media and let it become public knowledge?”

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(page 34) Number Nine added, "I believe the French philosopher, Blaise Pascal, put it best in that 'Men never do evil so willingly and happily as when they do it from religious conviction.' That is true of both the terrorists and the fundamentalists."

"Religion should be a personal quest, not a social cause," D stated. "If you are fighting for your religion, you are not on a spiritual path. You are on an ego path. If you believe your religion to be your 'salvation,' you are not on a spiritual path. Religious doctrine is supposed to be allegorical, not literal, and therefore, only for internal use, to help your mind come to spirituality. It cannot survive the light of day – the light of reason. Yet most religious people believe it is literally 'the word of God' and that is what we are up against. That belief is going to be very difficult to counter, other than through time.”

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(page 103) "The Major is very good at security, Derek. Let him do his job. I will oversee his activities. None of these operations goes perfectly, whether done by an intelligent individual or group. Even the FBI and NSA have glitches."

"This was a glitch?!"

"Yes," Bill responded. "It was. With unfortunate consequences. As cold as that sounds, it was only a glitch. I thought you were the guy with the philosophy of the beauty of the cycle of life: birth, life, death, birth, life, death. She passed on to the bliss of the beyond, universal consciousness and all that stuff you talk about."

"It's different when it's personal."

"It is," Bill agreed. "Bereaved survivors of the victim always think so. But it doesn't matter to the dead."

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(page 107) Derek took up his coffee and sipped it. He kept his eyes on her.

The daylight streaming through the windows gave his eyes a twinkle, Michele noticed. Her heart warmed gazing at him. She thought of how wonderful it would feel to spend every morning with him. After a moment, she asked, "How come you never married?"

Derek guffawed, spilling his coffee. "Right out of the blue?!"

"It's a valid question. Quit stalling," Michele said with a smile.

"Never wanted to marry." His expression hardened as he wiped up the coffee. "Marriage is a state contract, or for many people, a religious contract."

"And you never wanted to make that commitment?" Michele asked, leaning towards him.

Derek leaned back in his chair. "I make a commitment to love. Marriage just means that you re-committed to the relationship. Love wanes. Then people feel they're stuck with the contract, or if they're religious fundamentalists, they fear eternal damnation and stay married. Come to think of it, many divorcing couples think of the divorce process as eternal damnation. Half of all marriages end in divorce, anyway."

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(page 114) The pounding at the front door made Number Three jump. “Oh, shit!” he muttered to himself. Ripping the laptop from its base station, he dropped to the floor. He scurried across the carpet. With one leap, he cleared the hallway, forcing open the door to the basement. Fortunately, he kept his window blinds and curtains closed, today. Nothing but a brief blur of the light would register to anyone at the front or back doors, at the ends of the hallway.

Another pounding on the front door preceded an authoritative man's voice, “FBI. OPEN UP.”

Number Three almost fell headfirst down the basement stairs, grabbing the railing at the last moment. Clutching his laptop, he sped down the remaining stairs and into the corner. He pulled the edge of the giant dartboard, causing it to swing out, hinged to the wall. He pushed the wallboard behind, into the tunnel.

The front and back door frames splintered. Glass shattered to the floor. Several sets of heavy footsteps reverberated off the wooden hallway floor.

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(page 124) Number Eleven slowly turned in a circle. “Like what you see.” She said as a statement, rather than a question. “Are you psychologically determined, yet?” she asked as she stepped out of her sandals and slowly walked around the desk to within a foot of Number One.

“Please put your clothes back on,” Number One managed to request as she flustered, her heart beating faster.

Number Eleven brought her hand to Number One's cheek and slowly caressed the skin down to her neck, a feather-light touch of her fingertips. “Aren't we going to even the relationship?”

“No,” Number One quickly replied, but did not move.

“Pity,” Number Eleven seductively whispered. “You have such beautiful, brown bedroom-eyes. And your soft, full mouth. I could kiss you for hours.” Number Eleven reached around Number One's lower back, pulled her close and kissed her mouth fully, drawing Number One's lips between her own. It lasted only a couple seconds.

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(page 148) “You'd find it easier to convert an ocean-going freighter into a floating prison and continue to sail them around the world for the two years,” Bill continued. “Of course, that would raise suspicions. A jungle prison might also work, provided you paid the government and natives enough to keep quiet. Long-term imprisonment is a very difficult undertaking. And most, if not all, of the Insidious Power Elite would simply return to their old lifestyles once they were released. It's almost endemic in them. Rehabilitation might take in a few. But the others would seek vengeance on anyone involved.”

“But we wouldn't be killing them,” Michele stressed. “We wouldn't be committing murder.”

“They're unredeemable,” Bill replied. “The sacrifice of the few for the many is justifiable in this case. This is not murder. These are not innocent victims. We can help so many people and the American government, in general, by removing these arrogant bastards and the money that makes it possible for them to so mistreat others. If you put this to a popular vote, I think the American public would say 'off with their heads.' Unlike the war declaration that Junior and the Party Boys' Congress slipped by with flag waving and 'revenge-for-9/11' rhetoric that cost the lives of four thousand American soldiers for temporary American imperialism. And it is only temporary. American forces will lose both countries. Plus, consider the Afghanistan and Iraq wars caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of their soldiers and innocent civilians. All needlessly. All for Christian purposes.

“The lives of these 164 greedy, arrogant bastards pale by comparison. And these people are not innocent by any meaning of that word. Live by the sword. Die by the sword.”

“Does that apply to us, too?” Michele asked, a grim expression hardening her face.

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