The answers will not be simple ones. The road will be difficult. But there are answers. Answers that do not include bombs and bloodshed.
And so tonight, as our nation mourns its dead, I ask you all for tolerance and patience and great humanity. The gifted as a whole cannot be held responsible for the actions of a violent fringe. Just as those who hold hatred in their heart cannot define the rest of us.
It’s said that the strongest partnerships are formed in adversity. Let us face this adversity not as a divided nation, not as norm and abnorm, but as Americans.
Let us work together to build a better future for our children.
And let us never forget the pain of this day. Let us never yield to those who believe political power flows from the barrel of a gun, to the cowards who murder children to achieve their aims.
For them, there can be—will be—no mercy.
Good night, and God bless America.
Since the end of the Cold War, America has been the world’s only superpower. And yet yesterday we learned that we are vulnerable. That no amount of power can protect from a truly ruthless enemy, one willing to abandon the rules of warfare and attack the innocent.
In the days and weeks to come, there will be endless discussion of responsibility. As you read this, our intelligence communities are drawing up a list of likely suspects. One name is certain to top it: John Smith, the activist-turned-terrorist who has long embraced violence as a means to achieve his ends.
But if yesterday’s attack showed us anything, it was that the problem is bigger and more dangerous than we imagine. The problem lies in the fact that we are two nations.
The gifted and the rest of us. And a house divided cannot stand.
The gifted are human beings—our children and friends. And most are as horrified, as hurt, by this shameful attack as the rest of us. But the fact remains that their existence is a threat to peace, to sovereignty, to our very lives…
WASHINGTON, DC–Speaking before Congress today, President Walker called for the formation of a bipartisan commission to investigate the March 12 explosion at the Leon Walras Exchange.
“The American people have the right to a full and complete account of the events of that day,” said Walker. “How did this tragedy occur? Did our security agencies fail? Have they been compromised?”
The proposed commission would have a broad mandate, investigating not only the cause of the explosion, but also the actions of the intelligence community leading up to the attack, as well as police and federal response afterward.
The March 12 explosion, which left more than a thousand dead, is widely believed to have been the result of a terrorist bombing. To date, no group has claimed credit for the attack…
DALLAS, TX–Ten days after the bombing of the Leon Walras Exchange, the shock many Americans felt is becoming rage and a desire for vengeance.
“We all know who did this,” said Daryl Jenkins, 63, a truck driver and former Navy chief petty officer. “We’ve been nothing but generous to them, and the abnorms have repaid that with blood. I say it’s time we showed them what it means to bleed.”
Mr. Jenkins is not alone in his feelings. In this time of national anguish, many Americans are eager to act. From donating blood to joining the army, the attack has roused the country to action in a way not seen since Pearl Harbor…
WASHINGTON, DC–Senator Richard Lathrup (R, Arkansas) today formally introduced a bill (S.2038) to implant a microchip tracking device in every gifted American citizen.
“The Monitoring Oversight Initiative is a simple, common-sense solution to a complex problem,” Lathrup said. “With one stroke, we can dramatically reduce the risk of another March 12th.”
The proposed tracking devices would be implanted in the neck, against the carotid artery. Powered bioelectrically, they would allow government agencies to track the exact location of implanted individuals.
The bill has numerous opponents, among them Senator Blake Crouch (D, Colorado), who last year became the first gifted member of the US Senate. “I mourn the tragedy of March 12th as much as the rest of America. But we cannot allow ourselves to follow this path. How different are microchips today from the gold stars Jews were forced to wear before the Holocaust?”
The allegation is one dismissed by supporters of the bill. “Yes, this sounds dramatic,” Lathrup said, “but all we want is information to protect ourselves. These devices pose no threat to the gifted. Can they say the same to us?”
ANN ARBOR, MI–It was supposed to be a peaceful protest. A march by politically-conscious college kids on the Fourth of July.
It turned into a bloodbath.
Organized by All Together Now, a University of Michigan student group supporting equal rights for abnorms, the afternoon march drew several hundred students to protest the Monitoring Oversight Initiative. Most wore gold stars, a reference to the designation Jews were forced to wear in Nazi Germany.
“Everything started fine,” said Jenny Weaver, one of the march organizers. “Then we turned down Main, and they came out of nowhere.”
According to witnesses, several dozen people wearing ski masks and wielding baseball bats attacked the protesters and proceeded to beat them brutally.
Weaver claims she and her co-organizer, Ronald Moore, were specific targets. She says that even after she dropped to the ground, they continued hitting her.
“One of them said, ‘My brother was in New York.’ Then his boot came down. That’s the last thing I remember.”
Ronald Moore died of his injuries before an ambulance could arrive. Weaver was rushed to the hospital, where she underwent eleven hours of emergency surgery. She is expected to survive, although her injuries are…
WASHINGTON, DC–The Senate today passed the Monitoring Oversight Initiative 73–27. The bill will proceed to the House of Representatives, where a vote is expected to take place within a month.
“Today is a great day for freedom,” said Senator Richard Lathrup (R, Arkansas). “We have taken the first step toward protecting our way of life.”
The controversial bill makes it mandatory for all gifted individuals to be implanted with a microscopic computer chip that acts as a tracking device, allowing governmental agencies to monitor their whereabouts.
While the legality of the measure is still hotly debated, the bill has found significant support that crosses party lines…