Solomon's Private File #245
These stories about Stephen and Solomon take place starting in
1950's. Stephen wrote about his life in letters to a penpal, and then
in a secure blog, in case he lost his memory again, in the master
computer in his school for gifted students, which he started attending
in 2016 in a new incarnation, until his death. Now his son Solomon is
attending the same school, and is writing in his own secure blog for
his future incarnations.
All characters are fictitious, even if some of them might have names
that belong to some actual people, or act like people we know.
Solomon is 26 in this story, in the Winter of 2052-2053.
Solomon's Private File #245 "New President, Bad Approvals"
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My Republican candidate won the election for president. Congress
remained Democratic. Outgoing president said to me, "Do you know why we
lost?" I said, "They took lessons from your side, finally, and acted a
little rationally. No blunders. You had Johnson and a few others.
Another factor is personality. Your man was rather bland. They had more
er, fire. The differences weren't much, but just enough for a bored
electorate, with promises by both sides to have me approve their
people." He nodded. He said, "We had some of the GOP in our
administration. Think they'll return the favor?" I said, "Those bonded
pack animals?" Chuckles. I said, "They even attacked their own you
chose. So, I doubt it. I won't even suggest it. I prefer good jokes to
make them laugh." Chuckles.
A man walked into my temp approval office at the Bureau. We shook
hands and sat. He said, "Why here?" I said, "A lot up for approval are
in the area, and we're secure here, and they have secretaries. And they
er, like me a little." He grinned. I said, "Disappointed he didn't pick
you for vice?" He said, "No. I asked not to be considered." I said, "I
expected that. Did you know that you were one of the electorate's
deciding factors in the win?" He said in surprise, "No, I didn't." I
said, "You captured their attention in a good and positive way, with
your show with me. Unusual for your party." He had to chuckle. I said,
"And you didn't have a Johnson. Also unusual. Federal elections are
always yours to win. You lose, it's your fault, not their credit. You
have a base that will believe anything you say, in spite of smack in
the face reality. I mean, they elect people to a government they hate,
who say they also hate it, over and over again, who try to dismantle
what they need to live on, which goes more to red states than to blue.
If they can't see how abysmally stupid that is, you OWN even their
souls."
He said, "Wow! Please permit me to not agree with you in public." We
smiled. I said, "Now as to why you're here. Er, why?" He said, "I'm a
candidate for Director of CIA." I said, "I would have thought the
Cabinet." He said, "I don't think I'm ready for that." I said, "Why?"
He said, "Lack of experience." I said, "You have a law degree, but not
much practice. Why?" He said, "Got the bug for public service." I said,
"I won't approve you for the CIA. I don't usually tell the candidates
such things. That position would hurt your soul. Ethics for them is a
luxury they can't afford to have." He said, "Oh! Thank you!"
I said, "DOJ, HUD, Transportation, are all better matches for you, up
to Cabinet level. Permit me to suggest that?" He said, "I do. What do
you think I would be best at?" I said, "Full honesty, or contractual,
as this is for the President, or personal?" He said, "Personal first."
I said, "I would absolutely LOVE for you to head NASA. The king of
initiative in his true element for the future!" He said, "I want it,
too. But this administration isn't going to fund it this term." I said,
"And might not have a second if they don't." He looked at me strangely,
start. Please. Will he listen to you?" I said, "I don't actually know,
but there has been some cause to believe he could. You have a possible
great future. He should support that for the good of the country, and
his party." We stood. I offered to hug, and he accepted.
Next candidate came in. I said, "Oh, we're going to have a problem!"
He grinned and chuckled. I said, "This is a job interview, not vetting,
but I do advise them to tell. Not doing that would cause a negative
from me. Deception." He said, "I understand. Would it kill my chances?"
I said, "I don't know. It shouldn't in the least, but that's only my
idealistic personal opinion. Comes out, those in your party could go
all ape er, crap. What a fun mess." Chuckles. I said, "Dems would have
a laughing fit. I would publicly support you, causing more er, unusual
comments. Personally, I would like to see it happen, so I could rub
some people's noses in sexual reality, railing against unfair
prejudices, but it wouldn't be that much fun for you, and REALLY not a
happy making thing for the president." He said, "I understand. I should
withdraw." I said, "Oh, not enough lubrication?" He laughed hard. I
said, "Lost your whip?" He said, "Actually happened. Found it under the
bed." I said, "Tried to escape, did it?" Chuckles. I said, "Would have
been interesting if you told them." He said with a grin, "I admit to
that temptation." I said, "If you decide to, PLEASE, can I watch?" He
laughed, and said, "Yes, I'll let you know." We hugged.
A woman came in. She said, "I don't like this." I said, "Oh, need a
window and good carpet?" She said, "Not the decor, but you approving
people for the president." I said, "Why?" She said, "Separation of
Church and State." I said with a smile, "I thought you were a
Conservative." She said, "I know what you mean. That's only why I'm
here." I said, "So, anybody who is known to have a religion, shouldn't
perform job interviews?" She said, "That's not the point." I said,
"Because I have some extra labels attached to me that aren't applicable
here?" She said, "Perception counts." I said, "And the true perception
that I'm the best psychologist and psychiatrist in history, and that
I'm absolutely fair, counts?" She said, "I see I've been a little too
subjective about this." I grinned, and said, "Prejudicial, you mean?"
She said, "Er, that, too." I said, "A judge should judge herself before
others." She said, "Wise saying. Yours?" I said, "In a past life, a few
times. And Samson told me. I didn't listen, then. Please don't repeat
my mistake." She said, "Lesson taken, with admiration and thanks. You
do this a lot in these?" I said, "In almost everything I do. Who I am."
She nodded, and said, "I have to approve of this procedure now, on
different levels, for all."
We did some tests. I said, "You don't have to tell me, and it won't be
in the report unless you want it to, but is there anything that vetting
should know?" She said, "Another reason why you're asked to do that.
You detect lies." I nodded. She said, "It might come out. A coworker
tried to get sexual with me, despite my verbal objections. I decked
him." I said, "Good for you! Er, oops." Chuckles. She said, "He pressed
charges. So did I, and won that battle, too." I said, "Please request
that we go privileged." She nodded and did that. She said, "You know?"
I said, "I sense feelings. All those half psionic and above can do that
reliably. Sexuality can't be hidden much in this new age." She said,
"I'm married to a man, but as a career enhancer. I'm a lesbian.
President Elect's son came out, so I might have a chance." I said, "In
my opinion, you should. Need all kinds. Politicians shouldn't play
favorites in screwing the people." She laughed very well in surprise. I
said, "I wish Hawk could have heard that. My mother, too." Chuckles.
She said, "My orientation should be in your report. Would you put your
comment in it?" I said, "I'd love to!" Chuckles. I said, "Do you intend
to keep that part of your life from public notice?" She said, "I do.
Please include that." I said, "I do know how to do this, you know." She
said, "A little pushy?" I had to laugh. I told her what I said to the
boy, and she grinned.
She said, "Is that going public?" I said, "Only if they ask. I don't
recommend that where children are involved. Changes how their peers act
with them." She said, "So you've done some of these actions you don't
broadcast." I said, "Most of them, actually. So many, there wouldn't be
enough time. Some kinds, more than a thousand a day." She said, "Wow!
How is that possible?" I said, "Multiple presences, even as we speak.
The real me. No, I can't explain it. Every time psionics is misused, I
know and stop it. Only I can, so I must." She said, "Oh! There is more.
I see it. Thank you very much! Does FBI know?" I said, "Not the whole
extent of it, but yes. I work with them on some of the cases. They used
to call me. Now I call them, when it involves something they should
work. And this is world wide. Odd, how Americans tend to forget they
aren't the only country, while most of what they use isn't made here.
That's unlike any other country." She said, "Interesting. I'll keep
that in mind, avoiding the 'New World Order' conspiracy label like the
plague." I said, "So frustrating I can't play favorites here." She
said, "Oh how well I know it! The burden of the judge." I said,
"They're going to have to wear sunglasses to read my report." She
grinned and said, "Thanks. Been an eye opening pleasure." We hugged.
A woman came in. She said, "I saw who just left. She's a lesbian." I
said, "And how do you know that?" She said, "I'm half psionic." I said,
"You know I'm psionic, too, and would know that. So, why did you need
to tell me?" She said, "Oh." I waited. I said, "I need an answer." She
said, "I didn't think of that." I said, "You're not being completely
honest. How can you even think of being this way with me, in this
situation?" She said, "I should leave. You obviously care for her more
than me." I said, "What I care for is honesty and honor. This isn't at
all about any other candidate, but only about YOU. ANY psychologist
would ask this. Why did you have to tell me something you knew I
already knew?" She thought it over a while. She said, "I see what you
mean. I wanted to push my objection to lesbianism on you." I said, "Was
that wise to do to ME, of all people, who is known to be so tolerant in
such issues, who controls an important aspect of your future?" She
said, "Oh! That was stupid of me!" I nodded vigorously. She had to
chuckle.
I said, "Now do you see why I needed you to answer the question?" She
said, "I do." She was going to say something more, and I said, "Wait!
There is more. You violated her personal privacy, and more, you used
psionics for that. Misused." She became afraid. I said, "That door
won't open until I let it." She said, "Kidnapping is against the law."
I said, "You will agree to this, after I explain it. There are no
specific laws against the misuse of psionics. Do you know why?" She was
interested in spite of herself, and said, "True. Why?" I said, "Because
of me. They can't be proved, except by my testimony, and that can't be
verified. If they were ever to become so afraid of us that they would
start demanding laws, well, how would they be enforced? Without my
help, there is only one way. Out of fear and resentment, they would
require all psionic people to be registered and severely restricted.
Some would resist, causing a panic in the general population. Then
murder. Ours. Happened before. Wiccans call it the Burning Time. Jews
call what happened to them, just because of their religion, the
Holocaust. Should your selfish intolerance be allowed to cause what you
now KNOW will happen?" She was crying. I said, "Because my father and I
have said that we will not tolerate the misuse of psionics in the whole
galaxy, enables you to be safe with who you are, in your privacy and
your life, which is more than what you would have for lesbians, who are
no threat to anybody. You may now comment."
She said, "I don't know what to say." I said, "Then you had better
figure that out. One option is the removal of your psionics. Tell me
why I shouldn't want to." She said, "I didn't hurt anybody!" I said,
"You know you were going to expose her if she was selected. Have you
done that before? I see you have. Do you think that is fair?" She said,
"But they're lesbians!" I said, "How is that worse than your dishonesty
and personal attacks?" She said, "They are immoral!" I said, "And what
you have done is not? Who made YOU their judge?" Silence. I said, "What
about them is immoral?" She said, "God is against it!" I said, "How do
you know that?" She said, "It's in the Bible." I said, "It's not. Only
men lying with men as they would with a woman, is mentioned regarding
any kind of non traditional sexuality." She said, "It's sodomy!" I
said, "That is also not in the Bible. Perversions and vice are ascribed
to the city of Sodom, but not described. And it was aliens who actually
destroyed it. Have you ever actually studied the Bible, instead of
using what you wanted to be in it, to justify your actions that support
your own feelings, fears, and prejudices? Answer me!" She cried. I
said, "God blessed the union of Hawk and Galagos with His special love
in public, the second for any marriage. He did it for two Catholic
Priests, first. Surprised the er, heck out of all of them." She had to
chuckle.
I said, "You did this to help you to feel important. To have a
mission. You created it out of almost nothing, to support that. Do you
understand this now?" She said, "It's hard, but I'm beginning to." I
said, "There are still psionic crimes, past and present, to deal with."
She said, "What are my options?" I said, "I could remove it forever. Or
I could implant restrictions against unjust use." She said, "I want the
restrictions. We should all have them, I now realize." I said, "I can't
force people. It's against my OWN restrictions. Yes, we all have them,
starting with the first modern Stephen incarnation, when he invented
the use of the crystals. By the time we advance to be able to overcome
them, we can't want to, and we're monitored to see that we stay that
way. This crystal. You will see the commands before you accept them."
She used it, and said, "Thank you, Solomon, very much!" I said, "We
should not do the approval interview now. You're a little too er,
unsettled." She said, "A LITTLE? I need to do some thinking." I said,
"Painful, I suspect, but all the better for that." She modded. We
hugged.
A man in uniform came in. He said, "Long wait." I said, "You know how
that goes. You're only here so I can tell the President you were. More
isn't necessary. I know you. Any vetting issues, be sure they know." He
said, "I don't know of any for myself. Check my family?" I said, "Only
if they agree." He said, "I understand." I said, "But I have a
feeling." He said, "We should all trust those. I'll ask them." I said,
"Probably won't be important to your position, for rational people. And
who cares about the irrational?" He had to laugh. I said, "As if
Generals are somehow not actual men." He said, "Ridiculous! A genuine
hero brought down by a jealous woman's emails. And that was in a
Liberal administration." I said, "Caused by Conservatives, but they
would devour their own kind for that, too. What's in a name? What are
they supposed to conserve, and do they actually do that? Not that I can
see." He said, "I just don't know. I'm called to serve, I answer with
my best." I said, "And that's what I care about in this." We hugged.
There were others with problems.
I asked to see the President Elect in private. I said, "Can't you
find better people?" He said, "Problems?" I said, "Sending me people
who can't possibly be confirmed, isn't all that constructive, and
having people in your administration just to have them, for whatever
reason, is not the best use of them and their futures, or yours. I
can't tell you some of the problems, being privileged information, but
some of them I sure wish I never heard of or met." I gave him my
reports, and we discussed them. He said, "I see what you mean. That
did. One of the other candidates saw her leaving, and noticed it with
her psionics, and then told me in er, horror. That person can't ever do
that again, who had exposed others before." He said, "What did you?" I
said, "Misuse of psionics has two options. Permanent removal, or
implanted restrictions. My father and I have said many times, we will
not tolerate misuse of psionics anywhere in the galaxy. Earth can't be
excluded. If I did, pretty soon, we would all be rounded up and
exterminated." He said, "I see that now. Thank you!"
We discussed some more selection criteria. He said, "I wish I could
have some of the other side." I said, "Your party would revolt, again
and again. Revolting as that is, it might be fun to try it." He looked
at me strangely, and said, "Now I know it's really you." I groaned, and
he chuckled.
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