Solomon's Private File #284
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 28 in this story, in the Summer of 2054.
Solomon's Private File #284 "Senate Minority Leader"
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I shifted to the DOT office, and said, "Some nations have been asking
for my help in some things." I looked at him questioningly, and he
grinned and said, "What did they ask for?" I said, "Mostly about what I
did for other countries. That being a complete infrastructure
inspection and report, including likely failure predictions, repair
cost projections, and alternate possibilities. That included all
transportation, including air, and utilities. Russia even asked about
satellite health. The reports weren't just in words, but graphically
showed real evidence of the problems. China wanted a government worker
crime report. I don't think they will ever get through that." He
laughed. I said, "India wanted an infrastructure report, and were a
little put off when I said, 'what infrastructure?'" He laughed again. I
said, "I gave it to them. Someday somebody will wake up and notice it."
Chuckles. I said, "Some States have asked for some of those things,
too. All the recipients who actually read some of the reports were in a
state of shock over the extent of the problems I found."
He said, "I'll have what they're having." I said, "But we haven't
hugged yet." Chuckles. I filled his office with boxes of media and
printed reports. I said, "All labeled. Some aren't in your er, domain."
He said, "But I'll get credit for asking, when I pass them on." I said,
"Probably not tell them I had to prompt you to ask. Disappointing." He
said, "We still can't get needed appropriations. My party is blocking
everything in the Senate." I said, "I wonder if it's a legal filibuster
using sign language." He said, "As far as I know, it's always been
that." I said, "I never said I couldn't have fantasies." He nodded and
said, "And being a real clown. I envy you that experience of a lifetime
I said, "Another job for you. Could be an impossible mission." I
played that theme song. He smiled. I said, "You know I'm not satisfied
with the current government's initiative in inspiring America to lead
to the future, and paying for it. I could bring that to the public in
my own personal campaign. Won't cost me anything. Media is begging for
me to do it. Cold fact is, if they want to get reelected, they'd better
get with this before I do that. If I have to force things, they lose.
You know how much power I have available to me, more than most, just in
my speaking to people." He said, "I do. And I agree. They don't deserve
to be warned, and you don't really need to. You're being very generous.
I'll try to make them see that." I said, "You've got some good people
who can handle the boxes." He said, "I do. Your approvals helped with
that. Thank you!" I said, "Just to remind you, and from you to them, I
know ALL that happens on Earth, just as God does, and without effort.
I'm not talking viewpoints, but the whole thing at once, and that
includes people's thoughts and memories. They can't hide anything at
all from me. I'm not spying. I'm not even interested. It's just part of
who I am now. People still don't want to understand what that means."
He said, "Embarrassing." I said, "That's what I mean. God knows. Not
I said, "Do you think that if I misused this, if I actually could, I
would be allowed to have this ability? And that God is perfect, would
He give it to me if I actually COULD misuse it? One more thing. If I
didn't have this ability, and needed to know something only God could
tell me, he would. I know, because, He has. Almost always before I
asked." He said, "Wow! Well, I know you were waiting for that."
Chuckles. We hugged with love.
He did make the rounds. The minority leader in the Senate asked to
see me. I said, after shifting to his office, "You're angry. Going to
be more, if you don't fix that." He tried to calm himself. He said,
"You're interfering in politics." I said, "Actually, and for the first
time, I am, but not as you believe, and it's actually to your benefit.
My interference was in warning you. THAT is REAL interfering in real
politics, and I didn't have to do that. I'm trying to be fair, and give
you the benefit of the doubt. Other countries are asking for and using
my help, and YOU are not. It won't be long before that becomes obvious,
and the public will likely be all over you. Is that what you really
want? I'm trying to HELP you! When are you going to act like you
deserve it? Oh, you're angry again. Stupid pride. Swallow that, or
you're going to make a big fool of yourself. Who do you think you are,
the President? You block what he wants too many times, that's likely to
wake up your currently apathetic fanatic base. Hmm, call it the Coffee
Party?"
He actually had to chuckle at that. I said, "It's my job to help
humanity improve, so that humanity can help improve the galaxy,
according to God's plans for us. I didn't ask for this job, but I going
to DO it, and do it well! I'm helping other countries to advance, with
my offer to all, and from their requests. America can be a major part
of that, or be left behind. What part will YOUR legacy be in that? What
are you actually bent on conserving? You aren'y even maintaining what
America already has!" He said, "You're an American! You won't let your
country be less than the others." I said, "It already is, and I have,
and I will. Remember, I can't mess with politics. Only YOU can. All I
can do is to try to convince you. Then the public. I can't play
favorites. If those in power want America to continue to decline,
despite my advice, I have to let it. Historians will know what happened
and why, and who wanted it to happen. Coolidge caused the Great
Depression. He saw it start, and actually deliberately let it happen!
He said so! He was sure it would correct itself. It couldn't. It never
can. Reagan wiped out all the progress the country had made, setting us
back in environmental issues, too, and caused a recession. The first
Bush ran up a deficit, and didn't have the courage to raise the taxes
enough to cover it, so the next President had to fix that, a Democrat.
The second Bush ran up such a deficit, we still haven't paid it off,
and caused a very bad recession. Those were Republicans. Conservatives.
Who helped America to survive those things, and actually fix them? The
Democrats did. And then the Republicans try to reverse all that helped
the country recover from the damage YOUR party inflicted on the whole
nation. See a trend here? Why do you enjoy doing that?"
He said, "We didn't do that!" I said, "And that's your problem.
Pride. Very false pride. You won't admit to what is actually on the
record. That your deregulation causes capitalism to go rogue, EVERY
time! That's what causes depressions and recessions in a capitalistic
society. That's basic economic fact. Another warning, which you really
don't deserve; I have quite a reputation for honesty, fairness,
intelligence, and knowledge. And a LOT of influence with religions.
I've used very little of that. If you want to bring our little
disagreement to the public, well, you don't stand a chance. I want
what's best for this world, as God wants. America can be a part of
that, or not. If I tell them that YOU are blocking what I tell them is
God's will? I think you might need protection from the public, and not
the rubbers you used with your rent boys. I'm giving a copy of this
meeting to the President. I suggest you get wise. Oh, and don't even
think about resigning. You made this mess, you clean it up." I shifted
out.
I said to the President, "Sorry to barge in, but I had a meeting with
your Senate leader. Here's the crystal. Might have some shocks in it."
He read it, and said, "Wow!" I said, "Got a whole lot of cheering going
on in my head." He said, "You blasted him. I'm not surprised your
people like that. He deserved it. Way past his prime and usefulness." I
said, "Still have to use him. Can't have them all resigning at a little
wakeup poke." He said, "If that was little, the others won't survive!"
I said, "Oh, talking with Hawk?" Chuckles. I said, "I still think it's
strange, but even with God telling the whole world in a broadcast, some
people just don't have a clue who I am. Pride won't let them see. Not
even close. And he thinks he's a moral person. Ha!" He laughed. He sad,
"Rent boys?" I said, "I don't have a problem with that. I just used it
to get his attention. I don't consider paying for consensual sex that's
not adultery, immoral. Pathetic, yes." Surprise, and chuckles. I said,
"I see. It's a service like massage. Attending to the body's needs.
I've been in that profession in some lives, and when it was highly
regarded and honorable. It's not a good thing in modern societies, but
not that much of a bad thing, either. In my view, it's more like
masturbation with help, and professionals do it better, so it's fair
that they should be paid for their work, and some of that work is in
actual counseling." He said, "Oh! Sounds reasonable, when you put it
that way." I said, "I know that." Chuckles.
He said, "What do you think he's going to do about your visit?" I
said, "He's going to vacillate between blind panic, apathy, and rage.
Then he'll probably do something foolish and self destructive, or ask
to see me again and argue some more. Well, he's a Conservative." He
chuckled. And again. He said, "You DO have a way with words. Worse, in
that it's true." I said, "He's asking to see me again." Grins.
I shifted to his office. He said, "Are you or the President going to
tell others about my er, hobby?" I said, "Is that the only one you've
got?" He said, "Basically, yes." I said, "That's sad. Try listening to
music. And no, I won't tell, and neither will he." I repeated what I
said to the President about it. He said, "I wouldn't have believed YOU
would say that!" I said, "Oh, related to the President?" He chuckled. I
said, "Society based morality is not always based on sound judgement,
but on shame, and that's so it can be used to control people. We all
seek rules with which to conform to a group. We're social animals. Some
rules are actually stupid and harmful, but still, better than none.
Most are derived from little understood primal instincts imperfectly
implemented in societies that have advanced beyond them. Inertia is
everywhere. That's not all bad. Too rapid a change can cause a back
swing. Often, actually." He said, "I didn't expect this. You're
ass, and you'll see that. I'm nobody's enemy. I can't be! I belong to
God, and must be as he would be. And he does have a sense of humor,
even though I'm usually the target of it." He said, "I've heard some of
that."
He said, "I reviewed what you said. Your way of speaking is, er,
effective. You swing back and forth in emotional manipulation, and hide
important things that we realize later. VERY effective. More, how you
grab the attention at critical moments." I said, "Like a good teacher
should." He said, "Yes." I said, "For your information, I'm with the
President at the same time, and he's asking how you took my er, rant."
He grinned, and said, "Please tell him we're having a pleasant
conversation. That should annoy him." I chuckled and said, "It didn't.
He's relieved, actually. Think. Remember when he did a CNN show?" He
said, "Oh! He's been through this himself!" I said, "Yes." He said,
"I've misjudged a lot of things." I said, "Oh, really?" Chuckles. He
said, "So this was something like an intervention." I said, "Yes.
Something you should know. I feel emotions. I didn't enjoy at all what
I had to say and do. Yes, the old parenting thing; It really did hurt
me more than it did you. You can ease your memory of it. I can't, with
my total recall." He said, "Oh! I feel very stupid! I should have
known! You suffered for ME!" He cried. I hugged him with love. He
almost fainted. I said, "Don't be concerned about your reaction. At
least you didn't ejaculate on me." He had to laugh. I said, "Yes, it's
happened. Worse, a woman at CNN practically let the whole building know
what she was feeling." More laughter.
I said, "Being me, can be painful, a burden, but it can also be
joyous and fun, but more than anything, it's just downright WIERD!"
More laughter. I said, "So, what are you going to do that might be
different?" He said, "For one thing, more laughing. Today, I've done
more than in the past ten years. For the rest, suggestions?" I said,
"What, and interfere with politics?" He said, "Something like that." I
said, "I gave DOT a lot of inspection reports. Some bridges are about
to fall apart. They do, industry will be hurt. You can use that er,
excuse, to ease yourself into the water, so to speak." He said, "Thank
you. That's a good idea." I said, "Other things he's got would create
jobs, too. One thing you'll have to get over. It doesn't matter who
people work for, government or private industry, as long as they are
WORKING, and off the dole, and paying taxes. That's what got this
country out of the Great Depression. And jobless people are frustrated,
depressed and trouble prone. We can REALLY do without that!" He gave
that some thought. He said, "Sounds logical." I looked extra surprised.
He laughed, but with some embarrassment. I said, "And we need to
support education. That IS the future." He said, "Doesn't win
elections." I said, "You've never tried with that. And did you really
intend to do that again?" He said, "How did you know?"
I sighed, and said, "You still don't see. I don't lie. I can't. And
you HEARD God say that, and that I speak and act for Him as He would.
Don't you remember?" He said, "Oh!" I said, "I know all that is this
world, and of it. Do you know what the word 'ALL' means?" He said,
"Literally?" I said, "Of course. The not lying thing. I know all that
God knows, here. Yes, even that, and more. I'm not looking. It's part
of me. Everything from the smallest particles of matter, and all the
energy, to the past lives of every person in total recall. It's all in
my mind. Memories, thoughts, feelings, it's ALL in me, constantly. God
knows when each leaf falls, so the saying goes. So do I." He said,
"Wow! I said, "I really do hear that a lot." He tried to chuckle. I
said, "You're a Baptist. Noticed your Pastor is different?" He said,
"He has God's Grace." I said, "Ask him about it. Tell him I said that."
He looked at me very strangely, and said, "I think I know. WOW! Why
unfair." He said through his tears, "Now I know what the President
meant about you not using Rose to get his vote. You are more fair than
we deserve." I said, "I hear that a lot, too, but it's wrong. You still
don't get it. YOU don't decide what you deserve. God does, and he works
through me, and sometimes without even asking me. He's actually
training me to think like him. It's not all that fun, believe me."
I said, "I think you've had more than enough shocks for now. Try and
relax tonight. Listen to some soothing music, maybe. No booze. Doctor's
orders. Tomorrow is a new day, for the new you, like every day from now
on." He said, "Thank you! Please give a recording of this to the
President." I said, "He'll keep it confidential, if he knows what's
good for him." He chuckled, and said, "I'm sure of it." We hugged, and
I shifted out. I gave a crystal of it to the President, and he had
another wow. I said, "You were easy, compared to him!" He said, "I see
that. Will be interesting what comes of this." I said, "He's going to
point me at some other people, for sure. Like some kind of weapon of
mass distraction." Chuckles. We hugged with love
Things ARE changing, and for the better. Slowly, but it is. Going to
get interesting, for sure.
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