Then again he really didn't want to hurt anyone or destroy property; he just wanted a little justice. He began to turn his attention back to the movie, considering all the mistakes made by the Confederate Armies and how, if they had made a few tactical choices differently; the Confederacy might have won the war. His mind was buzzing with strategies and concepts; I have access to the most advance weapons on earth, with the possibility of creating even more, and I am their supervisor. Without thinking he began to channel surf and landed on a History Channel program dealing with the so-called Philadelphia Project, which was said to have taken place during the Second World War.
As the program progressed he thought to himself, while speaking out loud, even though no one was in the room but he himself. Yes, that is the missing piece, invisibility, and a simple process whereby light is refracted around an object, thus making it invisible to the viewer. He was familiar with the real world experimentations and knew it was possible, not as some kind of science fiction, but in reality. Contrary to the documentary he was now watching, the person or object doesn’t actually disappear, but light is bent around them, not unlike when using prisms to make rainbows appear on the wall of a room.
In this case light would simply be bent around the person or object without any noticeable side effects, then continue on its normal path on the opposite side; thus having the effect of invisibility. He stretched his imagination even further; I've always been able to muster a crowd and influence people in order to achieve what I felt was important, within reason of course. The pieces began to come together; what if General Lee's Army could have literally appeared and disappeared on command, or at least was made to appear as if they had? What if such an Army could neutralize an opponent without any bloodletting, injury, death or destruction.
Further suppose this imaginary Army were able to remain so secret, no agency on earth could discover their true identity? He had the necessary access to a level of technology so advanced; even the military did not have it in their arsenal, not yet anyhow! An example was the magnetic pulsation gun of which only one was known to exist; he was completely knowledgeable as to its inter-workings. After all he had been party to its testing, he could come up with more copies of them.
His little high tech research group was so well buried within the bureaucracy; his entire campaign would be long over, before the Yankees ever figured out how modern Ghost Raiders somehow managed to avoid detection. As their Commander he could make of such an Army a kind of Gray Robin Hood Force; only they'd be taking back what was legitimately Confederate and Southern. He turned back to the movie ‘Gone with the Wind’ but found him self unable to concentrate on the story, other then to see in it the means of striking back, while remaining anonymous.
The Empire's Judgment Day
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Meanwhile a situation developed which could not have been foreseen, not by the bureaucrats in Washington or the average citizen, and certainly not by Colonel Weldon Jamison. It was late May 2010 and the Congress had adjourned on Wednesday for the coming Memorial Day Holiday weekend, leaving only a few Congressmen and Senators in Washington. The news was filled with the honors to be paid to those who had given their lives, as they say ‘in the service of their country.' When suddenly the programming was interrupted by a news flash; the fault line, which runs off the California coast, had quaked measuring 8.9 on the rector scale and a Tsunami was rushing toward the coast of California, Oregon and Washington.
Further it was feared this quake could very well set off the San Andreas Fault? It was late that same afternoon when the Tsunami waves began to move inland quite some distance, depending upon the terrain, the death toll was uncertain but was estimated to be in the millions, when one considers all three Pacific Coast States. As if these far western States had not suffered enough the San Andreas Fault began to send out shock waves; small at first then increasing in intensity. Finally during the early morning hours of Friday, the so-called big one struck California as the San Andreas quaked at 10.1 on the rector scale.
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The shaking was so violent the ground trembled all the way to Florida! The sum total of these disasters caused an already volatile Mount Rainer to send out smoke plumbs, giving every sign of erupting. The advancing pace of the destruction was like unto a chain reaction whereby the initial quaking off the California coast, managed to set off a series of natural disasters, which was compounded by man's own folly. The grand finality was an actual eruption of Mount Rainer, located near Tacoma Washington, which was followed by the quaking of a third fault line, which runs under the Mississippi River.
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These disasters had reached colossal proportions resulting in portions of Tennessee and the other Mississippi River States being plunged under as much as fifteen feet of water, with several millions presumed dead from the Ohio River down to New Orleans. So powerful was the quaking, the Mississippi River ran backward for a space of time! If there were any blessings in this story it was that the remainder of the Southland remained relatively unscathed, outside of a lot of broken glass. The situation caused a dozen States to declare them selves to be in a state of emergency, which quickly lead to a declaration of marshal law in the effected areas.
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Then a leaked report came over the news that the federal government was swamped, and unable to deal with so many disasters, which was no real surprise, particularly after such poor showing during and after the hurricanes along the Gulf Coast during the 2004 and 2005 seasons. This prodded the States to begin to step up to the plate and take the bull by the horns, as they say in Cowboy country. The result however was that the mass destruction felt throughout the civilian communities, was also felt by the military. Some estimates were that losses suffered by the military, though to be high, would not be available for sometime.
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Nonetheless, the President did what was considered to be unprecedented by declared a nationwide state of marshal law in order to 'restore order' throughout the nation. The criminal element did not hesitate in taking advantage of the near total collapse of municipal government in the effected areas, where survivors existed; gangs roamed the streets robbing, raping and murdering with little or no opposition from the police. Meanwhile the Southeastern States began to realize, that little or no federal assistance was coming, therefore they would be pretty much on their own.
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Since the Mississippi and Ohio River cities essentially were unable to function, the State Governors from the effected areas held an emergency conference, while calling out their National Guard for emergency disaster relief duty. Their first task was to ensure the at least some of the bridges across the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers could bear traffic. While the damage would likely restrict traffic flow, it was found that essential commerce could be kept moving. Additionally, relatively normal road and air transportation was possible as far west as the Rocky Mountains as well as north and south, save for the Mississippi and Ohio River corridor.
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These deteriorated conditions would weigh heavily upon Colonel Weldon Jamison's mind, even though his own State of Georgia had suffered precious little during the recent wave of disasters. However the federal government had in the process become all but completely impotent, and unable to react to the disaster or even offer any real assistance. This became obvious when those states, which were not part of the destruction, began to use the old tactic of nullification in dealing with the federal bureaucracy. It became obvious their federal marshal law injunction, was for the most part ignored, adding to a waste of man power and material on their part, which might better have been used elsewhere.
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As time drug on, the States had little choice but to step into the void left by the inept and wasteful federal agencies. The Governors Conference approved a tactic whereby their State National Guard, Highway Patrol and Municipal Police were placed under a Centralized Emergency Command, along with the various State, County or Parish, and Municipal Governments, as a type of emergency response team. While the federals were completely overwhelmed, particularly since the bulk of their military strength was dispersed overseas, and pre-occupied with global police actions and nation building.
The Rise of a Warrior
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The now General Weldon Jamison continued his normal daily routine; showing up at work on time, and making his regular stops after work! He would then return home at the expected time, continuing to study the tactics as well as strategies, whereby he might build a Confederate ‘Ghost’ Army, whose military prowess would be essentially unchallenged. Then suddenly he managed to disappear as if he never existed: bank account, driver’s license, military records and even his social security file; all seemed to vanish. The police received missing person reports from friends, neighbors, and his Executive Manager at work, but after checking every possibility; no record was ever uncovered, showing that he ever existed.
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A special police investigator requested F.B.I. assistance, checking with the Internal Revenue Service; but their request came back negative. There had never been a record of anyone, known to have pulled off such a total and complete disappearance; it was as if Weldon Jamison had never been born. Things quieted down and the weeks passed until finally, all official efforts to locate General Jamison fell by the way, the files were closed, since there was no record of his existence, the case was classified as without merit. It was decided they could not continue to search for a non-existing person, even though many witnessed were interviewed who claimed to have know him as a co-worker or else knew him as a friend and neighbor.
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Locally, as a last resort, a professional forensic expert was called in to check for any trace that this General Jamison had lived in the area, but again, the results were negative. General Jamison had very effectively managed to use modern technology, to erase any and all records that referred to him. The federals in any case had become so wrapped up in their own problems, resulting from the disasters; they could officer precious little help. General Jamison would make his presence felt a year later, at a time when an inter-racial riot was underway, and an entire section of the Atlanta was going up in flames. There was wide spread looting and attacks upon innocent by-stander!
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However before police could respond, reports come in that some kind of an army had moved into the area, an army that appeared to be some type of Special Forces Command. They were said to appear as if out of now where and wore official looking Confederate Emblems on their uniforms! These troops swept through the riotous area with weapons no one had ever seen before; they appeared like a high-powered laser ray guns. These troops dropped the rioters in their place and where they stood, so much so that it took several hours to round up the dead and wounded. Many of the rioters were still holding the stolen goods in their hands, as they were fell to the ground or lay upon the floor of the businesses, which they had invaded.
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A message was found written in Latin which stated, which was translated to say; "This is your only warning, loot and riot again, and the entire neighborhood will be laid waste. Learn to live like human being or you will surely die like animals!" As quickly as they appeared these Ghost Raiders disappeared without a trace! An elderly gentleman who had witnessed the event from beginning to end reported, "they appeared like Ghosts, finished their work, and then disappeared into the fire and smoke of the inferno, caused by the destruction." Past research into the possibility of invisibility had been held back by federal bureaucratic bungling, but General Jamison, being a high tech researcher himself and an expert on advancements in technology, was able to make use of research material long forgotten over the years.
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The term 'invisibility' was actually misleading; the real principle simply involves bending light waves around an object thereby a type of optical invisibility is achieved. The uniforms, which the General would employ, also made use of the same technology employed in stealth aircraft, which also included the use of body heat dispensers. These items would allow him to move his armies virtually undetected, nearly anywhere he chose. The city in question for the present was of course Atlanta Georgia, and the sun had hardly risen in the Eastern Time zone when the City Mayors business phone and cell phone began ringing steadily.
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The Director of the C.I.A., F.B.I. and the Justice Department was on the line; even the President's military advisor was now in on the action. The early news report on the World Cable Network (WCN) had shown a home video recording, taken at the time of the incident; these Ghost Warriors as they were being termed where indeed a real army, and it didn't take a rocket scientist to determine, they are definitely Confederates. Their professionalism, weapons and numbers made it clear; they were not amateurs nor were they vigilantes, and certainly not a militia.
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An educated guess would prove there were many more soldiers, where these troops came from! It was obvious the Army of the Confederacy had risen again, and if their first appearance was any indication of what was to come, they could more then match anything the Armed Forces of the United States, could throw at them. The President was on the air by mid-afternoon that next day giving a kind of fireside chat, wherein he spoke more to the Commander of this invisible Ghost Army, then to the public at large. The President stated in part; "You have thus far injured and killed a number of individuals, during the recent riots in Atlanta; we are therefore advising you to lay down your arms, cease from any further use of force, and disband your army."
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The President soon discovered these Gray Back Special Forces had the support of the vast percentage of the public; after all they were providing law and order. They were viewed like a band of 'Gray Robin-hoods' who were simply stepping in where the federal and state governments had failed and the local policed were outnumbered. These Ghost Raiders were simply not heard from again until a month later, after the mass media had blanked the news with bigoted reports regarding these troops in general, and the Confederacy in particular. The World Cable Network was about to receive a lesson in unbiased news reporting, when a bold message appeared as an uninvited ribbon at the bottom of their prime time news.
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The ribbon stated; "WCN is an extremely liberal, politically correct and bigoted source of news; everyone is therefore advised to vacate the Atlanta Headquarters Building by 11:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time; we do not wish anyone to be injured." The building Security Officer looked at his wristwatch and noticed it was already 9:00 P.M. so he called an emergency evacuation, knowing he still had sufficient time remaining. They had received bomb threats in the past and a number of evacuation drills had been scheduled, and the staff was well prepared for such an occasion.
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The Municipal and State Police surrounded the building and covered the grounds with patrols waiting for whatever might take place. It was not commonly known but approximately 65 percent of the State Police, Municipals Police as well as the National Guard were either Reserve Members of the Ghost Raider's Army or were giving it serious consideration. Their presence at the WCN Building was primarily to ensure that the evacuation was completed safe and effectively, so as to prevent any needless loss of life.
The Effects on the Mass Media
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Precisely at 11:00 P.M. a beam coming from space struck the building and caused an explosion! Afterward it was discovered, the beam, which had caused so much destruction, had been bounced off WCN’s own satellite, like unto reflecting light off of a mirror. It then followed their television beacon directly onto the dish, atop the building. Afterward the satellite used, was destroyed by the very same beam, which had struck the building. The WCN was shut down pending an investigation, afterward shifting to other means of broadcasting; so as to get around the loss of their now destroyed satellite. There were certainly other satellites circling the earth, but the enormous void left, would make it much more difficult, whatever means might be used.
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The early indications were that no one was injured but the building was a total loose. The Presidents Press Secretary appeared over most of the mass media networks, of those, which still remained, stating the President would soon announce a special investigative team to look into the rise of what is being termed the Ghost Raiders and the Gray Back Special Forces. The Press Secretary stated; "while a vast number of people are looking at these Raiders as heroes, the President wishes to emphasis they are in violation of the law."
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Nonetheless the attacks against the WCN Headquarters in Atlanta had its intended effect; the other news networks began to back away from criticizing Confederate history, heritage and culture. They all seemed to fall back on the old policy of reporting only the when, where and why of the news, which meant only the facts without any liberal commentators and instant experts. The next to feel the heat of the Ghost Raiders were the Civil Rights Leadership who received a well worded warning; "True civil rights means equality before the law, therefore racial preferences, quotas and affirmative action as well as any special considerations, are a violation of our individual liberties.
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Therefore let it be known, the Civil Right era is over; go home and seek honest employment or the cost could become more then you can afford to bear." It wasn't but two weeks later when their national headquarters was destroyed in the similar manner, as was the WCN Building; however there wasn't a single network, which would grant the Civil Rights Leadership airtime. On this occasion, there were absolutely no so-called minority protest marches, no rallies and no speeches by liberal politicians; the Civil Rights movement was being shunned like a bad case of the plague.
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Even minority entertainers had their concerts cancelled nationwide, out of fear of being the target of an attack. The message however of the Ghost Raider was simple and to the point; equality means equality and what holds true for minorities is also applicable to the women's liberationists; the age of preferences, complaints and political correctness is over. There wasn't a single radio or television station, which would play Rap or other specifically Black Music, and the congress was even warned; "if you allow a Black Caucus to meet, you also must also have a White Caucus."
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Politically correct words and phrases began disappearing from the cultural and mass media lexicon, such as ‘you guys’ when referring to females as well as ‘gender’ in lieu of the correct words, which is male or female sex. Additionally nudity and vulgarities of all sorts began disappearing from television, radio as well as the movie theaters. While many of these actions were appreciated, the Ghost Raider did not specifically demand them; they were simply a side benefit. Most of these actions were spawned by the perceived threat posed by these Confederate Special Forces, rather then an actual demand placed upon them.
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The mass media however in carrying the story over nearly every radio and television station nationwide, was unwittingly providing the very kind of persona necessary, which allowed the Confederates to achieve their mission. It soon become clear the federals were not about to go down without a fight; it was only a matter of place and time, wherein the best opportunity might presented itself, from their perspective of course. Their opportunity came, but first the President, for the purpose of a strategy conference, called a high level cabinet meeting.
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The mass media still however managed to hype itself into a feeding frenzy, while being cautious of appearing bias, which was very near impossible, since their combined staffs are approximately 99.9 percent liberal, anti-Confederate and secular humanists. The Ghost Raiders managed to show themselves only when it suited their purpose, while every agency of the federal government was attempting to uncover their technology as well as their strategy, which allowed them to remain effectively invisible. A team made up of agents from the C.I.A., the F.B.I. and the Pentagon Brass, decided upon a plan to draw this secret army into the open and into a trap.
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Over a period of several months, efforts were made to chart the locations, which had been struck by the Confederates, in an attempt to pin point their headquarters. In the meantime several more facilities came under attack; a district I.R.S. office in the northeast, another in the South. The months that followed saw five military bases coming under attack; the single similarity in each case was the lack of any death, injuries or extensive property destruction.
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The method of attack in the case of high tech electronic equipment was obviously some kind of magnetic pulsation devise that rendered every single electronic devise, neutralized, rendering them useless. This included equipment from the lowliest to the most advance aircraft and equipment in the arsenal of the armed forces. Yet not a single individual, rocket or aircraft was ever spotted, which could have been remotely determined to be a threat.
