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.This was not the only point of disagreement, be it noted.One of the more notable aspects of the many new police which the RottemeyerAdministration had put on America's "streets" was the extremely "issueoriented" nature of those police.A precise breakdown would, of course, beimpossible as some of these "police" fell into the secret variety.But of those which were not secret? Their organizations, parent organizationsand missions read as a litany of left leaning and outright leftist causes.Besides the Surgeon General's Riot Control Police the mission of which was tomake profits safe for abortionists there were the Animal Rights Police,existing to make the world unsafe for purveyors of female cosmetics, thePage 120ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlInternal Revenue Service's"Enforcement Arm" for when the courts took a dim view of legalized extortion,and notably the"Raid Command" of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms whose missionneeded no restatement.Then there were the Environmental Protection Policewhich, within a couple of years ofRottemeyer's election, made it clear to would-be polluters that one couldeither follow the government's stringent environmental policies.orcontribute heavily to the Democratic National Committee.It went almost without saying that the PGSS, whose mission was the protectionof Rottemeyer and the enforcement of her precise will, had a leftist cause alltheir own.Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmlThe one thing each of these agencies shared was that none of them werecomposed, strictly speaking, of police officers, of the simple constables ofthe peace that made civilized life possible.Snipers there were aplenty.Riotcontrol trained thugs were in no shortage.But of men and women who could makea bad situation better, deal with people sometimes angry ones temper justicewith a trace of mercy? These were vanishingly rare.The people with whom they dealt generally despised them as police as much asthe armed forces tended to despise them in their manifestation as soldiers."You people aren't soldiers and you aren't much as far as being cops goes.Sostay the hell out of our people's way while we move into the city." Those werethe last words the Commander of the 18thAirborne had given to the Chief of the EPP before his soldiers began to fanout into Houston.* * *Perhaps it was because a hooker had no time to be shy.Perhaps it was that herloss was too profound even for a shy girl to keep hidden.Whatever it was, thegirl soon had the crowd eating out of her hand.She wept? Then they wept too.She showed her pain and her anger? The crowdgrowled with their own.She was such a success that Charlesworth was moved to whisper, "When this isover, Elpi, remind me to link you up with my agency."Elpi had just finished speaking Charlesworth had coached the untrained girlvery thoroughly when the first of the 3rdInfantry Divisions armored vehicleswere spotted turning a corner into the Galleria.Athrill of anxious worry ran through the crowd.As Charlesworth pulled Elpi to one side, the side where Minh stood by to helpher escape when the time came, he said, "Be calm, my friends, be calm.Theseare just our soldiers.At heart, most of them are on our side.They feel aboutWashington as most of us do." A soldier a sergeant with a nametag that read"Soult" standing upright in a passing armored vehicle looked at Charlesworthand gave a soft thumbs up.He was not alone."Elpidia here has told you of what it was like from her point of view at theDei Gloria.Now I want to remind you that there is yet another group, a thirdAlamo, if you will, making their stand up in FortWorth."* * *Western Currency Facility, Fort Worth, TexasThe damage from the first fight had mostly been cleared; cleared, that is, tothe extent it hadn't been added to in the interests of defense.From one of the twin rectangular projections atop the main building, MajorWilliams gazed through binoculars eastward to Interstate 35."That's the First Cav passing through," he told Pendergast, standing next tohim."I think it is anyway.None of the tracks are flying Cav guidons.You suppose they are ashamed?""Dunno, sir.Might be."Page 121ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlOverhead another of the seemingly endless flights of Army helicopters passedby, bringing in another load of PGSS.Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmlWilliams looked upward."How many is that now?" he asked.Pendergast answered, "How many troops? About seven thousand would be my guess.I didn't knowRottenmuncher had that many in her private army.""There's a lotta things about her people didn't know when she was running,Sergeant Major.Maybe more things she kept secret after she won."Pendergast shrugged.Well, too late to do anything about that now.A single shot rang out.To Pendergast it sounded like a.50 caliber.To aGuardsman standing just toPendergast's left it didn't sound like anything at all [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]