And yet, in his heart, MacPherson knew it had really just begun. Things like this never seem to end the way it is planned. The hard part now was to plan for the unforseen. He decided that could wait until the morning.
When President James MacPherson awoke, the dreary cold morning didn't seem to be fitting of the war the United States had just won. War in itself is not pleasant, the lives lost or saved from the war against Saddam led Iraq never seemed to balance to what you strive for. MacPherson was glad it was all over though, but wished it all wouldn't have happened. Israel had found the world's largest oil deposits off of its coast, and Saddam wanted it. Saddam almost succeeded too. Even though he was stopped, MacPherson couldn't believe all the destruction Saddam had left in his wake. It would be a long rebuilding process.
Jon Bennett was just finishing his daily run when he got a new email notification on his Blackberry. He ignored it and pushed himself for that leg of his five mile routine. As Jon stretched his legs he opened the email to see that it was from MacPherson asking if he was ready to for the meeting with congress later. Jon pondered this for a few moments then decided he should probably prepare some more material and monetary statistics of what it would take for the rebuild of Israel. He could hardly believe that it had been occupied, and nearly erased from the map. In Saddam's quest for the Israeli oil, he had also made it his personal goal to erase the Jewish nation from the "Arab midwest." Saddam had planned to systematically remove all signs of the Jews and implant good, loyal people of his in control of the area. Luckily he failed.
Bennett's plan to rebuild not only Israel, but the entire mideast which had suffered in Saddam's land grab, was centered around the fact that Israel's oil, was still in fact Israel's oil. Of course the U.S. would profit from this, not only politically, but economically, it would prove the United States is a loyal friend to all nations willing to accept it. This would inturn make the mideast a much friendlier place in the world for the U.S. Although Jon didn't make any promises, he told the president that theoretically, all the countries in the area might even join NATO and abide by U.N. rules. This made the President happy considering relations with Russia were deteriorating rapidly.
Vasili Zeitzef never really understood his own countrymen. Why do they always fall for the ruthless, evil rulers of their nation? And why choose to go back to Communism? All questions for another day he figured. He had to focus on the mission at hand. It was simple, get in, plant the bugs, and get out before he could be spotted. The CIA always dreamed of someone like Vasili; a Russian who knew what was really best for his country and willing to risk his life for it. Nevertheless, a son of the newly reinstated Politburo members. Vasili could also bring reason to the Politburo meetings without being suspected of treason. Vasili could only hope to complete the master plan before Russia went literally balistic.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
No Fear
If I had no fear at all, my life as I see would change drastically. There would be many new things that I would do to take advantage of this loss of feeling.
One thing I would do is to start Ripsticking a lot more again. A Ripstick is similar to a skateboard, except it only has two wheels, and it sort of pivots. This causes you to move instead of propelling yourself by pushing off the ground. My brother and our friends started almost a Ripstick following in Albert Lea among a lot of people at our high school. Us being the daring leaders of Ripsticking, kept trying to one-up everyone. We usually did this by going down insanely steep and fast hills. We were cruising around town when we found the hill that would make us legends. There before our eyes was a hill that was at least a quarter mile long and the one of the steepest we have seen before, so naturally we decided to go down it. Long story short, my brother and I went down separately because I missed the turnoff and decided to start back up at the top. He kept going, being followed by his friend in our van at a safe distance so we could tell how fast we were going and provide assistance in case of a crash. Let's jump back to me now. I as am going down I round the last bend and am going faster than I have ever gone before. Then I notice the nice wide tar band ribboned through the road, on the side of the road I am on. Bail and get hurt, or try to keep going and hope I don't fall. I kept going and I fell anyways. I slid on the asphalt for several feet before finally stopping. After we got me all bandaged up, the others told me that my brother was going at least forty mph down the hill and that I was probably going the similar speed. High speeds + ripstick = horrible idea mixed with lots of pain. I would do it again though. No fear.
Secondly I would want to go snowboarding or skiing through the back trails on a mountain pass. From what I hear, and see from videos, it sounds exhilarating. Not to mention the beautiful view! The only problem about the whole video part is that I have also seen some unfortunate incidents happen to people. For example, an avalanche. I'll pass. Not to mention if you fall, you fall hard. Sometimes all the way down the mountain.
Another thing I would like to try is going around the world and visit as many countries as I could. I have done traveling inside the U.S. as well as visiting Mexico and Jamaica. From my experience I could tell you about a lot of unsafe encounters and situations you can get into. The world can be very bitter-sweet. On one end it is the always changing, morphing wonder; still somehow retaining its charm of things come and past. On the other end of the spectrum, people in the world can become crazed by the material things in it. There are things you can do to prevent these situations from arising, but there are some things you might miss out on that could be very enjoyable.
Sky diving. At some point in time I think we would all like to try it. For me, it the risks outweigh the benefits. However this no fear comes into play. Who cares if the chute may or may not open. Or if the wind and weather bring you to rest on the side of a cliff, stuck in a tree, or possibly in the middle of a river with all that heavy gear. Free falling thousands and thousands of feet being able to do flip upon flip would just be down right cool. 'Nuff said.
Finally, I would like to try cliff diving into the ocean. It would definately stink to have to climb back up everytime you wanted to jump again. Also the ocean can be a scary enough place without adding in the cliff element. Jellyfish, sharks, riptides, and undercurrents just to name a few. Now cliff diving added in, who knows where you should land? The coral and sharp rocks? Who cares. Once I get down, I can do whatever I want. Boogeyboard, scuba dive, or just be a beach bum. If I am fearless why settle for anything less then this.
One thing I would do is to start Ripsticking a lot more again. A Ripstick is similar to a skateboard, except it only has two wheels, and it sort of pivots. This causes you to move instead of propelling yourself by pushing off the ground. My brother and our friends started almost a Ripstick following in Albert Lea among a lot of people at our high school. Us being the daring leaders of Ripsticking, kept trying to one-up everyone. We usually did this by going down insanely steep and fast hills. We were cruising around town when we found the hill that would make us legends. There before our eyes was a hill that was at least a quarter mile long and the one of the steepest we have seen before, so naturally we decided to go down it. Long story short, my brother and I went down separately because I missed the turnoff and decided to start back up at the top. He kept going, being followed by his friend in our van at a safe distance so we could tell how fast we were going and provide assistance in case of a crash. Let's jump back to me now. I as am going down I round the last bend and am going faster than I have ever gone before. Then I notice the nice wide tar band ribboned through the road, on the side of the road I am on. Bail and get hurt, or try to keep going and hope I don't fall. I kept going and I fell anyways. I slid on the asphalt for several feet before finally stopping. After we got me all bandaged up, the others told me that my brother was going at least forty mph down the hill and that I was probably going the similar speed. High speeds + ripstick = horrible idea mixed with lots of pain. I would do it again though. No fear.
Secondly I would want to go snowboarding or skiing through the back trails on a mountain pass. From what I hear, and see from videos, it sounds exhilarating. Not to mention the beautiful view! The only problem about the whole video part is that I have also seen some unfortunate incidents happen to people. For example, an avalanche. I'll pass. Not to mention if you fall, you fall hard. Sometimes all the way down the mountain.
Another thing I would like to try is going around the world and visit as many countries as I could. I have done traveling inside the U.S. as well as visiting Mexico and Jamaica. From my experience I could tell you about a lot of unsafe encounters and situations you can get into. The world can be very bitter-sweet. On one end it is the always changing, morphing wonder; still somehow retaining its charm of things come and past. On the other end of the spectrum, people in the world can become crazed by the material things in it. There are things you can do to prevent these situations from arising, but there are some things you might miss out on that could be very enjoyable.
Sky diving. At some point in time I think we would all like to try it. For me, it the risks outweigh the benefits. However this no fear comes into play. Who cares if the chute may or may not open. Or if the wind and weather bring you to rest on the side of a cliff, stuck in a tree, or possibly in the middle of a river with all that heavy gear. Free falling thousands and thousands of feet being able to do flip upon flip would just be down right cool. 'Nuff said.
Finally, I would like to try cliff diving into the ocean. It would definately stink to have to climb back up everytime you wanted to jump again. Also the ocean can be a scary enough place without adding in the cliff element. Jellyfish, sharks, riptides, and undercurrents just to name a few. Now cliff diving added in, who knows where you should land? The coral and sharp rocks? Who cares. Once I get down, I can do whatever I want. Boogeyboard, scuba dive, or just be a beach bum. If I am fearless why settle for anything less then this.
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The following blogs are mainly for my Freshmen English class. You can follow along if you want to. Enjoy.
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