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Ben smiled, but it was devoid of humor. "Simon Border's people have all
of them. He never had any real plans to defend the territory east of the
Mississippi. He's sacrificing these people, giving his own followers
time to beef up and dig in. Simon and Hooter fed these rabble a line of
bullshit and they swallowed it. Everything

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I initially prophesied is coming to be. Years ago I predicted that the
country would first break up into small nations within a nation. That
happened. After those small nations fell, the country would split up
into several large nations. That is happening now."

"That's why so many people are frightened of you, boss," Beth said.
"You've been dead accurate on the future of not just North America, but
the world. The rumor now is you have a third eye."

Ben smiled. "All-seeing and all-knowing, huh? Me and Johnny Carson."

Cooper looked over at him. "Who is Johnny Carson?"

Simon Border looked at the road-weary and much bedraggled group before
him. Harriet Hooter, Rita Rivers, and several odiers of Hooter's New
Left party had made it across the river to safety. The rest were either
dead or missing and presumed dead.

"I never thought the masses would turn on us," Harriet said, her voice
numb with lingering disbelief and shock and weariness. "We were trying
to help them. Our plan was to take from the have's and give to the have
not's. I just never dreamed anything like this would happen."

"Of course, you didn't, my dear," Simon said. Like all practicing
hypocrites, the lies flowed out of his mouth as easily as the truth.
"But we have a place for you all here. The armies of the Democratic
Front control nearly all of the western half of North America.
Eventually, we plan to move against Ben Raines and once more reunite
this nation, and bring it back to its former greatness. With your help,
of course," he added with a smile.

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"You can count on us," Rita River said. "My new main squeeze, Issac
Africa, has written a rap song about the great Satan, Ben Raines. Would
you like to hear it?"