OPERATION: "DOCFIRE"
By James T. Moore (04/09/07)
Mark this on your calendar: July 4, 2007. Unbeknownst to most Americans---I say "most" because only a very few people in this country know anything about this coming "groundbreaking" event. Those who do, besides myself, are a few columnists and reporters that I know and trust; people I have alerted to what the Bush administration has planned for that date.
One of my colleagues, however, has made me aware of an overlooked point: he said that this event is too important and too incredulous to keep in our small reportorial enclave and should be exposed nationwide to the American people. So I am taking the lead in breaking this story (yet to happen) so that citizens of this great nation are aware of what the Bush administration is planning to do, and how they will do it.
The Operation is named “DOCFIRE”, This unthinkable event is really not unthinkable at all. Not with Bush’s “idea man” Karl Rove whispering in the President’s ear.
The whole operation was, in fact, dreamed up by Rove, the Rogue of Washington. And interestingly enough, the idea got immediate approval from Bush’s cohorts: the concurrence of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales; the sanction of Vice President Dick Cheney; the blessings of Michael Chernoff, Secretary of Homeland Security, and a nod of approval from a porter who, while working in the Oval Office washroom, overheard the plan being discussed and mumbled a thanks for Rove, a presidential advisor smart enough to out-do the flag burners.
This writer, of course, am not privy to the entire scenario, but what I did learn is the sequence of steps necessary for Operation “DOCFIRE” to take place, And that should be enough to incite America’s citizens to riot. But they won’t, of course.
Step One. On July 3, 2007, a day before this momentous event, President Bush, using “executive privilege”, will order every “outdoor” American flag in the country to be lowered to half mast. Something somber is about to take place the next day and Bush wants to give it all the reverence it deserves.
Step Two. Military units of every size---which are not overseas somewhere fighting a war on terror---including Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, National Guard, and Coast Guard personnel--- will be ordered to stand down for 24-hours. This may encourage some “terrorist” activities; but it was determined by Bush that the coming event was too significant to worry about interruptions.
Step Three. To establish the Operation “DOCFIRE” location, President Bush will order the Capitol building cordoned off and emptied of people for two square blocks, thereby keeping all visitors, sightseers. rubbernecks, and other unauthorized persons from seeing what is going on. If this secrecy sounds a bit like Area 51 in Nevada, you’re wrong. It’s worse.
Step Four. As midnight ushers in the start of Jul 4th, congregating around the bottom steps of the Capitol will be President Bush, key members of his staff, and a select group of Congressmen, Senators, and Fundamentalist Christian types who fervently believe that Bush is a prophet sent by God to hurry along the End Times---a cataclysmic event this group quietly prays for, but hopes it won’t happen in their time.
Step Five. Operation “DOCFIRE” will then get into full swing. Wolfowitz, Bolton, Perle ---and other invited, but lesser lights---will build a controlled fire at the steps of the Capitol. When the flames reach an acceptable size and heat output befitting an event this important, five people will move cautiously to the fire’s edge. They are President George Bush playfully wiggling his fingers at the crowd; followed by Cheney, Gonzalez, and Chernoff, each carrying a large piece of paper under his arm. Close behind them will be Karl Rove, holding an extended garden hose to extinguish the fire when the ceremony is over---and to spray Bush should he get too close to the flames and his suit catch fire.
Step Six. At a signal from the President, a bugler in the shadows, but high-lighted by the fire’s light, will proceed to blow taps, hesitating between phases for maximum emotional impact. Gonzales will move forward. Stopping at the fire’s edge, he will unfold his document, and with a supercilious smile, hold it up high, and make this announcement: “The Bill of Rights has been a guide to the individual rights and privileges of every American citizen. But times change. So, by gradually taking away these rights I have done my duty to my God, my country, and my President. Which makes this document null and void. I therefore commit the Bill of Rights to the ash heap.” With that, he will hand the document to Bush, who, as he casually tosses it into the bonfire, intones: “Good bye, Bill of Rights, and good riddance.”
Step Seven, As Gonzales moves back, Chernoff will step forward to the edge of the fire, unfold his document, and in a commanding voice, say: “The Declaration of Independence was written to declare America free from England’s, or anyone else’s, tyrannical rule. But times change. So by quietly taking away a citizen’s independence and freedom I have done the bidding of President Bush, which was my duty. This makes the document no longer worth the paper it’s written on. I therefore commit the Declaration of Independence to the flames of obscurity.” Chernoff, his ears wiggling excitedly, will then hand the document to Bush who, holding the paper with two fingers, as if not wanting to touch it, will toss it unceremoniously into the fire. As it curls up and turns to ash, Bush will opine: “So long, Declaration of Independence. Get lost, you’re obsolete.”
Step Eight. Vice President Cheney, carrying a larger document under his arm, will then move closer to the fire that is now raging. He will casually unfold his document, wave it like a dish towel in the air, and make this pronouncement: “The U.S. Constitution was created to outline how a nation should be formed, with three branches of government. It also stated the responsibilities of each branch, and the duties of its members. In short, it is a written template of how an ideal government should look and function. But this is not 1777, it is 2007, and times change. So, this document has outlived its usefulness and should be trashed accordingly. Therefore, I declare the U.S. Constitution to be dead, and as such, should become more fuel for the fire.” Having said this, Cheney, his lip curling into the usual sneer, will hand the U.S. Constitution to the President. Bush, taking pains to throw the document as far into the fire as he can, utters these words: “Adios, U. S. Constitution. Burn, baby, burn.”
Step Nine. This will effectively end Operation “DOCFIRE”, except for Karl Rove’s closing act. He will use the garden hose to extinguish the fire. Then, with a devilish grin, he will turn around and playfully spray the gathering dignitaries with water---doing this, I am informed, to show the sputtering crowd who is really in charge here.
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NOTE: Bush & Co. have done so much, so fast, to destroy what America stands for that Operation “DOCFIRE” was actually not needed. Responding, however, to the American public’s collective mind-set of ennui, unawareness, ignorance, non-involvement, fixation on trifles, or just plain stupidity, Bush decided to proceed with Operation “DOCFIRE” anyway. His rationale was simple: as long as people are gradually getting used to the loss of their “inalienable rights”, destruction of the documents that guaranteed these rights will never even be noticed.
And Bush is right.
James T. Moore
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