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Blake had discovered early in his career that if the Lord wouldn’t provide, there were probably any number of congressmen who would.
The best way for a politician to get reelected is for him to look like he’s doing great things for the country, but not actually do anything at all. That way everybody’s happy and nobody’s mad enough to mount an effective negative campaign.”
Following this discourse, which left Beamon thinking that the new Director was dangerously ignorant and conceited, he had immediately changed the subject to his rebirth as a Christian in the mid-seventies, and the fact that he felt that most of the Bureau’s senior staff were alcoholics.
Let it be known that on (date] the CDFS will begin a SYSTEMATIC POISONING OF NARCOTICS IN THE U.S. To include all organic and manufactured illegal recreational drugs.
Beamon could barely keep from laughing out loud. Young agents could be so unbelievably stiff. It was the academy that did it, he knew. Pumped them full of patriotic images of saving the world, and built up their confidence with constant reminders that they were the best America had to offer. He had been the same way after graduation.
He grimaced. “Ladies and gentlemen I want to be perfectly clear on this point. I do not condone murder … but this just ain’t murder.”
The country hadn’t been as divided since the Vietnam War, and the U.S. government, in its infinite wisdom, had seen fit to charge him with repairing the rift. He laughed quietly to himself.
That was true. There was nothing the American public respected more than fame.
What made each particular establishment unique was the combination of those universal aromas. The Rat favored mold and grease.
