The Usurper Quotes

“For the next two years, Gary assisted unions in getting some justice for the worker from the business owner. Gary would also help educate voters, who didn’t have too much in the way of an education, to vote how Gary, and the other community organizers, wanted. They told those voters that the Republicans and conservatives wanted to enslave them, that they, the Republicans, were against the working man and woman, and the Republicans only cared about rich, white, old men, who were making millions of dollars off of the poor peoples’ backs. Gary helped hold protests all over the state for these poorer people, with other communist and socialist organizers. Any time a politician had to hold a town hall meeting, or a city council meeting, when the subject was jobs and housing, they were there. Gary knew this was all smoke and mirrors, because nothing would ever actually change, it was all to keep the supposedly downtrodden on the same side as Gary and the others.”
― Cliff Ball, The Usurper: A suspense political thriller

“Gary thought about all of these revelations, and said to Tim, “Someone is going to have to do something about Jorge Bornos when the time comes. When I finally consolidate my power, I think we should seize his assets and put them to our use. What do you think?” “I think you’re right, but, it’ll be a long time before we get to that point. In the meantime, we should just concentrate on what we’re supposed to do now. I wish I could’ve asked him who the others are that are supposed to do the same thing that you’re supposed to do, Gary.”
― Cliff Ball, The Usurper: A suspense political thriller

“Gary won with 90% of the vote, which got the attention of the national Democrats. They asked Gary to speak at the upcoming Democrat Convention, where they were nominating the Democrat’s next candidate for United States President. Gary thought the Democrats selection for President was a sell-out. The candidate had been a communist at one point, but changed to suit the people who voted for him in Connecticut, where he had been a U.S. Senator for the past 20 years.”
― Cliff Ball, The Usurper: A suspense political thriller

“In Gary’s office watching this on TV, was Gary and Tim. Tim had a big smile on his face when he said, “Well, that worked better than I had hoped.” “Good job, Tim. This is better than if either of us had actually done it ourselves. No one can link any of these underhanded tactics to us, so I should have clear and pleasant sailing to become the next U.S. Senator from Illinois.”
― Cliff Ball, The Usurper: A suspense political thriller

“Jack decided to do something about this, so he went outside, and said to all the waiting TV cameras, “I have an announcement to make. I hereby declare that I will no longer pursue the U.S. Senate seat for Illinois. I hope Mr. Jackson is happy with being the U.S. Senator. I will take no questions now.” The noise level was astounding to him after that. Reporters were shouting questions at him as he walked back in to his house. He walked to a cabinet, opened the drawer, and picked up what he was looking for. Jack looked over the silver handgun in his hand, made sure the gun was loaded, and then he put it to his head, and fired.”
― Cliff Ball, The Usurper: A suspense political thriller

“Tim also hired a company to build a website to advertise and to gain donations for Gary as Senator. In a few short hours, with only spending money on the new website, Tim had nearly everyone who had access to the World Wide Web in Illinois wanting to vote for Gary, had everyone really not liking O’Brien, and he absolutely loved destroying a person’s reputation that was on the opposite end of the political spectrum from him.”
― Cliff Ball, The Usurper: A suspense political thriller

“Even though Gary was on various committees, and was the Chairperson of the Labor Committee, he had introduced some legislation that was part of his platform. However, they all failed, mostly because Gary never made any backroom dealings, and shied away from buttering up the senior members of the General Assembly. He claimed, to his constituents, that he tried to bring them justice, but those nasty Republicans, banks, and loan companies were always in his way. Never mind the fact that Illinois was controlled for the most part by the Democrats, but his constituents fell for that line all the time. The current U.S. Senator from Illinois, Kara Brown, was retiring. She mostly worked to advance Mayor Riley’s goals, was part of the Chicago political machine, and was retiring to make way for the young superstar, State Senator Gary Jackson.”
― Cliff Ball, The Usurper: A suspense political thriller

“Mayor Riley had told him to vote present on all bills passing through the Illinois Legislature, even though Gary could write up new bills and legislation, he just couldn’t vote for any of it. The reasoning for this was so that Gary couldn’t be pinned down on his voting record as being too liberal, since he technically wouldn’t have a voting record. Gary figured that this non-voting pattern could tick off his constituents, but only if they were smart enough to wake up from their stupor, and see that he had scammed them. He was confident that they wouldn’t open their eyes, and that they would continue to believe everything Gary, and his cohorts, wanted them to believe.”
― Cliff Ball, The Usurper: A suspense political thriller

“Gary gave his victory speech. He reiterated his talking points about health care, the evils of banks, and loan companies. Gary thanked his opponent for a good campaign, and said he would be a tireless Senator for the people. He gave all the requisite interviews, and then left for his house. Mikayla asked Gary when they were finally alone, “Do you plan on doing any of what you promised?” “You know I don’t take any of this seriously. I spend four years doing this, and then I get promoted to United States Senate, without doing anything. These morons, who voted for me, will think I’m the next big thing, and that I can do no wrong. They want me to change things for good, but, they wouldn’t believe what I’m going to change. This is all about gaining, and then building my power base, nothing more, and nothing less. So I step on a bunch of people to get to the big chair, so what?”
― Cliff Ball, The Usurper: A suspense political thriller

“I’m here to tell you, that I do have a birth certificate saying I was born here in Chicago. I graduated high school in Omaha, where I lived with my grandparents, after my mother died while we lived in Australia. Besides, that requirement in the Constitution only requires that the people running for President of the United States must be natural born citizens. Last time I checked, I wasn’t running for that office.” responded Gary.”
― Cliff Ball, The Usurper: A suspense political thriller

“Gary was getting ready to announce his run for the Illinois State Senate. The current state senator had suddenly decided to retire, and was supposedly retiring to Miami Beach, Florida, which left the seat open for Gary to run. After six years of being an attorney, he was more than ready to get closer to his goals. Mikayla had finally warmed up to him three years earlier, after they had been married for six years. They were expecting their first child shortly, and as they were getting ready to make the announcement about Gary’s political campaign for state senate,”
― Cliff Ball, The Usurper: A suspense political thriller

“A couple months later, McVeigh was indicted on 11 federal counts, including conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, use of a weapon of mass destruction, destruction by explosives, and eight counts of first-degree murder. The federal government decided to seek the death penalty for the first time in over twenty years. In 2001, he was executed.”
― Cliff Ball, The Usurper: A suspense political thriller

“the bomb exploded, and it destroyed a third of the building. Hundreds of people, including children in the daycare of the building, were killed, not just in the Federal Building itself, but in surrounding areas from the damage the bomb caused. The explosion created a 30 foot wide by eight foot deep crater, and damaged, or destroyed hundreds of buildings within a sixteen block radius. The blast could be heard and felt from over 55 miles away, and seismometers registered it as a 3.0 on the Richter scale. It was the largest terrorist attack on American soil in all of US history.”
― Cliff Ball, The Usurper: A suspense political thriller

“Everyone who had worked with the KGB, including Gary, knew of McVeigh. McVeigh was a disgruntled U.S. Army vet, and had tried to join every terrorist organization in the world, prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union. McVeigh was considered too unreliable to be taken seriously. When Al Qaeda expanded its operations, McVeigh went to Afghanistan clandestinely, and trained with the terrorists of Al Qaeda, but, didn’t become an actual member of the terrorist group. When he returned, McVeigh decided to blow up one of the federal buildings in one of the Great Plains states, because he thought New York City, Los Angeles, or Chicago was just too obvious of a choice. He decided on the Alfred P. Murrah building in Oklahoma City, because it housed fourteen federal agencies, all of which he wanted to destroy. He had help from a co-conspirator, Terry Nichols, who thought McVeigh was a supporter of the militia movement.”
― Cliff Ball, The Usurper: A suspense political thriller

“She also hated Christians, wanted to punish churches, and thought that taking out a minor sect, like the Branch Davidians, would be a good test of her theories on how to get rid of Christians. Oner hadn’t expected a backlash from the public, however, or from Congress. She did get to keep her job in spite of the people who were against her. Gary thought he could do better later on, since he knew people who were anti-Christian. They were infiltrating churches and schools, as teachers or church staff. Gary figured that by the time he took power, taking out Christians would not be a big deal to anyone in the United States.”
― Cliff Ball, The Usurper: A suspense political thriller

“The KGB had control over all of the world terror organizations, that is, until the Soviet Union collapsed. According to Light, bin Laden rejected the KGB’s authority a few years back. All we have to do is tell bin Laden that we accept Islam, and he should leave us alone.”
― Cliff Ball, The Usurper: A suspense political thriller

“A group called Al Qaeda, according to my sources. The leader is some Saudi Arabian named Osama bin Laden. He comes from a very rich family, and he rejected the authority of the KGB to direct his group after they first approached him five years ago. Since the Soviet Union collapsed, a lot of individual terrorists have been joining up with him in the last three years, and as a result, they’ve been targeting a lot of western assets. They don’t seem to care that we want to take down the United States from within, because they consider all of us infidels, and they want us to disappear from the face of the Earth.”
― Cliff Ball, The Usurper: A suspense political thriller

“Gary was doing well as a Civil Rights Attorney, especially since he was defending unions from being slandered by people they intimidated, beat up, or put out of business. Gary also helped sue businesses, who didn’t have enough women or minorities on their staff. He defended groups, like the Black Panthers; by saying they had the right to assemble wherever they pleased, including in front of polling sites. He defended police officers when they went overboard with arresting someone, but only if that officer was part of the union. All of them got off easy with the judges who were in Chicago.”
― Cliff Ball, The Usurper: A suspense political thriller

“Are we through here, I need to move all my stuff into my new house. Are you coming, Gary?” she walked out of the office. “So it begins,” remarked Gary. “Gary, good luck with her.” remarked Reverend Light. “Thanks, looks like I might need some good luck.” Gary left the office to move all of his stuff to his new house. When he arrived a day later, after packing all of his things into a moving truck, the house looked like a really expensive mansion to him. It was even equipped with gates at the entrance of the driveway. He went inside, was impressed with the size, and also impressed by the very fact that the mansion was already furnished. The mansion was two stories, had a huge kitchen, a dining room, a living room, office space, and bedrooms that were twice as big as his apartment bedroom. He unpacked all of his things, and waited for his new wife to show up with her stuff, which she did six hours later. Once she unpacked all of her stuff, they decided to sit down and talk for a while, so that they could get to know each other.”
― Cliff Ball, The Usurper: A suspense political thriller

“Gary. I have another reason for talking to you. Let me introduce to you to Mikayla Robertson, she’s your new wife. Mikayla, this is your new husband, Gary Jackson.” Gary stood there, not sure what to say, so he said, “Really? Isn’t this kind of sudden? How can she be my wife if I’ve never seen her, and haven’t even dated her?” “Gary, have you not heard of betrothals? Both of your mothers were impregnated around the same time, by two different KGB agents, by the way. The powers-that-be at the time, decided to have you betrothed to each other. When the time came, and it was appropriate for you two to meet, you would be officially married. So, all I need to do is wed you two. The paperwork is all in order. So, when do you two want to begin?” Gary looked at Mikayla, who had been silent up to this point. She shrugged her shoulders, and said, “I don’t care. Mr. Jackson doesn’t seem like he likes this any better than I do. I had a fiancé, but he mysteriously disappeared, probably no thanks to the KGB or the police of this city. I thought the KGB had forgotten all about this, so I moved on with my personal life.”
― Cliff Ball, The Usurper: A suspense political thriller

“Yeltsin introduced reforms in Russia itself, against Gorbachev’s wishes, and Yeltsin decided to completely disband the USSR at the end of 1991, and all Communist Party structure was dismantled. The Commonwealth of Independent States was formed by Russia, and some of the other former Soviet republics. Russia itself became the Russian Federation.”
― Cliff Ball, The Usurper: A suspense political thriller

“when Gorbachev tried to restructure the Soviet Union into a federation of independent republics, but with the Communist Party still in control over the economy. A committee formed by Gorbachev’s Vice President Gennadi Yanayev, Prime Minister Valentin Pavlov, Defense Minister Dmitriy Yazov, KGB chief Vladimir Kryuchkov, and other high ranking officials, put Gorbachev under house arrest while he was on vacation. They reintroduced censorship of politics and the newspapers, and banned all political activity. They thought the population would support them, including most politicians, but they were wrong. Boris Yeltsin, who was the President of the Russian Republic, declared the coup illegal, and ended up with the support of the majority of the Russian citizens. The coup collapsed, when the military wouldn’t kill the people trying to protect the Russian Parliament building, nor would they put the Russian politicians under arrest. When he returned to power, Gorbachev was left without popular support from the citizens or the political class.”
― Cliff Ball, The Usurper: A suspense political thriller

“During one of the city primary elections, Gary and some other union members, stood outside Republican primary sites with billy clubs in their hands, making sure no one went inside. There were a couple of brave souls who tried to defy them, but those people ended up in the hospital, with a few broken bones. The organizers and unions bussed in people who would vote how the powers-that-be wanted, so there were more votes than usual. However, the city leaders would do nothing about it when complaints came in. At the end of the day, there were very few votes for any of the Republican candidates, all of Riley’s approved candidates won, and they would have no opposition for the actual election later in the year.”
― Cliff Ball, The Usurper: A suspense political thriller

“The store owner was stocking the shelves, when he was approached by the menacing and imposing union goons, who were holding baseball bats in their hands. The store owner clearly gulped, looked at both men with a scared look, and then he asked, “What do you want?” “We need you to pay us some protection money, and pay your employees much better than you’re currently paying them. Or else.” “I can’t. I don’t make enough to pay some idiotic protection money, and I’m paying my employees more than minimum wage as it is, a couple of dollars more would put me out of business. You know this is illegal, right?” “Illegal? Says who? Hey Gary, do you think this is illegal?” Gary began to laugh, “Um, nope, don’t think it’s illegal. Go ahead and do what you plan on doing, Mark, I won’t stand in your way,”
― Cliff Ball, The Usurper: A suspense political thriller

“On the other hand, when the labor unions spoke, people listened. This was because if people didn’t listen, they would get pummeled by goons, who were twice as big as the person getting beaten down. Gary witnessed this first hand, a week after he began to help. He accompanied them to a convenience store, where they were looking for the store owner to convince him to pay his employees more than just minimum wage. Gary was told to shut off the video cameras recording everything inside the store. He went over to the store clerk behind the counter, and threatened the clerk with bodily harm, to get the clerk to reveal where the camera was so that it could be turned off. The clerk immediately told him, so Gary found the camera and turned it off. He also told the clerk to not bother calling the police, because the police weren’t going to be coming anyway.”
― Cliff Ball, The Usurper: A suspense political thriller

“example, there’s a popular national radio personality who lives here, who is only on the air for 15 minutes in the morning, and 15 minutes in the evening. He occasionally complains about the federal government, but you will never hear him complain about Chicago. The reason being, I own his radio station, and I had the general manager get this radio star to sign a lifetime contract. In effect, I own him, and he will never speak out. I’m the puppeteer who pulls the strings in that city,”
― Cliff Ball, The Usurper: A suspense political thriller

“I’m also testing how supplying money to cities that have corrupt politicians will work, and having a city that has the corrupt politicians with no money in their budgets, will work. Chicago is the city I’m keeping bankrolled, while Detroit is the city that has no money coming from me, or from any of my banks. I predict that Detroit will become a ghost town by 2020, but, that’s only a simulation.”
― Cliff Ball, The Usurper: A suspense political thriller

“They can’t, because I control the purse strings, for one thing. None of these future leaders can do anything contrary to what I want, and whatever form the KGB takes, after they have the current version of the Soviet Union collapse. If anyone tries, those people will be taken down through assassinations, coups, or economic collapse. One of my new associates is in the process of training a new form of terrorist, who will kill themselves to destroy a whole host of people; this will also be part of the plan to weaken the western powers.”
― Cliff Ball, The Usurper: A suspense political thriller

“Well, the KGB wanted to take down a few countries around the world, without a whole lot of military action. So, with my money, they recruited a bunch of men and women to bear children, who would eventually take down those countries. They’re all set to ascend to power at around the same time, which includes you, Gary. Before all of you ascend to power though, I will introduce economic problems to the various stock markets and banks around the world. I will make sure whichever ruling power that’s in control, will be blamed for the economic collapses. This will bring you, and the others, into power. All that we have aimed for, which is complete and total control over the world, will be accomplished.”
― Cliff Ball, The Usurper: A suspense political thriller

“Well, you’re welcome. I’ve spent the last six years running things behind the scenes at Harvard. The Harvard staff was so concerned with being politically correct, that I had the combined power of the Communists, Greens, and Democrats demanding certain things change, and Harvard bent over backwards to do it. A lot of the people who followed me, are going into teaching, and will subvert the usual ways of teaching American children about history and social sciences. I even convinced die-hard environmentalists to start causing actual environmental damage to further our cause. So far, everything is going according to plan.”
― Cliff Ball, The Usurper: A suspense political thriller