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THE INDIVIDUALS VS. JEFF BEZOS: THEN: THE HISTORY & EDUCATION NETWORK

The History & Education Network gives every student daily access to six hours of quality educational programming. Children will enter a virtual world of learning and fun with two hour blocks of their favorite shows: Science with Interplanet Janet at 8, History with Main Street USA at 10, English with Wishbone at 12, and Math with Little 12 Toes at 2.

By Nicole GrantPublished 3 years ago 23 min read
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“What time is it?”

“It’s Tiiiiiiiiiiimmmeeeee for school”

Upbeat futuristic trap music plays as we see all of the network characters: Interplanet Janet, Mickey Mouse, Wishbone, and Little 12 Toes wearing baggy clothes, sneakers, and chains, and doing the latest dances in harmony.

It's learning time! (Learning!) I’m in my prime! (Prime!) 4x

It's Learning time! (Rrring!!!) No child left behind! (Behind!)

History, and Science, (Subjects!) that's what’s on my mind! (Learning!)

We learn: space and magnets (North Pole!) with Interplanet Janet! (Janet!)

We don’t learn that Spanish! (No Hablo!) English that’s my language! (English!)

Wishbone he lets me know, (Rrrrrfff!!) How the story will go! (Summary!)

All the math that I know, (Countin!) I learned from Little 12 Toes (Spaceships!)

History & Education Doing Learning My Way! (BK!)

Monday through Friday! (Business!) Right down, Main Street U.S.A (Disney!)

“The History & Learning Network: 5th Grade Edition is now playing”

As the song fades out, we hear, “Interplanet Janet is brought to you by SpaceX, Lockhead Martin, Boeing, THEN sponsors and Users Like You! Thank You!”

A motion graphic wipes to reveal “Interplanet Janet” in girly cursive font as we see a rocketship Janet zipping through space. The Interplanet Janet theme song fades in, “Interplanet Janet! She’s a galaxy girl!” Janet lands on the moon.

The song continues “The solar system is in the present world! She travels like a rocket with her comet team!” Interplanet Janet looks through her telescope to see Jeff Bezos and the congressional vectors waving from their moon White House, and Capitol Building. Janet waves back. The vectors also do a very creepy robot wave and smile.

The song continues “And there’s never been a planet Janet hasn’t seen! Oh there’s never been a planet Janet hasn’t seen!” Janet continues to fly through space.

The song fades out. Interplanet Janet stops by the sun and we see her laying down in a pool chair with a bikini and sunglasses on.”

“Hello there friends! Don’t you just love a warm sunny day?

From where you live the Sun may seem far away but he’s more reachable than you think. He’s a big star! A real hot spot, if you will, I even got an autograph one time.”

The Sun, also wearing sunglasses, laughs and says in a big manly voice, “I remember that Janet!” They both laugh.

There is a sudden burst of brightness coming from the Sun. “Sun, you're on fire!” Janet yells. “Why thank you Janet!” Sun responds. “No Sun you’re really on fire!” Janet pulls out a fire extinguisher and sprays the sun. Sun looks angrily at Janet. Sun wipes off the foam from the fire extinguisher and goes back to normal.

“Janet. I’m not on fire, You see I’m full of bright and hot gasses that I’m constantly holding in, so when the pressure becomes too much, I have to let go of some of this energy, and when I do some areas on the surface, become even brighter. ”

“See, I told you he was a star!” Janet says. “Not exactly Janet, that's what you call a solar flare, when I have a flare, I release different energy particles, these particles could reach all the way to the Earth in about one to two days.” “Wow,” Janet interrupts, “that's a long time for Earth to wait for all these hot new particles.”

“Well, Janet the particles won’t get to Earth because Earth is protected by an electromagnetic field,” Sun says. “So we'll never get to see how much great energy you really have?” Janet asks. Sun responds “I’m afraid so, Janet these flares disappear very suddenly and can never ever affect Earth in any way. Ever. ”

“So we are always protected?” Janet asks. “Every single time. 100% Protection guaranteed” Sun says. “You heard it from the source. The Sun is here and he will be back to perform his song Particles from a Star.

We hear kids cheering. “Yaaaaayyyyy!!!”

“After a short pop quiz.” Janet says.

“Awwww.” The kids' voices say sadly.

We cut to a game show with Janet as the host. Welcome to The Pop Quiz Quiz Show” where we test your knowledge and see what you know.”

“Question #1.” The question appears on screen

“The Sun is what?

A Star

A Dense Cloud

Harmless

All of the above”

Press the right answer on your touch screen. Your 10 seconds starts in 3, 2, 1.”

Janet says in a very loud whisper. “All of the above! ALL OF THE ABOVE! D! It’s D!

Times up.

“Wow, good job. You’re so smart and special.”

“Question #2” The question appears on screen.

What happens when the sun is on fire?

A Hot New Particle release

A solar flare

An dangerous situation

The Block is Hot

Press the right answer on your touch screen. Your 10 seconds starts in 3, 2, 1.”

Janet in a very loud whisper. Again. “It’s B. Solar Flare! Solar Flare! Pick Solar Flare!

Times up.

“Wow, good job. You’re so smart and special. I was just sure it was ``The Block is Hot!”

“Question #3” The question appears on screen.

How long will it take for the particles to reach the Earth?

That can never happen. The electromagnetic field can never dent

1-2 days

As long as it takes or

What’s a particle?

Press the right answer on your touch screen. Your 10 seconds starts in 3, 2, 1.”

Janet in a very loud whisper. Yet. Again. “Pick A! A! It can never happen. Pick A! The electro whatever can’t--

The really long one! Pick A!

And Times up.

“Wow, good job. You’re so smart and special.”

A bell rings and we cut to a close up of Janet. “Wow, You got all those right. You’re so smart and special. You scored 99% but I’ll give you an extra one since you’re so special.

And that concludes The Pop Quiz Quiz Show back to you Janet.”

Janet appears on a sky stage of some sort. Wearing sunglasses. Again.

“Here to perform his new hit Particles from a Star, The Suuuuuuuunnnnnn!”

The sun wearing chains and tight jeans appears on stage bobbing his head as the song begins.

To the tune of Lupe Fiasco’s Superstar

If the particles, from a star,

Travel very far

Then have no fear, the magnetosphere,

It protects us on every occasion (Charged particles)

If the particles, from a star,

Travel very far

Then have no fear, the ionosphere,

Absorbs radiation, And the Earth has won (Yeah)

(Free Energy!)

Yeah, A dense cloud, star too

Tryna free my energy, gases too hot too

Wanted ta hold it all in, but the pressure grew

My charged particles got released, What are you gon’ do?

Do you let the surface shine? Show the sunspots too?

Well, the charged particles are headed to-wards you.

You! The trip to Earth is ‘bout a day or two

Don’t worry the atmosphere is gonna protect you

And then it hit me, both the Earth’s magnetosphere, and Earth’s ionosphere,

Are all here to shield me from you.

I mean but Au contraire. The power from my flares shouldn’t scare you. Go and do sumn new.

The atmosphere has got it covered, that's the facts, that’s true.

Too much of a sure shot to play “Who Blames Who?”

Ha ha ha ha ha ha

The Chorus Repeats.

That was the Sun with Particles from a Star off his new album. “Hot in Here” available on all Vector Music Streaming platforms! This has been Interplanet Janet. We'll see you tomorrow for our interview with Mother Necessity! The stars all start clapping and the video as well as music fades out.

The “It’s Learning Time” song fades in. We hear “Next up into the heartbeat of America. History with Main Street U.S.A.”

Main Street U.S.A is brought to you by Legis Vector. Legis-vector. Invest in Change. THEN sponsors and Users Like You! Thank You!”

A camera does a crane shot from the clouds down to reveal Disney Land’s Main Street U.S.A, we see tops of colorful 19th century houses and shops. A real idealized American town at the turn of the century.

The camera continues with a dolly shot down Main Street USA as a blue old school paddy wagon with gold lights drives down the pavement. A costumed Mickey Mouse drives with Minnie in the passenger seat, and two Black, and two Latino Dapper Dans with face and hand tattoos in orange tailored suits hanging off the sides.

They all start singing, “I’m walking right down the middle of Main Street U.S.A!”

Several princesses, many black, some Latino, some white, also with scars and face tattoos, start spinning and dancing with other Dapper Dans, twirling umbrellas, swaying with canes. The song continues “It’s the Heart of America, The Heartbeat of a Holiday!”

Other characters, like the penguins, rabbits, Alice from Wonderland, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, etc. all in costume all join in. “The place was made with a magical plan! And just around the corner is a fantasyland. I’m walking right down the middle of Main Street U.S.A!”

The song continues, “I hear the music playing from the old time, ragtime band

The Disneyland band (also men and women with scars and face tattoos) marches down the pavement behind the parade, joining in with a New Orleans Dixieland arrangement.

Everyone sings, dances, and marches down, in harmony. “I feel the whole place swaying with the people from across the land.” Several latinos with face tattoos dressed as Native Amercians join in the dance pointing to the tobacco shop, then dance out of frame.

“You see the greatest smiling faces up and down the street.” Several vector policemen dressed in Goofy’s old time blue policeman uniform walk by whistling and twirling billy clubs and singing.

“It’s remarkable how friendly all the people can be. I’m walking right down the middle of Main Street U.S.A.”

The characters shake hands with Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and other historical figures who also skip and join in the song and dance.

“Tell your mother, she's not to worry. Cause no one’s rushing. There’s no big hurry.” Vector Policemen and founding fathers smile and hug children.” While the song and dance still continues.

“You’re never alone or left out in the cold. There’s always someone there to pick you up!” Everyone stops on a dime and looks at the camera.

Everyone continues in unison, “I’m walking right down the middle of Main Street U.S.A. I know it’s no illusion, it’s a dream that's here to stay.” Everyone continues the choreographed dance with spins, kicks and jazz hands.

“For the time of your life you oughta find yourself here. You’re welcome anytime you have the mind to appear. I’m walking right down the middle of Main Street U.S.A” The instrumental continues, everyone is dancing happily together in town square. Mickey is playing the piano, Minnie is watching adoringly from the top. The vector policemen are bopping to the tunes.

Everyone comes back in with more smiles and jazzier dances. “I’m walking right down the middle of Main Street U.S.A. I know it’s no illusion, it’s a dream that's here to stay. For the time of your life you oughta find yourself here. You’re welcome anytime you have the mind to appear.”

All of the characters, policemen, Dapper Dans, princesses, join in a unified cancan down town square towards the Moments with the Presidents attraction.

“I’m walking right down the miiiiiiiddle, right down the miiiiiiiddle. I’m walking right”

The horns hit several staccato notes as the parade tramples over a small crowd of people with signs that say Douglas 4 Senate.

“down the middle of Main Street U.S.A!” Spirit fingers from the entire cast! The final trumpet hits and scene.

The band, Dapper Dans, Princesses, founding fathers and other characters all walk away, murmuring leaving Abraham Lincoln by himself.

Beautiful orchestral music plays as an audio animatronic Royal Dano Abraham Lincoln walks through the door. He passes a small Lincoln memorial replica, and several of his own portraits. The further Lincoln walks the more the image begins to fade from color to full black and white as Lincoln reaches the back of the hallway.

We hear a patriotic drumroll as he walks through another door under a sign that says GREAT MOMENTS WITH THE PRESIDENTS into blackness and we hear a male voice, “And Now ladies and gentlemen, we welcome you to Great Moments with the President.” A triumphant fanfare transitions into an operatic arrangement of America the Beautiful as a montage of beautiful shots of paintings depicting American history plays in the background

The narrator speaks. “This was the american dream! The prayer for the future!” One dedicated man! He made the other persons regular persons! He saved the country from divorce! Ladies and gentlemen, The skills of the sculptor! The talents of the artist! A man who lives today in the hearts of all freedom loving people. Your 16th president of these United States and mine!!!! Abraham Liiiiiincoooooooln!!

The music continues as the lights reveal Abraham Lincoln robotically standing up from a stool in front of a brick wall. The crowd applauds as Lincoln drinks a tin mug of water.

“So honored to be here tonight. This was supposed to be shot before a live audience but you know. Last time… that didn’t go so well.”

America, America, God shed his grace on me.

You look good, America. You really do. Better than me. My whole family left me because I mean look at me.”

“Lincoln moves around the microphone. “Yes, mother, got called home. Wasn’t our home. Dad found a better looking family with many mansions in the clouds somewhere. My sister couldn’t bear to see sons with faces like mine. And my brother and all of my sons were just plain sick of looking at me. Yes. Everyone leaves me because I’m ugly. They all died but you understand.”

Being ugly isn’t fun. People laugh at you. Other people get more likes than you. No one invites you to their 4th of July barbecue. You sit there watching the stories of the people that got invited, drinking, having a good time without you. Kinda like the founding of our country.

Don’t agree? Ask John Collins. Who is John Collins?

Exactly.

The constitutional convention was that barbecue and John Collins was that ugly friend.

“Yes, John Collins knows all about this. John Collins is the guy watching stories and sobbing quietly watching the biggest party of the century go down without him.

It's 1787, The Morris brothers' mom is out of town and the last party was a dud but Alexander Hamilton is determined to do it big this time. They invite George Washington, big tall jock, most likes, there’s not even anything to be President of yet but people are calling it.

George Washington, king of doing it big, spends $17,253, and buys the entire bar for all of the kids that aren’t John Collins. Like a boss. And they’re all having fun. Popping Bottles. There's a band playing, John Collins is scrolling, days are going by, then weeks.

And is that Ben freaking Franklin?? The nerd who isn’t in any clubs or activities? The man who literally invented bifocals. This can’t be life. I should really just kill myself now.

And he’s scrolling and more bottles and cigars and candles, and fancy wine glasses.

James Madison and Edmund Randolph are downing bottles of Madeira and whiskey crapping on William Patterson and New Jersey as a whole.

Charles Pickney and John Rutledge are doing some good ol down south beer chuggin, and gettin inta heated duh-bates ‘bout why them otha persons should be counted as persons even though other persons are property. And people are breaking glasses and forming a new country

And John Collins is scrolling. I mean.

Thomas Jefferson didn’t go but he was in Paris with his other person.

John Adams should’ve been in Paris.

His cousin Sam Adams stayed in and drank his own rum at home.

The emo drama kid, Patrick Henry, you know, Give Me Liberty or Death, was invited but stayed home to be emo with Richard Henry Lee. Lame.

But they were at least invited and remembered.

John Hancock didn't go but he was sick.

But isn’t John Hancock known for signing th-?

That was the Declaration of Independence.

Yes, You’re an idiot.

Don’t worry, I’m just teasing, a lot of people don’t know that

But John Hancock will go down in History as that guy that didn’t go.

But Not John Collins.

John Collins will go down as that guy that doesn’t even go here for at least three more years and then die five years later. And no one will remember him. Because of one party. Talk about Fear of Missing out.”

This is why it’s important to be at the party. The people that were at the party made rules for everyone and those rules are still influencing how you live today. And that was how our government was created.

But Mr. Lincoln, that’s not fair, it’s not John Collins fault that he’s ugly.

I know. I know, I don’t make the rules. I’m ugly remember.

Nobody wanted me at their party either. But I went anyway.

An american rebel, I found loopholes in the rules.

“The party held was to be of the people, by the people and for the people. I was the people. Maybe not a pretty person but a whole person nonetheless.”

Lincoln pauses.

No man is good enough to govern without another man’s consent.

I was going to go to that party, and drink punch and wine, and argue, joke and make rules of my own.

But when my time came to party, things were a little different, social circles were expanding and there were more rules being made in addition to the rules made by Da Committee, the most epic party throwers of all time.

They knew how to do it big. So they made a party planning committee and said this is what we think makes a great party.

First, the people of course. The people are the party. No party without people right?

Next, they had to let everyone know that all the parties before sucked and that this is the way all parties should go from now on.

First off, make sure no persons are hurt or treated unjustly. Next, we must keep the peace within the party and make sure our party is always safe. Make sure there is enough money for booze and games and cups for everyone and make sure everyone at the party is free to have as much fun as they want.

Those are the keys to a great party. We said it. Boom”

DJ Khaled Major Key.

And we meant it and if you don’t like it you’re not invited.

And oh by the way this is how it's gonna go.

These are Da Rules:

Number 1:

No matter how big the party gets, the party will be run by The Party Planning Committee

It will be separated into two groups. The popular kids, and the regular kids, and each clique gets a certain amount of leaders

The regular kids can take money and tell a President why they don’t like him.

The Regular Kids will say how they think the party should go based on the size of their clique.

Even if their cliques are small they will send at least one of their most popular people to the meeting.

To be a Regular clique rep one must be a certain age, and attend both parties and clique meetings, and can only speak for the clique for 2 years. Cliques get counted every 10 years to determine size.

Other persons can’t pick but if a clique possesses other persons, they are counted as ⅗ths towards the size of the clique.

The popular kids will also be divided into those same cliques but there will be less of them because they're already popular, but they know what’s cool. They will say how they think the party should go.

To be a Popular clique rep one must be a certain age, and attend both parties and clique meetings, they speak for the clique for 6 years.

If the regular kids don’t like the President, the popular kids will give it a listen.

The popular kids can handle all the popular pickings without the cliques. They don’t know what's cool and have no experience throwing parties and wouldn't understand the cool kid rules anyway .

The Party Planning Committee will arrange these things called elections to pick the most popular Rep. The cliques can handle picking within themselves through any rules of their own as long as the Party Planning committee is cool with it. Elections will be held on yada, yada, yada. The party planning committee can change this at any time. If we wanna redistribute cliques we can. Other persons can’t vote but still count. Almost.

The Party Planning Committee will let the popular kids and regular kids handle their own business. If they miss a meeting. Tough Luck. and Oh write it down.

The party planning committee gets paid for the services unless they stir up big trouble. If you’re a current party rep, you can’t get kicked out of a party for any reason unless you stir up big trouble. If you’re appointed as a party rep you can’t also be leader on smaller clique committees. Too involved.

Only the regular kids can determine how much money everyone has to pay for admission.

Both the popular and regular kids have to agree on new rules, and the president can yes or no the new rule. If the president says no, the party planning committee will vote again and if everyone agrees then it becomes a rule anyway. If the president or planning committee is being lazy they have 10 days to figure out their differences.

Party planning committee can charge admission, but it has to be equal. And the party planning committee can borrow party tokens on credit to pay for whatever they want. People can trade party tokens within cliques however they want but only party tokens count. If cool things happen at the party and people decide to trade tokens, the person with the idea first is the only one that can get tokens for that idea. If anyone stirs up big trouble the party planning committee can kill that person(s) and we will organize who will do the killing. If the party planning committee needs party tokens to kill that person(s) they can only give as much as they want every 2 years.

If the killing happens it can not happen at the clubhouse where the party planning committee meets, it is sacred. If the party planning committee needs more space to kill people they can anywhere except the clubhouse, it is sacred. If the party planning committee wants to make more rules about making more party tokens or killing people, or anything else that comes up they can. The party planning committee represents the people and can do whatever they want.

The party planning committee cannot tell people what to do with other persons if a person brings one to a party because they are just the technology of the day, but if they make any party tokens while at the party the party planning committee is allowed to take a cut.

If any regular person stirs up trouble, the party planning committee cannot plan whether or not to kill partygoers. We'll come up with another group to judge who gets killed for breaking what rules and why, and what happens to them after.

All troublesome party-goers have the right to do nothing but wait for that group to decide whether we kill them or do something else. Unless the party planning committee really thinks they need to be dead, then they can kill you if they think you want big trouble, you’re against the party planning system or want to kill partygoers for any reason.

That new killing or something else branch, can’t enforce any rules the Party Planning Committee didn’t make.

The party planning committee can’t just spend party tokens; they have to make new rules.

The party planning committee cannot directly charge admissions unless we have to compensate for the party getting too big or something else. Like that’ll happen. But if so, all cliques pay the same. All party planning committee members are prohibited from being on any planning committees outside of this one.

The party planning committee can’t make any new rules that contradict Da Rules.

Any planning committee that arises within the cliques must follow the same rules as The Party Planning committee. Cliques cannot join together to form a new clique. Cliques cannot make their own party tokens. Cliques can’t kill other cliques at the party. If anyone gets killed it'll be for disobeying Da Rules and the Party Planning Committee will organize it, but not participate in it.

And that's all rule number 1. I know what you’re thinking. Yeesh! Number 1! This was supposed to be a party. Remember? Britain’s parties were lame we wanted to throw our own cool parties where people do what they want. Now we're making rules & committees and saying other persons aren’t people, and making our own money, and KILLING PEOPLE?

Whoa whoa whoa! I just came to drink a bottle of Madeira. This is crazy!

Well the parties before Da Committee sucked and to show them why they were better they had to make an original party planning system.

They had good reasons, they wanted freedom at the party, and for everyone to get along, and safety, and money for booze and all that jazz. So compromises had to be made.

But Mr. Lincoln?

I know but, contrary to popular belief I did not make Da Rules, I couldn’t, neither could anyone else they were set in stone. There’s 7 rules and each has their sub-rules but these seven rules are it and we can add on rules as time goes on but these are Da Rules.

Bring another bottle George Washington! We are now official!

When my time came to go to the party, I knew I wanted to be on the committee making rules. But as you can imagine things got more complicated. There were more partygoers, new cliques, new rules, and new technology, and more party tokens.

Party-goers all found creative ways to get more party tokens. Some charged for their own drinks and gave party tokens to anyone who would help, creating companies. Some partygoers found out how to get more people at parties through railroads, and boats.

The party planning committee had to figure out how to allow all of this but still keep the party in accordance with Da Rules. They formed new cliques and determined who would be counted in these cliques. More cliques and needs means they needed more tokens which meant more rules.

Existing Cliques made rules too. Allowing party-goers to trade however they wanted on behalf of their company. Companies were protected by the Killing or something else branch because the companies helped the party grow. They put together systems and infrastructure to make the party easier and better for everyone.

But, more disagreements among cliques always arose.

The biggest being other persons. If they are just technology then why are they even counted? And if the cliques with other persons are getting extra tokens for bringing other persons that we all agreed were not a part of the party, why should they benefit from unfair advantages? Should the new cliques have access to this other person power or should we just get rid of the whole other person thing all together?

They decided to let the new cliques choose how to run themselves as Da Rules intended but that was not pretty. While waiting to become a clique, one group even made 2 sets of rules for their clique, and that stirred up trouble and we can’t have that at the party.

So the planning committee and the Killing or Something else branch met and met and decided all cliques and cliques to be must follow Da Rules, so even if a clique considered other persons people they had to adhere to Da Rules stating that other persons are only kinda people and have been for years. They are technology to be owned and only that. Other persons aren’t people but still count and that’s that.

Some of the reps thought this was unfair. They were mad, so they made a gang within the Party Planning Committee dedicated to putting this whole other person thing to rest.

A Popular rep, within my clique, I, was picked to be the face of this new gang, No Otras or NO for short. It was mostly clique reps that didn’t own any other persons and thought the whole other person clause gave cliques that used them too much power and tokens and was dumb and outdated or just supported the new cliques being able to do whatever they wanted.

The other gang Usa Los Demas or USA were pro other persons, and Da Rule followers who just wanted to follow Da Rules verbatim.

When the elections happened for President, I won. When I did some cliques, all pro-USA cliques decided to stir up big trouble. And you know what happens after big trouble.

People die.

On my first day, Seven cliques left the party planning committee to form their own party planning committee and throw their own parties where they could do whatever they wanted.

The New Party planning committee, let's call it Mericuh, planned their own party, with their own party and everyone else stayed.

Both said they were following Da Rules, and trying to make a more perfect party.

Mericuh started killing some of our people and we killed some of theirs, well, a lot of theirs. We were more efficient and we won.

We had better technology and I temporarily allowed other persons the right to go to the party if they killed any Mericuhn soldiers. The committee changed the rule about admission fees and charged the party goers because, killings. We also needed too many tokens and they were getting too heavy so we came up with party notes. This made trade and resource creation easier. We industrialized our system and we won.

Because we won, we got to make the new rules.

This was my big shot. We were going to unify, the old cliques can come back as long as they swear loyalty to the party. Anyone joining new cliques can get tokens for joining, and we will give incentives to people with ideas to create more companies. The other persons are no longer property officially and we’re gonna give them all space at the party and try to make the party cool for them too. It’s gonna take a lot of work but I am confident that we can destroy our enemies by making them our friends and bring the party togeth-”

Lincoln is shot, point blank in the back of his head and falls to the ground.

Andrew Johnson emerges on stage with the gun behind him.

“Andrew Johnson?” the crowd says, then starts booing.

“Look.” Andrew Johnson says.

“The cliques that decided to leave never had a right to leave in the first place; it clearly says so in Da Rules. I will elect temporary clique presidents and we will hold new meetings to create committees and plans for these cliques with the same people from before. The other persons that are now people get no rights to space and that space will go back to the people that left because giving the other persons space will take away space from the people that were already there but left and are coming back. Almost everything goes back to normal except the other persons are technically people now so now they’re not other persons, but they’re not partygoers, and can’t pick clique reps but they’re not property and we can’t call them other persons any more. We’ll call them formerly owned persons from now on. Any questions?”

The entire crowd boos and starts throwing chairs. America the beautiful fades back in over the boos until it overpowers them. We see more beautiful images depicting American history. We hear the announcer's voice. “Next time on Moments with the President: Franklin Delano Roosevelt and how he helped build and protect our nation.’

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