(Melchizedek Communique, MC123109) The decade began with O-sama. It ends with O-bama. In ten years, we have moved from sama to bama.

On October 13, 2008, Conspiracy Nation pondered what to call this decade. "How do you name this decade, which ends in zeros? You can call it 'the aughts.'" The officials have since deemed it "the naughties" but Melchizedek Communique prefers "the aughts."

Conspiracy Nation was the previous name of Melchizedek Communique. But the American people said they wanted "change", so Conspiracy Nation became Melchizedek Communique.

The aughts, meaning zeros or O's, were bookended by O-sama and O-bama. Conspiracy Nation had noticed how there are sixty-two trillion dollars in credit-default swaps outstanding. This number had been found in the New Yorker magazine of September 29, 2008. So we see the aughts had lots of O's: $62,000,000,000,000.

The aughts were bookended by the September 11, 2001 deception at the start, and ended with the December 25, 2009 failed terrorist attack on a plane headed for Detroit. The September 11, 2001 (9/11) deception was a mind-boggling surreal event, since turned into a holy icon which shall not be questioned. The December 25, 2009 fizzled attack is boring.

The aughts is marked by Rush Limbaugh angrily hanging up on "the kookery caller." On March 16, 2007, on the alleged "Open Line Friday", the controversial radio host received a call from a gentleman who began speaking about the events of September 11, 2001 as an "inside job." Limbaugh threw a fit and denounced "kookery." Yesterday, December 30, 2009, Rush Limbaugh was taken to a hospital with chest pains and was in serious condition, a Honolulu television station reported. (Get well soon, Rush, even though this editor does not always agree with you.)

During the aughts, Emmy award-winning talk show host Rosie O'Donnell risked being stigmatized as a "kook" for her stance on the terror events of September 11, 2001. O'Donnell stepped forward with her belief that there was a U.S. government conspiracy on 9/11. Charlie Sheen had also been brave enough to say, "The emperor has no clothes." Now the decade ends with reported marriage troubles for Sheen.

The aughts were the heyday of the visual hell. Americans decided they don't believe "conspiracy theories." This was the perfect answer to "truthers" when they kept pointing out "inconvenient facts" such as no Mayday calls, no fighters scrambled, and the fireproof passport quickly salvaged from the rubble. "Why sir, I do not believe conspiracy theories." And that is that.

The aughts were the heyday of the visual hell. Americans decided waving flags was the answer. In Champaign, Illinois, soon after 9/11, a giant mobile crane was used to hoist a huge American flag. This editor halted to gape in awe. One of "the brothers" approached: "Hey man, can I get a cigarette off you?"

The visual hell was the television. Americans gladly entered. This editor boycotted television during the aughts, and so escaped hell.

The decade began with plastic Christianity, the "holier than thou" brand. Had you been "saved"? Those who had been "saved" insisted on telling you about it. George W. Bush, who is now reportedly a has-been "pooper scooper", is among the "saved". (But he is apparently undergoing weekly psycho-therapy sessions as the decade ends. Background: "Dubya Bush Now a 'Pooper Scooper'?" http://www.shout.net/~bigred/mc122609.html)

And so, will America continue to close her eyes in the coming decade? We've seen how that "solution" has worked thus far. Will Americans continue to say, "I don't believe conspiracy theories"? Will Rush Limbaugh continue to hang up on "kookery callers" during his alleged "Open Line Friday"?

Keep closing your eyes, America, and see where that gets you. Get a bigger crane and hoist a larger flag. Get "saved" and make sure total strangers keep hearing about it. George Washington and his soldiers endured Valley Forge, but you need not endure even turning off the television, let alone boycotting the airlines.