About 2:00 I heard a dull thud in my downstairs' study. Sensing something strange, I arose, stumbled downstairs, and turned on the light. As my eyes adjusted to the light, I focused in on a diamond encrusted dagger lying prominently across my desk. Not any dagger, one I had secretly dreaded all my life. It had always threatened my past and overshadowed my future. It would grow to have an ominous effect on my future and that of my adopted nation: America.

This golden dagger was encrusted with a diamond studded hilt. A gold German eagle was engraved in the handle on one side and an emblem of a Nazi Swaticka on the other side. A special U-boat insignia adorned the butt of the handle. On the blade was engraved the words, "ULLES FUR DEUTFCHLAND". The dagger was from "Kriegsmarine" (the German Navy between 1935-1945).

"It seems that Reichmarschall Himmler did not take to kindly to being stripped of his power. In fact, he was planning to circumvent the end of the war and sue for peace with the Allies by ransoming the Jews in late 1944. Hitler knew of his treasonous plans and actually ordered his arrest.

Himmler had ordered the death camps to extract gold from the teeth of Jews and smelt it down. This amounted to some 3,000 kilos (6,600 lbs) of gold. Himmler had ordered it placed on a train heading toward Switzerland. He planned to have the Swiss set up a private bank account, which he would get access to after he escaped to Argentina. The Swiss agreed to accept this gold and have held it on account for the last 50 years."

"Mr. President, The SeaWolf's nuclear powered attack capabilities provide the Navy with an undersea weapon's arsenal that is second to none and it can operate in any possible combat scenario. The ship's speed is its greatest advantage. It can get places quicker and more quietly than any other submarine afloat. It truly provides combat power, mobility, and flexibility."

"The SeaWolf carries a full complement of Tomahawk Cruise Missiles. They are made by Hughes Missile Systems in Tucson, Arizona and cost $ 500,000 dollars a piece. .... I paused to state, "Mr. President, if they intend to target cities in the U.S., they have the right tool for the job. Cruise Missiles stay on target no matter what."

"Jim, if you haven't noticed by now, the entire U.S. government has for many years had a private policy to retain the strength of the Reich. OSS officials, who later became members of the CIA, safeguarded various members of our Reich from the end of the war till now. We have been an integral part of the American government since Patton crossed the Rhine."

I acknowledged this and replied, "Yes, I know the U.S. Intelligence Community was hiding Nazis after the war. But you talk about controlling the U.S. government, all world governments for that matter, by employing the ideology of the Third Reich."

"Yes, exactly. Jim, you have two simple choices. Either National Socialism or an American form of Bolshevik Communism. Take your choice. Democracy has become to fat and to lazy to exist much beyond the beginning of the 21st Century. The greed of Congress and special interest groups is bankrupting and destroying Jeffersonian Democracy as you have known it."

The Vice-President swallowed deeply and replied, "We want all the remaining gold in Switzerland. We need it to fund the societal cleanup needed before this century ends".

I retorted, "Do you plan to exterminate half the world, like you tried to do before, in order to achieve this glorious end."

The Vice-President looked at me with a deep determined stare and said, "Only if it's needed."

His word "needed" had an ominous note to it. I probed him further, "Do you need my money to build American Gas Chambers, too?"

He turned red and yelled, "The goddamn gold is not yours. Your grandfather stole it from Himmler and my father. The fucking gold belongs to us."

I thought to myself and then yelled out, "Like hell it does! It belongs in the teeth of the Holocaust victims you stole it from, you Nazi butcher."