Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil

Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil | Michael C. Ruppert | Earth on the Edge.

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	Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil Michael C. Ruppert New Society Publishers, 2004 - 696 pages average customer review:based on 184 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The truth is knocking...

I currently purchased this book with cash from my local bookstore because of some "problems" posted by another reviewer of a similar book (the book was stopped at a nearby military base for a short period before being delivered.) I didn't want to take any chances.

The information in this book is nothing short of explosive and, though I am only 160 pages into it, it has officially burst my bubble (a bubble manufactured by the mainstream media's reluctance to be straight with the American people.)

This book, with so many verifiable references, is perfect for us "factinistas" who champion the truth. I believe the American people can handle the truth.

The American people may not be so outraged about oil company profits if they knew that oil company exec's were not just pillaging the American's people's pocketbooks to buy more yachts and summer homes - they're doing it because they need excess profits to invest in alternative fuel sources so that they don't go bankrupt.

As long as American's refuse to see what is right in front of their faces, as long as their realities consist of only what the mainstream media CHOOSES to show them, the American people will continue to be misled and Peak Oil will force the American way of life to become (gasp!) negotiable.

Wake up people and read this book!

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Earth on the Edge.

This is a in- depth study of why the Western world governments act as they do. The answer is money.Pure and simple. He who controls the resourses, has the power. Who has the power collects the money. The money for these leaders and string pullers, is an addiction which they cannot control.

Mike Ruppert, an ex cop turned answer hunter, has put a great book out there which I reckon everyone in the western world needs to read to see what is really going on in this world. Our world has become a much more scary place to be since learning all this uncovered information that our leaders do not want us to know about. We are facing a huge upheaval in our lives in the not too distant future. Unless something is done to stop the IDIOTS who think they know whats best for us, and especially themselves, we are in trouble.

Peak oil is here. With only a few decades of reserves left, the pressure will be comming thick and fast to controll what is left. Crossing the Rubicon takes a good look at how and why the U.S and friends are setting up to be the big bad school yard bullies to gain domination of the world playground.

When I got interested in the subject of 9/11, I read David Griffins book A new Pearl Harbour. Then Webster Tarpleys Synthetic Terror. Now that I have finished Mikes book, I feel that I am a seasoned veteran on this subject. There is just so much relevant info that crops up every day on the news or in the paper that I can relate to. I've even started writing letters to the editor of the local paper on the issuses that concern me that correspond to this book. Every day the world gets a little bit worse off. Unless we stand up and voice these concerns, nothing will get done. We need a Western World Revolution! Now before its too late. Think of the generations to come.

READ THIS BOOK NOW! READ IT NOW!

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Good stuff...

Tons of well-researched documentation and irrefutible and undeniable evidence of government cover-ups and "conspiracies". Everything from the CIA and their drug-running cartels, and Dick (bulls-eye) Cheney's Enron ties, to the events which led directly to the biggest conspiracy of them all the WTC's controlled demolitions which I believe were a self-inflicted wound in order to justify the invasion of and the occupation of Iraq and soon to be Iran, and albeit that's not all Sylvester, the rabbit hole goes much, much deeper. You will just have to order this book to find out what the mainstream media dares speak of. It saddens me to think most Americans are brainwashed to believe its all about installing democracy over there; come-on people please open your eyes already. I can clearly see through this fascade and bogus front of "the war on terror", while the very thread of our constitution and bill of rights and what hundreds and thousands of our forefathers believed in, and fought and ultimately died for in creating and protecting is being mutilated from the inside-out, all in the guise of "HOMELAND SECURITY" what a crock of S***!! These criminals are running rampant with no legitimate reasoning behind any of this, WMD's? huh? Osama, Who? Whoever cannot see through the wool pulled over their face is needing to remove their blinders i.e., their cozy view of America's role in domestic and world affairs.

Mr. Ruppert has produced an absolutely oustanding publishing achievement here, a must read for seekers of the real truth out there. Wake up people, do your homework, it doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out what is really going on and what is undoubtebly at risk! OUR FREEDOM!!!!

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THE TWELVE TIME-TESTED TRUTHS:

1) The moon is made of cheese.

2) Cats and dogs never fight as they are natural allies.

3) Depending upon what the meaning of "is" is, William Jefferson Clinton "is" the most honest man in America; he never inhaled when he smoked his joints.

4) George W. Bush is a master linguist who could educate William Shakespeare when it comes to proper usage of the English language.

5) The United States government has never deviated from The Constitution and the intent with which the Founders framed it.

6) The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a hard-core conservative organization bent on stamping out collectivism from the public consciousness.

7) Ann Coulter is a radical Left-wing liberal and a secret card-carrying member of the Communist party.

8) Pedophiles are anathema to the Catholic church which leaves no stone unturned when investigating and excommunicating deviants within its priesthood.

9) The current administration is exceedingly concerned about the negative impact that illegal aliens are having on American society; it is determined to round them up and prevent their unauthorized return.

10) The Federal Reserve Bank is a government entity which was formed solely in order to regulate the American economy, prevent boom/bust cycles, and ensure an equitable financial system that would be beneficial to the U.S. citizenry.

11) The Bill of Rights was conceived and enacted as a safeguard against the personal liberties of the populace usurping power that rightfully belongs to the benevolent and omniscient Federal government. Too much individual freedom tends to interfere with the ability of the elected representatives and government bureaucracies to control and manipulate the nation's citizens for the good of the people.

12) The great tragedy that occurred on September 11, 2001 was entirely unforeseeable, unpreventable, and unimaginable. The disloyal rabble-rousers in America who insist that highly placed government officials had foreknowledge of the terrorist attacks and yet allowed them to be perpetrated for political expediency, should be confined in a communist gulag for their un-American paranoia! All men and women who question the veracity and altruism of U.S. government leaders are not fit to call themselves Americans, nor to fly the Stars and Stripes on the Fourth of July. That flag and that holiday should be celebrated only by citizens who meekly and unquestioningly follow government edicts and media pundits. Books such as 'CROSSING THE RUBICON' present a serious danger to the status quo and ought to be publicly burned along with the unpatriotic drunkards who read them!

I think there was a thirteenth Truth also; something about the health benefits of imbibing 100 proof whiskey. But I can't find my notes at the moment because the room is spinning and my desk is out of focus.

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Interesting...

First of all the research that went into this book is astounding. Both his resources and grasp of geopolitics seem limitless. This book is choc full of (very often cited) information. And to his credit, Ruppert says right from the start that he is merely formulating a THEORY of what happened based on the the resources available to him.

Now, The Form:

Since there is SO much data here, I find him going off on long and hyper-detailed arguments where at the end of the chapter, I have no clue (until the end of the book) as to where this fit in to his final, meta argument. In fact, I never knew precisely what his argument was until the end of the book.

For example; for a while he will talk about the CIA and drugs and then he talks about peak oil and then he talks about US foriegn policy in Asia and so on and so on... Its all very interesting but but not entirely clear where he is heading with it all.

The Content:

If I understand him correctly, basically 9/11 was no accident. Worse, it was orchestrated by a handful of people in power as a pretext for taking control of the Middle East and it's oil because, (Surprise Surprise!), its about to run out.

Personnally I can't swallow the idea that the CIA (no matter how corrupt) and al Qaeda worked together for 9/11. Its even more absurd a notion than as Saddam working with al Qaeda.

However, did certain people in power know that an attack was eminate and allowed it to 'go down' for a geopoltical ends? Perhaps. Did Mossad, know? They would have to have been stupid not to have know, and Mossad is far from stupid.

The thing is, one could gather thousands of documents supporting any theory you choose, (especially with a notoriously opaque White House) but in the end it is still just speculation.

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