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

Rating: - A MUST READ for all Americans -- especially since the bailouts of Wall Street
As an activist, I have intensely read and studied 911, plus America's situation with regard to economics, politics, world affairs, World Bank, globalization of poverty, peak oil, the coming economic collapse, the US rolling over into the North American Union, and so on for 7 years (including documentaries and films, link TV and free speech TV).

I first found compelling evidence about 911 in Feb, 2002 with Mike Ruppert's TRUTH AND LIES OF 911 documentary (still for sale on amazon). I subscribed to his website and bought his huge tome CROSSING THE RUBICON, The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil, as soon as it came out, which I still reread from time to time. To me, Crossing the Rubicon is the ESSENTIAL 911 reader from the point of view of motive, means and opportunity. It is information dense, but extremely worthwhile and brilliantly documented and researched.

I think the "war" in Iraq is only part of the reason for "money and power people" to create 911, and Ruppert makes that perfectly clear in this book, his documentary DVD, and on his website.

I recommend ALL Americans to read this book (and get the documentary and go to his [...]) in order to discover the truth behind the ongoing lies of the media and our government.

As Mr. Ruppert so elegantly exposes, the CIA is WALL STREET.

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Rating: - don't waste your money
If you are looking for a book about peak oil and the associated economic problems don't buy this book. Its all about the standard conspiracy theories we have been hearing about for the last 40 years and is so poorly written, lengthy and disorganized that its not worth reading. Is there a rating less than 1 star?

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Rating: - Trying to absorb it and some questions
This is an incredibly disturbing book, but does dovetail
with issues that disturbed me before I read it. I agree
with others there are a lot of dots and not all are
well connected. Nevertheless, I don't want to rehash what others
have said, but make a few points.
The WTC was struck on 9-11. The Patriot Act, one individual
listed as the lead author, is over 340 pages, was passed
Oct 24. One and a half months later. How? How can something
complex be done in that time, especially with the confusion
and activity surrounding those events. I have wondered
if the Patriot Act wasn't already on the shelf waiting to
be pulled out.
The author points to the Daschle anthrax as being of CIA
origin. Interestingly, Richard Preston's "The Demon in the
Freezer" hints that this bioweapon was very sophistocated,
and may have fingerprints pointing to a USA origin.
On page 23 Ruppert refers to the need to reduce the world's
population by 4 billion (it may soon need to be 5 billion!)
To do this, bioweapons are needed. To spare infrastructure
and livestock, there aren't many candidates -- smallpox would
seem to be the most likely choice. And it seems that smallpox is
at large in unknown labs (again, see Preston's book). I am
an Inf Dz specialist and had the opportunity to study under
some of those who "eradicated" smallpox, and am somewhat familiar
with that story. One concern for anyone who opens that Pandora's
box is whether the vaccines will be effective to what may turn
out to be a bioengineered strain. On page 158, reference is
even made to a ethnospecific bioweapon.
In the end, I have more questions unanswered than answered. But
who could even invent this stuff?

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Rating: - PERHAPS THE MOST DIFINITIVE BOOK ON UNDERSTANDING 9/11
Michael Ruppert's "Crossing The Rubicon" is nothing less than a masterpiece. It was the first book I read that put 9/11 and the anthrax letters in context. It's a long book, over 600 pages, and I did not intend to read it all, but each chapter left me hungry for more information. This is an investigative book that encompasses much more than 9/11. It explains the financial and oil crises the US is in and the geopolitical strategy the neo-cons have developed to keep all the big lies alive. It explains the war games and Dick Cheney's complicity. If you are an American and you CAN read, then this book is a MUST read. Understand the era in which you live and you will understand the crises in which most of us will die.

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Rating: - A must read for all Americans
With the referenced facts laid out in this book, there is NO DOUBT why no one was put under oath at the 911 hearings!!!