Just received in the mail today Michael Ruppert's hot-off-the-press "Crossing the Rubicon - The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil". The book can be ordered here:
amazon.com
I am going to venture a guess that it will be the most important book I read this year in terms of putting together the big picture.
I haven't started reading the book yet, but I want to quote give potential readers a sense of the "sociology of interests" that are associated with this effort.
Here's Prudent Bear's Marshall Auerback has to say about the book:
"In a sector rife with disinformation and ill-informed comment, Michael Rupert's work stands out as a conspicuous beacon of valuable well-informed analysis. His claims are bold and contrarian and have dramatic implications for the global oil price should the global economy experience a sustained recovery while Iraqi oil supplies are curtailed ... For anyone wishes to understand the full ramifications of this for the energy markets and global economy, Ruppert's work is invaluable."
Catherine Austin Fitts has written the Forward to Ruppert's book. Some on this forum might remember Jim Puplava's extraorindary interview with Fitts some months back (the interview can be accessed at the link below:
financialsense.com
Who Ruppert thanks in his Dedication and Acknowledgements sheds further light on the community of interest who's views he in some manner expresses:
"For Cynthia McKinney, Barbara Lee, Ron Paul, and Paul Wellstone. You are not Democrats or Republicans. You are Americans.
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"I must thank two of the world's most courageous, independent, and brilliant women: Catherine Austin Fitts, one of the greatest teachers I've ever had; and the most Honorable Cynthia McKinney, the former and next Representative of Georgia's Fourth District.
... the excellent writers who have made From the Wilderness a respected landmark over the last six and a half years ... Dale Allen Pfeiffer, Stan Goff, Michael Kane, Tom Flocco, Nick Levis, Mike Davidson, and Wayne Madsen.
Very special thanks to all of the Pacifica Radio network supporters, listeners, and activists who fought messy wars against censorship ...
Special thanks are due to Canada, its wonderful and decent people, its love of justice, its sense of fairness ... In particular I would like to thank two brave and forthright Canadian lawyers, Rocco Galati and Paul Slansky, who laid out the record of Delmart "Mike" Vreeland in a way that history cannot ignore. Hey, what are a few dead cats, smashed windows, and death threats anyway?
Special thanks to all of the American Muslims who invited me to speak in their Mosques, and to all of the American Jews who took to this book and my work in the full recognition that we all worship the same God. This has been living brotherhood and spiritual integrity at its highest level
Thanks to my teachers on energy: Dale Allen Pfeiffer (again), Colin Campbell, Jean Jaherrere, Richard Heinberg, Julian Darely, Kjell Alekett, my newfound friend Ali Samsam Bakhtiari, and the candid Matthew Simmons.
Thanks to my teachers on writing and research; those who were both courageous pathfinders and who saved my life by having the courage to say that things were very, very wrong so many years ago: Peter Dale Scott, Fletcher Prouty, and Alfred McCoy. I have tried to emulate you wise men and, in the process, have become my truest and best self thus far.
Thanks to Richard Clarke who left so many great breadcrumbs. I don't know how you got away with it.
And from Catherine Austin Fitts' Foreward:
... Thanks largely to Mike's initial stand and his ongoing support for key members in his media network - Michel Chossudovsky of Global Research, Alastair Thompson of Scoop Media, Al Giordano of Narco News, Tom Flocco of TomFlocco.com, and others - the 9/11 Truth Movement has staked out the moral high ground ...
If the reputation and integrity of the above persons doesn't make an impact on you, well, I guess this book is not for you.
Just a heads up for those who may have in the past been influenced by the views and perspectives of the persons named above.
Glenn |
