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Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil
The attacks of September 11, 2001, were accomplished through an amazing orchestration of logistics and personnel. Crossing the Rubicon discovers and identifies key suspects—finding some of them in the highest echelons of American government—by showing how they acted in concert to guarantee that the attacks produced the desired result.
Crossing the Rubicon is unique not only...more
Crossing the Rubicon is unique not only...more
Paperback, 512 pages
Published
October 1st 2004
by New Society Publishers
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9-11 conspiracy combined with Peak-Oil theory and defense computer analysis—peddled by an ex-cop with alleged insider information on governmental drug-running, corruption, and cover-ups—all pointing towards massive Bush administration (née Cheney) complicity in the events of that terrible, nation-altering day. Fascinating and furious, but frustrating and faulty and in desperate need of a ruthless editor. I can only take Ruppert's meandering, information-overloaded style for so long, and then I n...more
Forget about the grainy captured-from-TV video clips you've squinted at on various web sites. Michael Ruppert uses concrete evidence --press releases, news stories, interviews, official documents-- to make his case against the perpetrators of the September 11 attacks. He lays the book out in the form of a court case, having sections for motive, means and opportunity. At the end, he ties it all together with his summation, which ties together nicely the information that precedes it.
The book is th...more
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anyone interested in the dirt of 9/11 and the chain of events that lead up to it....should read this book. it's a huge book covering everything from "peak oil", the CIA's connections and just about everything else you can think of. the subtitle: The Decline of the American Empire At The End of The Age of Oil"...that pretty much says it all. It's a huge book, and considering i'm in school it's been tough to really get involved in it, but i'm giving it all i've got.....
*** i never finished this bo...more
*** i never finished this bo...more
Well this is an epic 700 page tome.
And it has some interesting ideas. I particularly liked the proposed explanation for why exactly we all went to war with Afghanistan post 9/11, when absolutely none of the people involved in 9/11 were Afghans, they were all Saudis, Bin Laden was a Saudi prince, there was precisely zero connection to Afghanistan, yet that's where we invaded.
And the suggestion was thus, the Taliban when they came into power brought an end to the planting of Opium poppies througho...more
And it has some interesting ideas. I particularly liked the proposed explanation for why exactly we all went to war with Afghanistan post 9/11, when absolutely none of the people involved in 9/11 were Afghans, they were all Saudis, Bin Laden was a Saudi prince, there was precisely zero connection to Afghanistan, yet that's where we invaded.
And the suggestion was thus, the Taliban when they came into power brought an end to the planting of Opium poppies througho...more
This book is a little bit of a runaway train, in the sense that the focus of the book seems to have gotten away from the author. In this particular case, I think that is a good thing. Michael Ruppert has produced a painstakingly methodical examination of the events of September 11, 2001 as they relate to a perceived world energy crisis. Central to his thesis is the idea of "Peak Oil", which essentially says that we are now passing a point where it will soon no longer be cost-efficient to extract...more
I'd like to extend my thanks to everyone who has reviewed Crossing The Rubicon, and to everyone who has read the book. And a special thanks to those who have done both.
Let me reply to a recent review by a Mr. Watson. "Already some of his witnesses are unravelling as in the case of Mike Vreeland." The sentence starts with the plural, but it really refers only to Vreeland -- whom the book describes as utterly unreliable EXCEPT in the special case of his 911 warning. Why? Because the warning was a...more
Let me reply to a recent review by a Mr. Watson. "Already some of his witnesses are unravelling as in the case of Mike Vreeland." The sentence starts with the plural, but it really refers only to Vreeland -- whom the book describes as utterly unreliable EXCEPT in the special case of his 911 warning. Why? Because the warning was a...more
Jun 11, 2012
Joe Nicolello
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read on and off in the san francisco public library three and a half years ago when an old friend and i used to have saturday breakfast and spend hours thereafter on the fifth floor with stacks of books and discussing everything at once. like other books i have catalogued, i don't know what to rate this because i don't know if i do not believe in it or believe in it or something in between. anyhow those afternoons, and this book amongst others, certainly opened my eyes. i think i permanently gav...more
This, along with 1984, was one of those texts that makes you critically think about the world around you. It's quite long, and some chapters fall flat in context to the core of the story which revolves around oil, our financial system, and 9/11. At the very least, CTR should make you question the official account of 9/11 and in particular, the 9/11 Commission Report, which for all intents and purposes, is an inaccurate representation of events that relied on third-hand testimony, including terro...more
I have to say, I felt like I had to be a member of "The Lone Gunmen" from the X-Files to follow what he heck was going on in Crossing The Rubicon. I worked for a defense contractor so I knew all about the Bush era BS and that is why I eager to read this. (You know re-affirmation and all that.) I was also, at the time of reading this, a believer in PeakOil -I have since changed my view on the topic. I'm not quite sure that this book is really worth the massive amount of time it took to read other...more
Michael Ruppert was fully conscious that 9/11 was aided and abetted by insiders in our government on the day the towers went down. His work tracking corruption in our government since the 1970's put him in a position to track all the inside workings needed to present a jury ready case against the Bush administration. This book is a must read. If the United States has any hope of returning to it's original Constitutional Government, the people have to know what is really happening. Ruppert knows...more
An absorbing book. Not without its flaws. However, Ruppert manages to dredge up tons of stuff that I, and many other Americans, I suspect, forgot about 9/11 and the events preceding it. Taking the approach of a homicide detective (Ruppert is, in fact, a former LAPD detective), he seeks to establish, at the very least, criminal negligence on the part of the U.S. government in failing to protect Americans on 9/11 (i.e., not shooting down planes when officials had the time, skill and policy framewo...more
This book helped inform me about what really happened on 9/11, and the real reasons that we invaded Iraq and have stayed there for so long (not anymore). The level of conspiracy that goes all the way up to the highest parts of the American Government (namely Dick Cheney) is astounding, and this book lays it all out. Some of my favorite parts are when the government is quoted as saying something, when they said something earlier or something happened that completely disproves that theory. Other e...more
Page 490: "Section 127 of Patriot II allows the Federal government to supercede all local statutes governing autopsies in terrorism investigations, which means literally that if a person died at the hands of an illegal federal investigation, the autopsy results could be commandeered to show a suicide or some other finding favorable to the government. This would also apply in cases of accidental death due to fatalities resulting from compulsory mass vaccinations. In such cases, instead of finding...more
This book has changed the way I see our government. I have a friend who read this in 2004 and I thought he went off "the deep end." While reading Ruppert's suspicious allegations, I found myself cross-referencing everything he purported to prove he was another radical. However, all his sources check out and I've converted to conspiracy theorist. Our government is not innocent and it does not have our best interests in mind when they legislate, or simply do whatever they want...
Open your eyes. Read it. It's not as "readable" as some of David Ray Griffin's work, but the research (and reliability of the research) is exceptional. Incredibly detailed and mind-blowing in parts. How the US gov't got away w/ the completely shoddy investigation of 9-11 is testament to how easily blinded and herded along like sheep we can all be. Read it. Now.
Michael Ruppert makes a frightening perspective on the future and how we are so wildly manipulated and misinformed -- through government and quasey governmental agencies. An important read -- and more realistic and believable than I would hope things are. Vastly entriguiging, fascinating and scary read.
Mike Ruppert is considered a very dangerous man by the US government because he has been warning people for the better part of the past decade that peak oil is upon us and is coming sooner, rather than later.
Of all the books on 9/11. this one is my favorite.
Also, if you like this book and the author's intellect, be sure to see the film "COLLAPSE" or check out the website www.fromthewilderness.com/
Also, if you like this book and the author's intellect, be sure to see the film "COLLAPSE" or check out the website www.fromthewilderness.com/
Micheal Rupert is a modern visionary. Anyone who wants to see the future should read this book and watch the fantastic documentary about him.
Actually this book has some solid information. I disagree with the central thesis of the book and with his promotion of peak oil.
Eye opening book for people with an open mind. Ruppert lets his ego get in the way of his facts and arguments at times.
This is the best book that I have read on the subject of 911. His research is footnoted constantly, and it's a thrill ride from beginning to end.
In addition to 911, the book covers the CIA's involvment in the drug trade, and a nice piece about a little known software program called "Promise".
As for the "end of Oil", I have found other sources that contend that this is intentional misinformation by the Oil companies of the world to keep prices high. (I don't know who to believe on this one, as...more
In addition to 911, the book covers the CIA's involvment in the drug trade, and a nice piece about a little known software program called "Promise".
As for the "end of Oil", I have found other sources that contend that this is intentional misinformation by the Oil companies of the world to keep prices high. (I don't know who to believe on this one, as...more
Rupert's was one of the first books to question 9.11. Full of key stories and details in the great puzzle, it suffers from the defect of promoting peak oil, which is itself a likely scam. Ruppert also advocates depopulation as the solution to peak oil, which is odd, and so ends up biased as a mainline leftist "use" of the 9.11 event. However, it includes many key news bits and details long forgotten, and overall is worth looking at.
Dense, compelling, fascinating. Covers an amazing amount of detailed history. Well worth reading.
May 09, 2011
Stas
marked it as to-read
Ruppert's latest
I have heard Mr. Ruppert speak many times and this book sum's up a decade of work.
Not an easy read but worthwhile.
*spoiler* Depressing!
*spoiler* Depressing!
One of the best investigators
i love how ths book offers pure facts on world economy as econims is my favourite topic.regardless of some facts the author has suggested tht seems incorrect.
May 29, 2013
Bertrand Jubault
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May 07, 2013 11:05am
Well, first off let me confess that I read Ruppert's book back in 2005, after it had...more
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