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 Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 6:44 am Post subject: Mike Ruppert's address to the Commonwealth Club on 911 |
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Michael Ruppert gave a groundbreaking speech at the "Commonwealth Club" in San Francisco on Tuesday, August 31. The PDF file of the speech is attached, and is downloadable at http://www.fromthewilderness.com/PDF/Commonwealth.pdf (if you don't have a PDF file reader, you can download a free reader from adobe.com for Macintosh or Windows operating systems). The speech is long, but a must read for anyone interested in the future of the United States, peak oil, 9/11, the 2004 election, and related topics.
Announcing the release of Michael C. Ruppert's new book
CROSSING THE RUBICON: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil" Michael C. Ruppert foreword by Catherine Austin Fitts
(New Society Publishers)
After 2 1/2 years of exhaustive research, unflinching commitment, and rock-solid integrity in an uphill battleground riddled with opposition to an uncompromised, and uncensored expose' ...
Crossing the Rubicon: the Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil by Michael C. Ruppert is a detective story that gets to the innermost core of the 9/11 attacks. It places 9/11 at the center of a desperate new America, created by specific, named individuals in preparation for Peak Oil: an economic crisis like nothing the world has ever seen.
The attacks of September 11th, 2001 were accomplished through an amazing orchestration of logistics and personnel. Crossing the Rubicon discovers and identifies the key suspects and persons of interest -- finding some of them in the highest echelons of American government -- by showing how they acted in concert to guarantee that the attacks occurred and produced the desired result.
In describing the contents of the book he has spent two and a half years researching and writing Ruppert said:
"In my new book I will be making several key points:
1. I will name Richard Cheney as the prime suspect in the mass murders
of 9/11 and will establish that, not only was he a planner in the
attacks, but also that on the day of the attacks he was running a
completely separate Command, Control and Communications system which was
superceding any orders being issued by the NMCC [National Military
Command Center], or the White House Situation Room.
2. I will establish conclusively that in May of 2001, by presidential
order, Richard Cheney was put in direct command and control of all
wargame and field exercise training and scheduling through several
agencies, especially FEMA. This also extended to all of the conflicting
and overlapping NORAD drills on that day.
3. I will also demonstrate that the TRIPOD II exercise being set up on
Sept. 10th in Manhattan was directly connected to Cheney's role.
4. I will also prove conclusively that a number of public officials, at
the national and New York City levels, including then Mayor Rudolph
Giuliani, were aware that Flight 175 was en route to lower Manhattan for
20 minutes and did nothing to order the evacuation of or warn the
occupants of the South Tower. One military officer was forced to leave
his post in the middle of the attacks and place a private call to his
brother -- who worked at the WTC -- warning him to get out. That was
because no other part of the system was taking action.
5. I will also show that the Israeli and British governments acted as
partners with the highest levels of the American government to help in
the preparation and, very possibly, the actual execution of the
attacks."
"There is more reason to be afraid of not facing the evidence in this
book than of facing what is in it."
Address of michael c. Ruppert For the commonwealth club ? san francisco
Tuesday august 31, 2004 Thank you for that gracious introduction.
Let me begin by thanking pat lamken for inviting me to be here today and
for her efforts to arrange ? what is certainly for me ? a historic
landmark in my 26 years of work to bring to light information ? vitally
important, life and death, information ? which has been virtually
ignored by the mainstream media. This information has also remained
completely unaddressed or even publicly acknowledged by those elites in
both america and the world that determine and shape public policy and
direct the course of human events. I say this with the full and complete
awareness that i am tonight standing partially in the midst of those
elites and that those elites are listening. I have long been aware of
the stature and prestige of the commonwealth club, for its ability to
attract some of the world's most influential speakers; also for its
reputation for bi-partisanship; and perhaps most importantly for its
willingness to present conflicting or opposing viewpoints.
.2 my appearance here tonight no doubt marks a departure for the club
even from that inspiring record. With today's remarks i intend to
establish a whole new definition of "conflicting viewpoint." I applaud
the club's record and am mindful that, had it not been for the dangerous
and epochal historical events taking place around us, i would never have
been afforded such an opportunity as this. Because clearly, my writing
and public speaking have demonstrated that where we are today is exactly
where i said we would be if something fundamental was not changed about
how we both view the world, and how we interact with it. Before
preparing this speech, of course, i did some research to see who had
spoken here before. I was happy to see that i follow on the heels of
such notables as former cia director james woolsey and two members of
the kean commission on 9/11: slade gorton and richard ben-veniste. These
are not people who i would call "kindred spirits." I also saw the name
of homeland security secretary tom ridge and former treasury secretary
robert rubin. These are also leaders of whom i have been sharply
critical in the past and will be sharply critical of in the future. I
also saw names like john kerry, john edwards, dennis kucinich, joe
liberman and madeleine albright.
.3 my record as a journalist and lecturer shows that i have not
embraced, and have indeed been fiercely critical of, most of these
opinion makers. While i am more inclined to find kinship with dennis
kucinich, i also state categorically that no political leader who does
not address the real causes of the problems facing us will ever be
considered by me as a true kindred soul ? or as a political champion for
the future. Such praise and endorsement i offer only to the likes of my
good friend, the honorable cynthia mckinney of georgia, and to former
assistant secretary of housing catherine austin fitts. I heartily
recommend them to the club as potential speakers for future events. I
also saw the names of spiritual leaders and independent or international
voices like al franken, jane goodall, arianna huffington, the rabbi
michael lerner, norman mailer, ted turner, hans blix and king abudullah
ii. In looking at this long list of presitigious speakers i was very
aware that the life's work of michael ruppert did not place me in any
category that fit with these people. For the most part ? i have long
considered them to be part of a serious problem rather than pathfinders
to its solution. That realization brought to mind what was perhaps the
single most memorable line from the 1992 vice-presidential debates in
which ross perot's running mate, retired navy admiral james stockdale ?
a medal of honor winner and vietnam pow ? asked, "who am i?" And "why am
i here?"
.4 i am not prone to over-analyzing such opportunities. I have always
said that, if given the chance, i would walk into the lion's den or the
devil's bedroom to make my case and that is what i intend to do today.
This is as close as i have come thus far to either. For here, i can see
tonight parts of the elite whose consciousness and attitudes must be
changed if humanity is to even partially meet the challenges that are
"in our faces." For any of you who might be either lions or devils i
hope that you have had a good meal recently and also that you have
checked your pitchforks at the door. I also implore that your ears be
open and your minds accessible. For those of you who realize that a
global crisis is casting its shadow across the entire planet, and who
wish better to understand its dynamics, i am here to offer some of my
experience and learning as a "mapmaker" who has no allegiance to
partisan politics or any desire except to tell you the truth, no matter
how disquieting it may be, or how divergent it may be from whatever
cherished beliefs you may hold; from whatever cosomological principles
you may believe in; or from whatever economic or other personal
interests you may have. A spiritual teacher once told me that my problem
was not that i thought highly of myself; not that i thought lowly of
myself; but that i thought constantly of myself. In that vein,
.5 let us all tonight try to think of issues larger than ourselves, our
personal interests, our wants, or our fears. Viewed from almost any
perspective; be it geopolitics, economics, climate, spreading warfare
that threatens to unleash a global orgy of bloodletting, rising energy
prices, documented energy shortages, fresh water shortages, biological
warfare, the repression of civil liberties at home and abroad, or any of
a dozen other issues; planet earth and all of its inhabitants are in
great danger. This is not a time to think of national security. It is a
time to think of planetary security ? indeed, of planetary survival. And
i must recognize also that i would never have been afforded this
incredible opportunity to speak to you today, had it not been for the
consistent support and generosity; the reasearh and activism; the
courage and disenfranchisement, and above all the loyalty of all those
people who have helped my newsletter, "from the wilderness", grow in
just six years from 68 to more than 15,000 monthly readers worldwide.
Today our web site at www.fromthewilderness.com averages more than
12,000 visitors a day. These include members of congress, business and
economic leaders, professors at more than 30 universities, respected
journalists, and political leaders in many countries. If anything had an
impact on my thinking as i prepared these remarks it was my awareness
that these loyal supporters are the people on whose behalf i presume to
speak. It is their
.6 voice and their commitment which has given rise to my voice. I could
not and would not be here were it not for them. But i also, if i may be
that bold, presume to speak for all mankind, regardless of religion,
ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual preference, bank account or any
other artificial distinction. This is no time to be shy. This is not a
time when men and women of good conscience can afford to be politcally
correct or be guided by anything except a willingness to discard every
"cherished" belief or opinion which stands in the way of an accurate and
fearless appraisal of the world around us. As i have said so many times
in the last three years while delivering more than 40 lectures on the
truth and lies of 9/11 and peak oil, in eight countries: the events in
the five years following the attacks of september 11 th will determine
the course of human history for the next 500 years or more. I can only
assume that the record of my lectures and writings, wherein i have come
to be known as a man who backs up everything he says and presents it to
his audiences for verfication, had something to do with how the board of
governors reached its decision to extend this invitation. For many years
now not a single fact, citation or piece of evidence, presented in my
lectures, or in my best-selling video, "the truth and lies of 9/11" has
been proved inaccurate.
.7 i am known as a man who does not expect people to take his word on
faith but who asks and even expects people to challenge his research,
evaluate it, and reach their own conclusions. Operating under the
assumption that the past credibility of my research has produced a
record which got me in the door at the commonwealth club, i am today, in
the interest of time and for maximum impact, going to dispense with my
customary slide presentation. I fully expect that anyone who challenges
or disagrees with my assertions will go out and do some checking for him
or her self. Almost everything i present to you today will be fully
documented ? by means of approximately 1,000 endnotes ? in my soon to be
released book, "crossing the rubicon: the decline of the american empire
at the end of the age of oil." The book, published by new society
publishers, should be available for sale from the ftw web site within
2-3 weeks and it will go on sale nationally, through all major outlets,
by mid-october. September 11 th both here in the united states and
around the world i am not alone in believing that the attacks of
septmeber 11 th were facilitated, orchestrated and executed by the
united states government. However, there is a great deal of
misunderstanding and conclusion jumping about these assessments that is
not supported by the evidence. I was
.8 trained as a police officer and detective, and for many years now i
have been an effective investigative journalist because i have adhered
to strict evidentiary and investigative standards. The 9/11 attacks were
the result of deliberate planning and orchestrated efforts by
identifiable leaders within the u.s. Government, and the energy and
financial sectors, to see a pearl harbor-like attack which would provide
the american empire with a pretext for war, invasion and the sequential
confiscation of oil and natural gas reserves, or the key transportation
routes through which they pass. 9-11 was a premeditated murder and in my
book, and here tonight, i will name some of the suspects who committed
the crime. In my book i will show you overwhelming evidence of their
guilt which i would be proud and confident to place either before a
district attorney or a jury. Historically, the assertion that the united
states government would orchestrate an attack upon american interests
has ample precedent. Former national security advisor zbigniew
brzezinski described the need for such an event in several places in his
1997 book "the grand chessboard." It was i who first brought this book
to world attention in late 2001. The project for a new american century
made reference to the need for such an attack in its 2000 report
"rebuilding america's defenses." Declassified top secret documents
disclosed by author james bamford in his book, "body of secrets" tell us
that in 1962 the  chiefs had approved a plan called "operation
northwoods" which was a covert operation that would shoot down american airline....
More- http://www.fromthewilderness.com/PDF/Commonwealth.pdf
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