by Carlhole » Mon 07 Nov 2005, 15:25:26
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Though personally I’m sick of all the conspiracy crap. There’s much more serious things to worry about that are right in the open for all to see – like oil depletion.
In regards to oil depletion, I have always thought it is essentially useless to try to prepare on an individual basis because the desperate politics accompanying oil scarcity will overwhelm any attempts by people to live independently.
Therefore, it's important for the global population to recognize the threat of Peak Oil and take concerted action to "Powerdown".
However, the US since 911 has tried to place its huge footprint squarely in the ME so that it can control the world's remaining oil reserves more easily. As oil becomes scarce, the rest of the world will have to sing whatever tune the Americans call for. This was all enabled by 911.
We could not possibly be engaged in a Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan without there having been an attack to galvanize the public. Hence, David Ray Griffin's book title: "The New Pearl Harbor".
The US was built on oil wealth. Don't you think that the American oil powers know about oil depletion and its ramifications? Of course, they do. They have known about the consequences of oil depletion ever since the US peaked in 1971.
They calculated that they could engineer the attacks, create an enemy called Terrorism and use the threat to invade the Middle East. These are the same people who are bringing democracy to place like Fallujah.
Most of this stuff I first read about from people like Richard Heinberg, Barrie Zwicker (producer/narator of 'End of Suburbia'), Michael Ruppert, Michael Klare, F. William Engdahl, and others. They have all written about oil.
Yet, for some reason, people on this board and elsewhere blindly accept the governments conspiracy theory and do not think that it's worth properly investigating the 911 attacks.
You know, if a building like WTC7 had caught fire one day, burning with two minor fires on different floors, then suddenly collapsed, it would have been BIG, BIG news for weeks. FEMA, NIST, The Society of Structural Engineers, Fire Engineering Magazine and a whole raft of others would have been keenly interested to understand just how a 47 story building could fall down due to fire. Major legislative efforts would lead to countless new safety and construction codes on existing and future building to avoid it ever happening again.
WTC7 has never been explained. NIST was supposed to complete a full report on it last month but it just recently postponed the report again until next year. Five years to investigate a building collapse? FEMA, of course, described it as "inexplicable".
WTC7 was just one unbelievable aspect of a series of unbelievable events. How can people NOT suspect foul play?
I just saw this post from 'Concerned Soldier' and I thought it would be an apt addition to the above:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Concerned_Soldier', 'I') served in Iraq buying into the sham we were brining democracy and stability, but I quickly became disillusioned and depressed after coming back from Iraq. Seeing such brutality and anarchy was a real shocker for me, and I don’t think I’ll ever be the same again. After discovering the concept of peak oil, it became apparent to me that America and other powerful nations like China are entering an age wherein the militaristic acquisition of the remaining scraps of oil and national gas reserves will become common place.
I’m really worried about the future... Actually I’m very scared. I’m scared that in the future I might be forced to commit war crimes by putting down American citizens who do not agree with our government. I’m scared that I might be called up to fight against a nation that goes against the “strategic interests” of America. I’m scared of an economic crash that will destroy our way of life. I’m scared of our civil liberties and democracy going down the drain. In fact I can’t stop thinking about peak oil and ways it will affect the 1st world. But when I think about it… Maybe we deserve it for being so greedy and materialistic?
I feel like I’m living in the Roman Empire around 205 AD prior to the crisis of the 3rd century. The golden age of America is over. Yet I find few people who understand or believe this will affect America...