All the evidence you site below can be said about Whitley Strieber too but that doesn't make him less nutty does it?
Ruppert harps on supposed suppression of information and immediately pending catastrophies which are simply a distraction from the real tasks at hand. He needs to go away. Regardless of his motives his involvement undermines real work that is being done and future work to be done.
John Thornton
On 5 Jan 2006 at 17:10, Joseph Wanzala wrote:
>
> Michael C. Ruppert is the author of "Crossing The Rubicon: The Decline of
> the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil". Published in September
> 2004, it is the second-largest selling book about the attacks of 9/11 after
> the Keane Commission report. "Rubicon" is the only book to show that U.S.
> policy since then has been consistent with Peak Oil imperatives. Mike is
> also the publisher/editor of "From The Wilderness", a newsletter read in
> more than 50 countries around the world. Mike is a highly sought after
> lecturer on Peak Oil, having spoken in ten countries. Mike's current focus
> is on individual and community preparedness for the challenges now facing us
> all. Mike is a former LAPD narcotics investigator, whistleblower and a 1973
> Honors Graduate of UCLA in Political Science.
>
>
> >From: jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net
> >Reply-To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> >To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> >Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Abiotic Oil vs. Peak Oil
> >Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:08:44 -0600
> >
> > > On Thursday, January 05, 2006 3:23 PM [PDT],
> > > Chip Berlet <c.berlet at publiceye.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > The headline can be:
> > > >
> > > > Two Cranks Case Oil
> > > >
> > > > -cb
> > > >
> > >
> > > Mike Ruppert has the background and the ability [LAPD detective] to
> > > do a reasonably structured analysis of any issue he'd care to tackle.
> > >
> > > How about you Chip? Do you even KNOW what abiotic oil is?
> > >
> > > Credentials please?
> > >
> > > Leigh
> >
> >Ruppert is a bit off. Is there a topic he doesn't consider himself an
> >expert or near-expert on?
> >
> >Being an LAPD detective hardly qualifies one to pontificate on petroleum.
> >The ability to do detailed
> >stuctural analysis would certainly be helpful for a detective but to
> >imagine that it is an inherent ability of
> >police detectives is wishful thinking. I have known some detectives whose
> >ability to analyze much of
> >anything was pretty dismal.
> >
> >I know what abiotic theory oil is. I have Dr. Golds book but I just started
> >it (yes I know it's a few years old
> >but I don't always get to read things as soon as I'd like) and cannot yet
> >comment specifically on it. It is an
> >interesting theory that suffers from some problems a few more than the
> >currently held theory.
> >
> >It's seems unlikely to be accurate but stranger things have happened. Maybe
> >I'll be persuaded it isn't
> >extremely improbable as a theory by Gold's text but I'm going in skeptical.
> >He's not a geologist so he is a bit
> >out of his element.
> >
> >Even if I believed the abiotic oil theory was correct the "Two Cranks Case
> >Oil" comment would still be funny
> >and accurate. Corsi is really nuts and it's being charitable calling
> >Ruppert just a bit off. The debate on
> >abiotic oil is certainly worth engaging in but nothing of significance will
> >be added by these two.
> >
> >John Thornton
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