http://www.fromthewilderness.com From the Wilderness en-us http://www.fromthewilderness.com/archive.shtml A RESEARCH TREASURE; AND MAP FROM PAST, TO PRESENT, TO FUTURE - One of the lines that became almost a trademark for "From The Wilderness" (FTW) over its 104 months of continuous publication was, "Until you change the way money works, you change nothing." What Tim Rutten tells us above is essentially the same thing, "stockholder interest is not public interest". The issue that caused him to write was a lackluster series of bids for the media giant Tribune Corporation which owns way too many TV stations and newspapers, including The Los Angeles Times, which was my hometown paper for 35 years. http://www.fromthewilderness.com/me_to_you.shtml A PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM MICHAEL C. RUPPERT - A TRIBUTE TO GARY WEBB AND A MESSAGE OF HOPE - From the greatest tragedies emerge the most redeeming seeds of hope. Most of the time the seeds are unseen because they are small and their promise of life has not been fulfilled. They lie sleeping in the rubble. The seed of hope I bring you here has to do with the future of investigative journalists and investigative journalism as a whole at a time when it is, in its most courageous forms, most needed. http://www.fromthewilderness.com/retrospective2008.shtml RETROSPECTIVE - 2008 - What happened? - A World the FTW Predicted - Where is Mike Ruppert? March 24, 2008 - I have owed you this update for a long time. Things have evolved so much and so relentlessly that there was no solid ground on which to plant my feet, take a look around and tell you what I saw with a steady gaze. I can do that now. http://www.fromthewilderness.com/sg.shtml If "CROSSING THE RUBICON" were a novel set in the near future... it would be "THE SHELL GAME"! -- NY Times best-seller Steve Alten hits one out of the park. Mike Ruppert has read this gripping novel and applauds every creative decision made its author. Because it's a novel, Alten could say things like the US is going to attack Iran, something Mike doesn't believe but most of the American population does. This "novel" is loaded with great research and compelling quotes from Rubicon and many folks well known to FTW readers. It leads them gently into the dark truths we know so well in these troubled times. Steve Alten acknowledges both Ruppert and "Rubicon" at the beginning and end of this throughly entertaining read. Here's what Ruppert had to say about "The Shell Game" in his Amazon review. "Steve Alten's genius is in his ability to make the unpalatable irresistible and to separate research "ice cream" from research "bs". That clear thinking is what makes "The Shell Game" slice through consciousness and reach the soul like a hot scalpel through butter. Steve takes us into a terrifying future as though he were reading a military GPS locator." -- Michael C. Ruppert It is important to buy "The Shell Game" during the "Week of Truth" -- April 16 - 22, 2008. This will drive "The Shell Game" onto the NY Times bestseller list which will open doors to TV talk shows and the chance to teach larger audiences about Peak Oil and the way things work. Just click on the following link. http://www.amazon.com/Shell-Game-Steve-Alten/dp/1599550946 Test