----- For Immediate Release -----
Book Publication Announcement
April 17, 2009
A Presidential Energy Policy: Twenty-five Points Addressing the Siamese Twins of Energy and Money
© Copyright 2009, Michael C. Ruppert
Available for sale in digital format and paperback (wholesale and retail) at
http://www.rubiconworks.com,
and other digital and online distribution points.
A New
Book-Publishing Paradigm for a New
Human Paradigm
New World Digital, Inc. one of the world's
largest producers and distributors of electronic media in all digital
formats including Kindle ®, Blu-ray ®, and print-on-demand is pleased
to announce the publication of Michael C. Ruppert's newest book, "A
Presidential Energy Policy: Twenty-five Points Addressing the Siamese
Twins of Energy and Money".
We have been lied to about the stock
market, AIG, Citigroup, hedge funds, mortgages, Ponzi-schemes, 401(k)s,
the invasion of Iraq...even steroids in baseball. Why accept everything
we have been told about energy? Our energy "information" comes from
the same corporate entities that have misled us about everything else.
A Presidential Energy Policy exposes the lies told about energy
to protect a collapsing monetary system which now threatens all of industrial
civilization. It also provides real, positive and immediate steps that
can be taken at the individual, local, federal and global levels that
can avert a potential extinction event for our species.
A
Presidential Energy Policy says what an American president cannot,
that energy and money (the economy) are Siamese twins. Energy is depleting
faster than it can be replaced and there is no combination of alternative
energies that can or will ever sustain an edifice of human civilization
built by oil. If energy gets sick, money must be treated simultaneously
and vice versa — often in ways that threaten the other. Separating
the twins in a way that saves and preserves life cannot take place without
killing one or both under the present monetary regime.
Of the two, energy is more important
to human life. Energy can do work. Energy grows food and pumps water.
Energy moves goods and services. Energy sustains life. Money is useless
without energy.
A world-recognized expert who saw today's
crisis coming and started warning in amazingly precise detail in 2000
now gives us the biggest exposé of all time. Refined in chilling detail
in "Prezpol", the "map" Ruppert has been making for thirty years
has already saved thousands of families from the current economic meltdown.
Mike's writings, lectures and DVDs have reached people in more than
forty countries since 1998.
This book was written to help the American
people...and people in all countries. It was written to help an American
president realistically and effectively prepare for what is already
underway...the collapse of industrial civilization. There are many
things that can still be done to prevent a massive die off that is just
beginning and which might number in the billions. This book spells them
out clearly.
All humans, especially in the U.S., will
be affected by the energy policies of the Obama administration. Some
of President Obama's ideas are good and some are hoaxes he might not
understand or be able to see yet. Some might be political and economic
traps from which he might like (or need) to be liberated. The choices
Mr. Obama makes will mean life and death for hundreds of millions of
people around the world. For the lucky ones these choices will be about
whether they have a home, a job, or food to eat.
A Presidential Energy Policy
is a short, simple, easy-to-understand book based on nothing more complicated
than high school math, basic science, and common sense. It offers immediate
action steps. It will greatly simplify decision making for you, your
family, and your community. It will give you real hope. It provides
simple standards by which to hold your leaders directly accountable;
standards that you won't need an "expert" to interpret for you.
This book is a Godsend for local and
state leaders who are being crushed and hamstrung by economic collapse
and an ill-equipped, ill- prepared, and often unresponsive federal government.
A NEW PUBLISHING PARADIGM
Especially since the start of economic
collapse, traditional book publishing has become a cumbersome dinosaur
with excessive delays, indecision, and a total lack of vision. New World
Digital has taken a process that used to require as much as ten months
and compressed it into a few weeks. Instead of long waits for layout,
raw materials, printing, and distribution from remote points, this innovative
approach provides a streamlined model which saves fuel costs, energy,
money...and trees.
For the first time in history digital
distribution will be the sole initial point of purchase for a major
book to both retail customers and traditional book dealers. Through
print-on-demand operations, printed books will be delivered to retailers
as fast or faster than by traditional means. In addition to being able
to order A Presidential Energy Policy in any currently available
digital format, including Kindle ® and E-books, customers will be able
to order a printed copy and receive it within days without having to
drive to a bookstore. The new paradigm means that only the paper and
printing costs used for actual books sold will be consumed.
COMING SOON
— A THEATRICAL DOCUMENTARY FILM -- COLLAPSE — a documentary
about Michael C. Ruppert by director Chris Smith, Bluemark Films —
(WINNER, Special Dramatic Jury Prize, 2007 Sundance Film Festival, for
"The Pool" and Grand Jury Prize, 1999 Sundance Film Festival for
"American Movie").
For three hard and uncomfortable days,
author and investigative journalist Michael C. Ruppert sat glued to
a single chair in the cold basement of an abandoned industrial building
near downtown Los Angeles. During the filming, directed by Chris Smith,
Mike told it all: who he is, how he got here, what he knows, and about
the hope offered by A Presidential Energy Policy. As for the
cast, Mike Ruppert was the cast...all of it. He left nothing in the
locker room.
Collapse doesn't put A Presidential
Energy Policy on film, it adds to it by making a visceral connection
between what's in the book, the true gravity of our greatest human
challenge and the hope that we might become something better.
For more information on
COLLAPSE, please visit: www.bluemarkfilms.com; or www.collapsemovie.com
Other Books and Writings
by Michael C. Ruppert:
For Additional Information:
New World Digital: info@nwdigitalinc.com
Bluemark Films: office@bluemarkfilms.com
Michael C. Ruppert: Media interview,
personal appearance, and speaking requests: media@rubiconworks.com or Ken Levine at KLevine641@aol.com — NOTE: Mike Ruppert will not give any
media interviews unless first receiving written confirmation that the
proposed interviewer has read the book.
Sample Review Comments
Mike Ruppert has been at the forefront
of speaking and writing about the grim reality that the world's crude
oil output is peaking or has already peaked and will soon begin what
could be swift declines over the next decade or two.
The world needs to pay careful attention
to the multiple risks this event will usher in. Thanks to Ruppert's
new book, readers around the world will have access to his well written
work.
Matthew R, Simmons
Chairman
Simmons & Company
Author, Twilight in the Desert
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Mike Ruppert has an unblemished track
record for saying things that are incendiary, outrageous, shocking—and
true. Our new president needs desperately to hear the uncomfortable
message of this book about energy and the economy, and so do the rest
of us.
Richard Heinberg, Ph.D.
Ecologist
Author, "The Party's Over", "Peak Everything", "The Oil Depletion Protocol"
Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute
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All I can say about A Presidential
Energy Policy is, "Yikes!"
This is a book everyone should read.
Mike Ruppert is my friend. And,
sometimes I remind him, in a way that only a friend can, that my perspective
is colored by my own distinct experiences as an informed woman of color
in the United States. And frankly, that means that some of what
is between these covers makes me cringe; but it is exactly this substance,
actively suppressed in proposed national and international gatherings,
that we human beings must debate and resolve, or else, we will find
Dr. King's admonition, once again, to be true: "We must learn
to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."
We know Mike Ruppert because he became
a whistleblower and told us some inconvenient truths. About crack
cocaine, 9/11/01, and now this -- how to step back from the brink of
human disaster.
It is clear that Mike and I are headed
toward the same destination, despite our differences.
"A Presidential Energy Policy" lands Mike exactly where I am --
outside of the box of political orthodoxy, but well within the space
of policy advocacy that is representative of critical thinking, rational
analysis, and authentic leadership. Mike Ruppert dares to go where
our elected leaders seem afraid to take us. In the end, however,
if we are to salvage our own human dignity, either our "leadership"
must catch up with us or we must become and nurture a new generation
of leaders.
Cynthia McKinney
6-term Member, U.S. House of Representatives
Green Party Presidential Candidate, 2008
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THE LAST, BEST SHOT
FOR PEAK OIL/SUSTAINABILITY TO CRACK MAINSTREAM CONSCIOUSNESS
— "Do we really want to change the world, or just play with
it a little?"
A Message from Mike Ruppert
April 17, 2009 — There is very little
I need to explain now to those of us who get it. Our success at making
and reading a map of how the world really works, and the skills blossoming
in our global readership, make it clear that — even though we have
not yet been recognized by the mainstream — some of the most powerful
and influential readers in the world have been following us closely
for years.
As a result of experience we have learned
that corporate-owned, mainstream news outlets — while reading, paraphrasing,
copying, and even plagiarizing our work — have been unable to mention
either my work or the Peak Oil/Sustainability movement. We all know
there is only one way to hit the old paradigm dinosaurs between the
eyes and get their attention...by making The New York Times
bestseller list. That happens only by selling a lot of books very quickly.
Every vote may not be counted but every dollar is.
There is no exact or precisely-known
formula for making the NY Times list. Once A Presidential Energy
Policy makes the list, doors open through shows like Oprah, Good
Morning America, Larry King, etc. The NY Times list is susceptible to
manipulation, for good or ill...but only to a certain point. I am convinced
that selling 20,000 copies in the first days of sale guarantees not
only the NY Times list, but a potentially world-shaking publishing event,
especially given the vision, power and influence of New World Digital.
Overseas purchases in large numbers can
and will demonstrate that Peak Oil/Sustainability has global resonance;
that people all around the world get it. Strong sales, particularly
in Germany, Great Britain, France, Australia and Russia will open the
door for almost instantaneous translations. It will launch other great
activists, experts and leaders of our movement onto the world stage...
You have been waiting for that call for years.
Once we take the stage, the entire human
paradigm will have shifted and our clear, understandable message will
penetrate the collective consciousness like a warm knife through butter.
It will be the equivalent of feeding the red pill from The Matrix to
the whole world at once. It will be easy for all to see, once and for
all, that the Emperor of Infinite Growth is naked and endangering the
human race in order to save itself.
Few trust the Babel being offered by
the mainstream anymore; "Check the tire pressure on your résumé".
We will let our sales numbers speak for themselves. The world is listening.
If you were going to buy five copies
of A Presidential Energy Policy, buy twenty. If you were going
to buy 20, buy a hundred. Ours is a partnership. The reviews at Rubiconworks.com
show that I have delivered a book that can change human consciousness.
The effort will mean nothing without your sacrifice too. We must deliver
the message that we are many, that we are strong, that we are committed;
and that we are ready to save lives.
ESSENTIAL STEPS
- Anyone who can, buy all the
copies of this book you can afford — either in electronic or printed
form. Every book purchased is an investment in breaking open human consciousness
to the gravity and imminence of this crisis. Give the book away, especially
to your neighbors. Give it to your employees. Give it to your congregations.
Give it to your supervisors and managers at work. That will accomplish
more than any dollar you have ever spent in any other cause. The book
is easy to read and full of both hope and refreshing clarity. It will
liberate your neighbors and community to start taking action now.
- All those who control or master
web sites, please place the book announcement and cover art on your
home pages along with any supportive commentary you may have. Link the
cover art directly to
http://Rubiconworks.com.
- Encourage others to do the
same.
- Disseminate the book announcement
to any mailing lists you control, along with your recommendation to
buy the book in quantity in order to breach the NY Times list. Foreign
translations will follow quickly.
- As soon as you have read the
book, get as many positive comments up on Amazon and any other review
sites as quickly as possible.
You will do this because you know it's
our last/best shot; because you have read the reviews; and because it's
me asking you to do it. I have delivered both myself and this book unblemished
for examination by the whole world. I am ready to talk to the media
but that task becomes really effective if we sell twenty or fifty thousand
books in two weeks or less. As a submarine captain once said to his
crew, "Without me you are nothing. Without you, I am nothing." I
have stepped up and now you must do the same. — We who have been crying
in the wilderness for years will finally be heard.
Even the defenders of the infinite growth
paradigm must understand that what we are doing is trying to save their
children's lives as well as our own. If they don't see it, their
children most certainly will.
This is our victory. All we need do now
is to claim it.
Michael C. Ruppert
April 17, 2009
