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		<title>National &#8220;The Shell Game&#8221; Week of Truth &#8211; April 16th &#8211; 22nd</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[National &#8220;The Shell Game&#8221; Week of Truth &#8211; April 16th &#8211; 22nd
A Major Nationally
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www.weekoftruth.org

Week of Truth
April 16th &#8211; 22nd 
This is the first in a series of Week of Truth events to coalesce the power of the national truth movement. Following this Week of Truth action, we [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://www.weekoftruth.org" target="_blank">National &#8220;The Shell Game&#8221; Week of Truth &#8211; April 16th &#8211; 22nd</a><br />
</strong><span class="style2"><strong><span class="style4"></span></strong></span><span class="style2"><span class="style3">A Major Nationally<br />
Coordinated 9/11 Truth Effort to<br />
BREAK THE CORPORATE MEDIA BLOCKADE!</span></span></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.weekoftruth.org" target="_blank">www.weekoftruth.org</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://visibility911.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/shellgamefinal.jpg" title="shellgamefinal.jpg"><img src="http://visibility911.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/shellgamefinal.jpg" alt="shellgamefinal.jpg" align="right" hspace="8" vspace="8" /></a></p>
<p><span class="style2"><strong><span class="style4">Week of Truth<br />
April 16th &#8211; 22nd </span></strong></span><span class="style2"><span class="style3"></span></span></p>
<p>This is the first in a series of <strong>Week of Truth</strong> events to coalesce the power of the national truth movement. Following this Week of Truth action, we will draw attention to two major 9/11 conferences in the Northeast to be tentatively scheduled in the month of May.The current installment of the Week of Truth features New York Times Best Selling Author, Steve Alten and his new book, <em><strong>The Shell Game</strong></em>.  Our effort is to be a focused, movement wide attempt to bring <em><strong>The Shell Game</strong></em> into the Top 10 of the New York Times Best Seller List.</p>
<p class="h1"><strong>Our Goal</strong></p>
<p>To propel <em>The Shell Game</em> into the Top 10 of the New York Times Best Seller List. To achieve this URGE all your contacts to buy multiple copies of 9/11 truth telling novel &#8211; <em>The Shell Game</em> &#8211; between April 16 to 22nd, the focused week when the NY Times list will count those sales.Reading the book will be an eye opener for those Americans who have never been exposed to 9-11 truth. Being in the Top 10 of the New York Times Best Seller List will bring 9-11 truth to many more readers but additionally, has far more potential in the form of <a href="http://www.911blogger.com/node/14720" target="_blank"><strong>positive media exposure</strong></a>.</p>
<p>An author who finds his/her book in the Top 10 of the New York Times Best Seller List has many perks and opportunities which perpetuate and expand on the success of the book. For example:</p>
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<li>Top 10 books and authors get premium placement and shelf space in the front of the store.</li>
<li>Major merchandise outlets like Wal-Mart and drug chains purchase their inventory directly off the the Top 10 of the New York Times Best Seller List.</li>
<li><strong>Mainstream television and radio shows</strong> shop for guests from the Top 10 of the New York Times Best Seller List.  Top 10 status will generally get the author <strong>mainstream television and radio exposure</strong>.  Steve Alten has pledged to bring 9-11 truth to the audiences of these programs if given the opportunity.</li>
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<p>Due to the fact that Steve Alten has interwoven key 9-11 facts into his novel, a successful campaign of this sort will bring the issue of 9-11 to the forefront of the minds of many Americans. Steve has pledged that if given the opportunity, he will do just that. Take a look at his <a href="http://www.911blogger.com/node/14720" target="_blank"><strong>recent appearance</strong></a> on The Coffee Shop with Monica Malpass on ABC Channel 6 in Philadelphia.  We can expect a lot more of this if <em><strong>The Shell Game</strong></em> reaches the Top 10 of the New York Times Best Seller List.</p>
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<p class="h1"><strong>How To Do It</strong></p>
<p>To achieve our goal, <a href="http://www.weekoftruth.org/">weekoftruth.org</a> is launching with this, our first project, <strong>The National <em>The Shell Game</em> Buy In Week of Truth, April 16th – 22nd, 2008.</strong> The New York Times Best Seller List and this is s based upon a book&#8217;s sales from specific book sellers&#8211;namely, Amazon, Barnes &amp; Noble, and Borders&#8211;during weekly Wednesday thru Tuesday reporting periods. We have thus chosen this one-week period, 4/16-22, during which we will really focus our effort and draw out the combined strength of the Truth Movement by taking one coordinated action. To help out, we ask of you the following:1)      <strong>During the week of April 16-22</strong>, buy at least two copies of <em><strong>The Shell Game</strong></em> to give out to friends who are not 9-11 aware.</p>
<p>2)      <strong>IMPORTANT!</strong>  You must purchase your copies of <em><strong>The Shell Game</strong></em> from a book seller who reports book sales to the New York Times.  These include Borders, Barnes and Noble, and Amazon.com.</p>
<p>For your convenience, we will provide a link, during the Week of Truth, to make your purchase through this website, so that commission from these book sales will go directly to the<strong> <a href="http://www.fealgoodfoundation.com/" target="_blank">Feal Good Foundation</a>.</strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong><a href="http://theshellgame.net/interview.mp3">DOWNLOAD INTERVIEW</a></strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.911blogger.com/node/14706" target="_blank">The Shell Game review<br />
by Jehan Abdur-Raheem</a></strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.theshellgame.net/">www.TheShellGame.net</a></strong></p>
<p align="left"><em>“. . . they [the majority of Americans] shall come to realize what I now realize… that the 9/11 Truth Movement are the real patriots in 21st century America!&#8221;</em><br />
&#8211; <strong>Steve Alten, New York Times Best Selling author of “The Shell Game”</strong></p>
<p align="left"><em>“The Shell Game is a new book that gives the mass public reality in the form of a novel interwoven with real events and people. I recommend it to everyone, especially those who believe the 9/11 Commission Report.”</em><br />
&#8211; <strong>Paul Craig Roberts (Known as the Father of Reaganomics, past editor at The Wall Street Journal, and Columnist for The National Review)</strong></p>
<p align="left"><em>&#8220;The Shell Game reveals in fiction the </em><em>dark truth </em><em>of government sponsored false flag terrorist attacks.  This read may be a Trojan horse of </em><em>reality</em><em> &#8211; a final wake-up call to slumbering Americans </em><em>- </em><em>to examine and </em><em>to </em><em>expose the secret agenda of their own government before they no longer have the right to do so.&#8221;</em><br />
&#8211; <strong>Richard Gage, AIA, Architect</strong></p>
<p align="left"><em>“Shell Game is grounded theory leading to fictional interpretations of the abuse of power by the Global Dominance Group within the US . . . This is a book that needs to be read and understood by all Americans.”<br />
</em> &#8212; <strong>Peter Phillips; Director Project Censored</strong></p>
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		<title>New Flyer for The Shell Game Week of Truth</title>
		<link>http://visibility911.com/blog/?p=410</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Special thanks to <a href="http://www.myspace.com/vantowers" target="_blank"><strong>Chris Jankoski</strong></a> for creating this fine flyer.</p>
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		<title>Truth as Terrorism</title>
		<link>http://visibility911.com/blog/?p=371</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Truth as Terrorism
&#160;
 By John Albanese
President Bush holds press  conference.  Congress urged to pass law making it easier to eavesdrop  on phone calls and e-mails of suspected terrorists.
-       MSNBC – February 28, 2008
 
Just who are these suspected terrorists that President Bush  seeks a blank [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Truth as Terrorism</strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p>By John Albanese</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://visibility911.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/speakersoftruth.jpg" title="speakersoftruth.jpg"><img src="http://visibility911.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/speakersoftruth.jpg" alt="speakersoftruth.jpg" align="right" height="445" hspace="8" vspace="8" width="301" /></a><em>President Bush holds press  conference</em><o:p></o:p><em>.  Congress urged to pass law making it easier to eavesdrop  on phone calls and e-mails of suspected terrorists.</em><o:p></o:p><br />
-<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal">       </span>MSNBC – February 28, 2008</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Just who are these suspected terrorists that President Bush  seeks a blank check to spy on?<span>  </span>Recent  reports in USA Today indicates that the government’s terrorist watch list has  swelled to 755,000 names.<span>  </span>In December of  2005 NBC News reported that a secret Defense Department document listed a Quaker  Meeting House gathering of anti-war activists as a “threat.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px"><em>“This peaceful, educationally oriented group being a  threat is incredible,” says Evy Grachow, a member of the Florida group called  The Truth Project. </em></span></font></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in"><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10454316/" title="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10454316/"><em title="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10454316/">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10454316/</em></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">MSNBC goes on to report:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px"><em>… the Pentagon now collects domestic intelligence  that goes beyond legitimate concerns about terrorism or protecting U.S. military  installations, say critics.</em></span></font></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In December 2005 the ACLU published a press release: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline">New Documents Show FBI  Targeting Environmental and Animal Rights Groups Activities as ‘Domestic  Terrorism’</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent">The ACLU said that some of the documents suggest  infiltration by undercover “sources” at animal rights meetings and  conferences.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in"><em> </em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px"><em>At times, the documents show  aggressive attempts by the FBI to link PETA, Greenpeace and other mainstream  organizations to activists associated with the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) or  Earth Liberation Front (ELF), said the ACLU. PETA, in particular, is repeatedly  and falsely singled out as a “front” for militant organizations although in at  least one document released today the FBI appears to acknowledge that it has no  evidence to back up such assertions.</em></span></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px"><em><o:p></o:p></em></span></font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in"><a href="http://www.aclu.org/safefree/spying/23124prs20051220.html" title="http://www.aclu.org/safefree/spying/23124prs20051220.html"><font class="Apple-style-span" title="http://www.aclu.org/safefree/spying/23124prs20051220.html" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" title="http://www.aclu.org/safefree/spying/23124prs20051220.html" face="Times" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" title="http://www.aclu.org/safefree/spying/23124prs20051220.html" style="font-size: 14px"><em title="http://www.aclu.org/safefree/spying/23124prs20051220.html">http://www.aclu.org/safefree/spying/23124prs20051220.html</em></span></font></font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Equally disturbing, on November 8, 2007 CSPAN aired a  hearing of the Homeland Security Subcommittee&#8217;s &#8220;Terrorism and the  Internet.&#8221;<span>  </span>These hearings purported to  identify &#8220;home grown terrorist recruiters&#8221; on the internet, in connection with  House Bill HR 1955, &#8220;Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention  Act of 2007.&#8221;</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As part of those hearings a powerpoint presentation listed  <span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline">Architects and  Engineers for 9/11 Truth</span> alongside websites that feature bomb-making  techniques and terrorist training manuals.<span>   </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In reality, AE911Truth.org is a website dedicated to  studying and publishing peer reviewed articles associated with the collapse of  all three World Trade Center buildings on 9/11.<span>   </span>AE911Truth.org lists 281 architectural and engineering professionals as  signatory members, the vast majority of which are American citizens with  advanced degrees in architecture, structural engineering and  physics.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Architects, engineers and physicists labeled as homegrown  terrorist recruiters?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">But the story gets worse.<span>   </span>In a recent interview with Nancy Murray, director of the Bill of Rights  Education Project at the ACLU of Massachusetts, she confirmed that the problem  of government surveillance has progressed into documented examples of harassment  and intimidation campaigns.<span>  </span>In one case  cited by Murray, a Boston anti-war activist had his personal information  published online, along with train schedules documenting his movements.<span>  </span>The online harassment campaign exhorted  viewers to stalk, harass and otherwise threaten the anti-war activist on the  basis of his political opinions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In another more disturbing example members of various 9/11  victim’s family groups have experienced similar online harassment  campaigns.<span>  </span>According to longtime 9/11  victim’s group supporter, Jon Gold:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px"><em>“They receive emails no one  should. They receive threats against them and their families. Just horrible  horrible things that they most assuredly DO NOT  deserve.</em></span></font></font><span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px"><em>   </em></span></font></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px"><em><o:p></o:p></em></span></font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px"><em> </em></span></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px"><em><o:p></o:p></em></span></font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px"><em>If you are with the attackers,  I have a few questions for you. Is this the United States of America or isn&#8217;t  it? Do we have the right to ask questions of our Government or don&#8217;t we? If you  lost a loved one, in a murder, would you want people to send you threatening  emails, or to be intimidated just because you want the murder of your loved one  investigated? Please try and answer those questions  honestly.”</em></span></font></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">And, according to New York Times best selling author, Steve  Alten, author of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline">The Shell Game</span>, he and his publicist,  Patricia Stevens, have been the target of similar attacks.<span>  </span>As he responded publicly to one of his  attackers:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent"><span class="Apple-style-span">“<font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px"><em>You have invaded  my privacy and are hurting a kind soul in Trish  Stevens</em></span></font></font><span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px"><em>,  </em></span></font></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px"><em>whose mother died of cancer on Friday. I have  contacted the FBI&#8230;something you already posted since you have access to my  e-mail&#8230;which is illegal.”</em></span></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px"><em><o:p></o:p></em></span></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px"><em> </em></span></font></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Although one could easily point out that political  discourse is an American tradition, and those who voice <em>perceived</em><span style="font-style: normal"> controversial viewpoints may be in fact inviting  vigorous and bellicose opposition.<span>  </span>One  could easily make the case that this is the price of freedom, and the  consequences of freedom of speech.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">But, the unusually high incidence of civilian complaints  relating to political retaliation, harassment campaigns, breaches in privacy,  email accounts broached, surveillance – and in some cases photographs of the  subjects of this surveillance inexplicably emerging online as part of organized  harassment campaigns – has led many civil libertarians to conclude that the  current federal eavesdropping laws are being abused, and are aimed at silencing  political opponents with no conceivable ties to terrorist  organizations.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">One must wonder why an administration that is unwilling to  secure our borders, and has encouraged the selling of United States port  security to the United Arab Emirate, would be so interested in peering into the  emails of pacifists, scientists, environmentalists and Truth movement  activists.<span><br />
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		<title>A VITAL PLEA from Steve Alten, author of The SHELL GAME</title>
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A VITAL PLEA from Steve Alten, author of The SHELL GAME
To the 9/11 Truth Movement 
I know you are probably getting tired/annoyed at hearing from me &#8212; my humble apologies. But something is happening in DC that EVERYONE  must be aware of, because it will affect all of us:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color: black">A VITAL PLEA from Steve Alten, author of The SHELL GAME</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color: black">To the 9/11 Truth Movement </span><o:p></o:p></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color: black"></span></strong><span style="color: black">I know you are probably getting tired/annoyed at hearing from me &#8212; my humble apologies. But something is happening in DC that EVERYONE  must be aware of, because it will affect all of us:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black">A few days ago, Michael Chertoff, head of Homeland Security, essentially told reporters that he fears the next 9/11, which could be a suitcase nuke. Yesterday, in threatening to veto a waterboarding ban, Bush said, and I quote, &#8220;terrorists are planning new attacks on our country&#8230; that will make Sept. 11 pale by comparison.&#8221; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://visibility911.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/shellgamefinal.jpg" title="shellgamefinal.jpg"><img src="http://visibility911.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/shellgamefinal.jpg" alt="shellgamefinal.jpg" align="right" hspace="8" vspace="8" /></a><span style="color: black">If this plot isn&#8217;t straight out of The SHELL GAME then you haven&#8217;t read the book. Now add this little tidbit: Executive Order 12919 (pushed through by the Bushies) would place the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United   States</st1:place></st1:country-region> under total Martial Law and Military Dictatorship in the event of another attack. This Executive Order allows the President to declare a National Emergency at any time, and freeze everything&#8230;including a national election. Congress is powerless to prevent such an Executive Dictatorship, as long as the President advises Congress in a timely matter. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black">I realize all of you have very important 9/11 projects you are working on, books and rallies, etc, but if we learned anything from 9/11 then maybe it is time to focus on the next false flag operation. By doing so, we might actually be able to reach the mass media AND bring attention to the lies behind the last event. See, the media want TODAYS NEWS, not YESTERDAYS. And this is today&#8217;s news that ties back to 9/11/01.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black">I can help you gain mainstream attention in a big way&#8230;but I need your support.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black">Guys, in the last 11 years I have published eight books, hit every best seller list, optioned a book as a movie (twice), sold two scripts, and have two more books set for publication in 2009. To be honest, I knew little about the 9/11 Truth Movement until sometime around October/November when The SHELL GAME went to print. I quickly realized that this loosely-connected group of people, often vilified by the media, were in fact ordinary citizens doing extraordinary things. They were the Davids facing off against the Goliaths. THEY were <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s true Patriots. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black">And suddenly The SHELL GAME took on a new meaning for me. Because I knew it could break through a barrier that has held your movement back. Because the book is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. I also knew from insider sources that the fiction could become true.<span>  </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span id="more-345"></span><span style="color: black">Bush&#8217;s statement scares the shit out of me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black">In publishing, success is measured by the N.Y. Times best seller&#8217;s list. Hit the top 15 and your book receives special buy-ins, special placement on shelves&#8230;special media attention. It&#8217;s like launching a rocket&#8230;spots 1-15 push you into orbit. The list is the masses. It’s their shopping list. It gets published in EVERY TOP 100 newspaper every week!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black">Last week, because of the 9/11 movement and my fan base, The SHELL GAME hit # 31 on the N.Y. Times list. This week we hit #33. It feels like the air is slowly hissing out of the balloon. DON&#8217;T LET IT!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black"><o:p></o:p>Back when I was earning my doctorate degree at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Temple</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>, I remember a framed saying on the wall of my advisor’s office. I must have read it a thousand times. It said, “On the Plains of Hesitation bleach the bones of countless thousands who…upon reaching the dawn of victory chose to rest …and there resting were slaughtered.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black"><o:p></o:p>Please do not rest. There is a huge opportunity coming as early as March 1<sup>st</sup>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black"><o:p></o:p>To use an analogy, the TRUTH behind 9/11 is being dammed up by the powers that be. George W. Bush Dam. Your efforts to date have been heroic and incredible, but you only caused surface cracks in the dam, nothing deep enough to reach the water on the other side and crack open the floodgates. You want to know how to crack open a dam? You keep hitting it and hitting it and hitting it as you certainly have ben doing&#8230;but The SHELL GAME is a sledgehammer. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black"><o:p></o:p>I’ve been on TODAY show and was interviewed by Matt Lauer. I’ve been on Kathleen Crier. In fact, I’ve been on over 70 morning shows and 300 radio shows, major newspapers and magazines. Get me to spot 10-15 and I will give that dam a body blow it never felt before. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black"><o:p></o:p>On March 1<sup>st</sup>, I begin the first of a four week book tour, this one in the DC/Virginia corridor. March 14-15 I am in West FL. March 18-23 in Philly and NYC. March 31 – April 7 Chicago and the <st1:place w:st="on">Midwest</st1:place>. April 21 – 30 in <st1:state w:st="on">California</st1:state> and <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:state>. Each day I will have 2-3 local radio shows, a morning TV news show, and a signing at night. Many of these venues are booked at the last moment&#8230;based on (you guessed it ) that darn NY Times list. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black">Essentially we have 2 weeks to boost this rocket into orbit in order to secure BIG venues like THE DAILY SHOW, ANDERSON COOPER, and DAVE LETTERMAN. It&#8217;s a small window, but the difference between # 33 and # 15 is about 12,000 sales in a week.</span></p>
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</o:p>Think about that a long moment. After all you have been through. After all the time and money and harassment… If we can generate 12,000 more sales every week for a few weeks, the rocket reaches orbit and I can potentially sit before a camera facing Bill Maher and explain to him that WTC-7 wasn’t hit by a jet, so how did it happen? I can tell Bill that the 9/11 Truth people are NOT crazies, they are people like him who seek the truth. “Bill, did you know about the wargames Dick Cheney was running? Did you hear about the stand down order? Put orders? Liquid steel? Bill, the 9/11 truthers are what makes <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> great!!!!”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black"><o:p><br />
</o:p>CRAAAAACK! The dam is beginning to tremble. The Daily Show…Letterman…Fox News (sure, call me a pinhead, Bill, just explain to me how a 47 floor building collapses in a vacuum without being hit?” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black">These interviews pave the way for NEW BOOKS &amp; DVDs. More important, it stops the topic from being taboo!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black"><o:p></o:p>Look at steroids in baseball. How did the issue get attention? A BOOK! Jose Caneseco published a tell-all, and yesterday Roger Clemens, mister arrogant himself, was brought before a committee. And now the public knows he is guilty. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black">The SHELL GAME&#8217;s plot is happening as we speak. If you get behind the book, you can bring another group of arrogant, guilty people to justice before they do more harm!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black">Maybe this sounds too self-serving&#8230;too much about money. Let me clear the air on a few things: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black"><o:p></o:p>I was paid $20,000 for The SHELL GAME. Five grand went to the cover designer, Erik Hollander. $3500 to my agent. The rest I spent on two 90 second book trailers and postage on all the books we sent to the movement. This isn’t about money. Oh wait… it is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black"><o:p></o:p>Two nights ago I received a painful call from my manager. Three different producers/investors we are pitching for one of my movies called her. After reading about my views on 9/11 on a blog they demanded to know “is Alten a nutjob or is he promoting the book? Because we have no interest in financing a movie for a nutjob.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black"><o:p></o:p>My manager did her best to soothe them, then called me and verbally cut off my testicles. This movie deal would pay me a million dollars (and I desperately need the deal) and here I am risking it all…my career, my deal with her as a producer&#8230;all to reach the masses on Shell Game so that America can hear the truth about 9/11 and maybe, just maybe&#8230;stop another false flag event from killing off a million Americans. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black"><o:p></o:p>Why would YOU want to push the book? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol style="margin-top: 0in" start="1" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black">The book’s success will allow you to increase your      followers tenfold. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black">The book’s success will break-thru the mainstream for      other books (like David Ray Griffin’s pending new book) or DVDs (like      Loose Change – Final Cut). It becomes the Jackie Robinson of the      mainstream media. It makes it okay to discuss the subject. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black">It could actually EXPOSE ANOTHER 9/11 before it happens.<o:p></o:p></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black">Am I just being paranoid? Hopefully. But this is an OP ED everyone in the movement should be sending out to every channel available because it does two things: 1) It gives the 9/11 movement fresh publicity that is TOPICAL!! 2) If there really is another false flag operation being planned, it exposes the con NOW. It&#8217;s the equivalent of posting ads and OP EDs in August 2001 about a false flag operation that will take down the WTC. If it&#8217;s out there before the event&#8230;then it gives a future investigation seeds upon which to grow. It is the ounce of prevention! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black"></span><u><span style="color: black">A SIMPLE GAMEPLAN</span></u><span style="color: black"><o:p><br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black">E-mail your constituents. You can use excerpts of      this e-mail, but do NOT use this as an OP ED from me. This MUST come from      you, not me. If it comes from me it is self-serving. SELL THEM on the      goal.  Ask them to do 2 very simple things: <o:p></o:p></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in"><span style="color: black">a)   Buy as many copies of The SHELL GAME as they can afford, but at least one each week for two weeks. Use Amazon, Barnes &amp; Noble, or Borders (these report to the NY Times). Urge them to spread the word on their own lists to do the same. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in"><span style="color: black">b)   Ask them to call into at least one local radio show and rave about the book as a MUST -READ. Liberal or conservative talk radio, morning zoos…it doesn’t matter. Every call reaches tens of thousands of listeners…for free! Push the plot of the book AND tie it to Bush and Chertoff&#8217;s statements! EXPOSE THE CON NOW!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black">2. Now rinse and repeat. In other words, don’t do this ONCE. Contact them several times in different ways every week. Why? We only learn through REPETITION!  Don&#8217;t rest on the plains of hesitation. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black">3. Last, I URGE everyone receiving this e-mail to please post an OP ED about the next 9/11 event being seeded in the mainstream media by the Bushies. The more voices, the more people will listen. Guys, it can’t just keep coming from Bill Douglas. The guy is amazing (and he is NOT getting a dime!) but if Bill is the only one consistently posting, no one will pay attention after awhile. Take a page from Karl Rove. Same message, repeated over and over by different people!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black"><o:p></o:p>RESULTS THAT CAN BE MEASURED:<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ol style="margin-top: 0in" start="1" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black">You can all check the Amazon ratings for The SHELL      GAME. It changes 20 minutes after the hour. Actually seeing progress      gets people EXCITED! <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black">Every Wednesday night we’ll get the updated NY Times      list. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black">Your OP EDs may just break through the media. Set a      goal: 100 OP EDs by March 1st! THEN I WILL DO MY THING ON NATIONAL TV! <o:p></o:p></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black"><o:p></o:p>THIS FORMULA COULD CREATE A FORCE THAT COULD CATAPULT MORE NON-FICTION 9/11 TRUTH BOOKS AND DVDS INTO &#8220;THE MAINSTREAM&#8221; !!  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black">&#8220;The Shell Game&#8221; is a good way to create a template because I have a mass following, and a track record of best sellers.  BUT, if the 9/11 truth movement can use this to create a force (just like the right wing does to drive Anne Coulter, etc.&#8217;s books to #1) . . . then the movement can see as &#8220;The Shell Game&#8221; rises on the NY Times charts and they hear me challenging the official 9/11 story on 9/11, through their work . . . that they have a power.  Then this force can turn and expand to drive non-fiction 9/11 truth books and DVDs up and over the charts as they appear.  David Ray Griffin&#8217;s book will soon be out for example.  If the 9/11 truth movement saw themselves with the power to drive &#8220;The Shell Game&#8221; to #1, because of their work, then when Griffin&#8217;s book appears, that machine will be in place.  How empowering would that be for the movement?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black"><o:p></o:p>Guys, it’s called TEAM WORK with A PLAN. But it must come from all of you. Make no mistake, the window of opportunity is small and shrinking. March 1st is coming fast. And perhaps something even far worse&#8230;<strong><o:p></o:p></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black"><o:p></o:p>Two weeks worth of sustained effort. <o:p></o:p><br />
Every member on your list buys 2 books. <o:p></o:p><br />
Every member calls a radio show. <o:p></o:p><br />
Every leaders sends out an OP ED and you don&#8217;t stop! You keep pounding that message over and over and over again like a Swift Boat Ad&#8230; and I promise you, at some juncture, the dam will break.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black">Guys, this isn&#8217;t about selling a book or DVD, it&#8217;s about saving democracy. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black"><o:p></o:p>Give this two weeks and watch what happens!  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black"><o:p></o:p>Steve Alten, Ed.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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TO: The real Patriots of the 21st century
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Congratulations! Your efforts have caused The SHELL GAME to hit the NY  Times best seller list, debuting at # 31 in only its second week! Here&#8217;s what is  really exciting: Barnes &#38; Noble and Borders front [...]]]></description>
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<p><font>TO: The real Patriots of the 21st century</font></p>
<p>UPDATE-</p>
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<p><font>Congratulations! Your efforts have caused The SHELL GAME to hit the NY  Times best seller list, debuting at # 31 in only its second week! Here&#8217;s what is  really exciting: Barnes &amp; Noble and Borders front table space only began  Feb. 1. If we can continue to push it up the list into the top 10, the following  dominoes will fall:</font></p>
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<p><font>1. Supermarkets, drugstores, Targets, etc., will automatically BUY IN as  they purchase off the NY Times list.</font></p>
<p><font>2. Major newspapers will ask for review copies and interviews.</font></p>
<p><font>3. Major shows like Letterman will be interested.</font></p>
<p><font>4. The top 10 best seller list is published each week in NATIONAL PAPERS.  It is what people buy from. The potential to create a WAVE of mass sales is  there, persuading the media and public alike.</font></p>
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<p><font>The NY Times called my publisher yesterday and asked for 2 copies of the  book to be overnighted as they are now TRACKING! And YES, Amazon.com sales  COUNT on the list!</font></p>
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<p><font>What does this mean to the 9/11 Truth Movement?</font></p>
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<p><font>It means you just got yourself a crowbar to leverage open doors that have  been slammed shut. </font></p>
<p><font> </font></p>
<p><font>And I am not playing it safe. If you listened to my interview with former  Senator Robert Rovner, I pull no punches. I let everyone know that YOU are the  voice of patriotism, a voice that has been deliberately smeared by  disinformation tactics because the powers-that-be fear the truth. And the truth  is&#8230; the Bushies committed TREASON! I also discuss war games, put orders, and  Cheney issuing stand down order in the bunker&#8230;and then direct them to YOUR  websites and blogs. </font></p>
<p><font> </font></p>
<p><font>I&#8217;ve been getting lots of e-mail from readers, both Dems and Republicans,  that are SHOCKED by the 9/11 revelations. They are disgusted and want to know  more. Every time a book is sold and read, a mind is reprogrammed. Or  de-brainwashed.</font></p>
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<p><font>What&#8217;s important now is NOT TO LET UP! Your efforts have given us momentum,  but it can be so much more. A novel can reach the critical masses during a  critical election. A number 1 &#8211; 5 spot will add fuel to the movie potential (I  already have a producer attached.) Oh&#8230;the new second editions list many of you  in the ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.</font></p>
<p><font> </font></p>
<p><font>I&#8217;m committed. For the record, I&#8217;ve already spent every dime I made on the  book for the two book trailers (see <a href="http://youtube.com/theshellgame" title="http://youtube.com/theshellgame">http://youtube.com/theshellgame</a> ).  And like you, I get my daily dosage of e-mail threats. Photos of my home on  blogs. My private phone numbers. Stealing of private e-mails. Calls at 4am.  Someone is certainly getting freaked out about the potential of a novel. To  quote Tom Petty, &#8220;I won&#8217;t back down.&#8221;</font></p>
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<p><font>I hope you won&#8217;t either.</font></p>
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<p><font>I have ATTACHED a flier that can be used at your rallies sand meetings. We  will also post it for download at <a href="http://www.theshellgame.net/" title="http://www.theshellgame.net/">www.TheShellGame.net</a> if you don&#8217;t feel  comfortable opening attachments. Whatever you need, just ask. Interviews, books,  correspondence, e-mails&#8230;I am here.</font></p>
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<p><font>All of you have done so much and suffered for your efforts. I don&#8217;t have to  tell you that changing the mind-set of the masses is like pushing a boulder up a  hill. The good news is that this tool has momentum.</font></p>
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<p><font>KEEP PUSHING! The summit is visible.</font></p>
<p>Steve Alten</p>
<p>February 7, 2008</p>
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		<title>The 9/11 Truth &#8220;LIHOP vs. MIHOP&#8221; is &#8220;BS that Must STOP!&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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In a brilliant blog article of January 28th, a blogger known as Arabesque, begins his insightful article with  N.Y. Times best selling novelist Steve Alten’s interview with Michael Wolsey on Visibility911 Radio.  Regarding the ways the 9/11 truth movement is kept [...]]]></description>
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</font></em><font face="Verdana" size="2">by <a href="http://www.opednews.com/author/author2170.html">Bill Douglas</a></font><br />
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<p>In a brilliant blog article of January 28th, a blogger known as <strong><a href="http://arabesque911.blogspot.com/">Arabesque</a></strong>, begins his insightful article with  N.Y. Times best selling novelist Steve Alten’s interview with Michael Wolsey on Visibility911 Radio.  Regarding the ways the 9/11 truth movement is kept ineffective and splintered:</p>
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<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">In an interview with Michael Wolsey, Shell Game author Steve Alten supplied a relevant and important criticism of the 9/11 truth movement. </font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Wolsey asked, &#8220;Do you personally believe that the attacks were allowed to succeed&#8230; or do you believe that there was participation&#8230; &#8216;inside job&#8217;&#8230; and if the latter is the case, did you intentionally tone that down to invite other people in who might be hostile to that idea?&#8221; </font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Alten criticized the 9/11 truth movement while supplying his answer:</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Steve Alten: &#8220;&#8230;My take on this is that if a real investigation were to happen&#8211;a real one, that the trail of evidence would lead directly back to the white house&#8230; they would be found guilty of treason. For me to say &#8220;let it happen&#8221; versus &#8220;made it happen&#8221;&#8230; <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana"><a href="http://www.911blogger.com/node/13469"><strong><span style="color: #336688; font-family: Verdana">my objective is to stay above the fray of the 9/11 truth movement&#8230;. the 9/11 truth movement, for the terrific work it has done is fragmented. That doesn&#8217;t help anybody&#8230;</span></strong></a></span>We need to spread this information out to the masses&#8230; let&#8217;s put it this way. A crime happened. The biggest crime in the history of the world. The perpetrators got away with it so far. The trap has been placed within the movement&#8230; I&#8217;ve had people email me and&#8230; I&#8217;ve been attacked on blogs&#8230; &#8216;Alten doesn&#8217;t believe in this and Alten doesn&#8217;t believe in that, so how could we possibly support his book?&#8217;&#8230; <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana"><strong>That&#8217;s a trap</strong></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana">.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Michael Wolsey: If you don&#8217;t agree with everything I say, you must be bad&#8230; I&#8217;ve been attacked ruthlessly for that, so I can relate.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Steve Alten: <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana"><a href="http://cdn.libsyn.com/visibility911/visibility911_steve_alten.mp3"><strong><span style="color: #336688; font-family: Verdana">&#8230;it doesn&#8217;t solve anything to force your opinion on one group or another where you have to accept everyone&#8217;s opinion&#8230;</span></strong></a></span> A crime happened. There was a reason for that crime&#8230;. The 9/11 truth &#8220;it must be bad because you don&#8217;t agree 100% with what I believe, therefore you are a shill&#8221; syndrome is very apparent in some quarters. Ultimately, if the book can get people asking questions and doing research (along with presenting credible facts of its own), I think that would make it successful for what it is. Ultimately, we need many types of media getting people to look at the facts for themselves and get educated. </font></p>
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Read this entire article at:<br />
<a href="http://arabesque911.blogspot.com/2008/01/steve-altens-perceptive-criticism-of.html">http://arabesque911.blogspot.com/2008/01/steve-altens-perceptive-criticism-of.html</a></p>
<p>Listen to the entire “Steve Alten – The Shell Game” Interview w/ Michael Woolsey at:</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2"><a href="http://visibility911.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=298642">http://visibility911.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=298642</a>#</font></p>
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<p>From the beginning, and I’ve been at this for 7 years now, individuals in the 9/11 truth movement have used the LIHOP vs. MIHOP to fracture the movement.  That was what the above discussion was about.  For those new to 9/11 truth, “LIHOP” means “Let It [9/11] Happen on Purpose,” while “MIHOP” means “Made It Happen on Purpose.”</p>
<p>The reality is that most of us come to 9/11 truth by first realizing that 9/11 was LIHOP, or &#8220;let to happen on purpose&#8221; by people at the highest echelons of the Bush Administration in 2001.  HOWEVER, once people get involved in 9/11 truth seeking and get exposed to the work of <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana"><strong>Steven Jones, Richard Gage, Kevin Ryan</strong></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana">, and <strong><span style="font-family: Verdana">Mike Ruppert’s</span></strong> early insider stock trading work, as well as <strong><span style="font-family: Verdana">David Ray Griffin’s </span></strong></span>brilliant research (see <a href="http://www.theshellgame.net/">www.TheShellGame.net</a> for links to their work), you quickly realized that the events of 9/11 were most likely engineered and executed by those high level officials in the government, and not by 19 Arabs.</p>
<p>It is possible that these Arabs were patsies used to make the event look like a foreign attack, but several, we now know, were trained on US military bases, and one lived with an FBI informant and we now know that the ISI Chief in Pakistan which is virtually a sub-division of the CIA, sent $100,000 to the so-called hijacker Muhammed Atta just before the 9/11 attacks were carried out. That ISI Chief quietly resigned after an Indian newspaper published that.</p>
<p>So, 9/11 was a complex web of a mixture of cultivating “terrorist” patsies, and using them to execute a plan that had all the precision of a highly sophisticated military professional strike.  The flying done on 9/11 was far beyond the capability of what the so-called “Arab terrorists” were capable of.  Plus some were seen at strip joints in days before 9/11, which doesn’t jive with dedicated Muslim devotees preparing for a suicidal jihad.  It’s obvious that at least some of these people were in on it as govt. agents (our govt.), yet used as patsies, led to their death probably unaware they were even going on a suicide mission until it was too late.</p>
<p>The execution of the events of 9/11, again, was far too sophisticated and executed in far too perfectly to be their work.  No one will know exactly how everything happened until a full investigation is conducted.</p>
<p>We may have gotten to that point by now, if not for a screaming, kicking, shril, and vicious section of the 9/11 truth movement who has at the drop of a needle screamed deafening attacks at anyone who suggested 9/11 was LIHOP.  As I said, I quickly realized 9/11 was MIHOP, but your first gut feeling was it was LIHOP because when you first come into the movement you have less information to work with.</p>
<p>Could it be that a COINTELPRO operation was set up before 9/11, as a plan C, in case questions were asked by people about 9/11, whereby they realized that some people may suspect that elements of their govt. let 9/11 happen.  So, how could they keep people coming to this from LIHOP from going any farther in 9/11 truth seeking and in fact to drive them away from it, thereby keeping the movement small and crippled.  What if they planted COINTELPRO agents who would scream at and insult and make life miserable for anyone new to the movement who didn’t fully embrace MIHOP.</p>
<p>Also, if MIHOP was screamed from the rooftops early on, which it was, wouldn’t that shock and push away the mass public . . . whereas . . . coming at the public from the more tangible angle of “where was the Air Force on 9/11” would have been something the public and media reporters may have wrapped their heads around.  MIHOP WAS SCREAMED AT EVERYONE FROM THE BEGINNING.</p>
<p>Anyone who came toward 9/11 truth who suspected LIHOP was insulted, ridiculed, made to feel stupid or accused of being an agent, etc.  Was this a campaign to keep the movement small, knowing that most new people would come in through the LIHOP door before they got educated enough to see that it was MIHOP.  In this way the screaming insulters fool the 9/11 movement into confusion because they believe that these screaming insulting MIHOP agents are really 9/11 truth activists?</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2"> </font><font face="Verdana" size="2">I know to anyone new to this, this may seem far fetched, but I assure you the machinations of the black ops machine created with US tax dollars and unleashed around the world for the last 50 years uses tactics just like this in countries around the world to destroy labor unions or democracy movements that threaten corporate power, etc.  These are old &#8220;divide and conquer&#8221; tactics that our CIA or covert operations programs have honed to a razors edge.  To believe they only employ them &#8220;over there&#8221; and not &#8220;right here on us&#8221; is a dangerous naïveté.</p>
<p>The bottom line is that the only way a massive 9/11 truth movement will become massive is by accepting all new eyes and ears into this movement to demand a new 9/11 investigation.  In a mass movement there will be many different reasons, many different people and groups will want a new investigation.  That is the nature of mass movements.</p>
<p>Steve Alten, author of the new explosive book “The Shell Game”, has been attacked as LIHOP.  His explosive new novel, without giving too much away, is definitely a MIHOP story . . . BUT, even if it were LIHOP, it provides enough real 9/11 research in it to stimulate the average American into not only questioning 9/11, but being angry enough to demand some answers after finishing the book.</p>
<p>Its website <a href="http://www.theshellgame.net/">www.TheShellGame.net</a> leads people to 911 links and respected 9/11 truth activist and research sites that provide enough information for people to quickly realize 9/11 was MIHOP.</p>
<p>However, if so-called “9/11 truth” activists continue to insult and nitpick this profound novel that has emerged at a critical time for the movement to help us break 9/11 truth info into the mass mind . . . if these so-called 9/11 truth seekers continue to try to get other 9/11 truth seekers to turn away from this opportunity . .</p>
<p>. . . then it will be lost.</p>
<p>Visit <a href="http://www.theshellgame.net/">www.TheShellGame.net</a></p>
<p>And use the “911 Book Trailer” and the “Oil War Trailer”, two 90 second videos that not only educate the public about the lies that led us into war, but also will help spread the word on this book.</p>
<p>We as a 9/11 truth movement are more than large enough to not only drive “The Shell Game” to #1, but to break sales records. “IF” we pulled together and did this, we’d force this issue into the public mind.</p>
<p>The NY Times best selling author had no problem getting novels published . . . until “The Shell Game.”  Finally a visionary publisher discovered “The Shell Game” and not only published it, but believed in it enough to purchase prime front store display space in all the major bookstores across America for 90 days.</p>
<p>90 days is the timeline the 9/11 truth movement has to exert its muscle and act as a united front to have a profound impact on the national psyche.  After 90 days, if this book has shot to #1, it will not only stay in the front of stores, but it will be bought up by super markets, car washes, gas &amp; sips, truck stops, etc. etc.</p>
<p>Joe and Martha America will see “The Shell Game” everywhere and millions will read it.  See <a href="http://www.theshellgame.net/">www.TheShellGame.net</a> to understand how profound that will be.</p>
<p>So, you will see attacks from so-called “9/11 truthers” on “The Shell Game” just as you’ve seen new people attacked in the truth movement for all these years.  It will be attempts to keep the movement small and constipated.  Will we allow it to happen again at this crucial time when we desperately need some MASSIVE BREAK INTO THE PUBLIC MIND?</p>
<p>Will we allow the gift of a New York Times best selling novelist who has laid his career on the line for truth . . . to be flushed away as we turn our noses up because someone on some blog told us to?</p>
<p>What if this 9/11 truth telling novel broke sales records?  Would this empower other medium publishers to not only tolerate 9/11 truth telling books but to seek them out because they realize that they will be financial successes?  YES.</p>
<p>Now, some so-called “9/11 truthers” will tell you that you shouldn’t support “The Shell Game” because someone may find financial success from it.  I don’t know about you, but I didn’t realize that to demand 9/11 truth meant that everyone demanding it had to be Marxists.  What if CNN or NBC suddenly found their soul and did real 9/11 truth reporting.  Would you not tell anyone about it because CNN and NBC are profit making industries?  I seriously doubt it.</p>
<p>So, why do so-called 9/11 truth seekers get so huffy about a new truth telling novel and its publisher’s potential profits if the book succeeds?</p>
<p>Perhaps, because they know that CNN and NBC will NOT FIND THEIR SOUL and their real desire is to make sure the mass public never becomes aware of just how much CNN and NBC have lost their souls when it comes to 9/11.</p>
<p>You may have read lies and innuendo about “The Shell Game” and turned away from the excitement you should be feeling for it if you want a new 9/11 investigation.</p>
<p>They say a lie travels around the world while the truth is still pulling its pants on.  Well the truth in “The Shell Game” is an opportunity to explode 9/11 truth through the mass mind.  If we can muster the will to email, blog and urge all 9/11 truth groups and organizations to rally their people to not just buy multiple copies of “The Shell Game,” (for friends and relatives) but to urge all they know to do the same and to also write articles, blogs, etc. etc. about it, we can CREATE A WAVE OF INTERNET BUZZ ON IT.  SPEAK OF IT RELENTLESSLY FOR THE NEXT 90 DAYS.</p>
<p>We can not only awaken American, but foreign publishers will pick it up and it can spread the cautionary tale of false flag terror, a stolen democracy and illegal oil wars around the world so the world will NEVER be fooled into another 9/11-Iraq-Afghanistan lie.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.theshellgame.net/">www.TheShellGame.net</a></p>
<p>Do everything you can.  We have 90 days. </font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">By William E. Douglas, Jr., who is author of &#8220;The Amateur Parent – A Book on Life, Death, War &amp; Peace, and Everything Else in the Universe.&#8221; Bill has been a guest columnist for the Kansas City Star, The Business Journal, and other media worldwide. His past essays include, &#8220;Exposing the 9/11 Conspiracy Wingnuts,&#8221; &#8220;The Explosion of the 9-11 Truth Movement &#8212; US Media&#8217;s Dirty Little Secret,&#8221; &#8220;Good Night, and Good Luck &#8211; WMD, NIST, Popular Mechanics, 9/11 and Media Crimes&#8221; and also &#8220;Why the Jewish Community Should Demand 9/11 Truth.&#8221;</font></p>
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This week Visibility 9-11 welcomes New York Times best selling author of The Shell Game, Steve Alten.
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<p>This week <a href="http:///"><span style="font-weight: bold">Visibility 9-11</span></a> welcomes New York Times best selling author of <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold">The Shell Game</span>, Steve Alten.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.stevealten.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold">Steve Alten</span></a> is a best selling author and gifted story teller and The Shell Game is Steve Alten at his best.  Exciting and entertaining, and yet so informative, The Shell Game has the potential to bring 9-11 Truth to a much wider audience.  Please consider purchasing your copy today at your local bookstore, online bookstore, or directly through <a href="http://www.theshellgame.net/" style="font-weight: bold">The Shell Game website</a>.</p>
<p>The Shell Game is &#8220;&#8230;a fictional thriller that deals with very real life and death issues that affect all of us.  These include PEAK OIL (are we running out?) and the events of 9/11 that led us into a war in Iraq.  The plot of the book extrapolates from both of these issues (and others) in order to show the reader what a dangerous path the world has been placed upon.&#8221;</p>
<p>Intermission music by <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thepressurepeople" style="font-weight: bold">Contents Under Pressure</a>.<br />
Ending music by <a href="http://www.ifthewebsite.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold">Kevin Boyle</span></a>.</p>
<p>Get this episode<strong><a href="http://cdn.libsyn.com/visibility911/visibility911_steve_alten.mp3"> here</a></strong>.</p>
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