We've all heard the phrase, usually uttered with a sneer of disdain or condescension, "Conspiracy Theorist." Think again.
Andrew
Kreig — a seasoned and respected attorney-journalist — has written in
his new book Presidential Puppetry: Obama, Romney and Their Masters
exactly what those in the conspiracy movement have so long sought. The
book is a well-documented, fact-hardened compendium of events connecting
the dots for conspiracy theories enthusiasts. He draws authoritative
evidence drawn from right, left, and mainstream sources to create a
must-read.
He
documents, for example, that all recent U.S. presidents after Jimmy
Carter had secret CIA or FBI ties before entering politics. Also, he
shows how those agencies and other high-ranking officials reaching into
the White House are controlled by elite figures in the private sector.
Kreig’s portrayal of President Obama expands upon previous research by
author and former Navy intelligence officer Wayne Madsen, and is
especially timely given public confusion over the supposed reformer
Obama’s enthusiasm for surveillance and prosecuting whistleblowers on
spy charges.
At
the concluding keynote for the recent DC 9/11 Truth conference, the
activist-entertainer Dick Gregory held up a copy of Puppetry. Gregory
urged everyone to read the book, and asked the author and Madsen to
stand. Madsen later commented for this review, “You’ve got to read this
book if you want to know who controls the leadership of our country.”
Earlier
in his hour long talk Gregory , who has ten children, told the audience
also he hesitated to be with them because his actions could impact
their careers. But, he said, people need the truth.
From the right, the conservative author and political commentator Ron Winter,
an acclaimed investigative reporter based in Connecticut, wrote a
favorable review entitled, “What if conspiracy theories are true?”
Progressive
Review Publisher Sam Smith, a DC-based journalist for more than half a
century until his move to Maine, describes how the JFK Assassination in
1963 prompted the establishment to cerate a way to silence independent
investigations.
Smith’s
column “A thinker's guide to conspiracy theories stated” The term
'conspiracy theory' was invented by elite media and politicians to
denigrate questions or critical presumptions about events about which
important facts remain unrevealed.” Smith cautions journalists to be
like homicide detectives and “remain agnostic, skeptical, and curious”
about evidence.
In
that spirit, this book has some 350 pages of narrative spanning a
century and more than 1,100 endnotes that confirm the necessarily brief
mentions in the narrative itself.
As
you read, acts that seem like isolated events suddenly spring to life
providing the “MacGuffin” plot-line for the larger story. Freed from the
distorting effect of two-party politics, we see that some seemingly
wild ideas are true whereas others are concoctions created by
propagandists operating under the cover of routine-seeming jobs in
foundations, business, academia, and the media. The corrupt process has
skewed public dialog over decades, and appears to be getting much worse.
Kreig,
based in DC also, brings to life how CIA and other secret affiliations
of the presidents and intimately related to the public policies
dominating the news. By contrast, the popular focus on Obama’s birth
certificate pales in significance
Similarly,
the full biographies of current presidential appointees and the
apparent motive for their hiring comes like a slap in the face. It
hurts at times, but it is the medicine we all need.
What
you thought you knew is suddenly open to revision. The mind’s eye must
recalibrate to accommodate new information. As you turn the pages 'wag
the dog moments' and those who orchestrated them, clarify your mind.
They are guaranteed to delivered shocks to both the Right and Left
equally.
If you are serious about change, this is the book you need to read.
