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Between the hours of 7:30 P.M. Sunday, June 25 and 7:30 A.M., Monday, June 26, the FTW offices were burglarized. Four interior doors were smashed with a sledgehammer. All seven FTW computers were transported to a central location in the building. Their covers were removed and they were also smashed with a sledgehammer. No other significant property was taken and there was no other damage to any other fixtures or furnishings.
An active police investigation is underway with a named suspect. I do not believe that this incident was the work of the U.S. government. I do believe that this is the work of an organized meth ring that I prevented from infiltrating my business. As Dmitri Orlov has noted in Post-Soviet Lessons for a Post-American Century, when societies collapse, organized crime becomes much more assertive. As beautiful as Southern Oregon is and as happy as I am to be here, the challenges that will be facing all of us as Peak Oil hits are making themselves known.
We have ordered new computers and should be able to retrieve or restore most of our data. However more than one hard-drive will require expensive high- tech recovery processes. In all probability FTW will not be able to upload to our website for one week from today. When we come back online I will have a more complete story with photographs. Please do not send emails. We cannot read them.
Michael C. Ruppert
Mike D.:
Too bad this happened. People have this view of Oregon as fuzzy and liberal. Thats only really true in
Portland and Eugene and even there most everything is
bought and paid for, just like everywhere else.
Mike
27 June 2006, 2:36 pmDeAnander:
and the distinction between the US Gummint and an organised meth ring is ….?
27 June 2006, 3:30 pmR.S. Morris:
The meth ring has a purpose…?
27 June 2006, 5:48 pmpeggy:
“and the distinction between the US Gummint and an organized meth ring is …?”
This comment gives me an excuse to recommend a great book I’ve been reading: Shadows of War, by Carolyn Norstrom. You can download it in electronic form for $15.00. It is also available in paper/print form from the University of California Press.
Nordstrom answers in great detail the question De has asked. A simplification of that answer would be “not all that much”
27 June 2006, 8:12 pmDeAnander:
… uh huh. to make lots of money for a few wiseguys by fleecing addicts and suckers. and once again I ask…?
[ hi rs nice to see ya around here again ]
27 June 2006, 9:06 pmJon Flanders:
If there is going to be a societal collapse, I would question Mike Ruppert’s decision to move to rural Oregon, or rural anywhere.
We are not living in the 1930’s, when there still were
substantial numbers of farmers on the land.
The ruralities are now wide open spaces for all kinds of
29 June 2006, 8:39 pmanti-social behavior, and isolation is not your friend
in that scenario.
R.S. Morris:
De: Thanks much–nice to be here again!
What I should have typed: “The meth ring has a purpose.”
I’m currently struggling (VERY much) with the possibility of moving away from one of the few (potentially) viable rural communities left in Amerika. My decision has everything to do with my recent divorce and my overwhelming need to be involved in whatever is coming down the “crash-pipe” in the near future. While I believe there is an important place for sustainable rural communities, I can’t seem to find any satisfaction holing-up in “Green Acres” for very long at all.
Some days I feel stupid for wanting to leave behind such a good thing, but I am a terminally restless soul.
So be it.
30 June 2006, 12:20 amComandante Gringo:
In your future, Green Acres will be run by Mr Haney. And you WILL like it.
11 July 2006, 1:52 pm