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February 7, 2008
9/11 Truth Telling Novel, "The Shell Game" HITS N.Y. TIMES BEST SELLER LIST!!
By Bill Douglas
9/11 Truth Telling Novel, "The Shell Game" HITS N.Y. TIMES BEST SELLER LIST!! On February 6th, "The Shell Game," an explosive 9/11 truth telling edu-tainment novel rose to #31 on the New York Times Best Seller List! What is amazing about this is that "The Shell Game" just barely hit the front placement in major book stores, airports, etc. across the nation on February 1st. Meaning that this book hit the big time before it
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On February 6th, “The Shell Game,” an explosive 9/11 truth telling edu-tainment novel rose to #31 on the New York Times Best Seller List! What is amazing about this is that “The Shell Game” just barely hit the front placement in major book stores, airports, etc. across the nation on February 1st. Meaning that this book hit the big time before it was even commercially released in any real way. WHY?
Perhaps this question is best answered by the following message “The Shell Game” author, just sent to 9/11 truth activists who had worked hard to spread the word on the novel since reading preview copies:
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TO: The real Patriots of the 21st century
RE: UPDATE
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's what is really exciting: Barnes & 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:
1. Supermarkets, drugstores, Targets, etc., will automatically BUY IN as they purchase off the NY Times list.
2. Major newspapers will ask for review copies and interviews.
3. Major shows like Letterman will be interested.
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.
And YES... Amazon.com sales COUNT on the list!
What does this mean to the 9/11 Truth Movement?
It means you just got yourself a crowbar to leverage open doors that have been slammed shut.
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. The evidence is overwhelming that the Bushies committed TREASON! War games, put orders...Cheney issuing stand down orders in the bunker...we need a real investigation. Could the success of a novel do it?
Yes. . . . . [read on at page #2 to learn how and why]
I'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.
What'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 elections. A number 1 - 5 spot will add fuel to the movie potential (I already have a producer attached.) Oh...the new second editions list many of you in the ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
I'm committed. For the record, I've already spent every dime I made on the book for the two book trailers (see http://youtube.com/theshellgame ). 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, "I won't back down."
I hope you won't either.
All of you have done so much and suffered for your efforts. I don'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.
KEEP PUSHING! The summit is visible.
Steve Alten
A larger pdf version of the above flyer can be downloaded at www.TheShellGame.net
Please print out these flyers and distribute them at 9/11 truth meetings, peace & justice, or progressive meetings, concerts, documentary showings, etc. etc. Anywhere you can think of where people gather to fight for peace and truth.
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Why did 9/11 truth movement leaders initially support “The Shell Game”?
“The Shell Game”s narrative not only cautions about a US President conducting false flag terror on his own people to fool Americans into supporting oil war against Iran, but it also weaves real life quotes and real 9/11 truth research, including David Ray Griffin, and Michael C. Ruppert, leaving the reader knowing they were lied to about the events of 9/11.
However, even more exciting to the 9/11 truth movement was the unveiling of “The Shell Game”s website, www.TheShellGame.net which provides readers links to most of the major 9/11 truth research websites, DVDS, research books, as well as links to most major 9/11 truth activist sites.
But, then as “The Shell Game” author Steve Alten began to get mainstream talk radio interviews he boldy asserted that we need a new 9/11 investigation to determine if 9/11 was an inside job, and to investigate the multiple War Games held on 9/11, and Cheney’s apparent stand down order to allow the aircraft to hit the Pentagon, including Transportation Secretary, Norm Mineta’s, explosive testimony Zelikow’s 9/11 Commission mysteriously censored.
However, what electrified many 9/11 truth seekers was when on mainstream talk radio in Philadelphia last week, “The Shell Game,” author, Alten condemned former President Bill Clinton’s attacks on 9/11 truth seekers, and said that Americans should be supporting 9/11 truth activists for their work, for they are the new patriots of our time. After 6 years of being ridiculed on corporate media, the 9/11 truth movement finally found someone with the ear of mainstream media who told the truth, that the 9/11 truth movement are the great heroes of our time, and should be SUPPORTED BY ALL AMERICANS!
The above interview is no longer available online, but Alten's explosive interview with Jack Blood on Radio Deadline can be heard below:
Also the powerful 90 second book trailer, Alten produced to not only spread the word on “The Shell Game” but to spread the concept of a false flag attack on American soil to fool Americans into an oil conquest war with Iran . . . became a powerful tool for those hungering for 9/11 truth, and hoping to avoid just such a false flag attack from occuring.
By spreading this amazing edu-taiment 90 second video through the internet, activists simultaneously had the immediate possibility of diminishing any chance the neo-cons had of slipping a false flag attack on Iran under the wire of American consciousness, and also expanding readership of “The Shell Game,” so that we could get Alten onto mainstream talk shows to tell Americans that 9/11 truth activists are their heroes, and that they (all Americans) should be supporting our efforts.
What ascended “The Shell Game” so fast and far?
Many things, including early pre-release interviews with Louder Than Words radio hosts Jason Bermas and Dylan Avery, Jack Blood’s Deadline, Michael Woolsey of Visibility911, Kevin Barrett, and other 9/11 truth radio interviews. 911Truth.org’s informational emails to its membership, 911Blogger.com and OpEdNews.com articles that blasted through the internet, 9/11 truth activists on Meetup.com, Yahoo discussion groups, and Facebook.com, and other 9/11 truth groups, all listed at www.TheShellGame.net got the word out, and continue to do so.
This amazing journey into popular culture with 9/11 truth questions began months ago. The collective realization of the importance of “The Shell Game,” as a tool to explode the issue of deception around the 9/11 events, and bring this critical issue into the forefront of American consciousness, began even before “The Shell Game”s pre-release date, when 9/11 truth activists began reading pre-view copies. An ad hoc coalition began forming which grew rapidly. They released the following statement:
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We, the undersigned, urge everyone seeking truth, peace and justice, to not only purchase this new novel, "The Shell Game," but also to email out this appeal to all you know who seek truth, peace and justice in the form of 9/11 truth coming out. In turn, please urge them to do the same with all their contacts and urge them to do the same. We can break 9/11 truth open if we work together and focus on this project for the next 30 days.
Yours in 9/11 truth, peace and justice,
Bill Douglas, 911 Visibility Project
Co-Signatories:
Dr. Steven Jones – Physicist who discovered controlled demolition substances in WTC debris
Janice Matthews - 911Truth.org Executive Director
David Ray Griffin - 9/11 Researcher and Author
Kevin Ryan -former UL chemistry laboratory manager & NIST report whistle blower
Dr. Robert Bowman - Rtd. Colonel US Air Force, 9/11 truth leader; thepatriots.us/
Rob Balsamo – Pilots for 9/11 Truth
Carol Brouillet - Organizer of 1st National 9/11 Truth Conference in San Francisco
Mike Berger - "Improbable Collapse" Documentary Producer - 911Truth Spokesman
David Kubiak - 911Truth.org Board member
Kevin Barrett – Muslim/Christian/Jewish Alliance for 9/11 Truth
Michael Wolsey – Visibility911.com
Peter Dale Scott – Author of, “The Road to 9/11: Wealth, Empire, and the Future of America,” (University of California Press., 2007)
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“. . . 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!"
-- Steve Alten, New York Times Best Selling Novelist (author of “The Shell Game”)
www.TheShellGame.net
As you read this the 2nd edition print run of “The Shell Game” is already being printed. The acknowledgement in this coming book will read:
Since completing this novel, I have learned about the gallant work of Peak Oil and 9/11 Truth Movements in the U.S. and across the world. These brave citizens have been harassed, ridiculed, and purposely discredited by those forces who do not want the masses to know the real truth about our government's involvement in the events of September 11, 2001. To Michael C. Ruppert, Michael Kane, Janice Matthews, Kevin Ryan, Carol Brouillet, Kyle Hence, Mike Berger, David Kubiak, Bob Bowman, Cheri Roberts, Steven Jones, David Ray Griffin, Rob Balsamo, Bruno Bruhwiler, Kevin Barrett, Dylan Avery, Korey Rowe, Jason Bermas, Alan Miller, Michael Woolsey, Peter Dale Scott, and especially to Bill Douglas...thank you for standing up and speaking out. You are the real patriots of the 21st century.
-- Steve Alten, The Shell Game
IF YOU HUNGER FOR A NEW 9/11 INVESTIGATION – A MASS PUBLIC DEMAND LARGE ENOUGH TO MAKE IT HAPPEN IS WITHIN OUR GRASP IF WE WORK “TOGETHER”! Help continue this information revolution. Share, email, blog, write articles, post, spread the word of “The Shell Game.” Together we can drive this to #1, and force 9/11 truth into the mainstream mind. Steve Alten is committed to driving home to mainstream America that 9/11 truth activists should not be mocked and scorned but should be supported by all Americans . . . for we are the true patriots of the 21st century. www.TheShellGame.net
By William E. Douglas, Jr., who is author of "The Amateur Parent -- A Book on Life, Death, War & Peace, and Everything Else in the Universe." Bill has been a guest columnist for the Kansas City Star, The Business Journal, and other media worldwide. His past essays include, "Exposing the 9/11 Conspiracy Wingnuts," "The Explosion of the 9-11 Truth Movement -- US Media's Dirty Little Secret," "Good Night, and Good Luck - WMD, NIST, Popular Mechanics, 9/11 and Media Crimes" and also "Why the Jewish Community Should Demand 9/11 Truth."