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The Men Who Stare at Goats

WindNoSailWindNoSail Posts: 580
edited July 2006 in A Moving Train
Has anyone else read this book by Jon Ronson? If you like conspiracies, then this is one I almost believe in. Psyops, Coast to Coast, First Earth Battalion, Waco, and a purple dinosaur all in this one book. And it relates to the War on Terror.

http://www.jonronson.com/goats_nytimes.html
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,6903,1355965,00.html
http://www.jonronson.com/index.html

Comments? I would love to discuss this on the board.
HOB 10.05.2005, E Rutherford 06.03.2006, The Gorge 07.22.2006, Lolla 08.05.2007, West Palm 06.11.2008, Tampa 06.12.2008, Columbia 06.16.2008, EV Memphis 06.20.2009, New Orleans 05.01.2010, Kansas City 05.03.2010
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  • polarispolaris Posts: 3,527
    bring this up in the fall ... i've got 3 books in the works but this sounds interesting and if anything - i wanna see the looks on people's faces when they see someone reading a book with that title!
  • WindNoSailWindNoSail Posts: 580
    polaris wrote:
    bring this up in the fall ... i've got 3 books in the works but this sounds interesting and if anything - i wanna see the looks on people's faces when they see someone reading a book with that title!

    bump....

    I didn't get anyone to respond so I am bumping just to get someone to read the book. Very entertaining and a bit frightening. When you read it, you will like it. Let me know.
    HOB 10.05.2005, E Rutherford 06.03.2006, The Gorge 07.22.2006, Lolla 08.05.2007, West Palm 06.11.2008, Tampa 06.12.2008, Columbia 06.16.2008, EV Memphis 06.20.2009, New Orleans 05.01.2010, Kansas City 05.03.2010
  • rightonduderightondude Posts: 745
    polaris wrote:
    bring this up in the fall ... i've got 3 books in the works but this sounds interesting and if anything - i wanna see the looks on people's faces when they see someone reading a book with that title!


    dude you said the F word during the summer....FOR SHAME!!!!

    don't do that again! (please)

    I actually thought the book was about men who like sex with goats at first glance....perhaps there is a slight of pen there pertaining to goats being iconic evil, morbidity, and such
  • rightonduderightondude Posts: 745
    WindNoSail wrote:
    Has anyone else read this book by Jon Ronson? If you like conspiracies, then this is one I almost believe in. Psyops, Coast to Coast, First Earth Battalion, Waco, and a purple dinosaur all in this one book. And it relates to the War on Terror.

    http://www.jonronson.com/goats_nytimes.html
    http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,6903,1355965,00.html
    http://www.jonronson.com/index.html

    Comments? I would love to discuss this on the board.

    So the take is that gov't officials are whacked?

    What is his bias? I could not deduce it easily from scanning over the the links.

    I have no doubt some of the most insane (and I mean seriously delusional here) people in the world are in fact ruling it.
  • WindNoSailWindNoSail Posts: 580
    rightondude wrote:
    So the take is that gov't officials are whacked?

    What is his bias? I could not deduce it easily from scanning over the the links.

    I have no doubt some of the most insane (and I mean seriously delusional here) people in the world are in fact ruling it.

    His bias? I guess you could say he has stumbled across some very unusual and scary government programs (black budget) and people, and some who aren't really part of the government but that the govt seems to show a great interest in, whom in total are effin up our country.

    Think Area 51 meets the Pentagon meets Coast to Coast meets Twighlight Zone :D :eek:
    HOB 10.05.2005, E Rutherford 06.03.2006, The Gorge 07.22.2006, Lolla 08.05.2007, West Palm 06.11.2008, Tampa 06.12.2008, Columbia 06.16.2008, EV Memphis 06.20.2009, New Orleans 05.01.2010, Kansas City 05.03.2010
  • rightonduderightondude Posts: 745
    WindNoSail wrote:
    His bias? I guess you could say he has stumbled across some very unusual and scary government programs (black budget) and people, and some who aren't really part of the government but that the govt seems to show a great interest in, whom in total are effin up our country.

    Think Area 51 meets the Pentagon meets Coast to Coast meets Twighlight Zone :D :eek:

    Yeah...whoa! That's what I thought. Looks like an intersting book. Thanks for the heads up, I will have a look.

    thx
  • rightonduderightondude Posts: 745
    aha! I think I just figured out the title of the book.

    According to a timing device on ABC TV news footage, George Walker Bush began his TV address, at Booker Elementary school, at 9:29:55 AM. This followed approximately 24 minutes spent reading to children and listening to them read a story, about goats.

    Odd that bush is at an elementary school reading children a book. awww how cute.

    the pres reading books to kids... Why was he there again? Just to read some books to the children?

    Has he ever done this once since 9/11 elsewhere at another elementary school? or prior to? Bush is a chilren's book narrator now?

    Seems a little staged to me.
  • mrwalkerbmrwalkerb Posts: 1,015
    thanks for reminding me of this I saw it a few months ago but forgot about it completly, just put it on hold at the local library
    "I'm not suicidal, except when I drink. That's why we don't all drink at the same time, there'd be no-one alive to drive home..."
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  • mrwalkerbmrwalkerb Posts: 1,015
    ok so I just finished reading it and it's cool weird and kind of scary but cool,
    "I'm not suicidal, except when I drink. That's why we don't all drink at the same time, there'd be no-one alive to drive home..."
    Chris Cornell

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  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    WindNoSail wrote:
    bump....

    I didn't get anyone to respond so I am bumping just to get someone to read the book. Very entertaining and a bit frightening. When you read it, you will like it. Let me know.

    I've got a copy but haven't read it yet. There was a t.v documentary series based on the book on British t.v a while ago. It's scary stuff. I will read the book now that you've reminded me of it.
  • rightonduderightondude Posts: 745
    mrwalkerb wrote:
    ok so I just finished reading it and it's cool weird and kind of scary but cool,

    Really? Cool. Was there anything on Microwave mind control projects and experimentation?

    I've been reading some seriously scary shit about that area of research. As in "real" scary. Like as in all around us.

    Haven't made a decision on whether or not is is postworthy i.e proven enough for me yet to draw conclusion.
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