End of Suburbia

Being a visual learner, movies are eagerly consumed by the Bigger Brain. This one served up several authors already known to the BB including Heinenberg, Ruppert and James Kunstler who wrote The Geography of Nowwhere. Most intriguing of the talking heads was Mathew Simmons who was part of Cheney's energy committee. (This is the committee that wouldn't release their report.) The BB showed increased growth when Simmons casually explained how we have reached our limits in electricity generation, which proved to the BB that the administration is well aware of our limitations and has used that information to set its agenda.

A good introduction to peak oil. Has a campy period piece flair for what suburbia was intended to be and how it will become a ghost town when gasoline isn't cheap anymore

Crossing the Rubicon

The Bigger Brain blazed through the 600 hundred pages of this mother of all 9/11 investigations. It appeared to be better summer reading than any mystery novel. Already stimulated by the premise of peak oil as the underlying motive for all that takes place in history today, the Bigger Brain found plenty of technical details about aspects of this country that had never before been a subject of interest. From the laundering of drug money to the high grade of intelligence technology to bioterrorism to who has what power under emergency circumstances. Already understood was the insider trading activity that took place that week and the dire consequence of peak oil as well as an inkling of CIA activity in proping up ugly dictators to destabilize developing countries.

This ex-police detective lays out only the facts that would stand up in court. And that's plenty enough to condemn the Bush administration for not only exploiting 9/11 to go to war in the Middle East, but facilitating the execution of 9/11. Bush wants the American public to think that we are vulnerable, but in truth our intelligence is/was so solid that they not only saw every move of every terrorist of the hijackings, but protected them in order to have them do the dirty deed at least that one time. Includes analysis of the very important war games (practice drills) that were used to confuse/cover up what was going on that day as well as explanation of the technology used in spyware and flying planes by remote control.

The only thing missing was how to handle the emotional fall out of taking in such information. How is one to live under an administration that would purposely murder its citizens in order to put into place a higher plan that is clearly flawed. The Bigger Brain was somewhat relieved that it was being presented with a complete story that made sense however complex.

Hijacking Catastrophe

The Brain Growth team was relieved to find something a little less controversial, but equally persuasive in its analysis of the selling of the Iraq war to the American public.Begins with the introduction of the makers of the Contract for a New American Century and points out the need for another "Pearl Harbor".

Shows how fear was generated in the American public and how that fear was used to sucker punch the Constitution with the Patriot Act. Brings up peak oil and shows how the war in Afghanistan was used to introduce American military bases along the proposed oil pipeline. And how having a military presence in Iraq allows the U.S. to target all the oil rich countries in the Middle East including Saudi Arabia.

Lots of interviews, including insigtful comments from Norman Mailer, Medea Benjamin, Noam Chomsky. Because the discussion highlights the psychology of manipulating the public the film is accessible to those who have little interest in politics.