Blog Quick Jump:
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Somewhere Over the Pacific
Mon, Nov 9, 2009 10:00 am RST

I'm catching up with my Blog entries. Please be patient, as I have to find the time to do them in my very busy schedule.

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Australia or Bust!
Sun, Nov 8, 2009 – 11:40 pm RST

Tania and Eric – our steady and loyal AE911Truth office workers – assisted greatly in the final prep for the 5-week trip to Australasia and the Far East. This is by far the most extensive trip and speaking engagement tour for AE911Truth and, while it is a great opportunity to assist in the enlightenment of A&E's and others in other parts of the world, it is also a significant disruption to our local efforts in the United States.

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p.s. Note: All times are local/RST (Richard Standard Time)

Day 2 – The Hard Evidence Conference
Sun, Nov 15, 2009 10:15 pm RST

Leading off the conference was Janice Mathews – the stalwart, wise, and gutsy mother of the "umbrella" organization 911Truth.org – often the first stop via the internet for those inquiring (enquiring in 'Australian') about 9/11 Truth, and the organization that has acted to link up thousands of activists around the world and link curious journalists to various 9/11 Truth leaders.

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Day 1 – The Hard Evidence Conference
Sat, Nov 14, 2009 11:30 pm RST

This conference is the most prominent effort yet of the awesome Sydney 9/11 Truth group 911oz.com — inspired by the fearless and dedicated John Bursill. It is quite evident that the Australians don't take the need for 9/11 Truth lightly. It has been months in the planning and includes many of the major spokespeople in the growing international movement today, including Steven E. Jones, PhD., Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth, Janice Mathews, Luke Rudkowski of WeAreChange, Cosmos of Truth Action, Ken Jenkins, and Frank Legge, PhD.

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The Big Day Before The Big Day
Fri, Nov 13, 2009 10:15 pm RST

Prof. Steven Jones arrived in town today, so Luke R. and I took him on the double decker bus tour through Sydney. We stopped in the famous and very peaceful Chinese Garden and learned of the latest thermite experiment performed by Prof. Jones.

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Socializing with Kangaroos
Thu, Nov 12, 2009 9:30 pm RST

An Australian told me that I talk funny! Took me for a loop. I thought we were just normal and it's the Australians who have an accent. She said that we pronounce our "R's" hard. Like when we say "pirrrates" vs. "piates", or something like that. We use more diction and they have a "lazier" mouth (there must be a linguistic term for that). But also – each sentence seems to end on an up-note. And also ends in "... mate" — There is a positive social connection here!

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11th of the Month Rally
Wed, Nov 11, 2009 11:45 pm RST

This morning started with a friendly 15 minute radio interview with Jack Frost and Cat on a Sydney community radio program "Skid Row" 88.9 FM which reached an estimated 3,000 listeners who heard a quick introduction to the explosive evidence for the controlled demolition of all 3 WTC high-rises on 9/11. Several called in to win free tickets to the $30 Hard Evidence Conference.

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First Days Down Under
Wed, Nov 11, 2009 2:20 am RST

Australia is paranoid of germs. They confiscated my hard boiled eggs at customs. Bird Flu! And then I had these first thoughts:

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Melburnians Embrace 9/11 Truth
Tue, Nov 17, 2009 11:20 pm RST

If you are an AE911Truth advocate packing on a Qantas Airlines flight a sales table full of stuff and winter clothing for an upcoming trip to Japan, then you might, as I am, pay $300 to $400 per flight just for excess baggage fees. $10 for each kilo over 23. It doesn't work out very well! It's impossible to come out ahead at all. We definitely need your donations! To keep us going and bringing the DVD's to the Aussies, the Kiwis, and the Japanese! Please consider clicking on the Chip-In on the front page and helping us with a generous donation. We're going under!

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Brisbane (AUS, not Bay Area, CA, USA)
Fri, Nov 20, 2009 10:00 pm RST

First lesson in "Australian" — the "r" in pirate is silent. Yes... it's the 'lazy' language. And the "i", like in six, is pronounced like along "e", so it's seex. And never say "trash" – it's "rubbish". There are no sidewalks – only footpaths. And you are cool if you use barbie instead of BBQ, and breaky instead of breakfast. That's all you need to know... except of course that your backwards left-handed car has a boot and a bonnet instead of a trunk and a hood.

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Wellington Extravaganza
Sat, Nov 21, 2009 11:00 pm RST

The excitement of the flight to scenic New Zealand was tempered by the now expected, and dreaded, $400 in excess baggage fees — still humbling me greatly. But the view of the rugged landscape coming in raised my spirits. As did the very warm greeting of our hosts, Helen Waddington and 9/11 truth artist extraordinaire, Roger Morris, both of NZ911Truth.org. The overall team of a dozen worked extremely hard and it payed off.

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South Island Sojourn
Sat, Nov 28, 2009 11:10 pm RST

Since we were in Christchurch on a shortened tour of the majestic South Island of New Zealand, we made an effort to throw a speaking event together due to popular demand. Jeff Mitchell and a couple of Christchurch friends did all of the work to put this event together at the last minute and packed a small room with 35 attendees with only 3 days notice.

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Last, But Certainly Not Least
Wed, Dec 2, 2009 5:15 am RST

Every country and every city that I land in on this trip is inhabited by a group of extremely hard working volunteers – dedicated to bringing the illuminating information — the truth about 9/11 — to their people, media and government. Everywhere they find it a frustrating uphill battle. Not because the evidence isn't overwhelmingly convincing – but because people don't want to even consider it.

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Interlude Update
Tue, Dec 8, 2009 12:00 pm RST

We apologize for the slow updates to the tour page. Please bare with us. And, if you are able and willing to volunteer, we can use all of the help we can get, in a variety of areas. Please check out our Volunteer Opportunities page for more information. And Donations always help, as well. Thank you!

Progress Report for the AE911Truth Japan Tour

We have finished the first half of the AE911Truth Japan Tour. In short, Two words: HUGE SUCCESS!

This is the first time for group leader Richard Gage to speak in Asia, and the tour will allow us to achieve several milestones in the continued pursuit of Truth.

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Richard Pitches a Shutout!
Tue, Dec 8, 2009 12:00 pm RST

The Yokohama event was expected to be smaller, but thanks to excellent promotion by Ms. Kikuchi, et. al., over eighty people (including three architects/engineers) purchased tickets and attended the event held at the Kanagawa Museum of Modern Literature near Yokohama's famed China Town.

Richard delivered a two-hour version of his well-known "Blueprint for 9/11 Truth" presentation. As Richard does at all speaking events, early on, he asked the audience how many believe the U.S. Government's "official story" for the three building collapses in New York, how many are unsure what happened to the buildings, and how many believe that the collapses were a result of controlled demolition.

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Main Event a Great Success!
Tue, Dec 8, 2009 12:00 pm RST

The Tokyo event, held at a large hall in the heart of Tokyo, was attended by over 300. The event was MC'd by the famous and colorful Japanese 80's rocker, Sunplaza Nakano-Kun. He added a great deal of excitement to event and drew many people to the event by lending his famous name to the cause. Councilor Fujita delivered a poignant message regarding the need for all people, be they government officials, architects, engineers, or just citizens of the world, to work together to reveal Truth for the sake of World Peace.

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Winning Streak Extended to Three!
Tue, Dec 8, 2009 12:00 pm RST

Nagoya is Japan's third largest city and, as home to Toyota, a hub of engineering excellence in Japan. Over 150 packed the conference hall and the audience included five architects/engineers. We are pretty sure that the shutout streak was continued. Of the four people who initially indicated that they were believers in the "official story", none continued to hold that position at the end of the talk (in the interest of full disclosure, one would-be holdout started to raise his hand indicating he maintained "official story" belief, but then took it down and put himself in the "unsure" category).

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Ritsumeikan University:
A Different Type of Audience
in an Academic Setting
Tue, Dec 8, 2009 12:00 pm RST

Ritsumeikan University is one of Japan's top private universities, and home to top academics from many disciplines. Special thanks go out to Professor Fujioka of the school's Economics Department who helped ensure a large turnout by making Richard's lecture a class assignment (with a quiz for class credit!). Over 200 students, faculty and local residents were in attendance.

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Osaka Blowout
Sat, Dec 12, 2009 6:45 pm RST

We packed the Osaka public hall last night with 181 attendees. Only 20 tickets were pre-sold, so Yumi Kikuchi and local powerhouse organizer Koichiro Tabuchi were quite concerned — but a couple of important local media breakthroughs made for a huge success.

Of the 181 attendees, before the presentation, we had 30 who believed the official conspiracy story about the destruction of the Twin Towers, and 56 who were unsure. After the presentation, we had only 2 and 8. We had an extensive and lively conversation with the two "holdouts". They were making very good progress toward overcoming their emotional blocks to the rational understanding of the forensic evidence.

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Kobe Not A Kobayashi Maru
Sun, Dec 13, 2009 4:45 am RST

Our AE911Truth event in Kobe was at a Yoga Studio! We were filled to capacity at 63 attendees – 35 of whom had no idea what WTC 7 was.

Before the presentation, we had 8 who believed the official conspiracy regarding the Twin Tower's destruction, and 19 who were unsure. After the 2-hour presentation of the evidence, there were just 0 and 2. It seems that most all were convinced once again. There was one architect and one engineer. Both were convinced.

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Japan Tour Ends in a Big Way
Mon, Dec 14, 2009 12:205 pm RST

We had a total of 251 participants at the Okinawa event yesterday at the beautiful Okinawa Convention Center! They had only pre-sold 30 or so tickets – so this was very good show. We had some very good local newspaper and radio exposure at the last day.

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