They Fired The First Shot 2012

by Friend of Medjugorje

A spiritual roadmap of the upcoming tough times.

709 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Nikki Mohamed · Rating 1 out of 5]

Absolute CRAP. A conspiracy theorist who conveniently cashes his royalty checks but is too big a coward to put his ACTUAL name on the cover writes a NOVEL about the evil in the world being sure to blame President Obama throughout. According to this author, all evil in the world including the genocide in Rwanda can be blamed on the Democratic party, President Obama and Roe v. Wade. I was asked to read this book by someone who I care about dearly...someone that the author took advantage of due to her age and generation and who is now out putting together survival packages as she is convinced that a nuclear war is headed our way and that President Obama is the one with his finger on the red button. How cowardly and corrupt this author is! He quotes HIS OWN PREVIOUS BOOK as an authoritative supporting sentence for his crazy conspiracy theory in THIS BOOK! What a crack pot! I'm hanging onto this book for 2 reasons: 1) We need kindling this winter and 2) My dining room table is too short by about 4 inches and this pile of drivel keeps it from rocking. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY BUYING THIS BOOK! DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME READING IT! There are far better political opinions written on bumper stickers at truck stops.

[Jimmy · Rating 1 out of 5]

OH MY GOD!!! This is absolute madness. I found it in a bookstore and I can't wait to send it to the recycling bin. It even has a list of all 5o states with towns that contain less than 500 people so followers can live there and begin a slow takeover of the country. The word "Obama" is on almost every page and often compared to Hitler. And their hero is "President Reagan." Ultimately this is the result of libertarian insanity. An absolute hatred of the government. Unless, of course, they take over. OH MY GOD!!!

[James Ernest · Rating 2 out of 5]

It started off with a good message, but ended up sounding like a cult book.

[Sharon · Rating 2 out of 5]

It has taken me four years (and two separate attempts) to read this book. Perhaps that will show how difficult I found it to get through this book and how little it captured my attention, enthusiasm and/or imagination. I gave the book two stars because it does discuss at length the Declaration of Independence and some of the Constitution, though the author seems to be confused about what constitutes the law of the land (he believes it is the Declaration). There are also some snippets of useful information. However, his reliance upon quotations from two apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary and basing at least part of his book on those "messages" damages the entire foundation. The two apparitions he uses are Kibeho and Medjugorje. Kibeho has been approved only in part and Medjugorje not at all, yet he uses these messages as if they were "Gospel". Also, he obviously believed that he was being paid by the word. He repeats passages and ideas ad nauseum and even encourages people to read the book two and even three times. Three times????? Heck, I could barely make it through once. All in all, I'm happy that I'm not the one who bought this book. It was given to me by a friend, and if I never receive anything else by this author, I will lose no sleep over it.

[Rick Fifield · Rating 1 out of 5]

Any book with an anonymous author to me is a red flag. The fear that the author uses in this book is alarming. The author cherry picks the facts he wants to use to make his point. Obviously the author believes President Obama is to blame for many ills which have transpired long before he became president. Funny though many things the author thought would happen with Obama in 2012 happened with a different person in 2020.

Uses the moniker "A Friend of Medjugorje" and one believes this book will about the visions their. After the first chapter that never happens again till the end. From what I have read about the vision from Medjugorje the messages from Mary are to be left the way they are, neither adding or taking anything from them, just the message. It seems this author tries to use parts of these messages to make it seem Mary is dealing with what is happening in the US.

"I Hate Obama" easily could have been the title according to the author

[Glenn · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm only giving this one star because I can't give it a Zero or lower. Nikki Mohamed gave a review that says everything I would have said. As she stated, the author throws out a bunch of debunked conspiracy theories and doesn't have the guts to attach his/her name to it. With good reason. This book isn't worth the $0.00 that downloading the Kindle version will cost you if you have Amazon Prime. Don't waste your time.

[Wesley · Rating 4 out of 5]

It could have used some editing. Well documented. It's an unofficial, proactive Catholic/Christian response to Obama's presidency.

[Kymmi · Rating 1 out of 5]

I just can’t read any more of this book

[Ryan Young · Rating 1 out of 5]

another book by a person who has apparently never read a book. actually not a bad read if you enjoy silently mocking someone and their entire ridiculous worldview. wild stuff here guys.

[Sarah Autrey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Recommend to all religious

[Lindy · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you read just one book this year, make it this one.