How to Be Invisible

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HOW THIS BOOK CAN

MAKE YOU INVISIBLE

Governments keep a lot of secrets from their people . . .

Why aren't the people in return allowed to keep secrets

from the government?

—PHILIP ZIMMERMAN,

DER SPIEGEL

Sometimes life has a way of appearing as nothing more than astring of minor and major disasters, a series of challenges that,when considered in their totality, can overwhelm even the mostlevelheaded of individuals. In fact, it's only prudent to preparefor the worst that life has to offer: thus, life insurance, homeinsurance, extra batteries, security systems, dead bolts, a littlefire extinguisher in the kitchen, and on and on. However, there'sone glaring omission in most people's planning, one gap in theirvigilance which is potentially more devastating than if they wentthrough life smoking in bed, shampooing with gasoline, and tak-ing out-of-date aspirin. And this omission is their personal andfinancial privacy.So think of this book as flood insurance. If the river near youhas not yet started to rise, I can show you how to move to higher

ground. If the river is already rising, I hope at least to show youhow to build a raft. And just because the river has never floodedbefore does not mean it will never flood in the future. Unex-pected torrential downpours can come in many forms.

PHYSICAL HARM

In Europe, rapes and murders are just a fraction of the numbercommitted in the United States. No nation on earth has moreguns per capita, and few if any have a larger percentage of thepopulation in prison. Besides the muggers, the robbers, and theserial killers, you may suddenly be confronted by:• An irate neighbor, a fellow worker, or a disgruntledclient.• An ex-spouse, an ex-lover, or an ex-employee.• In-laws, outlaws, or someone mentally deranged.• A kidnapper, a burglar, or a con man.

MENTAL HARM

The mental damage from worry and fear can be even more dev-astating than a physical attack. This may come from:• Stalkers, investigators, or anonymous phone calls in thenight.• Telephone conversations secretly taped, then passedaround. . .• "Confidential" medical records released to your em-ployer, your clients, or your insurance company. Theserecords might divulge mental problems, impotence, abor-tion, alcohol/drug abuse, a sexual disease, or [fill in theblanks].

FINANCIAL HARM

Make a random list of twenty people you know. On the average,six of them have already been sued, or will be in the future.Lawsuits are not filed only because of accidents, negligence, sep-arations, divorces, or contract disputes. In the United States, any-one can sue anyone else.One of Wiley Miller's

Non Sequitur

cartoon strips is entitledLEGAL MUGGING. It shows a businessman on the sidewalk of a dark street with his hands in the air. A sign on a post reads

"CAUTION: Watch for trial attorneys."

Stepping from a narrow

alley is a lawyer wearing a stocking cap, dark glasses, and holdingout a legal document."This is a frivolous lawsuit," says the attorney to his victim."You can either spend years and thousands of dollars defendingyourself, or we can settle out of court right now."Although this was in a comic strip, what it portrays is notcomical. More than one million lawsuits are filed each year inthis country. How many of those do you think are frivolous, butare nevertheless settled out of court? Thousands of private in-vestigators would be out of work tomorrow if lawyers stoppedemploying them to find out who has "deep pockets," that is—who has enough money to make a lawsuit worthwhile.By putting into practice what you will learn in the pages tofollow, you may well be able to shield yourself from lawsuits andthe resulting financial harm.

TOTALLY UNFORESEEN TIDAL WAVES

You peek out your window. Look! Reporters, photographers,and trucks with big satellite dishes! If you think this cannot hap-pen to

you,

then kindly allow me to give you a homework as-signment. From this day forward, when you read your newspaperor watch the news on TV, start searching for cases where anunknown person is suddenly thrust into the national spotlight.

Then ask yourself,

Could this possibly happen to me?

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This seems to be a one-of-a-kind book and I don't underrstand why you are not making it available for download to other readers and writers. If you are planning on selling it, then put a price on it so it can be brought. If not, then make it available. I myself would love to have a copy!

reply01 / 31 / 2010

Dear Sir: I would like permission to have a copy of your book, would you please allow this? Lady Willow

reply12 / 01 / 2009

I would also like to download this book!

reply11 / 04 / 2009

Can I have permission to download this ebook/ipaper. Thanks a lot. Johnnie B. Good

reply10 / 18 / 2009