Posted by
Tonewah on Thursday, June 05, 2008 3:18:48 PM
The Bilderberg Group is having it's
annual, secretive meeting in Virginia this week. So what? Why should I care? According to wikipedia and other sources, they're a group of super-wealthy power brokers who meet and discuss what direction the world will take over the next 12 months. Allegedly, they refer to the non-elite as 'feeders', pushing some agenda of global domination and population reduction. Honestly, I don't see how a bunch of old rich coots, CEOs and elected officials can accomplish anything more than arguing and taking Geritol.
I could be wrong, though. An elderly reporter named Jim Tucker has been covering these meetings for something like 30 years. He has made a few accurate predictions (
such as the interest rate housing bust predicted back in 2005) based on information gathered by moles or informants inside the conference. According to his sources, the 'Bilderberg-ers' are violating the public trust by entering into clandestine agreements with foreign leaders and businesses. I have no doubt that kind of thing is happening, but I find it harder to believe that they have some elaborate goal of human enslavement, as some theorists claim. As I said, though, I could be wrong.
The whole cloak-and-dagger aspect of the Bilderberg group conference makes it unseemly enough to warrant speculation and extreme conjecture. When elected public servants, such as Governors and Presidential candidates, attend, it makes it seem even more questionable. Of course, who's to say these people don't meet up at Dick Cheney's house every 1st Tuesday... They could probably get more accomplished.
I really hope this Bilderberg thing isn't anywhere near as nefarious as some claim. A slightly wilder version of Rush Limbaugh, Alex Jones is outside the conference hollering on a bullhorn, "The answer to 1984 is 1776!!!" I pretty much agree with that sentiment. I also agree with 2004 Libertarian Presidential candidate Michael Badnarik when he says, "If the 1st Amendment fails to work, the 2nd will." If these Bilderberg attendees aren't up to anything, fine... But it doesn't hurt to remind them not to step over the line.
UPDATE: Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were both confirmed attendees of Bilderberg 2008. This was the 'private meeting' Obama spirited away from his press entourage to attend. Hillary withdrew from the election shortly thereafter. Weird.