Posted on 06/06/2004 4:04:17 AM PDT by George Frm Br00klyn Park
So much for "super-secret."
Could it be possibly kept hush hush and secret just for the sake of safety and security for these people who are so wealthy and influential - and nothing more. Famous and rich people don't ever let folks know their schedule and plans for safety reasons and plain old privacy.
The Trilateral Commission and the Council on Foreign Relations are creations of the Bilderberg Group. They work in their own way toward the set goals.
Some people seem to think that the guest list and membership are the same. Not so; many guests are simply invited as a courtesy to get them on board the program.
The Bilderberg group is led by unidentified individuals. The follow the dots indicators lead to David Rockefeller, Maurice Strong and others.
This is all leading to global government guided from the top by the power elite.
It looks that way. Still the list of invited guests give some idea about mindset of the actual leaders.
Yes there are clues.
Just look at the European Union to see our future.
Yes, this is most definitely the reason, but it is more fun for people to imagine that they are subject to some conspiracy or some other such nonsesne.
Correct me if I'm wrong but 'Freedom of Association' is usually a given in the West.
It was much easier to make that argument in the past when capitalists operated in local environments. With the advent of instant global communications, global travel and 24 hour instant markets, what used to be called "Capitalism" is now more correctly called "Oligopolyism."
<< Guess who's at SUPER-SECRET Bilderberg meeting today? >>
OK, I'll guess.
How's about, for starters anyway:
.... the partial guest list of the current meeting .... which includes Senators John Edwards D-NC and Jon Corzine, D-NJ and Henry Kissinger, Richard Perle, Melinda Gates, [Mrs William Gates] David Rockefeller, Timothy F Geithner, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Donald Graham, chairman and CEO of the Washington Post Company, and even Ralph Reed, former head of the Christian Coalition:
N - Auser, Svein - CEO, DnB NOR ASA;
D - Ackermann, Josef - Chairman, Group Executive Committee, Deutsche Bank AG;
I - Ambrosetti, Alfredo - Chairman, Abbrosetti Group;
TR - Babacan, Ali - Minister of Economic Affairs;
P - Balsemao, Francisco Pinto - Chairman and CEO, IMPRESA, SGPS, Former Prime Minister;
ISR - Barnavie, Elie - Department of General History, Tel-Aviv University;
I - Benedetti, Rodolfo De - CEO, CIR;
I - Bernabe, Franco - Vice Chairman, Rothschild Europe;
F - Beytout, Nicolas - Editor In Chief, Les Echos;
INT - Bolkestein, Frits - Commissioner for the Internal Market, European Commission, former leader of Dutch right wing Liberal Party VVD;
*USA*- Boot, Max - Neoconservative, Council on foreign Relations, Features Editor, Wall Street Journal;
CH - Borel, Daniel - Chairman, Logitech International S.A.;
I - Bortoli, Ferrucio de - CEO, RCS Libri;
S - Brock, Gunnar - CEO, Atlas Copco AB;
GB - Browne, John - Group Chief Executive, BP plc;
NL - Burgmans, Antony - Chairman, Unilever NV;
F - Camus, Phillipe - CEO, European Aeronautic Defence and Space NV;
I - Caracciolo, Lucio - Director, Limes Geopolitical Review;
F - Castries, Henri de - Chairman, AXA Insurance;
E - Cebrian, Juan Luis - CEO, PRISA (Spanish language media company), former Chairman, International Press Institute;
TR - Cemal, Hasan - Senior Columnist, Milliyet Newspaper;
GB - Clarke, Kenneth - Member of Parliament (Con.), Deputy Chairman, British American Tobacco;
*USA* - Collins, Timothy C - MD and CEO, Ripplewood Holdings LLC, Yale School of Management, Trilateral Commission;
*USA* - Corzine, Jon S. - Senator (D, New Jersey), Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs;
CH - Couchepin, Pascal - Former Swiss President, Head of Home affairs Dept.;
GR - David, George A. - Chairman, Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company SA;
B - Dehaene, Jean-Luc - Former Prime Minister, Mayor of Vilvoorde;
TR - Dervis, Kemal - Member of Parliament, former senior World bank official;
GR - Diamantopoulou, Anna - Member of Parliament, former European Commissioner for Social Affairs;
*USA* - Donilon, Thomas L - Vice-President, Fannie Mae, Council on Foreign Relations;
I - Draghi, Mario - Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Goldman Sachs;
*USA* - Edwards, John - Senator (D. North Carolina), Democratic Presidential Candidate;
DK - Eldrup, Anders - Chairman, DONG gas company (becoming privatised) A/S;
DK - Federspiel, Ulrik - Ambassador to the *USA*;
*USA* - Feith, Douglas J. - Undersecretary for Policy, Department of Defense;
I - Galateri, Gabriele - Chairman, Mediobanca;
*USA* - Gates, Melinda F. - Co-Founder, Gates Foundation, wife of Bill Gates;
*USA* - Geithner, Timothy F. - President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York;
I - Giavazzi, Francesco - Professor of Economics, Bocconi University; adviser, world bank and European Central bank;
IRL - Gleeson, Dermot - Chairman Allied Irish Bank Group (currently being investigated for personal and corporate tax evasion);
*USA* - Graham, Donald E. - Chairman and CEO, Washington Post Company;
*USA* - Haas, Richard N. - President, Council on Foreign Relations, former Director of Policy and Planning staff, State Department;
NL - Halberstadt, Victor - Professor of Economics, Leiden University;
B - Hansen, Jean-Pierre - Chairman, Suez Tractabel SA;
S - Heikensten, Lars - Governor, Swedish Central Bank;
*USA* - Holbrooke, Richard C - Vice Chairman, Perseus, former Director, Council on Foreign Relations, former Assistant Secretary of State;
*USA* - Hubbard, Allen B - President E&A Industries;
*USA* - Issacson, Walter - President and CEO, Aspen Institute;
*USA* - Janow, Merit L. - Professor, International Economic Law and International Affairs, Columbia University;
*USA* - Jordan, Vernon E. Senior Managing Director, Lazard Freres & Co LLC;
*USA* - Kagan, Robert - Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace;
GB - Kerr, John - Director, Shell, Rio Tinto, Scottish American Investment Trust;
*USA* - Kissinger Henry A. - Chairman, Kissinger Associates Inc.;
TR - Koc, Mustafa V. - Chairman, Koc Holdings AS;
NL - Koenders, Bert (AG) - Member of Parliament, president, Parliamentary Network of the World Bank;
*USA* - Kovner, Bruce - Chairman Caxton Associates LLC, Chairman, American Enterprise Institute;
*USA* - Kravis, Henry R. - Founding Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., acquisitions financier;
*USA* - Kravis, Marie Josee - Senoir Fellow, Hudson Institute Inc.;
FIN - Lehtomaki, Paula - Minister of Foreigh Trade and Development;
FIN - Lipponen, Paavo - Speaker of Parliament;
CHN - Long, Yongtu - Secretary General, Boao forum for Asia;
P - Lopes, Pedro M. Santana - Mayor of Lisbon;
*USA* - Luti, William J. - Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs;
CDN - Lynch, Kevin G. - Deputy Minister, Department of Finance;
*USA* - Mathews, Jessica T. - President, Carnegie Endowment for International War Peace;
*USA* - McDonough, William J. - Chairman and CEO, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, former president, Federal Reserve Bank of New York;
CDN - McKenna, Frank - Counsel, McInnes Cooper, former premier of New Brunswick;
I - Merlini, Cesare - Executive Vice Chairman, Council for the United States and Italy, Council on Foreign Relations, former director, Italian Institute for International Affairs;
F - Montbrial, Thierry de - President, French Institute of International Relations;
INT - Monti, Mario - Competition Commissioner, European Commission; *USA* - Mundie, Craig J. - Chief Technical Officer, Advanced Strategies and Policies, Microsoft Corporation;
N - Myklebust, Egil - Chairman, Scandinavian Airline System (SAS);
D - Naas, Matthias - Deputy Editor, Die Zeit;
NL - Netherlands, HM Queen Beatrix;
GB - Neville-Jones, Pauline - Chairman, QuinetiQ (UK privatized military research/services company), governor of the BBC, Chairman Information Assurance Advisory Council, formar Chairman Joint Intelligence Committee, former Managing Director NatWest Markets;
*USA* - Nooyi, Indra K. - President and CEO, PepsiCo Inc.;
PL - Olechowski, Andrzej - Leader, Civic Platform;
FIN - Ollila, Jorma - Chairman, Nokia Corporation;
INT - Padoa-Schioppa, Tommaso - Director, European Central Bank;
CY - Pantelides, Leonidas - Ambassador to Greece;
I - Passera, Corrado - CEO, Banca Intesa SpA;
*USA*- Perle, Richard N. - Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, former Likud policy adviser, former chair Defence Policy Board, former co-chairman, Hollinger Digital;
B - Phillipe, HRH Prince;
*USA* - Reed, Ralph E. - President, Century Strategies;
CDN - Reisman, Heather - President and CEO, Indigo Books and Music Inc.;
I - Riotta, Gianni - Editorialist, Corriere della Serra;
*USA* - Rockefeller, David - Member JP Morgan International Council, Chairman, Council of the Americas;
E - Riodriguez Inearte, Matias - Vice Chairman, Grupo Santander;
*USA* - Ross, Dennis B - Director, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy;
D - Sandschneider, Eberhard - Director, Research Institute, German Society for Foreign Policy; I - Scaroni, Paolo - CEO, Enel SpA;
D - Schilly, Otto - Minister of the Interior;
*USA* - Schnabel, Rockwell A. - Ambassador to the EU;
A - Scholten, Rudolf - Director, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG;
D - Schrempp, Jurgen E. - Chairman, DaimlerChrysler AG;
E - Serra Rexach, Eduardo - Head, Real Institute Elcano;
RUS - Shevtsova, Lilia - Senior Associate. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace;
PL - Sikora, Slawomir - President and CEO, Citibank Handlowy;
I - Siniscalo, Domenico - Director General Ministry of the Economy;
P - Socrates, Jose - Member of Parliament;
*USA* - Strmecki, Marin J. - Smith Richardson Foundation;
B - Struye de Swielande, Dominique - Permanant repressentative of Belguim, NATO;
IRL - Sutherland, Peter D. - Chairman, Goldman Sachs International, Chairman, BP plc;
*USA* - Thornton, John L. - Chairman, Brookings Institution, Professor, Tsinghua University;
I - Tremonti, Giulio - Minister of Economy and Finance;
INT - Trichet, Jean-Claude - President, European Central Bank;
I - Tronchetti Provera, Marco - Chairman and CEO, Pirelli SpA;
N - Underdal, Arild - Rector, University of Oslo;
CH - Vasella, Daniel L. - Chairman and CEO, Novartis AG;
NL - Veer, Jeroen van der - Chairman, Committee of Managing Directors, Royal Dutch/Shell;
GB - Verwaayen, Ben J. M. - CEO, British Telecom; former director, Lucent Technologies;
I - Visco, Ignazio - Foriegn Affairs Manager, Banca D'Italia;
INT - Vitorino, Antonio M. - Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner, European Union;
INT - Vries, Gijs M. de - EU Counter Terrorism Co-ordinator;
S - Wallenberg, Jacob - Chairman, SEB investments (including biotech); Chairman, W Capital Management AB;
D - Weber, Jurgen - Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutche Lufthansa AG;
GB/*USA* - Weinberg, Peter - CEO, Goldman Sachs International;
NL - Wijers, Hans - Chairman, AkzoNobel NV;
D - Wissmann, Matthias - Member of Parliament;
GB - Wolf, Martin H. - Associate Editor/Economic Commentator, The Financial Times;
INT/*USA* - Wolfenson, James D. - President, The World Bank;
RUS - Yavlinsky, Grigory A. - Member of Parliament;
*USA* - Yergin, Daniel - Chairman, Cambridge Energy Research Associates;
D - Zumwinkel, Llaus - Chairman, Deutche Post Worldnet AG.
In addition, according to the Bilderberg.org website, two reporters from The Economist will also be attending: Gideon Rachman, Brussels correspondent, and Adrian D. Wooldridge, the magazine's foreign correspondent.
GREAT BIG SECRET, EH, GEORGE??
Love and money -- Brian
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Maurice Strong is a shadowy almost unknown malcreant.. Whos name pops up in the stangest places and times and events.
If its so damned super secret, how come everyone and their grandmother knows who's attending?
It must not be TOO BIG a secret.
All things have there course, a day of hours.
I can really see the left falling for Edwards swill tho.
Five or ten years ago they denied there was such a thing as Bilderberg, and laughed at anyone who even said the word out loud. Now they are celebrating their 50th anniversary. They quietly put out a guest list now because they were outed by the underground press over the last few years, and the silence was embarassing.
In the last 50 years we have been treated to the UN becoming a de facto world government, the continent of Europe becoming one superstate, North America gradually becoming one economic/political union, etc. etc.
Connect the dots. The world is heading toward becoming one giant copy of the EU. It isn't happening by accident.
Yea, Bill Gate's Wife is conspiring to take over the world.....
"Donald Graham, chairman and CEO of the Washington Post Company,"
So much for keeping the "press" out of these meetings. Duh
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