Posted on 07/08/2004 6:50:28 AM PDT by TexRef
Sen. John Edwards' standout "performance" at the super-secret Bilderberg meeting in Italy last month may have been a key reason for his selection as John Kerry's vice presidential running mate, according to the New York Times.
The 50th anniversary conference of the elite group – which many believe conspires semi-annually to foster global government – met June 3 through June 6 in Stresa, Italy, at the Grand Hotel des Iles Borromees.
Among the attendees from the U.S., according to a list obtained by WND, were Senators John Edwards, D-N.C. and Jon Corzine, D-N.J., Henry Kissinger, Richard Perle, Melinda Gates (wife of Bill 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.
(Here is the entire Bilderberg attendance list as published previously by WND.)
According to a report in yesterday's New York Times by Jody Wilgoren, analyzing why Kerry chose Edwards over the other 24 serious contenders for the No. 2 spot:
"His performance at Bilderberg was important," said a friend of Mr. Kerry who was there. "He reported back directly to Kerry. There were other reports on his performance. Whether they reported directly or indirectly, I have no doubt the word got back to Mr. Kerry about how well he did."
Since 1953, the Bilderberg group has convened government, business, academic and journalistic representatives from the U.S., Canada and Europe with the express purpose of exploring the future of the North Atlantic community.
According to sources that have penetrated the high-security meetings in the past, the Bilderberg meetings emphasize a globalist agenda and promote the idea that the notion of national sovereignty is antiquated and regressive.
'Shadowy aura'
"It's officially described as a private gathering," noted a BBC report last year, "but with a guest list including the heads of European and American corporations, political leaders and a few intellectuals, it's one of the most influential organizations on the planet."
And according to a BBC report on June's conference in Stresa: "Not a word of what is said at Bilderberg meetings can be breathed outside. No reporters are invited in and while confidential minutes of meetings are taken, names are not noted. The shadowy aura extends further – the anonymous answerphone message, for example; the fact that conference venues are kept secret. The group, which includes luminaries such as Henry Kissinger and former UK chancellor Kenneth Clarke, does not even have a website."
But, counter participants, the secrecy is not evidence of a grand conspiracy, but only an opportunity to speak frankly with other world leaders out of the limelight of press coverage and its inevitable repercussions.
"There's absolutely nothing in it," argues the UK's Lord Denis Healey, one of the four founders of Bilderberg. "We never sought to reach a consensus on the big issues at Bilderberg," he told the BBC. "It's simply a place for discussion."
So9
If the meeting is supposed to be super top secret, what "friend" of Kerry is telling about his important and stellar performance that was worthy of applause?
The "many" are white-school-bus-razor-wire-encampment-bomb-shelter-in-the-back-yard-NEW-AMERICAN-Birchite-Masonic-Knights-Templar-two-hundred-bumper-stickers-on-RV-sitting-in-underwear-listening-to-short-wave goofballs who jump at their own shadows.
Go look at who attended the 2002 Bilderberg conference in Va...lot's of folks, from both parties.
I feel out of breath reading that :)
You don't have to be a "goofball" to have a problem with that agenda.
If you believe the "goofball" sources.
The 50th anniversary conference of the elite group – which many believe conspires semi-annually to foster global government – met June 3 through June 6 in Stresa, Italy, at the Grand Hotel des Iles Borromees.
The "many" are white-school-bus-razor-wire-encampment-bomb-shelter-in-the-back-yard-NEW-AMERICAN-Birchite-Masonic-Knights-Templar-two-hundred-bumper-stickers-on-RV-sitting-in-underwear-listening-to-short-wave goofballs who jump at their own shadows.
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you forgot to say anti semetic
Wasn't that the year that Dodd and Hagel attended?
I wish the Buildabetterburger folks would try to keep their top secret meetings a little more, um, secret.
It's like a Judge who hangs out at the same clubs the mob guys do.
You've just "stereotyped" at least 50% of all Freepers.
If the shoe fits.........(it's not near 50%, fighter, but there are some).
Nope, you nutters only make up 1 or 2% of Freepers, its just that ya'll spam 50% of the posts.
Ok -- so it's probably closer to 25%...spamming be damned ;-)
Dunno the exact figure, but it's a lot less than five years ago, before Jim cleaned the heavy conspiracists out of this place.
I don't know, but it's easy to find out.
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