Bilderberg: The ultimate conspiracy theory

BBC News Online Magazine ^ | 11/13/2004 | Jonathan Duffy

[Redcoat LI]

John Edwards going to the Bilderberg meeting?

He's taking O.D.B's seat,recently vacated.

[american spirit]

Since you seem to be such the expert, what's more preposterous ?........the fact that groups of very rich powerful people connected to politics, business, media, etc. meet in secret to plan any number of new initiatives (and for what purpose?) as opposed to what?......everything just happens by accident? I'd really like to know your thoughts because it's obvious you and some others on this thread probably have so much more insight on this than the rest of us.

[The Great Yazoo]

Hey Norman,

I hate to tell you this. Your grocer, your dry-cleaner, your plumber, your auto mechanic, your car salesman, your banker, your butcher, your brewer, and your baker are not looking out for your best interests. Watch out for them, especially if they claim they are!

Your friend,

Adam Smith

[dead]

The guy who cleans my gutters is definitely on my side, I think.

[MissAmericanPie]

Ripping off tin foil and crunching it into a fashionable hat.

[The Great Yazoo]

You clean your own?

[Celtman]

      I find it interesting that the article explicitly asserts that right wing conservatives are anti-Zionist and anti-Jewish in general.

[TruBluKentuckian]

I make no claim to expert status on the subject. I DO, however, through years of experience, have the ability to smell BS and recognize looney nutcases from thousands of miles away.

Alex Jones has the smell and look.

[dead]

No way. I pay a guy $70 bucks to do it once a year. He takes the money, but he says he really just does it so I don't fall off a ladder and kill myself.

I believe him.

[The Great Yazoo]

The Presbyterian Church USA recently said it would stop investing in companies that do business with Israel -- an effort, the church says, to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, although many Jews see it as an unhelpful, anti-Israel move.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1280639/posts

[The Great Yazoo]

You'd better keep your eye out for that guy!

[ovrtaxt]

Ah, Bohemian Grove.

I dunno, I just can't see Kissinger in drag, skipping through the woods of northern California. A Queer Eye episode just waiting to happen...

[american spirit]

Since you're a self admitted non expert how do you know one way or the other if there are conspiracies or not? Do you subscribe to the accidental theory on everything that's happening to this country and our Constitution or do you have another explanation? I'd really like to know because if there is another explanation to what's going on I'm all ears.

[TruBluKentuckian]

I choose not to live my life in the grips of rampant paranoia.

[brooklin]

What about the watchers?

[mjtobias]

"I don't think they are looking out for my best interests."

And right you are.

When the rich and powerful get together secretly, it's not for purposes beneficial to the people.

[brooklin]

John Edwards father worked at that mill as a supervisor.

[american spirit]

Well that's fine, be content to be an anonymous bystander to the gradual destruction of this country but don't denigrate those people trying come up with explanations of why certain things occur. If you don't know the truth how do you know they're wrong?

[brooklin]

But, is this so called gutter cleaner "really" looking out for your best interests?

[stands2reason]

I'd suggest doing some research on logical fallacies and then you could figure it out for yourself.