Joe W: Well I'm glad to note that we at least share one simple principle: we pay attention to what important and influential people say. However, when they go into closed session, you stop paying attention. Me, I press on and try to make sure I'm not missing anything. As we all know, you just can't trust these people.
>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] re: Bilderberg
>Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 10:28:11 -0400
>
>Joseph Wanzala wrote:
>
>>You refer to 'this stuff' as a distraction - why is it any more of a
>>distraction than the fact that Ralph Nader spoke at the Council on Foreign
>>Relations, something you reported about here.
>
>He gave an on-the-record talk with media present. i recorded the damn thing
>and broadcast 20 minutes of it on the radio (and you can listen yourself at
><http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html>. There was no arcane
>knowledge involved. He criticized U.S. foreign policy in intelligent,
>spirited, but well-known ways, and the CFR members asked him questions. The
>CFR publishes a journal - a journal whose managing editor had a public
>debate with Tariq Ali a few months ago. We have a very good idea of how
>they think. I listen because they're important and influential. But it's
>all in the open.
>
>You ask what conspiracism is. A lot of it is contained in this passage from
>the Asia Times piece you posted:
>
>>An influential Jewish European banker reveals that the ruling elite in
>>Europe is now telling their minions that the West is on the brink of total
>>financial meltdown
>
>Not just a banker - but a "Jewish" banker - there's something about
>conspiracism that can't help bringing the Jews into it, since they're the
>ultimate secret society. But what special knowledge does this banker have?
>Anyone following the financial scene knows the relative balance of risks.
>The bogus revelation of supposedly secret knowledge. Yawn.
>
>Doug
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