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ISSUE #47 A LITERARY, POLITICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL ONLINE
MAGAZINE February 24, 2002
Who Controls the American Presidency?
by Victor Thorn
At this moment in time, the American people have NO say-so in determining
who their next President will be. Zero. None. Zilch! How can I make such a
drastic statement? Well, if after reading the articles on "Votescam" don't
convince you (see Babel issues # 19, 20, and 22), then check-out this
observation by noted researcher Susan George. "Economists generally agree
that if 55% or more of a given market is controlled by four or fewer
companies, then an oligopoly exists. An oligopoly is defined as, "Control by
a few competing sellers of the amount and price of a given product or service
to a large number of buyers." Thus, in regard to the "selection" (as opposed
to "election") of our President, there are three organizations which
determine not only who is chosen for that office, but also its Cabinet and
policies. They are the Council on Foreign Relations, the Trilateral
Commission, and the Bilderbergers. In this sense, the United States has gone
from being a democracy to that of an oligopoly. We're the bamboozled "buyers"
who are getting suckered by the illusion provided to us buy the "sellers."
During the course of this essay, I'm going to lay a groundwork that will show
how the three above-listed organizations have controlled the Executive Office
from the Nixon and Carter Administrations all the way up to the current one.
The most disturbing aspect of this phenomenon is the virtual lock these
groups have on our highest office. In other words, how would you feel if
every president in the last fifty years was a Hare Krishna, a plumber, or
belonged to the Knights of Columbus? Would it unnerve you, or make you think
something suspicious was taking place? It should, for this is exactly what's
going on today, only the three main groups involved are the CFR, the
Trilateral Commission, and the Bilderbergers, all led by the nefariously
scheming David Rockefeller.
So, before I begin, please allow me to run a few quotes by you to set the
stage:
Sir William Pitts, addressing the House of Lords in England, 1770 - "There is
something behind the Throne greater than the King himself."
Felix Frankfurter, former U.S. Supreme Court Justice - "The real rulers in
Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes."
Abraham Lincoln - "If destruction be our lot, we ourselves must be its author
and finisher."
Walter Bernays, "Propoganda" - "Those who manipulate the unseen mechanism of
society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of
our country. Our minds are molded largely by men we have never heard of."
The Council on Foreign Relations, the Bilderbergers, and the Trilateral
Commission
The CFR was formed in 1921, and one of its early influential members, Colonel
Edward Mandell House, Chief Adviser to President Wilson, exerted an extremely
heavy hand on three policy areas that America is still suffering from today:
1) The establishment of a Federal Income Tax
2) The establishment of the Federal Reserve System
3) Our entry into the League of Nations (a precursor to the United Nations)
Two of the main financial contributors to the CFR were the Carnegie
Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation. (As a side note, the second name
is very important to remember, as you'll see.) Anyway, the CFR became such an
important force in American politics that ever since the early 1940's,
virtually every candidate for President has been a member.
The first question everyone should ask at this point is: What are the CFR's
primary goals? The answer is as such:
1) Establish a single government with global power
2) Eliminate national boundaries
3) Increase the United Nation's domain
To support this point, Rear Admiral Chester Ward, former Judge Advocate of
the Navy from 1956-1960, commented on the CFR's goals. "The purpose of
promoting disarmament and submergence of U.S. sovereignty and national
independence into an all-powerful and one-world government is the only
objective revealed to about 95% of the 1,551 members in 1975."
The Wall Street Journal stated in its "Notable and Quotable" section on April
10, 1991, "In the postwar years, the Council [on Foreign Relations] has
continued to represent an invaluable way for many Washingtonians to tap the
enormously important New York business and intellectual community."
What does this mean? The answer is very important because the "supposed"
elected leaders that we place in Washington, D.C. DON'T make the decisions
that affect our lives. Rather, the REAL shots are called in New York City,
and even Europe. Thus, the direction our government takes isn't determined in
the halls of Congress or the Oval Office, but instead in New York City by
international bankers and the heads of multinational businesses. This, I'm
sorry to say, is the key to power in our country.
The trend to filling an Administration's cabinet with CFR members is
startling, as the numbers below reveal:
Nixon - 115 CFR members
Carter - 284 CFR members
Reagan - 257 CFR members
Bush - 382 CFR members
Clinton - 17 of his top 19 Cabinet members were either CFR or TC
Being that another group has now been mentioned, allow me to say a few words
about them. The Trilateral Commission was formed in 1973 by two individuals -
Zbigniew Brzezinsky and David Rockefeller - and is at the very top of the
"financial brotherhood." Regrettably, the Executive Branch is below them. An
excellent description of this group is provided by Antony C. Sutton and
Patrick M. Wood in "Trilaterals Over Washington."
1) The Trilateral Commission was formed primarily by David Rockefeller
2) Its members are chosen by David Rockefeller and four assistants
3) They're financed by David Rockefeller and the Kettering and Ford
Foundations
The authors also provide two telling quotes: "Without being accused of
hastiness or bias, one can reasonably conclude that David Rockefeller is the
power behind the Trilateral Commission and presumably stands to gain the most
from its activities."
"The essential point to hold in mind ... is that a global multinational
corporation (Chase-Manhattan owned by David Rockefeller) is in control of a
power vehicle that controls the United States government. In 1976 the
American voter thought they had elected Jimmy Cater. In fact, they elected
Chase Manhattan."
Holly Sklar, in the introductory chapter to a book about the Trilaterals
called "Trilateralism: Managing Dependence and Democracy - An Overview," says
the chief goal of this commission is: "The people, governments, and economies
of all nations must serve the needs of multinational banks and corporations."
How is this information settling with you thus far? Well, don't worry - it
gets scarier.
Senator Barry Goldwater, in his book "No Apologies," called the Trilateral
Commission, "David Rockefeller's newest international cabal."
Since I mentioned Zbigniew Brzezinski a little earlier, a few quotes from him
are appropriate to convey where these people's heads are. These are culled
from "Between Two Ages," which is one of the Trilateral Commission's most
important books.
Quote 1: "Marxism is simultaneously a victory of the external, active man
over the inner, passive man and a victory of reason over belief."
Quote 2: "Marxism, disseminated on the popular level in the form of Communism
represented a major advance in man's ability to conceptualize his
relationship to the world."
Quote 3: "Marxism supplied the best available insight into contemporary
reality."
Hmmm, if I didn't know better, I'd say Zig the Mad Dog actually LIKED Marxism
and Communism! And to think; he was David Rockefeller's right-hand man, and
also a key member of Jimmy Carter's Cabinet. Something smells fishy to me.
Zig's views on how he sees the world are further represented in "The
Technetronic Era": "The nation state as a fundamental unit of man's organized
life has ceased to be the principle creative force: International banks and
international corporations are acting and planning in terms that are far in
advance of the political concepts of the nation-state."
How much more obvious could it be? The Controllers want to diminish, then
virtually eliminate, national sovereignty and the Constitution, replacing it
with a new framework determined by THEM - unelected global financial leaders!
Is this what you want?
Adding fuel to the fire, the Washington Post published a piece in 1976 that
said, "Trilateralists are not three-sided people. They are members of a
private, though not secret, international organization put together by the
wealthy banker David Rockefeller. ... But here is the unsettling thing about
the Trilateral Commission. The President-elect is a member. So is the Vice
President-elect Walter F. Mondale. So are the new Secretaries of State,
Defense, and Treasury. So is Zbigniew Brzezinski, who is a former Trilateral
Director and Carter's next National Security Advisor, and also a bunch of
others who will make foreign policy for American in the next four years."
Can't you see? It's the same people over and over and over again who are
calling the shots for us regardless of who the President is. It's the
international bankers on Wall Street and in their New York City offices, and
to a lesser extent, the heads of multinational corporations. These men and
women aren't Democrats or Republicans, but members of the CFR, TC, and the
Bilderbergers. In fact, at a 1974 Bilderberger meeting, seven of the eighteen
Americans present were either Rockefellers per se, or Rockefeller agents.
That comes to 39%. So when you examine these organizations, what do you find?
The CFR's former Director was who? David Rockefeller! Who co-founded the
Trilateral Commission? David Rockefeller! And who controls nearly 40% (of the
American invitees) of the most powerful group of all, the Bilderbergers?
David Rockefeller!
To close this section, I'd like to relay some information published by Robert
Goldsborough, President of the American Research Foundation, that was
provided to him by Mark Jones in 1992. "Just four men, through their
interlocking directorates on boards of large corporations and major banks,
controlled the movement of capital and the creation of debt in America."
What position did Mark Jones hold prior to disclosing this information? He
was the financial advisor to John D. Rockefeller himself!
David Rockefeller and his family cabal
Since David Rockefeller's name was brought up in the previous section, I
suppose we should find out who this man really is. (Also see Babel issue #
44.) For starters, David Rockefeller is a billionaire, the Chairman of Chase
Manhattan Bank (arguably the most influential financial center in the world),
one-time director of the CFR, co-founder of the Trilateral Commission, and
also a perennial attendee of the highly-secretive Bilderberger meetings. In
an article dated September 7, 1962, Time Magazine described him as, "The
prime mover in banking that controls the course of world economic affairs and
history."
Those accolades aren't too shabby, huh? But to really understand David
Rockefeller, you must first become acquainted with the creator of their
family fortune, John D. Rockefeller. In a book entitled, "Titan: The Life of
John D. Rockefeller," the author says, "If he'd lived in the Middle Ages,
he'd have been the Pope at Rome." Similarly, in "The Rockefellers" by Collier
and Horowitz, the dynasty's dominance is unmistakable. "Among the power elite
whose rule stretched from Wall Street to Washington, the Rockefellers were
without peer."
At the apex of the Rockefeller pyramid is Chase Manhattan Bank, an
octopus-like financial network with over 50,000 branches and affiliates
worldwide. "Worldwide" is the operative word, for the Rockefeller's loyalty
isn't, by any means, to the United States, but to their GLOBAL interests! Did
you know that the first American banks to open in Moscow and Peking, China
were Chase Manhattan? In addition, Chase Manhattan financed the building of
the largest truck factory in history. The only catch is, it wasn't erected in
America, but along the Kama River in the Soviet Union. Do you remember the
Soviet Union - our arch enemy, the Evil Empire, Communism, Stalin, and the
Cold War?
With the above information in mind, we need to ask ourselves, what do the
Rockefellers want? The best answer can be found in Gary Allen's book, "The
Rockefeller File." Their motive is to "Use American money and know-how to
build up your competitors, while at the same time use every devious strategy
you can devise to weaken and impoverish this country. The goal is not to
bankrupt the United States. Rather, it is to reduce our productive might, and
therefore our standard of living."
A case in point is China, who is set to replace the United States as the
world's next superpower. Let's examine what's going on with this situation.
Who has given them their status as "Most Favored Nation?" Us! Who is
providing all the technological know-how to bring China into the 21st
century? We are! Who is giving China all their computer parts? We are! Which
President is now in China opening up more doors for them? Ours - George Bush!
And who continues to engage in unbalanced trade agreements with China where
their products flood into our country unabated, while ours are subject to
tariffs and governmental regulation? We do! Now, when added to how fucked-up
the NAFTA and GATT agreements are (orchestrated by the Globalists), you have
to scratch your head and wonder what forces would be at work to deliberately
undermine our country. Is it US - the American people - doing it, or monsters
and snakes lurking behind the scenes?
John D. Rockefeller HIMSELF, in his autobiography, "Reminiscenses,"
reinforced this point when he said, "One of our greatest helpers has been the
State Department in Washington. Our ambassadors and ministers and consuls
have aided to push our way into new markets to the utmost corners of the
world."
Now do you know how they became a world power? Can you see the
behind-the-scene machinations taking place? China's going to become the next
world super-power because they're the largest unexploited economic market in
the world. And when this transformation takes place, our importance and
status will be lessened, as it currently is right now. The United States is a
fucking cow being led to a slaughterhouse by the New World Order!
But other world affairs are also being affected by the Globalists'
manipulative ways. A perfect example is given by the noted economic historian
Dr. Balthus Freihofner. He said, "It's a long-familiar Rockefeller practice
to build a financial empire on predatory oil deals."
Hmmm, do any of you remember the infamous Standard Oil Company from my
earlier pieces? (See Babel # 15 on how the Rockefellers helped finance the
Nazi's.) In that vein, then, we need to look at our war in Afghanistan and
the real reasons behind it. (See Babel # 36 for our motives). Yes, one of the
keys is the oil lying beneath the Caspian region of Russia. The only problem
with getting this buried oil to the existing pipelines is a little country
standing between them ... yes, Afghanistan!
But their bamboozling doesn't stop there. It also directly affects domestic
policy, as John F. McManus points out in "The Insiders: Architects of the New
World Order." McManus says, "One of the more sinister tactics employed by
Socialists to gain economic control of the people involves accumulating huge
national indebtedness. Paying interest on the debt then gives the government
leaders the excuse to impose more and more taxation."
Think about it! We pay over $300 billion/year in interest on our National
Debt. Now, if you divide this sum by all the working people in this country,
the total comes to $3,000/person/year to simply pay the interest alone. Can
you see how fucked-up this situation is? Not only is it counter-productive to
our country, but also to each and every one of us as citizens. What could
each of us do with an extra $3,000/year? We're getting screwed in a big way.
Do you know what's even more sickening? In 1976, the largest bank in the
United States - Chase Manhattan - which generated huge profits throughout the
year, filed their taxes. Guess what percentage of their income they paid in
U.S. taxes. 0%. Yes, 0%!!!!
Now, why don't we ever hear about any of this nonsense? Quite simply, because
the Rockefellers are part of a hidden network that runs the world. Don't
believe me? Well, the notorious Bilderbergers met at Vermont's Woodstock Inn
years ago. Guess who owned the lodge. Yup, Laurance Rockefeller. The
Bilderbergers also met at a resort in Williamsburg, Virginia. And who owned
that one? You got it - the Rockefeller family.
But wait. Shouldn't the media let us in on this terrible little secret? Fat
chance, as Peter Borsnan so exquisitely relayed in his November 25, 1978
article in "The Nation" entitled "Who Owns the Networks?" He says, "Chase
Manhattan and the other Rockefeller Institutions are among the largest
holders of Network stock with substantial interests in all three networks
(ABC, CBS, and NBC)."
Borsnan then goes on to say that if a particular institution holds at least
5% of a company's stock, they can wield great influence, or even outright
control. Well, at the time that article was written, Chase Manhattan
controlled 14% of CBS stock! Now do you know why we never hear any of these
dirty little secrets? If YOU owned the media, would YOU expose your dirty
dealings? Of course not. And neither does the New World Order. They're no
dummies, and they don't plan on changing their tactics now.
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