More on Bilderberg....
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 7:47 pm
Mon, June 12, 2006
Today Kanata ...... Tomorrow the world. Or so conspiracy theorists warn as secret confab wraps up
By HOLLY LAKE, OTTAWA SUN
Who's Who of the Bilderbergs
Out in the Open: The Bilderbergs
Bilderberger Richard Perle waves as he leaves the meeting at the Brookstreet Hotel yesterday. (Blair Gable, SUN)
YOU MIGHT not care or know about the ultra-secretive meetings that happened this weekend at the Brookstreet Hotel.
Whether you pay attention to the annual gathering of the Bilderberg group -- comprised of royalty, political power-brokers, national leaders, bankers and heads of some of the world's largest companies -- Mark O'Donnell says what they do and decide impacts our lives daily.
"The world we're living in right now is a reflection of some of the decisions that people like this have made."
The 32-year-old Kanata man and father of one said the meetings are part of the reason why gas is a dollar a litre and Iraq was invaded.
"A lot of people have a lot more local problems -- how to buy groceries this week," he said. "These are major, major issues and for a lot of people, it's too much for them to even care about. If it's not going to affect them in the next week or two, it's not really a concern."
A "moderate" conspiracy theorist, O'Donnell said some of more vocal Bilderberg critics do themselves a disservice by grandstanding.
"It's too easy to dismiss," he said. "You're not going to get any support or credit when people drive by and see, 'We're all going to hell'."
It's also too easy for people to label critics conspiracy theorists and be on with their day, he said. He's done some research and taken a close look at who's involved and he's convinced something stinks.
The Brookstreet Hotel was off limits to all but staff and Bilderbergers this weekend. Outside, heavy security staffed metal gates blocking all access to the hotel's empty parking lot. Two police cruisers patrolled the lot but even police officers who can usually go anywhere couldn't approach the hotel without a special Bilderberg-issued pass.
BLACK LIMOS
Even yesterday, as a steady stream of black limos with tinted windows ferried the privileged participants away from the hotel, onlookers were kept off the property.
Bilderberg is criticized for being accountable to no one and circumventing democracy by privately discussing public issues -- and some suspect setting public policy. Members say they're building transatlantic understanding, frankly talking about issues, but they prefer to do it in private where invited participants can speak freely.
Secret meetings that have Indigo Books CEO Heather Reisman, Richard Perle, one of George W. Bush's top advisors, billionaire David Rockefeller and Holland's Queen Beatrix in the same group?
"What could they possibly have to say to one another?" O'Donnell asked. "And why hide in secrecy if they're talking about good? It just seems to stink of something."
ALL TOGETHER NOW
In Homer The Great, a classic 1995 episode of The Simpsons which parodies the Bilderberg group, the Freemasons and other shadowy organizations, Homer joins a secret society called the Stone- cutters. The group's evil motives are summed up in their theme song:
WE DO! (THE STONECUTTERS' SONG)
Who controls the British crown?
Who keeps the metric system down?
We do! We do!
Who leaves Atlantis off the maps?
Who keeps the Martians under wraps?
We do! We do!
Who holds back the electric car?
Who makes Steve Gutenberg a star?
We do! We do!
Who robs cavefish of their sight?
Who rigs every Oscar night?
We do! We do!
holly.lake@ott.sunpub.com
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