Eclectic crowd for annual Bohemian Grove gathering

[Cocoa]

"liberal" Chris Matthews?

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/local/news/24grove_a1a01_a1_mainempirea.html

The summer retreat that Herbert Hoover called "the greatest men's party on Earth" is under way in Monte Rio, and the guest list is as eclectic as ever.

Secretary of State Colin Powell, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, the CEO of Bechtel Corp., former Grateful Dead bandmates and vintner Robert Mondavi are all scheduled to attend the Midsummer Encampment of the Bohemian Club of San Francisco.

So, too, is conservative author William F. Buckley Jr., liberal TV personality Chris Matthews and gay porn star Chad Savage.

Actually, Savage is working the event as a valet, according to the New York Post, which quoted another, unidentified employee despite confidentiality agreements that employees sign when they are hired.

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[Tempest]

1. And a gay porn star is serving them

www.prisonplanet.com/articles/ july2004/220704gaypornstar.htm

[Cocoa]

3. "How the west was hung"

:-)

[nightperson]

13. That same site

has Nixon discussing the Grove and other things that trouble him. Makes me wonder how all this plays with the Religious Right :shrug: !

[Tempest]

14. The religious right ignores the indiscretions of the Repugs

And crucifies the Democrats for the same behavior.

That's what makes the religious right dangerous and an affront to God.

[SoDesuKa]

2. Chad Savage

So Chad Savage is working as a valet. What is he doing, parking cars?

[TrueAmerican]

4. Chris Matthews probably

is an admirer of his work.

[Webster Green]

5. There goes the neighborhood!

I work close to the Santa Rosa airport and have seen a huge increase in the number of small private jets landing for the past few days. I live very close to the Bohemian Grove, and love to flip the bird when I pass the limos and town cars.

The belly of the beast.....creepy!

[Joanne98]

6. OMG

Here's your big chance. Do you know how much video of "The rich and famous" visiting this event would fetch? Go for it. :)

[Webster Green]

17. All you could get is footage of black cars with tinted windows....

They better not show their ugly faces in town though!

[Rose Siding]

7. "You know him by the company he keeps"

said someone's mom.

[LifeDuringWartime]

8. why the hell

are mickey hart and bob weir there?

[BrotherBuzz]

9. There are members, then there are Members

It's a big place with many camps (clans). Most members never gain access to the power (Member) camps, Bob Weir included. Elitism is alive and well, even among the elite (I think it has something to do with penis (Member) size.

[meow2u3]

12. Gives "Members Only" a whole new meaning

[GHOSTDANCER]

10. TOO MANY SECRETS

Since 1873, the Global Elite Has Held Secret Meetings in the Ancient Redwood Forest of Northern California. Members of the so-called "Bohemian Club" Include Former Presidents Eisenhower, Nixon and Reagan. The Bush Family Maintains a Strong Involvement. Each Year at Bohemian Grove, Members of This All-Male "Club" Don Red, Black and Silver Robes and Conduct an Occult Ritual Wherein They Worship a Giant Stone Owl, Sacrificing a Human Being in Effigy to What They Call the "Great Owl of Bohemia."



Bohemian Grove, a secluded campground in California's Sonoma County, is the site of an annual two-week gathering of a highly select, all-male club, whose members have included every Republican president since Calvin Coolidge. Current participants include George Bush, Henry Kissinger, James Baker and David Rockefeller -- a virtual who's who of the most powerful men in business and government.
<http://www.fair.org/extra/best-of-extra/bohemian-grove.html>

[Joanne98]

11. I wonder if "The Messiah" Rev. Moon is going to be there?

n/t

[Aries]

15. "Bohemian Grove Fact Sheet"

http://www.sonomacountyfreepress.com/bohos/bohofact.html


"What industries are represented among the members?

Major military contractors, oil companies, banks (including the Federal Reserve), utilities (including nuclear power), and national media (broadcast and print) have high-ranking officials as club members or guests. Many members are, or have been, on the board of directors of several of these corporations. You should note that most of the above industries depend heavily on a relationship with government for their profitability.

The members stay in different camps at the Grove, which have varying status levels. Members & frequent guests of the most prestigious camp (Mandalay) include: Henry Kissinger, George Shultz, S. D. Bechtel, Jr., Thomas Watson Jr. (IBM), Phillip Hawley (B of A), William Casey (CIA). and Ralph Bailey (Dupont). George Bush resides in a less prestigious camp (Hillbillies) with A. W. Clausen (World Bank), Walter Cronkite, and William F. Buckley.

What activities take place at the grove?

The grove is the site of a two week retreat every July (as well as other smaller get-togethers throughout the year). At these retreats, the members commune with nature in a truly original way. They drink heavily from morning through the night, bask in their freedom to urinate on the redwoods, and perform pagan rituals (including the "Cremation of Care", in which the members wearing red-hooded robes, cremate a coffin effigy of "Dull Care" at the base of a 40 foot owl altar). Some (20%) engage in homosexual activity (but few of them support gay rights or AIDS research). They watch (and participate in) plays and comedy shows in which women are portrayed by male actors. Although women are not allowed in the Grove, members often leave at night to enjoy the company of the many prostitutes who come from around the world for this event. Is any of this hard to believe? Employees of the Grove have said that no verbal description can accurately portray the bizarre behavior of the Grove's inhabitants.

Besides this type of merriment. the annual gathering serves as an informational clearing house for the elite. The most powerful men in the country do their "networking" here, despite the Grove's motto "weaving spiders come not here" (don't do business in the Grove). At these gatherings men representing the government, military-industrial, and financial sectors meet and make major policy decisions. The Manhattan project, which produced the first atomic bombs, was conceived at the Grove in 1942. Other decisions made at the Grove include who our presidential candidates will be. There are speeches, known as "Lakeside Talks", wherein high-ranking officials disseminate information which is not available to the public-at-large...."

[realFedUp]

16. I guess shilling for conservatives finally got Tweety in

and he's no liberal.

[thebigidea]

18. I feel a strange disturbance in the force...

... as if hundreds of old white guys formed naked human pyramids, and were suddenly silenced.

[SpiralHawk]

19. Drat, my invitation never arrived.

Do you suppose the Bohemos are stiffing me this year, or could it just be a mail delay?

If I was there in the Grove, I would take up my Buffalo Drum and sing the Bohemos the Sunbow Song, then spin in a circle to let them feel the Medicine Wheel.

For real.

But they forgot to ask, and thus no Medicine can be imparted.

[lumpy]

20. I read a book in the 70's

written by a guy who infiltrated the 'greatest men's party' as an employee. Entertainers, prostitutes are invited as well as the rich and powerful. The good ol' boys have a grand time pissing on the redwoods and whoopin' it up. Probably a goodly amount of 'deals' are made at this bizzare gathering.

[leesa]

21. Ah yes. The annual Criminal's Convention.