Who are the Elite supposedly running everything behind the scenes??

[DreamSmoker]

This should send a loud message to the theorist out there..

I have head many times of those who are filthy rich and really running things over the entire Planet..
Never ever has anyone named this group or posted any facts that they exist..
Just what may be the results of their influence..
Son of a Bitch... Here it is Folks...
They are real and organized..
Have been at work for a while too:

Bilderberg conferences

http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilderberg_Group

[slackmaster]

1. The Illuminati are for real as well

http://www.illuminati-news.com/

http://www.bavarianilluminati.com/

[Donnachaidh]

2. IIRC there was all sorts of news about both Hillary and Obama attending a Bildenberg conference in

2008 in Virginia.

Of course, most of the noise came from prison planet et al...

[emcguffie]

3. Why do you say no one ever named the group?

It's pretty common knowledge, but you know what is said about the people to whom it is pretty common knowledge. They're "conspiracy theorists," and so what they think or say is automatically suspect.

It doesn't see to matter that there are real conspiracies all over the place. After all, what is the definition of a conspiracy?

[RaleighNCDUer]

4. Not everyone invited to Bilderberg is a member of that group.

But the invite is part of the recruitment process.

A couple hundred years from now people will look back at the formation of the New Aristrocracy, and point at Bilderberg. They are the 'European Royals meets the Hanseatic League', and when they talk, governments listen.

[99 Percent Sure]

5. And then there are the lobbyists...

for whom the Congress persons work...

[OHdem10]

6. The Very Wealthy, K-Street Lobbyists, Heads of Big Corp.

and Beltway Journalists.

[JDPriestly]

7. Actually, I heard a rumor that it was started by the Dutch

consort way back when. The purpose was to prevent a Communist takeover. Having worked for a Dutch guy who was in the intelligence operations during WWII and was close to the Dutch royal family, I tend to believe that story. But what do I really know? Nothing.

I think it is people who organize and who are well placed in politics and the business world.

They might have less of a "reputation" if they were a little more open about what they do. But then, I like my privacy. Who doesn't? Maybe they do too.

[snagglepuss]

8. Speaking of privacy, I imagine there are similiar groups that meet that

no one other than those attending know about.

[HipChick]

9. The 14 Families...