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The Global Elite: Who are they?

Introduction

There are two common misconceptions held by those who are critical of globalism.

The first error is that there is a very small group of people who secretly run the world with all-powerful and unrestrained dictatorial powers. The second error is that there is a large amorphous and secret organization that runs the world. In both cases, the use of the word "they" becomes the culprit for all our troubles, whoever "they" might be. If taxes go up, it is "they" that did it. If the stock market goes down, "they" are to blame. Of course, nobody really knows who "they" are so a few figureheads (people or organizations) are often made out to be the scapegoats.

Depending on a person's politics and philosophy, the scapegoats could be the U.S. President, the ACLU, the Ford Foundation, or Vladimir Putin. The point is, the real power structure is not correctely defined, and thus escapes exposure.

These misconceptions are understandable because when things are wrong, we all have a driving need to know who to blame! In some cases, elitist slight-of-hand initiates and then perpetuates false assumptions.

This writer has never been accused of charging that all large corporations are guilty of initiating and perpetuating globalization. There are many businesses, including banks, who are led by moral, ethical and good-hearted businessmen or businesswomen. Just because a company might touch globalism does not mean it and its management or employees are evil.

Every bit of thirty-five years of research indicates that there is a relatively small yet diverse group of global players who have been the planners and instigators behind globalization for many decades. The primary driving force that moves this "clique" is greed; the secondary force is the lust for power. In the case of the academics who are key to globalism, a third force is professional recognition and acceptance (a subtle form of egoism and power.)

It is also important to understand that core globalists have full understanding of their goals, plans and actions. They are not dimwitted, ignorant, missinformed or naive.

The global elite march in three essential columns: Corporate, Political and Academic. For the sake of clarity, these names will be used herein to refer to these three groups.

In general, the goals for globalism are created by Corporate. Academic then provides studies and white papers that justify Corporate's goals. Political sells Academic's arguments to the public and if necessary, changes laws to accommodate and facilitate Corporate in getting what it wants.
An important ancillary player in globalism is the media, which we will call Press in this report.
Press is necessary to filter Corporate, Academic and Political's communications to the public. Press is not a fourth column, however, because it's purpose is merely reflective. However, we will see that Press is dominated by members of Corporate, Political and Academic who sit on the various boards of directors of major Press organizations.

This report will attempt to identify and label the core players in the globalization process. The intent is to show the makeup and pattern of the core, not to list every person in it. Nevertheless, many people will be named and their associations and connections revealed. This is done for two reasons.

First, it will equip the reader be able to accurately identify other core players as they are brought into focus. Secondly, the reader will be able to pass over minor players who may sound like "big fish" but in fact are only pedestrians.

Organizational Memberships

The old saying, "Birds of a feather, flock together" is appropriate for the perpetrators of globalism. Sociologically speaking, they are like any other people group with like interests: they naturally tend to form societies that will help them achieve their common interests. A side-benefit of fellowship is mutual support and encouragement. Once formed, such groups tend to be self-perpetuating, at least as long as common interests remain.

In modern history, the pinnacle of global drivers has been the Trilateral Commission. Founded in 1973 by David Rockefeller and Zbigniew Brzezinski, this group is credited with being the founder of the New International Economic Order that has given rise to the globalization we see today.

The Council on Foreign Relations

Prior to the founding of the Trilateral Commission, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) was the most significant body of global-minded elitists in the United States. As far back as 1959, the CFR was explicit about a need for world government:

"The U.S. must strive to build a new international order... including states labeling themselves as 'socialist'... to maintain and gradually increase the authority of the United Nations."

The site for the United Nations headquarters in New York was originally donated by the Rockefeller family, and the CFR world architects worked for many years to use the U.N. as a means to develop an image of world order. Indeed, the CFR membership roster has been, and still is a Who's Who of the elitist eastern establishment.

The first problem with the CFR is that it became too large and too diverse to act as a "cutting edge" in global policy creation. The second problem is that it's membership was limited to north America: What group could effect global changes without a global membership?

The CFR continues to be significant in the sense that politicians often look to its membership when searching for people to fill various appointments in government. It also continues to be a policy mill through its official organ, Foreign Policy.

While there are a several core global elitists in the ranks of the CFR, they represent a very small percentage of the total membership. Conversely, there are many CFR members who are only lightly involved with globalism. For this reason, we do not count the CFR as being central to globalization today.

The Trilateral Commission

David Rockefeller recognized the shortcomings of the CFR when he founded the Trilateral Commission in 1973 with Zbigniew Brzezinski. Rockefeller represented Corporate and Brzezinski represented Academic.

Together, they chose approximately 300 members from north America, Europe and Japan, whom they viewed as being their "birds of a feather." These members were at the pinnacle of their profession, whether Corporate, Academic, Political or Press. It is a testimony to the influence of Rockefeller and Brzezinski that they could get this many people to say "Yes" when they were tapped for membership.

Out of the 54 original U.S. members of the Trilateral Commission, Jimmy Carter was fronted to win the presidential election in 1976. Once inaugurated, Carter brought no less than 18 fellow members of the Commission into top-level cabinet and government agencies.

Perhaps no one has described the Trilateral operation as succinctly as veteran reporter Jeremiah Novak in the Christian Science Monitor (February 7, 1977):

"Today a new crop of economists, working in an organization known as the Trilateral Commission, is on the verge of creating a new international economic system, one designed by men as brilliant as Keynes and White. Their names are not well known, but these modern thinkers are as important to our age as Keynes and White were to theirs.

"Moreover, these economists, like their World War II counterparts, are working closely with high government officials, in this case President Jimmy Carter and Vice President Walter Mondale. And what is now being discussed at the highest levels of government, in both the United States and abroad, is the creation of a new world economic system - a system that will affect jobs in America and elsewhere, the prices consumers pay, and the freedom of individuals, corporations, and nations to enter into a truly planetary economic system. Indeed, many observers see the advent of the Carter administration and what is now being called the "Trilateral" cabinet as the harbinger of this new era."1

The pernicious influence of the Commission and its dominance of the U.S. Executive branch remains unchallenged to this day.

Ronald Reagan was not a member of the Trilateral Commission, but his Vice President, George H. W. Bush, was a member. The Commission's influence was safely perpetuated into the Reagan years.

The 1988 election of George H.W. Bush to the presidency further consolidated Trilateral influence in the U.S.

In 1992, Trilateral member William Jefferson Clinton followed in the presidency and contributed greatly to the cause of globalization.

In 2000, George W. Bush assumed the presidency. While it can be demonstrated that Bush is closely aligned with and totally dedicated to Trilateral goals, he is not a member of the Commission. However, Vice President Dick Cheney is a member of the Commission.

Obviously, Corporate's partnerships with Political, Academic and Press has been very successful. The Original Membership: 1973-1978A short look at the first U.S. membership list is instructive. We have taken Liberty to organize the names according to broad functions, which is not fully adequate to explain the interrelationships. As one examines the biographies of these individuals, one sees a "revolving door" phenomenon where people rotate in and out of government, business, think-tanks, etc., on a regular basis. This is one several tests used to identify a member of the true core of global elite.

Trilateral Commission Membership, 19732
Banking Related

Ernest C. Arbuckle
Chairman, Wells Fargo Bank
George W. Ball
Senior Partner, Lehman Brothers
Alden W. Clausen
President, Bank of America
Archibald K. Davis
Chairman, Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
*Peter G. Peterson
Chairman, Lehman Brothers
*David Rockefeller
Chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank
Robert V. Roosa
Partner, Brown Brothers Harriman & Company
Bruce K. MacLaury
President, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
John H. Perkins
President, Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company
Press Related

Doris Anderson
Editor, Chantelaine Magazine
Emmett Dedmon
Vice-President and Editorial Director, Field Enterprises, Inc.
Hedley Donovan
Editor-in-Chief, Time, Inc.
Carl T. Rowan
Columnist
Arthur R. Taylor
President, Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
Labor Related

*I. W. Abel, President
United Steelworkers of America
Leonard Woodcock
President, United Automobile Workers
Lane Kirkland
Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO
Senate/Congress

John B. Anderson
House of Representatives
Lawton Chiles
United States Senate
Barber B. Conable, Jr.
House of Representatives
John C. Culver
United States Senate
Wilbur D. Mills
House of Representatives
Walter F. Mondale
United States Senate
William V. Roth, Jr.
United States Senate
Robert Taft Jr.
United States Senate
Other Political

James E. Carter, Jr.
Governor of Georgia
Daniel J. Evans
Governor of Washington
*William W. Scranton
Former Governor of Pennsylvania
Corporate

J. Paul Austin
Chairman, The Coca-Cola Company
W. Michael Blumenthal
Chairman, Bendix Corporation
*Patrick E. Haggerty
Chairman, Texas Instruments
William A. Hewitt
Chairman, Deere and Company
Edgar F. Kaiser
Chairman, Kaiser Industries Corporation
Lee L. Morgan
President, Caterpillar Tractor Company
David Packard
Chairman, Hewlett-Packard Company
Charles W. Robinson
President, Marcona Corporation
Arthur M. Wood
Chairman, Sears, Roebuck & Company
William M. Roth
Roth Properties
Academic

David M. Abshire
Chairman, Georgetown University Center for Strategic and International Studies
Graham Allison
Professor of Politics, Harvard University
Robert R. Bowie
Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Harvard University
*Harold Brown
President, California Institute of Technology
Richard N. Cooper
Provost and Frank Altschul Professor of International Economics, Yale University
Paul W. McCracken
Edmund Ezra Day Professor of Business Administration, University of Michigan
Marina von N. Whitman
Distinguished Public Service Professor of Economics, University of Pittsburgh
Carroll L. Wilson
Professor of Management, Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, MIT
Edwin O. Reischauer
University Professor, Harvard University; former U.S. Ambassador to Japan
Law Firms

Warren Christopher
Partner, O’Melveny and Myers
William T. Coleman, Jr.
Senior Partner, Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish, Levy & Coleman
Lloyd N. Cutler
Partner, Wilmer, Cutler, and Pickering
*Gerard C. Smith
Counsel, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering
Cyrus R. Vance
Partner, Simpson, Thacher and Bartlett
*Paul C. Warnke
Partner, Clifford, Warnke, Glass, McIlwain & Finney
Associations

Lucy Wilson Benson
President, League of Women Voters of the United States
Kenneth D. Naden
Executive Vice President, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
Think-Tanks

Thomas L. Hughes
President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Henry D. Owen
Director, Foreign Policy Studies Program, the Brookings Institution
Miscellaneous

Anthony Solomon
Consultant
* Indicates member of Executive Committee
Rockefeller and Brzezinski's strategy was nefarious, yet brilliant.
The election of democrat James Earl "I will never lie to you" Carter was assured by delivering the mostly democratic labor vote. This was accomplished by adding to the inner core: Leonard Woodcock (UAW), I.W. Abel (United Steelworkers) and Lane Kirkland (AFL-CIO).

By 1977, three more labor leaders were added to the membership: Glenn E. Watts (Communications Workers of America), Martin J. Ward (president of United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices), and Sol Chaikin, president of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union.

Leonard Woodcock served as Chief Envoy to China under Carter, and was largely responsible for solidifying economic and political ties with Communist China. [Editor's note: Any reader who is or was a member of one of these unions will instantly have flashes of insight as to the enduring duplicity of labor management -- you were effectively "sold down the river" starting 1973 and continuing into the present.]

Those commissioners who Carter brought into his administration (the initial "steering committee", if you will) were Walter Mondale (Vice President), Zbigniew Brzezinski (National Security Advisor), Cyrus Vance (Secretary of State), Harold Brown (Secretary of Defense) and W. Michael Blumenthal (Secretary of the Treasury,) among others.

As the Washington Post phrased it:
"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, to stimulate the establishment dialogue between Western Europe, Japan and the United States.
"But here is the unsettling thing about the Trilateral Commission. The President-elect is a member. So is Vice-President-elect Walter F. Mondale. So are the new Secretaries of State, Defense and Treasury, Cyrus R. Vance, Harold Brown and W. Michael Blumenthal. So is Zbigniew Brzezinski, who is a former Trilateral director, and, Carter's national security advisor, also a bunch of others who will make foreign policy for America in the next four years."3
Before Carter's term was completed, no less than 18 members (thirty percent of the U.S. Commission membership) of the Trilateral Commission served in his administration. Coincidence? Hardly!

This article purposely leaves out discussion of the non-U.S. membership of the Commission membership, which will be saved for another day. Suffice it to say that the European and Japanese contingents were just as powerful and effective in their respective home countries. Approximately one-third of the membership came from Europe and the other third from Japan. The joint membership met annually (no press allowed) to formulate policy and action plans for their respective regions. Many, if not most, of their policies were published in the Commission's quarterly journal, Trialogue.

The most damning argument ever launched against the Trilateral Commission is the unconstitutional influence of other governments and forces upon the U.S. For instance, Commission members are not elected nor representative of the general population of the U.S., yet they effectively dominated the Executive Branch of the U.S. government. When the Commission resolved policies (behind closed-doors) with non-U.S. members, who were a mere one-third minority, could it be said that foreign influences effectively controlled U.S. policy?
These concerns were never addressed by Congress or the Judiciary. The Executive branch would have nothing to address because it has been continuously dominated by Commission members -- who repeatedly assured us that there was no such conflict of interest. Of course, the answer to these questions are self-evident: U.S. interests, economic and political, have been subverted.

The economic subversion of the U.S. was studied in The August Review's For Sale: The United States of America and was likened to the plundering of a nation, the likes of which have not been seen in modern history.

Current Trilateral Membership

The following list of north American members is not exhaustive. These are selected because of their high visibility in positions within Corporate, Political or Economic and Press. A future installment of The August Review will examine the entire membership list more carefully and completely. The purpose here is to show that the Trilateral Commission has grown, rather than declined, in strength over the years.

Keep in mind that there is no enrollment or application process to belong to the Trilateral Commission. One is invited to join in a manner similar to a college student being "tapped" for membership in a fraternity. Thus, the process is highly selective and discrete. Candidates are thoroughly screened before invitation is delivered. For this reason, one can be relatively sure that anyone who is or who has ever been a member of the Commission is in the core of the global elite. There are likely a few members who are not truly a part of the core, but for the sake of aggregate analysis, this is not an important issue. U.S. Members who have been subsequently added to the Commission over the years include, in part, the following list.

Additional Trilateral Commission Membership through 20054
Banking Related

Paul Wolfowitz
President,
Paul A. Volker
Former Chairman, Wolfensohn & Co., Inc., New York; Frederick H. Schultz Professor Emeritus, International Economic Policy, Princeton University; former Chairman, Board of Governors, U.S. Federal Reserve System; Honorary North American Chairman and former North American Chairman, Trilateral Commission
Alan Greenspan
Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Board of Directors of Bank for International Settlements
Geoffrey T. Boisi
former Vice Chairman, JPMorgan Chase, New York, NY
E. Gerald Corrigan
Managing Director, Goldman, Sachs & Co., New York, NY; former President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Jamie Dimon
President and Chief Operating Officer, JPMorgan Chase, New York, NY
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Vice Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC
Stanley Fischer
Governor of the Bank of Israel, Jerusalem; former President, Citigroup International and Vice Chairman, Citgroup, New York, NY; former First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
Richard W. Fisher
President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas, TX; former U.S. Deputy Trade Representative
Michael Klein
Chief Executive Officer, Global Banking, Citigroup Inc.; Vice Chairman, Citibank International PLC; New York, NY
*Sir Deryck C. Maughan
former Vice Chairman, Citigroup, New York, NY
Jay Mazur
President Emeritus, UNITE (Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees); Vice Chairman, Amalgamated Bank of New York; and President, ILGWU's 21st Century Heritage Foundation, New York, NY
Hugh L. McColl, Jr.
Chairman, McColl Brothers Lockwood, Charlotte, NC; former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bank of America Corporation
Robert S. McNamara
Lifetime Trustee, Trilateral Commission, Washington, DC; former President, World Bank; former U.S. Secretary of Defense; former President, Ford Motor Company.
Kenneth Rogoff
Professor of Economics and Director, Center for International Development, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; former Chief Economist and Director, Research Department, International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC
John Thain
Chief Executive Officer, New York Stock Exchange, Inc.; former President and Co-Chief Operating Officer, Goldman Sachs & Co., New York, NY
Lawrence H. Summers
President, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
Press Related

David G. Bradley
Chairman, Atlantic Media Company, Washington, DC
David Gergen
Professor of Public Service, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Editor-at-Large, U.S. News and World Report
Donald E. Graham
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Washington Post Company, Washington, DC
Karen Elliott House
Senior Vice President, Dow Jones & Company, and Publisher, The Wall Street Journal, New York, NY
Gerald M. Levin
Chief Executive Officer Emeritus, AOL Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY
Fareed Zakaria
Editor, Newsweek International, New York, NY
Mortimer B. Zuckerman
Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, U.S. News & World Report, New York, NY
Labor Related

Sandra Feldman
President Emeritus, American Federation of Teachers, Washington, DC
John J. Sweeney
President, AFL-CIO, Washington, DC
Intelligence Related

John M. Deutch
Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA; former Director of Central Intelligence; former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense
Henry A. Kissinger
Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc., New York, NY; former U.S. Secretary of State; former U.S. Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
James B. Steinberg
Vice President and Director of the Foreign Policy Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC; former U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor
William H. Webster
Senior Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, Washington, DC; former U.S. Director of Central Intelligence; former Director, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation; former Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Susan Rice
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC; former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs, National Security Council
Senate/Congress

Richard A. Gephardt
former Member (D-MO), U.S. House of Representatives
Jim Leach
Member (R-IA), U.S. House of Representatives
Charles B. Rangel
Member (D-NY), U.S. House of Representatives
John D. Rockefeller IV
Member (D-WV), U.S. Senate
Dianne Feinstein
Member (D-CA), U.S. Senate
*Thomas S. Foley
Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Washington, DC; former U.S. Ambassador to Japan; former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (D-WA); North American Chairman, Trilateral Commission
Other Political

George H. W. Bush
President of the United States
William Jefferson Clinton
President of the United States
Richard B. Cheney
Vice President of the United States
Paula J. Dobriansky
U.S. Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs
Robert B. Zoellick
Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Trade Representative
Madeleine K. Albright
Principal, The Albright Group LLC, Washington, DC; former U.S. Secretary of State
C. Fred Bergsten
Director, Institute for International Economics, Washington, DC; former U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs
William T. Coleman, Jr.
Senior Partner and the Senior Counselor, O’Melveny & Myers, Washington, DC; former U.S. Secretary of Transportation
Lynn Davis
Senior Political Scientist, The RAND Corporation, Arlington, VA; former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Richard N. Haass
President, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY; former Director, Policy Planning, U. S. Department of State; former Director of Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution
*Carla A. Hills
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hills & Company, International Consultants, Washington, DC; former U.S. Trade Representative; former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Richard Holbrooke
Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC, New York, NY; Counselor, Council on Foreign Relations; former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; former Vice Chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation; former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs; former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; and former U.S. Ambassador to Germany
Winston Lord
Co-Chairman of Overseeers and former Co-Chairman of the Board, International Rescue Committee, New York, NY; former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; former U.S. Ambassador to China
*Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
Distinguished Service Professor at Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; former Dean, John F. Kennedy School of Government; former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
Richard N. Perle
Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC; member and former Chairman, Defense Policy Board, U.S. Department of Defense; former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy
Thomas R. Pickering
Senior Vice President, International Relations, The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA; former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; former U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation, India, Israel, El Salvador, Nigeria, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and the United Nations
Strobe Talbott
President, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC; former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State
Miscellaneous

Ernesto Zedillo
Director, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, Yale University, New Haven, CT; former President of Mexico [Ed . Note: not an American citizen]

David J. O'Reilly
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chevron Corporation, San Ramon, CA
* Indicates member of Executive CommitteeThe More Things Change, the More They Remain the Same

The occupational makeup of the Trilateral Commission has obviously changed over time, but that only represents the maturing of the globalization process. What was needed in 1973 is not what is needed today. Still, there are some consistencies that are easily observed.

The most obvious consistency (and expansion) is the very large representation by the banking cartel: two chairmen and two board members of of the Federal Reserve System, two presidents of the World Bank, director of the International Monetary Fund, and chairmen/CEO's of several prominent global banks. This does not take into account any linkages from Commission members who are also directors of commercial and investment banks. Financial representation is not incidental because money is the life-blood of globalism. The August Review's coverage in Global Banking: The Bank for International Settlements detailed the apex and makeup of global banking.

Through membership, the Trilateral Commission dominates the executive branch of the U.S. government, the Federal Reserve System, and is closely aligned with the Bank for International Settlements, which controls the world's currencies and money supply. This is seen even without analyzing the remaining two-thirds of Commission membership that resides outside of the U.S.The Institute for International Economics (IIE)

The IIE is an example of a key organization in which one might identify other core members of the global elite. Founded in 1981, IIE is a small policy-wonk organization with only 60 employees and an annual budget of $7 million. According to its own web site,
"The Institute for International Economics is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution devoted to the study of international economic policy. Since 1981 the Institute has provided timely, objective analysis and concrete solutions to key international economic problems.

"The Institute attempts to anticipate emerging issues and to be ready with practical ideas to inform and shape public debate. Its audience includes government officials and legislators, business and labor leaders, management and staff at international organizations, university-based scholars and their students, other research institutions and nongovernmental organizations, the media, and the public at large. It addresses these groups both in the United States and around the world."5

This would be easily overlooked unless you examine IIE's board of directors. Trilateralist Peter G. Peterson is chairman of the board. Anthony M. Solomon is honorary chairman of the executive committee. Solomon is the former chairman of Warburg (USA) Inc., former president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and former Under Secretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs. Solomon was listed only as "Consultant" on the 1973 Commission membership list.6

There are 12 other Trilateral Commission members (including David Rockefeller) on IIE's board of directors! Having established Trilateral influence (if not total domination), consider the following non-Commission IIE board members who might well be candidates for inclusion in the core of the global elite:
Chen Yuan - Governor, China Development Bank; former Deputy Governor, Peoples Bank of China.

Jacob A. Frenkel - Former governor of the Bank of Israel and former IMF economic counselor and director of research.

Maurice R. Greenberg - Chairman, American International Group.
David O'Reilly - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ChevronTexaco Corporation.
James W. Owens - Chairman and CEO of Caterpillar.
Lawrence H. Summers - President, Harvard University; former Secretary of the Treasury.
These are just a few of the non-Trilateral board members, and are reviewed only to show the process by which one might identify additional global elite core members.
There are other organizations like IIE that could stand similar analysis of purpose, leadership and directorship. Conclusion
As was declared in the beginning of this analysis, the stampede to globalism is conducted by a small group of individuals with aspirations for global dominance. It should be noted again that there are members of the global "core" who are not members of the Trilateral Commission.
In general, they are driven by lust for money and power. They have clearly made an end-run around the American people in order to achieve personal goals that, in many cases, are diametrically opposed to U.S. interests. If the American people fully understood the magnitude of the deception and power-grab, they would immediately and totally repudiate these individuals and their self-serving global schemes.

In 1971, Zbigniew Brzezinski wrote in Between Two Ages: The Technetronic Era,
"...the nation-state as a fundamental unit of man's organized life has ceased to be the principal creative force: International banks and multinational corporations are acting and planning in terms that are far in advance of the political concepts of the nation-state."7

Brzezinski could not have been more clear than this. Of the few people who paid attention to Brzezinski previously, only one person needed to receive his message fully: David Rockefeller, chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank and consummate globalist. When they teamed up to start the Trilateral Commisison in 1973, the rest, as we say, "became history."

So, how can one determine if an individual is a member of the core of the global elite? There is a good chance that such a person will be:

closely aligned with and accepted by many of the people already identified as core;
often family-related to other core members (i.e., the Bush family, Rockefeller family, etc.);
part of the "revolving-door" that switches them in and out of important and critical positions in government, academia and business;
a member (director or high-level executive) of an organization identified as a core company, such as J.P. Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Caterpillar Tractor, etc.;
educated at a prestigious and global-minded university;
belong to one or more organizations that are dominated by people already identified as core.
This list is not comprehensive, nor is it meant to be some simplistic litmus test. It is important to realize that many names being bandied about are NOT part of the core of the global elite, but rather become decoys that shift the focus away from the real elite core. Discretion, common sense and study is required to understand the difference between the two.
Footnotes
Novak, Jeremiah, Christian Science Monitor (February 7, 1977)
The Trilateral Commission, Membership List, www.trilateral.org
Washington Post, January 16, 1977
op. cit.
About Us, http://www.iie.com/institute/aboutiie.cfm
Board of Directors, http://www.iie.com/institute/board.cfm
Brzezinski, Zbigniew, Between Two Ages: The Technetronic Era, (Penguin Books , 1971)

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Housing is Falling Much Faster than Reported

Housing Collapse Is Much Worse Than Fed Says

US housing market deteriorates at faster pace than expected

New House Sales Fall 11 Percent, Prices Plummet

Broad-based Price Decline In California

Economist: Foreclosure 'bloodbath' on horizon

Foreclosures Nearly Double In Chicago

Bakersfield Foreclosures Way Up

News to ponder this weekend...

Making less than Dad did

The insidious effects of inflation...as the Fed devalues the currency, we have slowly lost purchasing power.

From the start of the Central bank in 1913 in the US until today, our dollar's value is now worth about four pennies. Unbelievable.

Find the things that long term will protect your purchasing power. With the growing economies of China and India, things will become more scarce against the backdrop of a flood of currency.

Commodities may be a good way to go.

Happy Friday!

Happy 'three day weekend' Friday!

Tonight, I will be on the "World's Most Hated Blogger's" webcast (iamfacingforeclosure.com) at 5pm PST and then will be broadcasting my program, The Big Finale, at 7pm PST.

Have a good one!

News of Interest for May 25th...

Greenspan Fears 'Dramatic Contraction' in Chinese Stocks

Dollar Buying Ever Less of World's Goods

Toll Brothers hurting

Drop in Housing Permits One of the Biggest on Record

Speed of subprime bust surprises lenders

Yamana Gold

I love this stock long term- Yamana Gold- AUY. I originally invested in this stock back when it was only $3.12. Today it is hovering around the 12-13 mark. Not bad eh?

It's a good stock, has great management and long term (with the prospects of an ongoing dollar devaluation), it's a good investment and hedge against inflation.

Last year, I took some of my Yamana stock, purchased low and I took a risk- I put that money in Battle Mountain Gold- BMGX. This one lost me money, but not too much.

So, here is what I have decided to do with that portion:

I sold the stock BMGX and took the cash. Why? At the end of the year, I will post it as a loss on my taxes (because I bought BMGX for .55 per share and sold at .43 per share) yet, I am collecting 3-4 times my initial investment with AUY.

So, if I can save on my taxes and still take a hefty profit on it, why not leave the dead fish, BMGX? It's a total win.

Happy investing.

Bruce

Tomorrow night on the Big Finale- plus Casey Serin's webcast...

Casey Serin has invited me to be on his webcast tomorrow night (as well as all of his sponsors). I have happily accepted.

Tomorrow night on the Big Finale, my guest is Dr. Stanley Monteith. Dr. Monteith is the host of Radio Liberty. He is the author of "Brotherhood of Darkness" and he has been tracking the globalists/transnationalists for decades. I'm sure he will have some interesting things to say on Friday (in light of the President's ever increasing dictatorial powers).

Stories of Interest for May 24th

Why a Chinese Monetary Tightening Could Be Followed By a Global Depression

Pricey Gasoline Costs U.S. Consumers Extra $20 Bln

Tomato-Killing Virus Detected in Calif.

New home sales surge 16% in April as prices plunge Wow, credit is still fast and loose...

Toll Brothers profit falls on housing downturn

California Slow to Curb Subprime Lenders

Economic Tsunami Warning

For the record...

I've been studying this housing bubble for a long time. I was saying that this thing was going to be a bad scene someday.

Although this wasn't written until 2006, here is some proof of what I am saying:

Yes, Virginia, There Is A Housing Bubble!
February 21, 2006
by: Bruce Collins


For clarification: My advertising on iamfacingforeclosure.com is not in any way to advocate flipping houses, obviously. I accomplished what I wanted on that site, which was to simply generate more buzz. I've done some of that already as I have been able to talk about my program on Monster Radio in over 50 markets (Monster is produced by RadioAmerica.org)

In retrospect, I might not have wanted to proclaim Casey Serin as a 'genius' across the board. I think he has some good marketing abilities but he's no tycoon, by any means.

Hope that clarifies some.

This is a great book which will provide further clarification on where the economy is headed (you've been warned):

Book Review: The Coming Collapse Of The Dollar And How To Profit From It
February 15, 2006
by: Bruce Collins

Stories of Interest...

Plague Strikes Denver Zoo

"Crazy" to Ignore Commodities Plays: JP Morgan Fund

Ignoring the Lessons of 1929

Kuwait's move dollar bearish, gold bullish

There are no buyers around

Retirement Interrupted by Bad Real Estate Decisions....

Very sad! -Bruce


By Donna Rosato, Money Magazine staff writer
May 22 2007: 4:17 PM EDT

(Money Magazine) -- Walking along a pier in Daytona Beach with their youngest grandson on a recent Saturday afternoon, Steve and Carol Daimler stopped to see what fish the locals were catching. The fishermen wowed 10-year-old David with a big flounder they'd just landed and photos of a 500-pound, nine-foot shark they'd once caught.

After a day spent playing miniature golf, eating homemade ice cream and splashing around in his grandparents' in-ground pool, David declared, "This is the best day of my life."

Such perfect afternoons are exactly what Steve, 61, and Carol, 60, had in mind when they retired to Florida from Virginia two years ago. But those days are rare. Instead, the Daimlers spend most of their time consumed with selling two investment properties they bought shortly after the move - holding open houses, distributing fliers, cold-calling realtors and catering to prospective buyers.

A more typical day: On a midweek afternoon, Carol got a call from a prospect who said he and his wife were just outside one of the houses and wanted to see the interior. The only hitch: The house is an hour's drive from where the Daimlers live. The caller said he'd wait, so Carol and Steve jumped in the car. But by the time they arrived, the phantom buyers had disappeared - the frantic trip was a bust.

To this day, the properties remain unsold, draining nearly $6,000 a month from the Daimlers' dwindling retirement kitty. The couple had thought the properties would help finance the lovely new life they planned to lead in Florida. They had retired from their jobs - Steve was a sales executive and Carol a benefits consultant - and moved to Florida to be closer to David and twins Mark and Nicole, 13, their oldest daughter's kids.

To supplement their retirement savings of $260,000, they figured they'd buy fixer-upper homes to renovate, then sell at a profit in the state's hot housing market. "We thought we'd make $100,000 without batting an eye," says Carol.

But when the housing bubble burst, so did their dreams of a real-estate funded retirement. The properties have been on the market for nine months without a serious offer, and the carrying costs are killer: The Daimlers pay more than $65,000 a year on their mortgages (including loans for their primary residence and a vacation house in North Carolina), plus tens of thousands more for property taxes, insurance and maintenance.

The couple are pulling out $15,000 a month from savings to cover their expenses, and they've already run through more than half of their nest egg. The irony: On paper they seem to be in great shape, with a net worth of $1.6 million. But since most of that money is tied up in real estate - assets they can't easily sell - it doesn't ease their current cash crunch.

Money is so tight that Carol has stopped filling prescriptions for her cholesterol medicine. Steve says he has no choice but to go back to work. "The financial pressure is too great," he says.
The Daimlers are certainly not the only retirees to have miscalculated financially. In fact, nearly two-thirds of workers who retired and subsequently returned to work say they went back because they needed the income.

But being in good company is no comfort to the couple. "We're in this beautiful area and see our neighbors doing fun things like cruises, golfing and going to the country club, and we can't enjoy any of it," says a frustrated Carol.

Watching their savings drain away, she admits, "is scary." Worst of all, Steve confesses quietly: "I feel like I've let down Carol and the kids." She counters, "We both made this decision, but now it feels like a failure."

Putting faith in real estate

Of course, when home prices were rising fast - especially in hot spots like Daytona Beach - the Daimlers' plan to turn a quick profit flipping houses seemed to make sense. Especially since, unlike many hopeful flippers, the couple were experienced home buyers and investors.
The high school sweethearts - Steve spotted Carol at a pizza parlor across from their Long Island high school - bought their first house at 19, shortly after they married. It was in Florida, where Steve was working as a technician at the Kennedy Space Center.

When the couple moved back to New York seven years later, they sold the house for a $10,000 profit and bought a fixer-upper. Four years later they sold that house too and bought a more spacious home in northern Virginia, where they settled down to raise their two daughters and son (now ages 38 to 42).

Shortly after the move, Steve changed careers and began selling computers. Eventually he became a sales director, earning about $150,000 a year. Carol focused on raising the kids when they were young, later getting her real estate license. By 1991, though, she was working for the state of Virginia as a disability case consultant, raising their income to $200,000 a year.
The family lived well but not lavishly. They saved enough to put the kids through college without loans and steadily put away money for their own retirement too - although not enough, they readily admit. But they weren't worried because they had made a conscious decision to finance their retirement largely through real estate investments.

"I know you should have a diversified portfolio," says Steve. "But I believed real estate would give us bigger returns." In 1986 the couple bought their first investment properties - two townhouses near their home in Springfield, Va. - using money Carol inherited from her mom.
In the early 1990's they sold one of the houses and used the proceeds to build a vacation home in the Outer Banks. Current estimated value: $900,000. They sold the other townhouse in 2001 and used the money to add on to their Virginia home, which they sold in 2005 for nearly $700,000.

A life-changing move

The idea of retiring and moving to Florida came to the Daimlers after a family Christmas gathering at their home in 2004. When their grandkids, then 7 and 11, went home to Daytona Beach after the holidays, Steve and Carol were heartbroken.

"They seemed to be growing up so fast, and we were missing out," says Steve. Plus, he'd become weary of the extensive job-related travel that kept him away from home for long stretches.
To supplement their savings, the couple planned to launch a sideline business, buying houses in need of a little TLC, fixing them up and then selling them for a profit. "We knew prices wouldn't keep going up like they had been," says Steve. "But we figured with demand from baby boomers retiring, homes in Florida would keep appreciating."

Carol quit her job first, in the spring of 2005. Shortly after, the couple sold their house in Virginia and paid cash for their retirement dream home: a $640,000, 3,700-square-foot house with a game room and an in-ground pool in a gated community in Port Orange, south of Daytona Beach.

The couple took real estate investing courses online and joined the Central Florida Realty Investors Association to network with local experts. When Steve retired in March 2006, their daughter, an area real estate agent, helped them search for properties to launch their business.
Exactly how fast the local real estate market was deteriorating wasn't clear in August when the Daimlers bought two three-bedroom, two-bath houses: one in a Daytona gated community for $235,000; the other in Palm Coast for $120,000.

To finance the purchases, they took out a $400,000 mortgage on their home. They spent $31,000 on renovations and listed the houses in September. But since then the market has been flooded with homes for sale, and the Daimlers have been caught in the changing current.
They've tried every strategy they can think of: holding dozens of open houses; offering a higher-than-usual 4 percent commission to buyers' agents; distributing brochures; running thousands of dollars' worth of newspaper ads; lowering the prices on the homes by $40,000; and offering rent-to-own and other financing options.

They've met with countless buyers but have yet to close a deal. Time and money are running out. The Daimlers' only income is the $36,000 a year they get from renting their vacation house in peak season. They're reluctant to tap Carol's small $25,000 lump-sum government pension. Plus, they're too young to collect Social Security. And they have $31,000 in credit-card debt from the renovations of the investment properties.

Perhaps worst of all, they're so busy trying to sell the houses, they see their grandkids - the primary motivation for the move - only once a month.

With just $120,000 left in his 401(k), now all in money-market funds, Steve decided in March to go back to work. He's an energetic man who likes to rock climb and run. But at 61, he's concerned that he'll find it hard to get a job or earn close to his former six-figure salary. "I know he doesn't want to go back but we don't have a choice," Carol says.

One thing hasn't changed: The Daimlers remain staunch believers in real estate. "If the financial pressure was off, we'd still look for opportunities to invest," says Steve. "For now, though, we just don't have the means to hang on."

The advice

The Daimlers have a few good options to help them get back on track, says the team of experts Money recruited to help them. Here are their recommendations.

Make local connections. Steve needs to land a good job quickly and has already reached out to former business associates in Virginia. But since he now lives in Florida, he should also work on developing professional contacts in his new home state, says Russ Jones, president of First Transitions, a Chicago career counseling firm.

He suggests Steve join a couple of local networking groups, such as the Glazer Kennedy Inner Circle for sales professionals and Execunet, an online executive-recruitment firm that holds meetings in nearby Orlando. Steve should also ask his Virginia contacts if they know of any jobs in Florida.

Sell the vacation home. To alleviate their cash shortage and help rebuild their savings, Michael Cirino, a financial planner with Lincoln Financial Group in Jacksonville, Fla., urges the Daimlers to sell their beach house in the Outer Banks. Probable net: $650,000. But while Steve is open to the idea, Carol is reluctant. "I have an emotional attachment to that home," she says, "and I don't want to make any more fast decisions."

Institute bargain pricing. To expedite the sale of their investment properties, Greg Antonich, a Daytona Beach real estate agent, urges the Daimlers to cut the prices to at least 5 percent less than those of other homes for sale in the area. To bring in more prospects, he also suggests offering incentives, such as paying half of a buyer's closing costs.

Spread the wealth. The Daimlers have too much of their net worth tied up in real estate and low-growth cash investments, Cirino says. He suggests creating a more balanced portfolio by shifting most of the money left in their retirement account out of money markets and into stock and bond funds. The planner urges the couple to pay off their credit cards and start rebuilding their savings as soon as Steve starts working.

Consider what lies ahead. Within the next couple of years, both Daimlers will be eligible to take early Social Security benefits, which would give them an additional $32,000 a year in income. That means Steve may not need to work for as long as he thinks, says Cirino. One drawback: Taking benefits ahead of their full retirement age of 65 will permanently reduce their take by about 20 percent.

After hearing the experts' advice, the Daimlers feel relieved. While their life in Florida isn't what they imagined, they now know that they have options to ease their financial crunch.

They're determined to unload their investment properties, even if it means taking a loss. And once they have a cash cushion from the sale, they're looking forward to doing all the activities they haven't had time for, like going boating with friends and traveling to Europe.

"We want to enjoy the last third of our life," says Steve. "And now we finally see ways that we can." Making a comeback after retirement

Gloomy News For The Housing Market

By Greg Robb, MarketWatch
Last Update: 12:01 AM ET May 20, 2007

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The spring housing market is turning out to be something of a dud, dashing hopes of a turnaround.

The spring season typically sets the tone for the last half of the year. This year, that tone is pretty gloomy.

"The housing market is struggling to get back on its feet," according to Sal Guatieri, economist at BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.

"The spring-selling season is coming well below expectations," agreed Mario Ricchio, a housing analysts with Zacks.com.

At the beginning of the year, there was hope that housing had turned the corner. But these expectations seem to have faded away. "We were seeing signs of recovery last year, but a lot of that reflected warmer than usual weather," Guatieri said.

Economists say housing is bumping down near the bottom. "We think the housing market will remain weak right through this year. It probably won't be until early next year that we see a stabilization and some recovery," he added.

Many factors are at work. Buyers are hesitant to buy a home if they think prices are falling. Sellers have pulled homes off the market, waiting for prices to rebound.

"It is a buyers' market and except for certain places, not too much of good property is available to be sold," said Rajeev Dhawan, director of the Georgia State Economic Forecasting Center.
In addition, tightening lending standards are hurting home buyers. At the same time, speculators are fleeing the market, Ricchio pointed out.

New-home sales are expected to fall 0.1% to 857 million units in April. New-home sales fell 2.6% in the previous month and are down 23.5% compared with March 2006.

Existing-home sales are expected to only inch higher by 0.5% to 6.15 million units in April, after a sharp 8.4% decline in March -- the biggest decline in 18 years.

Numbers on new-home sales will be released Thursday at 10 a.m. Eastern, while existing-home sales data will come out at 10 a.m. Friday.

The other main indicator of the week comes on Thursday, the durable-goods report.
Economists are looking for a 0.8% rise in orders in April after a 3.7% jump in March.
An increase in aircraft orders for Boeing Co (BA :

The strong increase in orders would be good news, as analysts feared that a slowdown in business spending, combined with the sluggish housing sector, could push the economy into recession.

"We think that is behind us now," BMO Nesbitt Burns' Guatieri said. "We're encouraged by the recent positive numbers in capital goods orders." Greg Robb is a senior reporter for MarketWatch in Washington.

iamfacingforeclosure.com

Well, I am advertising on one of the hottest websites right now, iamfacingforeclosure.com. Needless to say, the hits to this website have gone up as well as the mp3's are getting a lot more use.

I encountered some 'hate' mail for doing it but, actually, I find it funny. People are mad at me for advertising on the site- yet they, apparently, read his website. Crazy, huh? Makes no sense? I think so, too.

I'm looking forward to Friday's show with Dr. Stanley Monteith. I've heard he will be at Conspiracy Con '07 this weekend at the Doubletree Inn in San Jose. Anyone going to be there? Let me know, maybe we can meet. I know last Friday's guest, Jerry E. Smith, is one of the featured speakers on Saturday.

Since I haven't mentioned it here, Tom Horn has been graciously enough to let me write a column and also to do book reviews at www.raidersnewsnetwork.com.

Have a great week all and keep your chin up and your eyes 'on the prize'!

God bless,
Bruce

Bruce on Monster Radio this Saturday

Bruce will be on Monster Radio this Saturday night. Monster Radio is nationally syndicated in over 50 radio markets and it airs from 5 to 7 pm Pacific. Should be fun!

This Friday 2/16

My guest on The Big Finale will be John Rubino, author of The Coming Collapse of the Dollar. John has successfully predicted the housing bubble, the falling dollar and the rise of precious metals. A very smart man who will tell us what is going on in the financial markets today. Take advantage of his great wisdom.

This Friday on the Big Finale- Jerry E. Smith

Jerry E. Smith is our guest this week (www.jerryesmith.com). He is an excellent writer/ researcher who strives to make his books factually based. His latest book is "Weather Warfare" which expands on his research from his book about HAARP. I'd be honored if you join me this Friday night...
Bruce

This Friday- The Best of The Big Finale- Wally "Famous" Amos, the chocolate chip cookie entrepreneur

you can hear this episode on Friday at 9pm PST/ 12am EST at www.fantalklive.com.

Great interview from this inspiring millionaire entrepreneur.

This Friday on the Big Finale- Byron Richards!

Byron Richards is the author of "Fight For Your Health".

Fight for Your Health is a stunning exposé into the secret world of the FDA, Wall Street, and drug companies. At stake is the health and well-being of all Americans. Adverse reactions, even deaths, are hidden while dangerous drugs are pushed on Americans, especially children—simply for profit. The FDA is actively attacking health freedom and seeking to eliminate natural health options. Arm yourself with invaluable information that will help you take charge of your health:

-FDA working on behalf of drug companies
-Mind-control through “mental health”
-The true Codex story; health option control
-Globalization at the expense of Americans
-Poisoning us with our food and water
-Your DNA in government computers

Shocking stuff, you won't want to miss it!

This Friday Night- Ken Parsons Returns!

Great shows this month (not because of me- great guests). This has probably been the most solid month so far.

Both Patrick Wood and Patrick Heron's interviews this month have been archived on the main site (www.brucedcollins.com). I'm also really excited about the NEW guests coming in October. It's nice to have a good mix.

I'm looking forward to Ken Parsons this Friday! Ken is a smart guy, well studied in the scriptures and he is always very interesting to listen to.

For those who are keeping score (not sure why you would!), Patrick Wood leads the number of interviews this year with 3, followed by Ken Parsons (soon to be 3), Lynn Marzulli (soon to be 3), and Dr. Brooks Agnew.

The last few months will prove to be an exciting time on the show with multiple pieces of news that will be for the better of the show. Stay tuned and thanks for listening! You'll never know how much I appreciate it.

Bruce

Rob Kirby- This Friday Night!

I'm very pleased to have Rob Kirby as a guest of the Big Finale this Friday night. Rob is a very smart financial guy with strong opinions. Check it out this Friday...

Bruce

The Big Finale

Wally Amos has to re-schedule but tonight, we will be talking to Dr. Brooks Agnew, a frequent guest of Coast to Coast AM and also host of his own show, X Squared Radio (www.x2-radio.com), about the lost continent of Atlantis. Was it real?

Apologies...

First off, let me just say that I'm sorry there was no show on Friday night. FanTalkLive.com went down for the day. We have rescheduled Dr. Brooks Agnew for next week, in the second hour.

Also, I feel like I was pretty hasty with my assessment of Steve Quayle and Al Cuppett. For that, I am sorry. I truly do not know if what they are saying is true or not. I will say that there are some strange things happening, obviously.

I do enjoy the Q Files and Steve is a fascinating host. I wouldn't want to be the cause of someone not being informed if I am their reason for not tuning in. So, I apologize for having such a strong opinion in a matter that I know nothing about.

This Friday Night!!!

Looking forward to talking to Brooks Agnew this Friday as we discuss the lost continent of Atlantis. Is it myth or reality? We'll find out together this Friday night!

I'm going to do one hour shows for the next two months and possibly go back to two hours in September.

It's a lot tougher to prepare for two guests than I thought it would be. I thank you for taking time to listen every week. Words cannot express my gratitude and hopefully, it positive impacts your life!

Have a good week!
Bruce

This week!

This week on the Big Finale: Louis Hill, MBA, one smart cookie who will be talking to us about the economy, specifically about the housing market. Also, in the second hour, Jerry Smith, author of "HAARP: The Ultimate Weapon Of the Conspiracy". The book was very objective (to my surprise) and Mr. Smith does not leap to any conclusions. However, it is astonishing what this equipment could be used for and yet, most people have no idea that it even exists. That's amazing.

I guess it's sort of like the whole notion of the North American Union. Essentially, 99.9% of all Americans are clueless about this merging of the three nations! Not only that, but based on the way this whole immigration deal is going, I bet a large portion of Americans will fully support the Union. We've come a long way- and it's not a very good view!

I'm not one to make sensationalistic claims because, quite frankly, I don't know what happens in the halls of the 'shadow' government, etc. and I probably was a bit harsh for doubting some who claim that they do know. I'm not nor should I be their judge. I'm also not going to believe everything that comes my way just because someone said it.

I only know that this world is not my home... and I'm thankful and grateful for that!

Have a great day,
Bruce

Tonight!

Wow, the week went pretty fast and the year is half over!

Tonight, my guests are: Hour One, Kenneth Hanson, author of Dead Sea Scrolls: The Untold Story and Hour Two, Peter Goodgame, author of Red Moon Rising!

Interesting developments with the Noah's Ark expedition. I've got my eye on that one!

Thanks to David Lowe and David Carrico

It was nice to have David Lowe and David Carrico on the same show last night. Both of them love the Lord but have two different perspectives on the 'end times'.

I have been troubled by some 'wild eyed' statements made by others on other radio programs. For instance, the whole red list, blue list and how many people were picked up two nights ago and tossed in crematory trucks.

Al Cuppett and Steve Quayle seem to be the two making these statements.

Doing my own research, I have found that Steve Quayle believe in 1996- some TEN YEARS ago- that 'very soon' (in 1996) the NWO was going to kill off the red list people. Al Cuppett said in 2001 that red list people were being 'rounded up'. I guess Cuppett never gave us a name back then to verify.

Now, thinking back, ten years ago was a very long time ago- we are on the third presidential term since then and quite frankly, even though that article came from 1996, Quayle could have believed that for many years before then (I really don't know).

I found this in the same publication (Patriot Report), travelers had noticed a lot of Russians were in Mexico and wondered if we were going to have a 'Red Dawn' scenario. Some ten years later, we know that never materialized.

The 1996 article said that Quayle knew the exact number of those on the red list (which was over 2 million people if memory serves me right).

So, here's the challenge: If Quayle and Cuppett have sources who can tell them right down to the person who is on that list, then they need to come up with the names of those who were killed this week and burned in the crematory trucks. If your sources can give us exact numbers and can tell us exactly what is going on in the middle of the night, surely they can give us ONE NAME.

PROVE ME WRONG and I will be on board. I will take your facts to the media!

Just come up with one name that can be verified so that there is no question that you are not loading people down with the "spirit of fear" in order to sell survival packs (yes, I heard "Hawk" saw we need one this week although I don't think that would save you from cremation!) and conspiracy DVDs. We need integrity!

PROVE ME WRONG. That's all I ask.

God bless,
Bruce

Big Finale tonight...

Sorry I have not been updating this...will work harder to be more up to date.

I'm really looking forward to tonight's show. In hour two, Patrick Wood will be joining us. Patrick is a great interview. He brings a lot of credibility and knowledge.

Next Friday on the Big Finale- special 2 hour show!

If you tried to listen last Friday, you probably had a difficult time as the show did not happen. A producer was filling in for my regular one and things did not get off the ground. I have apologized to the guest and he is returning to be part of the Big Finale's first two hour show, on April 21st, starting at 11pm EST/ 8 pm PST. For a complete list of upcoming guests or to check out the archives, visit www.brucedcollins.com. Thank you.

Tonight!

THE BIG FINALE....

TONIGHT...our guest is Steve Selengut from www.sancoservices.com and author of "The Brainwashing of the American Investor"

Excellent stuff! Hope you can make it! www.brucedcollins.com

The Big Finale Tonight!

Tonight's guest is Dennis Hope (www.lunarembassy.com), founder of the Lunar Embassy and Galactic Government

Silver ETF?

Well, it looks like things are almost in place for a Silver exchange traded fund to come online. If that happens, the price of silver is going to skyrocket!!!

This Friday on the Big Finale

My guest is Lynn Marzulli (www.spiraloflife.com). He is the author of the Nephilim Trilogy. We'll have more interesting talk on Spirit Beings and UFOs!

www.brucedcollins.com for archives, www.fantalklive.com for the live show.

It's almost Friday night!!!!

Tonight...A SPECIAL Big Finale

www.fantalklive.com/listen.ram

A special TUESDAY EDITION of the Big Finale...with guest Jim Fetzer (www.st911.org)

This Friday Night!!!

This Friday night on The Big Finale, my guest is Wally Amos, founder of "Famous Amos" cookies. Should be a good show, hope you can make it!

Interesting show last night...

more strange noises when talking about aliens. Two weeks in a row. Very interesting!

The Big Finale !

My guest this Friday on The Big Finale will be Charlette Lefevre, contributor to the Seattle Museum of Mysteries. www.seattlechatclub.org.

Friday, 9pm PST/ 12 EST at www.fantalklive.com/listen.ram.

Should be fun!

List of upcoming guests available at www.brucedcollins.com.

Thank you
Bruce

A new week(part two)...

Oops, I guess I pressed the button too quickly...

Another week!

This Friday, my guest on The Big Finale will be Tom Horn. He is an author who will talk about government cover ups, such as what the government knows about UFOs! You won't want to miss it.... Live on FanTalkLive.com on Friday at 9pm Pacific Time and 12 am Eastern Time. I have archives of past shows on my site, www.brucedcollins.com.

Please click on the google ads above, if you would be so kind.

Thanks!
Bruce

A new week...

Have a good weekend!

Big Finale tonight!

Have a good weekend everybody!

If you happen to be reading this blog (and if you aren't then you won't see this anyway!), can you click on the google ads directly above?

Believe it or not, I get a few cents every time someone clicks on those and you don't even have to buy anything (unless you want to).

Thanks, have a great weekend...
Bruce

No More Monster Radio...

Well, I don't think the "powers that be" want me on Monster Radio anymore. That's ok.

My book reviews were funny. The show isn't. Obviously, I didn't fit in....

..or maybe my perspective is off.

Anyhow, I wish them all the best!

Correction...

It looks like I may not be on Monster Radio this weekend, after all.

The producer called me and said that they were overbooked.

Either way is ok by me. The exposure is good and that's mostly why I was doing it.

Personally, I haven't yet figured out the concept of the show. I don't know what they are doing. It's pretty boring, in my opinion...but that's just me. I'm sure there is an audience out there for it (obviously, there is- it's nationwide).

Tomorrow's Friday. Yippee.

Take care,
Bruce

This Friday Night on the Big Finale...

The Big Finale...Friday Night at 12am EST or 9pm PST...a live interview with The Big Schwag, the voice of Monster Garage! You can see a list of my upcoming interviews, plus archived shows, at www.BruceDCollins.com. Everything is free on the site, but click on a sponsor or two and I'd appreciate that very much!

Have a great day!
Bruce

Monster Radio

This weekend, I will be doing a book review on Monster Radio. If it is not on in your area, you can access it online thru www.radioamerica.org.

The show is from 5pm to 7pm PST or 8pm to 10pm EST. Check it out, if you are free.

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President's Day...

The archive to the John Rubino interview is up on the main page (www.brucedcollins.com). It's very interesting stuff about the economy!

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New Homes Sales Still Strong, Gold down

I'm not sure what is going on with the American public. They are buying homes like crazy again and retail sales are up. I thought the harbinger of bad times was the slowing down at the end of the year but looks like things are heading back up again.

This thing has run a lot longer than most of the analysts thought. Although, Bernanke has indicated that rates are going up even more. Something has to give...

Ben Bernanke

...clued us in today that the Fed is going to keep raising interest rates.

Everything going well...

Hope everyone who ventures across my website, takes a listen to my internet shows (they are archived). Let me know what you think webmaster@brucedcollins.com.

The show can be found live on Fridays at 9pm Pacific time or 12am Eastern Time on fantalklive.com.

Hope everything is going well with all of you!

God bless,
Bruce

Latest Developments...

I'm back on Monster Radio plus I have launched my own internet radio program that I call "The Big Finale with Bruce Collins". I have some great guests lined up and I hope you can join the fun.....

You can access The Big Finale on Friday Nights.... www.fantalklive.com

No more Monster Radio for me...

It was fun while it lasted for the six months that I appeared sporadically on Monster Radio as the 'book reviewer'. I hope the show does well even in my absence.

It's another thing I can say that I did in my lifetime. It was fun.

Stock of the week

Yamana Gold Mining has done tremendously as of late. I recommended this stock at $3.12, it is now at $7.40.

It will be a great stock for a long time to come!

The Mining tragedy and my ancestors

That mining incident was a tragedy last night. I don't know how they could have miscommunicated the information about their deaths! I can only imagine that the families must be going thru a considerable amount of pain.

The surviving miner was sent to the hospital that was dedicated to my late Uncle (actually my aunt donated $8 million about twenty years ago to build it). JW Ruby was the owner of Ruby Enterprises and one of his companies was Sterling Faucets (which are still sold at Sears) until the early 70's when he sold the company to Rockwell International.

He also owned race horses, Alpine Lake Resort in West Virginia, he raised chickens (actually, he used to raise chickens in large caves that had something to do with temperature).

Sterling originally just produced ball bearings in the early 20th Century thru the first World War.

I was going to write a book about him a long time ago and uncovered a lot of corruption. So, I decided to leave the dead alone. Still, it would be a great story.


"The sole survivor, Randal McCloy, 27, was in critical condition in intensive care Wednesday at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown."

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/04/mine.explosion.wed/index.html

2006 is here...

What has surprised the 'experts' is the strength of the gold stocks in light of a gold pullback.

Guess what? the pullback may be over. Gold and silver are up today quite nicely.

I recommended Yamana back when it was $2.88 a share, today it is almost $7.

This is only the beginning. 2006 may be shaping up to be the year that gold investing becomes a serious consideration once again. Already, I've noticed several gold articles popping up this week in the mainstream press.

A few years from now, it's possibly going to become a huge bubble (as housing has been), then it will be time to sell.

As predicted...

by Jim Puplava of financialsense.com and Mike Swanson of wallstreetwindow.com, there seems to be a significant pullback developing in gold(and silver).

Long term outlook for these precious metals is bullish but just be aware that there may be some losses in the gold stocks over the short term.

I got a nice email from Rescue Rick, who was a guest on Monster Radio. He enjoyed my book review last Saturday. Thanks, Rick!

Today's Headlines: All point to commodities!

Job Market in U.S., 'Hot and Getting Hotter,' Fueling Inflation
Greenspan Says Budget Gap May Have 'Severe' Effects
Increase in Home Prices Slows
Gold Near 23-Year High
Oil, Natural Gas Rise as Cold Weather Bolsters U.S. Fuel Demand
Gold Shares Outpace Metal, Global Stocks as Bullion Tops $500
Gold Fever Breaks Out Again
Ford to Close More Than 8 Plants: Paper
Record Mergers in 2006 Seen by Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers
Checking Survey: ATM Fees Hit a Record High
Price gains slip, part 2
Oil jumps back near $60

Three weeks until Christmas...

...four weeks until 2006. Where did 2005 go?

My oldest brother Phil is at Disneyworld this week (50th anniversary of Disneyworld).

Gold is showing strength today.

Financial Sense at the San Francisco Gold Show

Jim Puplava's radio program this week was broadcast from the Gold show in San Francisco that I attended.

www.financialsense.com

New Walmart movie looks interesting (www.walmartmovie.com)

My Big Decision of the year...

I have decided not to get satellite radio. I figure its another waste of money. Why bother? Radio should be free anyway.

Now, I'm thinking about broadcasting my own radio programs through live365.com.

I'd love to have three different format shows: wrestling, the 'unexplained', book reviews.

The best radio program around is on the internet and that would be Jim Puplava's Financial Sense Newshour: www.financialsense.com

The show is free and Mr. Puplava is brilliant.

Gold and silver holding strong

Gold above $500, Silver over $8.50

I try not to worry about the short term but I must confess, I find myself checking my favorite stocks every hour. I shouldn't do that because I'm not in this for the short haul or to make a quick buck. I guess it's a bad habit on my part.

Interesting Times

INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS
by Bill Bryan
MarketPulses.com
December 2, 2005


After eighteen years of stewardship at the Federal Reserve, where we’ve witnessed the purchasing power of the US dollar evaporate by 50%, yes, that figure is correct folks, Chairman Greenspan’s days of tenure are fast approaching the end. “The Maestro”, as many have dubbed the present Chairman, will soon turn over the reigns of the Fed (February 06’) to Ben Bernanke, current senior economic advisor to the White House and former chair of Princeton University’s economics department, provided his successful confirmation in the Senate, where it is widely expected to pass without much fanfare. While the Bernanke nomination came as no surprise, particularly after his comments in November 2002, which tagged him as “Helicopter” Ben, where the then Fed Governor stated that, “The US Government has a technology, called a printing press, that allows it to produce as many U.S. dollars as it wishes at essentially no cost”, we’ve recently learned that the Federal Reserve will no longer publish M-3 (money supply) data as of March 23, 2006.

Why would the Federal Reserve wish to put a halt to the reporting of the M-3 data? Ah, the $6 million dollar question that we’re sure will provoke much debate and controversy in the months and possibly years ahead. Nevertheless, while it’s no secret that more money (debt) has been created in the US during the past four plus years than in the preceding one hundred years combined, a President who has yet to veto one single spending package sent his way, deficits ballooning out of control, consumers strapped with debt up to their eyeballs, record personal bankruptcies and perhaps soon to be foreclosures, horrific forces of mother nature, is the picture starting to become a bit clearer? The fact of the matter dear readers is that the “Master of Disaster” (Chairman Greenspan), has essentially created some of the world’s greatest asset bubbles (stock, bond and housing ring a bell) and in order to keep the punchbowl spiked and the partygoers feeling woozy, the powers that be have decided that the surest way to continue the affair into the late hours is to keep the printing presses running in overdrive.

And how does one determine how many dollars are flowing through the financial spectrum? Well, you guessed it, the M-3 data, which no longer will be published for public eyes. One may ask, “Why would the Fed be reluctant to disclose such information”? Well, let’s take a look at some other economic proxies that flow from our government bodies. For instance, the CPI (consumer price index), which measures the prices of consumer goods and services and is a measure of the pace of US inflation, continues to suggest that inflation remains tame and under control, at least from the “core” perspective. However, when examining the numbers closely, the government likes to “exclude” food and energy from the index, thus a “core” reading. Therefore, in simplistic terms, if you take out food and energy, not to mention healthcare, education tuition, and utilities, which for some reason the Fed does not perceive as necessary daily expenditures, you ultimately end up with a much lower reading than actuality. Therefore, while the general public is exposed to such daily expenses, perhaps the Fed is living in another world, whereby it is not necessary to eat, fuel their vehicles, turn on the lights, pay for their children’s education, receive hospital assistance when required nor heat their homes. Anyways, we think you’re starting to get the picture.

Furthermore, the BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics), which provides employment data, appears to have their very own formulas for concocting desirous results. For example, when the BLS announces new jobs, they do so with a little creature called the “birth/death ratio”. What this vehicle does is determine how many jobs will be created based on the assumption of the number of births and deaths in any one given year. Thus for example, when the BLS reports that 200k jobs were created in a particular month, it’s not as though 200 thousand John and Jane Q public individuals were hired by the likes of IBM, Microsoft, Boeing, Johnson & Johnson etc. They are merely assumptions. Therefore, when dissecting economic data from governmental bodies, one much dig beneath the surface to determine the viability of such reports.

What does all of this have to do with the discontinuance of the M-3 data? From our perch, the answer is simple. When our government releases and reports economic data, it is with the hope that such statistics portray a healthy, vibrant and prosperous economy, whereby its citizenry participate (consume) in order to continue and expand its economic boundaries. Yet, although things may appear to be fine on the surface, which the public generally absorbs, it is the mechanisms beneath the surface, which are rife with rule changes, hedonics and replacement vehicles, which when tinkered with, produce the desired results. And although the general public may be mislead from such action, the financial markets seldom are. Hence, when viewing the charts below, of both the gold and silver markets, there undoubtedly seems to be some concern with respect to both the nomination of Mr. Bernanke as Fed Chairman, as well as the termination of the M-3 data.





It’s quite obvious when examining the charts of both gold and silver above, they are clearly in a strong up-trend. What are these pictures potentially foretelling? Well, as the old saying goes, “A picture is worth 1,000 words”, INFLATION!! The “smart money”, institutions, pension funds, and wealthy investors appear to be taking Mr. Bernanke’s remarks of November 02’ literally and in doing so, are acting with their money. Furthermore, it is our belief that should Mr. Bernanke’s confirmation hearings proceed without trouble, as we suspect such, the printing presses will remain in overdrive, as they have with “The Master”.

With inflationary pressures heating-up worldwide, due to massive credit expansion via Central Banks, is it any wonder why the Fed no longer is willing to share their crystal ball (M-3 money supply)? Is M-3 just the beginning of further economic data to be sandbagged by the powers that be? Who knows? Nevertheless, we would not be surprised one bit should the ocean of liquidity eventually engulf us all throughout the globe. Since the inception of the Federal Reserve in 1913, which by the way, we can find no such reference in the US Constitution, the purchasing power of the US dollar has evaporated by 97%, thus today’s .03cent value. Furthermore, since Mr. Greenspan took chair in 1987, you can cut your dollar in half, because that’s exactly what has occurred. We’re not sure about how our readers feel, but our view is that it seems as though the “confiscation” continues. Is the US dollars status as the world’s reserve currency in jeopardy?? Only in time will we know. Interesting developments for interesting times.


© 2005 William Bryan

Gold tops $500

"Morning Call" on CNBC featured a debate on gold. A lot of people are bearish on gold and while I could see a pullback in the near future, it seems to me that more and more investors are jumping on the bandwagon.

So, the dips should be less and less severe because less gold bugs are traders and are converting to long term investing. As the value increases, the less desire to bail out for immediate cash.

This causes foundational strength in the metals. This is starting to happen, in my opinion.

Besides, how can anyone argue that inflation isn't and won't be a problem in the near future?

Also, the new housing numbers were impressive... until you read that housing prices are going down and incentives are going up. So, let's see where this takes us.

Book Review on Monster Radio, December 10th

I am scheduled to return to Monster Radio on December 10th to review two books. Martha Stewart's "The Martha Rules" and "Tough Guy" by Eddie Maloney.

Weird weather...

in the financial markets.

New Home sales hit a record while gold hits a high of $500. I guess one segment of the population is going in one direction and the other is heading the other way.

On top of that mixed signal was the data that consumers are more optimistic and that retail sales are down and studies conclude that for most of us, our salaries will not keep up with inflation in '06. Like I said, weird 'weather'.

The fundamentals seem to be all there for a higher gold climb (in some undetermined point in the future) based on scarcity and demand overseas.

I don't know about you..but I was thinking today that 1929 must have felt a lot like this.

Post Thanksgiving Thoughts

Hello All,

Did you see the crowds at Wal-Mart? Man!

Now, there is nothing funny about seeing people getting trampled but I have to say, that the video of the lady taking her time to pick up her wig off the floor and adjust it on her head- was pretty close to hysterical!

I attended my first Gold Show at the Marriott on 4th Street in San Francisco on Sunday. What a great event! I will make sure to be there every year, if I can.

A lot of well respected 'money experts' were there. Granted, they are all of the opinion that there will be a huge metals boom but it was interesting that all of them arrive at different conclusions as to how we will get there.

Tom O'Brien of TFNN believes there will be no "dollar armaggaedon' and that the Dow will actually spike up to 13,000 in 2006. His point was that even if the government inflates the currency here, all the world's currency is phony money and ours will still be the most respected. Hope he is right. He is also bullish on gold, believe it or not. He showed some charts that compared gold strength in Euros, Australian currency, Yen, Canadian currency, USD, etc and the amazing thing is that gold is showing almost identical strength to ALL currencies. That means there is worldwide demand (a good sign). He believes that gold is about 9 months behind commodities such as oil (we saw the oil spike this year, imagine what a gold spike will bring!).

I listened to Paul Van Eeden for a few moments (www.paulvaneeden.com), someone asked him if the inverted yield curve was the only evidence of an impending recession. Paul stated that actually the credit expansion that has propelled the economy is the real thing to be worried about.

I heard from one of the Aden sisters (who write a forecast newsletter). She was talking about gold fundamentals and how we would see a rise in the value of gold next year.

Finally, I listened to John Doody who had a list of the ten best gold stocks. At the top of his list was Yamana, followed by Goldcorp, Barrick Gold, Golden Queen, and a host of small caps. Doody was the most lively speaker.

There were approximately sixty booths of gold mining producers, lots of freebies and the best news of all: the whole thing is free.

Unfortunately, some of the people I really wanted to see (James Turk, Jim Puplava) are at TODAY'S event in SF. I don't know why they held the second day of the event on a workday!

I noticed that most of the investors that attended are senior citizens who are, no doubt, concerned about protecting their current stash. It seems that gold and silver investing has not trickled down to younger people. I think I was the youngest person there among the hundreds of investors (seriously!).

It's still an investment angle that the majority of people are not yet looking into.

By the way, gold, silver and the gold mining stocks are trading up today. There may be a pullback in about three months or so (as the Fed continues tightening) but once the government reflates, it should be the beginning of a long season of reaping.

Got gold?

Bruce

The future of the Dollar

This seems to sum it up for the next couple of years. It wouldn't be prudent for anyone to keep all your money in paper currency. Inflation will rise in '06 and eventually, (probably sooner than later) the interest rate raising cycle will have to cease.

Just a thought...

I look at a lot of blogs out there and people have some interesting things to say but most of them are diary in nature from people that nobody has ever heard of.

Is this Blog thing really the rage or is it basically millions of people just writing to themselves?

Makes ya wonder.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone finds a reason to give thanks this Thursday. We are so fortunate.

I'm thinking about getting satellite radio. I'm starting to lean toward XM, seems like they have a better selection of music.

I know Sirius will have Howard Stern shortly but that's not really a selling point for me. I can live without him.

Bernanke (On The Hill)

Bernanke will have an 'inflation target' range as opposed to Greenspan's ambiguous approach. Yet, with no M3 reporting and 'hedonics' in the CPI numbers, how can we be sure of the truth in his pursuit?

The Blog is back...

The blog is back. The funny thing is, I haven't posted to this for about a year and things are pretty much the same... notwithstanding a huge increase in oil and some catastrophic events.

The talk about a housing bubble has only increased in that time.

We'll see how this goes for the next few months...

Bruce