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<title><![CDATA[edit: 04.10.08]]></title>
<link>http://kandainasenshi.wordpress.com/?p=198</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kandainasenshi</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[so nun habe ich endlich nach langem suchen eine wirksame lösungen zum thema was mach ich wenn ich k]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>so nun habe ich endlich nach langem suchen eine wirksame lösungen zum thema was mach ich wenn ich keinen gepäckträger am rad haben will aber auch keinen rucksack mitschleppen.<br />
wobei das letzterer inbesonders keinen sinn macht, da ja eine signalfarbe der jacke sich gut mit einem schwarzen rucksack überdecken lässt. außerdem hält dann auch dieser rucksack schön warm im winter – nur leider etwas zu warm für meinen geschmack.<br />
maßgabe war: regenhose rein, jacke, butterbrotdose gehobenen außmaßes ( 3x doppelte WASA roggen inkl. belag ) und eine wenig wechselwäsche, wie frischer schlüppi, T-shirt, socken für zum anziehen nach dem ankommen und frischmachen. die sachen sollten möglichst zweckdienlich zu transportieren sein und vor allen dingen in regenwasserdichten behältnissen/ taschen.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://kandainasenshi.wordpress.com/admin/meine-bikes/the-new-bike//">hier alles</a></strong> über das was möglich ist wenn man tatsächlich was für sein geschäft tun will.</p>
<p>-schnitt</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Third date decider]]></title>
<link>http://sexandthepity.wordpress.com/?p=50</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dating Dolly</dc:creator>
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Okay, so I&#8217;ve made my mind up about Big Guy. It&#8217;s a no, no way, yuk, double yuk. I was ]]></description>
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<p>Okay, so I've made my mind up about Big Guy. It's a no, no way, yuk, double yuk. I was never really sure how I felt and that in itself made me think it wasn't meant to be. So, I went round to his place for dinner at the weekend, knowing that this, the third date, would be the decider.</p>
<p>It started badly as he hadn't bothered to vacuum and bits all over the carpet tends to bother me somewhat. He cooked a tasty dinner, I'll give him that, but after three dates conversation was still not entirely comfortable. Problem was, I don't think he even noticed.</p>
<p>He had his hands all over me and it's kinda tricky to get to know someone better as a person when they have their mouth stuck to yours. I knew Big Guy fancied me, that much was clear, but was he interested in me as a person? Not so sure.</p>
<p>On date number one he was a bit lacking on the asking questions front but at that point I was just grateful that he could talk and there would be no awkward silences. But by date three, this guy still wasn't asking questions. He'd happily ramble on about his dull doings but never really asked me much. So, in order to get my views across, I had to speak up and  blurt out statements of fact.</p>
<p>We didn't engage in conversation, more like swap statements. We each had our own monologue and just happened to stop talking when the other one broke into speech. To be honest, I was more interested in watching X Factor and found Big Guy's running commentary a tad irritating. So, I made my excuses and left early - not before being pawed to death as I tried to run out the door.</p>
<p>I slept on it and decided, no way, this was not meant to be and I couldn't endure a fourth date. The constant and mindless texting did my head in and, while Big Guy is fanciable, our personalities do not match. I consider myself pretty lively, a tad funny and sometimes mouthy. Big Guy is boring, uninspiring and has no spark.</p>
<p>So, when he text asking when he was going to see me next, I had to be honest. The exchange went something like this:</p>
<p>Me: "I've got a really manic couple of weeks (and explained reasons) and won't be free for a while. It's not fair to keep you waiting and, to be honest, I'm not really sure how I feel about you and me. Sorry!"</p>
<p>Big Guy: "You're dumping me by text? I thought we got on well?"</p>
<p><em>Dumping him by text? We only had three dates, we weren't exactly going steady!</em></p>
<p>Me: "I'm talking to you via text because I don't have time to see you and because I have never spoken to you on the phone before. I like you but I find conversation a bit stinted and want a guy to be interested in me as a person, not just pyhsically."</p>
<p>Big Guy: "Conversation is a two way thing and yes, I am very attracted to you but I like you because you're intelligent and sporty and want to get to know you better."</p>
<p><em>Yes, conversation is a two way thing and that's the problem. I'm having to do it on my own!</em></p>
<p>Me: "I agree, conversation is a two way thing but it's hard when one person doesn't ask many questions as that's how people get to know each other. Conversation does not flow between us and there is no chemistry personality-wise. Sorry, that's just how I feel. You're a great guy but not the guy for me."</p>
<p>Big Guy: "Shame, do you want to meet for a drink when your busy couple of weeks are over?"</p>
<p><em>HELLO! Did you read any of my last texts??!! Men truly do not listen.</em></p>
<p>So, I told him to give me some space, ie not text, call, write, email or poke me via Facebook, until the end of the month and if he is still pining then, to get back in touch. And then I will say no again. I already feel like a weight has been lifted - no irritating texts, no pressure to fit someone into my hectic schedule and no one clawing at my clothes in an attempt to get them off.</p>
<p>Ahhh, singledom. You can't beat it.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Purpose of the Church- A short answer]]></title>
<link>http://justinlessard.wordpress.com/?p=59</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>justinlessard</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Question: &#8220;What is the purpose of the church?&#8221;Acts 2:42 could be considered a purpose st]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;">Question: "What is the purpose of the church?"</span></strong><strong></strong><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;">Acts 2:42 could be considered a purpose statement for the church, “They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” So, according to this Scripture, the purposes / activities of the church should be: (1) teaching Biblical doctrine, (2) providing a place of fellowship for believers, (3) observing the Lord’s supper, and (4) praying. But there is even more:The church is to teach Biblical doctrine so we can be grounded in our faith. Ephesians 4:14 tells us, “Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming.” The church is to be a place of fellowship, where Christians can be devoted to one another and honor one another (Romans 12:10), instruct one another (Romans 15:14), be kind and compassionate to one another (Ephesians 4:32), encourage one another (1 Thessalonians 5:11), and most importantly love one another (1 John 3:11).</p>
<p><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;">The church is to be a place where believers can observe the Lord’s supper, remembering Christ’s death and shed blood on our behalf (1 Corinthians 11:23-26). The concept of “breaking bread” (Acts 2:42) also carries the idea of having meals together. This is another example of the church promoting fellowship. The final purpose of the church according to Acts 2:42 is prayer. The church is to be a place that promotes prayer, teaches prayer, and practices prayer. Philippians 4:6-7 encourages us, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”</p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;">Answer: </span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;">VERSES TO READ: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;">Ephesians 4:14; Romans 12:10; Romans 15:14; Ephesians 4:32; 1 Thessalonians 5:11; 1 John 3:11; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; 1 Corinthians 12:12-27; Acts 2:42; Philippians 4:6-7 </span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Purpose of the Church- A short answer]]></title>
<link>http://justinlessard.wordpress.com/?p=59</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>justinlessard</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;">Question: "What is the purpose of the church?"</span></strong><strong></strong><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;">Acts 2:42 could be considered a purpose statement for the church, “They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” So, according to this Scripture, the purposes / activities of the church should be: (1) teaching Biblical doctrine, (2) providing a place of fellowship for believers, (3) observing the Lord’s supper, and (4) praying. But there is even more:The church is to teach Biblical doctrine so we can be grounded in our faith. Ephesians 4:14 tells us, “Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming.” The church is to be a place of fellowship, where Christians can be devoted to one another and honor one another (Romans 12:10), instruct one another (Romans 15:14), be kind and compassionate to one another (Ephesians 4:32), encourage one another (1 Thessalonians 5:11), and most importantly love one another (1 John 3:11).</p>
<p><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;">The church is to be a place where believers can observe the Lord’s supper, remembering Christ’s death and shed blood on our behalf (1 Corinthians 11:23-26). The concept of “breaking bread” (Acts 2:42) also carries the idea of having meals together. This is another example of the church promoting fellowship. The final purpose of the church according to Acts 2:42 is prayer. The church is to be a place that promotes prayer, teaches prayer, and practices prayer. Philippians 4:6-7 encourages us, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”</p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;">Answer: </span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;">VERSES TO READ: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;">Ephesians 4:14; Romans 12:10; Romans 15:14; Ephesians 4:32; 1 Thessalonians 5:11; 1 John 3:11; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; 1 Corinthians 12:12-27; Acts 2:42; Philippians 4:6-7 </span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Over 800 Scientists Sign Statement to Encourage Critical Thinking About Evolution]]></title>
<link>http://blackchristiannews.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/over-800-scientists-sign-statement-to-encourage-critical-thinking-about-evolution/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bcn11</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Over 800 scientists in Texas have signed a statement to &#8220;encourage
valid critical thinking and]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display:inline;"><img alt="science-logo.JPG" src="http://www.blackchristiannews.com/news/images/science-logo.JPG" class="mt-image-left" style="float:left;margin:0 20px 20px 0;" height="81" width="81" /></span>Over 800 scientists in Texas have signed a statement to "encourage<br />
valid critical thinking and scientific reasoning by leaving out all<br />
references to 'strengths and weaknesses'" of evolution - references,<br />
they say, that politicians "have used to introduce supernatural<br />
explanations into science courses."
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"Texas public schools should be preparing our kids to succeed in the<br />
21st century, not promoting political and ideological agendas that are<br />
hostile to a sound science education," said David Hillis, a professor<br />
of integrative biology at the University of Texas at Austin, according<br />
to The Associated Press. </p>
<p>Hills is one of the state's more than 400 science faculty members who<br />
have signed the "Scientists for a Responsible Curriculum in Texas<br />
Public Schools" statement, which also includes more than 430 signatures<br />
from other Texas scientists. </p>
<p>"We simply believe that students deserve the best science education in<br />
their Texas classrooms," explains the 21st Century Science Coalition,<br />
which is spearheading the signature campaign. </p>
<p>At the heart of the matter are the current standards for the state's<br />
science curriculum, under which students are expected to "analyze,<br />
review, and critique scientific explanations, including hypotheses and<br />
theories, as to their strengths and weaknesses using scientific<br />
evidence and information." </p>
<p>Some of the Texas Board of Education's committee members have asked the<br />
board to remove the "strengths and weaknesses" phrase as the board<br />
looked to update state science standards this summer. </p>
<p>Among those requesting the board to drop the phrase is Kevin Fisher, a<br />
committee member who told the NY Times that questions left unanswered<br />
by evolution should not be regarded as its weaknesses. </p>
<p>Other critics include Texas Freedom Network, a group that has opposed<br />
state proposals for Bible classes and Bible textbooks in the past and<br />
is currently spearheading the "Stand Up for Science" campaign. </p>
<p>"It's time for state board members to listen to classroom teachers and<br />
true experts instead of promoting their own personal agendas,"<br />
expressed TFN president Kathy Miller in a statement. "Our students<br />
can't succeed with a 19th-century science education in their<br />
21st-century classrooms. We applaud the science work groups for<br />
recognizing that fact." </p>
<p>While there has been strong opposition against the standards' current<br />
language, several board members have appeared to favor it, saying it<br />
maintains a balanced debate on evolution. </p>
<p>"Evolution is not fact. Evolution is a theory and, as such, cannot be<br />
proven," Board Vice Chairman David Bradley told The Houston Chronicle<br />
earlier this summer. "Students need to be able to jump to their own<br />
conclusions." </p>
<p>Bradley also dismissed concerns by critics over the board's intention to sneak religion into the classroom. </p>
<p>"The only thing that this board is going to do is ask for accuracy." </p>
<p>Barbara Cargill, the vice chair of the board's Committee on<br />
Instruction, said giving students the freedom to discuss both sides of<br />
evolution will ensure them a "well-rounded education." </p>
<p>"It prompts them to be critical thinkers, and it also helps them to<br />
respect the opinions of other students even if they disagree," she told<br />
the Chronicle.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Discovery Institute, an intelligent design think tank, has<br />
rejected allegations that the group is using the "strength and<br />
weaknesses" rhetoric as a new strategy in pushing intelligent design in<br />
schools following the 2005 Dover case - when intelligent design was<br />
barred from being taught in Pennsylvania's Middle District public<br />
school science classrooms. </p>
<p>On the organization's blog site, staff member Robert Crowther pointed<br />
out that the "strengths and weaknesses" language was adopted by the<br />
Texas Board of Education over a decade ago, long before the Dover case,<br />
and that debate over it has been going on across the nation since then.</p>
<p>While the Discovery Institute has not yet issued comments regarding the<br />
current progress of the scientist signature campaign, Anika Smith,<br />
editor of the organization's Evolution News &#38; Views blog, has<br />
voiced her disapproval of the media's coverage, singling out a recent<br />
AP article that gave no explanation for the signatories' opposition to<br />
current language "except the unsupported claim that thoroughly<br />
examining Darwin's theory in the classroom is something only<br />
creationists do." </p>
<p>"Actually, AP reporter Kelley Shannon is pretty sure that the whole<br />
thing is a creationist ploy to teach religion in our schools," Smith<br />
wrote Wednesday. </p>
<p>The State Board of Education will begin discussing the proposed new<br />
standards this fall and have tentatively set a deadline of March 2009<br />
for final adoption. Publishers use the state's curriculum standards to<br />
create new science textbooks. The state is scheduled to adopt new<br />
science textbooks in 2011.</p>
<p><i>Source: Christian Today</i></p>
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<title><![CDATA[02.10. : NachtTanzDemo 2008 - Die Verhältnisse zum Tanzen bringen!]]></title>
<link>http://drmotte.wordpress.com/?p=834</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dr. motte</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[&lt;small&gt;das kam eben per email rein&#8230;&lt;/small&gt;

Freiräume entwickeln, erkämpfen, er]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#60;small&#62;das kam eben per email rein...&#60;/small&#62;</p>
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<p>Freiräume entwickeln, erkämpfen, erhalten!<br />
Die Verhältnisse zum Tanzen bringen!<br />
Deutschland den Schlaf rauben!<br />
Strassen zu Tanzflächen, Freiräume statt nationaler Euphorie!</p>
<p><a href="//nachttanzdemo2008.blogsport.de/”" target="”_blank”">Nachttanzdemo</a> 2008<br />
Donnerstag, 02.10.2008, 21 Uhr<br />
Südbahnhof, Frankfurt am Main<br />
<a href="//www.nachttanzdemo.tk/”" target="”_blank”">www.nachttanzdemo.tk</a></p>
<p>Die Verhältnisse zum Tanzen bringen! Deutschland den Schlaf rauben!<br />
Strassen zu Tanzflächen, Freiräume statt nationaler Euphorie!</p>
<p><strong>Appropriate your City</strong>!<br />
Amusement – so Adorno/Horkheimer – ist die Verlängerung der Arbeit unterm Spätkapitalismus. Die Verlängerung unseres Alltags aus Schule, Uni, Lohnarbeit. Dieses Amusement – und das ist die dialektische Form der Kulturindustrie – bietet dennoch auch einen Möglichkeitsraum, einen Raum zum Ausprobieren, einen Raum in dem ich die Normierungen des Alltags wie Geschlecht, etc. zurückweisen kann, in dem ich nicht den Traum träumen muss, sondern aus dem bösen Traum erwachen kann der mich einschränkt, normiert, funktionalisiert und determiniert – der Traumschlaf der kapitalistischen Vergesellschaftung. Zwar bahnen sich die Weckreize und Störgeräusche mal laut, mal leise, übersteuert und verzerrt aus den Lautsprechern des Soundsystems, so tragen sie bestimmt das Signal der Störung des Alltäglichen in sich. Tanzen auf einer Tanzfläche, die die Stadt ist, Tanzen als Protest. Und tanzend holen wir uns die Stadt zurück.</p>
<p><strong>The Way we were…</strong><br />
Bereits seit 1995 finden in Frankfurt Nachttanzdemos statt. In breiten Bündnissen zwischen kulturellen und politischen Gruppen der Stadt wurde von Beginn an versucht, Alltag, Politik und (Party)Kultur zu verbinden.<br />
Die 1995 erstmals organisierte Nachttanzdemo widmete sich Themen wie Innenstadt- und Sicherheitspolitik und kritisierte die zunehmende Privatisierung des »Öffentlichen Raums« und die damit einhergehende soziale und rassistische Ausgrenzung. In den nächsten Jahren variierten sowohl die Organisator_innen als auch die Themenschwerpunkte. So wurde sich unter anderem auch mit der bis 2001 bestehenden Sperrstunde, Partypolitik, Studiengebühren, Freiräumen und Repression auseinandergesetzt. Der Gedanke Freiräume zu schaffen und sich Teile der Stadt wieder anzueignen um in diesen, fern von Sexismus, Homophobie, Rassismus, Antisemitismus, Antiziganismus und Nationalismus, feiern, tanzen, und Politik machen zu können, war immer Bestandteil der <a href="//nachttanzdemo2008.blogsport.de/”" target="”_blank”">Nachttanzdemo</a>s.</p>
<p>Da die <a href="//nachttanzdemo2008.blogsport.de/”" target="”_blank”">Nachttanzdemo</a> immer eine Verbindung von kulturellen und politischen Praxen darstellte, war sie wie nicht anders zu erwarten auch schon immer von Repression betroffen. Dies manifestierte sich auf der letzten Nachttanzdemo durch einen Angriff der Polizei und den daraus folgenden Auseinandersetzungen. Der Angriff auf die Nachttanzdemo im letzten Jahr war für einige Besucher_innen der <a href="//nachttanzdemo2008.blogsport.de/”" target="”_blank”">Nachttanzdemo</a> vielleicht unerwartet, doch im Kontext der sich verschärfenden Repression gegenüber (linken) Interventionsversuchen (wie im Vorfeld des Naziaufmarschs am 7.7.07 und am Tag selbst oder die unzähligen Festnahmen bei den Studierendenprotesten) ist diese gängige Praxis.</p>
<p><strong>Raven gegen Deutschland</strong>!<br />
In diesem Jahr soll die <a href="//nachttanzdemo2008.blogsport.de/”" target="”_blank”">Nachttanzdemo</a> der zeitweise überall präsenten Deutschtümelei entgegentreten. Aus diesem Grund findet die <a href="//nachttanzdemo2008.blogsport.de/”" target="”_blank”">Nachttanzdemo</a> in der Nacht zum 3. Oktober, dem »Tag der deutschen Einheit« statt. Wie bereits bei der Fußballweltmeisterschaft 2006 hat sich auch bei der Euro 2008 beim »public viewing«, in den Kneipen und Wohnzimmern der sogenannte Partypatriotismus breitgemacht. Die ganze Stadt war eingenommen von Deutschlandfahnen oder sonstigen schwarz-rot-goldenen Accessoires, von unzähligen Leuten, die plötzlich vereint, die Nationalhymne oder andere dumme Reime auf Deutschland gröhlten. Diese unverkrampfte Begeisterung für Deutschland wurde auch wie bereits zwei Jahre zuvor wieder durchweg positiv rezipiert von den Medien und Politiker_innen. Diejenigen, die sich nicht in diesen nationalistischen Taumel einordnen wollte, wurden zu Spassverderber_innen und ewig Gestrigen abgestempelt. Das Abfeiern von Deutschland ist aber keinesfalls nur die Begeisterung für elf Hanseln die einen Ball treten, sondern die Aufgabe der individuellen Bedürfnisse für etwas »größeres«, die Nation, Deutschland. Mit der Inszenierung  Deutschlands, als einem Land auf das mensch endlich wieder stolz sein kann, werden aber nicht nur weite Teile des deutschen Alltags ausgeblendet, der immer noch durch rassistische Übergriffe, antisemitisches Ressentiment und einer immer stärker werdenden rechten Szene geprägt ist, auch die deutsche Geschichte scheint völlig überwunden und kann damit getrost vergessen werden.</p>
<p>Wie jedoch etliche Studien belegen können (z.B. »Deutsche Zustände« von Heitmeyer 2007) steht das wieder salonfähig gewordene Nationalgefühl nach wie vor für Rassismus und Ausgrenzung und nicht nur für harmlose Parties in Flaggenmeeren.</p>
<p>Der Partynationalismus folgt dergestalt den Motiven der Kulturindustrie, dass er für Deutschland wirbt, er ist eine verschleierte Ideologie. Während sich das Spießer_innentum dieser »Party« gerne anschliesst, mobilisiert es umso mehr gegen alles was sein binäres Bild in Frage stellt. Diese Art des »Feierns« ist geordnet, identifizierend und antihedonistisch, und sie muss gefälligst irgendwann vorbei sein. Antihedonismus, der Hass auf das Sinnliche, muss sich immer schon von der Möglichkeit wirklicher sinnlicher Erfahrung abgrenzen, an deren Stelle tritt das Klischee mittels dem die Welt in gut und böse aufgeteilt wird.</p>
<p>Dem Umlügen einer abstrakten Nation zur konkreten »Volksgemeinschaft« schmiegt sich heimelig auch die Vorstellung einer »entarteten Kunst« an, die beständig als zu »abstrakt« gebrandmarkt wird. Der Gedanke an das Glück ohne Macht muss nicht nur beständig verdrängt werden, sondern komplett aus dem Blickfeld verschwinden:<br />
»Noch als Möglichkeit, als Idee müssen sie den Gedanken an jenes Glück immer aufs neue verdrängen, sie verleugnen ihn um so wilder, je mehr er an der Zeit ist. Wo immer er inmitten der prinzipiellen Versagung als verwirklicht erscheint, müssen sie die Unterdrückung wiederholen, die der eigenen Sehnsucht galt.« (Theodor W. Adorno)</p>
<p>Eine ungeordnete Party im Stadtraum ist unerträglich. Ein City-Rave ist also der Counterpart des Bedürfnisses der Spießer_innen nach der geordneten heilen Welt von der sie selber ahnen das sie eine Lüge ist. Somit droht die Invasion junger Partysan_innen die mit der Sonnenbrille noch ins Bett gehen (irgendwann halt) auf den Strassen »ihrer« Stadt, dem Alltag. Der Alltag ist aber die subtilste Form der Herrschaft, seine Störung ist quasi ein verbrecherischer Akt. Und so muss das Ausseralltägliche alltäglich gemacht werden, durch Einhegen von Parties in Clubs, durch Lärmauflagen oder durch das Aufmarschieren martialischer Polizeiketten bei der <a href="//nachttanzdemo2008.blogsport.de/”" target="”_blank”">Nachttanzdemo</a>. Jegliches Aufblitzen eines Anderen darf nicht sein. In unseren Parties scheint die Möglichkeit des Anderen auf, das sie als Modeunwesen verachten, und das sie für die Auflösung ihrer Traditionen als verantwortlich haluzinieren. Das Verbot muss diesen Verfall eindämmen und es wird vermittels der Repression durchgesetzt werden. Der beständige loopartige Wechsel subversiver ästhetischer Stile, in dem die Spießer_innen den Verfall der Sittlichkeit ausmachen muss aber noch beschleunigt werden, damit das Einrichten im Alltäglichen verhindert wird: mit jeder Party ein neuer style!</p>
<p>What we want…</p>
<p>»Let’s smoke, let’s drink, let’s get trashed and go to bed with sunglasses on, we will always look younger anyway. Why? No time, no yesterday, no tomorrow, just now. We will all dance to the same soundtrack and will never have the same pictures running in our head. Fear of rejection is gone. No dress code, no Policy of Cool. To be unique but comfortably accepted, at night, should be an utopia.« (Miss Kittin)</p>
<p>Auf der Nachttanzdemo wollen wir einen Raum eröffnen, in dem Feiern nicht als Bestätigung des Status Quo verstanden wird. Eine Party soll nicht der Ort sein, indem das Vergessen von Alltag und Job ermöglicht wird. Vielmehr muss es darum gehen andere Erfahrungen zu machen, sich den Logiken des Alltags, im Job, in der Schule, in der Uni zu entziehen und im Feiern eine sinnliche Auseinandersetzung mit Alltag und Kultur zu suchen.</p>
<p>Gegen Deutschland – Freiräume entwickeln, erkämpfen, erhalten!</p>
<p>Ich will meine Stadt, meine Styles, meine Drogen und meine Sexualität!</p>
<p>Tausend Tanzflächen überall und zu jeder Zeit!</p>
<p>Gemeinsamer Aufruf des Vorbereitungsbündnisses der Nachttanzdemo <a href="//www.nachttanzdemo.tk/”" target="”_blank”">www.nachttanzdemo.tk</a></p>
<p><a href="//nachttanzdemo2008.blogsport.de/”" target="”_blank”">Nachttanzdemo</a> 2008<br />
Donnerstag, 02.10.2008, 21 Uhr<br />
Südbahnhof, Frankfurt am Main<br />
<a href="//www.nachttanzdemo.tk”" target="”_blank”">www.nachttanzdemo.tk</a></p>
<p><strong>Die folgenden Gruppen unterstützen die Nachttanzdemo 2008:</strong></p>
<p>ACAB - Automobilclub Aschaffenburg // AK Antifa Mainz // Alice-Project //Antagonistische Assoziation // Antifa Bell // Antifa-Cafe im Exzess // Antifaschistische Linke Darmstadt // Antifaschistische Linke Groß-Gerau //Au-Veranstaltungsgruppe // auszeit-news aschaffenburg // Autonome Antifa [F] // AStA FH Frankfurt // Bindingplenum FFM // campusantifa // Connecta - Music, Mind and Politics // Demopunk // Die [eckigen Klammern] // Dionysos Frankfurt e.V. // diskogruppe jean provocateur // Drunken People Defense Force // Drunken People Design Force // Fachschaft Gesellschaftswissenschaften // Faites votre jeu! // Fragwürdige Typen // Gathering of the Tribes // IVI - Institut für vergleichende Irrelevanz // Jugendantifa Frankfurt // könICHreich // KulturOffensive // Ladyfest Frankfurt // LiLi - Linke Liste (sinistra! / unlike / AK Französische Verhältnisse) // Nitribitt // Piratenpack Frankfurt // Playground e.V. // Space Frogz // Sterneck.net // Tanzen und Ficken // unbenannt.org</p>
<p class="”technorati-tags”"><a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/ACAB%20-%20Automobilclub%20Aschaffenburg”">ACAB - Automobilclub Aschaffenburg</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/AK%20Antifa%20Mainz”">AK Antifa Mainz</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/Alice-Project”">Alice-Project</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/Antagonistische%20Assoziation”">Antagonistische Assoziation</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/Antifa%20Bell”">Antifa Bell</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/Antifa-Cafe%20im%20Exzess”">Antifa-Cafe im Exzess</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/Antifaschistische%20Linke%20Darmstadt”">Antifaschistische Linke Darmstadt</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/Antifaschistische%20Linke%20Gro%C3%9F-Gerau”">Antifaschistische Linke Groß-Gerau</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/Au-Veranstaltungsgruppe”">Au-Veranstaltungsgruppe</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/auszeit-news%20aschaffenburg”">auszeit-news aschaffenburg</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/Autonome%20Antifa%20%5BF%5D”">Autonome Antifa [F]</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/AStA%20FH%20Frankfurt”">AStA FH Frankfurt</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/Bindingplenum%20FFM”">Bindingplenum FFM</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/campusantifa”">campusantifa</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/Connecta%20-%20Music”">Connecta - Music</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/Mind%20and%20Politics”">Mind and Politics</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/Demopunk”">Demopunk</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/Die%20%5Beckigen%20Klammern%5D”">Die [eckigen Klammern]</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/Dionysos%20Frankfurt%20e.V.”">Dionysos Frankfurt e.V.</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/diskogruppe%20jean%20provocateur”">diskogruppe jean provocateur</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/Drunken%20People%20Defense%20Force”">Drunken People Defense Force</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/Drunken%20People%20Design%20Force”">Drunken People Design Force</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/Fachschaft%20Gesellschaftswissenschaften”">Fachschaft Gesellschaftswissenschaften</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/Faites%20votre%20jeu!”">Faites votre jeu!</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/Fragw%C3%BCrdige%20Typen”">Fragwürdige Typen</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/Gathering%20of%20the%20Tribes”">Gathering of the Tribes</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/IVI%20-%20Institut%20f%C3%BCr%20vergleichende%20Irrelevanz”">IVI - Institut für vergleichende Irrelevanz</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/Jugendantifa%20Frankfurt”">Jugendantifa Frankfurt</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/k%C3%B6nICHreich”">könICHreich</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/KulturOffensive”">KulturOffensive</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/Ladyfest%20Frankfurt”">Ladyfest Frankfurt</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/LiLi%20-%20Linke%20Liste%20(sinistra!%20%2F%20unlike%20%2F%20AK%20Franz%C3%B6sische%20Verh%C3%A4ltnisse)”">LiLi - Linke Liste (sinistra! / unlike / AK Französische Verhältnisse)</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/Nitribitt”">Nitribitt</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/Piratenpack%20Frankfurt”">Piratenpack Frankfurt</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/Playground%20e.V.”">Playground e.V.</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/Space%20Frogz”">Space Frogz</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/Sterneck.net”">Sterneck.net</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/Tanzen%20und%20Ficken”">Tanzen und Ficken</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/unbenannt.org”">unbenannt.org</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/nachttanzdemo”">nachttanzdemo</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/nachttanzdemo”">nachttanzdemo</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/2008″">2008</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/freir%C3%A4ume”">freiräume</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/tanzen”">tanzen</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/stra%C3%9Fe3″">straße3</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/s%C3%BCdbahnhof”">südbahnhof</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/frankfurt”">frankfurt</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/rave”">rave</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/deutschland”">deutschland</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/2nd”">2nd</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/2.”">2.</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/okttober”">okttober</a>, <a rel="”tag”" href="//technorati.com/tag/2008″">2008</a></p>
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Army Awards Contract for “High Speed Portable Portal I]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:15pt;color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Army Awards Contract for “High Speed Portable Portal Iris Capture Solution” </span></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Genetic Engineering &#38; Biotechnology News</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">September 23, 2008</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Sarnoff Corporation today announced it has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to develop and demonstrate a high speed biometric capture technology solution for iris-based identification. The system will be designed to be ruggedized for field use and quickly deployable. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The new iris recognition system will leverage Sarnoff’s patent-pending Iris on the Move(R) (IOM) technology for fast and reliable identification. IOM is a proven biometric identification system that quickly captures the iris image of a person in motion. The technology is ideally suited for force protection, civil-military operations, and combat situations. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Other iris scanning technologies require users to stop, line up their eye properly, and stare directly into a scanner for a period of time. IOM technology verifies identities at speeds of up to thirty people per minute, allowing subjects to walk through the system at a standard pace, without stopping. In addition, Sarnoff’s design will automatically adjust for subjects’ height without slowing throughput.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"Current biometric ID systems take too long to identify people in high traffic areas and cause long lines to form at checkpoints," said Dr. Don Newsome, President and CEO of Sarnoff Corporation. "This is inconvenient and poses a security risk. The IOM technology makes it easy to set up iris scanning checkpoints that are as reliable as other biometric-based options but quick enough to keep lines moving rapidly." </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The IOM system delivers accurate identification regardless of whether the subject is wearing prescription glasses, most sunglasses, or contact lenses. In addition, IOM technology can capture iris images from farther distances than any other commercial iris scanning technology. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Sarnoff has delivered IOM technology to several secure government facilities and private corporations. The technology can be used for a broader range of applications including banking ID verification, border crossing initiatives, event security, payment systems, and employee access.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Video clip example of iris scan in ‘Minority Reeport’. Gov’t embedded idea into movies to “get people ready”.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><em><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Article URL: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6607757.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6607757.stm</a></span></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><em><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></em><em><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/oBaiKsYUdvg'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/oBaiKsYUdvg&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span> <span>  </span></span></span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:15pt;color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">US and EU agree 'single market' </span></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The United States and the European Union have signed up to a new transatlantic economic partnership at a summit in Washington. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The pact is designed to boost trade and investment by harmonizing regulatory standards, laying the basis for a US-EU single market. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The two sides also signed an Open Skies deal, designed to reduce fares and boost traffic on transatlantic flights. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">But little of substance was agreed on climate change. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">However, EU leaders were pleased that the US acknowledged human activity was a major cause. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Richest regions </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Economics rather than the environment or politics was the focus of the summit, says the BBC's Europe correspondent, Jonny Dymond, from Washington. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The two sides agreed to set up an "economic council" to push ahead with regulatory convergence in nearly 40 areas, including intellectual property, financial services, business takeovers and the motor industry. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span>            </span>Without the US there can't be any success in coping with a globalised world </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">European diplomat </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The aim is to increase trade and lower costs. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Some reports suggest that incompatible regulations in the world's two richest regions add 10% to the cost of developing and producing new cars. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose country holds the EU's rotating presidency, said last month that if the US and EU could set business norms today, they would "secure the markets of tomorrow". </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Since she came to office 18 months ago, she has made repairing damaged relations with the US a top priority. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Emission cuts </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The Europeans said they were pleased that the US now officially acknowledged that climate change was happening and that human activity was a major cause of it. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"We agree there's a threat, there's a very serious global threat," said European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"We agree that there is a need to reduce emissions. We agree that we should work together." </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">But behind the scenes, says our Europe correspondent, officials were saying that not much had changed. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Ms Merkel will try to nudge the US towards a global approach to climate change before a G8 summit Germany is chairing in six weeks' time, says our correspondent. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">But the US has consistently rejected the European approach of imposing national limits on greenhouse gas emissions, saying they would harm the international economy. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Visa hope </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The Open Skies agreement will take effect on 30 March 2008 and will allow EU carriers to fly to anywhere in the US and vice versa. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The deal promises to lower airfares and widen choice for passengers on both sides of the Atlantic. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The EU hopes to go further and create an "Open Aviation Area" between the two sides "in which investment can flow freely and in which European and US airlines can provide air services without any restriction," said a EU statement. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The EU is also hoping that the US will agree to withdraw its visa requirement for travellers from a number of EU states. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;">Story from BBC NEWS: </span><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/europe/6607757.stm"><span style="font-size:small;color:#0000ff;font-family:Times New Roman;">http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/europe/6607757.stm</span></a><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Published: 2007/04/30 23:21:16 GMT</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">© BBC MMVIII</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:17pt;color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Secret Bilderberg Agenda To Microchip Americans Leaked </span></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-size:13pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Elitists want to microchip Americans in name of fighting terrorism, Europeans universally opposed to attack on Iran, Globalists fear oil prices rising too quickly </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Paul Joseph Watson</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prison Planet</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Tuesday, June 10, 2008</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Sources from inside the 2008 Bilderberg meeting have leaked the details of what elitists were discussing in Chantilly Virginia last week and the talking points were ominous - a plan to microchip Americans under the pretext of fighting terrorist groups which will be identified as blonde haired, blue eyed westerners. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Veteran Bilderberg sleuth Jim Tucker relies on sources who regularly attend Bilderberg as aides and assistants but who are not Bilderberg members themselves. The information they provided this year is bone-chilling for those who have tracked the development of the plan to make the general public consider implanted microchips as a convenience as routine as credit cards. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"Under the heading of resisting terrorism there were points made about how the terrorist organizations are recruiting people who do not look like terrorists - blonde, blue eyed boys - they're searching hard for those types to become the new mad bombers," said Tucker. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">As we have documented, the blue eyed blonde haired Al-Qaeda line is a familiar talking point that has been pushed on Fox News and within other Neo-Con circles in an attempt to turn the anti-terror apparatus around to target dissidents, protesters and the American people in general. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Ominously, Tucker's source also told him that Bilderberg were discussing the microchipping of humans on a mass scale, which would be introduced under the pretext of fighting terrorism whereby the "good guys" would be allowed to travel freely from airports so long as their microchip could be scanned and the information stored in a database. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Tucker said the idea was also sold on the basis that it would help hospital staff treat a patient in an emergency situation because a scan of the chip would provide instantaneous access to health details. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Tucker underscored that Bilderberg were talking about subdermally implanted chips and not merely RFID chips contained in clothing. The discussion took place in a main conference hall and was part of the agenda, not an off-hand remark in the hotel bar. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Such a bizarre concept may seem unbelievable to some, but over the last ten years there have been dozens of examples of people accepting implanted chips for a variety of different reasons. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">In 2004, Mexico's attorney general and 160 of his office staff were implanted with tracker chips to control access to secure areas of their headquarters. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The Baja Beach Club in Barcelona and other nightclubs around the world are already offering implantable chips to customers who want to pay for drinks with the wave of a hand and also get access to VIP areas of the club lounge. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Bilderberg skeptical of attack on Iran </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Tucker's source told him that Secretary of Defense Robert Gates did attend Bilderberg despite him not appearing on the official list. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Tucker said that his sources told him Gates was in attendance to present his case for war with Iran, but that the majority of Bilderberg members were against an attack at this time. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"The Europeans were generally opposed to an invasion of Iran - Gates made the regular war propaganda drill about how Iran is a nuclear threat to everybody," said Tucker, adding that European Bilderbergers made snide comments about where such nuclear weapons actually were being kept and at one point joking that they were possibly "in Saddam Hussein's tomb". </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Despite Bilderberg opposition, Tucker said that the administration was still considering an attack before Bush leaves office in January. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"At least 90 per cent of the Europeans oppose a war, probably closer to 100 per cent," said Tucker, adding, "most of the Americans were passive and deferential to the Secretary of Defense and Condoleezza Rice's pitch in so far as Iran is concerned". </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Tucker said that most Americans present at the meeting were opposed to attacking Iran but dare not be as visible and loud in their opposition as the Europeans. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Energy and oil prices </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"One of the Bilderberg boys raised this question - should we put a lid on the rise in oil prices, are we reaching the point of diminishing returns," said Tucker, adding that Bilderberg noted how Americans were trading in their SUV's in record numbers for small and more fuel efficient cars and using more public transport to combat high gas prices. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Tucker's source said that Bilderberg were predicting $5 for a gallon of gas by the end of this summer and oil over $150 dollars a barrel, but that this was a ceiling and oil prices would probably begin to decline thereafter because they thought the acceleration had happened too quickly. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">As we previously reported, Bilderberg called for oil prices to soar in 2005 when oil was a mere $40 a barrel. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">During the conference in Germany, Henry Kissinger told his fellow attendees that the elite had resolved to ensure that oil prices would double over the course of the next 12-24 months, which is exactly what happened. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">During their 2006 meeting in Ottawa Canada, Bilderberg agreed to push for $105 a barrel before the end of 2008. With that target having been smashed months ago, the acceleration towards $150 is outstripping even Bilderberg's goal, which is why the elitists expressed a desire to cool prices at least in the short term. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Just two days after he left Bilderberg, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, George W. Bush and others expressed support for a strong dollar and Bernanke hinted that interest rates could rise, which immediately caused oil prices to drop in line with Bilderberg's consensus. </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Masons are chipping their kids at a local fair!!!! They do a retinal scan, voice recording and they put an RFID chip in the kids as a carnival attraction.<em></em></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><em><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;">URL: </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7octwsoi4HM"><span style="font-size:small;color:#0000ff;font-family:Times New Roman;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7octwsoi4HM</span></a><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><em><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/7octwsoi4HM'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/7octwsoi4HM&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></span></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><em><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span> </span>Videos:</span></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><em><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Concentration Camps in US:</span></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><em><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;">URL: </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqi123hBw2A"><span style="font-size:small;color:#0000ff;font-family:Times New Roman;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqi123hBw2A</span></a><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><em><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/Bqi123hBw2A'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/Bqi123hBw2A&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></span></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><em><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Concentration Camps in Texas</span></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><em><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;">URL: </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxYxTly-yo8"><span style="font-size:small;color:#0000ff;font-family:Times New Roman;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxYxTly-yo8</span></a><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><em><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/TxYxTly-yo8'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/TxYxTly-yo8&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></span></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Apparently, there are a number of buildings throughout the US that are supposedly “abandoned” warehouses and large factory-style businesses. These buildings have unique additions, such as military personnel, US Army &#38; Air force vehicles, wind socks and other markers for helicopters,<span>  </span>the addition of barbed wire- pointing inwards (to keep people in, not out) and added heating systems (for buildings deemed “not in use”).<span>  </span>This is one piece of the puzzle.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Bill Clinton was asked about these and basically said, “We need to get along with other agencies and cooperate in our inter-dependant world” He DID say, “We’re better off with NATO. We’re better off with the United Nations.” Hand over our control? Live under the dictatorship of a one world government? </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><em><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;">Here’s that link: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFPsHPKY0y8"><span style="font-size:small;color:#0000ff;font-family:Times New Roman;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFPsHPKY0y8</span></a></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><em><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/SFPsHPKY0y8'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/SFPsHPKY0y8&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The world’s government is planning on mass world depopulation. Many cases of witnesses have seen and taped the piles and piles of caskets. This is for those who die in the depopulation and those who disobey the martial law. Hundreds of thousands of caskets in scarcely populated rural areas. About 1 ½ min into this video is a close-up. Second video even better.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><em><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span>  </span>URL: </span></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYp85QMJd1Q"><span style="font-size:small;color:#0000ff;font-family:Times New Roman;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYp85QMJd1Q</span></a><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGa_sdyRS7Q"><span style="font-size:small;color:#0000ff;font-family:Times New Roman;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGa_sdyRS7Q</span></a><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/wYp85QMJd1QhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvsGa_sdyRS7Q'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/wYp85QMJd1QhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvsGa_sdyRS7Q&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">FEMA has already built underground caves and tunnels and is ready for a nuclear attack or “plague” to strike. We already know that the governments are working together (google “Builerberg” for more) and that they will more than likely intentionally release the pestilence and/ or weapons to annialate up to 80% of the world’s population. In this video, the FEMA agent becomes suddenly quiet when asked about the underground facilities, even though it is supposedly for “security in the event of an attack”.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><em><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;">URL: </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S2J3i34XW8"><span style="font-size:small;color:#0000ff;font-family:Times New Roman;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S2J3i34XW8</span></a><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><em><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/-S2J3i34XW8'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/-S2J3i34XW8&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></span></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">A massive conspiracy to create a new one world order? </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Watch these, and see the evidence. Then make your decision. (2nd half of this video is of the concentration camp, above)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><em><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;">URL: </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXlEfUGEzl4"><span style="font-size:small;color:#0000ff;font-family:Times New Roman;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXlEfUGEzl4</span></a></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><em><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/GXlEfUGEzl4'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/GXlEfUGEzl4&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span> </span></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">This last video is VERY LONG. Its over 2 hours, so watch it as you have time. This is an exclusive documentary about the secret Bilderberg meetings and the plans that the governments have for martial law, with piles of proof and evidence. Here’s the video, followed by Wikipedia’s definition and explanation of the Bilderberg group, and a list of attendees:</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><em><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;">URL: </span><a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1070329053600562261&#38;ei=kPPWSOX1NqXGrQK_iOnZAg&#38;q=alex+jones+endgame&#38;hl=en"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;">http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1070329053600562261&#38;ei=kPPWSOX1NqXGrQK_iOnZAg&#38;q=alex+jones+endgame&#38;hl=en</span></a><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><em><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1070329053600562261&#38;ei=kPPWSOX1NqXGrQK_iOnZAg&#38;q=alex+jones+endgame&#38;hl=en]</span></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Origin and purpose</span></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span> </span>Hotel de Bilderberg</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The original Bilderberg conference was held at the Hotel de Bilderberg, near Arnhem in The Netherlands, from May 29 to May 31, 1954. The meeting was initiated by several people, including Joseph Retinger, concerned about the growth of anti-Americanism in Western Europe, who proposed an international conference at which leaders from European countries and the United States would be brought together with the aim of promoting understanding between the cultures of United States of America and Western Europe.[5]</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Retinger approached Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, who agreed to promote the idea, together with Belgian Prime Minister Paul Van Zeeland, and the head of Unilever at that time, the Dutchman Paul Rijkens. Bernhard in turn contacted Walter Bedell Smith, then head of the CIA, who asked Eisenhower adviser C. D. Jackson to deal with the suggestion.[6] The guest list was to be drawn up by inviting two attendees from each nation, one each to represent conservative and liberal (both terms used in the American sense) points of view.[5]</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The success of the meeting led the organizers to arrange an annual conference. A permanent Steering Committee was established, with Retinger appointed as permanent secretary. As well as organizing the conference, the steering committee also maintained a register of attendee names and contact details, with the aim of creating an informal network of individuals who could call upon one another in a private capacity. Conferences were held in France, Germany, and Denmark over the following three years. In 1957, the first U.S. conference was held in St. Simons, Georgia, with $30,000 from the Ford Foundation. The foundation supplied additional funding of $48,000 in 1959, and $60,000 in 1963.[6]</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Dutch economist Ernst van der Beugel took over as permanent secretary in 1960, upon the death of Retinger. Prince Bernhard continued to serve as the meeting's chairman until 1976, the year of his involvement in the Lockheed affair. There was no conference that year, but meetings resumed in 1977 under Alec Douglas-Home, the former British Prime Minister. He was followed in turn by Walter Scheel, ex-President of West Germany, Eric Roll, former head of SG Warburg and Lord Carrington, former Secretary-General of NATO.[7]</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Attendees</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Main article: List of Bilderberg attendees</span></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Attendees of Bilderberg include central bankers, defense experts, mass media press barons, government ministers, prime ministers, royalty, international financiers and political leaders from Europe and North America.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Some of the Western world's leading financiers and foreign policy strategists attend Bilderberg. Donald Rumsfeld is an active Bilderberger, as is Peter Sutherland from Ireland, a former European Union commissioner and chairman of Goldman Sachs and of British Petroleum. Rumsfeld and Sutherland served together in 2000 on the board of the Swedish/Swiss engineering company ABB. Former U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary and former World Bank head Paul Wolfowitz is also a member. The group's current chairman is Etienne Davignon, the Belgian businessman and politician.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Mainstream criticism</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Critics claim the Bilderberg Group promotes the careers of politicians whose views are representative of the interests of multinational corporations, at the expense of democracy.[8] Journalists who have been invited to attend the Bilderberg Conference as observers have discounted these claims, calling the conference "not much different from a seminar or a conference organized by an upscale NGO"[9] with "nothing different except for the influence of the participants."[10]</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span> </span>Conspiracy theories</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The group's secrecy and its connections to power elites encourages speculation and mistrust by such groups or individuals who believe that the group is part of a conspiracy to create a New World Order. This is further encouraged by the frequent use of the term 'New World Order' by its members when referring to their ultimate goal of world integration. The group is frequently accused of secretive and nefarious world plots by groups such as the John Birch Society.[11] This thinking has progressively found acceptance within both elements of the populist movement and fringe politics. [12] According to investigative journalist Chip Berlet, the prominent origins of Bilderberger conspiracy theories can be traced to activist Phyllis Schlafly. [13]</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Radio host Alex Jones claims the group intends to dissolve the sovereignty of the United States and other countries into a supra-national structure similar to the European Union. This accusation is also linked with others claiming plans for a merger of Canada with United States, hoping Canadian influence will be calming to American society and foreign policy.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">From "The Hunt for Red Menace:" "The views on intractable godless communism expressed by [Fred] Schwarz were central themes in three other bestselling books which were used to mobilize support for the 1964 Goldwater campaign. The best known was Phyllis Schlafly's A Choice, Not an Echo which suggested a conspiracy theory in which the Republican Party was secretly controlled by elitist intellectuals dominated by members of the Bilderberger group, whose policies would pave the way for global communist conquest. Schlafly's husband Fred had been a lecturer at Schwartz's local Christian anti-communism Crusade conferences." [14]</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Jonathan Duffy, writing in BBC News Online Magazine states "In the void created by such aloofness, an extraordinary conspiracy theory has grown up around the group that alleges the fate of the world is largely decided by Bilderberg."[15]</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Denis Healey, a Bilderberg founder and former British Chancellor of the Exchequer, decries such theories. He was quoted by BBC News as saying "There's absolutely nothing in it. We never sought to reach a consensus on the big issues at Bilderberg. It's simply a place for discussion."[15]</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;">Some popular media references to the group are in Fredrick Forsyth's novel "The Icon" where the group decides to undermine a nationalist Russian leader loosely modeled on Vladimir Putin (among others).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Royalty</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Prince Philip (1965, 1966, 1967), Duke of Edinburgh </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Prince Charles (1986), Prince of Wales </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Prince Bernhard (Chairman of Bilderberg Meetings 1954-1976), father of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands[3] </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Claus von Amsberg (1967, 1968, 1971, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986-1989), husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange (1990, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2008), Crown Prince of the Netherlands </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Juan Carlos I, King of Spain (1989) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Queen Sofia of Spain, wife of Juan Carlos I, King of Spain (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca, younger daughter of Juan Carlos I, King of Spain </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant (1992, 1993, 1996, 2008), Crown Prince of Belgium </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, King of Sweden (1995) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Harald V of Norway, King of Norway (1984) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1985, 1986, 1987) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Prince Axel of Denmark (1955, 1957) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Politics</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:8pt;">United States</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>David L. Aaron (1977), former Deputy National Security Advisor </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Dean Acheson (1957, 1958, 1964, 1966), former United States Secretary of State </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Keith B. Alexander (2008), current Director, National Security Agency </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Roger Altman (2008), former United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>John B. Anderson (1977), former US Congressman </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Michael Armacost (1997), President, Brookings Institution </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Nancy Kassebaum Baker (1988), former US Senator </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>George W. Ball (1954-1992),[4] former U.S. diplomat </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Evan Bayh (1999), current US Senator, former Democratic Leadership Council Chairman, also attended the Renaissance Weekend. Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Member of the Alfalfa Club </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Lloyd Bentsen (1989, 1992, 1995 - 1997), former United States Secretary of the Treasury </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Sandy Berger (1997), former National Security Advisor (United States) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>James H. Billington (1992), former Librarian of Congress </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Eugene R. Black, Sr. (1957, 1966), former President of the World Bank </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>John Bolton (2003) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>John Brademas (1966), former US Congressman </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Bill Bradley (1985), former US Senator </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Nicholas F. Brady (1984, 1986, 1988, 1991), former United States Secretary of the Treasury </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Edward Brooke (1968), former US Senator </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Zbigniew Brzezinski (Guest, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1985), President Carter's National Security Advisor </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>McGeorge Bundy (1956, 1957, 1964, 1966, 1980), former National Security Advisor (United States) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>William Bundy (1977) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Clifford P. Case (1958), former US Senator </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>John Chafee (1979, 1986, 1991, 1992), former US Senator </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Frank Church, former US Senator </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Hillary Clinton (1997), current US Senator, also attended the World Economic Forum, the Munich Conference on Security Policy, the Salzburg Global Seminar and the Renaissance Weekend. Member of the Democratic Leadership Council </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Bill Clinton (1991),[5] former US President, 1993 - 2001 </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Carlos M. Collazo (2003) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Barber Conable, former President of the World Bank </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Richard Cooper (1975, 1977), former United States Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Jon Corzine (1995 - 1997[3], 1999, 2003, 2004), current Governor of New Jersey </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Kenneth W. Dam (1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989-1997), former United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Richard Darman (1987), former United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Thomas A. Daschle (2008), former US Senator </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Lynn Davis (1995) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>John M. Deutch (1998), former CIA Director, former United States Deputy Secretary of Defense </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Thomas E. Dewey (1956, 1957, 1966), former Governor of New York </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>C. Douglas Dillon (1968), former United States Secretary of the Treasury </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Christopher Dodd (1999 - 2001), current US Senator </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>John Edwards (2004), former US Senator </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Stuart Eizenstat (2002), former United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Mike Espy (1994), former United States Secretary of Agriculture </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Daniel J. Evans (1986, 1988), former US Senator, former Governor of Washington </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Dianne Feinstein (1991), current US Senator </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Douglas Feith (2004) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>James Florio (1994), former Governor of New Jersey </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Tom Foley (1988, 1990, 1995, 2002), former Speaker of the US House of Representatives </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Gerald R. Ford (1964, 1966), former US President, 1974 - 1977 </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Harold Ford, Jr. (2008), current Chairman, Democratic Leadership Council, former US Congressman, Vice Chairman, Merrill Lynch &#38; Co., Inc. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Donald M. Fraser (1971), former US Congressman </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen, Jr. (1964, 1966, 1971), former US Congressman </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>J. William Fulbright (1956, 1957, 1964), former US Senator </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Cornelius Edward Gallagher (1963, 1966), former US Congressman </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Melinda Gates (2004), wife of Bill Gates </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>David Gergen (1992, 1995), political consultant and presidential adviser during the Republican administrations of Nixon, Ford, and Reagan, campaign staffer for George H.W. Bush and adviser to Democratic President Bill Clinton </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Dan Glickman (2001), former US Congressman </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Andrew Goodpaster (1968, 1974), former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Donald Gregg (1985), former United States Ambassador </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Marc Grossman (2007), former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Alfred Gruenther (1955, 1957, 1966), former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Richard N. Haass (1991, 2003, 2004)[6], president, Council on Foreign Relations </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Philip C. Habib (1992) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Chuck Hagel (1999 - 2001), current US Senator </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Alexander Haig (1978), former United States Secretary of State </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Lee H. Hamilton (1997)[3], former US Congressman </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Fred R. Harris (1966), former US Senator </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>H. John Heinz III (1978), former US Senator </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Christian Herter (1961, 1963, 1964, 1966),[7] former Secretary of State </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Carla Anderson Hills (2002), former United States Trade Representative </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Richard Holbrooke (1995 - 1999, 2004 - 2006, 2008), former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Kay Bailey Hutchison (2000, 2002), current US Senator </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Henry M. Jackson (1964, 1966-1968), former US Senator </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Jacob Javits (1964, 1966), former US Senator </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Joseph E. Johnson (1954)[8], former President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Bennett Johnston Jr. (1991), former US Senator </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>James Robert Jones (1985), former US Congressman </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Vernon Jordan (1979-1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2005, 2006, 2008) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Robert Kagan (2004) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Thomas Kean (1989), former Governor of New Jersey </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Robert M. Kimmitt (1995), current United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Lane Kirkland (1977), former President, AFL-CIO </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Jeane Kirkpatrick (1981), former United States Ambassador to the United Nations </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Henry Kissinger (1957, 1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977-2003, 2004,[6] 2005-2008), Secretary of State, 1973 - 1977 </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>John LaFalce (2002), former US Congressman </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Michael Ledeen (2005) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Lyman L. Lemnitzer (1957, 1963, 1966), former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Winston Lord (1974, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1996), former United States Ambassador to China </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>William J. Luti (2004), Senior Director for Defense Policy and Strategy for the National Security Council </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Terry McAuliffe (2002), former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>John J. McCloy (1958, 1964, 1966), former President of the World Bank </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Donald F. McHenry (1986, 1996), former United States Ambassador to the United Nations </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Robert S. McNamara (1968, 1975), former US Secretary of Defense, former President of the World Bank </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Charles Mathias, Jr. (1967, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1984-1993), former US Senator </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Ken Mehlman (2005), former Chairman of the Republican National Committee </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Cord Meyer (1957), CIA official </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>George J. Mitchell, former US Senator </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Walter F. Mondale (1974, 1981), former US Vice President, 1977 - 1981 </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Lauris Norstad (1967), former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Sam Nunn (1996, 1997[3]), former US Senator </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>William Odom (1993), former National Security Agency Director </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Dan Quayle (1990, 1991), former US Vice President, 1989 - 1993 </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>George Pataki (2006), former Governor of New York </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Henry M. Paulson, Jr. (2008), current United States Secretary of the Treasury </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Claiborne Pell (1992), former US Senator </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Richard Perle (1983, 1985, 2003, 2006, 2008), assistant Secretary of Defense, 1981 - 1987 </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Rick Perry (2007), current Governor of Texas </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>William J. Perry (1996), former United States Secretary of Defense </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Peter George Peterson (1978), former United States Secretary of Commerce </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Colin L. Powell (1997), former United States Secretary of State </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Larry Pressler (1993), former US Senator </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Lewis Thompson Preston, former President of the World Bank </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Joel Pritchard (1975), former US Congressman </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Marc Racicot (2002), former Chairman, Republican National Committee </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Ralph E. Reed, Jr. (2004), former first executive director of the Christian Coalition </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>William K. Reilly (1989), former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Condoleezza Rice (2008), current United States Secretary of State </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Bill Richardson (1999, 2000), current Governor of New Mexico </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (1971), former US Senator </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Alice Rivlin (1984) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>David Rockefeller, original U.S. founding member, life member, and member of the Steering Committee (1954- </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>David Rockefeller, Jr. (1989) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Jay Rockefeller (1971), current US Senator </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Nelson A. Rockefeller (1957, 1974), former US Vice President, 1974 - 1977, former Governor of New York, 1959 - 1973 </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Dennis Ross (2004, 2006, 2008) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Walt Whitman Rostow, former National Security Advisor (United States) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Donald Rumsfeld (1975, 2002), Secretary of Defense, 2001 - 2006 </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Dean Rusk (1955, 1957, 1966), former United States Secretary of State </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Mark Sanford (2008), current Governor of South Carolina, also attended the Renaissance Weekend </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Hugh Scott (1961, 1966), former US Senator </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Brent Scowcroft (1985, 1988, 1994), former National Security Advisor (United States) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Kathleen Sebelius (2007, 2008), current Governor of Kansas </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>George P. Shultz (2008), former United States Secretary of State, former United States Secretary of the Treasury </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Kristen Silverberg (2007), Bureau of International Organization Affairs, part of the State Department </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>William E. Simon (1982), former United States Secretary of the Treasury </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Walter Bedell Smith, former CIA Director </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Nancy Soderberg (1995) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>John Sparkman (1955, 1966), former US Senator </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>James Steinberg (1994, 2000), former Deputy National Security Advisor </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Adlai Stevenson III (1971), former US Senator </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Robert Schwarz Strauss (1982, 1989, 1990, 1992), former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Lawrence Summers (1998, 2002, 2008), former United States Secretary of the Treasury </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>John H. Sununu (1990), former Governor of New Hampshire </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Shirley Temple (1982), former United States Ambassador, former child actress </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Laura D'Andrea Tyson (1999) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Cyrus Vance (1971), former United States Secretary of State </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Mark Warner (2005), former Governor of Virginia </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Vin Weber (2007, 2008), former US Congressman </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>John C. Whitehead (1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989-1997), former United States Deputy Secretary of State </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Christine Todd Whitman (1998), former Governor of New Jersey </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>L. Douglas Wilder (1991), former Governor of Virginia, current Mayor of Richmond, Virginia </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Ross Wilson (ambassador) (2007), current United States Ambassador to Turkey </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Paul Wolfowitz (1990, 1994-1998, 2008), former President of the World Bank </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>George David Woods (1966), former President of the World Bank </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Philip D. Zelikow (2007), executive director of the 9/11 Commission and Counselor of the United States Department of State </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Robert Zoellick (1991, 2003, 2006, 2008), former Deputy Secretary of State and current President of the World Bank </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:8pt;">Canada</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Lester B. Pearson (1964, 1966, 1968), former Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968 </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Pierre Trudeau (1983, 1985), former Prime Minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979, 1980 to 1984 </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Jean Chrétien (1982, 1996), Canadian Prime Minister, 1993 - 2003 </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Paul Martin (1996), Canadian Prime Minister, 2003 - 2006 </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Stephen Harper (2003), Canadian Prime Minister, 2006 – Present </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Bernard Lord (2001), former Premier of New Brunswick </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Robert L. Stanfield (1968), former Premier of Nova Scotia </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Jason Kenney (2007), Canadian Member of Parliament </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Preston Manning (1998), former leader and founder of the Reform Party of Canada </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Lloyd Axworthy (1996), former Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Kevin G. Lynch (2004), Canadian civil servant </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Frank McKenna (1994, 2006, 2008), former Canadian Ambassador to the United States, former Premier of New Brunswick, current Deputy Chairman of Toronto-Dominion Bank </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Michael Wilson (politician) (1991), current Canadian Ambassador to the United States, former Minister of Finance (Canada), former Minister of International Trade (Canada) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Marc Lalonde (1977), former Minister of Finance (Canada) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Jacques Parizeau (1968), former Premier of Quebec </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Robert Bourassa (1971), former Premier of Quebec </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Jean Lesage (1966), former Premier of Quebec </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Mike Harris (1996), former Premier of Ontario </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>David Peterson (1990), former Premier of Ontario </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Ralph Klein (1995), former Premier of Alberta </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Peter Lougheed (1973), former Premier of Alberta </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Gerald Regan (1977), former Premier of Nova Scotia </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Paul Joseph James Martin (1957, 1966-1968), former Canadian Senator, former Leader of the Government in the Senate (Canada), former Minister of National Health and Welfare (Canada), former Secretary of State for External Affairs (Canada), father of former Prime Minister of Canada,Paul Martin </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Jeanne Sauvé (1974, 1986, 1989), former Governor General of Canada </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Donald S. Macdonald (1971, 1973, 1979-1986, 1988, 1993), former Minister of Finance (Canada), former Minister of National Defence (Canada) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Allan MacEachen (1983), former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Heather Reisman (2006, 2007, 2008), Canadian businesswoman </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Andre Desmarais, Power Corporation of Canada </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">United Kingdom</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Gordon Brown (1991), current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Tony Blair (1993),[5] former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom[9] </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>John Major, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Margaret Thatcher (1975),[10] former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>James Callaghan (1963, 1966), former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Edward Heath (1963, 1966, 1967), former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </span>Alec Douglas-Home (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1986), former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">•<span>               </sp