The combination is here to stay. 
Individualism has gone, never to return...
John D. Rockefeller
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10/17/2006 12:40:43 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time

Kent,
Well, the obvious benefits to the Rockefellers, the DuPonts and others is that they get 
the lion's share of the profits from oil, military sales, monetary deals, etc., while 
also constantly protecting their powerful influence over the deliberations of our 
government (as well as other governments), and thus controlling the world, or a great 
deal of it.  They also do it to preserve these same privileges for future generations 
of their families so that they will always be in charge, rather like the British nobility.  
For many of the people in this crew that I have met, wealth and power and the ability 
to ensure that their progeny will enjoy the same provide sufficient motivation for what 
they do to run their portion of the show.  And perhaps that is the answer . . . that 
simple and rather mundane.

However, I have received information from several sources, one of whom I trust implicitly, 
to the effect that the elites of our country, as well as those of other Western countries, 
seem to believe that they have some sort of special insight into the origins of human history 
and development going back beyond ancient Egypt, some sort of mystical thing that transcends 
conventional religious practice.  Unfortunately, the information on this from all sources 
is so sketchy that it is not clear whether it is simply a notion that there was some sort 
of advanced civilization predating Sumer (Atlantis, Mu, whatever), or that humanity owes 
its progress to some sort of non-human intervention (ala the Mahabharata, the legend of 
the Viracocha, Queztacoatl, and the Nordic sagas of a similar nature).  The common element 
in the stories from all sources is that the inner elites seem to feel that they have some 
sort of lock on these hidden mysteries that they feel they cannot share with the rest of 
us because of the effect that they would have on mass consciousness and that they would 
undermine governmental and religious authority.  The idea is that they are motivated not 
merely by greed and power but also to preserve this esoteric knowledge that binds them 
together and distinguishes them from the rest.  It's hard to know whether these stories 
are legitimate; however, as I noted, one of my sources had a lot high clearances and was 
exposed to this weird mysticism that the higher ups in our government reportedly engage 
in...

What is most striking about this [Halliburton] press release, the new Patriot Act, and 
a host of other events is that the folks in charge of the government as well as major 
corporations no longer seem to feel compelled to hide what they are doing or dress it up 
in the language of popular democracy.  Increasingly, there is no effort to clothe the 
iron fist in velvet. They are now showing us the iron, boldly and brazenly.  This is an 
ominous change because it indicates that they believe that they are near some sort of 
endgame of their efforts such that they are no longer required to deceive the populace 
because it will be irrelevant to the success of their schemes what the populace thinks.  
What we are seeing, I believe, is the end of democracy in America, and, therefore, 
around the world.  After all, the only reason that liberal democracy is currently 
ascendant is because of the US, which has led this change both by example and by 
military victories.  As we go, so will go the world.

I am more concerned for our country and world than I have ever been.

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