10 Sep 2004 | Charlie said...

Neat report. But I'm less concerned about Skull & Bones than I am about the Bishop James Madison Society. Secrets laid on top of secrets. Danger, Will Robinson.

11 Sep 2004 | Dave W. said...

This is exactly why I don't vote. Its all a farce.

12 Sep 2004 | indi said...

Just out of curiosity, has anyone ever done a study to see how many members of the country's top schools have ended up in positions of power in the government and industry? I bet it's lots and lots. Must be some sort of conspiracy ...

12 Sep 2004 | Ryan Mahoney said...

OK, I'll carry the conspiritorial torch... ;)

The corporate power media (CPM) (aligned with Skull and Bones) felt threatened by Dean so they replaced him with Kerry to run "against" Bush. Kerry was chosen because he has little chance of "winning" due to his overall "negative charismatic effect".

*ducks for cover*

13 Sep 2004 | herman said...

Oh yeah... Kerry... is he still running for President?

13 Sep 2004 | ben said...

*rolls eyes* tin foil hats for all of you.

13 Sep 2004 | Don Schenck said...

John Kerry was set up to win the Democrat nomination *long* before Howard Dean was a factor. I know this *for a fact*, as I was told to my face by a very high-ranking official in the DNC in February of 2003.

The Machines are at full throttle.

13 Sep 2004 | p8 said...

Don, are you serious?

13 Sep 2004 | Arne Gleason said...

My guess is that secret societies are fun-and-game organizations that have a coincidently high intersection with more obvious class groupings. No conspiracies here, just the same kind of stuff that has been going on since people were people. Its funny how business-as-usual seems so malevolent and threatening simply by putting a secret society costume on it.

13 Sep 2004 | Don Schenck said...

p8 - yes, quite serious.

13 Sep 2004 | Ryan Mahoney said...

Yeah Don, tell us more. I just taped my TFH to the my head, some I'm ready when you are.

-r

13 Sep 2004 | Don Schenck said...

Ryan, I know you're skeptical ... but I swear on all that is holy to me, I was told such. I won't go into too much detail because I don't want to get the person in any trouble. But suffice it to say, the DNC was moving in a direction that would get Kerry nominated long before they could officially endorse any one candidate.

When Dean was running wild, ahead of the pack, I continually reminded those around me that Kerry was The Man. Iowa was no surprise to me.

14 Sep 2004 | indi said...

Don, you've made my day :-)

14 Sep 2004 | One of several Steves said...

Don, I interpret that as meaning nothing more than that Kerry was the DNC's perferred candidate, and they were going to work behind the scenes as well as they could to make that happen without making it seem as if they were picking favorites. It's pretty well impossible to rig the primary system so your preferred candidate comes out of it. Voters are far too unpredictable.

The way you phrase it, it makes it seem like it was fixed. While not impossible, I highly, highly doubt that.

15 Sep 2004 | Don Schenck said...

Steve -- Yes, exactly as you said. But you have to remember that a lot of political success is about people and organization, and perhaps not so much about the candidate. How else can one explain George Bush being favored over John McCain?

*ARGH!*

15 Sep 2004 | One of several Steves said...

Oh, no question Don that people and organization are huge factors in politics. I used to cover politics for a living, and I later switched side and worked in politics for a living. (Thankfully, I stay as far away as possible from politics now, at least of the actual politics variety.) But, especially in primaries, just because you have the party apparatus behind you doesn't offer any guarantees. I've seen that happen a lot where it just didn't work out.

17 Sep 2004 | p8 said...

So why did it work this time?
The Anybody But Bush factor?

30 Jan 2005 | compatelius said...

bocigalingus must be something funny.