stardustcboy's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join the Secret Societies! aHA!! i KNEW it!! check it out! a lil news story i managed to randomly stumble across... and just in case by some strange twist of fate it manages to disappear, i shall pen it here, verbatim, for all prosperity... BOSTON (Reuters) - Conspiracy theorists, rejoice: the man elected president on Nov. 2 will be a member of an elite secret cabal with tentacles that reportedly stretch into all layers of American society. Despite their ideological differences, Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites) and Republican George W. Bush share much in common. Each was raised amid wealth and privilege in the northeastern United States, and each attended Yale University in the 1960s where they joined the same secret society: Skull and Bones. Founded more than 150 years ago, Skull and Bones is shrouded in the kind of mystery befitting the Gothic, Ivy League campus where its members meet behind closed doors in a windowless structure known as the tomb. It started admitting women in 1991. Only 15 Yale students are tapped to join Skull and Bones each year. They spend their senior year forging close ties with fellow Bonesmen -- reportedly through the sharing of sexual histories and ceremonial rites -- and eventually become part of an elite association with friends in high places. Author Alexandra Robbins, whose 2002 book "Secrets of the Tomb" was based on interviews with some 100 Bonesmen who broke their vows of secrecy to speak with her, agreed with Nader's concern about the role of Skull and Bones in a democratic society. "It's disturbing that the presidential candidates are both members of (Skull and Bones) because it seems that they're prioritizing the interests of a secret society above the interests of the rest of us," Robbins told Reuters. Although conspiracy theorists have linked Skull and Bones to everything from the assassination of John F. Kennedy to the Watergate scandal, Robbins dismissed the paranoia and said the society is mainly an alumni network bent on getting -- and keeping -- power. "The only agenda for Skull and Bones is to get its members into positions of power and then to have those members hire other members. It's a society of connections," she said. Bush, whose father and grandfather were also Bonesmen, has done an expert job of relying on those connections throughout life, she said. Members invested in Bush's businesses and at least one was involved in his 1989 deal to buy the Texas Rangers baseball franchise, Robbins said. In return, Bush has awarded Bonesmen with appointments in his administration. Among them, she said, are Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Bill Donaldson, Department of Homeland Security lawyer Edward McNally and Associate Attorney General Robert McCallum. Kerry, on the other hand, has not exploited his Skull and Bones connections to the same degree -- or at least that's what Robbins' sources told her. "If the past is any indication ... I would guess we would see fewer Bonesmen in a Kerry administration," said Robbins, who also graduated from Yale and belonged to another secret society, Scroll and Key. Each candidate has referred obliquely to his membership in Skull and Bones. pretty crazy huh!?! wow! secret societies are SO the cool. whaddya' all say we start our VERY OWN SECRET SOCIETY?!? wouldn't that be AWESOME! how about... or (i know i'm not supposed to talk about it)... the CLUB! oooh! we should come up with our own secret rites, symbols, handshakes and other stuff! how grand it will be! we can help each other out and eventually WE'LL be in positions of POWER! then we can RULE THE UNIVERSE TOGETHER!! wooHAW!! come on party people, it's time to overthrow these anciet societies and bring in some new ones! what do you think? yes? no? suck my balls? feel free to write and let me know! anyway, just thought i'd come by and show that to you! more to cum... B====D - -- licksucklicksuckfuck! 10:39 p.m. - 2004-10-22 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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