paragraph 17 by Synapse on the other hand deals accurately with the Odoms posture as a foil for Kissinger Rockefeller elitist problem reaction solution ploy that leaves the UN to calm the waters in a way that now seems acceptable though impossible to have brought off previously.

I also thought the understanding of the forthcoming demise of our existing economic model in the earlier paragraphs was right on the money,pun intended.

Impressive forum! I usually jump in with both feet but I would only come to this forum with well measured content. Congratulations. Peter.

the new breed of global imperialists of course gleefully took up the role of vanguard in all such right-leaning pressurization operations, but perhaps, and this is the million dollar question, perhaps they foresaw a break with them that brought them, in the course of which an alliance of struggling metropoles would be forced not to pay tribute to Brzezinski’s state system, but rather to a floating global consortium of financeers, thugs, and seed-hoarding eugenicists. what we confront in the coming weeks is the nature of the coming transition, a choice between the globalization of the state apparatus and the globalization of the syndicate and its relentless dynastic impulses.

These points do not represent in any significant way, the entire spectrum of influences at play. This strikes at the heart of our failing as a culture; we only put on the table the cards with which we are prepared or able to deal. So what gets left out? An elusive element more valuable than ‘gold pressed latinum.’ It’s called humility. Humbleness. The acknowledgement that in our most impressive intellectual moments, our value and influence counts for no more than perhaps 25% of the total equation.

Goofballs like Brzezinsk who hold onto childlike, selfish delusions are only heard by those who will listen. The deeper, more significant influences are getting it done, and it is these undecurrents that have forced the CFR and other Romulin families to de-cloak in order to fight for their lives. Literally. I find a certain pathetic amusement in watching them squeam in the traps of their own design.

In India there is a saying: “In shallow men the fish of little thoughts make much commotion, in oceanic minds the whales of inspiration make hardly a ruffle.”

Good luck Kevin !

If all the people who watch television choose death then there may indeed be a future for the human race. Personally, though, I think all remaining resources will just be devoted to getting the TV’s working again.

Also, fascinating points brought up by Neal and the other commentators.

My impressions of Brzezinki’s deep level of ongoing involvement in reshaping America’s (and therefore, the global elites’) hand in Middle Eastern affairs were reinforced about 2 years ago after watching a McLaughlin group discussion about General William Odom’s strong denunciation of the war in Iraq. My guess was that Odom was somebody’s puppet and when I went the Harvard-based Neiman Watchdog website to read Odom’s statements my suspicions were confirmed. In the text of Odom’s speech, he often referred to and quoted Brzezinki’s preference for letting the U.N. take control of Iraq. I saw it as classic global elite hegemony agenda driven thinking in line with the likes of Kissinger and Rockefeller.

While it appears likely that there is indeed a real schism between the elites’ approach to global hegemony, at least for the American electorate, one cannot discount that the Hegelian dialect is in operation. Brzezinski is a master of the technique and it would not surprise me if we are witnessing the most elaborate political theater yet devised. In this scenario, the neocons are scripted the role of bad cops to invade Iraq and the seemingly more level-headed elites (largely represented by the Democratic leadership) are the good cops given the task of organizing U.N. control of Iraq – an event which prior to the neocon invasion of Iraq would have been inconceivable to the American electorate but now seems reasonable.

In a dialectic approach to political maneuvering an extreme policy shunned by the public becomes acceptable when an even more extreme policy is advocated or employed and by the process of thesis-antithesis-synthesis the alternative or compromise (although still extreme) by comparison starts to look reasonable. Through the lens of the dialectic it is easy to see how often voters are manipulated this way on both foreign and domestic issues.

While parsimony compels us to the Kevin’s viewpoint of elite balkanization, we should always be aware of the possibility of a dialetic framework at play.

First David, I like your idea that Jesus was used much like al quada is being used today. We introduce radical islam into Afghanistan in the late 70’s as a way to counteract Russia’s influence in the area. This breeds ACTUAL radical Islam and it spreads to places like Pakistan and other Islamic country’s. We try our best to put to genie back in the bottle but it Blows Back at us finally on Sept 11th 2001.

And to Kevin; I find your insights on the possibility of a large scale internet attack to be absolutely frightening. Think about HOW MUCH WE ALL DEPEND ON IT. I’m not even talking about the economic consequences of it not being available, but the IMMENSE amount of collaboration and information sharing that goes on.

I can guarantee that I’d be among the masses clamouring for my salvation, it it wasn’t for the internet. The internet has freed more minds and bodies from the Matrix than any thing else combined bar none. Without it, all the bridges and collaborations that have been bourne from it, would collapse into pieces.

How would we all communicate for Christ’s sake.. I don’t even know who or where you people are???

Game over..

Robert