Saw a program last night about the Skull & Bones Society

[ailsagirl]

OK-- what is the deal? Is this for real?
And supposedly some, shall-we-say, prominent politicians are members??

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_and_Bones

[The Doctor.]

1. You haven't heard?

Yes, Bush and Kerry and a number of other powerful people have belonged to Skull&Bones.

[ailsagirl]

5. I'd heard that during the presidential campaign

but I dismissed it since it seemed 99% of the populace did.

If what the program described is true, it's pretty bizarre.

[Another Bill C.]

2. As sophomoric as they are,

their inability to reach mental maturity represents a danger to us all.

[undeterred]

3. I wonder if being a member of Skull and Bones

means anything different than being in a fraternity.

[ailsagirl]

6. According to wikipedia, there are differences...

Differences between Skull and Bones and other fraternities

Skull and Bones is different from other semi-secretive fraternities and sororities on several points. First, its membership rosters are a secret and its activities are secret. Second, it is what is called a "senior society," in that only upcoming seniors are inducted into the secret society only for one year prior to graduation. Third, members have a history of committing crimes to further The Order, whether these crimes are part of the initiation or simply as a mutual encouragement of peer pressure, is unknown. For instance, grave-robbing has been committed on several occasions. The Skull and Bones Tomb was rumored to hold Geronimo's skull, which inspired Native American activist and Apache chief Ned Anderson to try to force a search and a DNA test. The FBI refused to enter the fray unless Anderson removed himself from the investigation and turned over any evidence he had, an offer Anderson refused. Anderson then claimed, with several pieces of evidence, that he had met with Jonathan Bush, the brother of then-Vice-President George H. W. Bush, who presented the infamous skull. The skull was impossibly small, and is assumed to be of a child. Anderson then publicized the meeting, adding that the skull was not the one of Skull and Bones fame. A bonesman was quoted as saying about the incident, "We still call it Geronimo". Fourth, The Order inspires occasionally a fanatical loyalty. Members have been known to stab the Bones insignia into their flesh to keep it on them while showering or swimming. Both John Kerry and George W. Bush are members of Skull and Bones. Bush refused to talk about their common membership in the Order of Death during his February 9, 2004 appearance on NBC's Meet The Press.

Bush: "It's so secret I can't talk about it."
Tim Russert: "What does that mean for America? The conspiracy theorists are gonna go wild."
Bush: "I'm sure they are, I don't know, I haven't seen their webpages yet (laughs)."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_and_Bones

[undeterred]

7. Yeah, but do you really think it means something to them

30 or 40 years after college?

I know a few men who were in fraternities and their entire business and social life revolved around their fraternity buddies for a lifetime. It always seemed kind of silly to me.

[Warpy]

9. Yes, but only to the extent that membership is so selective

and only the sons of the rich and powerful who look like they will become movers and shakers down the road are tapped.

Skull & Bones is heavily represented among CEOs, upper level CIA and FBI management, and all through government. Likely all these men would have gotten to the same place had they never joined any fraternity in college, simply because of their birthright. However, membership in S&B has given them a loyalty to each other that simply being in the same class would not.

[smirkymonkey]

4. Check out some of the names of the Bonesmen -

Taft was Magog (referred to in Revealations)

"Gog reappears in Revelation 20:7-8, which says:

And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog of Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

Some of the others were Hellbender, Little Devil, Thor, Baal, Caliban etc.

Kind of gets my tinfoil hat spinning :tinfoilhat:

[ailsagirl]

8. Bohemian Grove isn't too far from where I live...

Of course, all sorts of stories fly around about IT.

But it is real and high-powered (male only) VIPs get
together there and it's very hush-hush

I tend to be a bit suspicious of things that are conducted
secretly-- I always wonder, what are they hiding??

[Karenina]

10. Ignore at your own peril.

S&B, PNAC, Carlyle, DIRECT NAZI CONNECTIONS THROUGHOUT YOUR SELF-APPOINTED "*ROYALTY" (jenna & barbara ENLIST??? Surely you jest!) FOR 60 YEARS und so weiter, und sofort...

DAMN, too many y'all be so-o-o S-L-O-W... :shrug:

[ailsagirl]

11. Then there's the Bilderberg Group...

No, I've heard "whispers" about these things for years
now but, invariably, people brush it off.

[Karenina]

14. Indeed.

n/t

[izzie]

12. Sounds like camp for kids.

Can any one really think very highly of men that play at such things? I do know Kerry went down in my thinking when I read he was is this silly group. Believe me I saw first hand Frat boys when I was in college in Boston and the whole thing was just plain silly. It is a good old boys club to make money I know but they do just silly things. It has to be underground as people would die laughing at these men and what they do.I am telling you at 8 to 11 years old we did such things at camp for fun.:banghead:

[DemonFighterLives]

13. See Boodle Boys

Great story and pictures there. 2 parts.

http://www.ctrl.org/boodleboys/

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