The Bohemian Grove (where the bushgang parties 2 wks. every yr.)

http://www.counterpunch.com/phillips08142003.html

Inside Bohemian Grove
US Elites Celebrate Patriarchy, Racism and Class Privilege

San Francisco Bohemian Club members and guests from around the world recently completed two weeks of celebration, self entertainment and partying at their private 2,700 acre redwood retreat on the Russian River in Sonoma County, California. Described as the "Greatest Men's Party on Earth," the members of the Club and international elites have been gathering in their redwoods for over 100 years.

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During the summer of 2003 the men at the Bohemian Grove heard off-the-record presentations -no media is allowed - from William F. Buckley Jr., William Safire, Charles Murray, George Shultz, Michael York and Charlie Rose. Additionally, there were daily lectures from world-class experts on global warming, war policy, school vouchers, mad deer disease, horse racing, stem cell research, terrorism, American-Russian relations, and marine ecosystem. Concerts, plays, and daily parties rounded out the two-week session for 2003.

On June 4, 1994 a presentation at the Grove from a University of California Berkeley professor stressed that, elites are important and must set the values for society that are translated into "standards of authority," and that elites cannot allow the "unqualified masses" to carry out policy. The speech was given an enthusiastic standing ovation by the over 1,000 men present and seemed to represent the feelings of many club members.

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Like the British Empire's gentlemen's clubs, the American Empire elite gather annually in Sonoma County for an all-male 99%-white private party to find homogeneous comradeship and celebrate themselves through poetry, music, discussions and plays. And like the British before them they employ a cadre of servants, waiters, waitresses, grounds people, on-site medical personnel, and security officers to meet their every need, -women are prohibited from 90% of the Grove and can only work in the main dining area, the skeet range, and the parking lots.
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so, as a woman I'm an "unqualified mass".

Laughter, loud, long laughter at these rich white men who think they own the world - what goes around, comes around.

What's so Bohemian about sexist, revisionist, archaic behavior? What's so bohemian about men behaving badly? I've been in Greenwich Village. I know Bohemian. These goof-balls are no Bohemians!

You don't sound like an "unqualified mass".

more corporate and political heads than any convention site...

:wtf:

They have their own napkins and everything. Bizzarre.

"Teddy Bears Picnic" by Harry Schearer, really hits the nail on the head. Maybe soon to video.?

the author actually managed to sneak into the compound and socialize with the guests, pretending to be a youngster from one of the more obscure lodges.

He managed to talk with Reagan, who admitted to the existence of a secret political agreement when he was governor of CA. Fascinating. Most stories like this end up getting killed.

Some of the most fascinating stories revolve around the 50-foot statue of an owl and the yearly mock-pagan ceremonies that are conducted there. Maybe they're no more incriminating than the local Freemasons, but it sure sounds weird.