Why CISSPs DO Need to Be Decently Versed in Technology

Let me just say that I am highly resistant to conspiracy theories in
general. I think most of them are the product of too much time and abject
stupidity. That being said I also realize that there have been
real events that would have fallen into that category, to a cynic like myself, if they had been proposed as conspiracy theories
while they were being carried out.

So, I’m skeptical overall but aware of the fact that some twisted stuff does
actually get planned (and executed) from time to time.

And that brings me to
the Council on Foreign Relations. I recently wrote aboutRon Paul for a simple reason — foreign policy. The
idea was that McCain is batshit crazy, and that if you support Ron Paul
you’ll do what you have to in order to keep McCain out of office.

The first Digg comment on my article was very short, very cryptic, and led
me to do some research (dammit, I’ve been socially engineered!). It was
simply:

I started searching my dictionary of Internet acronyms, e.g. FTW, but
couldn’t come up with anything. So I did what anyone else would do in that
situation — I went to Google and Wikipedia.

The Organization

So here’s some information about the group collected mostly from Wikipedia
but also from other sources:

Wikipedia: The Council on Foreign Relations

• The stated goal of the organization is, “to “find and nurture the next
  generation of foreign policy leaders.”

• Today it has about 4,300 members (including five-year term members),
  which over its history have included senior serving politicians, more
  than a dozen current and former Secretaries of State, national security
  officers, bankers, lawyers, professors, CIA members and senior media
  figures.

• The council is considered by many to be the most powerful agent of U.S.
  foreign policy outside of the state department (weasel words
  acknowledged, citation needed).

• Seven American presidents have addressed the Council, two while still in
  office – Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

• The organization has been accused (WW) of pushing for
  One World Government
  by those opposed to the loss of U.S. sovereignty.

• They have an extensive
  list of corporate members.

• Over 50% of council meetings are held off the record in order to,
  according to their own site, “…encourage frankness among participants
  who may be hesitant to express new or developing ideas if they feared
  that they would be publicized.”

• For the council meetings that are on record there is extensive
  transparency; meetings are made available through
  transcripts,
  webcasts,
  video
  and
  audio stream.

So What’s The Conspiracy?

So the conspiracy theory is pretty simple here: the idea is that this group
gets together the most powerful people in America and talks about how to go
about creating a
One World Government.

Interesting Quotes

As always we have to be cautious of context, but a few of these are pretty
scary…

Is the CFR Really For Global Government?

Again, some of that is genuinely scary but some of it could easily be taken
in a number of ways and blown out of proportion. Besides, the question at
hand is whether or not the CFR specifically is into this whole
one-world-government idea.

As it turns out, yes — they appear to be. One of the videos linked above
asks the viewers to go and read what the president of the CFR wrote about
national sovereignty in a global world. So I did. Here’s the link, followed
by some rather scary excerpts.

Sovereignty and Globalisation | Richard N. Haass, President of the
CFR

And people wonder where the whole CFR/One World Government conspiracy comes
from. If an author of a conspiracy theory novel were to write a manifesto in
the voice of an evil mastermind, this is the kind of stuff they would
produce, except this might be a bit over the top for fiction.

The author just said it may become necessary, in this new “global” world, to
reduce (or eliminate) a country’s sovereignty when it fails to take care of
its people. Is that what we did in Iraq? Does this Haass character realize
that someone posted this on the Internet?

Then he busts out with this gem:

So lets assume he doesn’t want anarchy… (admittedly just a wild guess)

Ok, new question — who thinks the CFR is secretly pursuing world
government? Have we considered the possibility that they’re not trying to
keep it a secret? I mean, if it was supposed to be a covert plan why would
they post an op-ed piece, written by their president, on the Internet?

So yes, my finding after a few hours of research is that YES, the CFR — at
least at some level — is for one world government. But does this necessarily
imply evil?

My Thoughts on the Philosophy of One World Government

So here’s where I’ll switch things up on you guys a bit. I don’t think the
notion, by itself, of a one world government is bad. Star Trek had a one
world government and they seemed quite happy (and free). Sure, it was
fiction, but still.

In other words, just because there’s a one world government doesn’t mean
we’re all watched from the sky and can have our nervous system disabled if
we pay our cable bill late. Can’t this be done in a good way, given some
more growing up on our part? Like 200 or 1000 years from now?

I think so. Definitely. In fact, I think it’s THE way to go. Philosophically
I feel that as we evolve as a people (humans) we’ll have less need for
borders and labels of “us” or “them”. It’ll just be “we”, and that’s fine
with me. I think it’s superior. It’ll go from what we have now to what
Norway has, then to Star Trek, and then when we are really advanced
we won’t need much government at all.

As an example, Obama and Jimmy Carter are members. Do we really think they
are for implanting RFID chips in everyone so that they can sit at the top,
turn us all into slaves, and roll around in the money we make for them? I
call bullshit.

Again, IF (and I stress IF) there is some faction of the CFR that is for
this kind of elitist takeover of the world (that feels weird to type), very
few people in the CFR even know about it. I’d be willing to bet that most
people who are for one world government — including those in the CFR — are
envisioning the Star Trek version, not the evil empire version. And if Obama
and Carter subscribe to the idea they most certainly are in that
category.

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So that’s one option — the big happy Star Trek Federation option. The other
option is the evil RFID / big-brother / monitor your thoughts and nuke your
soul from orbit option. Not pleasant — I think we all agree on that.
Unfortunately, that’s the model of global government that has the best
(only?) chance of being put into place given our current situation.

And on a practical level, given our current situation, I think the best
thing we can do as Americans who are also long-term global citizens, is to
focus on America independently and ensure that it’s strong going forward. In
other words, a broken America is no good for anyone. I like my air travel
analogy — if you lose cabin pressure you put YOUR mask on first, then you
help others. This isn’t a selfish act; it’s how to do the most good.

So the question really comes down to this: which model of one world
government is the CFR pushing for? And can’t we as logical people accept
that all members of the CFR are not necessarily (and most likely are NOT)
for the evil-empire version? I think so.

Conclusion

So what can we take away from all of this? In my opinion, if you add
everything up and throw in some logic and common sense, here’s what we end
up with:

There is most likely one or more elite organizations, no doubt made up of
very wealthy, influential people who are doing what they can to make
themselves more wealthy and more powerful — at the expense of the ignorant
and underprivileged. Perhaps some within the CFR believe in this, perhaps
they don’t.

There are also some organizations who believe in the “Star Trek” version of
One World Government. Fewer borders, central government, less war, happier
people, etc, etc. Cultural evolution. Progress. I have very little doubt
that many within the CFR have this vision in mind. The question is how many
have the other, evil version in mind instead (if any).

And that’s where I’ll leave it. I do know that I’ll be paying much more
attention to these different groups, especially the CFR. I’ll be watching
for news about the North American Union, the North American Superhighway,
the Amero, National ID, and all those types of programs. It’s interesting
stuff, if nothing else.

On a side note, one thing all this does do for me is reframe the immigration
debate. Given the fact that Obama and Hillary are CFR members, perhaps their
stance on “the path to citizenship” is just part of their shared vision of a
unified North America? Maybe not, but it’s a possibility.

Anyway, feel free to
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Related Information

The CFR Website | cfr.org

Avoid “Weasel Words | wikipedia.org”

The CFR’s Election 2008 Blog | blogs.cfr.org

The North American Union | wikipedia.org

One World Government | wikipedia.org