The Secrets of Bohemian Grove, Meeting Place for the Elite

If you look at the top right corner of the dollar bill you will see a hidden figure. It looks as though it might be an owl or a spider. The spider makes more sense as it is surrounded by a design fashioned like a web. A web of deceit perhaps. It does, however, represent the Owl of Bohemia.

The Secret of Bohemian Grove rests in a private campground located in California's Sonoma County. Every year, this meeting boasts a two-week gathering of the elite. A highly select group of male members consisting of Republican and Democratic presidents, CEO's, and some of the most powerful men in business and government.

Some of the past and present participants include George Bush, Bill Gates, George Shultz, Ronald Reagan, David Rockefeller, Theodore Roosevelt, and Henry Kissinger.

The participants claim that only official business is conducted there. There are speeches about policy and the formation of projects, like the Manhattan Project.

In 1991, a reporter went undercover to observe the happenings of this mysterious gathering. Unfortunately, his visit was cut short before he had a full story. It is said that the reporter was removed by executives of company he was actually working for.

He did witness speeches pertaining to weapons by Navy Secretary John Lehman, who stated that "the Pentagon estimates that 200,000 Iraqis were killed by the U.S. and its allies during the Gulf War."

Former Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Joseph Califano spoke about "America's Health Revolution -- Who Lives, Who Dies, and Who Pays".

Walter Cronkite belongs to the same lodge as George Bush and the former chairs of Procter & Gamble and Bank of America; Cronkite's voice has served as the voice of the Owl of Bohemia or the speaker of the druid society.

Over time, the members of this exclusive society have welcomed reporters with open arms to visit the Grove and witness speeches however, when it's time to air the information to the public, the story is killed without any rhyme or reason.

There are some theories, that the idea for the atom bomb was derived from a meeting at the Grove. However, there is no proof on paper, only ghost stories.

"Pre- emptive actions by Western democracies may be necessary to counter the Soviet Union and other nations that... have banded together in an international "league of terror."" This policy was implemented 20 years later by the Bush-Cheney administration.

George Shultz: "You know, the press conferences were adversarial bouts -- they were there to trap me in something or other." Ronald Reagan

"I received a visit one morning in early spring 1947 from the new president of the Carnegie Endowment for International peace... After the usual pleasantries Hiss told me I had been elected to the board of the Carnegie Endowment, and he hoped I would agree to serve... I was flattered to be asked to join the Endowment's prestigious board, which included such luminaries as General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Thomas J. Watson, the founder of IBM. John Foster Dulles, the eminent international lawyer, was chairman... I had known him and his family since my college years. Foster had a reputation of being cold, austere, and puritanical, but the man I knew had a sense of humor and could be a wonderful companion. His daughter Lillias had been part of a small group of friends during my college years and one of Peggy's closest friends. In fact, when I was courting Peggy in the 1930s, she always stayed with the Dulleses at their New York town house. When I mentioned Hiss's offer to Nelson, he told me in confidence that a high-level FBI official had warned him there was reliable information indicating Hiss was a Soviet agent. I reported this to Foster, who said he didn't believe it... I accepted his judgment and joined the endowment's board in May 1947. A year later the spy charges against Alger Hiss would become front-page news." David Rockefeller

Here's some food for thought. In 1692, over 150 people were arrested and burned for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. It's ironic really, considering that the only documented video about the Grove showed the members practicing a bizarre pagan ritual including all men, including both Presidents Bush, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Colin Powell, and Henry Kissinger to name a few. Are they not similar? Should they be burned at the stake? Did the so-called witches of Salem die in vain?

It's an interesting correlation and only you can judge if it's negative or positive.