> The President and Vice-President both got
> their jobs based on who they know, rather
> than what they can do. Justin from
> "American Idol" is Samuel L.
> Jackson's nephew. And on and on and on.

Hi Boyd,

Fascinating. I've recently been reading how George W. Bush is a member of the "Skull and Bones" super-elite secret society of Yale University. (The movie "The Skulls" of a few years ago was inspired by the "Skull and Bones" society....)

The "Skull and Bones" choose only 15 new members every year, among the Yale University third-year students. The students "tapped" (or picked) are pretty much always from highly elite families.

In the last 100 years, the USA has had three presidents who were members of the "Skull and Bones". This is remarkable, given how small a society it is! (The "Skull and Bones" members who also became U.S. presidents were William Howard Taft, George Bush Sr., and the current prez, George W. Bush.)

Before you accuse me of being a conspiracy theorist, I think the way a society like the "Skull and Bones" works is as a facilitator of elite contacts. Old "Bonesmen" help the new up-and-comers on their climb up the ladder of success, and the cycle perpetuates....

Anyhow, I thought this was fascinating stuff.... It also helps show how good contacts may be important in the "corridors of power"....

- Dien


Links about the "Skull and Bones"....