Skull and Bones

Conspiracy theories about the current President seem to be flying all over the place so it's a little surprising that I haven't heard anyone mention one of the most famous of them all. You probably already know about The secret society that ties Bush and Kerry.

Aside from the standard "Illuminati" type stuff it's amazing how many people from this club are in politics. As quoted in the telegraph article,

It is staggering that so many of the candidates are from Yale, and even more so that we are looking at a presidential face-off between two members of the Skull and Bones. It is a tiny club with only 800 living members and 15 new members a year.

CBS News gives more information about Skull and Bones here. The article gives some interesting facts about this society and a good general description,

Skull and Bones, with all its ritual and macabre relics, was founded in 1832 as a new world version of secret student societies that were common in Germany at the time. Since then, it has chosen or "tapped" only 15 senior students a year who become patriarchs when they graduate -- lifetime members of the ultimate old boys' club.

The Atlantic Monthly did an interview with author Alexandra Robbins who wrote, Secrets of The Tomb.... The article focuses on GWB (It's from May 2000) but it reveals some weird stuff about the group like a fixation with the number 322. It also reveals that the group owns it's own island,

Skull and Bones doesn't own an opulent island hideaway like the one depicted in The Skulls. It does own an island on the St. Lawrence River -- Deer Island, in Alexandria Bay. The forty-acre retreat is intended to give Bonesmen an opportunity to "get together and rekindle old friendships." A century ago the island sported tennis courts and its softball fields were surrounded by rhubarb plants and gooseberry bushes. Catboats waited on the lake. Stewards catered elegant meals. But although each new Skull and Bones member still visits Deer Island, the place leaves something to be desired. "Now it is just a bunch of burned-out stone buildings," a patriarch sighs. "It's basically ruins." Another Bonesman says that to call the island "rustic" would be to glorify it. "It's a dump, but it's beautiful."

I suppose it's fortunate that Kerry is also a Bones member. Otherwise we would be subjected to even more conspiracy theories in an attempt to damage GWB's campaign. As it is, this is an issue that doesn't really favor either candidate.

Anyone who's spent any amount of time on the internet has seen the conspiracy theories about Skull and Bones, The Trilateral Commission, you name it. I've often thought that if there is indeed a group of Illuminati that is all-powerful, they must be a rather incompetent bunch. I'm not denying there are people in very powerful positions who tend to socialize with each other and have vastly more influence on events than one would imagine. I think the Skull and Bones connection between Kerry and Bush is a perfect example. I doubt it's anything more sinister than that, but you never know. As they say, the truth is out there...

Posted by jdmays at July 5, 2004 12:26 PM | TrackBack