who is this group? what is this meeting about?

[Bob Watson]

Bilderberg power masters meet in the US — RT

 

[mike]

The Bilderberg Group, Bilderberg conference, or Bilderberg Club is an annual, unofficial, invitation-only conference of approximately 120 to 140 guests from North America and Western Europe, most of whom are people of influence.[1][2] About one-third are from government and politics, and two-thirds from finance, industry, labour, education and communications. Meetings are closed to the public.

Its just a meeting of wealthy and or influential people, they get together and chew the fat about the state of the world etc etc.

The original conference was held at the Hotel de Bilderberg, near Arnhem in the Netherlands, from 29 to 31 May 1954. It was initiated by several people, including Polish politicians Józef Retinger and Andrew Nielsen, concerned about the growth of anti-Americanism in Western Europe, who proposed an international conference at which leaders from European countries and the United States would be brought together with the aim of promoting Atlanticism – better understanding between the cultures of the United States and Western Europe to foster cooperation on political, economic, and defense issues.[3] Retinger approached Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands who agreed to promote the idea, together with former Belgian Prime Minister Paul Van Zeeland, and the head of Unilever at that time, Dutchman Paul Rijkens. Bernhard in turn contacted Walter Bedell Smith, then head of the CIA, who asked Eisenhower adviser Charles Douglas Jackson to deal with the suggestion.[4] The guest list was to be drawn up by inviting two attendees from each nation, one of each to represent conservative and liberal points of view.[3] Fifty delegates from 11 countries in Western Europe attended the first conference, along with 11 Americans.[5]
The success of the meeting led the organizers to arrange an annual conference. A permanent Steering Committee was established, with Retinger appointed as permanent secretary. As well as organizing the conference, the steering committee also maintained a register of attendee names and contact details, with the aim of creating an informal network of individuals who could call upon one another in a private capacity.[citation needed] Conferences were held in France, Germany, and Denmark over the following three years. In 1957, the first US conference was held in St. Simons, Georgia, with $30,000 from the Ford Foundation. The foundation

Bilderberg Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I got an invite, but like groucho marx I don’t care to belong to any club that will have me as a member".

 

[Angel of Ioren]

Some people think they're the NWO. Of course, those people are wrong.

 

[Bob Watson]

AFter reading the wiki and other souces wuold it be fair to say that this group is a specal intrest group? I don't think this bunch has the power to be called "true masters" I think they by wieght of their money can infulance things. But to run the world? I'm sure not quite...

 

[nameless]

This dangerous group needs more attention. Found this website dedicated to them;
Home Page - Build-A-Bear Workshop US

 

[Gene Steinberg]

Yeah, we've got to watch out for customizable bears.

 

[Bob Watson]

RUN! stuffed teddy bears are taking over the world!

 

[Goggs Mackay]

Speaking for myself only, I find the idea of such powerful people from the most powerful countries, all meeting in secret is pretty undemocratic whichever way you look at it.

However, it is perfectly natural I suppose for leaders to occasionally meet informally where their every word is not recorded for posterity - which is what happens during official government cabinet meetings in the UK for instance.

If I were a prime minister or other high position, I might well occasionally wish to discuss important things with my opposite numbers from the countries we deal with the most, politically and economically.
It might well be the case that a lot of trade is generated from these informal meetings of influential people. So even though I can understand why they are doing it, it still wrankles me a lot that there is no accountability. How do we know that there isn't tacit agreements made about who in the middle east might be next for 'regime change' etc? The governments of Builderberg attendees cannot be surprised that people feel uncomfortable about these secret meetings.
I have often wondered what goes through their minds as they arrive in their blacked-out Limo's, passing banner-bearing protesters and the occasional Alex Jones? Surely they can see why people such as Alex Jones might indeed think dark deeds and deals are being discussed and brokered, hidden behind a giant owl in the forests of California?

The similarities with the Trialateral Commission and The Council on Foreign Relations and The Builderberg Group are quite evident. For those of us 'on the outside', there isn't much difference to us between groups such as Builderberg and The Masons. Equally secret and mysterious and probably more powerful.

If anyone is still in the dark regarding the above mentioned groups and their presence in US administrations, I suggest they do a little internet digging. It is quite staggering how people in these groups - regardless of political persuasion - keep popping up in the most powerful positions in the world.

 

[pixelsmith]

check out their playground at the Bohemian Grove.

 

[Goggs Mackay]

Yeah - it isn't a million miles away from 'The Wicker Man' if you ask me!

So ask me.