(Author’s Update: 2/7/09 – I have gone down another rabbit hole and will not post for a day or two; this particular web is getting intricate….be back soon.)
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Every time I turn around I am running smack dab into a neon CFR signpost. If you have not been paying attention, go here to learn about the Council on Foreign Relations, Paul Warburg, J.P. Morgan, and not to be forgotten, David Rockefeller who believes that given the proper global crisis, countries would be lining up to be part of the New World Order.
Earlier this evening I started writing a post on Bambi’s Economic Advisory Board. One can only take so much of the insanity of the appointees and the deaf ears of our elected officials before one just has to take a break and let the thrill of the hunt rekindle.
This little puzzle started with the special envoys, and because of all of the fear mongering coming from “Bush 3”, you probably have not thought too much about one in particular; Richard Holbrooke as special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan.
From the CFR’s website: (bold emphasis is mine.)
Richard C. Holbrooke
Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC
Ambassador Holbrooke is vice chairman of Perseus LLC, a leading private equity firm. He is the former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. and member of the cabinet (1999-2001). He was the chief architect of the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement (which ended the war in Bosnia), assistant secretary of state for European and Canadian affairs (1994-96), U.S. ambassador to Germany (1993-94), assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs (1977-81), and a member of Averell Harriman’s delegation at the 1968-69 Paris Peace talks on Vietnam. He has also served as vice chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston, managing director of Lehman Brothers, managing editor of Foreign Policy, and director of the Peace Corps in Morocco. Ambassador Holbrooke has received seven Nobel Peace Prize nominations; is the author of To End A War; and is the co-author of Counsel to the President and one volume of the Pentagon Papers. He is the chairman of the Asia Society, chairman of the American Academy in Berlin, president and CEO of the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, and serves on numerous boards. He is based in New York, NY.
As I was running through the list of the Board of Directors of the CFR, a few names started to look strangely familiar, and I, of course, became curious.
Frank J. Caufield
Co-Founder, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Mr. Caufield is a co-founder of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), a venture capital firm. Prior to the formation of KPCB in 1978, he was a general partner and manager of Oak Grove Ventures, a venture capital partnership located in Menlo Park, California. He is a past president of both the Western Association of Venture Capitalists and the National Venture Capital Association. Mr. Caufield has served on the boards of Quantum Corporation, Caremark Inc., AOL, Inc., Megabios, Verifone Inc., Wyse Technology, and Quickturn Corporation. He is currently the lead independent director of Time Warner. He also serves as a director of the U.S. Russia Investment Fund, Refugees International, and the San Francisco International Film Festival. He has served as chairman of the Child Abuse Prevention Society of San Francisco. He is based in San Francisco, CA.
What makes Frank Caufield interesting to me is that one of his partners, John Doerr has just been named to Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board along with Jim Owens of Caterpillar.
James W. Owens
Chairman & CEO, Caterpillar Inc.
Mr. Owens is chairman and chief executive officer of Caterpillar Inc. After joining the company in 1972 as a corporate economist, he has held numerous management positions. In 1995, he was named a group president and member of Caterpillar’s Executive Office. Over the next eight years as a group president, he was at various times responsible for 13 of the company’s 25 divisions. In December 2003, the Caterpillar Board of Directors named him vice chairman and appointed him chairman and chief executive officer effective February 1, 2004. He is a director of IBM and Alcoa Inc., as well as the Institute of International Economics. Mr. Owens is a member of the Business Council, Business Roundtable, and the Manufacturing Council in Washington, DC, and the Global Advisory Council to the Conference Board in New York. He is based in Peoria, IL.
Here is the complete list of the Board of Directors of CFR and you will notice that they are quite an interesting mix of finance, legal and media. Scroll down for the International Advisory Board, the Corporate Membership, and of course, Bambi’s Economic Advisory Board.
Board of Directors
Co-Chairman; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hills & Company
Director and Senior Counselor, Citigroup, Inc.
Vice Chairman; Managing Partner, East End Advisors, LLC
President, Council on Foreign Relations
Rockport Capital, Inc.
M. Khadduri Prof. of Middle Eastern Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Principal, The Albright Group LLC
Senior International Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
President, Northwestern University
Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University
Dean, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
NBC News
President, Global Development Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Co-Founder, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Chairman and CEO, The Duberstein Group, Inc.
Managing Partner, Millbrook Management Group LLC
Chairman, Stone Point Capital
Chairman & CEO, C.V. Starr & Co., Inc.
Vice Chairman, The Blackstone Group
Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC
President & Chief Executive Officer, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Founding Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Vice-Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc.
Distinguished Service Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Senior Partner, Munger Tolles and Olson LLP
Chairman & CEO, Caterpillar Inc.
United States Army (Ret.)
Cofounder and Managing Director, The Carlyle Group
President and CEO, International Rescue Committee
Dean, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
President, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
CEO and Managing Partner, Clark & Weinstock
President, The Whitman Strategy Group
Editor, Newsweek International
Officers and Directors Emeriti:
Leslie H. Gelb (President Emeritus)
Maurice R. Greenberg (Honorary Vice Chairman)
Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. (Director Emeritus)
Peter G. Peterson (Chairman Emeritus)
David Rockefeller (Honorary Chairman)
Robert A. Scalapino (Director Emeritus)
I thought you might like to take a look at this also:
International Advisory Board
The International Advisory Board (IAB), established by the Board of Directors in 1995 under the chairmanship of David Rockefeller, Honorary Chairman of the Council, meets annually in conjunction with the fall Board meeting to offer perspectives on a broad range of matters of concern to the Council. IAB members are invited to comment on institutional programs and strategic directions, and on practical opportunities for collaboration between the Council and institutions abroad. They also provide invaluable international insights into U.S. foreign policy in discussions on a variety of issues—from the need for new strategies and institutions for the twenty-first century, to the value of multilateral approaches toward world problems, to ways to foster democratization.
The IAB includes the following distinguished individuals:
Peter G. Peterson, Chairman, International Advisory Board
Chairman Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations;
Senior Chairman and Co-Founder, The Blackstone GroupSyed Babar Ali
(Pakistan) Chairman, Interbank; Advisor, Packages Limited; Former Minister of Finance, Economic Affairs and Planning, PakistanKhalid A. Alturki
(Saudi Arabia), Chairman, Trading and Development Company (TRADCO)Mukesh D. Ambani
(India), Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries Ltd.Ahmad E. Bishara
(Kuwait), Secretary-General, National Democratic MovementMark C. Chona
(Zambia), Chairman and CEO, Sumika Consultancy and Management Services Ltd.; former Political Adviser to the President of ZambiaGustavo A. Cisneros
(Venezuela), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Cisneros Group of CompaniesGerhard Cromme
(Germany) Chairman, Supervisory Board, ThyssenKrupp AGAbdel Raouf El Reedy
(Egypt) Chairman, Egyptian Council on Foreign AffairsJacob A. Frenkel
(Israel), Vice Chairman, American International Group; former Governor, Bank of IsraelMikhail Fridman
(Russia), Chairman, Alfa BankToyoo Gyohten
(Japan), President, Institute for International Monetary Affairs; former Vice Minister of Finance, JapanBaba Gana Kingibe
(Nigeria), AU Special Representative in the Sudan; former Minister of Foreign Affairs of NigeriaYotaro Kobayashi
(Japan), Chief Corporate Adviser, Fuji Xerox Company, Ltd.Rahmi M. Koç
(Turkey), Honorary Chairman, Koç Holdings A.S.Luiz Felipe Lampreia
(Brazil), Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Centro Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais; former Foreign Minister of BrazilMaurice Lévy
(France), Chairman of the Management Board and CEO, Publicis GroupeBrian Mulroney
(Canada), former Prime Minister of Canada; Senior Partner, Ogilvy RenaultSari Nusseibeh
(Palestinian Authority), President, Al Quds UniversitySadako Ogata
(Japan), President, Japan International Cooperation Agency; former U.N. High Commissioner for RefugeesLubna S. Olayan
(Saudi Arabia), Chief Executive Officer, Olayan Financing CompanyAna Palacio
(Spain), Senior Vice President, International Affairs and Marketing, AREVASurin Pitsuwan
(Thailand), Secretary-General, Association of Southeast Asian Nations; former Foreign Minister of ThailandPrannoy Roy
(India), President, New Delhi Television Ltd.Zalman Shoval
(Israel), Head, Foreign Policy Bureau, Likud Party; former Israeli Ambassador to the United StatesKhehla Shubane
(South Africa), Director, RMB HoldingsWashington SyCip
(Philippines), Chairman and Founder, SGV Group; Chairman, Asian Institute of ManagementHorst M. Teltschik
(Germany), Chairman, Teltschik Associates GmbHJacob Wallenberg
(Sweden), Chairman of the Board, Investor ABJusuf Wanandi
(Indonesia) Senior Fellow, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (Jakarta)Shirley V. T. Brittain Williams
(United Kingdom), Member, House of LordsYuan Ming
(China), Director, Institute for International Relations, Beijing UniversityErnesto Zedillo Ponce de León
(Mexico), former President of Mexico; Director, Center for the Study of Globalization, Yale University
Want to peruse the Corporate Membership Roster? I strongly suggest that you actually read the list and not just skim over it – you will see numerous names you now know the dirt about since the investigation of this bought presidency.
Please notice that GE is on this list among many others, and Jeffrey R. Immelt, CEO, GE is on the Economic Advisory Board. How many want to place bets that Oracle will be adding their name to this list as the President of Oracle is also on the EAB?
Corporate Membership
(as of February 07, 2009)
Founders
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Hess Corporation
McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Nasdaq OMXPresident’s Circle
Alcoa, Inc.
American Express Company
American International Group, Inc.
Basic Element
Bennett Jones LLP
BP p.l.c.
Bridgewater Associates, Inc.
CA
Chevron Corporation
Citi
ConocoPhillips Company
Credit Suisse
Eni S.p.A.
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Fortress Investment Group LLC
Guardsmark LLC
H.J. Heinz Company
Investcorp International, Inc.
Kingdon Capital
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Korn/Ferry International
KPMG LLP
Landor Associates
Lazard LLC
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Mars, Inc.
McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Moody’s Investors Service
Morgan Stanley
New Media Investments
Nike, Inc.
Pfizer, Inc.
Reliance Industries Limited
Rio Tinto
Rohatyn Group, The
Sanko Holding
Soros Fund Management
Standard Chartered Bank
Starwood Capital Group
Strategic Real Estate Advisors
Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
UBS
Veritas CapitalPremium
ABC News
Access Industries, Inc.
ACE Limited
AEA Investors Inc.
Alleghany Corporation
Allied World Assurance Company, Ltd.
Apax Partners, Inc.
Apollo Management, LP
ARAMARK Corporation
Aramco Services Company
Archer Daniels Midland Company
AREVA Inc.
Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder Holdings, Inc.
Baker Capital Corp.
Baker, Nye Advisers, Inc.
Baldwin-Gottschalk Group, The
Banco Mercantil
Bank of America
Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, The
Barclays Capital
BASF Corporation
Blackstone Group, The
Bloomberg
BNP Paribas
Boeing Company, The
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Bunge Limited
CALYON Corporate and Investment Bank
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Canon, Inc.
Cantillon Capital Management LLC
Caxton Associates
CEMEX
CH2M HILL Companies, LTD
Chrysler LLC
Cisneros Group of Companies
CIT Group Inc.
CNA Corporation, The
Coca-Cola Company, The
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation
Continental Properties
Corsair Capital
Craig Drill Capital Corporation
Dalberg Global Development Advisors
De Beers
Deere & Company
Deloitte
Deutsche Bank AG
Duke Energy Corporation
DynCorp International
EDS, an HP company
Enel North America
Energy Intelligence Group, Inc.
Equinox Partners, L.P.
Estee Lauder Companies Inc.
Federal Express Corporation
Ford Motor Company
Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc.
Future Pipe Industries, Inc.
General Atlantic LLC
General Electric Company
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP
GlaxoSmithKline
Google, Inc.
Granite Associates LP
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Hitachi, Ltd.
Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin
IBM Corporation
Indus Capital Partners, LLC
InsCap Management, LLC
Invus Group, LLC
J.E. Robert Companies
Jacobs Asset Management, LLC
Jones Day
JPMorgan Chase & Co
KBR
Kometal GMBH Austria
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
Lukoil Americas
MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc.
Mannheim LLC
Marathon Oil Company
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
Marubeni America Corporation
MasterCard Advisors
MBIA Insurance Corporation
MeadWestvaco Corporation
Medley Capital
Medley Global Advisors
Merck & Co., Inc.
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc.
Mitsubishi International Corporation
Mitsui & Co., Inc.
Moore Capital Management LLC
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Munich Re America Corporation
National Interest Security Company
Natixis North America, Inc.
New York Life International, Inc.
News Corporation, The
NYSE Euronext
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Olayan Group, The
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Pepsico, Inc.
Peter Kimmelman Asset Management LLC
Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Principal Financial Group
Prudential Financial, Inc.
Raytheon Company
Resource Holdings, Ltd.
Rho Capital Partners
Rothschild North America, Inc.
Sandalwood Securities, Inc.
Shell Oil Company
Sidley Austin LLP
Silver Lake Partners
Sony Corporation of America
Standard & Poor’s
Stanford Financial Group
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Tata Group, The
Time Warner Inc.
Tishman Speyer Properties, Inc.
TOTAL S.A.
Tribeca Enterprises
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
United Technologies Corporation
Verizon Communications Inc.
Veronis Suhler Stevenson
Visa Inc.
Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Vornado Realty Trust
Wyeth
Wyoming Investment Corporation
Xerox Corporation
Ziff Brothers Investments LLCBasic
AARP
Airbus North America
Apple Core Hotels Inc.
Arnold & Porter LLP
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Banca d’Italia
Banca di Roma
BGR International
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Control Risks Group
Covington & Burling
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
First Atlantic Capital, Ltd.
French-American Chamber of Commerce
Hemispheric Partners
Idemitsu Apollo Corporation
Intellispace, Inc.
Interaudi Bank
Intesa Sanpaolo
Japan Bank for International Cooperation
JETRO New York
Joukowsky Family Foundation
Linklaters
Mark Partners
Mine Safety Appliances Company
Oxford Analytica Inc.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association
Warburg Pincus LLC
Weber Shandwick Worldwide
Zephyr Management, L.P.
I swear the web is never-ending. At least 30 of these companies have been on this very site reading about the economic collapse and Bambi’s birth certificate issues, and now they want us to trust our hard earned money with the people that Bambi chose to lead us out of this economic mess? (Especially Penny Pritzker of the Superior Bank seizure or William Donaldson of the “let’s give Madoff a pass” fame?)
Obama to Name Economic Advisory Panel
A full list of the advisory board:
William H. Donaldson, Chairman, SEC
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., President & CEO, TIAA-CREF
Robert Wolf, Chairman & CEO, UBS Group Americas
David F. Swensen, CIO, Yale University
Mark T. Gallogly, Founder & Managing Partner, Centerbridge Partners L.P.
Penny Pritzker, Chairman & Founder, Pritzker Realty Group
John Doerr, Partner, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers
Jim Owens, Chairman and CEO, Caterpillar Inc.
Monica C. Lozano, Publisher & Chief Executive Officer, La Opinion
Charles E. Phillips, Jr., President, Oracle Corporation
Anna Burger, Secretary-Treasurer, SEIU
Richard L. Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO
Laura D’Andrea Tyson, Dean, Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley
Martin Feldstein, George F. Baker Professor of Economics, Harvard University
Jeffrey R. Immelt, CEO, GE
Inscap is on the list? If people knew how Inscap generated their money, they would all be on TRIAL!
Diamond, I must come back and read this post again as soon as my head stops spinning. I want to double check, but I seem to recognize many names that are also linked to the Trilateralist Commission, which as you well know is an offshoot of the Bilderberg Group and as you have pointed out before both groups are entangled with the CFR.
As soon as Paul Volcker was named to head the recovery group a bright light went off in my head.
Your articles in this series have been very intrigueing to me, because I had previously done some reasearch after reading Eustis Mullins’ book – “The Secrets of The Federal Reserve”. Amazing story and amazing that the commissioning of this book was done by Ezra Pound, who as I’m sure you know, as you are much better informed than I am, tried to expose the Federal Reserve years ago and ended up spending thirteen years in St. Elizabeth’s Hospital for his troubles. Other charges were used as the reason for his encarceration, but later all charges were dropped.
I’m surprized that you are still here. These are powerful and wealthy people you are dealing with, and others that I’ve spoken to about this subject don’t want to hear about much less discuss or write about it. You’re a brave soul, Tiger and I salute you. Hope nothing happens to your blog. That would be a great loss to all of us. Especially the ones who want to lurk, but are afraid to comment.
Lee – thanks for leaving that great comment. I hope you read this comment. This morning Proskauer Rose LLP (law firm) was on my site reading this post. here’s the link to their client list – check it out and see how many of these firms fit into the CFR, the Bilderberg, The Trilateral, yada, yada, yada.
http://www.proskauer.com/about_the_firm/clients
Lee – I’m not brave – just stupid enough to believe in the Constitution and the freedom of speech. When I stop believing in American Patriots, I will shut up.
Brenton? Are you showing me another rabbit hole to explore? Inscap?
As Alice said it becomes curiouser and curiouser.
Tiger, your blog has become addictive. I can see that I won’t get much sleep tonight. Like you, while following one trail I find a lot of intersecting roads that I feel I must follow. If curiousity doesn’t kill this cat, it will probably drive her crazy.
See you down one of the rabbit holes.
OMG Lee – so true and you are NOT going to believe the rabbit hole that one of my “friends” has led me to – stay tuned for that blog post.
One company that I found particularly interesting is McGraw-Hill. They publish our text books Read “Lies My Teacher Told Me” by James W. Loewen. History is definitely written by the victors.
77J – I remember reading that book a very long time ago…amazing read.
Truly it is. In the newest edition he touches on 9/11 and Bush.
So, regarding McGraw-Hill, how much history are they NOT putting and/or distorting in our children’s history books? The fact that they are corporate members of the Council on Foreign Relations raises red flags. Remember the Youtube video I sent you of G. Edward Griffin’s interview of Norman Dobbs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8cC21jB9EE)? It may be worth another listen.
Of course history is written by the victors… cause the losers are dead! You can migrate toward social justice and empathy… but the end result is extinction by the hand of a stronger group.
October 15, 2009 at 12:55 pm