Morning, ATS.
I have been looking into this OWS movement, and following it since it began.
First of all, I'm very happy that it is occurring. I heartily agree that the wealth of this Nation is wrongly going overseas or into already deep
pockets. I agree that Banksters are corrupt and pay corrupt lawmakers to make their mistakes "go away."
I am in complete harmony with the ideas that the Government and the Uber-rich are conspiring to keep the working classes at heel (which IMO includes
even the 6-figure-earners who go to work every day and are by definition part of the upper percentile).
But today I did a little independent searching and examining of numbers and names and group attendees and rich people, and was surprised at what I
found.
CNN Money published a list of the highest paid 25 men (presumably in the US).
money.cnn.com...
I took that list, which reports compensation totals for those 25 men, and I did a little mini-study.
First I looked at their GENERAL DEMOGRAPHY.
Every one of them is a Caucasian, save one, who is a dark-complected Indian with the surname Kurian (#18). First name is Thomas. Not very Indian.
Irani (#4 on the list), is also a Zoroastrian Indian invented name (apparently). His complexion is quite pale, though his eyes have a Persian or
Middle-Eastern appearance.
Okay, so. Meh.
Next, I looked at their EMPLOYERS.
NOT EVEN ONE of them works for a bank. Nope! Not one.
ONE is a mortgage and real estate development firm. NVRinc.
TWO are investment funds: GAMCO, and BLACKROCK.
ONE is a shopping mall dealer.
ONE leases airplanes to emerging-market Airlines, none of which are in the US. Mostly Asian/Eastern European.
TWO of them work for a
Copper and Gold dealer called Freeport-McMoran
ONE sells Tools: Stanley Black & Decker
ONE sells Baby gear: Gymboree
ONLY ONE is an Oil company: Occidental Petrolium
The rest are Software companies (Oracle-databases, Apple-duh, McKesson-health care records IT), or Entertainment companies (Viacom, CBS, Directv,
Comcast, Zynga, Discover). And of those, positions #1 and #25 are men at Viacom and Apple, respectively.
Thirdly, I looked up the Bilderberg group attendees for 2011.
Guess how many of these 25 men attended? I'll answer that one later...just to keep the tension going...
Fourth, I looked at thei actual surnames to determine ancestry/heritage. Only 2 of them had German-Jewish names. None had purely Jewish names. The
majority are Western European or UK names.
So much for ethnicity or racial conspiracy. Actually, I had expected to find lots of Jewish names, or possibly lots of German names, which would have
given me a conspiratorial edge from which to suggest that " the real players are of German descent and are quietly stringing the Jewish bankers up for
lynching." But that was not what I discovered.
Now, if one imagines how this issue of OWS, the Banks, the Government, the Bilderbergers, the Mil-Plex, and rampant corruption all ties together,
there are really only a few connections I can make from the piddly data I have. Okay, maybe Stanley Black & Decker are contractors for the Military. I
don't know. And perhaps the Air Lease Corp also contracts with the government in a shady sort of way. Occidental Petroleum, sure, there is a
likelihood that they could be Govt contractors as well.
But how do CBS, Viacom, Directv, Apple, CBS all fit in? I looked into whether any of them own Youtube (no), or Fox (no), or CNN (no). So could it be
somehow they are still manipulating the MSM to exonerate themselves and publicly lynch the banksters? I don't see it.
Why would Google agree to block Youtube video of the OWS coverage? Maybe the government has threatened them with heavy-duty regulations? Or a charge
of treason? It's possible, I guess. Sad, though, cause Google's start-up mission statement was "Don't be Evil."
Anyhoo, I don't know if anyone here is even interested in piecing together what we see happening...aside from myself.
The one other item of note I considered was from bloomberg:
Top Income in U.S. is...Gasp!...Wash. D.C. Area
Federal employees whose compensation averages more than $126,000 and the nation’s greatest concentration of lawyers helped Washington edge out San
Jose as the wealthiest U.S. metropolitan area, government data show.
The U.S. capital has swapped top spots with Silicon Valley, according to recent Census Bureau figures, with the typical household in the Washington
metro area earning $84,523 last year. The national median income for 2010 was $50,046.
The figures demonstrate how the nation’s political and financial classes are prospering as the economy struggles with unemployment above 9 percent
and thousands of Americans protest in the streets against income disparity, said Kevin Zeese, director of Prosperity Agenda, a Baltimore-based
advocacy group trying to narrow the divide between rich and poor.
www.bloomberg.com...
So. This giant gap between the classes is perhaps not being aimed at a very appropriate target:
Federal employees. ETA:
AND LAWYERS.
Cool, yeah, the CEOs, the Bankers, the Legislators, the WS Investment sharks, the Fed Reserve: all are parties to be held accountable. But Federal
Employees are being paid THAT MUCH? NOW I'm pissed.
It kind of puts a whole new spin on the thing.
Oh, and the answer to how many of the top 25 are Bilderberg attendees?
ZERO.
What do you make of this, ATS?
edit on 19-10-2011 by wildtimes because: (no reason given)