"Conspiracy" and the Bilderberg Group"

Mainstream news outlet, Politico, published an interesting analysis of the Bilderberg Group--a subject that is rarely covered by the mainstream media. Read the article. (Watch a few excellent clips on the subject of the Bilderberg Group here.)Discussing the subject of the Bilderberg Group (a group of elites who exercise a considerable amount of control over world events) inevitably invites the "c"-word: conspiracy. Unfortunately, this is a term that tends to turn off the thinking process: "oh that's a conspiracy theory, so it must be made up." I previously posted on the strange nature of the word conspiracy...why does it have negative connotations?Also, here is another fair treatment of the subject of "conspiracy" out of the London Guardian.Watch the film, The Obama Deception yourself, and check out Alex Jones' claims, which he invites the viewer to do. See for yourself that there is a global elite. They do exist, and they are powerful people. Why is this surprising to people?