As promised and to provide some substance to your 4th branch of govt statements, heres some independent reseach detailing how companies (mainly banks) rule the world.....

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228354.500-revealed--the-capitalist-network-that-runs-the-world.html#bx283545B1

It links to the research paper.

Anonymint,

pls continue to post, you are very informative and am enjoying the technical knowledge you decide to share. Its a crying shame that so few ppl, the sheeple, know or care so little about what money is, who controls it and how. Inflation is the CBers weapon of choice to rob from the masses yet the Feds recent comments that inflation is good gets lauded by the MSM puppets, and either ignored or accepted by the masses.

For ppl shouting you out for being a conspiracy theorist a year after NSA whistleblowing, at a time when every major financial and commod mkt (libor, fx, energy, gold) has seen major participants (banks, brokers et al) be fined for manipulation (excl gold, for now) yet no criminal proceedings for the senior execs, highlights the problems.....ignorance and laziness.

Keep it up, i am listening intently.

One small criticism, some of the armstrong blog links dont add much to your points. I will post again and add some more informative links fwiw.

DR