“If God is dead, somebody is going to have to take his place. It will be megalomania or erotomania, the drive for power or the drive for pleasure, the clenched fist or the phallus, Hitler or Hugh Heffner.”

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…The real “first step” towards today’s European Common Market and its fledgling Euro-dollar were taken in the signing of a treaty in 1951. In 1953, the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) treaty went into effect and created a “supranational” body that had the power to “control prices, channel investment, raise funds, allocate coal and steel…” (Carrol Quigley, Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time [New York: Macmillan, 1966], p. 1284) [footnote, in Presidents Clinton’s first innnagural speech, he mentioned only two people that were major influences in his life, one was Hillary Clinton, the other was his professor, Carrol Quigley.]

The next step towards the goal of a “united” Europe was the signing of the two treaties of Rome by the six ECSC nations on March 25, 1957. The six ECSC nations that signed those treaties were West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.

This created the European Economic Community (EEC or Common Market). “The EEC Treaty,” said Quigley, “with five hundred seventy-two articles over four hundred pages… looked forward to eventual political union in Europe, and sought economic integration as an essential step on the way”. (Carrol Quigley, Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time [New York: Macmillan, 1966], p. 1285). This move for the unification of Europe and the world’s markets has not only splashed upon Europe a new currency, but also has created a debate over dollarization here in the Western Hemisphere. In the Foreign Policy quarterly journal an article entitled, The Dollarization Debate, makes real the power and force of what economic decisions can change. The Article states that, “we take it for granted that every country has its own flag, national anthem, and currency. Nevertheless, as the global economy becomes more integrated, an international monetary system comprised of dozens of currencies may no longer be sustainable. The world would be better off as more nations embrace the Dollar and the Euro.” (Ricardo Hausmann, Foreign Policy, Fall 1999 [Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, D.C.] p.6)

Another road paved, so to speak, for the Euro has been the co-operation of thirty-two heads of central banks from around the world. To better understand how this is possible I will let the August 5, 1995, New York Times article by Keith Bradsher explain:

“In a small Swiss city sits an international organization so obscure and secretive… control of the institution, the Bank for International Settlements, lies with some of the world’s most powerful and least visible men: The heads of thirty-two central banks, officials able to shift billions of dollars [fiat money] and alter the course of economies at the stroke of a pen.”

And the June 28, 1998, Washington Post published an article about the bank for international settlements titles, “At Secret Meetings in Switzerland, Thirteen People Shape the Worlds Economy,” described these thirteen as “the economic cabal… the financial barons who control the world’s money supply,” including the Euro. As one researcher put it… the Bank for International Settlements designed the present borderless flow [the Euro included] of monies between countries when it pushed for deregulation (in 1980) of monetary laws of the major North American, European, and Asian Countries. By tearing down national financial borders, they created the ability for 1.2 trillion daily to flow around the world [uncontrolled stateless money] looking for the highest interest or fastest currency play. This “currency play” is what has been keeping the Euro afloat for now. Soon, though, the European Central Bank (ECB) has announced a reverse in their policy.

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On ABC’s television’s Nightline (July 1,1998), David Turecamo stated concerning certain international investors, that they can “topple politicians with a click of a mouse… who can move huge amounts of money into and out of markets in a nanosecond…. Money knows no allegiance. There is no patriotism.” Ted Koppel’s response to that was, “wouldn’t you know it, when we’re the last remaining superpower, it doesn’t count anymore. Is that what you’re saying?” And Turecamo replied: “That’s it. That’s exactly it.”

“Unfortunately, when the Attorney General, as the highest law enforcement official in the country, does not vigorously pursue justice in cases where government clearly employed improper force, a cancerous suspicion metastasizes in the body of society with potentially devastating effects. Not least of all, it encourages dangerous extremists like those in the Oklahoma City bombing.” ~ Dean Koontz

Edited by - SeanG on 04/04/2003 11:42:39 AM