Glenn Beck Works For Goldline?

I've never paid much attention to Glenn Beck. I never needed to. I've had much better sources of information without the showmanship anyway.

Yesterday I was listening to one of my podcasts when I heard this bit of information. Then it came back at me this morning, along with this Daily Show clip.

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At one point, I believed the "buy gold" mantra. I do no longer. Let's take a quick look at this. For one thing, nowhere in history during an economic collapse can we find an account of people running around with gold. For another, consider this question: what do you actually need the gold for? Chances are, you're hoping to store value in the gold to use when currency collapses.

But at that point, you have to convert the gold back into currency to use to buy things you need. Why not just buy what you need now? When you convert gold back into currency, you might trigger taxes. If you just go out and buy a year or two worth of food and other items you may need in a collapse, you pay only sales tax.

Kissinger, Cheney, and Rumsfeld Neutered the Professoriate

I was going through some old posts I'd starred in Google Reader, and came across this from four years ago. I vaguely remember reading it. Which is good, because I don't remember having subscribed to that blog.

As the story goes, the author, R.R. Reno, has a friend who must remain unnamed who knows some "conservative power brokers" in D.C. This friend related a story to the author about how some Nixon era "conservative" leaders managed to neutralize the "liberal" educational establishment.

As interesting as I find the concept (I love conspiracy accounts), in order to accept it on anything more than apparent circumstantial anecdotes, I need more than an author relaying a third party account from an unnamed source who in turn is relaying a third party account from another group of unnamed sources.

I placed the binary political labels in quotes because I find them meaningless.

Controlled Opposition

One of the esoteric podcasts I enjoy listening to is Red Ice Radio. I recently listened to an interview with Josh Reeves, a Texas filmmaker and radio host. He makes the claim that the opposition is all coordinated. The Tea Party, the John Birch Society and others are all run from the top. Josh Reeves claims John McManus, current President of the JBS, is Jesuit trained.

Even if this is true, it doesn't surprise me. I've wondered several times if opposition is controlled. Normally, movement on the left side of the bi-factional system is sponsored and financed by George Soros and the Rockerfeller, Ford, and Carnegie foundations (Occupy, La Raza, etc). Why wouldn't the supposed right wing of the bi-factional system be controlled as well? 

Welcome to Esoteric Journey

This blog came from an idea I had a couple of weeks ago. I enjoy exploring esoteric topics. I enjoy conspiracies, supernatural occurrences, aliens, occult symbology, secret societies, history, philosophy, and so many others. I love examining the threads of philosophy and conspiracy that weave throughout history going unnoticed by many authors and teachers.

For some reason, these topics don't fit in with my main blog, The Stand Up Philosopher. I'd love to say this content would destroy my credibility, but I'm not sure I have any. It's a great way to start.

I'll probably start the blog by sharing links and ideas I've come across recently. Once I get a groove going, I'll dive deeper. Maybe someday I'll be able to spin a book or podcast out of my research and writing.