Iron Mountain Report

[Baba Ahmed]

Greetings and Power!

We live in perilous times. Yet the following isn’t a piece to frighten anyone; but to remind us of the broad scope of life issues that must be defeated. Some of us as if by directed by our ancestors live to struggle; others are self proclaimed and directed; many have a narrow scope of what’s b4 us which can be dangerous to themselves and our overall goals. No matter which ideology, faith or group they’re with. I read much about evil Capitalism and that its replacement is Socialism of differing forms. Maybe.

But I post this to highlight an enemy that bears watching and understanding: The Federal Reserve System. It’s an amateurish excerpt by me with a brief background basis; and it’s long. So be patient with it. Also understand that the author of, THE CREATURE FROM JEKYLL ISLAND, is an open proponent of Capitalism and a return to the good old days of clear American White Supremacy. Though not once do I recall him using that term. He represents an old faction of white boys who’ll fight other white boys to be “King of the Hills� of power and control of all others. We as usual are caught in an apparent dilemma; which if we do not see, understand and program our battles for long term encounters that will require us to establish some foundational institutions while we do so.

WHO OWNS THE NATIONAL DEBT?
“It has been said that we need not worry about interest on the national debt because ‘We owe it to ourselves.’ Let’s take a look at who owes what to whom.
It may come as a surprise to learn that the Federal Reserve holds but a small portion of the national debt, only about 9%. Agencies of the federal government have 28% (this constitutes an IOU for money taken from various ‘reserve’ funds, such as Social Security, and spent for other purposes). Foreign investors own approximately 43% (2002 figures), and private-sector investors in the U.S. hold the balance. It is partly true, therefore, that ‘We owe it to ourselves’ but it is more accurate to say that all of us owe it to some of us. The some of us who receive the interest are private investors seeking income that is exempt from state income taxes, and large institutions such as banks, corporations, insurance companies, and investment funds. With institutions, the money represents pooled assets belonging to thousands of small investors. So, a major portion of the interest on the national debt does, indeed, accrue to the benefit of a large sector of the American people.

That’s the good news. The bad news is that the government obtains every cent of the money it pays to us by confiscating it from us in the first place. If it is true that we owe it to ourselves, then it is also true that we pay it to ourselves. The money goes out of one pocket back into the other---minus a handling fee. The government takes $1,000 from us in taxes and inflation and gives us back $350. The so-called ‘benefit’ to the public is but a giant scam.
And more bad new: When people purchase government bonds, there is less money available for investment in private industry… The result is that the productive side of the nation is handicapped by unfair competition for investment capital. To obtain new money for growth, private companies must pay higher interest rates. These are passed on to the consumer in the form of higher prices. Many companies are forced to curtail their plans for expansion, and potentially new jobs are never created. Some… are forced out of business altogether, and their employees are put out of work. The economy is always retarded by government debt. The larger the debt, the greater the damage.

The 43% portion of the national debt held by foreign investors is a huge bite. One-trillion, three-hundred-million dollars cannot be ignored. These bonds could become a serious problem down the line as they mature. So far they have been a partial blessing because they were purchased with money that already existed. Therefore, they were not inflationary. But it is not difficult to imagine future conditions under which bond holders would decide not to renew. What would happen if the stability of the government were to be questioned, or if the productive capacity of the United States were to be challenged by massive terrorist attacks? In order to pay off those bonds on maturity, the Treasury would have to issue new ones. The Federal Reserve would have to purchase the new bonds with fiat money.* Therefore, foreign-held federal debt is a ticking time bomg. It is should ever have to be picked up by the Fed, the inflationary impact on our country would be staggering.
(cont’d below: What Difference Does It Make?)
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* �The American Heritage Dictionary defines fiat money as ‘paper money decreed legal tender, not backed by gold or silver.’ The two characteristics of fiat money, therefore are (1) it does not represent anything of intrinsic value and (2) it is decreed legal tender. Legal tender simply means that there is a law requiring everyone to accept the currency in commerce. The two always go together because, since the money really is worthless, it soon would be rejected by the public in favor of a more reliable medium of exchange, such as gold or silver coin. Thus, when governments issue fiat money, they always declare it to be legal tender under pain of fine or imprisonment. The only way a government can exchange its worthless paper money for tangible goods and services is to give its citizens no choice.�

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[Baba Ahmed]

WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?

“There is a tendency to read about these trends with a kind of detached fascination: Isn’t that interesting! But where is the relevance? Why get excited over such technicalities and abstractions? So what if the government is mired in debt? Who cares if the interest will never be paid? What of it if we have a world currency or a world government? What difference will any of it make to me?
The first step toward answering those questions is to see what difference it already has made… High taxes, unrealistic rules for safety devices in the work place, so-called fair-employment practices, and mandatory health insurance are rapidly destroying what is left of America’s private industry. The result is unemployment and dislocation for millions of American workers.
Federal taxes, including Social-Security, now take more than 40% of our private incomes. State, county, and local taxes are on top of that. Inflation feeds on what is left. We spend half of each year working for the government.
A study by the AFL-CIO in 1977 revealed that, in spite of wage increases in terms of dollars, the real wages of the average American---in terms of what he can buy with those dollars---were going down. That trend was confirmed in 1980 by the U.S. Census Bureau. In 1992, the Consumers’ Union analyzed how many hours one had to work to buy common items compared to thirty years previously. The report concluded:

The average U.S. household has maintained its living standard largely because families are working more hours. Millions of women entered the work force in the past 25 years. In 1970, about 21 million women worked full time. Now that figure is over 36 million. That has helped to keep family buying power fairly stable. But for many families, it now represents the labor of two earners rather than one(1).

In 1999, a report published by The Economic Policy Institute revealed that the average middle-class American family was working an average of six weeks more each year than when the study began in 1989. Yet, this was still not enough. To maintain their old life style, these families were consuming the last of their savings and going into debt. In 1999, the average personal savings rate finally became a negative one percent, which means that the façade of prosperity is now being paid for with borrowed money.
The message here is that real wages in America have declined. Young couples with a single income now have a lower standard of living that their parents did. In spite of two incomes, the real net worth of the average household is falling. Leisure time is shrinking. The percentage of Americans who own their home is dropping. The age at which a family acquires a first home is rising. Mortgage foreclosures are increasing. The number of families in the middle class is falling. The number of people below the officially defined poverty level is rising.. The percentage of people working beyond age 65 is also rising. The rate of personal bankruptcy is triple of what it was in the 1960s. Over 90% of all American are broke at age 65.

THE NEW WORLD ORDER

“None of this is happening by accident. Chapters five and six documented the currently unfolding plan to create a functional world government within the framework of the United Nations.. Often referred to as The New World Order by its advocates, the proposed global government is designed upon the principles of collectivism. It is the dream-come-true for the world’s socialist theoreticians, politicians, and technicians who see it as the ultimate laboratory for their social experiments upon mankind.
There are two mechanisms of power being readied at the UN. One is a military command to eventually control all national armies and super weapons. That is being accomplished under the slogans of peace and disarmament.. The other is a world central bank, now called the IMF/World Bank, with the ability to issue a common money which all nations must accept. That is being accomplished under the slogans of international trade and economic growth.�


1. "Has Our Living Standard Stalled?' Consumer Reports, June, 1992, p. 392
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[Baba Ahmed]

“Of the two mechanisms, monetary control is the more important. The use of military forces is viewed as a crude weapon in the arsenal of world government to be used only as a last resort. The effect of monetary control is more powerful than mega-tons of atomic energy. It reaches into every shop and home, a feat that could never be accomplished by standing armies. It can be used with precision against a nation, a group, or even one person while sparing or benefiting all others. Military force may be irresistible but it causes resentment and political unrest that can smolder for decades. Since monetary manipulation is seldom understood by its victims, it does not incur their wrath. In fact, the manipulators enjoy high social status and financial reward. For these reasons, monetary control is the weapon of choice in The New World Order.

A future world parliament based upon the concept of minimum coercion and maximum freedom could be a wonderful advent for mankind. Without trying to cram all nations into a centrally-directed beehive, it would welcome cultural and religious variety. Instead of trying to place the world into a collectivist straight-jacket of rules, regulations, quotas, and subsidies, it would encourage diversity and freedom-to-choose. Instead of levying ever-larger taxes on every conceivable economic activity and destroying human incentive in the process, it would encourage member nations to reduce the taxes that already exist and thereby stimulate production and creativity.

A world parliament, dedicated to the concept of freedom would have to withhold membership from any government that violated the basic rights of its citizens. It could be the means by which totalitarian governments would be encouraged to abandon their oppressive policies in order to obtain the economic and political advantages of acceptance in the world body. It could become the greatest force for peace and freedom we have ever known.
But The New World Order that is now incubating at the United Nations is an entirely different creature. Its members represent just about every dictator and warlord in the world. Its philosophy is built upon the socialist doctrine that all good flows from the state. Those who do not conform must be bent to the government’s will or be eliminated. It cannot oppose totalitarianism for the simple reason that it is totalitarianism.

AMERICA IS THE TARGET
The New World Order cannot become a functional reality so long as the United States remains able to go it alone. America is viewed as a potential bull in the china shop. Right now, it is safely under control, but the world planners are worried it might break loose in the future. If the American people were to awaken to the realities of world politics and regain control over their government, they still would have the military and economic power to break away. Among the world planners, therefore, it has become the prime directive to weaken the United States both militarily and economically. And this directive has come from American leaders, not those of other countries. CFR** members sitting in the White House, the State Department, the Defense Department, and the Treasury are now working to finalize that part of the plan. It is yet one more doomsday mechanism that, once it gains sufficient momentum, will pass the critical point of no return.

The Korean War was the first time American soldiers fought under UN authority. That trend has accelerated and already includes military actions in Iraq, Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Somalia, and Haiti. By the time this book gets to print, there undoubtedly will be more. While the American military is being absorbed into the UN steps are also underway to hand over American atomic weapons. When that happens, the doomsday mechanism will become activated. It will be too late to escape.

Likewise, the IMF/World Bank is already functioning---in conjunction with the Federal Reserve System---as a world central bank. The American economy is being deliberately exhausted through foreign giveaways and domestic boondoggles. The object is, not to help those in need or to preserve the environment, but to bring the system down. When once-proud and independent Americans are standing in soup lines, they will be ready to accept the carefully arranged ‘rescue’ by the world bank. A world currency is already designed, awaiting only an appropriate crisis to justify its introduction. From that, too, there will be no escape.�
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** “The brain trust for implementing the Fabian plan in America is called the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).... it is important to know at this point that almost all of America’s leadership has come from this small group. That includes our presidents and their advisers, cabinet members, ambassadors, board members of the Federal Reserve System, directors of the largest banks and investment houses, presidents of universities, and heads of metropolitan newspapers, news services, and TV networks.(2) It is not an exaggeration to describe this groups as the hidden government of the United States.
CFR members have never been shy about calling for the weakening of America as a necessary step toward the greater good of building world government. One of the CFR founders was John Foster Dulles, who later was appointed Secretary-of-State by CFR member Dwight Eisenhower. In 1939, Dulles said:

Some dilution or leveling off of the sovereignty system as it prevails in the world today must take place … to the immediate disadvantage of those nations which now possess the preponderance of power…. The establishment of a common money … would deprive our government of exclusive control over a national money…. The United States must be prepared to make sacrifices afterward in setting up a world politico-economic order which would level off inequalities of economic opportunity with respect to nations.(3)

CFR member Zbigniew Brzesinski was the National Security Adviser to CFR member Jimmy Carter. In 1970, Brzezinski wrote:

… some international cooperation has already been achieved, but further progress will require greater American sacrifices. More intensive efforts to shape a new world monetary structure will have to be undertaken, with some consequent risk to the present relatively favorable American position.(4)
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2. For an in-depth analysis of the CFR, including a comprehensive list of members, see James Perloff, Shadows of Power (Appleton, Wisconsin: Western Islands, 1988 ).
3. 'Dulles Outlines World Peace Plan,’ New York Times, October 28, 1939.
4. Zbigniew Brzezinksi, Between Two Ages: America’s Role in the Technetronic Era (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1970), p.300

[Baba Ahmed]

THE REPORT FROM IRON MOUNTAIN

....."The substance of these stratagems can be traced to a think-tank study released in 1966 called the Report from Iron Mountain. Although the origin of the report is highly debated, the document itself hints that it was commissioned by the Dept. of Defense under Defense Secretary, Robert McNamara and was produced by the Hudson Institute located at the base of Iron Mountain in Croton-on-Hudson, New York. The Hudson Institute was founded and directed by Herman Kahn, formerly of the Rand Corporation. Both McNamara and Kahn were members of the CFR.
.....The self-proclaimed purpose of the study was to explore various ways to 'stabilize society.' Praiseworthy as that may sound, a reading of the Report soon reveals that the word society is used synonymously with the word government. Furthermore, the word stabilize is used as meaning to preserve and to perpetuate. It is clear from the start that the nature of the study was to analyze the different ways a government can perpetuate itself in power, ways to control its citizens and prevent them from rebelling.

…..It was stated at the beginning of the report that morality was not an issue. The study did not address questions of right or wrong; nor did deal with such concepts as freedom or human rights. Ideology was not an issue, nor patriotism, nor religious precepts. Its sole concern was how to perpetuate the existing government. The report said:

……..’Previous studies have taken the desirability of peace, the importance of human life, the superiority of democratic institutions, the greatest ‘good’ for the greatest number, the ‘dignity’ of the individual, the desirability of maximum health and longevity, and other such wishful premises as axiomatic values necessary for the justification of a study of peace issues. We have not found them so. We have attempted to apply the standards of physical science to our thinking, the principal characteristic of which is not quantification, as is popularly believed, but that, in Whitehead’s words, “… it ignores all judgments of value; for instance, all esthetic and moral judgments.�’(1)

…..�The major conclusion of the report was that, in the past, war has been the only reliable means to achieve that goal. It contends that only during times of war of the threat of war are the masses compliant enough to carry the yoke of government without complaint. Fear of conquest and pillage by an enemy can make almost any burden seem acceptable by comparison. War can be used to arouse human passion and patriotic feelings of loyalty to the nation’s leaders. No amount of sacrifice in the name of victory will be rejected. Resistance is viewed as treason. But, in times of peace, people become resentful of high taxes, shortages, and bureaucratic intervention. When they become disrespectful of their leaders, they become dangerous. No government has long survived without enemies and armed conflict. War, therefore, has been an indispensable condition for ‘stabilizing society.’ These are the report’s exact words:

…..’The war system not only has been essential to the existence of nations as independent political entities, but has been equally indispensable to their stable political structure. Without it, no government has ever been able to obtain acquiescence in its ‘let ‘legitimacy,’ or right to rule its society. The possibility of war provides the sense of external necessity without which no government can long remain in power. The historical record reveals one instance after another where the failure of a regime to maintain the credibility of a war threat led to its dissolution, by the forces of private interest, or reactions to social injustice, or of other disintegrative elements. The organization of society for the possibility of war is its principal political stabilizer…. It has enable societies to maintain necessary class distinctions, and it has insured the subordination of the citizens to the state by virtue of the residual war powers inherent in the concept of nationhood.(2)
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1. Leonard Lewin, ed., Report from Iron Mountain on the Possibility and Desirability of Peace (New York: Dell Publishing, 1967), pp. 13-14.
2. Ibid., pp. 39, 81.

[Baba Ahmed]

THE REPORT FROM IRON MOUNTAIN

{Baba note: I recall how angry many folk, especially those called Jews/Zionists and some “Black� folk became on hearing about the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. The book gives outline of plans to infiltrate and control major social institutions in America. Zionist generally labeled it a farce; anti-Semetic, etc kwk etc. Well I look’d around and what did I see: Zionists advisors to the president; Zionists in top levels of Banking and Finance; Zionist controlling New York’s educational system and medical profession and legal system, etc. I saw the increase of “entertainments� of proliferation of sports, games and play; of partying; of drugs b n spread mainly in Black and Puerto Rican neighborhoods by mainly Italians… and many other prophetic proclamations seen in the Protocols. Zionists, said to be 3 million in numbers, consistently influencing a nation of over 150 million folk in America to the direct benefit of Zionist Israel. Now this “Report� in the Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve although not the only one of its kind, I approach the same way. And suggest this for any of our readers. Look at the structure of society’s institutions and how they came into being... at who's controlling them now. As we continue here, what follows will b selected from“DOOMSDAY MECHANISMS.� The 1st one here: Blood Games Again we’ll see Zionist in the creation of the so-called Federal Reserve, but also top bankers around
the European world. All so-called White men. Again, my intent is in part to awaken our struggling sistas and bruthas to the scope of what we face.}
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BLOOD GAMES
…..�The report considered ways in which the public could be preoccupied with non-important activities so that it would not have time to participate in political debate or resistance. Recreation, trivial game shows, pornography, and situation comedies could play an important role, but blood games were considered to be the most promising of all the options. Blood games are competitive events between individuals or teams that are sufficiently violent in nature to enable the spectators to vicariously work off their frustrations. As a minimum, these events must evoke a passionate team loyalty on the part of the fans and must include the expectation of pain and injury on the part of the players. Even better for their purpose is the spilling of blood and the possibility of death. The common man has a morbid fascination for violence and blood. Crowds gather to chant ‘Jump! Jump!’ at the suicidal figure on the hotel roof. Cars slow to a near stop on the highway to gawk at broken bodies next to a collision. A schoolyard fight instantly draws a circle of spectators. Boxing matches and football games and hockey games and automobile races are telecast daily, attractring millions of cheering fans who give rapt attention to each moment of danger, each angry blow to the face, each broken bone, each knockout, each carrying away of the unconscious or possibly dying contestant. In this fashion, their anger at ‘society’ is defused and focused, instead, on the opposing team. The emperors of Rome devised the Circuses and gladiator contests and public executions by wild beasts for precisely that purpose.

….�Before jumping to the conclusion that such concepts are absurd in modern times, recall that during the 1985 European soccer championship in Belgium, the spectators became so emotionally involved in the contest that a bloody riot broke out in the bleachers leaving behind 38 dead and more than 400 injured. U.S. News & World Report gives this account:

……..’The root of the trouble: A tribal loyalty to home teams that surpasses an obsession and, say some experts, has become a substitute religion for many. The worst offenders include members of gangs such as Chelsea’s Anti-Personnel Firm, made up of ill-educated young males who find in soccer rivalry an escape from boredom.
……..Still, the British do not have a patent on soccer violence. On May 26, eight people were killed and more than 50 injured in Mexico City,… a 1964 stadium riot in Lima, Peru, killed more than 300---and a hotly disputed 1969 match between El Salvador and Honduras led to a week-long shooting war between the two countries, causing hundreds of casualties.
……The U.S. is criticized for the gridiron violence of its favorite sport, football, but outbursts in the bleachers are rare because loyalties are spread among many sports and national pride is not at stake. Said Thomas Tutko, professor of psychology at California’s San Jose State University: “In these other countries, it used to be their armies. Now it’s their competitive teams that stir passions.�(1)

…..�Having considered all the ramifications of blood games, the Report from Iron Mountain concluded that they were not an adequate substitute for war. It is true that violent sports are useful distracters and do, in fact, allow an outlet for boredom and fierce group loyalty, but their effect on the nation’s psyche could not match the intensity of war hysteria. Until a better alternative could be found, world government would have to be postponed so that nations could continue to wage war.�

1. “British Soccer’s Day of Shame,� U.S. News & World Report June 10, 1985,p. 11.

[Baba Ahmed]

Chapter Twenty-Five
A PESSIMISTIC SCENARIO that is prefaced as quoted:

“The future portrayed as a continuation of present trends including a hypothetical banking crisis, massive inflation, collapse of the economy, domestic violence, the issuance of a new UN money, the arrival of UN ‘Peacekeeping’ forces, and the final merger into The New World Order, a form of high-tech feudalism.�

Lets look into one subsection: EDUCATION AS A TOOL FOR HUMAN ENGINEERING


…..�The third printout is dated 1904 and is a report issued by the General Education Board, one of the first foundations established by John D. Rockefeller, Sr. The purpose of the foundation was to use the power of money, not raise the level of education in America, as was widely believed at the time, but to influence the direction of that education. Specifically, it was to promote the ideology of collectivism and internationalism. The object was to use the classroom to teach attitudes that encourage people to be passive and submissive to their rulers. The goal was—and is—to create citizens who are educated enough for productive work under supervision but not enough to question authority or seek to rise above their class. True education was to be restricted to the sons and daughters of the elite. For the rest, it would be better to produce skilled workers with no particular aspirations other than to enjoy life. It was enough, as de Tocqueville phrased it, ‘that the people should rejoice, provided they think nothing but rejoicing.’(1)

…..�In the first publication of the General Education Board, Fred Gates explained the plan:
……..’In our dreams we have limitless resources, and the people yield themselves with perfect docility to our molding hands. The present educational conventions fade from our minds, and unhampered by tradition, we work our own good upon a grateful and responsive rural folk. We shall not try to make these people or any of their children into philosophers of mental learning or of science. We have not to raise from among them authors, editors, poets, or men of letters. We shall not search for embryo great artists, painters, musicians, nor lawyers, doctors, preachers, politicians, statesmen of whom we have ample supply. The task we set before ourselves is very simple as well as a very beautiful one: To train these people as we find them to a perfectly ideal life just where they are… in the homes, in the shop, and on the farm.(1) ‘
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1. “Occasional Paper No. 1,� General Education Board, 1904.