I'd like to get my hands on what the first two posters have been smoking, seems decent...
I stop short and reptillian alien shape shifters though
http://www.thewatcherfiles.com/exposing_reptilians.htm
No your not nuts, it's just that peoples perception of history is what they were taught at school. History is generally written by the victors.
What that video should have pointed out is that the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) was set up in the 1920s as the New York branch of the 'Royal Institute of International Affairs' which is based at Chatham House (not far from Trafalgar square).
Here's a good link pointing out the power structure. (bearing in mind that illuminati is a loose term not knowing exactly what it's make up is)
http://www.rense.com/general70/handy.htm
In the 1950s during the McCarthy witch hunts, the Tax Exempt Foundations which the CFR promote were investigated by the 'Reece commitee' as being un American Soviet style activities, but the CFR used their insiders to stone wall the whole process.
The Hidden Evil: Tax-exempt Foundations
The Federal Reserve Is A privately Owned Corporation
Then in the early 80s congressman Larry Patton McDonald, (mortal foe of the CFR) used his position as head of the 'John Birch Society', to attack the CFR & it's tax exempt foundations, for it's Soviet style structure. (unfortunately he died on board KAL007 in Sept 1983).http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlkD5z740w0&feature=related (it gets good at the 6 minute mark.)
It's quite a nice little set up, the major banks that run the US Federal Reserve, run their profits through the tax exempt foundations, which become the slush fund to finance the IMF & World Bank, who in turn lend the money to 3rd world countries to develop their infrastructure, on the condition that they use American Companies & Corporations, of which the Federal Reserve banks are major stake holders in.
Then when the debt is unable to be paid back, the 3rd world countries then have to privatise their resources to large multi nationals.