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Not by me.

World’s who’s who hold secret talks in Ottawa:

The world’s political elite, top thinkers and powerful business folk gathered here for an annual, ultra-secretive Bilderberg conference as heavy security kept conspiracy theorists and curious onlookers at bay.

Global luminaries such as former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger, US banker David Rockefeller and Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands were greeted at the airport . . . .

Oh. That kind. They’re just in town for . . .

three-day talks on oil markets, security concerns tied to Iran’s nuclear ambitions, terrorism, and immigration

Yup. Nothing particularly big or ambitious. Ain’t no big deal, you know.

Conspiracy theorists who follow the group accuse it of plotting world domination at its informal annual gatherings.

Gulp.

But, Richard Perle, former US defence policy advisor, upon his arrival in Ottawa, denied allegations the group crafts public policy behind closed doors. “It discusses public policy,” he stressed to a [Ottawa] Citizen reporter.

Oh good. Never fear. And so forth.

The talks are by invitation-only. Because discussions are off-the-record, the group has been subject to similar criticisms and speculation about its intentions since 1954 when the first conference was held at the Hotel de Bilderberg in the Netherlands.

And since I’m not there, you know what that means.

Other attendees seen arriving in Ottawa on Thursday included former Canadian ambassador to Washington Frank McKenna, Royal Dutch Shell chairman Jorma Ollila, former World Bank president James Wolfenson and Scandinavian Airlines chairman Egil Myklebust, according to reports.

Former New York governor George Pataki, Iraq’s deputy prime minister Ahmad Chalabi, the heads of Coca-Cola, Credit Suisse, the Royal Bank of Canada, several media moguls, and cabinet ministers from Spain and Greece, were also expected to attend.

Will Mr. Looking-Out-for-You be there? Maybe not. Maybe he just doesn’t care…just doesn’t care. (Hey, look, I’m fussing at O’Reily. I listen to him at least once a week.)

How important are events like this weekend’s Bilderberg conference?

It may not make any difference now, but in 2004, according to the New York Times, it was the standout “performance” of Sen. John Edwards at the super-secret Bilderberg meeting in Italy that sealed the deal on his nomination as John Kerry’s vice presidential running mate. And you thought it was American public opinion that counted?

Though no one knows for sure who will be at this weekend’s gathering, among those attending the 2004 meeting in Italy, according to a list obtained by WND, were Edwards, Sen. Jon Corzine, D-N.J.; Henry Kissinger; Richard Perle; Melinda Gates (wife of Bill Gates); David Rockefeller; Timothy F. Geithner, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Donald Graham, chairman and CEO of the Washington Post Company; and even Ralph Reed, former head of the Christian Coalition.

Whoa! Christians attend also? I wonder what brands. I also wonder what religions are represented there.

According to sources that have penetrated the high-security meetings in the past, the Bilderberg meetings emphasize a globalist agenda and promote the idea that the notion of national sovereignty is antiquated and regressive.

Well, well! Maybe that explains the goings on at the US-Mexico border.

Whatever.