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Fri Jun 01, 2007 at 04:45 AM CDT
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| From the world of the strange and bizarre comes news that Gov. Rick Perry will be flying out of the country to attend a super-secret annual forum in Istanbul, Turkey. Details (what little there are) courtesy of Christy Hoppe of the Dallas Morning News.
Gov. Rick Perry is flying to Istanbul, Turkey, today to speak at the super-secret Bilderberg Conference, a meeting of about 130 international leaders in business, media and politics.
The invitation-only conference was started in 1954 and named for the Dutch hotel where the conference was first held. Those who attend promise not to reveal what was discussed, security is tight, and the press and public are barred.
The conference has been the subject of conspiracy theorists and even Christian groups who wonder about its influence.
Robert Black, the governor's press secretary, said the governor was invited to attend and speak about state-federal relations. Mr. Black dismissed the conspiracy theories.
"He's looking forward to learning the secret handshake," Mr. Black joked.
Yes, I'm sure he's flying all the way to Turkey to discuss something as lame as "state-federal relations". I'm sure there wouldn't happen to be any of the folks from the Spanish toll-road interests that stand to gain billions in investment from his TTC scheme.
Of course, someone might wish to inform the Governor that Turkey has been building up forces along its southern border pending a potential incursion into the Kurdish lands in northern Iraq. Maybe this is all just a clever international draft effort to help another country invade Iraq since it seems to be the popular thing to do in the middle east these days. |
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