TheCigSmokingMan
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Bohemian Grove
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Grove
The Bohemian Club's membership includes many artists, particularly musicians, as well as many high-ranking business leaders, government officials (including some US Presidents) and senior media executives. As a measure of the Club's exclusivity, it is reported the waiting list for membership is from 15 to 20 years, though a fast track, three-year membership process is possible. Two current members must sponsor a prospective member. An initiation fee of $25,000 as of 2006 is required in addition to yearly membership dues. Elected members are also allowed to prorate the initiation fee into equal annual payments until they reach the age of 45.
After 40 years of membership the men earn "Old Guard" status, giving them reserved seating at the Grove's daily talks, as well as other perquisites. Members may also invite guests to the Grove, who are subject to a rigorous screening procedure. These guests come from across America and overseas. Californian guests are generally limited to attendance at the "Spring Jinks", in June, preceding the main July encampment.
The Grove motto is "Weaving Spiders Come Not Here", which implies that outside concerns and business deals are to be left outside. However, there is demonstrable evidence of political and business deals having been developed at the Grove. The Grove is particularly famous for a Manhattan Project planning meeting that took place there in September of 1942, which subsequently led to the atomic bomb. Those attending, apart from Ernest Lawrence and military officials, included the president of Harvard and representatives of Standard Oil and General Electric. Grove members take particular pride in this event and often relate the story to new attendees.[2]
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Lawrence lunching with future president Eisenhower and past president Hoover at Bohemian Grove, July 23, 1950.
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[image]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/89/Reagon-nixon.jpg/300px-Reagon-nixon.jpg[/image]
Ronald Reagan, Glenn T. Seaborg and Richard Nixon at the Bohemian Grove
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What goes on at this Bohemiam Grove? Are reports the worship the Owl God? Wear hooded robes? Burn cadavers? True?
TheCigMan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Grove
The Bohemian Club's membership includes many artists, particularly musicians, as well as many high-ranking business leaders, government officials (including some US Presidents) and senior media executives. As a measure of the Club's exclusivity, it is reported the waiting list for membership is from 15 to 20 years, though a fast track, three-year membership process is possible. Two current members must sponsor a prospective member. An initiation fee of $25,000 as of 2006 is required in addition to yearly membership dues. Elected members are also allowed to prorate the initiation fee into equal annual payments until they reach the age of 45.
After 40 years of membership the men earn "Old Guard" status, giving them reserved seating at the Grove's daily talks, as well as other perquisites. Members may also invite guests to the Grove, who are subject to a rigorous screening procedure. These guests come from across America and overseas. Californian guests are generally limited to attendance at the "Spring Jinks", in June, preceding the main July encampment.
The Grove motto is "Weaving Spiders Come Not Here", which implies that outside concerns and business deals are to be left outside. However, there is demonstrable evidence of political and business deals having been developed at the Grove. The Grove is particularly famous for a Manhattan Project planning meeting that took place there in September of 1942, which subsequently led to the atomic bomb. Those attending, apart from Ernest Lawrence and military officials, included the president of Harvard and representatives of Standard Oil and General Electric. Grove members take particular pride in this event and often relate the story to new attendees.[2]
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[image]http://imglib.lbl.gov/ImgLib/COLLECTIONS/BERKELEY-LAB/images/XBB_678-4751.lowres.jpeg[/image]
Lawrence lunching with future president Eisenhower and past president Hoover at Bohemian Grove, July 23, 1950.
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[image]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/89/Reagon-nixon.jpg/300px-Reagon-nixon.jpg[/image]
Ronald Reagan, Glenn T. Seaborg and Richard Nixon at the Bohemian Grove
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What goes on at this Bohemiam Grove? Are reports the worship the Owl God? Wear hooded robes? Burn cadavers? True?
TheCigMan