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Zeitgeist - Part II: All The World's a Stage

In this part of the film, the film maker examines the possibility that the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001 on the United States were an inside job, that is to say the US government was either completely responsible, or allowed it to happen. It also covers a small amount about the terrorist attacks on London on July 7, 2005.

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In the previous part, I went through everything the film maker said and discussed everything point by point, however because this part is made up of many different people, countless quotes, and news pieces, I will instead just discuss general points the film attempts to make. I will try to discuss them as thoroughly as possible as to leave no questions unanswered.

This page overviews the film's conspiracy theories related to the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks, the largest topics are not covered in too much depth, because that is too much for this page. If you want in depth information, and even more conspiracy theories, please see my September 11th conspiracy page.
Myth Overview

The 911 Myth:

19 hijackers, directed by Osama B Laden, took over 4 Commercial Jets with box cutters and, while evading the Air Defense System (NORAD). Hit 75% of their targets. In turn, W. Trade Towers 1,2 & 7 collapsed due to structural failure through fire in a "pancake" fashion, while the plane that hit the Pentagon vaporized upon impact, as did the plane that crashed in Shanksville. The 911 Commission found that there were no warnings for this act of Terrorism, while multiple government failures prevented adequate defense.

This part of the film opens with a paragraph detailing the "myth" of the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001 (called 9/11 from here on). The film maker has already reached a predetermined conclusion, and assumes you have as well, that the attacks on 9/11 were an inside job or something to that affect. Therefore this calls his entire analysis into question, however we will go on anyway, discussing each piece of evidence.
General Ahmed and Mohammad Atta
No inquiry was ever made as to why General Ahmed of Pakistan had $100,000 wired to Mohammad Atta
On the morning of September 11th, US government officials were having breakfast with Ahmed in Washington D.C.

General Ahmed was formally the head of the Inter-Services Intelligence in Pakistan[1]. The film alleges that General Ahmed wired $100,000 to Mohammad Atta. I went to try and track this down, but I only found such an accusation listed on other conspiracy sites. I finally found the original source on The Times of India web site[2]. I cannot find any other substantial source on the subject. Due to the fact that it was written by an Indian, I have to doubt the article's truthfulness even more, considering there is a long standing animosity between Indians and Pakistanis. At this time, no Wikipedia articles mention such a transaction except the General Ahmed article[3]. Several conspiracy sites say that the money was given on September 10, 2001. I just have to wonder why someone that is committing suicide the next day would need $100,000.

It was also hard to find information on a breakfast between General Ahmad and "government officials". I finally tracked down a few places, nearly all were known tabloids that also said General Ahmed was also Mohammad Atta's bagman, but we already discussed that. It may have taken a while but I did find an article from the Washington Post about such a breakfast taking place[4], but again the claims seem a bit iffy, considering there were absolutely no news sources at the time that report such a breakfast taking place, only within the next year did such accusations surface -- and overall it seems a bit illogical, why would the organizers of the most massive conspiracy to cover up the largest terrorist attack in history, meet for breakfast on the morning before it happened, you would think they would avoid each other.
Financing
The 9/11 Commission deemed the financing of the attacks was "of little significance" in their official report

Actually, this quote is taken completely out of context, the commission actually said that they knew funding came from Al Qaeda, but where Al Qaeda itself received the money was not known, mainly because they had so many sources of money. They did attempt to track it down, and the leads ran cold. Therefore, "at this time", finding the exact origin of the money used for 9/11 was "of little practical significance" [my italics][5].
Hijacker's Passport
The passport for one of the hijackers was found near the World Trade Center.

Satam al-Suqami's passport was indeed found, reportedly in the vicinity of Vesey Street, before the towers collapsed [6]. He was not the only one who's passport was found, in fact the passports of Ziad Jarrah and Saeed al-Ghamdi are reported to have been found at the crash site of United Flight 93.

Although strange, it is not inconceivable that his passport could have survived the blast, considering highly flammable floatable airplane seats were also found, and can even be seen in the post-attack photographs.
Alive Hijackers
Some of the claimed hijackers were actually found alive after the attacks
At least six hijackers are still alive
Since they have been proven alive, the FBI has not revised their list of suspects

On September 23, 2001 the BBC[7] and the Daily Telegraph[8] reported that some of the hijackers were actually alive and well. They reported they had found Waleed al-Shehri, who reportedly was living in Casablanca, Morocco. Reported also was that Abdulaziz al-Omari, Saeed Al-Ghamdi, and Khalid al-Midhar, three other hijackers, were still also living in the middle east.

All of the reports have since been acknowledged as cases of mistaken identity by the publications involved[9][10][11]. The problem may have arisen because the FBI names were common Arabic and Islamic names[12]. Another possible way confusion could have arise is because many of the hijackers varied the spelling of their names, for example Hani Saleh Hanjour, also used "Hani Hanjoor", "Hani Saleh", "Hami Hanjoor" [13].
No Links to Osama bin Laden
No evidence has ever linked any of the alive or dead "hijackers" to Osama bin Laden

Osama bin Laden and the group he founded Al Qaeda is estimated to have spent at least $400,000 as well as an additional $300,000 that went to the hijackers[14]. Before the attacks, the hijackers returned approximately $26,000 to an unknown source in the United Arab Emirates. The hijackers were not really good at anonymous spending, so they left a very in depth paper trail behind that linked them directly to Al Qaeda and thus Osama bin Laden[15].
Fake Osama Video

The video that confesses to the attacks on September 11th, 2001 containing Osama bin Laden is said to be fake. Can you guess which one?



Video #3 is said to be another person. I did brighten up the picture a bit to see if I could get a better look, but you could barely see. However, I watched it when it was originally on television and there was no doubt then who it was. The picture above it does not look like another person, sure the video is much darker, but as you can tell in videos #1, #2, and #4 he is outside in the daylight, and if anyone has ever used a home video camera inside in low light, it is very dark. Regardless of whether or not you want to believe a darker contrast is a different person, it simply is the same person in all videos.

Some argue that it is a CIA agent / sponsored actor, but the problem is, if the CIA was behind it, why would they get someone who is "darker" and does not look like bin Laden -- especially when they have associates of bin Laden in the "fake video" that look exactly like the correct people -- why do such a poor job on bin Laden? Especially with modern computers?
Shafig bin Laden, G. H. W. Bush, and the Carlyle Group
Shafig bin Laden was meeting with George H W Bush, and the Carlyle Group the morning of 9/11

I can find no sources of such an event -- that is sources that do not occur on conspiracy web sites themselves. If the event did take place, it is not surprising, considering Osama bin Laden has many, many family members, something on the order of 54 brothers and sisters alone -- most of which have completely disowned him. Many also own or are a part of major businesses, construction companies, oil companies, etc, so it is not very surprising that rich business men meet with rich business men -- believe it or not, it is a very common occurrence [19].
Hani Hanjour was a Bad Pilot
Hani Hanjour was a bad pilot and could not have executed a 270 degree (or 330 degree) turn that was required to hit the Pentagon

The evidence put forth is from his flight instructors, however their concerns were not about his piloting, but his poor English and behavior problems.

For example, "he didn't do his homework, didn't attend on time and he would sort of come and go," said Duncan Hastie of Cockpit Resource Management [20]. And also, "he wasn't the greatest of students in terms of his attitude, but most of that was his lack of ability to communicate in English, and I don't speak Arabic." said another flight instructor [21]. Peggy Chevrette, the manager for the now-defunct JetTech flight school in Phoenix, "Hanjour's English was so poor that it took him five hours to complete a section of a mock pilot's oral exam that is supposed to last just a couple of hours." [23]

His instructors obviously did not think he was too bad of a pilot, because he did have a commercial pilot's license, as well as instrument rating. Most of the concerns over Hani were due to his poor English language skills. The FAA requires commercial pilots to be able to speak and write fluently in English [23].

The New York Daily News spoke with an expert who said, "steering a large jet into a huge building wouldn't require a great deal of skill because taking off and landing are the most difficult maneuvers. A few hours in a twin-engine plane or a decent simulator could get you there." [24].
Regarding Flight 77 Hitting the Pentagon

The film goes through a verity of information relating to this pretty quickly, some of it simply to attempt to use logic in order to convince watchers. For example, it goes on and on about how an engine made of titanium could be "vaporized". Most of this was based on the idea that no security camera footage was available, however it is, Video 2 of the pentagon shows clearly a plane in the right background just before impact [25].

I am not sure where they get the idea that the engine was vaporized. Plenty of pictures of said engines are available on the Internet, as well as countless witness statements of people who were driving or in the area at the time and clearly saw a plane [26].
Twin Towers

Far more information can be found on our debunking 9/11 conspiracy theories page related to the Twin Towers, here. This just covers as much as we could without having countless pages of information. If you do not think this information is thorough enough, see the page already mentioned.
The pancake theory is wrong, because otherwise there should be a large stack of floors a large twisted column of steel sticking up into the sky
Video of the structural engineer of the Twin Towers saying that the towers could survive a direct hit from a 707
The collapse of the buildings looks like a controlled demolition
There are puffs of smoke / dust on lower floors when the building was coming down, indicating bombs going on
There was molten metal in the basements of the buildings
There were subbasement explosions just before the planes hit
Evidence of thermite being used due to damage on the columns
Evidence of thermite being used due to the enormous dust clouds

The pancake theory is not necessarily incorrect, but how it is presented is. The NIST said that heat from the fires sagged the trusses, which bowed the columns inward, causing the building to collapse. After it began to collapse the inevitable pancaking ensued due to the tremendous force from above. The force from above and the pancaking itself took the rest of the building down with it [27].

The film next shows structural engineer Leslie Robertson speaking about how the building could take a direct hit from a 707. While this is true, I saw the same History Channel program this footage came from. As discussed in the show, the planes that hit the Twin Towers were not 707s, instead they were 767-200s [28][29]. The problem with using this footage as "proof" of foul play is how much different the situations were. As discussed in the same show as the footage shown, they did not expect the plane to be completely full of fuel, much less coming in at full speed, because back then they figured if a plane was going to hit the building, it would be a complete accident, and the Boeing 707 was the largest plane at the time [30]. Instead the planes that hit the Twin Towers were full of fuel, intending on crossing the country, and were flying at full speed, and also hit at an angle to hit as many floors as possible [31][32].

As already discussed in this section, we talked about what caused the buildings to collapse and how they collapsed. It may look like a controlled demolition, but it is not. When floors began to collapse upon one another with a tremendous weight below them, the only way to go is down. That said, it may "look" like a controlled demolition, but believe it or not, that's just how buildings generally fall down, regardless. I imagine people expect when a massive building falls for it to fall over like a small building, but this simply is not the case.

Just like all buildings, especially tall ones, there is a massive volume of air inside. When the top floors began to collapse, this air was being pushed down to the next floors, and the weakest windows blew out due to the pressure [33].

Molten metal is often said to have been seen in the basements of the buildings or in various other parts. While jet fuel burns at 800 to 1500 degrees Fahrenheit, this is not hot enough to melt steal. However, steal loses 50% of its strength at 1100 degrees Fahrenheit, more than enough to cause the steel to expand and sag, cracking concrete, eventually bringing down the buildings. That said, the jet fuel was not the cause of any molten metal, however as we know, the building was not empty. The NIST reports that pockets of fire hit 1832 Fahrenheit, caused by the burning of various materials in the building, including rugs, curtains, furniture, and paper [34].

Some reports say there were sub-basement explosions just before the planes hit. At this time I cannot find a single reliable source of such a thing happening, only conspiracy sites and unreliable "witnesses". When people are panicking, human perception can be greatly different from what actually happened. Unfortunately, I cannot trust "first hand accounts" on youtube as actual evidence, just as a bunch of "first hand accounts" of alien abductions prove nothing at all [35]. If I find anything, I will be sure to update this.

The movie goes on to discuss the evidence of thermite being used to damage columns and the "enormous dust clouds" being evidence as well. For evidence they show various photographs and a little video of said thermite usage, smoke, and dust. Well, first of all, the pictures taken were all taken during clean up, so any clean cuts could have been done at any time, but that does not really matter because thermite does not make clean cuts. Claims about the dust clouds and dust are attributed to thermite, not the 11.2 million square feet of concrete that had just fallen [36]. Most of the people claiming they saw thermite were either misquoted or just plain wrong. If you want to know more, see our 9/11 page on thermite, here.
Building Seven

For more information related and more in depth studies into building seven, please see our building seven page in our 9/11 myths area.
Molten metal was seen in the basement
The building shows precision controlled demolition taking place
Building seven is not mentioned in the 9/11 Commission Report

As explained in the "Twin Towers" section of this page, fuel was not the only thing burning in building 7 that day. There were several large diesel storage tanks for back up generators in the building, which fueled the fires, along with everything flammable within the building. These fires surely weakened any metal that was in the building, especially the primary truss for its open lobby design. The NIST has not released their findings on building seven just yet, but when they do, be sure it will be posted here as quickly as possible. Just like the Twin Towers, there are not many ways tall, large buildings can fall, except directly down [37].

The film goes on to claim that in the 9/11 Commission report, building seven is "not mention[ed] at all". I guess they assume (probably correctly) that the viewer did not actually read it. I, however, have read it and I remember reading various things about building seven. Unfortunately for them, it is mentioned on pages 301, 310, 319, and 322 (twice) [38].
Scrambling Jets

The film makes a big deal about NORAD and it's ability to defend our country, claiming that they are supposed to watch the skies over the US, but that is not true. NORAD's purpose originally was to watch for missile attacks from the Soviet Union, and other world wide threats that could be damaging to national security, not watch local skies [39]. In fact here is a quote from March 2002 by General Eberhart, explaining how NORAD was setup prior to 9/11:

"Prior to 11 September 2001, our air defense posture was aligned to counter the perceived external threats to North America air sovereignty -- we considered flights originating domestically as 'friendly by origin'. Within this context, our aerospace warning and control missions were oriented to detect and identify all air traffic entering North American airspace, and if necessary, intercept potentially threatening inbound aircraft." [40]

The film also talks about how within "10 minutes of a hijacking, jets are to be scrambled." The last hijacking to occur in the United States was in 1991 [41] and since then the air marshal program had been downsized with only 33 in 2001, and none on domestic duty on 9/11 [42].

The protocols in place on 9/11 for the FAA and NORAD to respond to a hijacking presumed that the hijacked aircraft would be identifiable and would not attempt to disappear; there would be time to address the problem through appropriate FAA and NORAD chains of command; and a hijacking would take the traditional form: that is, it would not be a suicide hijacking design to convert the aircraft into a weapon.

When NORAD fighter jets were "scrambled", that meant that they were to "establish a presence in the air. The pilots are trained to trail the hijacked plane at a distance of about five miles, out of sight, following it until, presumably, it lands. If necessary, they can show themselves, flying up close to establish visual contact, and if the situation demands, maneuver to force the plane to land." [43]

On 9/11 the existing protocol for hijackings was completely unsuited for dealing with what was about to happen. The defense of the airspace of the US depended on close interaction between two federal agencies: the FAA and NORAD. The Boston Center FAA and other air traffic control centers alerted NEADS of the four hijackings, though with little or no advance notice for NEADS and NORAD to mount a response.

At most, NEADS had 9 minutes advance notice of the first hijacking, American Airlines Flight 11 and was notified about United Airlines Flight 175 at 9:03 AM - the same time that it crashed into the World Trade Center's south tower. NEADS had four minutes advance notice of American Airlines Flight 77 and Flight 93 at 10:07 AM - after it had already crashed.

At 8:32, Flight 11 turned off its transponder, immediately making it difficult to find the aircraft. The controller told his supervisor that he thought something was seriously wrong with the plane, although neither suspected a hijacking. The supervisor instructed the controller to follow standard procedures for handling a "no radio" aircraft. When the military was finally contacted at 8:34 the FAA notified the military of the aircraft.

In the film, it has the recording of an officer saying "Is this real world or exercise?" The last part is repeated, as if they previous had a similar operation exercise, but now the man is not sure. I guess the film maker did not realize that officers are supposed to ask that question.

NEADS ordered two F-15 alert aircraft at Otis Air force Base in Falmouth, Massachusetts, 153 miles away from New York City. Due to the transponder being turned off, the plane could not be located on the radar, and within time it hit its target. The military continued looking after this time, but American Airlines refused to admit one of its planes had crashed for several hours.

This is just a small amount of the information regarding NORAD, please see our 9/11 NORAD page for more information.
London Bombings

It is true that they had exercises the same morning and were in almost the same location, they were not at the exact same time, like the movie claims. The first three bombs went out around 8:50 AM, however the exercise did not start until around 9:30 AM. [44]. Companies run exercises quite often, and the more, the better -- but because the exercise included bombs going off in various locations, some of which were near the real locations, that does not equal a conspiracy.
Various Comments

There were various sampled comments, from Alex Jones, and from various other places. The ones I wanted to cover here did not have a specific place to put them.

"... a bunch of Arab guys take over an airplane"

The above is profoundly racist, implying that somehow Arabs cannot do things that require intelligence. We know from various places that most of the hijackers were actually fairly intelligent and organized, and not like traditional terrorists.

"How can they take over airplanes with box cutters?"

Right now it's hard to imagine a time when people actually believed that a terrorist was going to just use you as a hostage, get what he wanted, and let you go -- and that's no doubt what most of the people on the planes on 9/11 believed.

Zeitgeist - Part III: Don't Mind The Men Behind The Curtain

If anyone has looked on the forums of the Internet as of late, it seems as thought Part III is the most commonly believed; you typically hear things like "Well, Part I - I'm not too sure about, Part II may be/is not true, but I know Part III is true!" How do these people know? If they know, why not more people? Well, I decided to look into it myself.

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I realize that most people who promote this film say "I did research, I know it's true", well if that was the case, Parts I and II wouldn't have been proven completely false. As I did in part I, I will go through the video as it talks, that is I will take a transcription and discuss it point by point in that manner, anything from the movie appears in green to make it easy to follow.

It is worth noting that this section has some pretty long quotes from movies and from other people. I only kept in quotes of substance, so I did not put in the quotes from the movie Network or anything like that, but I did keep the stuff from CNN, CNBC, and so forth.
Table of Contents
Quotes
American Revolution
Central Banks
Supposèd Quotes
History of Central Banks
Inciting Panic
Jekyll Island
Federal Reserve Act
Woodrow Wilson's Regret
Louis McFadden
The Federal Reserve and Its Money
Here We Go Again
Congressman Lindbergh Speaks
Margin Loans and Calls
Insiders and Black Tuesday
Congressman Louis McFadden Speaks and Dies
Federal Reserve and the Gold Standard
The Federal Reserve is Private
Income Tax
Must be Apportioned
Amendment Never Ratified
Total Income Tax
No Laws For Income Tax
War
World War I
World War II
Roosevelt
Path to War
IG Farben and Others
Vietnam
The True Agenda
Patriot Act
Hitler and Godwin's Law
Time to Wake Up
Mass Media
North American Union
One World Government
Nobody Knows But Us
More Quotes
Aaron Russo
Microchips
Film Conclusion
Quotes

The movie begins with some quotes from various people in history. On a hunch I decided to look into the context of these quotes and see what they were really talking about. I realize the purpose of the quotes are to give the viewer the impression that "something else is going on", but there's more to it than that. The viewer should be aware of the true meaning behind these quotes.

"There is something behind the throne greater than the king himself."

- Sir William Pitt, House of Lords 1770

This one was kind of difficult to track down, but I finally did find it. The quote in full is "A long train of these practices has at length unwillingly convinced me that there is something behind the throne, greater than the throne itself." What William Pitt was talking about, was a scandal of sorts, how King George III was under too much influence from Lord Bute, and how it seemed as though the King didn't care about what the French were saying. The speech this quote came from was made in 1770, six years after the King had already stopped seeing Lord Bute, and Pitt knew this. The purpose of the statement was to imply the King was weak; it was nothing more than an insult[1].

"The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes."

- Benjamin Disraeli, English Statesman 1844

This quote originates from a book written by Disraeli in 1844 which is a fictional account of the life and career of Henry Coningsby and his politics. Essentially the whole thing is Disraeli voicing his opinion to the Reform Bill of 1832, the British Whig Party, and Utilitarianism. This quote is frequently misrepresented by Anti-Semitic individuals who wish to prove that Jews control the world[2]. In reality the context of the quote was discussion the concept behind governmental alliances. Thus it makes sense that things are run "behind the scenes" if governments make agreements with others to do or not to do something.

"The real truth of the matter is that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government since the days of Andrew Jackson."

- Franklin D Roosevelt, US President 1933

I found the "source" of this quote. It is apparently a letter sent from Roosevelt to Colonel Edward M House, and can be received from Sterling Library at Yale University or from Radio Liberty. After hours of searching, I could not find a single location on the Internet that references this letter that is not a conspiracy site or is from a post on a forum written by someone who is promoting a conspiracy theory. More so, searching Yale's library database yielded nothing. I found plenty of letters, but not this one.
American Revolution

1775, the American Revolutionary War began, as the American colonies sought to detach from England, and it's oppressive monarchy. Although many reasons are cited for the revolution, one in particular sticks out as the prime cause: that King George III of England outlawed the interest free independent currency the colonies were producing and using for themselves, in turn forcing them to borrow money from the Central Bank of England at interest, immediately putting the colonies into debt. And as Benjamin Franklin later wrote:

"The refusal of King George III to allow the colonies to operate an honest money system, which freed the ordinary man from the clutches of the money manipulators was probably the prime cause of the revolution."

First, there were many causes of the American Revolution, a big one was "taxation without representation", and indeed Benjamin Franklin did comment later in 1800 stating that he believed the ridiculous money system imposed on the colonies was a cause for the revolution. That is, where the colonies had to essentially ship massive amounts of money back to England because they imported more than they exported[3]. King George III outlawed the colonies from making their own money period, despite the wording of this, implying that somehow it was only the interest free money that they were outlawing. The English economic style was that of money being loaned at interest to the government, from private companies.[4] It is worth noting, that not all Central Banks are privately owned, nor do all Central Banks issue Fiat currency (money based on several things, such as payment of taxes, and credible enforcement), some do back their money with gold.
Central Banks

In 1783 America won its independence from England. However, its battle against the central bank concept and the corrupt, greed-filled men associated with it had just begun.

So what is a Central Bank? A Central Bank is an institution that produces the currency of an entire nation. Based on historical precedent, two specific powers are inherent in central banking practice. The control of interest rates, and the control of the money supply, or inflation. A central bank does not simply supply a government's economy with money, it loans it to them at interest. Then, through the use of increasing and decreasing the supply of money, the central bank regulates the value of the currency being issued. It is critical to understand that the entire structure of this system can only produce one thing in the long run: debt.

It doesn't take a lot of ingenuity to figure this scam out. For every single dollar produced by the central bank is loaned at interest, that means every single dollar produced is actually the dollar plus a certain percent of debt based on that dollar. And since the central bank has a monopoly over the production of the currency for the entire country, and they loan each dollar out with immediate debt attached to it, where does the money to pay for the debt come from? It can only come from the central bank again. Which means the central bank has to perpetually increase its money supply to temporarily cover the outstanding debt created, which in turn, since that new money is loaned out at interest as well, creates even more debt! The end result of this system without fail is slavery. For it is impossible for the government and thus the public, to ever come out of the self-generating debt.

The primary reason a central banking system was implemented is because "free banking systems", that is ones that are not centralized, were unstable. Between 1837 and 1862, a time when we had free banking, banks issued their own bank notes, which were backed against their own gold and silver, and states regulated reserve requirements, interest rates on loans and deposits, and so forth.[5] The problem with this system is it created a lot of unstable banks. In fact, banks would only last around 5 years before going bankrupt because they could no longer redeem the notes of customers. A third of banks failed during the free banking era.[6]

Imagine going to a bank today, and them telling you that your paper money is actually worthless, you can't buy or sell anything with it. Of course, the movie implies this later by saying the Federal Reserve System creates worthless money, but if that was the case, I don't see why we haven't had massive market crashes and wide-spread instability as we did prior to the modern system.

Contrary to the film, the Federal Reserve does not increasingly create debt. The total debt mounted each year by the Federal Reserve is only about 7% of the total national debt. The Federal Reserve rebates its net earnings to the Treasury every year, thus the money borrowed from the Federal Reserve has no net interest obligation for the treasury[7].

If we travel back to a time when banks made their own currency, we also had the problem of going to multiple banks. I imagine if banks still did that, we'd probably wind up with a bank monopoly anyway, because people would want the convenience of being able to use the same money everywhere, especially businesses. Instead the Central Banking system allows businesses and people to deal less with converting all the tons of different bank notes they receive, and allows them to more easily save their money in cash or coin form, or in a bank backed up by the FDIC.
Supposèd Quotes

The founding fathers of this country were well aware of this:

"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous than standing armies... If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of currency... the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of their property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."

- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

Instead of telling us the date of the quote or where it's from, the film just tells us the birth and death years of the person -- which is less than helpful. When searching for it, I noticed it was attributed to a letter that simply didn't exist. I did find letters that supposedly contained this quote[8] But the other sentences in these letters were actually from different letters to different people[9]. The entire quote in the film cannot be attributed to Thomas Jefferson, at all, anywhere. I searched all his complete works. It was fabricated from somewhere as far as I can tell. In letters, though, I did find that Thomas Jefferson was worried about banks being able to create their own currency, the exact thing the Central Bank system prevents[9].

"If you want to remain the slaves of the bankers and pay for the costs of your own slavery, let them continue to create money and control the nation's credit."

- Sir Josiah Stamp (1880-1941)

This quote is completely inaccurate, here is the real quote:

"Banking was conceived in iniquity and was born in sin. The Bankers own the Earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create deposits, and with the flick of the pen they will create enough deposits to buy it back again. However, take it away from them, and all the great fortunes like mine will disappear, and they ought to disappear, for this would be a happier and better world to live in. But if you wish to remain the slaves of Bankers and pay the cost of your own slavery, let them continue to create deposits."[10]

The quote from the film is worded to make it appear as though Stamp was talking about credit and Central Banking, rather he was talking about people putting their money in banks at all, centralized or not.
History of Central Banks

By the early 20th century, the US had already implemented, and removed a few central banking systems, which were swindled into place by ruthless banking interests.

The First Bank of the United States was the first Central Bank that America had, and it was chartered by Congress after being proposed by Alexander Hamilton, one of our most important founding fathers. The purpose was not unlike our current system. It was to establish financial order, clarity, and precedence. Credit was also established, both in the US and overseas. It was also established to resolve the messy issue of fiat currency issued by the Continental Congress. Thomas Jefferson was not necessarily up in arms against it, rather he was not too interested in the idea, as he believed that the South would not benefit because it was an agricultural economy that did not require central banking.[11]

After the charter for the First Bank of the United States expired, five years later the Second Bank of the United States was chartered in order to stabilize the currency. It was founded by noted friend of Thomas Jefferson and Founding Father, James Monroe.[12] It was also created when James Madison and Albert Gallatin found the government was unable to finance the country in the aftermath of the War of 1812, which had put the country into a lot of debt. New privately formed banks printed bank notes as a result of this debt, which increased inflation greatly[13]. Unfortunately, due to mismanagement and not having the protections the Central Bank does now, it became corrupt towards its end, and the nation's money was removed from it and transferred to a different bank. Quickly the Second Bank went bankrupt and turned into the Bank of Philadelphia.[14]

As we can see, the Central Banking system helped America a lot, especially during its formative years, and kept the country stable in times of crisis. It is also hard to believe the film when it calls the founding fathers "ruthless banking interests".

At this time, the dominant families in the banking and business world were the Rockefellers, the Morgans, the Warburgs, the Rothschilds, and in the early 1900s, they sought to push once again, legislation to create another central bank. However, they knew the government and public were weary of such an institution, so they needed to create an incident to affect public opinion.

I could mention that "At this time..." is incorrect, because the Second Bank went defunct in 1841, and the oldest person on the list above was only 3 years old when it happened -- this hardly makes any of them dominant at this time, but that would be nitpicking. ;-) Anyway, the film is basically setting us up for a conspiracy here, let's see how that turns out.
Inciting Panic

So, J.P. Morgan, publicly considered a financial luminary at the time, exploited his mass influence by publishing rumors that a prominent bank in New York was "insolvent", or bankrupt. Morgan knew this would cause mass hysteria, which would affect other banks as well, and it did. The public, in fear of losing their deposits, immediately began mass withdrawals. Consequently the banks were forced to call in their loans, causing the recipients to sell their products, and thus a spiral of bankruptcies, repossessions, and turmoil emerged.

Putting the pieces together a few years later, Fredrik Allen of LIFE Magazine wrote:

"The Morgan interests took advantage... to precipitate the panic [of 1907] guiding it shrewdly as it progressed."

Trying foot the blame on JP Morgan for the 1908 Bankers' Panic does not stand up to historical facts. The biggest contributor to the panic was actually the Knickerbocker Trust Company, which copied speculation tactics of Charles W. Morse, who had obtained Bank of North America and several other banks to float consolidations schemes. In any case, over-expansion and poor speculation led to a stock market crash in early 1907. If that weren't enough, the stock market crashed again in October of that year.[15] This is why banks called in their loans, not because of some news paper article that was published. I tried to find reference to any such article, and I never could find it.

I have seen many conspiracy sites that square the blame on JP Morgan, claiming he "published rumors" of various banks, and all this. I cannot find any real evidence of that what so ever, outside a reference to a Life Magazine article, as quoted above by the film. I could not find that article, and considering Life Magazine has a history of publishing half-truths anyway, I cast doubt on the source until I can see an actual copy of the article in question.[16]

In any case, JP Morgan actually helped the situation when he organized a team of bank and trust executives. This helped avoid complete economic ruin for the American economy by redirecting money between banks, security international lines of credit, and bought stock of healthy corporations to keep them from bankrupting.[15]

Unaware of the fraud, the Panic of 1907 led to a Congressional investigation, headed by Senator Nelson Aldrich, who had intimate ties to the banking cartels, and later became part of the Rockefeller family through marriage. The Commission led by Aldrich recommended a Central Bank should be implement so a panic like 1907 could never happen again. This was the spark the international bankers needed to initiate their plan.

Unaware, perhaps, because there was no fraud taking place. Actually what happened was, Nelson Aldrich spent some time traveling around Europe, and believed the English, German, and French central banking systems were far better than what was going on in the US at the time. He was a firm believer in the progressive concepts of efficiency and science; so it is no surprise he wanted a system that worked well, easily, and was stable. He worked with various bankers and economists to design a plan for the central banking system he had in mind. In fact, he promoted a central banking concept that was decentralized, making it hard to believe he was in on any large conspiracy [17][18].
Jekyll Island

In 1910, a secret meeting was held at a J.P. Morgan estate on Jekyll Island off the coast of Georgia. It was there that the central banking bill called the Federal Reserve Act was written. This legislation was written by bankers, not lawmakers. This meeting was so secretive, so concealed from government and public knowledge, that the 10 or so figures who attend, disguised their names when en route to the island.

Back in 1910 banking reform was a big issue in the United States, and Nelson Aldrich -- as we already discussed -- had seen how several European countries had Central Banking systems and helped draft a plan for one in the United States. This meeting was not that secretive. We know exactly who attended:
Nelson Aldrich, US Senator
AP Andrews (Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Department)
Paul Warburg (Kuhn, Loeb, & Co)
Frank A Vanderlip (President, National City Bank of New York)
Henry P Davison (Senior Partner, JP Morgan Company)
Charles D Norton (President, First National Bank of New York)
Benjamin Strong (Representing JP Morgan)

The film claims it was "bankers, not lawmakers", when the first two, or at least the first, would be considered as such. It makes perfect sense as well, considering as I already talked about, the whole idea was Nelson Aldrich's and he wanted help drafting a plan. That is, the help of people who knew about Banks and the help of the Treasury Department to set up the plan for a central bank in the US.[19]

The whole mystery of it can be attributed to Forbes magazine, who published an article several years later of a bunch of bankers skipping town in the middle of the night to some island -- sounds more like some horrible John Grisham rip-off, rather than what actually happened. What's next? Are you going to tell me they were speeding away from Jekyll Island in a speed boat with monocles, bags of money with dollar signs, and their canes propped up against stacks of property deeds while they stroke their mustaches mincingly?
Federal Reserve Act

After this bill was constructed, it was then handed over to their political front man, Senator Nelson Aldrich, to push through Congress. And in 1913 with heavy political sponsorship by the bankers, Woodrow Wilson became President, having already agreed to sign the Federal Reserve Act in exchange for campaign support. And two days before Christmas when most of Congress was at home with their families, the Federal Reserve Act was voted in, and Wilson in turn made it law.

It really didn't need to be "handed over to him", because he already had it, considering he was the primary person behind it. While Woodrow Wilson did get some money from corporations, most of the money was from smaller donations, not banks[20].

The film implies that nobody knew about the act, when it had been debated and discussed for more than 4 months prior to being voted on. It passed the House on December 22, 1913 with 298 yeas to 60 nays, with 76 not voting (even if they would have voted all nay, it would still have been a majority of yeas).[21] The next day the Senate passed it, 43 yeas to 25 nays, with 27 not voting. The record shows that almost all of those not voting on the bill had previously declared their intentions, and were paired with members of the opposite intentions.[22]
Woodrow Wilson's Regret

Years later, Woodrow Wilson wrote, in regret:

"[Our] great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is privately concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men who, even if their action be honest and intended for the public interest, are necessarily concentrated upon the great undertakings in which their own money is involved and who necessarily, by very reason of their own limitations, chill and check and destroy genuine economic freedom.

"We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated, governments in the civilized world--no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men."

The first quote is actually changed a bit, the original is[23]:

A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is privately concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men who, even if their action be honest and intended for the public interest, are necessarily concentrated upon the great undertakings in which their own money is involved and who necessarily, by very reason of their own limitations, chill and check and destroy genuine economic freedom.

What's most interesting is that this originally was in a speech from 1912, so how could he be regretting something that hasn't happened yet?

The second quote is also different, but only slightly edited [24]:

"We have restricted credit, we have restricted opportunity, we have controlled development, and we have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated, governments in the civilized world--no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men."

As with the first quote, this quote is from before the Federal Reserve Act even existed. This is actually from his 1912 campaign speech.

How can he regret something that hasn't happened yet? Could it be these are just being used and the film is inaccurately trying to tell you that he regretted passing the law, when that was not the case? That would be my guess.
Louis McFadden

Congressman Louis McFadden also expressed the truth after the passage of the bill:

"A world banking system was being set up here... a Superstate controlled by international bankers... acting together to enslave the world for their own pleasure. The Fed has usurped the government."

I could not find a source for this quote that was not a conspiracy web site, though I did find some interesting facts about what this quote possibly meant. Louis McFadden was quite a shady individual, and he believed that Jews controlled the world, most specifically the American economy[25]. McFadden also blamed Jews for various changes in the American economy, including the Federal Reserve[26]. He was also a major supporter of Hitler and the Nazi policies that were anti-Semitic; more specifically he supported Hitler's attempts to destroy the allegèd Jewish control over the German economy, media, education, and business[27]. And for the sake of full disclosure, when he ran for president in 1936, one of his campaign slogans was "Christianity instead of Judaism"[28]

Therefore, in the quote above, if we replace bankers and Fed with "Jews", then we can get a picture of what McFadden was actually talking about. I'm not trying to derail from what he really said, but if he believed the banks were controlled by Jews and the Federal Reserve was a Jewish "problem", then it is safe to make such an assumption to change the words to show the truth behind what he was saying -- but I guess you can be the judge of that.
The Federal Reserve and Its Money

Now, the public was told that the Federal Reserve System was an economic stabilizer. And inflation and economic crises were a thing of the past. Well, as history has shown, nothing is further from the truth. The fact is the international bankers now had a streamlined machine to expand their personal ambitions.

Actually the US economy has been fairly stable since the great depression. There have been some ups and downs, but many of those can be attributed to international trading of oil, over-investments in unknown areas (such as the dot com boom), or private loans to individuals without income or assets rather than the Federal Reserve.
Here We Go Again

For example, from 1914 to 1919, the Fed increased the money supply by nearly 100%. Resulting in extensive loans to small banks and the public. Then in 1920, the Fed called in massive percentages of the outstanding money supply, thus resulting in the supporting banks having to call in huge numbers of loans, and just like 1907: bank runs, bankruptcy, and collapse occurred. Over 5400 competitive banks outside of the Federal Reserve System collapsed. Further consolidating the monopoly to a small group of international bankers.

Until fall 1914 the Federal Reserve was essentially on the sidelines, due to political and administrative delays. However, the increases were primarily due to the massive amounts of gold imported into the United States due to foreign countries owing the US more than $4 billion in railroad stocks[29]. To keep up with this the treasury continued to print money[30]. However by 1920, the First World War was over and postwar expansion peaked, causing a recession, the Federal Reserve attempted to stem the decline.

The decline caused the unemployment rate to rise from 4% to nearly 12% by 1921, this was in large part due to the fact that banks were trying to conserve gold reserves.[31] The fact is, money backed by gold constantly lead to crisis because of banks worrying more about the gold than expansion. As for the "over 5400 competitive banks", something is wrong with that figure, considering during the 1920s, there was an average failing of only 70 banks per year, which would be 77 years to be 5400[32]. This was nothing unusual at the time, considering prior to the Federal Reserve system, the average life-span of a bank was merely 5 years.[6]
Congressman Lindbergh Speaks

It also important to note, throughout this film, the film maker refers to "group of International bankers", well "international" banks cannot partake in the central banking / Federal Reserve System of the United States.

Privy to this crime, Congressman Lindbergh stepped up, and said in 1921:

"Under the Federal Reserve Act, panics are scientifically created. The present panic is the first scientifically created one, worked out as we figure a mathematical equation."

I was unable to find a source for this quote, I have come to believe it is fabricated; however there is no doubt Congressman Lindbergh was against the Federal Reserve Act.
Margin Loans and Calls

However, the panic of 1920 was just a warm-up. From 1921 to 1929 the Fed again increased the money supply resulting once again in extensive loans to the public and banks. There was also a fairly new type of loan called a margin loan in the stock market. Very simply, a margin loan allowed an investor to put down only 10% of a stocks price, with the other 90% being loaned through the broker. In other words, a person could own $1000 worth of stock with only $100 down. This method was very popular in the roaring 1920s, as everyone seemed to be making money in the market. However, there was a catch to this loan. It could be called in at any time, and had to be paid within 24 hours. This is termed a margin call, and the typical result of a margin call is the selling of the stock purchased with the loan.

Actually the 20s saw a reduction in loans compared to previous years[33], and banks lost money as far as earnings went[34]. Margins are not as simple as the film maker makes them. Rather a certain amount of money was used as collateral and the rest of the money equal to the amount of stock being bought as borrowed from the broker. So for example if I bought some shares of Megacorp USA for $100, buying on Margin I would put down the net value of $20 of some of my own money and the broker would put the other $80 down. The net value is calculated by (share amount - loan amount). Let's suppose, though, the share goes from $100 to $85, the net value would then be $5 -- this is when a margin call happens. A margin call is posted only when the margin loan goes below the minimum net value set by the broker. So if the broker wanted it to be a minimum of $10, and now that the stock is down to $85 and only has a net value of $5, this is when a margin call happens. A margin call does not have to be paid within 24 hours, the amount of time depends on the broker, most brokers are around 72 hours[35].
Insiders and Black Tuesday

So, a few months before October of 1929, J.D. Rockefeller, Bernhard Barrack, and other insiders quietly exited the market, and on October 24th, 1929, the New York financiers who furnished the margin loans started calling them in, en masse. This sparked an instantaneous massive sell-off in the market, for everyone had to cover the margin loans. It then triggered mass bank runs for the same reason, in turn collapsing over 16,000 banks, enabling the conspiring international bankers to not only buy up rival banks at a discount, but to also buy up whole corporations at pennies on the dollar. It was the greatest robbery in American history. But that didn't stop there. Rather than expand the money supply to recover from this economic collapse, the Fed actually contracted it, fueling one of the largest depressions in history.

Interesting that JD Rockefeller exited the market when he, along with the other "insiders", were buying up huge chunks of of stocks in order to try to curb the massive selling by showing the public they trusted the market[36]. The reality is much different than the film suggests. "A few months before" is in September 1929, at this time the market slipped a lot, losing 17% of the total value. However it slowly started going up again until October 24th (Black Tuesday) when a record number of 12.9 million shares were traded. Essentially chaos ensued, several big boys in the industry, including Morgan and Chase tried to find a way to stem the selling. They acted through a intermediary to purchase a huge block of US Steel at a price well above the market price, this was a similar tactic that ended the panic in 1907. It halted the slide for that day as planned, but it was only temporary.[37]

Over the weekend the events were covered in the newspapers across the country, and on Monday, October 28, more investors decided to get out of the market, and a record loss of nearly 13% occurred that day. The next day, called Black Tuesday, 16.4 million shares were traded, a record set that would not be broken again until 1969. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost another 12% that day. The market lost $14 billion in a single day, with a total week loss of $30 billion[38]. During this week is when Rockefeller and others attempted to stem the selling as I noted above[36]. This hardly makes them "exit the market". They had just as much to lose as the layman if the market fell, making a conspiracy illogical and stupid on their part.
Congressman Louis McFadden Speaks and Dies

Once again outraged, Congressman Louis McFadden, a long-time opponent of the banking cartel, began bringing impeachment proceedings against the Federal Reserve Board, saying of the crash and depression:

"It was a carefully contrived occurrence. International bankers sought to bring about a condition of despair, so that they might emerge the rulers of us all."

Congressman Louis McFadden, long time anti-Semite, believed that the "banking cartel" was run by Jews, and moved to impeach president Hoover in 1932 and he went to bring conspiracy charges against Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. The impeachment resolution was defeated by a vote of 361 to 8. Yes, just eight people voted for it.[39] As I discussed above when we talked about McFadden previously, he believed International Bankers were a Jewish conspiracy and that Jews controlled American banks and the Federal Reserve, therefore he thought it must have been a Jewish conspiracy to make the market crash. Who else, in his mind, but the Jews would want to make American suffer just for their evil personal ambitions?

Not surprisingly, and after 2 previous assassination attempts, McFadden was poisoned at a banquet before he could push for the impeachment.

He was poisoned and died in 1936, however he did attempt to bring the impeachment and conspiracy charges forth in 1933, and they were overturned, as we discussed; he did not die for another 3 years after that -- so it was not some kind of conspiracy to keep him from impeaching anyone[40].  No one knows why he was poisoned, but some think it was his opposition to the Federal Reserve system. We may never know[41].
Federal Reserve and the Gold Standard

Now, having reduced the society to squalor, the Federal Reserve bankers decided that the Gold Standard should be removed. In order to do this, they needed to acquire the remaining gold in the system. So, under the pretense of helping to end the depression came the 1933 gold seizure. Under threat of imprisonment for 10 years, everyone in America was required to turn in all gold bullion to the Treasury, essentially robbing the public of what little wealth they had left. At the end of 1933, the gold standard was abolished. If you look at a dollar bill from before 1933, it says it is redeemable in gold. If you look at a dollar bill today, it says it is legal tender, which means it is backed by absolutely nothing. It is worthless paper.

The only thing that gives our money value is how much of it is in circulation. Therefore the power to regulate the money supply is also the power to regulate its value, which is also the power to bring entire economies and societies to its knees.

Actually the Gold Standard was not abandoned at this time, instead something very different happened. The causes of the great depression were not completely clear, but in order to address the perceived causes and effects, Executive Order 6102 was signed on April 5, 1933 -- its purpose was to keep people from hoarding gold, by outlawing ownership of gold by an individual person or corporation greater than the amount of $100 (~$1,500 today) in value[42]. The government required holders of large quantities of gold to sell their gold at the prevailing price of $20.67 per ounce -- later on the price was raised to $35 per ounce, and the government devalued dollars by 41% of the previous value[43].

Money was still redeemable in silver and gold before August 15, 1971 when Richard Nixon announced the US would abandon the gold standard[44]. The limitation on gold ownership no longer exists, anyone can own any amount of gold they wish[46].

Most nations have fiat money today, unbacked by any physical asset. It is not worthless paper, in fact the dollar is made from linen and cotton not paper[47], regardless, its worth is not based on how much is in circulation, rather it is based on the "guess" of how much tax and other revenues the government will receive in the next year[48].

If the power to regulate money is the power to bring entire economies and societies to their knees, then why do we need war? Wouldn't it make more sense to use our massive monetary power to force people into financial squallier? Most economies of the world are not based on gold, so it should be easy according to the movie.
The Federal Reserve is Private

"Give me control of a Nation's money supply, and I care not who makes its laws."
- Mayer Amschel Rothschild, founder of Rothschild Banking Dynasty

This quote has nothing to do with the Federal Reserve, in fact he died in 1812, long before the Federal Reserve existed. He was merely stating a fact, even if money is not backed by a central bank, it does not change the fact that if you have control over the money supply, laws mean little to you. However, that is not necessarily true in the US, where the Federal Reserve must answer to the congress, but because the Federal Reserve is private, congress cannot control it and use it for political means -- which seems ironic, but it is like a private company that is controlled by the US Congress.

It's important to clearly understand, the Federal Reserve is a private corporation. It is about as federal as Federal Express. It makes its own policies and is under virtually no regulation by the US government. It is a private bank that loans all the currency at interest to the government, completely consistent with the fraudulent central banking model that the country sought to escape from when it declared independence in the American revolutionary war.

Apparently the film makers have a very small understanding of the Federal Reserve. Yes, it is a private corporation, however it is not as private as Federal Express. It is considered private because the decisions it makes do not necessarily have to be ratified by the President or anyone else in the executive or legislature. However, the Federal Reserve has a board of governors with seats for congressional officials. The Federal Reserve is also subject to heavy oversight from Congress. Therefore, it is not necessarily private or public, rather it is "independent within the government."[49]
Income Tax

Now, going back to 1913, the Federal Reserve act was not the only unconstitutional bill pushed through congress. They also pushed the Federal Income Tax. It's worthwhile to point out that the American public's ignorance towards the federal income tax is a testament to how dumbed down and oblivious the American population really is.

Since when is the Federal Reserve Act unconstitutional?
Must be Apportioned

First of all, the federal income tax is completely Unconstitutional, as it is a direct, unapportioned tax. All direct taxes have to be apportioned to be legal based on the constitution.

That's actually not true, congress does have the power to impose an income tax, the Sixteenth Amendment does not impose this tax, rather it eliminates the requirement that direct income must be apportioned. We'll talk more about the 16th Amendment in a minute[50]. Taxes on income from property had always been indirect taxes, and were not subject to apportionment. The 16th Amendment made the origin income irrelevant, which included labor, in respect to the apportionment rule.[51]
Amendment Never Ratified

Secondly, the required number of states in order to ratify the amendment to allow the income tax was never met, and this has even been sited in modern court cases.

"If you... examined [the 16th amendment] carefully, you would find that a sufficient number of states never ratified that amendment." – U.S. district court judge James C. Fox 2003

This rumor has been on the Internet for quite some time, especially in conspiracy circles. The whole thing can be largely attributed to William J. Benson and his 1985 book "The Law That Never Was", where he claims that the 16th Amendment was not properly ratified. In December of 2007 Benson's "Defense Reliance Package" containing his argument that it was never ratified was offered for sale on the Internet. A federal court ruled it to be a "fraud perpetrated by Benson [that had] caused needless confusion and a waste of the customers' and the IRS' time and resources."[52] Also stated by the court "Benson has failed to point to evidence that would create a genuinely disputed fact regarding whether the Sixteenth Amendment was properly ratified or whether United States Citizens are legally obligated to pay federal taxes."[53]

In all actuality, it was ratified by 36 states, and one more a little later on. This is more than enough for the 3/4ths majority required to ratify the amendment[54]. That is, there were 48 states and 37 of them is equal to just over 77%, more than the 75% required to be ratified.
Total Income Tax

Third, at the present day, roughly 25% of the average worker's income is taken via this tax, and guess where that money goes. It goes to pay the interest on the currency being produced by the fraudulent Federal Reserve Bank, a system that does not have to exist, at all. The money you make working almost three months out of the year goes almost literally into the pockets of the international bankers, who own the private Federal Reserve Bank.

The percentage is about right, it can be as low as 10% or as high as 35%, depending on many things. I have no clue as to where the film maker gets the conclusion that it goes to pay off the Federal Reserve Bank. As we discussed towards the beginning of this document, the debt accumulated by the Federal Reserve each year is only about 7% of the total national debt, which could easily be paid off by all the income taxes, many times over. However the earnings by the Federal Reserve are rebated to the Treasury every year, thus the money borrowed from the Federal Reserve has no net interest.[7]

It actually goes to pay for a boatload of things, from the military, to social security, to nearly anything you can imagine[55].
No Laws For Income Tax

And fourth, even with the fraudulent government claim as to the legality of the income tax, there is literally no statute, no law in existence, that requires you to pay this tax... period.

Oh really, maybe we should ask someone at the IRS?

"I really expended that, 'of course there's a law that you can point to, in the law book and code that requires to file a tax return. Of course, there is.' I was at that point where I couldn't find the statute that clearly made a person liable, at least not me, and most people I know, and I had no choice in my mind except to resign."

Joe Turner, Former IRS Agent

Perhaps get a second opinion?

"Based on the research that I did throughout the year 2000 and that I'm still doing, I have not found that law. I've asked Congress, a lot of people, we've asked the IRS Commissioner's helpers, they can't answer, because if they answer, the American people are gonna know that this whole thing is a fraud."

Sherry Jackson, Former IRS Agent

Interesting. Well, while these two were yakking, I managed to find the exact law in the IRS code! Can you believe it? It was just right there the whole time[56][57]. 26 USC Section 1[58] says it is for every individual, Sections 61[59] and 64[60] essentially show that all income from whatever source is derived, Sections 6012[61] and Sections 6151[62] require you to file a tax return, and Section 6072[63] requires you to file an income tax return.

I'm not sure how it was so complicated for them to find it. Incase anyone is wondering, Title 26, the Internal Revenue Code, is law, just as Title 23 is for highways and Title 35 is for patents[64].

"I have not filed a Federal Income Tax return since I left. "

Joe Turner, Former IRS Agent

Oops!

"I have not filed an Income Tax return since 1999."

Sherry Jackson, Former IRS Agent

Maybe someone should show these two Google and how to use it.

The income tax is nothing less than the enslavement of the entire country.

Well, while it may seem unfair, comparing it to slavery is a bit unethical, because at one point this country had real slaves. 28% of all my money last year went to the Federal Government, while I wish I had that money, I hardly view myself as someone who is enslaved.
War

Now, the control of the economy and the perpetual robbery of wealth is only one side of the Rubik's Cube the bankers hold in their hands. The next tool for profit and control is war.

Since the inception of the Federal Reserve in 1913, a number of large and small wars have commenced. The 3 most pronounced were World War I, World War II, and Vietnam.

Why is the next tool war? I thought you said that the Federal Reserve gave people power to bring entire societies to their knees. What happened to that?
World War I

In 1914, European wars broke out centered around England and Germany. The American public wanted nothing to do with the war. In turn President Woodrow Wilson publicly declared neutrality, however, under the surface the US administration was looking for any excuse it could find to enter it.

If they were looking for an excuse, it sure took a while, because the US did not enter the war until April 6th, 1917[65].

In a noted observation by Secretary of State William Jennings:

"The large banking interests were deeply interested in the World War because of the wide opportunities for large profits."

I cannot attribute this quote to William Jennings Bryan, in fact it only appears on Illuminati and Jewish conspiracy sites as original sources, no where else. It wasn't even mentioned in his memoirs.[66]

It's important to understand that the most lucrative thing that can happen for international bankers, is war, for it forces the county to borrow even more money from the Federal Reserve Bank at interest.

War is profitable for a lot of people, banks typically don't make much money until the war is over because they loan the money to contractors, not the other way around. Regardless if the borrow it at interest, as I have explained twice already, it does no matter because it is such a small amount of money in the national debt, and in the end it doesn't matter anyway because it is credited to the treasury.

Woodrow Wilson's top adviser and mentor was Colonel Edward House, a man with intimate connections with the international bankers who wanted in the war. In a documented conversation between Colonel House, Wilson's Advisor, and Sir Edward Grey, The Foreign Secretary of England, regarding how to get America into the war…

Grey Inquired: "What will Americans do if Germans sink an Ocean Liner with American Passengers on board?"

House responded: " I believe that a flame of indignation would sweep the United States and that by itself would be sufficient to carry us into war"

This conversation, never took place. I was unable to find any source or mention of it anywhere, outside of a conspiracy site.

So, on May 7th 1915 on essentially the suggestion of Sir Edward Grey, a ship called the Lusitania was deliberately sent into German controlled waters where German Military Vessels were know to be. And, as expected, German U-boats torpedoed the ship, exploding stored ammunition, killing 1200 people.

Well as we know from above Sir Edward Grey had nothing to do with the ship. It was not "deliberately sent into German controlled waters", rather Germany patrolled nearly all of the coast of Northern Europe. Britain sent out a warning stating that "submarines [are] active off the south coast of Ireland". The captain William "Bowler Bill" Turner took what he felt were prudent precautions, such as closing watertight doors, posting double lookouts, ordering a blackout, and had lifeboats swung out on their davits so they could be quickly put in the water if the need arise. After receiving another radio warning of the risk, Turner adjusted his heading northeast, apparently thinking that submarines are more likely to keep to the open sea, and so his ship would be safer close to land. The U-20 piloted by Kapitaenleutnant Walther Schwieger was low on fuel and returning home when it spotted the Lusitania on the horizon. At about 2:10 in the afternoon, the Lusitania was fired upon and sunk into history.[67][68][69][70]

To further understand the deliberate nature of this setup, the German Embassy actually put advertisements in the New York times, telling people that if they boarded the Lusitania, they did so at there own risk, as such a ship sailing from America to England through the war zone, would be liable to destruction.

How does this prove it was deliberate? Yes a warning was issued and posted next to the advertisement for the return voyage of the ship, but that does not mean it it was put in place to be bombed on purpose. People were afraid of it, but the Captain assured everyone the ship was very fast and no one had nothing to worry about.[67] If they were wanting to deliberately kill people, wouldn't they make sure nobody knew of the risk so the maximum amount of people would take the trip?

In turn and as anticipated, the sinking of the Lusitania caused a wave of anger among the American population and America entered the war a short time after

If by a short time, you mean 3 years later. The British felt that America should declare war on Germany, however Woodrow Wilson still did not want to get the country involved, in which he was criticized by Britain as being a coward. After another ship was sunk with Americans onboard, Wilson protested through various German diplomatic channels and the Kaiser ordered severe restrictions on U boats attacking passenger vessels[67][68]. It was in January 1917 that the Germans resumed unrestricted submarine warfare. It was a captured and decoded German telegram that spoke about how to make the United States enter the war and have Mexico declare war on the US that put the nail in the coffin of neutrality for Congress, and they declared war on April 6, 1917[67][71].

The First World War caused 323,000 American deaths. JD Rockefeller made 200 million dollars off of it.

Actually there were 117,465 American deaths (this includes the 128 Americans on the Lusitania), I'm not sure where they get this number that's almost 3 times that amount[72]. How did JD Rockefeller make $200 million? The only way I can think of is if the American government bought a lot of oil. Saying someone who owns an oil company, the only oil company in the US made money from ... pretty much anything to do with oil is the understatement of the century, and shows know connections at all.

Not to mention the war cost about 30 billion dollars for America, most of which was borrowed from the Federal Reserve Bank at interest, furthering the profits of the international Bankers.

Actually it was $22,625,253,000 to be exact as possible, about 8 billion less than the film's total, but that isn't that much[73]. I've already explained the debt is not a big deal, and as I mentioned above, "international banks" cannot be a part of the Federal Reserve System, thereby making this term meaningless.
World War II

On December 7th 1941, Japan attacked the American fleet at Pearl Harbor, triggering our entry into that war. President Franklin D Roosevelt declared that the attack was "a day that will live in infamy." A day of Infamy indeed, but not because of the alleged surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. After 60 years of surfacing information, it is clear that only was the attack on Pearl Harbor known weeks in advance, it was outright wanted and provoked.

Actually that is not clear at all, as we will discuss below, there is no real evidence that Roosevelt knew of the attacks, nor that they were provoked.
Roosevelt

Roosevelt, whose family had been New York bankers since the 18th century, whose uncle Fredrik was on the original federal reserve board, was very sympathetic to the interests of the international bankers, and the interest was to enter the war. And as we have seen, nothing is more profitable for international bankers than war.

Roosevelt has several family members who were in the banking industry, only one actually founded a bank. Regardless, his name was not Fredrik, it was Frederic. I imagine the original conspiracy theorist that found this information changed the spelling of his name, perhaps to make him look more foreign or Jewish. He was appointed to a six year term on the Federal Reserve Board, however he resigned 4 years later in order to join the army. He received the Distinguished Service Medal for his wartime service[74]. If someone was in league with the big-bad conspiracy to control all the money of the world, why would he resign and join the army which he conspired to send into battle? Sounds a little illogical to me.

In a journal entry by Roosevelt's Secretary of War Henry Stimson dated November 25th, 1941, he documented a conversation he had with Roosevelt:

"The question was how should we maneuver them into firing the first shot… it was desirable to make sure the Japanese be the ones to do this so that there should remain no doubt as to who were the aggressors."

This quote is inaccurate, here is what Stimson really said in his journal[75]:

The President brought up the event that we were likely to be attacked, perhaps (as soon as) next Monday, for the Japanese are notorious for making an attack without warning, and the question was what we should do. The question was how we should maneuver them into the position of firing the first shot without allowing too much danger to ourselves.

I cannot find any source for the second sentence. So, what does this mean? Well it means that the President as well as Stimson were almost certain that the Japanese were going to attack at some point, but when they did the question was, how could America put itself into a position to where they would not suffer badly during this surprise attack.

In the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt did everything in his power to anger the Japanese, showing a posture of aggression. He halted all of Japans imports of American Petroleum. He froze all the Japanese assets in the United States.

One thing we must understand is that the US and Japan has been at odds since the the 1920s, however the tension did not meet boiling point until Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931. There was also an effort by Japan to halt war supplies from entering China at this time by creating an embargo.[76] When Japan invaded northern IndoChina (now Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, etc)[77] This is the reason behind the US halting petroleum to Japan, as if the conspiracy theorists expected the US to do nothing at all when our ally China was being threatened[78].
He made public loans to Nationalist China and supplied military aid to the British, both enemies to Japan in the war… which, by the way, is completely in violation of international war rules.

The US also made loans to other allies as well, the largest to Britain and the smallest to China. This was a part of the Lend-Lease Act, which was a way American thought it could help combat the expansionism of Germany and Japan without directly entering the war[79]. This is not a violation of any war rules, I'm not sure where the film maker comes up with such a conclusion[80].

And, on December 4th, 3 days before the attack, Australian intelligence told Roosevelt about a Japanese task force moving towards Pearl harbor.

Roosevelt ignored it.

The only non-conspiracy site that lists this is an archived New York Times article published June 29, 1989. From the article, it seems as though Elliot R Thorpe, who the conspiracy theorists say "warned Roosevelt", sent a message to Washington telling them that the Japanese were planning to attack Hawaii[81]. Needless to say, this is extremely vague, and there is no other evidence these warnings actually took place, at least not from this man. There is no mention of it anywhere except this article and places that quote this article.
Path to War
So, as hoped and allowed, on December 7th 1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor killing 2,400 soldiers. Before Pearl Harbor 83% of the American Pubic wanted nothing to do with the War. After Pearl Harbor, 1 million men volunteered for the war.

This film likes to inflate numbers. Actually 2,388 were killed, but that doesn't make it any less of a bad thing, of course[81]. I was unable to find any source what so ever saying that "83% of the American Public wanted nothing to do with the war.", or actually any percentages what so ever. While it is known that after World War I the view by many Americans was that isolationism was a good thing, even before the attack of Pearl Harbor, this idea started to fade in favor of helping the allies without joining the war[82]. It is true, however, that the attack on Pearl Harbor did further support of entry into the war.

In any case, this is not really an issue, because as the evidence shows, there was no real conspiracy to bring the US into the war by the US government. In fact the whole concept is illogical -- the Japanese could have easily annihilated our fleet, and came close, but they did not. The idea that the US government would sacrifice the pacific fleet and set themselves back a year and risk even more attacks in order to enter the war is ridiculous.
IG Farben and Others

It is important to note, Nazi Germany's war effort was largely supported by two organizations, one of which was called IG Farben. IG Farben produced 84% of Germanys explosives and even the Zyklon B used in the concentration camps to kill millions.

One of the unspoken partners of IG Farben was JD Rockefeller's Stand Oil Company. In America.

In fact the German Air force could not operate without a special additive patterned by Rockefeller standard oil. The drastic bombing of London by Nazi Germany for example was made possible by a 20 million dollar sale of fuel to IG Farben by the Rockefeller standard oil company. This is just one small point about how America business funded both sides of World War II.

It is true that there was selling-buying of goods between I.G. Farben and Standard Oil, but there was also DuPoint, IBM, Industrial Alcohol Co, Cuba Distilling Co, and many others. There was an investigation into this, but it was dropped in favor of enlisting these companies into the war effort[83]. I can't, however confirm the second part. It makes sense that there could have been such selling, but I cannot find a source for it. While there was some trading going on with the enemy, it hardly proves conspiracy, and proves more that people will sell to the bad guys to make more money than anything else.

One other treasonous organization worth mentioning is the Union Banking Corporation of New York City. Not only did it finance numerous aspects of Hitler's rise to power, along with actual materials during the war, it was also a Nazi money-laundering bank. Which was eventually exposed for having millions of dollars of Nazi Money in its vaults. The Union Banking Corporation of New York was eventually seized for violation of the Trading with the Enemy Act. Guess who the director and Vice President of the Union Bank was? Prescott Bush, our current President's Grandfather and of course our former President's father. Keep that in mind when considering the moral and political dispositions of the Bush family.

While this is based on fact, it is not entirely accurate. The Union Banking Corporation was founded by a Dutch bank that was formed and controlled by a German steel magnate and one-time Nazi supporter Fritz Thyssen. The executive members consisted of various Dutchmen and some Americans, one was Prescott Bush. Assets of the bank were frozen on May 10, 1940 when Germany invaded the Netherlands, because it was a Dutch owned company, however it was formally seized by the government in 1942, a total of $3 million was taken[84].

Prescott Bush was a director of the UBC with only one share. While he was a member of this company, it really proves no moral stance or is proof of helping the Nazis take power as some other conspiracy theorists claim[85]. I am not an apologist for the Bush family, trust me on that one, my point is that there were many Americans that had mild and heavy ties with the Nazis and their beliefs, such as Henry Ford and Charles Lindbergh (the pilot).
Vietnam

The United States official declaration of war on North Vietnam in 1964 came after an alleged incident involving US destroyers being attack by North Vietnamese PT boats in the Gulf of Tonkin. This was known as the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. This single situation was the catalystic pretext for massive troop deployment and full-fledged warfare. One problem however- the attack on the US destroyers by PT boats… never happened. It was a completely staged event to have an excuse to enter the war. Former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara stated years later that the Gulf of Tonkin incident was a "mistake", while many other insiders and officers have come forward relaying that it was a contrived farce, a complete lie.

Actually, it is not quite as simple as being fabricated. In reality, the US had been involved in Viet Nam since the 1950s, and so there would have been little need to lie in order to enter a war. In any case, it was less of

North American Union

In 2005 an arrangement between Canada, Mexico and the United States was made. This arrangement, unannounced to the public, unregulated by congress, merges the United States, Canada and Mexico into one entity, erasing all borders. It's called the North American Union and you might want to ask yourself why you have never heard of this.

This is the most hilariously illogical conspiracy theory out there. Why in the world would congress allow this to happen? Who is behind it? Oh, let me guess, it's "They"; those who really control the world. The question here really even shouldn't be "Why would America allow this?", but rather "Why would Canada or Mexico allow this?"

In the end, Canada's GDP is $1.4 trillion[99], Mexico's is $893 billion[100], and the United States' is the largest in the world, over $13 trillion[101]. This means that the United States has over 7 times the GDP and 85% of the population of Canada and Mexico combined[102]. So, what makes anyone think that Canada and Mexico would agree to a programme where they would certainly be the absolute minimum of partners -- dominated by the most powerful country in the world. And of course, the people of these nations would just bend over as well? Horribly unlikely.

Even if the Patriot Act conspiracies were real, and were meant to control you, Canada and Mexico do not have such laws, so how are they going to control their citizens? And even so, the Patriot Act and such is law, and if this operates outside of congress, why did they have to establish all of this in the first place? Couldn't they have just avoided it all together, all that conspiring, secret armies of people planting evidence and so forth?

In fact, there is only one mainstream reporter who has actually heard of, and has had the courage to cover this issue.

The Bush administration's open borders policy and its decision to ignore the enforcement of this country's immigration laws is part of a broader agenda. President Bush signed a formal agreement that will end the United States, as we know it… and he took the step without approval from either the US congress, or the people of the United States.

- Lou Dobbs

It sounds to me like he's quoting someone, or reading. Perhaps he does talk about the NAU and the Amero, but the reason he's the only one talking about it is because it is just an urban legend that has been thoroughly debunked, as it defies logic or purpose[103].

But where does this NAU concept come from? Well it originates in a book entitled "Toward a North American Community" by Robert A Pastor. The book, written in 2001, proposes a hypothetical North American Union and a currency called the Amero[107]. What an astonishing coincidence! Perhaps someone took this book and tried to contend that it was fact, began talking about it, and several others did as well, creating the idea that it is going to happen.

It's a deal that few have even heard of. It's been done by very few people at the very top, on behalf of the investment class, but the working class of people; political officials across our country from communities and cities- they don't know anything about this.

- Marcy Kaptur

I'm not sure the exact context of this quote, but if it was really happening, I'd expect more people in the government to be talking about it. As we have discussed in this article, it's near impossible for them to keep secrets or do anything correctly.

This isn't some trade agreement; it is a total removal of sovereignty from these countries, which will also result in a completely new currency called the Amero.

The dollar is the world's most solid currency, even though the Euro is competing with the dollar, the dollar remains the currency that is continually invested in because of the trust people around the world have in the US economy. It would be a tremendous mistake to abandon this and start a new currency. In fact, I know it would not be done, if anything the two other countries in the "NAU" would switch to the dollar, there's no reason to put horrendous mistrust in the currency by changing it. It is simply illogical and naïve to believe two other countries would willingly be dominated by another, and that everyone would just blindly switch over.

I think the one thing that people who are dollars based need to focus on is e Amero, that's the thing no one is talking about that I think is going to have a big impact on everybody's life in Canada, the US and Mexico. The Amero is the proposed new currency for the North American Community, which is being developed right now between Canada the US and Mexico to make a borderless community much like the EU and the Dollar, the Canadian dollars and the Mexican Peso will be replaced by the Amero.

- Steve Previs, Jefferies International

Believing that they will somehow switch without anyone noticing is completely stupid. If one considers the economic impact in all countries, especially internationally considering how much is done with the US dollar, it becomes clear that such a switch is not something that can be done in secret. Thousands of pieces of software alone must be updated for the new currency, other countries must know about it in order to exchange it. There is no reason to move to such a currency, Canada and Mexico would never agree to it. Even if you believe in "they" and somehow "they" will change it, why didn't they change the to One World currency all the conspiracy theorists were talking about in the 1980s? Where's the UN birth control centers? All of the other stuff?

It's all lies, and just because some moron on television parrots it, does not make it real.
One World Government

By default of this agreement, the American Constitution will eventually be obsolete.

As we have seen, no such agreement has any potential of taking place.
Nobody Knows But Us

You would think that a situation like this would be on the cover or every major newspaper. That is until you release the people behind this movement are the same people who are behind the mainstream media and you are not told what you are not supposed to know. The North American Union is the same concept as the European Union, the African Union and the soon to be Asian union and the same people are behind all of them. And when the time right, the North American, the European union the African union and the Asian union will be merged together, forming the final stages in a plan these men have been working on for over 60 years.

This is the classic conspiracy theorist mindset, "I know something that nobody else knows." I'm still curious about the UN conspiracies, why did they stop trying to dominate the world? Or is it the same people but they changed their plan? Why would they change their plan if nobody knew about it but a few people with tin-foil hats?

If the NAU is the same as the EU, then it will take years to occur, with many steps, many of which include the public. Perhaps it is important to mention the EU was something that took many steps and involvement with other countries. Laws needed to be changed everywhere, not to mention a currency change which was a huge project -- this is not something you can do with nobody noticing[104].

Further, as we have discussed, all the conspiracies related to the Federal Reserve and their entanglement with wars and the like are not only not true, but also completely unrealistic and illogical.
More Quotes

"We shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or consent."

- Paul Warburg, Council on Foreign Relations / Architect of the Federal Reserve System

I could not find a source for this quite that was not on a conspiracy site or anti-Jewish site. It seems strange though, why would someone setting up the Federal Reserve System be talking about creating a one world government? Even back then, people realized that a one world government was difficult to come by, if not impossible. I attribute this quote to originating from anti-Semitic individuals who wish to demonize Paul Warburg for his Jewish heritage and show proof of a Jewish plan to rule the world.

"We are grateful to the Washington Post, the New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost 40 years........It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subjected to the lights of publicity during those years. But, the world is more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government. The supranational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national auto determination practiced in past centuries"

- David Rockefeller, Council on Foreign Relations

Same as the above, except more likely to Illuminati and Bilderberg Group conspiracy theorists rather than anti-Semites. So, these quotes, like many on here, really come from non-existent places, that is they either were simply made up, or were cut-and-paste of many other quotes by a single person, or multiple people as we have seen.
Aaron Russo

One bank, one army, one center of power. And if we have learned anything from history, it is that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

No one world bank, no one world army (why would they need an army? Oh, I imagine to crush those conspiracy theorists, right?), no one center of power -- unless ... wait a second... this is the same claim made by the conspiracy theorists about UN. Again, why did that not happen? I agree though, absolutely power corrupts absolutely, thank god nobody is in absolute power over the world, and nobody will be -- claims have been made like this for at least 250 years, even longer in some cases, yet it has never happened.

This is Aaron Russo, a filmmaker and former Politician. To his left is Nicholas Rockefeller of the infamous Rockefeller banking and business dynasty. After maintaining a close friendship with Nicholas Rockefeller, Aaron eventually ended the relationship, appalled by what he had learn about the Rockefellers and their ambitions.

Exactly who is Aaron Russo? Well he wrote, produced, directed, and started in another movie similar to the third part of Zeitgeist, the movie, called America: From Freedom To Fascism (at a later date I am going to discuss this movie on this site). The movie discusses the income tax, essentially stating the same claims as Zeitgeist does, and various other topics. Let's understand that this movie was made after Russo had over $2 million in tax liens filed against him by the IRS of California and New York for unpaid taxes. He refused to discuss it when asked in interviews[105].

Interview with Aaron Russo:

"I got a call one day from an attorney I knew and she said, 'Would you like to meet one of the Rockefellers?' And I said, 'Sure I would love to'

"We became friends and he began to divulge a lot of things to me, so he said to me one night, he said 'there's going to be an event, Aaron, and out of that event we are going to go into Afghanistan so we can run pipelines from the Caspian Sea, we are gong to go into Iraq to take the oil and establish a base in the middle east and we are gong to go into Venezuela and get rid of Chavez.'

"The first two they have accomplished, Chavez they didn't accomplish. And he said, 'You are going to see guys going into caves looking for…(laugh) looking for people they are never going to find. (laugh)' He was talking about how, 'by having this war on terror you can never win it, because it is an eternal war so you can always keep taking peoples liberties away', and I said 'how are you gong to convince people that this war is real?' and he said "by the media…the media can convince everybody that its real.'

'You just keep talking about things and saying them over and over and over again and eventually people believe it.

'You know- they create the Federal Reserve in 1913 through lies…

'They create 911… which was another lie. Through 911, then you are fighting a war on terror and all the sudden you go into Iraq… which was another lie… and now they are going to do Iran. It's all one thing leading to another, leading to another, leading to another.'

"I would say to him, 'what are you doing this for? What's the point of this thing? You have all the money in the world you would ever want- you have all the power…you're hurting people… it's not a good thing.' And he would say 'What do you care about the people for? Take care of yourself and take care of your family.' I said 'So what are the ultimate goals here?' He said, 'The ultimate goal is to get everyone in this world chipped with an RFID chip. And have all money be on those chips and have everything on those chips...and if anyone wants to protest what we do or violate what we want, we can just turn off their chip.'"

Why should anyone trust what he has to say? He's a tax dodger and from his movie, an obvious liar. I think what's most important, if he knew all this was going to happen, and the only person he told was Alex Jones after most of it already had happened, that makes Aaron Russo the most evil person in the world. If you have the ability to prevent a horrible terrorist attack or know something may happen, and you do nothing... I do not know of something more inhumane. I wouldn't trust this man at all, and if any of this is true, it's even more reason not to trust him because he let it happen and only mentions it later casually. I'd bet ameros to doughnuts this conversation between him and anyone other than himself never took place.
Microchips

That's right -- micro chipped. In 2005, congress under the pretense of immigration control and the so called war on terrorism, passed the Real ID act, under which it is projected by May 2008, you will be required to carry around a Federal Identification card which includes on it a scannable bar code with you personal information.

Pretty much every industrialized country in the world has some form of national ID. In fact, the US has them already. I wonder if you have ever heard of Drivers Licenses? Birth Certificates? Social Security Cards? Draft Registration Cards? Oh man, the conspiracy is already underway! In reality, the Real ID is more like a drivers license, and doesn't change anything, it doesn't give the government anymore control over you than they already have. If it does, how does it? What difference would it be than them writing down your Driver's License Number? The difference here is that there is a national standard, where Drivers Licenses don't have them, and a scanner makes it easier to record this information when you go into a court house, and less likely for a mistake to occur.

Pretty much all the European countries that criticize the US as being "fascist" and such already have programs like this, Germany, France, Spain, England, etc.

However this barcode is only an intermediary step, before the card is equipped with a VeriChip RFID tracking Module, which will use radio frequencies to track your every move on the planet. If this sounds foreign to you, please note that the RFID tracking chip is already in all new American passports. And the final step is the implanted chip, which many people have already been manipulated into accepting under different pretenses.

So, they are going to issue the cards, and then do it all over again with RFID? Why do that, why not do the RFID first? Wouldn't that be more cost efficient for them? I mean, they do care about money more than anything, so why would they waste it?

We have a Florida family who are really pioneers in a brave new world. They have volunteer to be the first ever to have microchip identification devices implanted into their bodies.

After 9/11 I was really concerned with the security of my family…

-- Some Crazy Lady

I remember when this was on, they wanted to have their information easily identifiable. Fair enough, if someone wants to do it to themselves, they should have the right to, and I have never heard of any government agency supporting such an idea. In fact, most Americans think it's bizarre, why would they agree to it? Would it be forced on them? Why would anyone expect Americans to take it? Oh, right, the media will convince them it's a good idea.

I wouldn't mind having something planted permanently in my arm, that would identify me.

-- 60 minutes guy

I watched this 60 minutes program and he was talking about Alzheimer's patients, so if they appeared somewhere, completely confused, they could easily be identified. Regardless, he was speaking voluntarily.

In the end, everybody will be locked into a monitored control grid, where every single action you perform is documented… and if you get out of line, they can just turn off your chip, for at that point in time, every single aspect of society will revolve around interactions with the chips. This is the picture that is painted for the future if you open your eyes to see it. A centralized one world economy where everyone's moves and everyone transactions are tracked and monitored. All rights removed.

Let's be realistic, how will they track your every move on the planet? You would need endless amounts of satellites, radio towers, and not to mention for RFID scanners to work, you must be generally around 10cm from a recording device. Keep in mind, RFID tags are passive, that is, they don't send out signals, they are activated by a signal which also provides them with power[106].

Not to mention, how do you log and categorize something like that? If it is to control nearly 7 billion people now, that would be constant queries to a database, it would take literally billions of computers around the world, constantly filling their hard drives up with where people have just been. It would cost trillions to invest. It is one of the most impractical inventions there is. And for what? To control you? Why? You won't buy more, you won't do more for them, there's absolutely no reason for them to do it, other than wasting their own money, and most likely not getting more money from you in the future.

The same claim was made by Alex Jones and the other conspiracy theorists about the UN, and it never happened, and it won't happened. However, RFID didn't exist then, so they claimed it would be tattoos. Why does that sound so familiar?
Film Conclusion

The most incredible aspect of all: These totalitarian elements will not be forced upon the people, the people will demand them, for the social manipulation of society through the generation of fear and division has completely detached human from their sense of power and reality. A process, which has been going on for centuries if not millennia…

I find that highly unlikely. The film maker assumes that everyone is stupid. It reminds me of an old argument, that "if the Anti-Christ is going to do exactly what is in the book of revolution, how does he expect no one to notice?" That's my argument, in fact. The point is, do they honestly expect no one to notice and for everyone to except it? It'd take years to even setup a system, with literally millions of IT professionals and other specialists, and yet nobody has ever heard of such a thing being done, and they won't.

Religion- Patriotism- Race – Wealth – Class… and every other form of arbitrary separatist identification and thus conceit, has served to create a controlled population, utterly malleable in the hands of the few.

So, now we see where the Religion part comes into play. I was beginning to think there was no reason to have Part I other than to trash Christianity. Even if these things are arbitrary, they still exist, and really aren't in the hands of "the few". I'd like someone to name these "few" for me, and provide real sources, not conspiracy sites.

"Divide and Conquer" is the motto, and as long as people continue to see themselves as separate from everything else, they lend themselves to being completely enslaved.

The men behind the curtain know this. And they also know- that if people ever realize the truth of their relationship to nature, and the truth of their personal power… The entire manufactured zeitgeist they prey upon, will collapse like a house of cards.

Separate from everything else? What does that even mean? The men behind the curtain are as real as the Wizard of Oz, they exist only in the paranoid minds of the conspiracy theorists. Every time someone tells the people "the truth", millions end up dying. I hope to god that nobody figures out the "real truth".

Zeitgeist - Movie Sources and Credits

While attempting to research the movie's sources myself, I ran into several interesting findings. On this page I will discuss each source and my conclusions on them. These are the sources listed on the page as of January 26, 2008 -- I date this because I imagine the author's of the page will change it as more is proven false.

How much money does Peter Joseph make from the sales of Zeitgeist? Find out

- A deep thanks goes to the inspirational work of Jordan Maxwell, whose journey in the pursuit of truth is honorary -

I decided first I would look into Jordan Maxwell and what he was all about. At first glance his web site was like many others out there, claiming to have secret knowledge about what is really going on in the world. There is a massive list of claims about what is hidden in the world, and he even claims with some that other conspiracy theorists are wrong, and he is the one who is right. It would take a whole web site to debunk all of the claims made, but I assume people going there will use common sense.
Part I - The Greatest Story Ever Told

* Special thanks to Acharya S for her consultation for this section *

This author is referenced many times throughout the sources, and I will discuss her in length throughout this section. I should also note that I sorted this section by author, it doesn't seem to have been in any order before. The reason for this is so that it is easier to compare and contrast all of the claims made by an author and their works. Perhaps it was split up so it did not look like so much came from a single author.
Acharya S

Acharya S - Suns of God, Adventures Unlimited Press

Acharya S - The Christ Conspiracy, Adventures Unlimited Press
The Author

Who is Acharya S? That is what I wanted to know when I stumbled upon her official web site. On her "Who is Acharya S?" and "Credentials" pages she goes in length talking about herself and her credentials. Immediately I had to call many of these into question, and I will discuss them here. In short she is a mystic and conspiracy theorist with no professional training what so ever. She goes on and on about how she traveled in Europe and has read works of various philosophers such as Cicero and Chaucer, and she actually claims that she has "sat down with the Bible - in English, as well as in the original Hebrew and Greek - long enough to understand it more than most clergy."[1] She claims to also be a "member" of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. A thorough staff and directory search turned up nothing. I emailed various people on the web site, and yet nobody has ever heard of her[2].

It really strikes me, someone who considers herself to be more knowledgeable about Christianity than any other person, is never quoted by anyone other than herself or Zeitgeist, the movie. Not only that but in her various works, even this youtube video, she repeatedly claims or illudes to "Sun" and "Son" being the same word and thus of the same origin, while this is only true in English not in any other language (I discussed this in Part I). I would think that someone who is well versed in many languages, especially Hebrew and Greek, would realize that you cannot make connections this way.
The Christ Conspiracy

This book is the primary source for Part I of the movie, if not the only original source, and it seems that the film-maker just used other sources to further validate the claims. The book doesn't start off well, however, and to further clarify what I mean, the first paragraph is full of several inaccuracies. It claims that all religions have a good, gods, or goddesses; nothing is more divisive than religion, and that in every religion there is an enemy (like Satan). The first religion that comes to mind is Buddhism, as there are no gods in Buddhism, communism and fascism always have been viewed more divisive than religion, and beyond religion in their own right. In Buddhism there is no enemy, except potentially yourself, but short of declaring everyone Satan, the concept does not exist[3]. Acharya really doesn't know that much about religion, sociology, or much of anything at all from as far as I can tell.

In her book, she states:

To deflect the horrible guilt off the shoulders of their own faith, religionists have pointed to supposedly secular ideologies such as Communism and Nazism as oppressors and murderers of the people. However, few realize or acknowledge that the originators of Communism were Jewish (Marx, Lenin, Hess, Trotsky) and that the most overtly violent leaders of both bloody movements were Roman Catholic (Hitler, Mussolini, Franco) or Eastern Orthodox Catholic (Stalin), despotic and intolerant ideologies that breed fascistic dictators. In other words, these movements were not 'atheistic,' as religionists maintain.

It is known that Marx[4], Lenin[5], Trotsky[6] were of Jewish ancestry, and Stalin of a Eastern Orthodox[7] past. They, however, were all vocal atheists throughout their lives and until death. I hardly think it is accurate to make a claim that because someone was born of a religion, they are that religion forever. For example, if I am born into a Buddhist family, therefore I am a Buddhist forever -- I hardly doubt anyone would agree with that claim. I wonder what religion Acharya was born into. As for Hitler, Mussolini, and Franco -- while they were indeed born into Catholic families, but there isn't much historical evidence that they felt guilty about their religions or just used their politics as a way to commit crimes for their religions. In fact, Hitler at least had no real attachment to his religion, instead it seemed more like he was afraid of his potential paternal history, rather than his childhood religion[8].

Her web site is geared more towards selling books that question religions ideologies, rather than actually investigating them. You can take a look and find her making various claims about Islam (same kind she did about Christianity and others). It even brings up how "Allah" is actually the moon goddess. I'll save refuting this some other time, because it requires some in-depth explanation of history and language. Her web site also goes on about how Junk food (such as candy bars and hamburgers) are essentially drugs and there are roaming gangs involved in "bloody orgies of criminality and depravity".

She now even has an e-book you can download for a small donation that goes along with Zeitgeist, the movie. Good to see she cares so much about spreading the truth. Maybe it is also worth mentioning that she could not get her books published anywhere except Stellar House Publishing, a company which she runs.
Other Sources
Maxwell, Jordan: The Light of World (Film Series) IRES
I could not find this source, you know where I can get it, please contact me.
Allegro, John - The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian Myth, Prometheus Books
I have to call this source into question, aside from being about 30 years old, and way behind the times as far as research into the history of Christianity goes, it bases itself on several assumptions, such as that Jesus was not talked about around his life, which is something I debated in my debunking of Part I. As usual, it seems to come from a point of view, of just wanting to discredit Christianity, rather than study it.
Berry, Gerald: Religions Of The World, Barnes & Noble Pub., 1965
I could not get a hold of this one.
Campbell, Joseph - Creative Mythology: The Masks of God, Penguin
Essentially this is an over-zealous Atheist's view of Christianity. It really is, to me, what sounds like a sarcastic commentary on the history of beliefs that encompass Abrahamic religions, such as the belief in the Garden of Eden. The book is pretty self-serving.
Carpenter, Edward: Pagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning Book Tree, 1998
Another book, originally published in 1920, which compares Paganism and Christianity. It was written before we had the in-depth scholarly of Christianity that we have now, so I do not think it is a reputable source. I also question it because it claims that Christianity is based on Astrology, something I debunked in Part I of my article about the movie.
Churchward, Albert -The Origin and Evolution of Religion, The Book Tree
About as factual as Acharya S's work, and interestingly about 80 years older. Perhaps she copied some of her work from this guy?
Cumont, Franz: Astrology and Religion Among the Greeks and Romans Cosimo Classics 1912
Another century old book. It seems as though the film maker likes referring things that were created before modern research was introduced -- a time when people pretty much lied or guessed and it was perceived as factual. More or less on the same lines as the Acharya S books.
Doane, T.W. - Bible Myths and Their Parallels in Other Religions, Health Research
This book is about 125 years old, and still along the lines of the works of Acharya S, ridiculous research that no scholar in their right mind would believe today.
Doherty, Earl - The Jesus Puzzle: Did Christianity Begin with a Mythical Christ?, Age of Reason Pub.
This book is full of loose ends and strange connections that the author attempts to make in order to prove Jesus never existed, even among the apostles.
Fideler, David: Jesus Christ, Sun of God Quest Books, 1993
Connections are attempted between the Christian God and the Sun, same stuff we debunked in Part I.
Frazer, Sir James: The Golden Bough, Touchstone Pub., 1890
What's with all the old books? All I have to say is this work was the basis for several other books on this list that I call into question for gross misrepresentation of facts and research.
Irvin, Jan & Rutajit, Andrew - Astrotheology and Shamanism, The Book Tree
This book is hilariously full of typos, cusswords, and misrepresentation of pretty much everything. It reminds me of the blog rantings of a 14 year old who listens to too much death metal.
Jackson, John G. : Christianity Before Christ, American Atheist Press, 1985
Same story, different book, misrepresentations of facts, inaccurately comparing figures from different religions. He even misquotes people on purpose to prove himself correct.
King James Version, The Holy Bible, Holman
I have read this specific version, a few times. It's full of mistranslations, and lacks information that is represented in Christianity. Definitely not something to use as a source if you are attempting to do research.
Leedom, Tim C - The Book Your Church Doesn't Want You To Read, TS Books
Same story, yet again, attempts to make connections between Sun worship, Christianity, Astrology, and all that.
Massey, Gerald - Ancient Egypt: Light of the World, Kessinger Publishing
Attempts to draw many lines between Christianity and Egyptian Mythology, concepts I debunked in Part I, and concepts which are just completely untrue, unfounded, and unsourced.
Massey, Gerald - Egyptian Book of the Dead and the Mysteries of Amenta, Kessinger Publishing
A lot of the information seems inaccurate, but if I give the author the benefit of the doubt, I would say it's just out of date. Most of the information contained therein contradicts pretty much everything, both previous findings, and new ones.
Massey, Gerald - The Historic Jesus and the Mythical Christ, The Book Tree
I couldn't find this book. I do know that this author did believe that you could trace all religions back to a small number of linked cults.
Maxwell, Tice, Snow - That Old Time Religion, The Book Tree
This is essentially based on the works of Gerald Massey, which, I previously mentioned, is kind of a fringe set of beliefs and theories.
Murdock, D.M. - Who was Jesus?, Steller House Publishing
This is another book by Acharya S, but is published under a different alias. It's the same as her other stuff.
Remsburg, John E. - The Christ: A Critical Review and Analysis of the Evidence of His Existence, Prometheus Books
Another 100 year old book that references secondary sources that are even older. It is along the same lines as the other books listed here.
Rolleston, Frances: Mazzaroth, Rivingtons, Waterloo Place, 1862
Couldn't find it, but I imagine it is probably even more inaccurate than the other sources here.
Singh, Madanjeet: The Sun- Symbol of Power and Life, UNESCO, 1993
I wasn't able to get a hold of it, so I'm not sure.
The Naked Truth (Film) IRES
A conspiracy movie that sources another conspiracy movie?
Wheless, Joseph: Forgery in Christianity: A Documented Record of the Foundations of the Christian Religion 1930
This guy is not a scholar, but a lawyer, and essentially gives Christianity a mock show trial where he proves that the fathers of Christianity were liars. His references are either impossible to find, incorrect, or misrepresent what is in them.
Part II - All The World's a Stage

*A special thanks to 9/11 Truth Movement Film Makers, without which this compilation based section would not exist *

Yes, thank you, if not for you I wouldn't have a web site. ;-)

Sources:
Ruppert, Michael - Crossing the Rubicon, New Society Publishers
Griffin, David Ray - The New Pearl Harbor, Interlink
Griffin, David Ray - Debunking 9/11 Debunking, Olive Branch Press
Tarpley, Webster - 9/11 Synthetic Terror: Made in USA, Progressive Press
Griffin, David Ray -The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions And Distortions, Olive Branch Press
Marrs, Jim - The Terror Conspiracy: Deception, 9/11 and the Loss of Liberty, Disinformation Company

I pretty much debunked all of this in my September 11th set of articles, especially claims made by David Ray Griffin.
Part III - Don't Mind The Men Behind The Curtain

It is endlessly funny to me when conspiracy theorists source conspiracy theorists. I do not think there is a single reference here that is not a conspiracy book or film that cites no sources or sources that have been proven false. You can read my Part III for the movie to see me debunk most of this garbage.

Sources:
Perloff, James - The Shadows of Power, Western Islands
Marrs, Jim - Rule by Secrecy, Harper Paperbacks
Dye, Thomas R. - The Irony of Democracy, Wadsworth Publishing
Greider, William - Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country, Simon & Schuster
F.D.R.: His Personal Letters, Duell/Sloan/Pearce
Allen, Frederick Lewis - "Morgan The Great"/ Life Magazine - 4/25/1949
Simpson, Colin - The Lusitania, Little Brown
Pool, James - Who Financed Hitler: the Secret Funding... ,Pocket Books
Epperson, Ralph A. -The Unseen Hand
Sutton, Anthony C. - Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler, G S G & Associates Pub
Sutton, Anthony C. - The Federal Reserve Conspiracy, G S G & Associates Pub
Allen, Gary - The Rockefeller File, 76 Pr
Lundberg, Ferdinand - America's Sixty Families, Citidell Press
Mcfadden, Louis - On the Federal Reserve, Congressional Record 1934
Allen, Gary - The Bankers , Conspiratorial Origins of the Federal Reserve, American Opinion
Larson, Martin - The Federal Reserve
House, Edward Mandell -The Intimate Papers Of Colonel House, Kessinger Publishing
Sutton, Anthony C. - Wall Street and FDR, Arlington House
Wilson, Woodrow - The New Freedom
Russo, Aaron - America: Freedom To Fascism (film)
Iserbyt, Charlotte Thompson - The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America, 3d Research Co
Stinnett, Robert - Day Of Deceit, Free Press
Security and Prosperity Partnership Of North America, spp.gov
Jaikaran, Jacques S. - Debt Virus, Glenbridge Publishing
Benson, Bill -The Law That Never Was
Griffin, G. Edward, The Creature from Jekyll Island, American Media
Jones, Alex - 9/11 Road to Tyranny
Grace Commision Report - 1984 - Reagan Admin

Zeitgeist - Movie Statement

I was perusing the web site for Zeitgeist, The Movie and I ran across the official movie statement, as made by the creator of the film. Some of the things said in the statement were interesting enough to talk about here. I will quote the entire statement, verbatim, and then discuss it.

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The "statement" on the web site, as of January 26, 2008:

Welcome to the Official Site for 'Zeitgeist, the Movie.' Since the emergence of the work in late June, 2007, many other websites, organizations and posts have fallaciously claimed connections to the work. Please note that 'Zeitgeist', along with this site, has no direct affiliation with anything else online.

Zeitgeist, produced by Peter Joseph, was created as a nonprofit filmiac expression to inspire people to start looking at the world from a more critical perspective and to understand that very often things are not what the population at large think they are. The information in Zeitgeist was established over a year long period of research and the current Source page on this site lists the basic sources used / referenced and the Interactive Transcript incldes exact source references and further information.

Now, it's important to point out that there is a tendency to simply disbelieve things that are counter to our understanding, without the necessary research performed. For example, some information contained in Part 1 and Part 3, specifically, is not obtained by simple keyword searches on the Internet. You have to dig deeper. For instance, very often people who look up "Horus" or "The Federal Reserve" on the Internet draw their conclusions from very general or biased sources. Online encyclopedias or text book Encyclopedias often do not contain the information contained in Zeitgeist. However, if one takes the time to read the sources provided, they will find that what is being presented is based on documented evidence. Any corrections, clarifications & further points regarding the film are found on the Clarifications page. Non-Profit DVDs / Free Video Downloads are available through the Downloads page.

That being said, It is my hope that people will not take what is said in the film as the truth, but find out for themselves, for truth is not told, it is realized.

Thank You

My interest is primarily with the third paragraph of the statement itself. As you can see, it starts by saying that people will have a "tendency to simply disbelieve things that are counter to our understanding". While I agree with that, I think the film-maker is underestimating how grossly different his claims are from ones in history, science, religion, and other areas such as astrology. Even though some things should be called into question, there is a difference between questioning and honestly looking into something, and single handedly just trying to disprove something.

For example, some information contained in Part 1 and Part 3, specifically, is not obtained by simple keyword searches on the Internet. You have to dig deeper. For instance, very often people who look up "Horus" or "The Federal Reserve" on the Internet draw their conclusions from very general or biased sources. Online encyclopedias or text book Encyclopedias often do not contain the information contained in Zeitgeist. However, if one takes the time to read the sources provided, they will find that what is being presented is based on documented evidence.

There is a reason this information is not easily obtained via simple searches on the Internet. In fact, if you try you cannot find this in real-world libraries, both public and university. It was also difficult to find this information in bookstores, which are more likely to house information that is controversial. It essentially comes down to the film-maker wanting to say "Every source you will attempt to find is wrong, and only the sources I provide are correct." This is no different from simply telling you not to look up the information at all.

The most laughable part was "...draw their conclusions from very general or biased sources". This is coming from a film which repeatedly sources only a few places, in fact nearly all of Part I can be found in the book The Christ Conspiracy - The Greatest Story Ever Sold, which I discuss in length on the movie sources page, calling into question the author and her other claims as well.

That being said, It is my hope that people will not take what is said in the film as the truth, but find out for themselves, for truth is not told, it is realized.

Well, as discussed in the various pages for this article, and nearly all claims being completely refuted -- I would venture to say that the film should never be taken as truth on any level. Honestly, it seems this statement is a subtle disclaimer of sorts, essentially saying "if anything in this movie is proven wrong, I actually didn't mean for it to be true, but if you think it's true, that is just as good."

Zeitgeist - Movie Clarifications

As with the Movie Statement page, I found a Clarifications page which attempts to explain away minor problems with the film's claims. These are the clarifications on the web site, as of January 26, 2008. This page, however, has since been removed from the Zeitgeist, the movie's web site.

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15:25-15:27
The December 25th birthday denoted to Jesus Christ, as stated by the narration, is not written in the Bible, although it is practiced traditionally. However, this date, known in the Pagan world for the birth of the 'Sun God' at the Winter Solstice, is in fact implied by the astronomical symbolism during the birth sequence.

More on this point is addressed in the Interactive Transcript.

As I noted in my discussion of Part I - Jesus and Connection to Other Gods, the birth date of Jesus was not mentioned in the Bible, and in the Bible it actually hints that he was born in spring time. This date is practiced traditionally because around 300 AD the Roman Catholic Church made December 25th the official birth date in order to ease the transition from paganism to Christianity for ancient Romans. Prior to that, for nearly 300 years, many different dates were celebrated as Jesus Christ's birthday, in Rome one of the more popular dates was January 6th. I also discussed in the Horus and "Other Gods and Goddesses" sections of Part I that none of the other gods were born on December 25th. So, not only is the original claim in the movie incorrect, but the clarification is incorrect as well, and really doesn't explain anything different than the movie did.

53:56-53:59
The text reads:
["Collapse Characteristics of World T. Center 1, 2 & 7 fit the Controlled Demolition Model Exactly"]
-WTC 7 fits the C.D. model exactly, however Towers 1 and 2 were, in fact, EXPLOSIONS rather than implosions. The means of the demolition of Towers 1 and 2 would be considered "unconventional". The free fall speed; collapse "into its own footprint" and other such goals of controlled demolition, are however confluent.

That is mighty convenient, this among other excuses/theories are debunked thoroughly in the It Looked Like a Controlled Demolition section of the 9/11 article.

1:04:09 -1:04:16
The video here is of the Madrid Bombings of 2004, not the London Bombings of 2005.
It is used as a creative expression and example.

I wonder how often they do that in this movie, that is just pass off one clip for something help, and hope no one notices. I imagine this was added here because someone did notice (or multiple people).

1:09:22- 1:11:05
These extracts from the JFK speech entitled "The President and the Press" from April 27, 1961, are used as a dramatized introduction to Part 3, and are not exactly in context with the original intent of JFK's speech. Though President Kennedy does indeed address the peril of secrecy, denouncing "secret societies", "secret oaths" and "secret proceedings" in his statements, the latter section is related to his views on Communism and not these societies.

Interesting, I would have to comment here as I did above about the Madrid Bombings clip.

1:17:14-1:17:20:
The narration states regarding W.Wilson and the Federal Reserve Act:
"Years Later Woodrow Wilson wrote in regret..."
- The notion of "years later" is incorrect. The quote is taken from his book "The New Freedom" and it was written the same year he signed the Federal Reserve Act.

As I discussed, even though it is mentioned in his book, the quote originally comes from a speech he made in his presidential campaign.

1:23:35 -1:23:38
There are 2 errors stated in the narration, one computational, the other technical.
1) It should say: (correction in italics) "Roughly 25% of the average worker's income is taken via this tax"
[According the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average US salary is about $36,000
which translates to a 25% Federal Income Tax. * 35% is the high tax bracket ]
2) This 25% is not a flat tax against the entire income of that single person for the year.
Rather, the tax is "graduated". In other words, it is a generalization to say "25% is taxed", where as there are 2 tax rate brackets under this one, and income is taxed based on each bracket combined, in a graduated manner. Consequently, the statement "you work 3 months out of the year..." is not accurate as it would be less than that in light of the "graduated" nature.

I believe they fixed this error in the final version of the film.

1:27.35-1:27:40:
There is a statement error in the narration. It should say: (correction in italics)
-"J.D. Rockefeller made 200 million dollars off of it [WWI]. That's about 1.9 Billion by today's standards"
[It was stated as "1.9 Trillion", which was misspoken and intended to have been read "Billion", not "Trillion".
Note: Based on the Consumer Price Index (not the GDP used initially), this conversion can also be figured
at about 3 Billion dollars]

This one as well as above.

Zeitgeist - Companion Guide

I have been getting many complaints from people who claim that I did not read the Companion Guide, so therefore I cannot debate the movie. My first argument against that is I was debating the facts in the movie, which does not include whatever is written in an e-book by another author. Second, the Companion Guide covers only Part I of the film, not Parts II and III, so I fail to see how this means I cannot at least debate those parts. In all fairness, I decided to get a copy of the Companion Guide. Let's start talking about it...

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Table of Contents
Introduction
Egyptian Language Translations
God, Man or Myth?
Who Is Gerald Massey?
Horus, Sun of God
Who is Horus?
Horus versus Set
The Astrotheology of the Passion
Who is Set?
Born on December 25th
Christian Sun Worship?
The Virgin Isis-Mery
Mary is Mery Redux?
Conclusion
Introduction

The book starts with taking two quotes out of context then providing us with a quote by a similar author to Acharya S. Following the third quote, it does not seem too illogical to me that a religion, ancient or modern, would have some form of good and evil, an afterlife, and so forth. Seeing how we are doing an introduction, let's talk about Acharya S a bit. I discussed her to some extent in the Movie Sources section.

Essentially she's a liar and fraud, who claims to have superior knowledge of language (Greek, Hebrew, English, for starters), when in reality her knowledge of language seems to be child-like at best -- making comparisons to the words "Sun" and "Son" meaning the same thing and being the same words in other languages.  She claims to be a "member" of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, but this is complete farce, and nobody there has heard of her. Not to mention she claims that she has a higher biblical knowledge than "that of most clergy", yet seems to be more guilty of buffet picking versus from the bible than most fundamentalist Christians.

I will not be able to go point-by-point through the book for two reasons, firstly because the author says so many things in such a small area, this page would be massive and it would take me forever to do it -- most of it you can find debunked in my debunking of Part I. The second is that it is copyrighted material, and so I would not be able to put the book on this page in its entirety -- so I will assume you have the book too.

However, I will do my best and discuss most things she says. Several people, as I mentioned at the top of this page, have essentially told me that this book clarifies all the mistakes made in the movie -- and that is hardly the case, because this book essentially makes the same or even more outrageous claims than the movie. The author of the book is also heavily guilty of self-sourcing, she provides her books as sources -- and to clarify with a complaint made, when I link someone to a page where I have already debunked something, that is not the same thing as me claiming my own page is the source itself.
Egyptian Language Translations

It seems like the author is just going on about how translations of the Egyptian language can be trusted, though that is not really clear, it seems like Acharya S has a hard time communicating even basic ideas without trying to make them sound complicated. Regardless, the author says that Greek writing is "word-based", implying to me that Egyptian writing was not, that it was simply pictograms. This is a common misconception, in fact the symbols used were consonants much like Arabic or Hebrew, followed by symbols showing the action of the word written, its function, and many other things[1].
God, Man or Myth?

She starts by talking about how we know that Egyptian Gods were myths and not to be considered real people, even though sometimes in Ancient Egypt such action was done -- same as we do to Jesus today, we make him into something real. Obviously from this area, she believes Jesus to be a myth, and that's fine, I just didn't realize her opinion of Jesus extended into fact. But I digress, she also mentions that you can find more information in her book The Christ Conspiracy, something which was used as a primary source for Zeitgeist, the movie, something I have shown to be less than trust worthy in the Movie Sources section.
Who Is Gerald Massey?

While he is said to be self-taught in the areas of the written language, even to have taught himself to read Egyptian hieroglyphs, he is really no one of consequence outside of the circles of Christian conspiracies. He is not considered an Egyptologist, or someone knowledgeable of ancient texts by anyone but himself and Christian conspiracists. While they may contribute this to an even bigger conspiracy, I just say he was full of it. As he was someone who considered himself a druid, it does not surprise me that there might be some animosity towards Christianity, especially because of its anti-pagan activities of the Middle Ages, and thus a desire to make it look like it was stolen, from a pagan religion. While Acharya S may consider herself and Gerald Massey to be knowledgeable about Egyptology, no one else on earth does, except followers of theirs.
Horus, Sun of God

The "Sun of God" thing does not make sense. I would like to remind you that Acharya S considers herself to be very knowledgeable in at least Hebrew and Greek, so how could she connect "Son" and "Sun", when they are not linguistically similar, and in English they just sound similar, but are not related. In this section she essentially says the same things that were said about Horus in Part I of the film, things such as he was the Sun God, born on December 25th, and many other things that are completely untrue, you can see more in that section.
Who is Horus?

This section makes similar and even more outrageous claims than Part I of the film did about Horus, it also attempts to make some really asinine linguistic connections. It even alludes to a fact that "horizon" has something to do with "Horus", when in fact horizon originates from Old French orizon, originally from Greek horos meaning "boundry". You would think someone with a knowledge of Greek would know that[2]. She continues on with claims and self-contradictions, too many to list here. Reading her work makes me want to stab out my eyes.
Horus versus Set

Basically this section of the book implies, as the movie did, that there is a battle between Horus and Set as there is one of Good and Evil, however as we discussed in Part I, only a single battle took place, Set was not evil until nearly 100 AD when the Romans turned him into a demonic figure.
The Astrotheology of the Passion

The author attempts more connections between Egypt, the Zodiac, and so forth. Things thoroughly debunked. The worst part is she blatantly lies about "birthdays" of deities to make different dates important, when most of them never had birth dates.
Who is Set?

What is most interesting is that they refer to Chapter 17 of the Book of the Dead to talk about how Set is listed as essentially a demonic figure, but in the same chapter, it also talks about how Horus lived and how Ra was the Sun God, not Horus. It also talks about how Set and Horus only battled one time, not every night, nor was it a battle of "good and evil", more of a battle over who should look over humanity. No where in this chapter does it describe Set as "that god who steals souls, who laps up corruption, who lives on what is putrid, who is in charge of darkness, who is immersed in gloom, of whom those who are among the languid ones are afraid.", or anything even close[3]
Born on December 25th

As we discussed in Part I, in the Horus section, Horus' birthday was on the 5th day of the Epagomenal Days, which takes place in late August or sometimes in late July. We also discussed in the Birth subsection, in the Jesus section, some more information about December 25th, which is widely know to have been purposely put on a popular Roman pagan holiday, in order to convert more Romans. The book goes on to great length to explain away this whole situation.
Christian Sun Worship?

We discussed this at length on Part I.
The Virgin Isis-Mery

We discussed this at length in Part I was well, in the Horus and Jesus' Mother sections.
Mary is Mery Redux?

Just when I think the book could not lie any more, nor get any more preposterous, it essentially cross compares the stories of Jesus and Mary to that of Horus and Isis -- and of course for the author it works, because they completely lie about the story of Horus, making such claims as that Horus and Isis try to escape Set as Jesus and Mary tried to escape Herod. This is something that makes no sense, considering as we discussed in the Horus section and also above, Set and Horus were in battle over who controlled humanity, a single time, when Set cut off one of his testicles -- this is hardly even remotely close to anything like the story of Jesus as a child.
Conclusion

Essentially the movie made it a lot easier for her claims to be accepted, because the film maker made them much more simple, but even when they are simple, they are easy to refute. The problem is that she overloads readers with so much information, that it is hard to weed out what to believe and what not to believe, so naturally some people would just assume she knows what she's talking about.

She's a liar, and of story.

Zeitgeist - My Conclusion

Note: This is not to be a substitute for Part I, Part II, and Part III of my analysis. You should read those first, there are no sources here, just a general overview.

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Part I is perhaps the most believed of all sections. I have come to the conclusion that you should automatically not trust anyone using the words "astro-theology", because it will no doubt follow with outrageous claims with little, to no, evidence to back them up. As I stated, I am not a Christian Apologist, but nearly everything said in Part I is completely wrong or completely made up.

What is worse is the Companion Guide written by the shrew of an author Acharya S, who I discussed at length on the movie sources page. Her book goes on and on, making essentially the same claims as the movie, but they are even more outrageous and unfounded. She claims certain things are in the book of the dead, but even a minor look at it, shows it's a complete lie. She makes ridiculous and impossible comparisons to the lives of Horus and Jesus, most of which defy all history, logic, and sometimes language. Christians shouldn't be the only ones offended by Part I, as a human, I'm offended they think I am so stupid as to believe any of the claims made there in.

Part II is the same stuff that has been debunked by hundreds of other people, and is essentially a copy from movies such as Loose Change. It has no connection to Part I what so ever. I debunked every conspiracy in this part, including others, in my 9/11 section.

Part III is the second most believed behind Part I. Everything in this part is out of context, a lie, misquoted, made up, or taken from anti-Semites who have made the same claims for years. I heard about these claims many times, and many people have made them. What is most interesting, there was a movie from the late 1980s about how the UN is going to take over the world, and it made nearly all the same claims. Why didn't that come true?

Overall there are absolutely no connections between Part I and any other part of the movie, Part II is a complete lie because 9/11 was an Outside Job, and Part III is the same things that have been said for decades, just replace "Banking Interests" with "Jews", "Illuminati", "Aliens", and many others, and you will automatically create the scripts for many other similar movies.

So, the conclusion is, the film is 100% a complete lie, complete farce, made up garbage.

But hey, you don't have to believe me, I'm not the one making outrageous claims that religion is only meant to control you, and that it is connected with 9/11, which in turn with the Federal Reserve will give you a microchip... with no evidence of consequence.