LONG LIVE THE PUPPETMASTERS

If you’re still worried about secret societies which control the world why not take the attitude of Dilbert creator Scott Adams, who recently expressed the hope that there is indeed a small group of ultra-rich capitalists who secretly control the world. “The only way I can get to sleep at night is by imagining a secret cabal of highly competent puppetmasters who are handling the important decisions while our elected politicians debate flag burning and the definition of marriage,” he muses, adding that “it’s the only explanation for how the governments of the world could be staffed with morons and yet everything still runs okay, sort of... There must be some competent people pulling the strings behind the curtain, adjusting the money supply, twiddling with interest rates, choosing the winners for American Idol, and that sort of thing.” (DilbertBlog.typepad.com)