The ability of the power elite to use sleight-of-hand in order to perpetuate their control over the rest of us is truly remarkable. What's worse is that we all help them out at every opportunity.

The only weakness, the only vulnerability that the bankers and politicians who have achieved world conquest possess is the very, very slight risk that people will notice what they're doing. Their #1 priority is to make sure we don't focus on that weakness, that vulnerability, because they know if we ever do focus on it, their game is up. I'm talking once again about legalized fraud, which comes in three forms: (1) banks lend money that doesn't belong to them; (2) banks lend money long-term using short-term funds;, and (3) banks and governments issue money backed by nothing (except more debt).

The entire financial magic show is oriented toward focusing people's attention on anything else and everything else. Here are some examples:

• Are you concerned about global warming? Want to see the industrialized nations make reparations to third world nations for the harm they caused by emitting carbon dioxide? The bankers smile, because they can make money pushing global warming solutions, and the politicians love it because supporting such an idea helps get them elected.
• Do you think anthropogenic global warming is a farce, a fraud? Once again, the bankers smile. If public opinion shifts at some point, they know there's lots of money to be made on the other side of the AGW fence.
• Are you pro-life? Once again, there's money and power to be had by pushing the pro-life agenda.
• Are you pro-choice? That's fine, too. Bankers can make a lot of money, and politicians can gain a lot of power by funding pro-choice movements.
• Are you afraid of terrorism? The politicians and bankers love your concern, and they'll find endless ways to spend money on it in order to increase their power, while they work hard to shred the Constitution.
• Are you in the minority which questions the whole terrorist agenda? Once again, the bankers and the politicians smile (on the inside), because if necessary they can make money should the political sentiment ever shift that direction.
• How about health care? Does the high cost of seeing the doctor have your budget all tied up in skyrocketing insurance payments? Once again, the bankers and the politicians smile.
• Do you favor a public health option? Lots of money and power can be acquired by pushing for that. The bankers are 100% for you, too.
• Do you want the government to get out of health care? Once again, if public opinion ever shifts in your direction, there's lots of money to be made by the bankers, while the astute politician will be able to turn such a shift to his/her advantage.
• Concerned about illegal aliens? Yes, of course, the bankers and the politicians will agree with you that illegal aliens are responsible for everything from massive job losses to the financial crisis itself.

In short, they'll agree with anything that focuses the public's attention away from the core issues of legalized fraud. That's why all the smoke-and-mirrors tactics exist in the first place. The bankers, the politicians, the power elite know that legalized fraud is their achilles heel, but they also know that it's so very easy to distract attention away from it. How? Simple is pie. Just get you, the public, to focus on something else.

ANYTHING else.