Because in the video “Secret Mysteries of America’s Beginnings” it talks about Sir. Francis Bacon’s dream of USA as The New Atlantis, a New Empire. So i think that the imperial ambitions of America come back from before 1776. Remember that there lots of dubious things about US foundation

and in another part it says: “nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.” (hmmm Evo Morales and Chavez would get depressed with the US constitution)

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Well, folks, you voted for him, now you’re getting the government you deserve, once again. There were other, REAL choices out there (Nader, McKinney), but you told them to go f**k themselves.

Jay Rockefeller: has served as a Democratic U.S. Senator from West Virginia since 1985. He was Governor of West Virginia from 1977 to 1985. He is a great-grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, and was a vocal advocate for the war in Iraq. Donations received from Goldman Sachs: 1990: $15,000,

John Kerry: is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. As the Presidential nominee of the Democratic Party, he was defeated by 34 electoral votes in the 2004 presidential election by former President, George W. Bush. Senator Kerry is currently the Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations under Barack Obama. He supported the Iraq War Resolution. Donations received from Goldman Sachs: 1990: $13,500,

Arlen Specter: is an American lawyer and politician. He is the senior United States Senator from Pennsylvania. Elected in 1980, he is currently the 12th-most senior member of the U.S. Senate and the fifth oldest senator. Previously a centrist Republican, Spector joined the Democratic Party on April 28, 2009. At the recommendation of Representative Gerald R. Ford, he worked for the Warren Commission, investigating the assassination of John F. Kennedy. As an assistant counsel for the commission, he authored or co-authored[9] the controversial “single bullet theory,” which suggested the wounds to Kennedy and non-fatal wounds to Texas Governor John Connally were caused by the same bullet. He voted for the Iraq War Resolution. Donations received from Goldman Sachs: 1990: $9,000, 1998: $9,000, 2002: $30,000, 2004: $51,000, 2008: $47,600.

Bill Clinton: served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. 1992: $98,275, 1996: $43,384.

George Bush Sr: 1992: $68,250.

Joe Lieberman: is the junior United States Senator from Connecticut. Lieberman was first elected to the United States Senate in 1988, and was elected to his fourth term on November 7, 2006. In the 2000 U.S. presidential election, Lieberman was the Democratic candidate for Vice President. Lieberman voted for the Iraq War Resolution. Donations received from Goldman Sachs: 1992; $11,500, 1994: $31,250, 2004: $34,000, 2006: 33,950.

Henry Paulson served as the 74th United States Treasury Secretary and is a member of the International Monetary Fund Board of Governors. He previously served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs.
Cycle Total Soft Money Dems Repubs % to Dems % to Repubs
1990 $5,250 $0 $1,000 $1,500 19% 29%
1992 $17,500 $0 $3,500 $9,250 20% 53%
1994 $12,240 $0 $-510 $5,000 -4% 41%
1996 $80,000 $25,000 $15,250 $59,500 19% 74%
1998 $27,500 $0 $1,500 $21,000 6% 76%
2000 $72,250 $50,000 $12,000 $54,000 17% 75%
2002 $71,500 $50,000 $1,500 $68,000 2% 95%
2004 $92,500 $0 $11,000 $76,500 12% 83%
2006 $95,700 $0 $9,800 $75,900 10% 79%

Robert Rubin: served as the 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury during both the first and second Clinton administrations. Before his government service, he spent 26 years at Goldman Sachs. His most prominent post-government role was as Director and Senior Counselor of Citigroup, where he performed ongoing advisory and representational roles for the firm. From November to December 2007, he served temporarily as Chairman of Citigroup. One of his protégé’s was Current Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.

Michael Paese, Goldman Sachs directory of government affairs: top staffer to Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., on the House Financial Services Committee chaired by Frank. He was a registered lobbyist for the Securities Industries and Financial Markets Association since he left Frank’s committee in September. He previously worked at JP Morgan and Mercantile Bankshares, and in between served as senior minority counsel at the Financial Services Committee.

Mark Patterson, Goldman Sachs directory of government affairs (before Paese): now the Chief of Staff to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, Patterson was a close Tom Daschle associate.

Sen. Evan Bayh: Bayh is up for re-election in 2010 and his top donor is Goldman Sachs. Goldman is also the top donor to Bayh over the course of his Congressional career, during which Bayh has received more than $4 million from the finance, insurance and real estate sectors.

Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of Canada, Canada’s Central Bank: Carney had a thirteen-year career with Goldman Sachs in its London, Tokyo, New York and Toronto offices. His progressively senior positions included co-head of sovereign risk; executive director, emerging debt capital markets; and managing director, investment banking. He worked on South Africa’s post-apartheid venture into international bond markets, and was heavily involved in Goldman Sachs’s work with the 1998 Russian financial crisis.