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Ron Paul Think Tank? Aaron Dykes / JonesReport.com | November 8, 2007 When Ron Paul was asked about the CFR, noting his relative uniqueness in being unaffiliated with the secretive think tank when so many of his opponents in both parties are subject to its gravitational pull and sphere of influence, he put forth the idea of countering their "significant" influence. After joking that he hasn't received an invitation for membership, he suggests that "maybe someday we'll have one of our own, at least for intellectuals..." A 'Center for Constitutional Thinking,' perhaps? After all, its a practical world, and any prospect of a Ron Paul presidency will need supporting members and staff and allies. Furthermore, an intellectual establishment would be useful in fighting the 'dark side' of more shadowy think tanks (though Paul notes the CFR is 'bolder' now and no longer as secret).
After all, CFR figureheads dominate the president's cabinet and have permeated throughout the administration through most of the past century (Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State, Vice President, National Security Council and many more). Noted historian Carroll Quigley cites the Milner Group's unprecedented influence and power in the British empire, albeit secretly. Milner's Anglo-centric, pro-statists propagandists hail almost exclusively from Oxford (where Milner forefather Cecil Rhodes set up his scholarship) and Cambridge. While the Milner round table group dominated the foreign and economic policies of the Western world through the Royal Institute of International Affairs, the Council on Foreign Relations and top media like The Times (as well as sister think tanks in other Anglo countries), its members actually passed up offers for high-level positions in the British government, including Prime Minister, because they regarded their role in the Milner group as more powerful. (Article continues below)
Ron Paul's counterpart think tank would be an open one, but perhaps influential as well-- challenging the 'man behind the curtain' role played by the CFR and other interlocking, complimentary roundtable groups, including Bilderberg, Trilateral, RIIA, RAND Corp, Brookings, Hudson Inst. and others. If Ron Paul can win the presidency, an allied house of ideas would make his unwelcome advocacy for the Constitution more vigorous and permeating. If Ron Paul's upstart campaign will make lasting changes in the GOP-- and bind the wickedness of neo-cons to the Constitution-- an honest think tank might be an important way of challenging the foothold of groups like PNAC. Even if Ron Paul is successfully marginalized by the establishment's closely-controlled election, his ideas could be lasting and his issues more threatening to the 'dark side' if the light of liberty is turned on inside something as insidious as a "think tank"-- especially if it endured well beyond 2008. CLICK ON THE BANNER TO
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