# Freemasons Rule the World!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 20, 2001, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freemasons-rule-the-world/94347 "2001-11-20T04:41:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freemasons-rule-the-world/94347/1 "2001-11-20T04:41:14Z")
Along with their gay Jewish alien buddies, I’m sure. :rolleyes: For about two years now there’s been a sign on the main drag into town which reads something like, “Break the TVA! Support Solar Panels and Geothermal! Leadership by Example!” Rather bizarre, especially since there’s no explaination as to who put the sign up, until recently. A pick up has appeared in town with a sign identical to that standing in the bed, along with “Vote for [name ommitted because I can’t remember it] Governor!” plastered on it. Okay, now we know who you are. Now, though, he’s added another sign. I don’t remember what it said exactly (Mainly because I was so stunned by the stupidity of it that I almost slammed into the car in front of me which had abruptly stopped.) but the gist of it was, “Destroy the power of the secret Masonic handshake!” Huh? Masons rule the world? Is that so? And by becoming governor you’re going to change this, how? Let me explain something to you, pal. If Freemasons **do** control _everything_ there’s fuck lot I can do about it!!! If they’re so goddamn powerful, than **anything** you might possibly be able to do to thwart them ain’t gonna work! Why? Because they already control everything!!! So, that means even _if_ you were to get a majority of the vote, you’d never hear about it. Why? Because they control the reporting of the election results! So you _haven’t_ got a shot! Oh, I know, you could alert everyone to their evil ways and throw them out of power with a popular uprising! Unless, of course, their gay Jewish alien buddies have given them a _mind control ray_! Then you’re doomed! And seeing as how most people don’t agree with you, I think that you’re right. Hmm. Maybe you should start handing out tinfoil hats!!! I love conspiracy types, really, I do. I mean, if the bad guys are as powerful as the conspiracy lovers claim, there’s really _not_ shit we can do about it! They’ll either cover-up the evidence so deeply that you won’t be able to find it, or they’ll take out anyone who tries to stop them. Altogether now, let’s sing the Stonecutter song! Who controls the British Pound? Who keeps the Metric System down? We do, we do… ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freemasons-rule-the-world/94347/2 "2001-11-20T04:50:54Z")
It’s “British crown” I believe, rhymes better that way. ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freemasons-rule-the-world/94347/3 "2001-11-20T06:05:34Z")
Say, you don’t suppose this candidate guy has seen _From Hell_ a few too many times, do you? ---
**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freemasons-rule-the-world/94347/4 "2001-11-20T08:49:48Z")
Everyone knows that the Freemasons are just a clever diversion from the real organization. FNORD ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freemasons-rule-the-world/94347/5 "2001-11-20T18:37:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eternal \* > \*\*Everyone knows that the Freemasons are just a clever diversion from the real organization. > > FNORD \*\* Who? The Knight of Columbus? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freemasons-rule-the-world/94347/6 "2001-11-20T18:38:44Z")
The Rosicrucians? ---
**Author:** ![DPWhite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@DPWhite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPWhite)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freemasons-rule-the-world/94347/7 "2001-11-20T19:02:21Z")
What a crock! I’m not a freemason, but I know some of them, and they are harmless fraternities that do charitable work, kinda like Lions and Elks and such, but with a little more ceremony. They have very little to no political power and aren’t interested in it either. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freemasons-rule-the-world/94347/8 "2001-11-20T19:08:06Z")
Let’s get Hiryuu in here…stat! ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freemasons-rule-the-world/94347/9 "2001-11-20T19:09:06Z")
The Secret and Ancient Order of Weird Gay Canucks? ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freemasons-rule-the-world/94347/10 "2001-11-20T19:15:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DPWhite \* > \*\*What a crock! I’m not a freemason, but I know some of them, and they are harmless fraternities that do charitable work, kinda like Lions and Elks and such, but with a little more ceremony. They have very little to no political power and aren’t interested in it either. \*\* …which is exactly what they _want_ you to think. ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freemasons-rule-the-world/94347/11 "2001-11-20T19:41:19Z")
Well, I’m sure my Grandfather (now deceased, Mason), Grandmother (Eastern Star), Uncle (DeMolay, don’t believe he ever joined the Masons) and Mother (Job’s Daughters) will be very surprised to find they’re running anything. Well, except my mother. It’s all about her anyway. FNORD. ---
**Author:** ![RainbowDragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6a8cbe/32.png) [@RainbowDragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RainbowDragon)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freemasons-rule-the-world/94347/12 "2001-11-20T19:50:32Z")
Hmmm I always wondered what the **G** symbol was in the middle of the Masonic seal. As Tuckerfan described it must be “Geothermal”. I see the connection now! ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freemasons-rule-the-world/94347/13 "2001-11-20T20:27:33Z")
I’d be careful. Reveal too many of their secrets in this thread, and they will find you. And kill you. They are everywhere, and they can find you. I mean, if they can make Steve Guttenburg a star… ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freemasons-rule-the-world/94347/14 "2001-11-20T20:48:27Z")
Freemasons don’t rule the world. _I_ do. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freemasons-rule-the-world/94347/15 "2001-11-20T20:58:31Z")
The Freemasons _would_ rule the US Government, but they rolled a twelve, which is automatic failure no matter how much money the UFOs were throwing behind it. Luckily, the Assassins quickly used Punk Rockers to control the Republican Party, and some semblance of balance was achieved. ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freemasons-rule-the-world/94347/16 "2001-11-20T21:08:25Z")
And now the Gnomes of Zurich have you _right where they want you…_ ---
**Author:** ![Tyklfe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tyklfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyklfe)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freemasons-rule-the-world/94347/17 "2001-11-21T03:31:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DPWhite \* > \*\*What a crock! I’m not a freemason, but I know some of them, and they are harmless fraternities that do charitable work, kinda like Lions and Elks and such, but with a little more ceremony. They have very little to no political power and aren’t interested in it either. \*\* I’m afraid that you’re misled - David Lee Hobson U. S. Congressman Stanley Paul Meyer President, Columbia Realty Group Therman Eugene Riggs Retired U.S. Navy Robert Sherman Callahan President Victory Railway Company J. Edgar Hoover Director of the FBI Buzz Aldrin American Astronaut Harry S. Truman President of the United States John Wayne Movie Actor Simcoe, Lord John Graves. First Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada Warren Harding President of the United States Ben Franklin (not 33 degree) American inventor and Statesman Barham, Eugene A. American Admiral and war hero This list goes on and on Btw - my grandfather just reciently died, but before his death he was elected to become a 33 degree Mason, from the Scottish Rite ---
**Author:** ![Tyklfe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tyklfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyklfe)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freemasons-rule-the-world/94347/18 "2001-11-21T03:32:09Z")
Also the bible that the President of the U.S. is sworn in on every year is owned by the masons. ---
**Author:** ![Tyklfe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tyklfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyklfe)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freemasons-rule-the-world/94347/19 "2001-11-21T03:36:01Z")
Oh, one more thing about the list I posted above - all the people in that list were or are 33 degree Masons. The 33 Degree being the highest rank a Mason can attain. ---
**Author:** ![Shyabrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@Shyabrick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shyabrick)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freemasons-rule-the-world/94347/20 "2001-11-21T03:45:41Z")
My father is a Shriner, my brother is a 33 degree Mason, my sister a Job’s daughter. None of them are interested in ruling anything but if they were we’d be in good hands. They are all good people. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freemasons-rule-the-world/94347.md?page=2)