Skull and Bones
 

http://www.msnbc.com/news/802773.asp?0dm=C19KV

OK, I realize there are a lot of conspiracy theorists out there, and I can accept that S&B has a lot of wealthy and influential members, but do they REALLY expect me to believe this kind of nonsense? When it comes down to it, S&B is just a fraternity. There's a long way between an old, secretive, hazing brotherhood and EVIL PLANS FOR WORLD DOMINATION.

Oh, Fuzzie, but plain old fraternities -- even of the wealthy -- just aren't nearly as much fun as groups of Illuminati that arrange the opium wars and the JFK assasination, now are they? (And actually, S&B isn't a fraternity; it is a senior society.) No, world domination via the New World Order is a lot more juicy.

Actually, reading through the whole link that you provided, it appears that the book in question debunks many of the better conspiracy legends. Might actually be a good read.

In the meantime, sometime when you have some time, check out the "information" at this site: The Order of Skull and Bones. It's always good for a chuckle or two.

It seems like a hokey way to suck us into buying the book, though.

So, how can I get into the Illuminati? I didn't go Ivy, so is it too late for me? I have some great ideas for assassinating world leaders the US doesn't like! :D

I think you have to be a guy to get into the Illuminati.

Guess I'll get the operation then. It'll answer the question I always wondered ... do they kick you out if you get a sex change?

;)

For heaven's sake. Surely the Ivy Club at Princeton and the Porcellian at Harvard control SOME of the corridors of global power. I mean, it's a big world.

Ivy

I thought that Greekchat was the way to dominate the world. :p

lol Cream

I thought the Illuminati was just something in the Tomb Raider movie?

Cream:
You are right as usual. I vote for you as Empress.


Wow, they celebrated pirates? Boy, I am scared. Do you think the Bonesman want to dominate the world so they can make everyone wear eye patches?

I think I'd be okay with that but I'd have a hard time keeping a parrot.

violets

http://www.plauder-smilies.de/laugh.gif lol violets

I actually find this stuff with the Skull & Bones, Masons, and the Illuminati quite fascinating.

I dunno though, they must be at least a little powerful and important, or they wouldn't be the subject of so many books, or movies with Angelina Jolie and Paul Walker, etc.

LOL

I agree Shine..


I wonder what they think of when/if they were see those movies?

Like did they sit back and laugh at the way they were portrayed because it was so far off, or did they think.. dang.. that's a pretty close portrayal?:)

Kind of makes me wonder :confused:

No doubt there are some members who are powerful. I mean, if you're going to make a society composed of the 15 most connected and promising students at one of our nation's most elite universities, you're going to end up with some important members eventually. But that doesn't mean S&B is first on their agenda. I mean, I don't think Ronald Reagan, when elected, thought, "Ha ha, now I can finally implement my TKE plan to rule the world!" Nah, instead he probably figured, "Hey, I have something to brag about at alum BBQs."

What I REALLY want to know...

How do you get the priveledge of being the "bones whore"?

Sign me up!

I know I want nothing more in my life than to be a sex slave to a bunch of future politicos and live in a tomb! :rolleyes:

i think the phi kappa sigma boys must be a little perturbed at this.. they are after all known as the skulls... :o

I thought they were skull and keyes????? God I am confused. I read in a different book that you have to be Illumnati just say they exist and you are part and then you'll be contacted.

I thought they were skull and keyes????? God I am confused. I read in a different book that you have to be Illumnati just say they exist and you are part and then you'll be contacted. Annuit Coeptis Novo Ordo Saeclarum.

If you play your cards right, I'll initiate you.

No... Skull and Bones. There is another society called Scroll and Key, I think it is...

Why not just call her the skull slut? I want that book, I love a good work of fiction. :) And another thing...if the book is based on the rituals why does it say that no one has ever revealed them?>????

Just what I've always wanted! :D

So the country is being run by guys who once masturbated in a coffin? This is the funniest thing I have read all day.

Covered in mud, no less. :rolleyes:

Don't forget the have girls in there now since the early 90's.:p

I think the boneswhore is a corpse.. Haha they would never know.

LOL!!! You guys are hilarious!!!:D

Just have to ask...if they are so powerful do they monitor this site and know we are reading and talking about them?

....I wonder if there are any of us Greek Chatters who are members of this elite secret senior society????

Who Rules the World?
 

After reading the New York Times Article (ad naudeum), I discovered that the fraternity pin collectors actually rule the world. They all have (each) a skull and bones badge (the one with #322 on it) and they light candles and hold secret rituals wearing the pin. They wear it next to their own fraternity or sorority pin and they pass around the pins of members who they burned at the stake in Salem! (they then donate those pins, of course!)

:eek:

ebayfan

im wondering if they have a dude that just wasn't a go-getter or just didn't have any ambition, or maybe he was just a dumbass and stuck him down in the kitchen and made him the cook or clean after raging parties. Everyone has people like that in their house.

Salem witch trials are nothing to joke about. :(

Yeah Billy, those Salem witch trial jokes burn me up. (Badump-bump.)

I thought the Illuminati was a Tupac album. :p

LOL

-Rudey
--I live for jokes like this

For a society so consumed with secrecy, it's hard to believe they have a website with contact info and a members only section...

www.tne.org

Uh, that Website isn't for Skull and Bones...

LOL
That cracked me up, too. Arrrrrgh, me matey!

Just to clear up any confusion...
 

Skull and Bones – Yale senior society, 1832.
They are known as “bonesmen”, not “skulls”. So the Phi Kaps have nothing to worry about. Skull & Bones predates Phi Kappa Sigma by nearly 2 decades anyway.

Scroll and Keys – Yale senior society, 1842.

Theta Nu Epsilon (aka Skull & Keys) – Wesleyan sophomore society, 1870. Later to become a national fraternity.

It’s easy to get confused about secret societies. There’s also Book & Snake, Corpse & Coffin, Coffin & Keys, Skull & Serpent, Sword & Sandals, Shield & Trident, Quill & Dagger, Fire & Skoal, Casque & Gauntlet, Wheel & Chain, Cap & Skull, and probably a bunch of others I’ve forgotten.

wptw

how bout dick & hand?

so I'm confused. Is ONE coed? I like that thing on the website though, ARe you ONE?

whips and chains, handcuffs.... oh sorry i was confused...

It’s easy to get confused about secret societies. There’s also Book & Snake, Corpse & Coffin, Coffin & Keys, Skull & Serpent, Sword & Sandals, Shield & Trident, Quill & Dagger, Fire & Skoal, Casque & Gauntlet, Wheel & Chain, Cap & Skull, and probably a bunch of others I’ve forgotten.

The answer is... sort of.

Right now there are two groups of people who are in the process of reviving Theta Nu Epsilon. Both groups claim they are the rightful heirs of TNE and therefore have the authority to call themselves TNE and to start chapters. Both groups say the other group are imposters. Add to this mix all the various independant chapters that have been running autonomously for decades, each with their own rules. It's a mess, which is nothing new if you study the splintered history of TNE.

Anyway, one of these two groups has started coed chapters. The other group obviously thinks this is an abomination. So the answer to your question depends on which group you believe is the true TNE.

That's why the website says "are you ONE?". You'd think it's a clever rhetorical question. But they REALLY don't know anymore who is ONE and who isn't!

Will the real TNE please stand up!


wptw

ahhh right on....so is your group the imposter or the real-deal?