The Black Knights

[Dover]

Just giving this it's own post, as if we needed more evidence of corporate corruption and collusion for control.
Just an FYI for the uniformed, this Wikipedia piece is an interesting read:

The Business Roundtable:

The Business Roundtable is mentioned by G. William Domhoff in Who Rules America? Domhoff argues that the Business Roundtable supports the network of corporate control, and influence over the economy, politics, and media.

The Business Roundtable also acts as a major lobby that aims to extend or maintain administrators' rights/power in large companies. For example, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted the so-called "shareholders’ access to proxy" rule, which aimed to empower shareholders in the proposition and nomination of administrators of big corporations. The Business Roundtable was strongly against that rule, as its president John Castellani reported to the Washington Post about removing this rule: "this is our highest priority <...> Literally all of our members have called about this".<12> And they got the upper hand: the SEC rule was finally dropped after intense lobbying and law suits.<13>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Roundtable

http://businessroundtable.org/

John Castellani, big cheese:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Castellani

[Dover]

1. Just curious...how many DUers already knew about The Business Roundtable?

I suppose it's really not all that discussion-worthy because...well...what can you say OR do about this sort of corruption & abuse of power? Well, at least it seems to be a good idea to peek behind the curtain to know who is there.

Our government system certainly needs change, but privatization and corporate governance is NOT the answer. They are simply attempting to rush the throne while the old system is weakened and on the brink of economic collapse. In fact they had a hand in it.

[Blue_Tires]

2. Don't think I've ever heard of it

but then again so many evil organizations hide behind vague, hard-to-remember generic names...

[Dover]

3. true dat. But I believe this is one of the biggest groups - one look at the membership

and it all becomes very clear the weight and impact they carry. Also, if you check out their website you'll see the latest issues on their agenda. Even if there's a will in the upper echelons to dismantle them and dillute their influence, it would be quite a daunting task.

But sometimes, like with Murdoch, what seems completely impenetrable does have its own weaknesses to exploit.