Off of the drudge report.. I see that the World's Elite is gathering for a blue chip mountain summit.. Davos Switzerland..Jan 27 The world's political and business elite were gathering in the Swiss Alps for the start thursday of an annual blue chip summit to discuss the world's woes and attempt to sketch out its future. The World Economic Forum meeting is being held amid unprecedented security, amid warnings of anti-globalization protests like those which ruined last month's WTO meeting in Seattle.. The top-table annual conference brings together over 30 heads of state and government, scores of ministers and more than 1,000 top business chiefs for six days of global brainstorming in the Swiss ski resort of Davos. US President Bill Clinton, who arrives Saturday is the star of this year's show, the 30th edition of the Davos meeting which in the past has played host to historic events including key Middle East and South African accords. On the business side the likes of Microsoft head Bill Gates and AOL chief Steve Case will gather to mull the future of the internet economy, while WTO chief Mike Moor will discuss the future of world trade. The meeting, this year, entitled "New Beginnings: Making a Difference" is billed as the first major international meeting of the 21st century, and a chance to set the agenda for the new millenium. "New realities are radically changing almost every domain of human activity", said WEF managing director Claude Smadja. "The compounding forces of globalization, the technology and biology revolutions, and the emergence of the e-economy confront us with a challenge of unprecedented magnitude in modern history" But security risks are providing a major headache, as organizers fear a Seattle effect arriving in the Swiss Alps. The biggest security operation in the Davos meeting's 30 year history, the Swiss Army has been called in to back up local police in sealing off the picturesque ski resort. Fears were fueled earlier this month when protesters succeeded in staging a firework attack on the fortress-like contress centre where the meeting is based, damaging 2 windows. Local authorities have rejected a request to stage an antiglobalization protest on Saturday, the day Clinton is into town, allowing only one on the following day. On Wednesday the umbrella group coordinating the anti-WTO protest announced that it will go ahead with the protest on Saturday. Other key players on the agenda include the South African President Thabo Mbeki, British preier Tony Blair, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, and Jordan's King Abdullah. Chinese Deputy Premier Wu Bangguo, heading Beijing's delegation in Davos, arrived in Geneva on Wednesday. Israel premier Ehud Barak is also on the schedule, although his office warned earlier this week that he might not come, since a trilateral mid- east summit with Clinton and Arafat could not be organized as the US President is only in town on the Jewish Sabbath. ( end of article) FWI there are a couple of investigators who monitor these meetings and sometimes get transcripts. John Coleman out of Nevada, who BTW, is being interviewed on Jeff Rense's sightings late this week. Also, a canadian resource, JWhitley has a very interesting website, and I think the website address is http:..www.inforamp.com/~jwhitley.. Hopefully they will be as successful as they were in Seattle in forwarding this internationalist socialist agenda.. CA