"I believe...that a grand game of chess is being played on a level that we can barely imagine, and we are pawns." MILTON WILLIAM COOPER, BEHOLD A PALE HORSE, (1991) To viewers of the myriad works on the alleged New World Order conspiracy this might seem like a self-evident truth unworthy of further comment. However it is important to realise that for many researchers these powerful advocates of world government (or global governance) are not some isolated segment of the uppermost tiers of the political, economic and military hierarchies; they are the power-elite. They are not just the majority of a super-rich minority; they are its dominant players and world government is said to be their only objective. The saddest thing about the country's current dire straits is that this was all so predictable. In fact, this was predicted back in 1977 in the movie Network. The writer, Paddy Chayefsky, put these prophetic words in the mouth of a corporate CEO named Arthur Jensen: Jensen: You have meddled with the primal forces of nature, Mr. Beale, and I won't have it!! Is that clear?! You think you've merely stopped a business deal. That is not the case. The Arabs have taken billions of dollars out of this country, and now they must put it back! It is ebb and flow, tidal gravity! It is ecological balance! You are an old man who thinks in terms of nations and peoples. There are no nations. There are no peoples. There are no Russians. There are no Arabs. There are no third worlds. There ...