Mandotin...I know the distress signal and have seen it used before. It is a last straw, and no fellow mason can ignore it. It is the reason for some truly bizarre judgements.

Alan Day...It's been a while since I've been over the information and sources on the masonic stuff, but here's where I looked at first:

http://www.thewatcherfiles.com/bloodlines/

"Bloodlines of the Illuminati" by Fritz Springmeier. It's still some of the more fascinating reading I've come across on the topic. All of you should find an online copy of this online and save it to your hard drive for casual reading. Sure, the guy who wrote is has been locked up for a dog's age as an "enemy of the state," but he and his researchers have uncovered some fascinating things.

For instance, open the chapter on one of the Illuminati families and do a "find" search of the word "mason" and read each paragraph you come to. Here's something I found in the "Russell Family" chapter:

As with all occult organizations a veil of secrecy is maintained by requiring initiates to take secrecy oaths on penalty of death. As in Witchcraft, Masonry repeatedly demands secrecy oaths at every new level. Charles T. Russell began participating in this secrecy when he took the Entered Apprentice (first Masonic degree) oath on penalty of mayhem and violent death, "I ... do hereby and hereon most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that I will always hail, ever conceal and never reveal any of the arts, parts or points of the secret arts and mysteries of ancient Freemasonry which I received, am about to receive, or may hereafter be instructed in ..."

Springmeir has done a hell of a lot of verifiable research, and even if a lot of it is questionable, what about the part that isn't? Even if you believe 90% of this stuff is nonsense, what about the 10% you DO believe. That alone should be enough to convince you a really twisted elite is running things.

Continuing with my search of the word "mason," I find in the chapter on the Onassis bloodline:

...It was this Turk, Khedive Ismail Pasha, who gave the famous Obelisk to the United States. This Obelisk was called Cleopatra's Needle and was originally erected in the city of the sun, Heliopolis, about 1500 B.C. The Obelisk is a representation of a human penis, because sun worship, worship of regeneration (sex) and worship of the sun god Satan were all tied together. Masons helped with the moving of the obelisk, and its dedication when it arrived in New York City. Large obelisks have been erected by Masons in New York, Washington D.C., Paris, the Vatican, and London. (If my memory serves me correct Berlin received one too at one time.)...

...Aristotle (Onassis) worked within the drug/porn/political/business management area Aristotle's power was so pervasive that some researchers of his activities concluded that he was absolutely the most powerful man on earth. This is because they were not aware of the shared power of the Illuminati "kings". Aristotle did have world-wide power, but that appearance of power was there because he was part of Moriah (the Satanic hierarchy which controls the world.) ...

...Onassis was an extremely close friend of Winston Churchill. The Freemason Winston Churchill is a descendent of a family that has been part of the elite that have secretly run the world. Winston Churchill on several occasions told Onassis that the only one he could trust in W.W. II was Joseph Stalin. (This is a far cry from the picture given in history books.) Winston Churchill spent a great deal of time on Onassis's yacht Christina. Onassis was also friendly with Winston Churchill's friend of Bernard Baruch. It was Bernard Baruch who convinced Winston Churchill to join the Illuminati conspiracy. He asked Churchill to come watch something important in NY in 1929, and then he showed Churchill how they could destroy the Stock Market. That show of power brought Churchill on board....

It goes on and on. I DO believe there are controlling forces in humanity, and they would naturally seek out one another in order to form alliances and/or to do battle. Springmeier has an explanation that makes sense. The masons are just part of the sick mix.

Now do you really want me to go on with this, Alan Day? I satisfied MY curiosity about the influence of masons long ago, but if you want me to educate others on your club of perverts, I'd be glad to do so.