The Power Brokers & end of our way of life Feb 4, 2010 23:03:09 GMT -5 Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by maddogblues on Feb 4, 2010 23:03:09 GMT -5 www.alternet.org/books/145533/shadow_elite%3A_how_the_world%27s_new_power_brokers_are_upending_our_democracy?page=entire"the rise of a new breed of confidence men and women -- think-tank members, government advisers, business consultants and television pundits -- upend our democracy. Because they are technically individual actors, they claim to hold no allegiances; in fact, they usually hold too many."