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Reuters reports that ex-President Bill Clinton has raised a record $6 billion for a global philanthropic effort called Clinton Global Initiatives:

“Former President Bill Clinton secured a record 291 pledges worth more than $6 billion to tackle global woes at his sixth annual philanthropic summit, which wound up on Thursday.

The value of Clinton Global Initiative pledges for economic empowerment, education, environment, energy and health was $3 billion less than 2009, but the organization said that in previous years one or two big commitments represented a disproportionate share of the whole.”

So what’s the Clinton Global Initiative?  Here’s the website

And here’s what its all about (my translation in italics)

“In 2005, President Clinton established CGI to turn ideas into action and to help our world move beyond the current state of globalization to a more integrated global community

[Lila: More centralization leading to world government]

of shared benefits, responsibilities, and values. [Lila: perks, taxes, and bureaucratic regulations]

By gathering world leaders from a variety of backgrounds [Lila: We’ve bullied, bribed, and blackmailed every pol  on the face of the earth to join],

CGI creates a unique opportunity to channel the capacities of individuals and organizations to realize change [Lila: You want to make any money, you’re going to need to do business through us].

To fulfill the action-oriented mission of CGI, all members devise practical solutions to global issues through the development of specific and measurable Commitments to Action.

CGI Annual Meetings have brought together more than 125 current and former heads of state [Lila: OK, we’re missing a few islands], 15 Nobel Peace Prize winners [Lila: Now you know why they’re given Nobel prizes – they can lend their credibility to the CGI], hundreds of leading global CEOs [Lila: Right-wing fat cats], major philanthropists and foundation heads [Left-wing fat cats], directors of the most effective non-governmental organizations [Lila: Professional do-gooders  and trojan horses], and prominent members of the media [Lila: The PR department].

These CGI members have made nearly 1,700 commitments valued at $57 billion, which have already improved more than 220 million lives in 170 countries

[Lila: 220 million reliable constituents and advocates of bigger government].

The CGI community also includes CGI University (CGI U), a forum to engage college students in global citizenship; CGI Asia; MyCommitment.org, an online portal where anybody can make their own Commitment to Action; and, CGI Lead, which engages a select group of young leaders from business, government, and civil society.”