Uncovering Quixtar Pt.1

I feel like I'm in my own little version of the Divinci Code. I mean...I've never seen the movie but from what I've heard. Eh...okay I'll put it this way: This crap is freakin weird and even more twisted than I originally thought.

I've been reading Merchants of Deception by Eric Schiebler in order to get my questions about the whole "business" thing answered. He was one of the big guns in the beginning and now he's writing this book (which is a free download) to inform the public of the evil that is Quixtar.

I'm a little confused. He seems to have quite an attitude towards the Republican party (and I agree I'm a wee sensitive to this) and that is throwing me off. I know the Diamonds in the biz seemed to push the Righty agenda, but it never seemed overwhelming to me. It's not like they were huge on it. I never heard them criticize homosexuals, or NOW or anything like that like Eric claims. I'm not saying he's wrong. He was part of a different team, after all.

But then today I came across this quote in the book, and it disturbed me pretty deeply.

"Rich DeVos [Amway Founder] is one of the most energetic and dedicated Christian laymen I have ever known. I am never in his presence that I don't feel his strength of character and dedication to the things of God. "

-Billy Graham.




Uhhh...what? I'm not huge on Christians. I think they tend to be on the fake side whatever blah blah we've been through this. BUT...Billy Graham. I admit, I don't think I have personally heard him speak, but he's supposed to be like...IT. Ya know? I mean if he can't smell a rat, who can? Unless of course...he is also a rat.

I think that's what Eric is getting at. I'm a little nervous. On his website [merchantsofdeception.com] he has an entire article on how closely knit Amway (aka Quixtar) and the Republican party are as far as finances go. I'm not sure I understand it, but it makes me physically ill.

These people were my heros.

If you're in to the story behind the Masons (touched on by the movie National Treasure) then you'd probably love the Amway story. It's a modern day version of lies, secrets, scandal, deception and it goes way deeper and is more important than would be obvious upon first glance.

When I first started looking into this, I had no idea what I was getting in to. Now I wish I could take it back.

Who do I look up to now??