this is an excellent documentary which helped to understand how the federal reserve system works, which helped me to understand what is really going on behind the scenes in washington. it is about to be shown at film festivals around the world, but you can watch it right now for free online.

zeitgeist addendum:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7065205277695921912&ei=ktX1SJ76JIruqALaz7m7BA&q=zeitgeist+addendum

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