December 3, 2011 at 12:00 P.M. Recent events in Pakistan, including rallies reminiscent of events in Tehran before the seizure of the U.S. embassy in 1980, make it clear that great concern and attention to another crisis point in the world is called for. I urge the U.S. government to attempt a strategy that is more creative and humane than further "robot bombs."
Observing events surrounding the so-called "supercommittee" -- as I recovered from a mysterious fever -- I was surprised by the out-of-control irrationalism in the nation's capitol. There have always been fanatics willing to abandon pragmatism or "rational self-interest" (in Posnerian terms) for ideology, but there have rarely been social movements inspired by the total rejection of rationality in political life.
The Republican demand that all discussions begin with the extention of Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans is impractical and can only paralyze the process of negotiation as further economic catastrophe looms on the horizon. This feeling that the American political system is frozen -- if not broken -- because of partisanship at the expense of the national interest fuels the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement:
"The Occupy Wall Street movement that began in Zucotti Park in New York's financial district on September 17 has grown to a degree that seems to have stunned even its organizers and most ardent supporters. From the first days, most news outlets, if they deigned to cover the movement at all, ridiculed the protesters for lacking a specific political agenda or concrete demands. They were 'leaderless,' [and] 'directionless.' But less in this case has proven to be more: Occupy Wall Street's vague, open-ended character has been crucial to its success."
Michael Greenberg, "In Zucotti Park," in The New York Review of Books, November 10, 2011, at p. 12.
Here is what has been crucial to the "success" of OWS: "The Washington Post reports that in 2010 the top 1% [of Americans] made a minimum of $516,638, [per year,] with an average total wealth per person of $14 MILLION."
These very fortunate persons and not the vast majority of their countrymen -- who often experience hunger and hardship -- have received and will receive additional "stimulus funds" and more tax cuts, if the Republicans have their way. I would not mind being "stimulated" now and then with the occasional $800 BILLION giveaway.
This absurd reality illustrates Gore Vidal's contention that America has one political party -- the property party -- with two wings, Democrats and Republicans. Acceptance of Vidal's point leads to the inferrence (also "inference") that most of us are not members of the property party. Hence, we find ourselves subjected to "taxation without representation." ("Manifesto For the Unfinished American Revolution.")
Clearly, U.S. politicians MOSTLY work for and reflect the will of this tiny group of rich people, not the welfare or interests of most of the rest of the American or global population. Governing has been described as part science and part art form. It is unwise, if this description is accurate, to straight-jacket legislators with requirements that taxes are never to rise for any reason in light of today's dynamic and volatile economic realities. The 1% do not require more legal protection, but the rest of us sure do.
Most Americans believe, falsely, that "events abroad cannot affect their lives." Amazingly, they continue to hold this belief in a post-9/11 world, perhaps as a vestige of notions of American exceptionalism. For this reason, most Americans express little interest in international news. Given our interconnected economies, however, almost all news today is "international" either in origin or effect, often in both ways.
The European financial crisis, the upheavals in the Middle East and throughout the Third World, the shifting of the world's financial center to Asia, especially Hong Kong and Tokyo, but also India -- all of this should make it clear to what extent the current global financial crisis has American origins and will have dire implications for America's future.
It is true that 40% of U.S. foreign trade is with Europe and that a credit crunch in the European Union will destroy much of that trade. Yet it is no less true that our single largest trading partner is still Latin America where the consequences of a world credit disaster will be much worse than in Europe with devastating effects on employment in the United States. The poor will once again suffer more severely than "we" do for our First World greed.
America needs to develop a Latin America policy and strategy that is not dominated by Miami's Right-wing lunatic fringe of the political spectrum that is still fighting the Cold War. ("Cubanazos Pose a Threat to National Security!" and "Miami's Cubanoids Protest Against Peace!")
We must take action now to avoid a catastrophe for everyone. Failure to compromise on the part of the Republicans will allow the Bush tax cuts to expire anyway. My suggestion to the GOP echoes the wisdom of a local friend: "Something is better than nothing."
We all have to move on from the era of conflict and the mood of gridlock in the capitol. A tolerant and compassionate negotiating position from the GOP would be a welcome alteration in the party's posture prior to the presidential election.
Chinese scholars have noted the growing contradictions and paralysis in America's allegedly "declining" institutions. The 200 year-old U.S. republic has been described as "sclerotic" by a thriving 5,000 year-old civilization which our political leaders are in the habit of patronizing and insulting prior to asking that same civilization and society for another $1.8 TRILLION to run our government. Ironies abound in the U.S.-China "partnership."
With all due respect to my Chinese friends, it is a bit too soon for vast historical generalization of a Spenglerian sort. America is not in terminal "decline" -- not yet -- but our politicians at this crucial moment in our history are strikingly mediocre men and women, with very few exceptions, fewer exceptions than before the anounced retirement of Barney Frank. America will miss Mr. Frank's service and articulateness. In contrast, China's political leadership has, thus far, been flawless in stewarding their nation's economy and foreign affairs.
We cannot afford stupidity or corruption in high office at this moment in America's history. We have plenty of corruption and ineptitude in Washington from both parties. We must overcome our parochialism by looking beyond short-term personal gain for a few Americans to the larger social or collective interest of many afflicted persons in our nation and the world.
We may actually have to take into consideration the welfare of the rest of the people on the planet if we are to ensure our own survival. Greed may not be in our rational self-interest, Judge Posner. Greed, as it turns out, is not "good." ("Richard Posner on Voluntary Actions and Criminal Responsibility" and "Roberto Unger's Revolutionary Legal Theory.")
Senator John Kerry is among the 1% of the population who would benefit from the continuation of the Bush-era tax cuts. Nevertheless, Senator Kerry recognizes that more than personal considerations are involved in this discussion. We are told that it is part of the special calling of persons in the U.S. Senate to set an example when it comes to such matters. ("Is Menendez For Sale?" and "Is Senator Bob 'For' Human Rights?")
We must find a way to transcend the gridlock in Washington, D.C. by allowing legislators to develop workable solutions to complex real world problems. Raising taxes is not something any politician favors lightly. This is especially true when officials themselves happen to fall into the category of citizens who will have to pay more from their personal earnings and assets to the government. This excludes bribe money, of course, which is usually supplied in cash in dirty envelopes, as in Hudson County, New Jersey. ("Does Senator Menendez Have Mafia Friends?")
No method of "enhancing state revenues" can be taken off the table, however, as we face an unprecedented crisis of solvency. Even advocates of so-called "pledges" from politicians not to raise taxes may have second thoughts when grandma's social security check is threatened.
America's military will need replenishing -- Republicans usually like this sort of strong defense program -- as a result of multiple, costly, and prolonged military conflicts in several countries. Collectively, these struggles are probably unwinnable. In any event, "replenishing" the military will require revenue from some source.
If the problem is the word "taxes" then let us make use of President George Herbert Walker Bush's ("Bush the Greater's") euphemism "revenue enhancement measures," a good Republican pedigree for the term may help. The government needs to get money from somewhere. After all, many of our economic troubles are due to the failed policies of G.W. Bush's ("Bush the Lesser's") administration.
Liberal skepticism about the OWS movement falters when young people express understandable impatience with the luxurious brand of liberalism favored by veteran politicians who have tried to coopt their movement. With the loss of Barney Frank the lowbrows may have taken over the U.S. Congress:
" ... Slavoj Zisek implied in a speech to the protesters, [that we are seeing in America] the equivalent of Chinese repression. '[In] 2011, the Chinese government prohibited on tv and in films and in novels all stories that contain alternative realities or time travel,' Zisek declared. 'This is a good sign for China. It means that people still dream about alternatives, so you have to prohibit this dream. Here, we don't think of prohibition. [More irony?] Because the ruling system has even oppressed our capacity to dream. Look at the movies that we see all the time. It's easy to imagine the end of the world. An asteroid destroying all life and so on. But you cannot imagine the end of capitalism.' ..."
"Protests and Power," (Editorial) in The New Republic, November 3, 2011, at p. 1. (Leon Wieseltier?)
Please try to imagine humanizing (if not ending) an oppressive and abusive capitalist system that destroys lives every day. (See Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story.")
Mr. Obama's Oprah-like "feel good" speeches are more appropriate for reelection campaigns than the current crisis in the capitol. No wonder Mr. Obama's "Disappointmints" are selling briskly in Manhattan, even more than Sara Palin's "Embarassmints." The prospect of a Newt Gingrich presidency is frightening enough without contemplating Mr. Perry as Vice President.
Mr. Obama must begin to channel his inner Lyndon B. Johnson if he is to be successful in this legislative struggle. A tough political inside game does not come easily to this president. Senator Kerry cannot fight this war for the president and neither can Hillary Clinton.
Humiliating messages have been received by the U.S. recently, both involve top secret cybersecurity defenses and presidential safety plans found in garbage cans in Australia. New York's security plans for computer defenses were found in a refuse container not far from City Hall. In other words, America is being told by "other intelligence agencies" in the world that our cybersecurity plans are "garbage." I agree with them. ("What is it like to be censored in America?" and "What is it like to be plagiarized?" then "'Brideshead Revisited': A Movie Review.")
Improvements in intelligence and computer security will also require resources, of course. This improvement, in turn, may require (dare I say it?) higher taxes. As usual, the choice comes down to reality versus rhetoric. Not to choose -- continuing to play the blame game among nations -- is to lose the opportunity to improve an already dangerous situation:
" ... the unemployment rate remains above 9 percent, and the annual rate of economic growth has slipped to roughly 1 percent during the last 6 months. New crises afflict world markets while the American economy may again slide into recession after only a tepid recovery from the worst recession since the Great Depression [that we owe to Bush/Cheney.]"
Jeff Madrick & Frank Portnoy, "Should Banks Be Prosecuted?," in The New York Review of Books, November 10, 2011, at p. 23.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
Trouble in the East.
S.A. Miller, "Pak Attack Probe: US Brass Will Eye Friendly Fire Slays," in The New York Post, November 28, 2011, at p. 7.
The US has killed 24 Pakistani soldiers at a flagged checkpoint. In response, the Pakistanis have prevented Afghanistan-bound fuel supply trucks from travelling through their territory. The Pakistani Prime Minister and military have stated that they "will require more than apologies" from the US in reaction to the latest violation of Pakistani sovereignty.
The US "good cop/bad cop" routine to excuse the robot bombs is wearing thin. Thus far, the US has "accidentally" killed 30,000 Pakistani civilians as "collateral damage."
New Jersey's "mistaken" cybercrime and censorship campaign against me, thefts, cover-ups and usual judicial misconduct has done less damage, even if the Garden State is more corrupt than Pakistan's notoriously tainted government.
NATO will investigate the US killings of innocent Pakistani soldiers. Whether the US will tamper with the investigation remains to be seen.
Rumors of sabotage campaigns and other "protests" in New Jersey cannot be confirmed. It is alleged that efforts are being made to attack the Garden State's sewage system. These tactics may, as it were, "backfire" because the stench in New Jersey is already such as to conjure thoughts of an overflowing sewer as one one wanders over heath and dale, factories and garbage dumps in the vicinity of Secaucus, near exit 15 of the Turnpike.
Trenton's judiciary must bear some of the blame for this problem. A curiously foul aroma hovers over the New Jersey Supreme Court's chambers and soiled courtroom, epecially when Mr. Rabner is present. This may be the stench of corruption and incompetence that is familiar to New Jersey lawyers. ("Corrupt Law Firms, Senator Bob, and New Jersey Ethics.")
Give my regards to Mr. Prisco, Stuart. Happy holidays. ("Stuart Rabner and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey" and "No More Cover-Ups and Lies, Chief Justice Rabner!")
"The reaction inside Pakistan nonetheless followed a now familiar pattern of anger and tit-for-tat retaliation. So did the American response of regret LACED WITH FRUSTRATION AND SUSPICION. EACH SIDE'S ACTIONS REFLECTED A DEEPENING DISTRUST THAT GETS HARDER TO REPAIR WITH EACH CLASH."
Steven Lee Myers, "Bitter Allies In Fog of War," in The New York Times, November 28, 2011, at p. A1.
Sources:
Joel Schectman, "Feds Probe Vandalism at Water Authority: West Milford Facilities Damaged in 15 Incidents," in The Record, November 26, 2011, at p. L-1. (Perhaps these 15 incidents were "mistakes," like the killing of civilians in Pakistan or New Jersey's crimes against me over the past 22 years or so? Are all victims "militants"?)
Alissa J. Rubin & Salman Masood, "After Strike in Pakistan, Rage and Damage Control," in The New York Times, November 28, 2011, at p. A6. (Pakistan's crucial theater of the war "goes south." This incident will result in the loss of American lives and will come back to us for decades to come.)
Kibret Marcos, "Legislators OK $1.3 BILLION in Loans for Road Projects: Funding Will Avert Work Shutdown," in The Record, Ocxtober 28, 2011, at p. A-3. (Conservative estimates are that 40% of this money will be wasted or stolen.)
Ted Sherman, "Man Says He Arranged Illegal Organ Donations," in The Record, October 28, 2011, at p. A-10. ("Rabbi" Levy Itzhak Rosenbaum was selling human "kidneys" and other body parts on a grand scale while, allegedly, enjoying protection from "authorities" in New Jersey. Friend of yours, Debbie Poritz? Let's get tough crime! Right, Stuart Rabner? Or does such a claim only apply to African-Americans charged with crimes in New Jersey? "Give Us Free!" and "Driving While Black in New Jersey.")
John Petrick, "Drug Ring Broken-Up: 27 Accused in Passaic County, 11-Month Probe," in The Record, October 28, 2011, at p. L-1. (Judges, allegedly, on the payroll of these drug dealers will get to decide these cases.)
Richard Cowen, "State Disbars Noted Lawyer: Worked for City Parking Agency, County Schools," in The Record, October 28, 2011, at p. L-1. (Richard G. Rosenberg, Esq., former "distinguished" attorney, possible Ethics Committee member and friend of Debbie Poritz, is disbarred. Does he need a kidney? What goes around, comes around -- right, Richie Boy? "Herbert Klitzner's Greed and New Jersey's Hypocrisy" and "Deborah T. Poritz and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey.")
Yan Xuetang, "How China Can Defeat America," in The New York Times, November 21, 2011, at p. A29. (We better pay attention. Complaints about free speech in China when people are aware of the crimes to which dissidents in America -- such as myself -- are subjected, every day, are laughable. In this Op-Ed piece a glimpse is offered into how the rest of the world sees a "declining America" as against a "rising China." It is not too late to change this reality: "Nihilists in Disneyworld.")
Hugh R. Morley, "FBI May Probe Corzine Firm: Regulators Told Client Money Misused," in The Record, November 3, 2011, at p. A-1. (Corzine will be protected, his victims will be ignored. A cover-up seems to be in the works. This is a specialty of the legal establishment in New Jersey -- cover-ups. I wonder where the pension money went?)
Jeff Pillets, John C. Ensslin, & John Brennan, "Donovan Adviser Hired to Consult American Dream," in The Record, November 2, 2011, at p. L-1. (Alan C. Markus, Esq., adviser and campaign strategist for Kathleen Donovan, Esq., Bergen County Executive is now a "consultant" -- i.e., a "bagman" and "messenger" -- for the "American Dream/Xanadu Mall Project" for a mere $3.7 BILLION. No "conflict of interest" as far as the OAE is concerned? How much was needed to take care of the OAE? Do you speak to me of "ethics" as my self-styled "superiors," you so-called "ladies and gentlemen" of the New Jersey Bar Association? "Law and Ethics in the Soprano State" and "New Jersey's Politically Connected Lawyers On the Tit.")
The US has killed 24 Pakistani soldiers at a flagged checkpoint. In response, the Pakistanis have prevented Afghanistan-bound fuel supply trucks from travelling through their territory. The Pakistani Prime Minister and military have stated that they "will require more than apologies" from the US in reaction to the latest violation of Pakistani sovereignty.
The US "good cop/bad cop" routine to excuse the robot bombs is wearing thin. Thus far, the US has "accidentally" killed 30,000 Pakistani civilians as "collateral damage."
New Jersey's "mistaken" cybercrime and censorship campaign against me, thefts, cover-ups and usual judicial misconduct has done less damage, even if the Garden State is more corrupt than Pakistan's notoriously tainted government.
NATO will investigate the US killings of innocent Pakistani soldiers. Whether the US will tamper with the investigation remains to be seen.
Rumors of sabotage campaigns and other "protests" in New Jersey cannot be confirmed. It is alleged that efforts are being made to attack the Garden State's sewage system. These tactics may, as it were, "backfire" because the stench in New Jersey is already such as to conjure thoughts of an overflowing sewer as one one wanders over heath and dale, factories and garbage dumps in the vicinity of Secaucus, near exit 15 of the Turnpike.
Trenton's judiciary must bear some of the blame for this problem. A curiously foul aroma hovers over the New Jersey Supreme Court's chambers and soiled courtroom, epecially when Mr. Rabner is present. This may be the stench of corruption and incompetence that is familiar to New Jersey lawyers. ("Corrupt Law Firms, Senator Bob, and New Jersey Ethics.")
Give my regards to Mr. Prisco, Stuart. Happy holidays. ("Stuart Rabner and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey" and "No More Cover-Ups and Lies, Chief Justice Rabner!")
"The reaction inside Pakistan nonetheless followed a now familiar pattern of anger and tit-for-tat retaliation. So did the American response of regret LACED WITH FRUSTRATION AND SUSPICION. EACH SIDE'S ACTIONS REFLECTED A DEEPENING DISTRUST THAT GETS HARDER TO REPAIR WITH EACH CLASH."
Steven Lee Myers, "Bitter Allies In Fog of War," in The New York Times, November 28, 2011, at p. A1.
Sources:
Joel Schectman, "Feds Probe Vandalism at Water Authority: West Milford Facilities Damaged in 15 Incidents," in The Record, November 26, 2011, at p. L-1. (Perhaps these 15 incidents were "mistakes," like the killing of civilians in Pakistan or New Jersey's crimes against me over the past 22 years or so? Are all victims "militants"?)
Alissa J. Rubin & Salman Masood, "After Strike in Pakistan, Rage and Damage Control," in The New York Times, November 28, 2011, at p. A6. (Pakistan's crucial theater of the war "goes south." This incident will result in the loss of American lives and will come back to us for decades to come.)
Kibret Marcos, "Legislators OK $1.3 BILLION in Loans for Road Projects: Funding Will Avert Work Shutdown," in The Record, Ocxtober 28, 2011, at p. A-3. (Conservative estimates are that 40% of this money will be wasted or stolen.)
Ted Sherman, "Man Says He Arranged Illegal Organ Donations," in The Record, October 28, 2011, at p. A-10. ("Rabbi" Levy Itzhak Rosenbaum was selling human "kidneys" and other body parts on a grand scale while, allegedly, enjoying protection from "authorities" in New Jersey. Friend of yours, Debbie Poritz? Let's get tough crime! Right, Stuart Rabner? Or does such a claim only apply to African-Americans charged with crimes in New Jersey? "Give Us Free!" and "Driving While Black in New Jersey.")
John Petrick, "Drug Ring Broken-Up: 27 Accused in Passaic County, 11-Month Probe," in The Record, October 28, 2011, at p. L-1. (Judges, allegedly, on the payroll of these drug dealers will get to decide these cases.)
Richard Cowen, "State Disbars Noted Lawyer: Worked for City Parking Agency, County Schools," in The Record, October 28, 2011, at p. L-1. (Richard G. Rosenberg, Esq., former "distinguished" attorney, possible Ethics Committee member and friend of Debbie Poritz, is disbarred. Does he need a kidney? What goes around, comes around -- right, Richie Boy? "Herbert Klitzner's Greed and New Jersey's Hypocrisy" and "Deborah T. Poritz and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey.")
Yan Xuetang, "How China Can Defeat America," in The New York Times, November 21, 2011, at p. A29. (We better pay attention. Complaints about free speech in China when people are aware of the crimes to which dissidents in America -- such as myself -- are subjected, every day, are laughable. In this Op-Ed piece a glimpse is offered into how the rest of the world sees a "declining America" as against a "rising China." It is not too late to change this reality: "Nihilists in Disneyworld.")
Hugh R. Morley, "FBI May Probe Corzine Firm: Regulators Told Client Money Misused," in The Record, November 3, 2011, at p. A-1. (Corzine will be protected, his victims will be ignored. A cover-up seems to be in the works. This is a specialty of the legal establishment in New Jersey -- cover-ups. I wonder where the pension money went?)
Jeff Pillets, John C. Ensslin, & John Brennan, "Donovan Adviser Hired to Consult American Dream," in The Record, November 2, 2011, at p. L-1. (Alan C. Markus, Esq., adviser and campaign strategist for Kathleen Donovan, Esq., Bergen County Executive is now a "consultant" -- i.e., a "bagman" and "messenger" -- for the "American Dream/Xanadu Mall Project" for a mere $3.7 BILLION. No "conflict of interest" as far as the OAE is concerned? How much was needed to take care of the OAE? Do you speak to me of "ethics" as my self-styled "superiors," you so-called "ladies and gentlemen" of the New Jersey Bar Association? "Law and Ethics in the Soprano State" and "New Jersey's Politically Connected Lawyers On the Tit.")
Friday, November 18, 2011
Furious Christie Rails Against P.A. Perks!
November 22, 2011 at 1:25 P.M. Curiously, there was some kind of bizarre and noisy commotion outside my window at 5:30 A.M. this morning. Happy Thanksgiving, New Jersey.
November 18, 2011 at 12:50 P.M. The pattern of harassing phone calls received at my home continues. Sleep disruption and more cybercrime should be next in accordance with the intelligence agency protocols. Right, Terry Tuchin? ("An Open Letter to My Torturers in New Jersey, Terry Tuchin and Diana Lisa Riccioli.")
I believe that Right-wing Cuban-American groups, together with organized crime figures from New Jersey, are responsible for these harassments and much worse. ("Law and Ethics in the Soprano State" and "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System.")
On November 16, 2011 at 5:15 P.M. I received a call from 215-473-8210. The source of the call was identified by caller i.d. as V161753500009; On November 16, 2011 at 4:49 P.M. I received a call from MARITZ Research ("Maritza?") at 571-437-1960. Mr. Menendez, can you explain these harassing phone calls made to my home for so many years? ("Is Menendez For Sale?" and "Menendez Gets Over On the Feds.")
"Oscar Ramirez Ortega," a man with possible connections to Right-wing Cuban-American paramilitary groups -- as it is rumored and seems likely -- probably with affiliations to persons located in Miami, Florida and Union City, New Jersey, attempted to shoot the President of the United States of America yesterday. This story was covered on an inside page of The New York Times. ("America's Love of Violence" and "Cubanazos Pose a Threat to National Security.")
I will be writing about this matter at greater length in the future. I have no doubt that efforts will be made by unsavory persons -- like Mr. Ortega -- to prevent my posting of these essays. I understand and believe that these blogs are receiving greater international attention on a daily basis. ("America's Hypocrisy and Luis Posada Carriles" and "Miami's Cubanoids Protest Against Peace!")
Charlie Savage & Mark Landler, "Arrest Made After Discovery That Shot Hit the White House," in The New York Times, November 17, 2011, at p. A15. (" ... officials declined to disclose the circumstances of the purchase of the [AK-47] rifle.")
Shawn Boburg, "Secret Perks Irk Christie: Blasts Ex-Port Authority Chief for Allowing Deals," in The Record, November 17, 2011, at p. A-1.
"An angry Governor Christie on Wednesday laid blame for hidden Port Authority executive fees at the feet of the agency's former executive director, Christopher O. Ward."
Architects and engineers were milking the overtime system, perhaps fraudulently, for obscene amounts of money paid out at the taxpayers' expense.
"The top 100 salaried administrators collected more than $2 MILLION in extra payouts over the last two fiscal years -- some as much as $70,000 extra cash each year -- that were reported as pensionable earnings but were not revealed to the public." (emphasis added!)
" ... 'I think this is another example of the awful leadership of Chris Ward,' Christie said, later calling [Mr. Ward's] management practices 'a disaster.' Christie said the undeserved executive bonuses, revealed by The Record earlier this week, are 'another example of the secret deals [Ward] was making to reward his cronies.' ..." ("Jennifer Velez is a Dyke Magnet!")
No wonder the money for the tunnel was GONE before they started digging. I wonder how many people got a piece of that pie?
Along with Mr. Christie, taxpayers will have to ask those "architects and engineers" where the money went and whether "cash payments of pensionable benefits" were declared as income on all recipients' returns. ("Senator Bob, the Babe, and the Big Bucks.")
A list of sources detailing additional examples of corruption and blatant theft in New Jersey politics as well as unethical and criminal conduct in the legal system -- among lawyers and judges, often those serving on local ethics committees -- will be added to this essay in the days ahead.
Have you no shame in New Jersey's corridors of power? Obviously, not. ("Herbert Klitzner's Greed and New Jersey's Hypocrisy" and "New Jersey's Politically Connected Lawyers On the Tit" then "Corrupt Law Firms, Senator Bob, and New Jersey Ethics.")
Sources:
Leslie Brody, "State Outlines Lesson Plan to Rescue Its Failing Schools," in The Record, November 17, 2011, at p. A-1. (New Jersey education continues a sharp decline.)
Jarett Renshaw, "N.J. Revenue Comes Under Budget Again," in The Record, November 17, 2011, at p. A-3. (No money being collected means no perks for the mob.)
Jason Grant, "43 Months in Prison for Health Care Fraud," in The Record, November 17, 2011, at p. A-3. (Was Terry Tuchin, "M.D.," one of the fake doctors getting the people's money? Is that not LYING, Mr. Tuchin? Are you my "ethical superior," Mr. Tuchin?)
Justo Bautista, "Two Pharmacists Plead Guilty in Medicaid Scam," in The Record, November 17, 2011, at p. A-8. (More scams based on false representations of credentials. Is Diana Lisa Riccioli a "licensed therapist," Ms. Poritz, as well as your former lover? Or did Diana only need to be one of those two things in order to claim to be both in New Jersey during your years as Chief Justice?)
John Brenan, "Labor Execs Push Mall Project: American Dream [Xanadu] Brings Jobs, They Say," in The Record, November 17, 2011, at p. L-1. (Everybody has been bribed, allegedly, eh, Mr. Menendez? "Senator Bob Loves Xanadu!" and "Senator Bob Says 'Xanadu and You Are Perfect Together!'")
Justo Bautista, "Feds Arrest Lawyers in Scheme to Skirt Transaction Laws," in The Record, November 17, 2011, at p. L-2. ("Two lawyers" -- Garcia and Kricko, allegedly? -- "with a Fairfield law firm have been charged with structuring $334,000 in client funds into their attorney accounts ... to avoid Internal Revenue Service screening, ... " Money laundering is very popular in Hudson County. Right, Senator Bob? Some people even form corporations to avoid personal income taxes.)
Stephanie Akin, "Suspended Police Chief's Charges Stand, Judge Says," in The Record, November 17, 2011, at p. L-3. (Zisa will face the music and, probably, Hackensack's former police chief will be convicted of insurance fraud.)
Peter J. Sampson, "Judge Casts Doubt on Witness Against Bergrin: Says Drug Dealer's Testimony Hasn't Been Backed Up," in The Record, November 8, 2011, at p. A-6. (Based on news accounts, I believe and expect that Mr. Bergrin will be convicted.)
Charles Stile, "Christie's Anti-Judge Campaign Falls Flat," in The Record, November 8, 2011, at p. L-1. (New Jersey judges -- a total of 432 lawyers who know politicians -- are "corrupted by greed" and cruelty, also incompetence. Christie's complaints against the judiciary are well-received by the people. The New Jersey Governor's controversial complaints against judges are mild compared to what may be heard from lawyers every day of the week in courthouse cafeterias.)
Hope Yen & Luisa Valdes-Munoz, "Poorest of the Poor Hit Record Numbers: 1 in 15 Living in Extreme Poverty," in The Record, November 3, 2011, at p. A-8. (New Jersey sinks further into poverty, excluding Bob Menendez: "Is Menendez For Sale?" 44 MILLION Americans live with hunger on a regular basis.)
November 18, 2011 at 12:50 P.M. The pattern of harassing phone calls received at my home continues. Sleep disruption and more cybercrime should be next in accordance with the intelligence agency protocols. Right, Terry Tuchin? ("An Open Letter to My Torturers in New Jersey, Terry Tuchin and Diana Lisa Riccioli.")
I believe that Right-wing Cuban-American groups, together with organized crime figures from New Jersey, are responsible for these harassments and much worse. ("Law and Ethics in the Soprano State" and "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System.")
On November 16, 2011 at 5:15 P.M. I received a call from 215-473-8210. The source of the call was identified by caller i.d. as V161753500009; On November 16, 2011 at 4:49 P.M. I received a call from MARITZ Research ("Maritza?") at 571-437-1960. Mr. Menendez, can you explain these harassing phone calls made to my home for so many years? ("Is Menendez For Sale?" and "Menendez Gets Over On the Feds.")
"Oscar Ramirez Ortega," a man with possible connections to Right-wing Cuban-American paramilitary groups -- as it is rumored and seems likely -- probably with affiliations to persons located in Miami, Florida and Union City, New Jersey, attempted to shoot the President of the United States of America yesterday. This story was covered on an inside page of The New York Times. ("America's Love of Violence" and "Cubanazos Pose a Threat to National Security.")
I will be writing about this matter at greater length in the future. I have no doubt that efforts will be made by unsavory persons -- like Mr. Ortega -- to prevent my posting of these essays. I understand and believe that these blogs are receiving greater international attention on a daily basis. ("America's Hypocrisy and Luis Posada Carriles" and "Miami's Cubanoids Protest Against Peace!")
Charlie Savage & Mark Landler, "Arrest Made After Discovery That Shot Hit the White House," in The New York Times, November 17, 2011, at p. A15. (" ... officials declined to disclose the circumstances of the purchase of the [AK-47] rifle.")
Shawn Boburg, "Secret Perks Irk Christie: Blasts Ex-Port Authority Chief for Allowing Deals," in The Record, November 17, 2011, at p. A-1.
"An angry Governor Christie on Wednesday laid blame for hidden Port Authority executive fees at the feet of the agency's former executive director, Christopher O. Ward."
Architects and engineers were milking the overtime system, perhaps fraudulently, for obscene amounts of money paid out at the taxpayers' expense.
"The top 100 salaried administrators collected more than $2 MILLION in extra payouts over the last two fiscal years -- some as much as $70,000 extra cash each year -- that were reported as pensionable earnings but were not revealed to the public." (emphasis added!)
" ... 'I think this is another example of the awful leadership of Chris Ward,' Christie said, later calling [Mr. Ward's] management practices 'a disaster.' Christie said the undeserved executive bonuses, revealed by The Record earlier this week, are 'another example of the secret deals [Ward] was making to reward his cronies.' ..." ("Jennifer Velez is a Dyke Magnet!")
No wonder the money for the tunnel was GONE before they started digging. I wonder how many people got a piece of that pie?
Along with Mr. Christie, taxpayers will have to ask those "architects and engineers" where the money went and whether "cash payments of pensionable benefits" were declared as income on all recipients' returns. ("Senator Bob, the Babe, and the Big Bucks.")
A list of sources detailing additional examples of corruption and blatant theft in New Jersey politics as well as unethical and criminal conduct in the legal system -- among lawyers and judges, often those serving on local ethics committees -- will be added to this essay in the days ahead.
Have you no shame in New Jersey's corridors of power? Obviously, not. ("Herbert Klitzner's Greed and New Jersey's Hypocrisy" and "New Jersey's Politically Connected Lawyers On the Tit" then "Corrupt Law Firms, Senator Bob, and New Jersey Ethics.")
Sources:
Leslie Brody, "State Outlines Lesson Plan to Rescue Its Failing Schools," in The Record, November 17, 2011, at p. A-1. (New Jersey education continues a sharp decline.)
Jarett Renshaw, "N.J. Revenue Comes Under Budget Again," in The Record, November 17, 2011, at p. A-3. (No money being collected means no perks for the mob.)
Jason Grant, "43 Months in Prison for Health Care Fraud," in The Record, November 17, 2011, at p. A-3. (Was Terry Tuchin, "M.D.," one of the fake doctors getting the people's money? Is that not LYING, Mr. Tuchin? Are you my "ethical superior," Mr. Tuchin?)
Justo Bautista, "Two Pharmacists Plead Guilty in Medicaid Scam," in The Record, November 17, 2011, at p. A-8. (More scams based on false representations of credentials. Is Diana Lisa Riccioli a "licensed therapist," Ms. Poritz, as well as your former lover? Or did Diana only need to be one of those two things in order to claim to be both in New Jersey during your years as Chief Justice?)
John Brenan, "Labor Execs Push Mall Project: American Dream [Xanadu] Brings Jobs, They Say," in The Record, November 17, 2011, at p. L-1. (Everybody has been bribed, allegedly, eh, Mr. Menendez? "Senator Bob Loves Xanadu!" and "Senator Bob Says 'Xanadu and You Are Perfect Together!'")
Justo Bautista, "Feds Arrest Lawyers in Scheme to Skirt Transaction Laws," in The Record, November 17, 2011, at p. L-2. ("Two lawyers" -- Garcia and Kricko, allegedly? -- "with a Fairfield law firm have been charged with structuring $334,000 in client funds into their attorney accounts ... to avoid Internal Revenue Service screening, ... " Money laundering is very popular in Hudson County. Right, Senator Bob? Some people even form corporations to avoid personal income taxes.)
Stephanie Akin, "Suspended Police Chief's Charges Stand, Judge Says," in The Record, November 17, 2011, at p. L-3. (Zisa will face the music and, probably, Hackensack's former police chief will be convicted of insurance fraud.)
Peter J. Sampson, "Judge Casts Doubt on Witness Against Bergrin: Says Drug Dealer's Testimony Hasn't Been Backed Up," in The Record, November 8, 2011, at p. A-6. (Based on news accounts, I believe and expect that Mr. Bergrin will be convicted.)
Charles Stile, "Christie's Anti-Judge Campaign Falls Flat," in The Record, November 8, 2011, at p. L-1. (New Jersey judges -- a total of 432 lawyers who know politicians -- are "corrupted by greed" and cruelty, also incompetence. Christie's complaints against the judiciary are well-received by the people. The New Jersey Governor's controversial complaints against judges are mild compared to what may be heard from lawyers every day of the week in courthouse cafeterias.)
Hope Yen & Luisa Valdes-Munoz, "Poorest of the Poor Hit Record Numbers: 1 in 15 Living in Extreme Poverty," in The Record, November 3, 2011, at p. A-8. (New Jersey sinks further into poverty, excluding Bob Menendez: "Is Menendez For Sale?" 44 MILLION Americans live with hunger on a regular basis.)
Thursday, November 17, 2011
The Arrogance of Power.
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If you can provide information or wish to help in this matter, feel free to contact: CIVIL LIBERTIES, 125 Broad Street, New York, N.Y. 10004, (212) 549-2500, Fax (212) 549-2646, http://www.aclu.org
Erica Goode, "When DNA Evidence Suggests 'Innocent,' Some Prosecutors Cling to 'Maybe,'" in The New York Times, November 16, 2011, at p. A19.
John Paul Stevens, "Our Broken System of Criminal Justice," in The New York Review of Books, November 10, 2011, at p. 56.
William J. Stunz, The Collapse of the American Criminal Justice System (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2011).
As with the continuing efforts by New Jersey to deny what is now obvious criminal wrongdoing in covering up matters pertaining to me, so it seems that Justice Stevens has offered a compelling assessment of the racism, structural unfairness, and many dismal failures of a U.S. criminal justice system that has become a cautionary tale for all First World legal systems.
America's criminal justice system is the opposite of what the rest of the world wishes to emulate as an example of respect for human rights. This includes China whose response to U.S. human rights criticisms has been to point to our own catastrophes in violating civil rights and our surreal denial of what is obvious to everyone, as in New Jersey's stonewalling refusal to reveal the truth in these matters:
"In the years between 1972 and 2007, the nation's imprisonment rate more than quintupled -- increasing from 93 to 491 per 100,000 people. The rate at the end of that period vastly exceeded the analogous rate in other Western countries, which varied from 132 for England and Wales to a mere 74 in Germany and 72 in France." (Stevens, p. 56.)
America has become Foucault's "carceral continuum," a Benthamite "Panopticom" in which we are all monitored and surveilled, especially when writing on-line. Most significant and surprising is the recognition from a retired Justice of the United States Supreme Court -- one of the best jurists in our history -- that all is not well:
" ... [Our laws reveal] SYSTEMIC racial discrimination [emphasis added!] -- excessive enforcement against offenders and inadequate protection of black victims." (Stevens, supra.)
A case in point illustrating Justice Stevens' observations is the sadistic unwillingness of Chicago Prosecutor Anita Alvarez to recognize the DNA-demonstrated innocence of Terrill Swift, an African-American falsely convicted of raping and murdering a prostitute. The explanation offered by this prosecutor is that Mr. Swift had "used the services of prostitutes" -- along with Jimmy Swaggart and former Governor of New York Eliot Spitzer -- but probably "only killed" the victim in that case.
False confessions are easily obtained from anyone through interrogational hypnosis, drugging, coersive manipulations and good-old fashioned physical brutality against defendants. In fact, such methods of extracting confessions have become a specialty of so-called "experts," like Terry Tuchin and Diana Lisa Riccioli, allegedly. ("Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture" and "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System.")
Mr. Swift has served 17 years for a crime that, science tells us, he did not commit. An abusive prosecutorial establishment complicit in the enslavement of this man wishes to avoid responsibility for this atrocity which is, obviously, all about race and the arrogance of power, also as in New Jersey. The usual disclaimer may be in order: I have never paid for sex or been charged with a crime. ("America's Holocaust" and "Give Us Free!")
"The Cook County" -- Scott Turow country! -- "state's attorney has opposed vacating the men's convictions, arguing that [exculpatory] DNA match alone is not sufficient to cast significant doubt on their guilt."
Curiously, these same prosecutors speak of the merits of DNA evidence when it helps to convict those accused of crimes. Not mentioned by the authorities is the concern by prosecutors to cover their backsides from any possible "blowback" (as it were) for participating in a criminal conspiracy to violate a man's civil rights so as to subject an innocent person to 17 years of incarceration. ("Freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal.")
"It was a tragedy for everybody," Mr. Swift said, "we're innocent but they didn't want to listen."
Does New Jersey want to listen to the voices of those damaged by the failures of the state's corrupt legal system? I doubt it. I certainly sympathize with this man's dilemma.
Mr. Rabner, the word "ethics" on the lips of New Jersey's OAE attorneys and your brethren on the New Jersey Supreme Court has become and will remain a lie until these issues are discussed openly and truthfully with me. ("No More Cover-Ups and Lies, Chief Justice Rabner!" and "New Jersey's Feces-Covered Supreme Court.")
The facts concerning the abuse, hypnosis, assaults, sexual and otherwise, to which I and so many others have been subjected must be a part of any genuine conversation between us.
Time is of the essence. Each day that the cover-up continues is a renewal of the tortures for many innocent persons. No New Jersey judge or other official should be protected at the expense of the Constitution.
Have you no sense of decency, sir?
If you can provide information or wish to help in this matter, feel free to contact: CIVIL LIBERTIES, 125 Broad Street, New York, N.Y. 10004, (212) 549-2500, Fax (212) 549-2646, http://www.aclu.org
Erica Goode, "When DNA Evidence Suggests 'Innocent,' Some Prosecutors Cling to 'Maybe,'" in The New York Times, November 16, 2011, at p. A19.
John Paul Stevens, "Our Broken System of Criminal Justice," in The New York Review of Books, November 10, 2011, at p. 56.
William J. Stunz, The Collapse of the American Criminal Justice System (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2011).
As with the continuing efforts by New Jersey to deny what is now obvious criminal wrongdoing in covering up matters pertaining to me, so it seems that Justice Stevens has offered a compelling assessment of the racism, structural unfairness, and many dismal failures of a U.S. criminal justice system that has become a cautionary tale for all First World legal systems.
America's criminal justice system is the opposite of what the rest of the world wishes to emulate as an example of respect for human rights. This includes China whose response to U.S. human rights criticisms has been to point to our own catastrophes in violating civil rights and our surreal denial of what is obvious to everyone, as in New Jersey's stonewalling refusal to reveal the truth in these matters:
"In the years between 1972 and 2007, the nation's imprisonment rate more than quintupled -- increasing from 93 to 491 per 100,000 people. The rate at the end of that period vastly exceeded the analogous rate in other Western countries, which varied from 132 for England and Wales to a mere 74 in Germany and 72 in France." (Stevens, p. 56.)
America has become Foucault's "carceral continuum," a Benthamite "Panopticom" in which we are all monitored and surveilled, especially when writing on-line. Most significant and surprising is the recognition from a retired Justice of the United States Supreme Court -- one of the best jurists in our history -- that all is not well:
" ... [Our laws reveal] SYSTEMIC racial discrimination [emphasis added!] -- excessive enforcement against offenders and inadequate protection of black victims." (Stevens, supra.)
A case in point illustrating Justice Stevens' observations is the sadistic unwillingness of Chicago Prosecutor Anita Alvarez to recognize the DNA-demonstrated innocence of Terrill Swift, an African-American falsely convicted of raping and murdering a prostitute. The explanation offered by this prosecutor is that Mr. Swift had "used the services of prostitutes" -- along with Jimmy Swaggart and former Governor of New York Eliot Spitzer -- but probably "only killed" the victim in that case.
False confessions are easily obtained from anyone through interrogational hypnosis, drugging, coersive manipulations and good-old fashioned physical brutality against defendants. In fact, such methods of extracting confessions have become a specialty of so-called "experts," like Terry Tuchin and Diana Lisa Riccioli, allegedly. ("Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture" and "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System.")
Mr. Swift has served 17 years for a crime that, science tells us, he did not commit. An abusive prosecutorial establishment complicit in the enslavement of this man wishes to avoid responsibility for this atrocity which is, obviously, all about race and the arrogance of power, also as in New Jersey. The usual disclaimer may be in order: I have never paid for sex or been charged with a crime. ("America's Holocaust" and "Give Us Free!")
"The Cook County" -- Scott Turow country! -- "state's attorney has opposed vacating the men's convictions, arguing that [exculpatory] DNA match alone is not sufficient to cast significant doubt on their guilt."
Curiously, these same prosecutors speak of the merits of DNA evidence when it helps to convict those accused of crimes. Not mentioned by the authorities is the concern by prosecutors to cover their backsides from any possible "blowback" (as it were) for participating in a criminal conspiracy to violate a man's civil rights so as to subject an innocent person to 17 years of incarceration. ("Freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal.")
"It was a tragedy for everybody," Mr. Swift said, "we're innocent but they didn't want to listen."
Does New Jersey want to listen to the voices of those damaged by the failures of the state's corrupt legal system? I doubt it. I certainly sympathize with this man's dilemma.
Mr. Rabner, the word "ethics" on the lips of New Jersey's OAE attorneys and your brethren on the New Jersey Supreme Court has become and will remain a lie until these issues are discussed openly and truthfully with me. ("No More Cover-Ups and Lies, Chief Justice Rabner!" and "New Jersey's Feces-Covered Supreme Court.")
The facts concerning the abuse, hypnosis, assaults, sexual and otherwise, to which I and so many others have been subjected must be a part of any genuine conversation between us.
Time is of the essence. Each day that the cover-up continues is a renewal of the tortures for many innocent persons. No New Jersey judge or other official should be protected at the expense of the Constitution.
Have you no sense of decency, sir?
Monday, November 14, 2011
Is Menendez "For Sale"?
Is it true that Senator Menendez has utilized the legal exemption for U.S. Congress members to engage in insider trading with impunity? If so, while it may be legal to trade based on inside information for a U.S. Senator, it would still raise an ethics issue for a member of the New Jersey Bar Association to do such a thing:
Is Mr. Menendez under investigation by the Office of Attorney Ethics (OAE) for any reason at this time? Curiously, I notice that the borders at my blog posting for all texts is colored blue today, November 16, 2011 at 1:11 P.M. No images can be posted by me and spacing between paragraphs is only possible with the use of the block quote device. ("New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics" and "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System.")
I am usually required to sign-out more than once from my blogs. All copies of essays are accompanied by blank pages for some reason. Yesterday, November 14th, I signed-out only once from NYPL computer 4, Inwood branch. I'll probably be at the Columbia University branch tomorrow, fellas. I can never be sure of continuing to write from one day to the next. I will do my best to write every day.
Herb Jackson, "Menendez Builds Up Campaign Bankroll: Backers Represent Causes Near and Far," in The Record, October 31, 2011, at p. L-2.
" ... A year before he faces New Jersey voters seeking reelection, Menendez has raised more than $10 MILLION. Half comes from his outreach to donors with national and even global interests." (emphasis added!)
Part of the problem in American politics is the corrupting presence of money in elections. Campaign finance reform is desperately needed. Instead, voters usually get token or cosmetic modifications of laws that benefit incumbents and those with access to big money figures who are rarely angels and, sometimes, they are not even Americans. ("Corrupt Law Firms, Senator Bob, and New Jersey Ethics.")
Allegedly, Mr. Menendez is one of the most corrupt politicians in the nation, but as long as he can generate contributions totalling $120 MILLION for Democrat coffers the odds of this man being indicted are slim. ("Menendez Gets Over On the Feds" and "Senator Menendez Was Not Indicted Today.")
It is certainly indisputable that the Garden State's junior Senator's attention to issues is based on how much a "constituent" has "contributed" to Bob's "campaign":
"The Passante family, owners of Royal Printing services in West New York, [New Jersey] gave Menendez $92,000 over the past five years."
Allegations of Passante organized crime affiliations are strenuously denied by family members, I am sure, but not the lucrative commercial affiliations by the Passantes with Hudson County, whose printing costs are "contracted" to the Passantes, every year. Every one admits that this is a mutually beneficial relationship. ("Mafia Influence in New Jersey Courts and Politics.")
Curiously, the $92,000 contribution to Menendez was made in one dollar bills, allegedly. This is to say nothing of other "cash" contributions, if any, deposited in the Democrats "non-federal account." It all goes south? ("Does Senator Menendez Have Mafia Friends?" and "Senator Bob, the Babe, and the Big Bucks.")
The Passantes have been loyal "capo regimes" -- as it were -- for Mr. Menendez since his Union City days when he created his own family, in a manner of speaking. Remember Bill Musto, Bob? Will you be betrayed by Mr. Elias, Bob, as Musto was betrayed by his so-called friends?
"[Menendez] argued that campaign money does not influence Menendez's position."
If true, this would mean that all contributions by lobbyists and/or business people doing work for public entities is not based on any remuneration they may get, eventually, but on their admiration for Mr. Menendez's sterling qualities of mind and heart. ("Is Senator Bob 'For' Human Rights?")
I am sure that people only give Menendez money because they think he is a good man, highly ethical, perhaps. There is never any quid pro cuo from Big Bob, right boys? ("Law and Ethics in the Soprano State" and "New Jersey is the Home of the Living Dead.")
"On July 28, 2009, Menendez reported $16,000 in contributions from six people listing their occupation[s] as 'professional poker player.' ..."
Were they from Miami, Bob? Atlantic City? Las Vegas? Or all of the above? How many contributions -- if any -- came from "operators of adult entertainment facilities and media" through buffer corporations, Bob? ("New Jersey's Child Sex Industry.")
I hear you received a great reception when you visited South Beach, Bob. Give my regards to Manny.
"That was on top of $5,000 received a month earlier from the political action committee of the Poker Players' Alliance."
Guess what?
"On August 6, 2011, Menendez introduced the Internet Poker and Games of Skill Regulation, Protection and Enforcement Act, a bill he said would crack down on 'predatory gaming sites.' ..."
Quid pro cuo for those professional "poker players," Bob? I think it must have been. ("Senator Bob Loves Xanadu!" and "Senator Bob Says: 'Xanadu and You Are Perfect Together!'")
Lowenstein, Sandler and other allegedly "shady" law firms, from which New Jersey judges are too often drawn, forked over $96,860 out of a total of $1,796,178 from lawyers in New Jersey for "good-old, Bob." Say goodbye to any meaningful tort reform in the Garden State. ("New Jersey's Politically Connected Lawyers On the Tit" and, da capo, "Corrupt Law Firms, Senator Bob, and New Jersey Ethics" then "Herbert Klitzner's Greed and New Jersey's Hypocrisy.")
The same handful of lawfirms control the legal ethics system and protect their own, which may explain why so little action has been taken against John McGill, Esq. and others with "questionable ethics" at the OAE. ("New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System" and "New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics" then "No More Cover-Ups and Lies, Chief Justice Rabner!" and "New Jersey's Judges Disgrace America.")
The public interest is sacrificed by these shysters and crooks for financial gain with the assistance of bought-and-paid-for politicians, sometimes politicians wearing judicial robes. Hon. Linda Feinberg? ("Deborah T. Poritz and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey" and "Sybil R. Moses and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey" then "New Jersey's Feces-Covered Supreme Court" and "Christie Attacks New Jersey's Corrupt Judges.")
Will Mark Elias, Esq. be representing you in your future endeavors, Bob? And did Mr. Elias -- or YOU, Senator Bob -- visit any of my sites at any time? "Philosophy Cafe," gentlemen? ("Jennifer Velez is a Dyke Magnet!" and "New Jersey Gets a New Attorney General.")
Are you a "bought-and-paid-for politician," Senator Menendez?
Many New Jersey voters have, evidently, concluded that the answer to this question is "yes."
A list of sources detailing further legal corruption and political scandals in New Jersey will be added to this essay in the days ahead, depending on the level of cybercrime and censorship emanating from New Jersey government officials aimed at silencing me. ("What is it like to be censored in America?" and "How censorship works in America.")
Sources:
James Quick, "Sheriff Blasts Review Panel: Says It's Protecting County Police Force," in The Record, November 12, 2011, at p. A-1. ("A committee formed by Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan to examine county law enforcement has a predetermined agenda to PROTECT the County Police Department, Sheriff Michael Saudino has alleged in a letter sent to the panel's chairman." This is the usual pattern in New Jersey: spend $600,000 for a report then ignore the recommendations in the report and protect the cronies held responsible for some disaster. Has John McGill, Esq. been disbarred, Mr. Rabner? If not, why not, Chief Justice Rabner?)
Chris Megerian & Christopher Baxter, "Attorney General Hints of Quitting, Seeks Judgeship: Christie May Shift Chief Counsel," in The Record, November 12, 2011, at p. A-3. (Failed Attorney General, Paula Dow -- "The Invisible Woman" -- is forced to step down and will become, of course, another Linda Feinberg on the bench. What happened, Mr. Christie? Paula was not up to the job? Now you're going to make Paula a judge? Is that how you get rid of people in New Jersey politics? Make them judges?)
Terry Collins, "Officials Losing Patience With Occupy Protesters: Oakland Orders Shutdown of Site," in The Record, November 12, 2011, at p. A-5. (Rights to speech and assembly may be ignored by police to end this protest.)
Christopher Sherman, "Judge in Video Beating Must Stay Clear of family," in The New York Times, November 12, 2011, at p. A-4. (So many judges have "anger management issues" relationship-wise. They're often in denial about these relational difficulties. We need to start healing.)
"Weinberg Ascends: Buono is Out as Majority Leader," (Editorial) in The Record, November 12, 2011, at p. A-11. (Buono [Sweeney] is out; Weinberg [Menendez? Or Codey?] is in as Senate Leader.")
Nick Clunn, "Mayor Says FEMA Rule Allowed OT: Paterson Officials' Extra Pay Not Illegal, He Says," in The Record, November 12, 2011, at p. L-1. (Mayor Jeffrey Jones, Esq. insists that the city did nothing illegal in paying $50,000 in storm-related overtime to officials -- including himself, Mayor Jones.)
Kibret Marcos, "Bergen Buys Building for Court: $1.2 MILLION Deal Designed to Ease Crowding," in The Record, October 31, 2011, at p. L-1. (Bought well over its market value from a crony for $1.24 MILLION, this property will require $650,000 in renovations that -- like the Xanadu Mall -- will turn into 4 times that number and will never be finished: "Cement is Gold" and "New Jersey is the Home of the Living Dead" and "Law and Ethics in the Soprano State.")
Dean Hampton, "Failed EnCap Development at Issue in North Arlington Debate," in The Record, October 31, 2011, at p. L-2. (See what I mean? These fiascos never go away.)
John Brenan & Andrew Tangel, "Xanadu $1.2 BILLION Funding Outlined: Developer Vows Taxpayers Are Safe," in The Record, November 10, 2011, at p. A-1. (Menendez is said to have his paws in this one. Total expenditure for this "mall" is around $3 BILLION when all is said and done.)
Adam Liptak, "Justices Rebuke a New Orleans Prosecutor," in The New York Times, November 9, 2011, at p. A18. (Prosecutors cannot deny discovery or decide what is discoverable material to cover their behinds. Right, John McGill, Esq.?)
Frank Bruni, "Torture and Exceptionalism," (Editorial) in The New York Times, November 15, 2011, at p. A31. ("We must live by values worthy of exporting." Do you speak to me of "ethics," Mr. Rabner?)
"The Torture Candidates: Three Republicans Running for President Support Illegal Act of Waterboarding," (Editorial) in The New York Times, November 15, 2011, at p. A30. (What we do to others will be done to us.)
Shawn Boburg, "Doctor Accused of Drug Fraud: Arrest is Second in Past 8 Weeks," in The Record, November 10, 2011, at p. L-1. (Diana Lisa Riccioli and Terry Tuchin claimed to be "medical doctors" and "therapists." Who was providing protection to those two frauds? How many African-Americans -- or inmates of any ethnicity -- have been secretly tortured by those two persons gathering information, illegally, for the Garden State?)
Kibret Marcos, "Town Sued On Harassment Claims: Upper Saddle River Employee Alleges Improprieties by Official," in The Record, November 10, 2011, at p. L-3. (The level of sexual harassment that is common in Mr. Nixon's old home town -- Republican country! -- is surpassed only by comparable behavior in New Jersey's Senate building and Supreme Court, allegedly: "Sexual Favors for New Jersey Judges" and "Deborah T. Poritz and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey" then "No Charges for Child Molester in New Jersey Legislature" and "New Jersey Superior Court Judge is a Child Molester.")
Is Mr. Menendez under investigation by the Office of Attorney Ethics (OAE) for any reason at this time? Curiously, I notice that the borders at my blog posting for all texts is colored blue today, November 16, 2011 at 1:11 P.M. No images can be posted by me and spacing between paragraphs is only possible with the use of the block quote device. ("New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics" and "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System.")
I am usually required to sign-out more than once from my blogs. All copies of essays are accompanied by blank pages for some reason. Yesterday, November 14th, I signed-out only once from NYPL computer 4, Inwood branch. I'll probably be at the Columbia University branch tomorrow, fellas. I can never be sure of continuing to write from one day to the next. I will do my best to write every day.
Herb Jackson, "Menendez Builds Up Campaign Bankroll: Backers Represent Causes Near and Far," in The Record, October 31, 2011, at p. L-2.
" ... A year before he faces New Jersey voters seeking reelection, Menendez has raised more than $10 MILLION. Half comes from his outreach to donors with national and even global interests." (emphasis added!)
Part of the problem in American politics is the corrupting presence of money in elections. Campaign finance reform is desperately needed. Instead, voters usually get token or cosmetic modifications of laws that benefit incumbents and those with access to big money figures who are rarely angels and, sometimes, they are not even Americans. ("Corrupt Law Firms, Senator Bob, and New Jersey Ethics.")
Allegedly, Mr. Menendez is one of the most corrupt politicians in the nation, but as long as he can generate contributions totalling $120 MILLION for Democrat coffers the odds of this man being indicted are slim. ("Menendez Gets Over On the Feds" and "Senator Menendez Was Not Indicted Today.")
It is certainly indisputable that the Garden State's junior Senator's attention to issues is based on how much a "constituent" has "contributed" to Bob's "campaign":
"The Passante family, owners of Royal Printing services in West New York, [New Jersey] gave Menendez $92,000 over the past five years."
Allegations of Passante organized crime affiliations are strenuously denied by family members, I am sure, but not the lucrative commercial affiliations by the Passantes with Hudson County, whose printing costs are "contracted" to the Passantes, every year. Every one admits that this is a mutually beneficial relationship. ("Mafia Influence in New Jersey Courts and Politics.")
Curiously, the $92,000 contribution to Menendez was made in one dollar bills, allegedly. This is to say nothing of other "cash" contributions, if any, deposited in the Democrats "non-federal account." It all goes south? ("Does Senator Menendez Have Mafia Friends?" and "Senator Bob, the Babe, and the Big Bucks.")
The Passantes have been loyal "capo regimes" -- as it were -- for Mr. Menendez since his Union City days when he created his own family, in a manner of speaking. Remember Bill Musto, Bob? Will you be betrayed by Mr. Elias, Bob, as Musto was betrayed by his so-called friends?
"[Menendez] argued that campaign money does not influence Menendez's position."
If true, this would mean that all contributions by lobbyists and/or business people doing work for public entities is not based on any remuneration they may get, eventually, but on their admiration for Mr. Menendez's sterling qualities of mind and heart. ("Is Senator Bob 'For' Human Rights?")
I am sure that people only give Menendez money because they think he is a good man, highly ethical, perhaps. There is never any quid pro cuo from Big Bob, right boys? ("Law and Ethics in the Soprano State" and "New Jersey is the Home of the Living Dead.")
"On July 28, 2009, Menendez reported $16,000 in contributions from six people listing their occupation[s] as 'professional poker player.' ..."
Were they from Miami, Bob? Atlantic City? Las Vegas? Or all of the above? How many contributions -- if any -- came from "operators of adult entertainment facilities and media" through buffer corporations, Bob? ("New Jersey's Child Sex Industry.")
I hear you received a great reception when you visited South Beach, Bob. Give my regards to Manny.
"That was on top of $5,000 received a month earlier from the political action committee of the Poker Players' Alliance."
Guess what?
"On August 6, 2011, Menendez introduced the Internet Poker and Games of Skill Regulation, Protection and Enforcement Act, a bill he said would crack down on 'predatory gaming sites.' ..."
Quid pro cuo for those professional "poker players," Bob? I think it must have been. ("Senator Bob Loves Xanadu!" and "Senator Bob Says: 'Xanadu and You Are Perfect Together!'")
Lowenstein, Sandler and other allegedly "shady" law firms, from which New Jersey judges are too often drawn, forked over $96,860 out of a total of $1,796,178 from lawyers in New Jersey for "good-old, Bob." Say goodbye to any meaningful tort reform in the Garden State. ("New Jersey's Politically Connected Lawyers On the Tit" and, da capo, "Corrupt Law Firms, Senator Bob, and New Jersey Ethics" then "Herbert Klitzner's Greed and New Jersey's Hypocrisy.")
The same handful of lawfirms control the legal ethics system and protect their own, which may explain why so little action has been taken against John McGill, Esq. and others with "questionable ethics" at the OAE. ("New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System" and "New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics" then "No More Cover-Ups and Lies, Chief Justice Rabner!" and "New Jersey's Judges Disgrace America.")
The public interest is sacrificed by these shysters and crooks for financial gain with the assistance of bought-and-paid-for politicians, sometimes politicians wearing judicial robes. Hon. Linda Feinberg? ("Deborah T. Poritz and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey" and "Sybil R. Moses and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey" then "New Jersey's Feces-Covered Supreme Court" and "Christie Attacks New Jersey's Corrupt Judges.")
Will Mark Elias, Esq. be representing you in your future endeavors, Bob? And did Mr. Elias -- or YOU, Senator Bob -- visit any of my sites at any time? "Philosophy Cafe," gentlemen? ("Jennifer Velez is a Dyke Magnet!" and "New Jersey Gets a New Attorney General.")
Are you a "bought-and-paid-for politician," Senator Menendez?
Many New Jersey voters have, evidently, concluded that the answer to this question is "yes."
A list of sources detailing further legal corruption and political scandals in New Jersey will be added to this essay in the days ahead, depending on the level of cybercrime and censorship emanating from New Jersey government officials aimed at silencing me. ("What is it like to be censored in America?" and "How censorship works in America.")
Sources:
James Quick, "Sheriff Blasts Review Panel: Says It's Protecting County Police Force," in The Record, November 12, 2011, at p. A-1. ("A committee formed by Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan to examine county law enforcement has a predetermined agenda to PROTECT the County Police Department, Sheriff Michael Saudino has alleged in a letter sent to the panel's chairman." This is the usual pattern in New Jersey: spend $600,000 for a report then ignore the recommendations in the report and protect the cronies held responsible for some disaster. Has John McGill, Esq. been disbarred, Mr. Rabner? If not, why not, Chief Justice Rabner?)
Chris Megerian & Christopher Baxter, "Attorney General Hints of Quitting, Seeks Judgeship: Christie May Shift Chief Counsel," in The Record, November 12, 2011, at p. A-3. (Failed Attorney General, Paula Dow -- "The Invisible Woman" -- is forced to step down and will become, of course, another Linda Feinberg on the bench. What happened, Mr. Christie? Paula was not up to the job? Now you're going to make Paula a judge? Is that how you get rid of people in New Jersey politics? Make them judges?)
Terry Collins, "Officials Losing Patience With Occupy Protesters: Oakland Orders Shutdown of Site," in The Record, November 12, 2011, at p. A-5. (Rights to speech and assembly may be ignored by police to end this protest.)
Christopher Sherman, "Judge in Video Beating Must Stay Clear of family," in The New York Times, November 12, 2011, at p. A-4. (So many judges have "anger management issues" relationship-wise. They're often in denial about these relational difficulties. We need to start healing.)
"Weinberg Ascends: Buono is Out as Majority Leader," (Editorial) in The Record, November 12, 2011, at p. A-11. (Buono [Sweeney] is out; Weinberg [Menendez? Or Codey?] is in as Senate Leader.")
Nick Clunn, "Mayor Says FEMA Rule Allowed OT: Paterson Officials' Extra Pay Not Illegal, He Says," in The Record, November 12, 2011, at p. L-1. (Mayor Jeffrey Jones, Esq. insists that the city did nothing illegal in paying $50,000 in storm-related overtime to officials -- including himself, Mayor Jones.)
Kibret Marcos, "Bergen Buys Building for Court: $1.2 MILLION Deal Designed to Ease Crowding," in The Record, October 31, 2011, at p. L-1. (Bought well over its market value from a crony for $1.24 MILLION, this property will require $650,000 in renovations that -- like the Xanadu Mall -- will turn into 4 times that number and will never be finished: "Cement is Gold" and "New Jersey is the Home of the Living Dead" and "Law and Ethics in the Soprano State.")
Dean Hampton, "Failed EnCap Development at Issue in North Arlington Debate," in The Record, October 31, 2011, at p. L-2. (See what I mean? These fiascos never go away.)
John Brenan & Andrew Tangel, "Xanadu $1.2 BILLION Funding Outlined: Developer Vows Taxpayers Are Safe," in The Record, November 10, 2011, at p. A-1. (Menendez is said to have his paws in this one. Total expenditure for this "mall" is around $3 BILLION when all is said and done.)
Adam Liptak, "Justices Rebuke a New Orleans Prosecutor," in The New York Times, November 9, 2011, at p. A18. (Prosecutors cannot deny discovery or decide what is discoverable material to cover their behinds. Right, John McGill, Esq.?)
Frank Bruni, "Torture and Exceptionalism," (Editorial) in The New York Times, November 15, 2011, at p. A31. ("We must live by values worthy of exporting." Do you speak to me of "ethics," Mr. Rabner?)
"The Torture Candidates: Three Republicans Running for President Support Illegal Act of Waterboarding," (Editorial) in The New York Times, November 15, 2011, at p. A30. (What we do to others will be done to us.)
Shawn Boburg, "Doctor Accused of Drug Fraud: Arrest is Second in Past 8 Weeks," in The Record, November 10, 2011, at p. L-1. (Diana Lisa Riccioli and Terry Tuchin claimed to be "medical doctors" and "therapists." Who was providing protection to those two frauds? How many African-Americans -- or inmates of any ethnicity -- have been secretly tortured by those two persons gathering information, illegally, for the Garden State?)
Kibret Marcos, "Town Sued On Harassment Claims: Upper Saddle River Employee Alleges Improprieties by Official," in The Record, November 10, 2011, at p. L-3. (The level of sexual harassment that is common in Mr. Nixon's old home town -- Republican country! -- is surpassed only by comparable behavior in New Jersey's Senate building and Supreme Court, allegedly: "Sexual Favors for New Jersey Judges" and "Deborah T. Poritz and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey" then "No Charges for Child Molester in New Jersey Legislature" and "New Jersey Superior Court Judge is a Child Molester.")
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Hypocrisy.
November 4, 2011 at 1:20 P.M. On several occasions I have been greeted by a bogus MSN site when I sign-in at NYPL computers. I surmise that efforts are underway to obstruct my access to these blogs in order to prevent me from writing on-line. I will continue to struggle to write freely. If you can help to identify the persons involved in these criminal activities, please feel free to contact the authorities or any of the organizations listed at these blogs with information leading to their arrest. I have reason to believe that these blog entries are being read in Cuba, China, and in many other places where much US media is not well received or deemed credible on International issues. I am grateful for this attention and moral support. ("How Censorship Works in America" and "What is it like to be censored in America?")
Physicians For Social Responsibility, 1101 14th Street, NW Suite 700, Washington, D.C. 2005-5621, (202) 898-0150, http://www.psrnatl@psr.org and http://www.psr.org/
"An Open Letter to My Torturers in New Jersey, Terry Tuchin and Diana Lisa Riccioli" and "Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture." Any assistance that can be provided by any party in obtaining records of torture from "Dr." Terry Tuchin and/or the OAE are greatly appreciated.
Ziauddin Sardar & Merryl Wyn Davies, Why Do People Hate America? (Cambridge: Icon Books, 2003), p. 199.
Howard Zinn, Terrorism and War (New York & London: Seven Stories, 2002), pp. 92-99.
International Socialist Review, P.O. Box 258082, (773) 665-7337, http://www.isreview.org/
No War Collective, http://www.nowarcollective.com/
The decision to request Pakistan's assistance in bringing the Haqqani network to the negotiating table gives new meaning to the word: "hypocrisy."
The U.S. State Department as well as other branches of the American government have complained, for years, that Pakistan's primary intelligence agency (ISI) is complicit in the crimes of the so-called "militants" in the region. U.S. robot bombs have targeted persons in Pakistan (including many civilians killed as what we call "collateral damage"), while the outraged Pakistani government and military have been dismissed -- probably accurately -- as "corrupt and evil."
Much the same is said of New Jersey's soiled legal establishment even as, increasingly, the federal government needs and demands Pakistan's help in the war effort and more action by New Jersey to control corruption. In relation to both (allegedly) failed jurisdictions -- sections of Pakistan and all of New Jersey -- the U.S. federal government is pursuing a divided or schizoid policy that is not likely to succeed.
None of this tension in U.S. policies and actions is seen as problematic: It is O.K. to kill people in a country whose help the U.S. will request after insulting, publicly, the leadership and military of that country because, strangely enough, they object to the murder of their citizens.
Likewise, New Jersey is recognized to have committed crimes against me and many others (Ms. Shakur, Mr. Wright), with judges and lawyers acting unethically in these matters. However, the Garden State wishes to legitimate all actions of the legal establishment while presuming to comment on my ethics -- with my help. Irony? Or madness? A little of both, maybe.
Can we expect cooperation, assistance, or "good faith" from Pakistan? If we recognize that there is intense hatred of America in the region, for excellent reasons; that Afghanistan is seen as an "unwinnable" war for America, both in the South Asia zone and world community; that the U.S. war effort -- like New Jersey's tactics against me and many dissidents -- is rightly perceived as criminal, then the short-term hostility to the U.S. by Pakistani officials will be viewed as not only logical and tactical, but also likely to succeed from their perspective. The key word in this foregoing paragraph is "succeed."
The Americans will soon be leaving Afghanistan, where suicide bombers have taken the lives of 12 U.S. personnel this week, bringing the total casualties in that country to close to 2,000 in addition to the nearly 7,000 killed in Iraq and (roughly) 100,000 wounded. The Haqqani family and its associates, Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters, will remain in the area long after the U.S. military is gone. Everybody will have to find a way to deal with the "militants."
This need for a local solution is especially true in Pakistan where 100 nuclear weapons sit perched on the edge of a major confrontation with India (from one direction) or with Western powers (should the weapons fall into the proverbial "wrong hands").
Accordingly, Pakistan's diplomatic problem is to smooth over difficulties with an unruly population regarding their national authorities as too close to the detested Americans, a population which is more than sympathetic to the "revolutionary fighters" against the U.S. presence, while at the same time not allowing extremists to take over the government and those nasty nuclear weapons. We are not helping the Pakistanis (our gallant "allies," remember?) to achieve this worthy and difficult goal with our robot bombs.
The U.S. should try to make it clear to all parties that, for that very reason (i.e., the urgency of the threat), it is in everyone's interest to resolve all difficulties NOW, when maximum concessions can still be extracted from the so-called "militants" and everyone can manouvre for the post-U.S. departure scenario. It will be nice to know that U.S. troops will be missed. Without America in the neighborhood, there will be no one to blame for the region's troubles except the local inhabitants.
The publicity explosion is coming, New Jersey. It is better to get ready now. A list of sources detailing further corruption and incompetence in New Jersey and more news of the world will be attached to this essay in the days ahead.
" ... 'People around the world constantly ask why the U.S. says one thing and does something totally opposite'; why the standards it wants to impose on others do not apply to the U.S. itself. How can the United States claim to be the repository of Goodness yet have such disdain for the poor and deny them the basic right to food and water? People dying of AIDS in sub-saharan Africa wonder why Americans can afford super computers and stealth bombers but cannot help them afford AZT and other drugs. People living in and around tropical rainforests cannot understand American criticism of their management of their crucial resources while Americans continue to trash their environment, from destroying their wetlands to increasing emissions of global warming gases such as carbon dioxide. Europeans cannot fathom why the United States does not support global environmental protection, land mine treaties, or strong provisions to control biological and nuclear weapons or why the United States insists on selling Europeans meat and grains that are tainted with steroids and the result of genetic engineering. Russians and East Europeans do not understand why America insists on imposing economic measures on their countries that increase inequality by every criteria known to humanity. Canadians rue the import of American culture on their society. ... "
Sardar & Wyn Davies, Why Do People Hate America?, p. 199.
Sources:
New York and the World:
Eric Schmidt & David E. Sanger, "U.S. Seeks Aid From Pakistan in Peace Effort: Derided Spy Agency is Now Asked to Coax Militants to Talks," in The New York Times, October 31, 2011, at p. A1. (We have killed, conservatively, 30,000 persons in our robot bomb campaign in Pakistan, strengthening the Haqqani network's support among Pakistanis -- the "ordinary Muhammads," Iliana -- as we insult the ISI, but now we "demand" that Pakistan force "militants" to the negotiating table. Good luck.)
Pir Zubair Shah & Carlotta Gall [Congresswoman Iliana Ros-Leghtinen], "For Pakistan, Deep Ties to Militant Network May Trump U.S. Pressure," in The New York Times, November 1, 2011, at p. A4. (The Haqqani network and others enjoy the support of Pakistan's people, whose hatred for America has become very intense as well as understandable. Ms. Ros-Leghtinen, you will not be the GOP's next Secretary of State; Mr. Rubio, you will not be the GOP's next Vice Presidential candidate. I hope. Mr. Rubio, is it true that your brother-in-law is a convicted drug dealer?)
Peter Latjman & Nelson D. Schwartz, "In Corzine Comeback, Big Risk and a Steep Fall," in The New York Times, November 2, 2011, at p. A1. (What's $700 MILLION gone the way of New Jersey's pension funds? FBI involvement in Mr. Corzine's adventures now seems likely. New Jersey residents want to know whether Mr. Corzine wore a seat belt at his Wall Street office.)
Adam Liptak, "Lifelong Death Sentence," in The New York Times, November 1, 2011, at p. A16. (33 years on death row is in itself "cruel and unusual." "Mumia Abu-Jamal and the Unconstitutionality of the Death Penalty" and "Freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal.")
Michael Mendes & James Baerson, "Telling the Story of 41 Years On the Run," in The New York Times, October 29, 2011, at p. A16. (George Wright is facing a U.S. extradition attempt from Portugal, which will not happen if: 1) Mr. Wright will face the death penalty in the jurisdiction to which he is transported; and/or 2) will be forced to appear in a "corrupt or racist jurisdiction where a fair trial is impossible." New Jersey is the jurisdiction that seeks this man's extradition. New Jersey is universally regarded as a failed state with a corrupt legal system to which I hope and believe that Mr. Wright will not be extradited.)
Ravi Somaya, "British Court Says Wikileaks Founder Can Be Extradited," in The New York Times, November 3, 2011, at p. A14. ("Mr. Assange has hinted that he believes world powers" -- i.e., the United States -- "might be behind the sexual abuse charges [DSK?] seeing them as a way of silencing him and halting embarassing leaks." This strategy may also explain the starvation of funds to Wikileaks and slander campaign against Mr. Assange, individually, as part of a CIA "behind-the-back" assassination effort.)
New Jersey's Continuing Nightmare:
Evonne Coutros, "Internet Shifting Sex Trade to Suburbs: Police Note Rise in Prostitution Arrests," in The Record, October 24, 2011, at p. A-1. (Ridgewood, New Jersey is one center of the suburban sex trade that is, allegedly, protected by Cuban-American politicians on the payroll of organized crime.)
Andrew Taylor, "Study Finds Wealth Gap Widens Over the Past 3 Decades," in The Record, October 27, 2011, at p. A-3. (New Jersey's wealth disparities are growing. Luckily, people in Ridgewood are doing well.)
Erin O'Neill, "Judges Have Best Benefits, Lowest Costs," in The Star Ledger, October 27, 2011, at p. 21. (New Jersey's judges protect their own fat wallets at the expense of other public employees.)
Jorge Castaneda, "Dodging Debate On Immigration Could Haunt GOP," in The Star Ledger, October 27, 2011, at p. 15. (Marco Rubio's brother-in-law was convicted of drug dealing and/or possession of Controlled Dangerous Substances (CDS) feeding rumors of Mr. Rubio's support among the so-called "Cuban Mafia." These Miami and New Jersey organized crime figures, unlike the Italian mob, are heavily involved in child-prostitution and -pornography. Mr. Rubio's anger at UNIVISION and attempts to intimidate the television station for its coverage of this issue may result in a ban on the Republican debate in Florida. In America, Mr. Rubio, public officials should not be involved in attempts to censor the media or Internet writers. I wonder whether Mr. Rubio is affiliated in any way with the persons committing cybercrimes against me and/or seeking to censor my writings? Iliana Ros-Leghtinen? Bob Menendez? All of them? "Does Senator Menendez Have Mafia Friends?")
Mary Ann Spoto, "Former Client Testifies Bergrin Solicited a Hit," in The Star Ledger, October 27, 2011, at p. 21. (Paul W. Bergrin, Esq. claims that, probably, it was Stuart Rabner who called for the hit because Mr. Bergrin did no such thing. Stuart Rabner will no doubt blame Deborah T. Poritz. "Deborah T. Poritz and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey.")
Mary Ann Spoto, "Christie Dealt New Setback On Judicial Benefits," in The Star Ledger, October 27, 2011, at p. 10. (Linda Feinberg says "she don't care about nothing." Christie may not like it, but Feinberg and her fellow judges will never cough-up benefits or lose a dime from their salaries, in addition to any cash received from bribery, of course, which usually "goes south.")
Physicians For Social Responsibility, 1101 14th Street, NW Suite 700, Washington, D.C. 2005-5621, (202) 898-0150, http://www.psrnatl@psr.org and http://www.psr.org/
"An Open Letter to My Torturers in New Jersey, Terry Tuchin and Diana Lisa Riccioli" and "Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture." Any assistance that can be provided by any party in obtaining records of torture from "Dr." Terry Tuchin and/or the OAE are greatly appreciated.
Ziauddin Sardar & Merryl Wyn Davies, Why Do People Hate America? (Cambridge: Icon Books, 2003), p. 199.
Howard Zinn, Terrorism and War (New York & London: Seven Stories, 2002), pp. 92-99.
International Socialist Review, P.O. Box 258082, (773) 665-7337, http://www.isreview.org/
No War Collective, http://www.nowarcollective.com/
The decision to request Pakistan's assistance in bringing the Haqqani network to the negotiating table gives new meaning to the word: "hypocrisy."
The U.S. State Department as well as other branches of the American government have complained, for years, that Pakistan's primary intelligence agency (ISI) is complicit in the crimes of the so-called "militants" in the region. U.S. robot bombs have targeted persons in Pakistan (including many civilians killed as what we call "collateral damage"), while the outraged Pakistani government and military have been dismissed -- probably accurately -- as "corrupt and evil."
Much the same is said of New Jersey's soiled legal establishment even as, increasingly, the federal government needs and demands Pakistan's help in the war effort and more action by New Jersey to control corruption. In relation to both (allegedly) failed jurisdictions -- sections of Pakistan and all of New Jersey -- the U.S. federal government is pursuing a divided or schizoid policy that is not likely to succeed.
None of this tension in U.S. policies and actions is seen as problematic: It is O.K. to kill people in a country whose help the U.S. will request after insulting, publicly, the leadership and military of that country because, strangely enough, they object to the murder of their citizens.
Likewise, New Jersey is recognized to have committed crimes against me and many others (Ms. Shakur, Mr. Wright), with judges and lawyers acting unethically in these matters. However, the Garden State wishes to legitimate all actions of the legal establishment while presuming to comment on my ethics -- with my help. Irony? Or madness? A little of both, maybe.
Can we expect cooperation, assistance, or "good faith" from Pakistan? If we recognize that there is intense hatred of America in the region, for excellent reasons; that Afghanistan is seen as an "unwinnable" war for America, both in the South Asia zone and world community; that the U.S. war effort -- like New Jersey's tactics against me and many dissidents -- is rightly perceived as criminal, then the short-term hostility to the U.S. by Pakistani officials will be viewed as not only logical and tactical, but also likely to succeed from their perspective. The key word in this foregoing paragraph is "succeed."
The Americans will soon be leaving Afghanistan, where suicide bombers have taken the lives of 12 U.S. personnel this week, bringing the total casualties in that country to close to 2,000 in addition to the nearly 7,000 killed in Iraq and (roughly) 100,000 wounded. The Haqqani family and its associates, Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters, will remain in the area long after the U.S. military is gone. Everybody will have to find a way to deal with the "militants."
This need for a local solution is especially true in Pakistan where 100 nuclear weapons sit perched on the edge of a major confrontation with India (from one direction) or with Western powers (should the weapons fall into the proverbial "wrong hands").
Accordingly, Pakistan's diplomatic problem is to smooth over difficulties with an unruly population regarding their national authorities as too close to the detested Americans, a population which is more than sympathetic to the "revolutionary fighters" against the U.S. presence, while at the same time not allowing extremists to take over the government and those nasty nuclear weapons. We are not helping the Pakistanis (our gallant "allies," remember?) to achieve this worthy and difficult goal with our robot bombs.
The U.S. should try to make it clear to all parties that, for that very reason (i.e., the urgency of the threat), it is in everyone's interest to resolve all difficulties NOW, when maximum concessions can still be extracted from the so-called "militants" and everyone can manouvre for the post-U.S. departure scenario. It will be nice to know that U.S. troops will be missed. Without America in the neighborhood, there will be no one to blame for the region's troubles except the local inhabitants.
The publicity explosion is coming, New Jersey. It is better to get ready now. A list of sources detailing further corruption and incompetence in New Jersey and more news of the world will be attached to this essay in the days ahead.
" ... 'People around the world constantly ask why the U.S. says one thing and does something totally opposite'; why the standards it wants to impose on others do not apply to the U.S. itself. How can the United States claim to be the repository of Goodness yet have such disdain for the poor and deny them the basic right to food and water? People dying of AIDS in sub-saharan Africa wonder why Americans can afford super computers and stealth bombers but cannot help them afford AZT and other drugs. People living in and around tropical rainforests cannot understand American criticism of their management of their crucial resources while Americans continue to trash their environment, from destroying their wetlands to increasing emissions of global warming gases such as carbon dioxide. Europeans cannot fathom why the United States does not support global environmental protection, land mine treaties, or strong provisions to control biological and nuclear weapons or why the United States insists on selling Europeans meat and grains that are tainted with steroids and the result of genetic engineering. Russians and East Europeans do not understand why America insists on imposing economic measures on their countries that increase inequality by every criteria known to humanity. Canadians rue the import of American culture on their society. ... "
Sardar & Wyn Davies, Why Do People Hate America?, p. 199.
Sources:
New York and the World:
Eric Schmidt & David E. Sanger, "U.S. Seeks Aid From Pakistan in Peace Effort: Derided Spy Agency is Now Asked to Coax Militants to Talks," in The New York Times, October 31, 2011, at p. A1. (We have killed, conservatively, 30,000 persons in our robot bomb campaign in Pakistan, strengthening the Haqqani network's support among Pakistanis -- the "ordinary Muhammads," Iliana -- as we insult the ISI, but now we "demand" that Pakistan force "militants" to the negotiating table. Good luck.)
Pir Zubair Shah & Carlotta Gall [Congresswoman Iliana Ros-Leghtinen], "For Pakistan, Deep Ties to Militant Network May Trump U.S. Pressure," in The New York Times, November 1, 2011, at p. A4. (The Haqqani network and others enjoy the support of Pakistan's people, whose hatred for America has become very intense as well as understandable. Ms. Ros-Leghtinen, you will not be the GOP's next Secretary of State; Mr. Rubio, you will not be the GOP's next Vice Presidential candidate. I hope. Mr. Rubio, is it true that your brother-in-law is a convicted drug dealer?)
Peter Latjman & Nelson D. Schwartz, "In Corzine Comeback, Big Risk and a Steep Fall," in The New York Times, November 2, 2011, at p. A1. (What's $700 MILLION gone the way of New Jersey's pension funds? FBI involvement in Mr. Corzine's adventures now seems likely. New Jersey residents want to know whether Mr. Corzine wore a seat belt at his Wall Street office.)
Adam Liptak, "Lifelong Death Sentence," in The New York Times, November 1, 2011, at p. A16. (33 years on death row is in itself "cruel and unusual." "Mumia Abu-Jamal and the Unconstitutionality of the Death Penalty" and "Freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal.")
Michael Mendes & James Baerson, "Telling the Story of 41 Years On the Run," in The New York Times, October 29, 2011, at p. A16. (George Wright is facing a U.S. extradition attempt from Portugal, which will not happen if: 1) Mr. Wright will face the death penalty in the jurisdiction to which he is transported; and/or 2) will be forced to appear in a "corrupt or racist jurisdiction where a fair trial is impossible." New Jersey is the jurisdiction that seeks this man's extradition. New Jersey is universally regarded as a failed state with a corrupt legal system to which I hope and believe that Mr. Wright will not be extradited.)
Ravi Somaya, "British Court Says Wikileaks Founder Can Be Extradited," in The New York Times, November 3, 2011, at p. A14. ("Mr. Assange has hinted that he believes world powers" -- i.e., the United States -- "might be behind the sexual abuse charges [DSK?] seeing them as a way of silencing him and halting embarassing leaks." This strategy may also explain the starvation of funds to Wikileaks and slander campaign against Mr. Assange, individually, as part of a CIA "behind-the-back" assassination effort.)
New Jersey's Continuing Nightmare:
Evonne Coutros, "Internet Shifting Sex Trade to Suburbs: Police Note Rise in Prostitution Arrests," in The Record, October 24, 2011, at p. A-1. (Ridgewood, New Jersey is one center of the suburban sex trade that is, allegedly, protected by Cuban-American politicians on the payroll of organized crime.)
Andrew Taylor, "Study Finds Wealth Gap Widens Over the Past 3 Decades," in The Record, October 27, 2011, at p. A-3. (New Jersey's wealth disparities are growing. Luckily, people in Ridgewood are doing well.)
Erin O'Neill, "Judges Have Best Benefits, Lowest Costs," in The Star Ledger, October 27, 2011, at p. 21. (New Jersey's judges protect their own fat wallets at the expense of other public employees.)
Jorge Castaneda, "Dodging Debate On Immigration Could Haunt GOP," in The Star Ledger, October 27, 2011, at p. 15. (Marco Rubio's brother-in-law was convicted of drug dealing and/or possession of Controlled Dangerous Substances (CDS) feeding rumors of Mr. Rubio's support among the so-called "Cuban Mafia." These Miami and New Jersey organized crime figures, unlike the Italian mob, are heavily involved in child-prostitution and -pornography. Mr. Rubio's anger at UNIVISION and attempts to intimidate the television station for its coverage of this issue may result in a ban on the Republican debate in Florida. In America, Mr. Rubio, public officials should not be involved in attempts to censor the media or Internet writers. I wonder whether Mr. Rubio is affiliated in any way with the persons committing cybercrimes against me and/or seeking to censor my writings? Iliana Ros-Leghtinen? Bob Menendez? All of them? "Does Senator Menendez Have Mafia Friends?")
Mary Ann Spoto, "Former Client Testifies Bergrin Solicited a Hit," in The Star Ledger, October 27, 2011, at p. 21. (Paul W. Bergrin, Esq. claims that, probably, it was Stuart Rabner who called for the hit because Mr. Bergrin did no such thing. Stuart Rabner will no doubt blame Deborah T. Poritz. "Deborah T. Poritz and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey.")
Mary Ann Spoto, "Christie Dealt New Setback On Judicial Benefits," in The Star Ledger, October 27, 2011, at p. 10. (Linda Feinberg says "she don't care about nothing." Christie may not like it, but Feinberg and her fellow judges will never cough-up benefits or lose a dime from their salaries, in addition to any cash received from bribery, of course, which usually "goes south.")
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