September 27, 2012 at 2:25 P.M. Due to sabotage of computer number #2, that laptop computer was rendered inoperative as I was scheduled to make use of it.
With the assistance of a librarian, who was unable to repair the damage, I was rescheduled for computer number #10, Morningside Heights branch of the NYPL. Evidently, sabotage of library computers continues on a daily basis. I do not believe that this experience is merely coincidental.
"President Obama at the UN," (Editorial) in The New York Times, September 26, 2012, at p. A26.
President Obama's call for freedom of speech in the Middle East has been greeted with polite appaluse, publicly, and more than a mild dose of skepticism, privately.
U.S. calls for tolerance of dissent have been accompanied by the most repressive measures at home for all forms of dissent, including proposals to detain -- or execute! -- even U.S. citizens without due process of law where the Chief Executive deems it necessary for unspecified reasons.
The targeting of Julian Assange through covert means and harsh methods that threaten the life and sanity of "whistleblower" Bradley Manning are only a few indications of the intolerant attitude to any disclosures of government activity (or corruption) that may be described by the Right-wing media as "unpatriotic."
Every society tolerates speech that supports the power-structure; more interesting is whether a society tolerates genuine radical dissent.
Repressive measures aimed at silencing critics -- cybercrime and censorship such as I experience every day -- have become matters of policy, certainly in New Jersey. These criminal censorship tactics continue to go unpunished in Mr. Obama's America. In Mr. Romney's America, censors would be rewarded with lucrative government perks or medals, perhaps. ("What is it like to be tortured?" and "How censorship works in America.")
Mr. Obama's fine rhetoric concerning freedom of speech on-line seems to be unmatched by equally fine deeds. For this reason I believe Mr. Obama should be granted a second term: Mr. Obama needs time to complete his agenda after extricating this country from the financial catastrophe that he inherited. ("Time to End the Embargo Against Cuba" and "For America to Lead Again: A Speech for President Barack Obama.")
Mr. Holder, please arrest the persons responsible for the cybercrime aimed at hurting me that is damaging the interests of so many innocent New Yorkers.
" ... [Mr. Obama] gave a full-throated defense of the First Amendment right that, in this country, protects even hateful writings, films and speech."
Does this protection extend to Internet critiques of hateful corruption that displeases Cuban-American Right-wingers and their foreign allies, Mr. Obama? I hope so.
I invite readers from all over the world to come to their own conclusions on this issue.
Do we ask other nations to allow for diverse speech even as we permit fascist elements within our country to silence dissidents? You decide.
"Six weeks before the election, the speech to the audience of world leaders in the United Nations General Assembly hall was as much a domestic political appeal as anything else. President Obama used the commanding venue of the General Assembly to offer a reasonable defense against Mr. Romney's incoherent critique of his response to the revolutions in Lybia, Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen and to Iran's nuclear program." (emphasis added!)
Mr. Obama and Ms. Clinton were nothing less than magnificent in September, 2012 in defusing tensions that could have exploded in massive numbers of murders and military actions in thirteen countries. This peace effort by America's leaders was correctly perceived in the world as "strength" and not "weakness," as Mr. Romney suggested, absurdly.
There is hostility to Mr. Obama's articulateness from a small section of the U.S. electorate -- Right-wing fringe groups -- partly for racist reasons, but also from an old-fashioned anti-intellectualism that fails to appreciate the importance of eloquence in America's president for millions or billions of people in the world. Mr. Obama is often speaking for the powerless and voiceless. He must do so well and even memorably. ("Who killed the liberal arts?" and "Is humanism still possible?")
Mr. Obama is right to ignore such persons and their hatred of his many gifts and achievements.
I cannot know whether I will be able to continue writing from one day to the next. I will certainly try to express my thoughts freely, despite the continuing censorship and cybercrime from New Jersey.
Sources:
New York & the World:
Scott Shane, "Cyberwarfare Emerges From Shadows for Public Discussion by U.S. Officials," in The New York Times, September 27, 2012, at p. A10. (The trouble with forms of computer warfare is that all will lose, equally, from a decline in confidence in on-line systems. Just ask Google.)
Declan Walsh, "U.N. Presses Pakistan Over the Fate of Hundreds of Missing People," in The New York Times, September 21, 2012, at p. A9. ("Disappearing" people in Pakistan, all of whom are opponents of Islamic fundamentalist factions in the military and intelligence agencies. What a coincidence?)
Charlie Savage, "Judge's Ruling May Hurt Security, U.S. Warns," in The New York Times, September 18, 2012, at p. A14. (Blocking "indefinite detention" because it is unconstitutional does not harm national security. If anything is unconstitutional, then it must be "indefinite detention" without charges.)
Adam Liptak, "From Justice Thomas, A Little Talk About Race, Faith and the Court," in The New York Times, September 18, 2012, at p. A16. (Self-deception? "Can you lie to yourself?" and "Albert Florence and New Jersey's Racism.")
Seth Anzelca, "A Preventable Massacre," (Op-Ed) in The New York Times, September 17, 2012, at p. A25. (In 1982, the Israelis allowed for a massacre of Palestinians in Lebanon. Was the U.S. complicit in this atrocity? Where were the Europeans? Who can point a finger at Israel?)
Parkaj Mishra, "America's Inevitable Retreat From the Middle East," (Op-Ed) in The New York Times, September 24, 2012, at p. A28. (As in Saigon, 1975 the U.S. will be forced to accept limits on military power. Get it, Manohla?)
New Jersey's Saga of Corruption and Incompetence:
Alfred P. Doblin, "It's Not the Video; They Just Hate Us," in The Record, September 17, 2012, at p. A-11. (We are good. They are evil. They just hate us.)
Karen Sudol, "Expert Says Pollution Issue Likely to Resurface," in The Record, September 17, 2012, at p. L-1. (It is the first duty of government to protect the people's welfare. Corruption imperils the lives of New Jersey residents due to lethal carcinogens in the water and earth because of a failure of government officials to inspect or enforce environmental laws.)
"Corruption Road," (Editorial) in The Record, September 19, 2012, at p. A-12. (Public officials receiving kickbacks to the extent of hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars in public construction projects. "Cement is Gold.")
Melissa Hayes, "Christie Calls for Changes On Court," in The Record, September 19, 2012, at p. L-1. (Efforts to control Mr. Rabner's tainted Supreme Court are always welcome. Who appoints justices now, Christie or Rabner? Both? How many persons can claim a right to sit on that court? 12?)
John Petrick, "Teacher, Boy Had Sex, Says Indictment: Alleged Encounters Took Place at Clifton High School, in Home," in The Record, September 19, 2012, at p. L-2. (Friend of Diana Lisa Riccioli, KRISTIN LEONE, faces many years in prison on child abuse charges.)
Justo Bautista, "Man Arrested in Child Porn Charges," in The Record, September 19, 2012, at p. A-3. (DANIEL VASILESKY, 37, was arrested for possession of large quantities of child pornography in America's leading child abuse state. Personal use? Or sale to a national distribution network?)
Michelle Linhurst, "North Jersey Towns in Line for $9 MILLION for Green Acres Projects," in The Record, September 19, 2012, at p. L-3. (40%-60% of this money will be stolen or wasted.)
Kathleen Lynn & Dave Shaingold, "Census Figures Show N.J. is Hurting: Incomes Are Down, Public Assistance is Up," in The Record, September 20, 2012, at p. A-1. (Do we need census figures to tell us this or to explain why this is happening? I doubt it.)
Shawn Boburg, "Albert Knew His Degrees Were Fakes, Probe Finds," in The Record, September 20, 2012, at p. A-1. (Former Bergen County Sheriff Jay Albert FAKED his credentials and LIED about it. Having been fired from the P.A., will Mr. Rabner appoint this former member of the Bergen County legal ethics committee to the court?)
John Reitmeyer & Michelle Linhurst, "Tax Data Show $100 MILLION Shortfall in July, August: Revenue Projections Off 5 Percent," in The Record, September 20, 2012, at p. A-3. (Are we surprised?)
Peter J. Sampson, "2 Bergen Among 14 Arrested in Tax Refund Scheme," in The Record, September 20, 2012, at p. A-4. (14 people with local political connections have been arrested for fraudulent attempts to collect $65 MILLION, lawyers and accountants included. Gilberto Garcia, "allegedly"?)
Kibret Marcos, "Indictment Ties Doctors, Others to Drug Ring: Son of Emerson Mayor Also Among 13 Named," in The Record, September 20, 2012, at p. L-1. (Politically-connected drug ring in New Jersey. Ethics? Lawyers and doctors among the defendants.)
