Neglect on Officials Behalf - Leads to Their Need to Now Spy
Mood:  irritated
Now Playing: ACLU Sues Because NSA Is Illegally Spying On US Citizens
Topic: CIVIL RIGHTS
Let me preface this post with this simple statement:

"We do not need to relinquish our constitution rights to Bush in the name of stopping Terrorism!
The governments botching of their 'Defense Duties' to protect us, has become Their doublespeak to steal our civil rights with The Patriot Act, NSA, Homeland Security, and Bush Claiming he is "ABOVE ALL LAW because we are at war." The spying and snooping and the whole damn Patriot Act is uncalled for and a violation of this Country most treasured rights to be FREE. It was our Defense that was at fault so "DO NOT COME TAKE MY CIVIL RIGHTS FROM ME!"

Well Thank Goodness That the ACLU is suing the Government to make them behave within the Constitution 'as we elected them to'

Or at least going to make them explain to us citizens and the courts how in the hell they think they can spy on us without abiding in any of the standard rules and laws the we hold to be self evident.
Good God is this the Twilight Zone?

The ACLU in filing their recent lawsuit The lawsuit claims that this spying program violates Americans' rights to free speech and privacy under the First and Fourth Amendments of the Constitution and that the president has exceeded the limits of executive authority under separation of powers principles.

The suit was filed in federal district court in Michigan, on behalf of several prominent journalists, scholars, attorneys and national nonprofit organizations (including the ACLU) who frequently communicate by phone and email with people in the Middle East.

Here is a very well spoken,"short speech" , that was delivered to the Democratic Hearing to Investigate NSA Wiretapping Program that was given by Caroline Fredrickson, Director, Washington Legislative Office of American Civil Liberties Union on Jan 20 2006
WOW! Now that is a Summary I can sign my name to,

She speaks 100% in that short speech for Joe Anybody!

Now thats what I have Ben Waiting to hear!
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Now let me run down a couple things as quick as I can

Bush & Cheney Lead us to believe The Sept 11 attack, to of been prevented, would of needed this kind of 'spying on citizens' by the US White House and NSA And they say, to keep us safe from this kind of terror in the future! ummmmmm Well.., I don't think so!?

#1
Rumsfeld’s public testimony before the 911 commission last March was bizarre. When Gorelick asked the Secretary of Defense what he had done to protect the nation—or even the Pentagon—during the “summer of threat” preceding the attacks, Rumsfeld replied simply that “it was a law-enforcement issue.” * Mother Jones Article With More Info Here *

#2
In May 2001 Cheney takes command of the Counter terrorism Task Force but never convenes a single meeting until September 8th. (Counter terrorism "czar" Richard Clark is gradually taken -- in Cheney's words -- "out of the loop" and ordered to focus on cyber-security instead). NO MEETINGS? That Is NEGLECT!

#3
In August 2001 Bush responded to the
"Bin Laden Determined to Strike in the US"

in his daily presidential briefing HENCE the saying "Bush Knew!"

.....by ......vacationing ....for three more weeks in Crawford and cutting a lot of brush. (WHAT?)

#4
In June 2001 Rumsfeld rewrites the NORAD/FAA air emergency response protocols to require his office's permission in the interceptor launch authorization chain. In the year before this revision the NORAD/FAA emergency response had worked flawlessly 67 times.

On 9/11 the system missed four out of four. (WHAT?)
Can You believe what you just read Z3 readers?

***** Now Folks Get This Bull! *****

- Three overlapping air war games were scheduled and run on September 11th the same day as the attack ..... --> ...that diverted NORAD air assets to Alaska, simulated an East Coast hijacking, and inserted phantom objects into FAA radar screens that confused air controllers on the ground. (what?)See more on war games Military Games on 911 here!

- If we are to believe the 9/11 Commission's account nearly 40 million Americans were watching the attacks on TV before word ever got to our Secretary of Defense or the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. George Bush heard much earlier but was busy with a pet goat story and stuck around the school for photo ops for a half hour more. The behavior of our top defense officials on 9/11 morn remains inexplicable to this day.

********* SO NOW WHAT? *********

Well let me tell you.......
They botch their responsibilities and mess up and cover up and then say that "We need to protect ourselves from Terrorists By ALLOWING SPYING"
......What the ?

They screw up and say on TV as I see these past few days they could of maybe prevented 911 if they could of spied better on all of us like they are doing now??
Bush is blaming Terrorist and the need to Catch them with justifing his snooping on citizens illegally and very sneaky like...WHEN HE SCREWED UP ALL THE INTELLIGENCE AS I JUST STATED above AND THUS TURNS AROUND AND GETS ALL OF US CITIZENS EXCITED AND STEALS OUR RIGHTS .....yet BOLDLY SAYS HE HAS THE RIGHT TO DO SO........
Oh BULL!

HOW WRONG! my my my?!

SEE THEY DO'NT DO CRAP TO PROTECT US
THEY LET THIS HAPPEN AND THEN HAVE THE IDIOCY TO SAY THEY WANT TO READ MY LETTERS OR LISTEN TO MY PHONE CALLS so they can catch the evil doerers!

...WOW WAKE UP THIS IS TYRANNY!!!



Heck then AFTER 911 - The Bush administration repeatedly refused and resisted attempts to launch investigations and consistently underfunded and obstructed those that managed to get underway. The National Transportation Safety Board which ALWAYS investigates every airplane crash was totally shut out by the FBI and told to stay away. The 9/11 Commission was given less than a quarter of the funds of Clinton's Whitewater investigation, and many high official (including Bush & Cheney) would not testify under oath. The FBI anthrax inquiry lost all momentum once the strain was identified as a US military brand. And Ashcroft urged all federal agencies to ignore all the Freedom of Information requests that they possibly can.

And they say they need to see what Books I am reading at my Library or my Medical Records??
After I read all this I am suppose to believe that they NEED to Listen to my phone Calls and the Patriot Act is necessary to protect me and my fellow citizens? HAHAHAHAHAHA

You gotta be crazy to buy this.

With all these years the Constitution has been in tact and not undermined or spat on.
It has endured through 2 World Wars and others such as Viet Nam, The Korean War, The Gulf War, etc
--> To Only Get get SHIT on by the Bush Administration in these shameful and embarassing days upon us now!

...What A Rotton Shame
In fact its as Shameful as when Bush called the Constitution
"Just a God damn piece of paper"

See More Here

WOW a goddamn piece of paper ...hmmmmmmmm?And he thinks he has the right to spy on us?
He tells you "we need to do this to be safe to stop Terrorism, to stop Al Quada, thats all, were just listening to the bad guys calls to protect our Freedom. If we could of done this before we might of prevented the 911 from happening"

Hahahah ya! Right...When I heard Bush & Cheney both use the excuse that 911 could of been prevented possibly by this type of phone call eavesdropping I about fell over...

If they were doing their jobs we would of been safe!
They have all the tools and FISA courts and Resources to do all this in an Honorable Way
Notice I used a word the Republician neocons dont know ....."Honor"
Matter of fact The whole 911 Lie is exposed on
Joe Anybodies 911 Truth Site -->here ......one word summarizes this Administration .....--> LIES <--
3 words describe what they are doing
"Stealing The Constitution"

Remember the Patriot Act is due to Sunset by Feb 3
So contact your Congressman NOW!
Read More on what to say when calling your Senators on this web site
---> Bill Of Rights Defense Committiee

~ HELP SAVE AMERICA ~
TO REMAIN ....
THE LAND OF THE FREE

Hey This Is Interesting!
Mood:  surprised
Now Playing: Internationial News
Topic: MEDIA

Ben Waiting For An Alternative News Source?
Well Zebra3 Readers just click on the picture!

http://innworldreport.net

WAR RECRUITERS COAXING YOUR KIDS WHILE THEY ARE IN SCHOOL?
Mood:  quizzical
Now Playing: NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND WANTS YOUR KIDS FOR WAR
Topic: WAR
Did you know...... that the notorious No Child Left Behind Act includes a sneaky section that requires high schools to turn over private information on students to military recruiters?
But according to the privacy group, BeNow, the direct marketing company chosen by the Pentagon to compile the data, is owned by the credit reporting company Equifax and does not have a privacy policy, “nor has it troubled itself to enlist in a privacy seal program regarding the handling of information collected for this purpose.”

http://www.leavemychildalone.org/

Cindy Sheehan (mother of a soldier slain in Iraq), Jim Massey (ex-Marine recruiter) and others reveal the true impact of No Child Left Behind's military recruitment in our high schools. With no end in sight to the increasingly lethal American occupation in Iraq, this is the single-most important film for concerned parents and citizens to see.

Watch Here the 11-minute film and then take action to "opt our kids out" at LeaveMyChildAlone.org. Created by Mainstreet Moms and Working Assets
*HIGHLY RECOMENDED BY ZEBRA3 REPORTS & Joe Anybody*

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To opt out a student, you must submit Opt Out letters by postal mail to both the Pentagon and your School District Superintendent. It's easy! By Using This Tool Here, you can create separate pre-printed letters that include BOTH the Pentagon's address and your high school Superintendent's address. All you need is a printer, two envelopes and two stamps.

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.........BUT WAIT !!!!.........
HOLD ON FOLKS! JUST ONE MINUTE HERE!

This just published on Tuesday, 1-17-2006

....

(QUOTE)
Parents cannot remove their children?s names from a Pentagon database that includes highly personal information used to attract military recruits, the Vermont Guardian has learned.
The Pentagon has spent more than $70.5 million on market research, national advertising, website development, and management of the Joint Advertising Market Research and Studies (JAMRS) database a storehouse of questionable legality that includes the names and personal details of more than 30 million U.S. children and young people between the ages of 16 and 23.
The database is separate from information collected from schools that receive federal education money. The No Child Left Behind Act requires schools to report the names, addresses, and phone numbers of secondary school students to recruiters, but the law also specifies that parents or guardians may write a letter to the school asking that their children?s names not be released.

However, many parents have reported being surprised that their children are contacted anyway, according to a San Francisco-based coalition called Leave My Child Alone (LMCA).
"We hear from a lot of parents who have often felt quite isolated about it all and haven't been aware that this is happening all over the country," said the group?s spokeswoman, Felicity Crush.

Parents must contact the Pentagon directly to ask that their children's information not be released to recruiters, but the data is not removed from the JAMRS database, according to Lt. Col. Ellen Krenke, a Pentagon spokeswoman.

Instead, the information is moved to a suppression file, where it is continuously updated with new data from private and government sources and still made available to recruiters, Krenke said. It's necessary to keep the information in the suppression file so the Pentagon can make sure it's not being released, she said.

Krenke said the database is compiled using information from state motor vehicles departments, the Selective Service, and data-mining firms that collect and organize information from private companies. In addition to names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and phone numbers, the database may include cell phone numbers, e-mail addresses, grade-point averages, ethnicity, and subjects of interest.

She said the Pentagon spends about $500,000 annually to purchase the data from private companies, and has paid more than $70 million since 2002 to Mullen Advertising " a Massachusetts firm whose clients include General Motors, Hooked on Phonics, XM Satellite Radio, and 3Com " to target recruiters? messages toward teens and young adults.
The Boston Business Journal reported in October that the Pentagon had spent a total of $206 million on the JAMRS program to date, and could spend another $137 million over the next two years.
"Data mining and proliferation of using databases are all concerns because it represents an administration that does not believe in checks and balances," said Leahy. "Can you imagine our country if a Joseph McCarthy or J. Edgar Hoover has the electronic power these guys have today?"

Discomfort over the database extends to other members of Congress. Seven senators, including New York's Hillary Rodham Clinton and Wisconsin?s Russ Feingold, both Democrats, sent a letter to Rumsfeld on June 24 asking him to "immediately cease creation of this database."
END QUOTE)

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Information and action
Parents seeking to determine whether
Information about their children is contained in the JAMRS database system should address typewritten inquiries to:


The Department of Defense
c/o JAMRS, Direct Marketing Program Officer
Defense Human Resources Activity
4040 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 200
Arlington, VA 22203-1613
Requests should contain the child?s full name, date of birth, current address, and telephone number. Do not include a Social Security number.
To ask that your child?s name be added to the suppression files of the database, send a typewritten request to:
Joint Advertising and Marketing Research
& Studies Office (JAMRS)
Attention: Opt Out
4040 North Fairfax Drive, Ste. 200
Arlington, VA 22203-1613

Include the child?s full name, street address, date of birth, and telephone number. Do not include a Social Security number.
For more information: www.leavemychildalone.org, www.jamrs.org/.

In Texas The Cops Bloody Women but in Oregon The Cops Kill Them
Mood:  down
Now Playing: Its OK if --> Portland Police Shoot & Kill Unarmed Girl
Topic: CIVIL RIGHTS
AND YOU THOUGHT JOE ANYBODY WAS PISSED ABOUT THE COPS BEATING A WOMEN IN TEXAS (SEE PREVIOUS POST)

NOW I READ THIS IN THE PORTLAND INDY MEDIA LINK

HOW IS AN AVERAGE JOE IN ANYTOWN USA SUPPOSE TO RESPECT LAW OFFICERS THAT KILL OR BEAT UP GIRLS AND THEN ARE NT EVEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE?

THIS ISSUE IN PORTLAND IS DISGUSTING AND SHAMEFUL

I HATE THE BLATANT "DISREGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE" THAT THE POLICE HAVE SHOWN BY THEIR "APPROVED/LEGAL" CHEATING KILLING WAYS!

READ THIS ARTICLE ABOUT 21 YR OLD 'KENDRA JAMES' AND TELL ME

WHEN WILL YOU BE OUTRAGED?

WHEN ITS YOUR OWN DAUGHTER THAT IS DEAD BY A PEACE OFFICER THAT WAS HIRED TO PROTECT HER
AND THE SICKING PART WILL BE ....

SHE WILL BE UNARMED, AND NEEDING HELP .....

THE HELP WILL BE IN THE FORM OF A BULLET INTO HER BACK OF HER 'STUN GUNNED/TAZERED BODY, AND THE COP WILL GET AWARDED AND NEVER EVER WILL YOU BE ABLE TO HAVE JUSTICE.

NEVER I REPEAT ....

NEVER, EVER!... AS LONG AS MURDERERS RUN THE 'GOOD OL BOY CLAN' WHICH MOST KNOW AS THE POLICE FORCE, WHICH WE HIRE TO PROTECT US.


ARE YOU SICKENED BY THIS KIND OF SENSELESS KILLING IN COLD BLOOD OF UNARMED GIRLS (OR EVEN MEN)?

THEY ARE OUT OF CONTROL
THERE IS "NO JUSTICE"

..............NONE!..................

AND LET JOE ANYBODY BE THE FIRST TO SAY

"I TOLD YOU SO"

Right Now All I Can Say Is

"IM REALLY, REALLY, REALLY SORRY"

Texas Police Beat Woman Bloody
Mood:  on fire
Now Playing: BAD BOYS vrs JOE ANYBODY
Topic: CIVIL RIGHTS

Did she deserve this?

Are these suppose to be LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS?

Are they not sworn to serve and protect?

I will let you decide. TEXAS LINK HERE

Joe Anybody does not like 'Cops Hitting Women'

Even if they have a Badge or Live in Texas.

And even if she was not following "Their Damn Rules" exactly as they told her to.

They work for us citizens to protect us!
Joe Anybody wants to challenge this cop to a one on one

Like a REAL MAN fist to fist,
~ man to man ~

With the guns badges to the side and no back up.

Just a Man Fighting a Man
~No 200 lb man fighting a 100 lb woman this time~

Good(Joe Anybody)

VRS

Evil (Satan's Servant aka:Tough Texas Cop)

Myself I do not want to fight and I am a pacifist.
Facts be told, I never fought in my life!

BUT.... when I see this abuse on citizens and young female at that, I want to head to TEXAS, and call this women abuser to the sidewalk for a 'fair fight'

....Just me and him

I bet The Police Union smiled on this Texas cop as he beat her to the ground and rubbed her face in the cement.
...what a Bastard!

JOE IS MAD AS HELL ABOUT THIS KIND OF POLICE ABUSE

In Fact Joe Anybody found.....
RIGHT HERE a Large Report On Police Abuse Of Teenage Girls

But Who Cares??

LIST OF THINGS "z3 Readers" SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE
Mood:  sad
Now Playing: While You Are Sitting There
Topic: ANYBODY * ANYDAY
KATRINA PHOTOS HERE
Katrina destroyed this area
(click on the red words ENTER then click NEXT to see the dozen excellent photos from The Flood)

MISSING JACK
And where is the Jack
This is like watching a First Grader try to cover up a lie, pretty embarrasing to this average joe


READ THIS
The Only Corporate Media Joe that suggests you watch is....
...."Watch What They Are Up To"


click here to contact" Hey while I am pointing out all this neat stuff... what about this NSA Spying on all of us thats going on?
...Well PLEASE send your Senator an email asking for oversight and enforcement of the laws that covers this violation by "our above the law' Executive Department.

Posted by Joe Anybody at 10:44 PM PST

Updated: Friday, 27 January 2006 12:37 PM PST

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OK are we having Fun Yet?
Mood:  silly
Now Playing: Banned Commercial ......not by this Joe!
Topic: ANYBODY * ANYDAY

~ Click Big Head ~ for Download of funny video ~

~ Chomsky & Joe Think Alike ~
Mood:  loud
Now Playing: 'There Is No War On Terror' says Chomsky
Topic: TORTURE
Joe Anybody has been yelling about this for 5 years
Every morning of my life I get up.... look out the window and say......
"Wow! Another day of the USA Torturing People all over the globe! I need to get up! And wake up! And do something? to try and stop this"
Usually I then motivate my self to start my day by Reapeatedly thinking until it sinks in..."I gotta get up and get moving...gotta get going.... there are people being Tortured and I can't be sleeping while these atrocities are going on!!! I need to be awake!!!!! I need to be reading about what they (USA)(The Real Terrorist) did in the past 8 hours while I was asleep?? ....There is a war going on and if you blink or go to sleep or not stay on top of the daily news all throughout the day.... the rules change and these bastards will sneak into the protected walls of National Security, Homeland Defense and FIOA denials!!!! While I sleep men are dieing I need to wake up!!! Ya thats my every day morning ritual of just one Joe Anybody in Anytown USA!

People lives are being tossed into endless void with no kind of morals, laws, or safeguards, or Check and Balances, of Humanity or even the slightest decent virtues of Respect for Human Life is practiced or being valued. It is in that void where, a sick torturing neglect with sadistic smiles of US approval on their faces as The Pentagone and CIA keep their "human toys" on just this side of Death.

I hope the US Flag hangs on the wall behind these Interrogations to remind those being beaten and those having fun dishing-it-out to remember the USA Are The Proud SPONSORS Of These Acts Of Terror & Abuse

No I got to get up and see what they are doing NOW?!!
Five years readers, every day, I wake up and start to worry about this sickening attitude of our Administration and I can't be asleep knowing that this is happening every second of the day 24 hours. The USA approved torturers work around the clock 365 days a year 24/7.
wow Now! That Wakes Me Up!

Today I woke up .....took two steps and clicked on my email.....with only 30 seconds of being awake ...
I read that Chomsky is saying 'There Is No War On Terror' YEP!...thats exactly what Joe Anybody has Been saying everyday for the last 5 years. Excitedly I open the email and go to the link HERE

I want to point out just a couple quotes from that web site or points worth noting that Noam said concerning this illegal war in Iraq and the use of Terror as a way to manipulate Bushes agenda.

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But before I do, I need you to read this question and then Noam's answer and then think of yourself:

Q)) What's your biggest regret over 40 years of political activism? What would you have done differently?

A))I would have done more. Because the problems are so serious and overwhelming that it's disgraceful not to do more about it.
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*The fact of the matter is that there is no War on Terror. It's a minor consideration. So invading Iraq and taking control of the world's energy resources was way more important than the threat of terror. And the same with other things. Take, say, nuclear terror. The American intelligence systems estimate that the likelihood of a "dirty bomb," a dirty nuclear bomb attack in the United States in the next ten years, is about 50 percent. Well, that's pretty high. Are they doing anything about it? Yeah. They're increasing the threat, by increasing nuclear proliferation, by compelling potential adversaries to take very dangerous measures to try to counter rising American
threats.

*They did find weapons of mass destruction, namely, the ones that had been sent to Saddam by the United States, Britain, and others through the 1980s. A lot of them were still there. They were under control of U.N. inspectors and were being dismantled. But many were still there. When the U.S. invaded, the inspectors were kicked out, and Rumsfeld and Cheney didn't tell their troops to guard the sites. So the sites were left unguarded, and they were systematically looted. The U.N. inspectors did continue their work by satellite and they identified over 100 sites that were systematically looted, like, not somebody going in and stealing something, but carefully, systematically looted.

*The U.S. invaded Iraq because it has enormous oil resources, mostly untapped, and it's right in the heart of the world's energy system. Which means that if the U.S. manages to control Iraq, it extends enormously its strategic power, what Zbigniew Brzezinski calls its critical leverage over Europe and Asia. Yeah, that's a major reason for controlling the oil resources -- it gives you strategic power. Even if you're on renewable energy you want to do that. So that's the reason for invading Iraq, the fundamental reason.

*Well, there's a basis for democratic change. Take what happened in Bolivia a couple of days ago. How did a leftist indigenous leader get elected? Was it showing up at the polls once every four years and saying, "Vote for me!"? No. It's because there are mass popular organizations which are working all the time on everything from blocking privatization of water to resources to local issues and so on, and they're actually participatory organizations. Well, that's democracy. We're a long way from it. And that's one task of organizing.

I thought the comments by Noam were very very interesting .....Im just starting to wake up now! Better get a cup of coffee and see what new laws have changed on the torture subject overnight! I thinks its going to be a long day today.. I bet it feels even longer strapped from the ceiling by chains while Investigators from the US Interrogate you ....ya I bet their day is going to be real long today!

Today We Look At The Word The Describes The USA Under King George
Mood:  chillin'
Now Playing: IMPERIALISM and that 'goddamn peice of paper!'
Topic: HUMANITY
Hello Readers! I plugged this word into Wikipedia and 'wow' it described the US under our NEW policies that seem to be changing without notice these days
....when we realize all this, concerning our "rights" that we have or don't have when tricky Dick, ooopssss! eeerrrr I mean when tricky George gets done screwing with our Constitution it may be too late.

Of interest concerning the Constitution of the United States Of America which Z3 readers you do know that Mr King George said was, and this is the quote --> "justa goddamn piece of paper"
READ RIGHT HERE WHERE BUSH CALLS THE US CONSTITUTION JUST A GODDAMN PIECE OF PAPER ...CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?

So as we read in the paper and hear on the news our ... "War President" feels that he has the right to be projecting his Bush ........... -->
"Imperialism" across the Globe.
This guy is Insane Imperialist Neocon Warmonger!
Read Below From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia on the Internet that defines this awful word, that describes the United States today.
(quote)
'Imperialism' is a policy of extending control or authority over foreign entities as a means of acquisition and/or maintenance of empires, either through direct territorial conquest or through indirect methods of exerting control on the politics and/or economy of other countries. The term is often used to describe the policy of a country in maintaining colonies and dominance over distant lands, regardless of whether the country calls itself an empire.
Insofar as 'imperialism' might be used to refer to an intellectual position, it would imply the belief that the acquisition and maintenance of empires is a positive good, probably combined with an assumption of cultural or other such superiority inherent to imperial power. See The White Man's Burden.
Imperialism draws heavy criticism on the grounds that historically it has been frequently employed for economic exploitation in which the imperialist power makes use of other countries as sources of raw materials and cheap labor, shaping their economies to suit its own interests, and keeping their people in poverty. When imperialism is accompanied by overt military conquest,
It is also seen as a violation of freedom and human rights.
(ding!!! ding! Joe perks up!!?)
In recent years, there has also been a trend to criticize imperialism not at an economic or political level, but at a simply cultural level, particularly the widespread global influence of American culture -
(end quote)
Don't know about you but I don't want to be part of a Imperialist War Nation.
For extra credit on 'Todays World Politics'
I'm going to look up the word Fascist next.

Have a good day
~Joe

Neoliberalism "Dont let the Word Fool You" .....It's not a good one!
Mood:  cool
Now Playing: "Damn Liberal's!"
Topic: HUMANITY
Just what does the term "neoliberalism" really mean?
I am glad you asked!
Glance at this chart below I that I borrowed from the neat website ---> Political Compass


And check this link
Neoliberalism
It probably has more info than you care to read right now. Although, it does have a good explanation of describing the differences and internal weavings between the many fractions of the political spectrum, like economic liberalism to political or authoritarian to fascism, and the right to the left, just to name a few which I'm sure all my fellow Z3 readers want to know more about!

For example this quote from the global issues website:

Liberalism can refer to political, economic, or even religious ideas. In the U.S. political liberalism has been a strategy to prevent social conflict. It is presented to poor and working people as progressive compared to conservative or Rightwing.

Economic liberalism is different. Conservative politicians who say they hate liberals meaning the political type have no real problem with economic liberalism, including neoliberalism.

Readers, this next quote from the link above is a good bite of defining those pesky "Neocons" position in this neoliberal topic

U.S. neo-conservatives, with their commitment to high military spending and the global assertion of national values, tend to be more authoritarian than hard right. By contrast, neo-liberals, opposed to such moral leadership and, more especially, the ensuing demands on the tax payer, belong to a further right but less authoritarian region. Paradoxically, the "free market", in neo-con parlance, also allows for the large-scale subsidy of the military-industrial complex, a considerable degree of corporate welfare, and protectionism when deemed in the national interest. These are viewed by neo-libs as impediments to the unfettered market forces that they champion.

Well from what I was reading in that website it mentions that "The goal of neoliberlism is to be able to to allow the free market to naturally balance itself via the pressures of market demands; a key to successful market-based economies."

And I read that and think Hmmm??? well.....OK!?
"I guess it sounds ok?"
But then I read the explanation that the Average Joe wouldn't understand by just reading the language of the meaning and the spin that goes with it and the language dissemination it takes to understand what they mean or meant and to finally realize that the following is more of a better description of what neoliberalism will actually get you that the spin and the misnomer of words like Free;

*The rule of the market.
*Freedom for capital, goods and services, where the market is self-regulating allowing the "trickle down" notion of wealth distribution.
*It also includes the deunionizing of labor forces and removals of any impediments to capital mobility, such as regulations.
*The freedom is from the state, or government.
Reducing public expenditure for social services, such as health and education, by the government
*Deregulation, to allow market forces to act as a self-regulating mechanism
*Privatization of public enterprise (things from water to even the Internet)
*Changing perceptions of public and community good to individualism and individual responsibility

The underlying assumption then is that the free markets are a good thing. They may well be, but unfortunately, reality seems different from theory.

It starts to become clearer the more of the article I read.("Changing to Individual Responsibility" = fuck the poor) And Z3 Readers may I remind you this is why thousands of protesters stand up to the WTO every damn year and to NAFTA and why thousands of protesters in Latin America stood up to say NO to the CAFTA this last year and to say NO to FREE Trade.

By the way it was pushed as "good for the people and the countries" The neoliberal viewpoint is not wanted by those "informed" average joes workers,citizen, of the poor or middle class.... no not by them especially!

But it is wanted by those that will profit in their wallets and their corporations, they are the ones selling the idea of Free Markets and Free Trade ...(How Nice!) (And Phony)......(How Liberal!)


As aptly said here in a quote by J.W. Smith in, The World's Wasted Wealth One cannot separate economics, political science, and history. Politics is the control of the economy. History, when accurately and fully recorded, is that story. In most textbooks and classrooms, not only are these three fields of study separated, but they are further compartmentalized into separate subfields, obscuring the close interconnections between them.

The article refers to a book written in 1776 by ...
a British economist, named Adam Smith who published his book, The Wealth of Nations. Adam Smith, who some regard as the father of modern free market capitalism and this very influential book, suggested that for maximum efficiency, all forms of government interventions in economic issues should be removed and that there should be no restrictions or tariffs on manufacturing and commerce within a nation for it to develop.
(WOW) ? so thats were the free markets got started, by being forced upon the people. Ol' Adam Smith started this ideology crap of economics I will be remembering him that's for sure!

In England what became known as The Great Transformation was produced by the creation of the free markets in the 19th century which were England's experiment in social engineering. The goal of the experiment that was attempted in mid-Victorian England was to demolish these social markets, and replace them by deregulated markets that operated independently of social needs.
Oh nice ..did you catch the part about operating independently of social needs?.....nice huh?
They basically created a selfish greedy economic system that has no regard for the society that makes it operate. The wealth goes to the owners and there is no correlations to the worker outside of his wage.(if you can sometimes even call it that!)

As very well covered in this Wikipedia link -->
HERE
I read a whole lot more of the creepy neoliberalism like this part about the World Bank and WTO...Neoliberalism generally favors multilateral political pressure, through managed-trade cartels such as the WTO and World Bank. It promotes reducing the role of national governments to a minimum. Neoliberalism favors the trickle-down theory over social programs, and measures success in overall economic gain. To improve corporate efficiency, it strives to reject or mitigate labor policies such as minimum wage, and collective bargaining rights.

This Joe Anybody is going to at least be able to put this group of neocons into the right context as I read words about Fair Trade and neoliberalism I will at least understand that it is BAD stuff ...not the spin that it sounds like it might be! Ha! don't ya love the confusion!
Boy, did some homework tonight, and the topics of compassion or social concern or freedom never did come up once.