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In this dreadful election season, many politicians have promised to "lead us into the future." I can hardly think of a worse fate for any society than to be led into the future by the political class of gangsters, marauders, looters, and liars. Even the most honest and well-intended among them are powerless to improve the world in any way except by diminishing rather than increasing their power.

Politicians haven’t the capacity to lead whole societies anywhere. They are outclassed and outrun by trends in the world economy that are beyond the ability of the political class to control or direct. The market economy—globalized, enormously powerful, breathtaking in scope and breadth—is remaking the world in ways that far surpass any existing political development in the US, from the crafted blather of Congressional hearings on this or that to the mad rush to grab the presidential brass rings.

We are living through changes that may appear slow if observed from the point of view of the daily headlines, but which are momentously fast and completely transforming when looked at globally and from the point of view of years and decades into the future.

These developments are going to bring about surprising political shifts, profound upsets in rooted cultural assumptions, and an eventual and merciful end to the US imperium. These changes will touch everyone in ways that will be both stunning and glorious for average Americans, and deeply disturbing for the American regime that aspires to unchallenged global hegemony.

What is the underlying cause? The unleashing of human energies in nations that have been isolated, regimented, and closed for centuries. China, Malaysia, India, the countries of Latin America, and the new economies of Eastern Europe, among many others, are expanding at as much as twice the rate of American and European markets.

This is not only remaking their nations, but the way we perceive the geographical distribution of wealth and power. Over time, and extended far into the future, this trend is going to mean dramatic upheavals in the way Americans perceive their role in the world.

Within the institution of trade—whether on the most local level or the global level—we find the key to peace, prosperity, and human flourishing.
The people in these emerging countries, confronted with new economic opportunities, are making the fruits of their labors, assisted by investments by US firms, available to American consumers, driving down prices and driving up the quality of everyday goods and services consumed by Americans. This phenomenon has been the saving grace of the US economy for a decade, and, in the future, it will become integral to our very lives.
To get a glimpse of the change, take a tour of the local Wal-Mart, the largest company in the world, and take note of the stunning availability of a huge range of consumer goods at very low prices. Note too that such an array would be inconceivable without the work of international trade. From bicycles and electronics to foodstuffs and flowers, we find the shelves dominated by goods that were produced, in part or in whole, by countries outside US borders, and to this we owe the low prices and the quality that accords with US consumer preferences.

Now, Wal-Mart isn’t on some campaign to become the leading importer; it is only looking to make available to consumers all the things they want at the lowest possible prices. Where they find these goods is outside the US, where we find ever more comparative advantages.

Every retailer in the world is taking notice of this fact, studying the case of Wal-Mart to see how and why it so quickly became the dominant player in the world economy. Its example of seeing both the wholesale and retail market as global in scope—all in the interest of consumer service—has taught the entire business class that nationalism and parochialism are losing propositions. The left may continue to rail against this company, and the right may continue to warn of its dangers to local culture and life, but the example is there for all to see. Average people love this company. It is all old-fashioned consumer service combined with a global reach to bring to average people things that improve their lot in life.

Wal-Mart may eventually go the way of so many companies, displaced by some other firm that knows how to do it even better. The point is the model from which it is working. It is a global model focused on the individual buyer, and it works its wonders by depending on the voluntary decisions of average people. The nation state as such plays no part in its calculus, and this has proven to be the winning ticket. So it will continue to be.

What about the economic impact? Is marketing all these wares to the world a danger? One might be initially alarmed by this, until one considers the savings to the consumer. For every dime saved in consumer prices, one more dime is made available for other pursuits, whether savings, consumption, or investment. It is this fact which is subsidizing American prosperity right now. Far from being a sign that America has lost its edge, it constitutes the world’s gift to American consumers. The trade is mutually beneficial, producing winners on all sides, with the only losers being those American producers who can’t seem to drive their costs down low enough to compete in the world marketplace. It is because of this, and despite the constant attempts by central banks to inflate the currency, that prices are continuing to fall for consumer goods.

People who have noted these trends say that we should panic that there won’t be any jobs left for Americans to do. What this forgets is the reality of scarcity in the world, which implies that there are always and everywhere jobs to do because there are always and everywhere unmet needs. Specialization and the division of labor permits Americans to produce most efficiently in a way that is integral to world demand and not waste time and resources in jobs that can be done more cheaply elsewhere. This does indeed mean a change in world patterns of production, but the market will manage the change with minimum disruption, as it has for the last several hundred years.

For the developing world, it means something far more dramatic: a nearly complete abandonment of traditional economic pursuits that were imposed on them by virtue of their previous isolation from the capitalist West. The point is not that their economies are free or have been completely unleashed from the chains of the state. The US and Western Europe, in many respects, remain the most free economies. What matters here is the direction of change. Whereas the US and Europe are increasingly controlled, countries such as China, India, Romania, Poland, Thailand, and many others, are far less controlled than they once were.

This has unleashed pent-up human energies and made a fantastic difference in the ability of these people to integrate themselves into the worldwide division of labor. This has meant rising incomes, better diets, less starvation, less disease, better sanitation, falling infant mortality, much longer lifespans, and ever more economic opportunities for work and investment. The fate of these economies has two major links to that of American citizens: in their capacity as consumers, they have a strong interest in seeing it continue, and, as investors, many portfolios of US investors are heavily invested in these emerging economies.

The quality of life in these distant lands is increasing in ways that would have been unimaginable even a decade ago, with information technologies made available by the private sector coming into the hands of a new generation that relies on cell phones and high-speed web access, where their parents struggled barely to survive. The lifespan in China alone has risen from 25 years to 65 years in the course of a century. It also means more revenue for the governments of these countries, which, if driven to build up militaries to fend off US political influence, could eventually challenge the supremacy of the US in world public affairs.

Again, this is nothing to regret. A world dominated by a single superpower is a gravely dangerous place, especially when that power is irresponsibly managed (and, some would say, is managed by maniacs). A decline in the power, might, and influence of the US is not the same thing as a decline in America; quite the opposite. The only real downside is the transition: the US government may increasingly behave like a dying and rabid animal, posing a danger to its random victims. But once you hear the "thud" of the final fall, the world will be more peaceful and prosperous than ever before.

In the meantime, political trends in the US will become increasingly irrelevant, despite appearances. Until recently, Americans thought of themselves as a self-contained people with a nationally bound culture and economy that can be conceptualized and managed in the way that civics texts describe. This is on the verge of being impossible. The managerial class of the regime will continue to pose as experts and top-flight managers, but old assumptions about government are being shredded. Trends on this scale reduce the bellowing of politicians for protection to mere peeps.

There is a tendency on the part of everyone to judge a historical moment by our own daily affairs and in relation only to the headlines that dominate the news. Economic analysis takes a much broader view to consider the overall impact of billions of people in many lands over a long period of time. It is through examining these trends that we can see that we are entering into a new world of global economic expansion that will rout any attempt to keep it at bay. Now, clearly, this will not occur without periods of crisis, particularly so long as the world is on a dollar standard and governments are still at work bringing calamity wherever they can.

Take a look at where and how the products you use every day are made. Therein lies a remarkable story of the genius of entrepreneurship, the capacity for the world economy to manage itself and overcome ten thousand barriers, and the direction we are headed. It is a world in which consumers and producers from all nations can join hands in praise of the networks that draw them together, and against their common enemy: governments that would stand in the way.

To understand the world being recreated before us, we must constantly keep this principle in our mind: trade based on ownership is always and everywhere mutually beneficial. Within the institution of trade—whether on the most local level or the global level—we find the key to peace, prosperity, and human flourishing. If we understand this, we have no reason to fear our fate except to the extent that anyone anywhere dares to interfere. If we understand this, we can see why being led into the future by the political class is something we should neither desire nor expect.

All of this is a question of yours? Oye ve!!

If so, could you please give me your sources.
Sure. Trade has been critical for over 10,000 years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_international_trade

How about the Silk Road from China to Europe?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road

The Vikings and the Hanseatic League in Northern Europe went at least as far south as Constantinople:
http://www.viking.no/e/travels/etrade.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanseatic_League

Don’t forget that during this period the whole world was in ferment.

Islam began to spread and Islamic empires with their trade grew from the Middle East through Central Asia and into India
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_history
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India

Then there were the Crusades which had many Europeans going to the Middle East and developing a taste for goods that they had to trade for:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusade

And further East the Mongols under Ghengis Khan were conquering and uniting to form the largest contiguous empire in history and promoting trade.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_Empire

This was the empire that Marco Polo visited
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Polo

There was also significant trade in the Americas, but not connected to the rest of the world.

http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?groupid=1920&HistoryID=ab72

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Osama Bin Laden — that funny looking Arab guy who commands a world wide terror network from a cave still kicking America’s military and economic bottom ?

People in mud huts still standing up to the great US of A ?

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Osama is dead and the CIA has been lying about all those tapes ?
Osama is alive and the entire US army CIA and space satellite spy apparatus was a complete waste of time?

The US was so weak that a cave dwelling General lured Bush into spending the economy into a downward spiral because Osama is a genius or because Bush was a moron ?

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What is wrong with this story ?

Any ideas ?
Mr Doodles

OK — fine

What round are we up to then ?

How many Presidents have been completely foiled by this super villain the funny looking Arab cave dwelling General Saudi Prince ?

How many in the future will be completely unable to defeat this ONE guy from a friggin cave ?

why did you stop at the last 8 years? clinton let osama get away two times so lets be fair in asking your question, please!

1.Local Spanish speaking populations in New Mexico are known as
a.Spaniards
b.Mexicans
c.Hispanos
d.None of the above
e.All of the above

2.WMAs stands for
a.waste management action
b.wildlife management areas
c.waste management areas
d.All of the above
e.None of the above

3.Pulido notes that in the conflict between rural Hispanos organized under Ganados del Valle, we can observe the following:
a.a group’s social and ideological position leads to a particular view of environmentalism
b.differential power allows certain conceptions of resource use to become hegemonic
c.hegemony masks any inequalities being produced
d.All of the above
e.None of the above

4.Some of the implications of a subaltern status are:
a.difficulty disseminating one’s ideas, vision or ideology that affects policies or decision making
b.difficulty in bringing their ideas to a wider audience
c.lack of voice
d.None of the above
e.All of the above

5.The UFW movement:
a.involved questions of class
b.a movement based solely on racial difference
c.mobilized as Third-World with no concern of U.S. involvement
d.All of the above
e.None of the above

6.New social movements are:
a.identity based
b.focused on quality of life issues
c.rose in advanced industrialized countries
d.None of the above
e.All of the above

7.Old social movements tend to:
a.be classed based, economics central to analysis
b.involve labor and/or agrarian struggles
c.call for transformation of the ways goods are distributed
d.None of the above
e.All of the above

8.The subaltern struggle:
a.highlights economic struggle
b.highlights cultural struggle
c.has no fixed status, changes over time
d.None of the above
e.All of the above

9.The UFWOC connected their specific struggle to
a.The Chicano Movement and identity
b.the demand for civil rights
c.class location and ethnic and political identities
d.All of the above
e.None of the above

10.Neither the UFWOC or Ganados del Valle defined their struggle as
a.economic only
b.solely cultural
c.purely environmental
d.All of the above
e.None of the above

11.Ethnicity and culture became a point of resistance against
a.class disenfranchisement
b.subalternization
c.racial subordination
d.All of the above
e.None of the above

12.Deindustrialization hit when minorities were beginning to enter previously closed off industries. The effect was that:
a.they were no longer excludable from stable high wage, union jobs thus creating an equal field for everyone
b.though they now had access to better jobs those jobs were drying up
c.less stable high wage jobs none-the-less maintained the social inequity and disparity which had been in place prior to deindustrialization
d.None of the above
e.All of the above

13.According to Pulido (and other social and political theorists /researchers), the economy:
a.is not a “natural” entity but a social one
b.is part of ideological constructs and not a natural system
c.operates within a racial order which divides workers unevenly based on an interlocked system of race and class
d.None of the above
e.All of the above

14.According to Diaz, the convergence of land uses (residential and industrial) permit:
a.residents to readily access jobs
b.high levels of pollutants in residential areas, normally deemed incompatible in conventional city planning
c.high levels of pollutants in residential areas which is not a consequence of city planning
d.None of the above
e.All of the above

15.Diaz list four Southern California cities that exhibit key characteristics. These are:
a.they allow heavy manufacturing
b.they have no buffers separating residential and industrial zoning
c.they are poor
d.All of the above
e.None of the above

16. Two of the four cities are:
a.La Puente and Irwindale
b.Pasadena and Alhambra
c.Monterey Park and San Gabriel
d.None of the above
e.All of the above

17.East Los Angeles was made to bear the brunt of:
a.the interstate freeway system
b.industrial growth
c.construction of affordable housing
d.None of the above
e.All of the above

18.The Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice (SNEEJ) developed a platform that linked
a.environmentalism
b.economic justice and cultural preservation
c.anti-racism
d.All of the above
e.None of the above

19.LCSC and Wilmington residents’ organizing led the AQMD to:
a.conduct a comprehensive bilingual information campaign to inform the public about hazardous air pollution and establish safety measures to follow in case of an emergency
b.implement emergency measures that would notify public school officials whenever a toxic air pollution release occurred
c.companies were mandated to hire within the community to buy off worried residents
d.All of the above
e.None of the above

20.County and state officials of the

This is CHEATING, not HELP.
It’s also against the community guidelines.
Did i mention it’s CHEATING?

listening to music of watching television shows from other countries

is this example of world view, economic globalization, or cultural globalization?

the process of expanding worl trade networks is this example of world view, economic globalization, or cultural globalization?

The first can be both a cultural and economic globalisation. The audiences listening to pop music and television shows from other countries will tend to adopt the cultural objective nuances (fashion, slang, accents, etc) from what they see. However, sales and revenue made from these tv shows (DVDs) and music (MP4s) could fuel the economy of the country of origin.

The second is more toward economic globalisation, but also cultural to some extent. It is economic because the expansion of world trade networks will boost the frequency of international trade. Intenational trade will facilitate and encourage businesses to expand into different countries, subsequently increasing competition, which will in turn help introduce new technology, improve quality, dreate employment opportunities.

The second is also cultural to some extent because businesspeople will meet counterparts from different countries, thus breaking down cultural barriers and predudice. This will create cooperation between business leader of different countries.

World Wide Affirmative Action, perfected in the good ol’ USA !

Globalization is an ongoing process by which regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated through a globe-spanning network of communication and exchange. The term also refers specifically to economic globalization: the integration of national economies into the international economy. Also being driven by multiculturalism through a combination of economic, technological and Geo-political integration by trans-national exchanges in ideas, languages, or cultural diversity.

Sen. Barack H. Obama’s introduced this to congress in Dec, 2007. The Global Poverty Act, Senate Bill S-2433.
Could this be the Imperialism of the New World Order ???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PePbtEABzGk
Conservatives want to preserve the U.S. Constitution as it existed in 1900-1910.

Conservatives believe that you are responsible for yourself, your children, your marriage, your job, your business, your self-protection and your mistakes.

Conservatives know that it is your duty to care for your own welfare in your home, your community, your state and your people and your country.

This is the line in the sand; YOU either stand together on the inside or you are lost, alone and left "without" on the outside !
I personally "REJECT" it completely !

No

They are using it as an excuse to take away national sovereignty, put in control a world government, a world currency and let the UN, IMF and world bank have control over national issues.

It’s a front for the New World Order.

First of all, communism, as a porduction method, doesn’t exist since the dawn of men. What China, Russia, and all the former ‘red’ nations live by, or lived by, it’s socialism, an hybrid of pure communism.
Now, going back to the China issue. China’s more capitalist that many of us want to acknowledge. Remember Karl Marx used to talk about how the basis of capitalism was to generate plusvalue through the exploitation of the labor force, something China’s proven to do perfectly with it’s low wages and control of inner market.

I see China as a two-faced country. On one side, you have Hong Kong, Shanghai, and all those fancy cities were progress and industrialization are present. And you have the rural China, wre things haven’t changed much since the times of Mao.

So the success of a mode, or way, of production depends on the culture, traditions, and behaviour of the society were they’re imposed. I’m sure socialism would be ghastly for the USA, but alo there are places in the world were ful-on capitalism has brought poverty and huge social differences.

Hope I helped a little bit. Sorry if my english is bad.

HOW, WHY AND WHEN TO DESTROY THE UNITED STATES

Is this interview a hoax as the "powers-that-be" want us to believe?
When you read it, you will see why it has been suppressed, especially
to citizens in the United States…

Yes, it is a hoax, to the extent the masses continue to believe in
the reality of Al Queda, rather than its creators-worldwide
intelligence agencies funding the whole show, and in the case of the
Mossad, its actual participation at strategic intervals.

December 1, 2002 -

The following interview was conducted by a reporter for the Al-
Jazeera network with the third-in-command of the Al Queda
organization, Mr. Mohammed Al-Asuquf. Al-Asuquf’s background is
impressive; a doctorate in physics and masters in international
economics. In the interview, he talks of Al Queda’s plans with total
detachment, with deep knowledge and an unshakeable commitment to his
cause.

This interview was sent to Abel-Bari Atwan, chief editor of Al Quds,
an Arabic-language newspaper published in London, but was never
printed, due to its highly revealing [inflammatory?] contents. A copy
of the interview came to Foz-do-Iguaçu, and was translated into
Portuguese by a university professor in the city’s Arab community.

This is probably the only existing version of this interview not in
Arabic.

Al-Jazeera: What is the objective of the Al Queda network?

Al-Asuquf: To destroy the Great Satan, that is, the United States and
Israel.

Incorrect, the Great Satan is the reptilian/Illuminati cabal
manipulating the world’s power positions.

Al-Jazeera: Why?

Al-Asuquf: The USA over the past 60 years has been impregnating
[infecting] the world with its arrogance, greed and malfeasance. It
is the incarnation of all that is evil. The people of this planet
don’t deserve this torture.

There is no USA per se; the satanically controlled leadership marches
to the drumbeat of the long planned agenda for singular global
control, currently in its final stages. The destruction of the US,
via the Trojan horse of terrorism, is the created problem, while also
serving as a final catalyst for global governance.

Al-Jazeera: Isn’t this view somewhat one-sided?

Of course it is, how else could conflict be elevated unless both
sides created reasons to do so.

Al-Asuquf: No; one only has to observe recent events. The disrespect
of the Kyoto treaty; the case of the Permanent Court of International
Justice, their inaction with regards to our Palestinian brothers; the
financial greed and absurd speculations in Third World countries; the
complete indifference to other oppressed people and countless other
situations which all of the world’s leaders well know. And on top of
all that, the Bush doctrine of "shoot first and ask questions later."
This is an unacceptable abuse and will therefore have very grave
consequences.

Who can argue with those statements?

Al-Jazeera: But the isn’t the development and influence of America
the fruit of its own competence?

Al-Asuquf: Competence in extortion, competence in subjugation,
competence in lying. After the Second World War, the USA was the only
industrialized country with its manufacturing infrastructure intact.
Loaning money like a good loan shark, it ended up becoming a very
rich and powerful country; however, its greed remained undiminished.
Today, Americans live like maharajas [?], wasting more than any other
people, spending more than $80 billion per year just on gambling.
They’ve lost any notion of spirituality and live in constant sin.
With each passing day the USA demonstrates that it doesn’t know how
to live with other peoples; for this, it deserves destruction.

Yes, this is true, but the U.S. change of character is simply the
movie being played out, regardless of whether Al-Asuquf is a willing
pawn or not.

Al-Jazeera: Wouldn’t it be easier to simply assassinate President
George Bush?

Al-Asuquf: In the first place, it would do no good, other than
turning him into a martyr. When you face a powerful enemy, the best
strategy is not to kill him, but to make him lose his leadership due
to his incompetence, and let him live to watch this unfold.

He removal is immaterial.

Al-Jazeera: Does the Al Queda network have the military capacity to
make war on the United States?

Al-Asuquf: If we analyze history, we will see that all great wars,
before they were started, were based on previously established
concepts [of war]. But if we observe well, we will see that these
concepts and strategies came to nothing, since a new type of war was
ultimately waged. An example is the construction of the Maginot line
by the French before the First World War, which, in reality proved to
be completely useless against the invading forces. Aircraft carriers,
nuclear submarines, and spy satellites will be useless in the next
war.

Al-Jazeera: American authorities hold more than 1,000 people
suspected of terrorism since September 11th. Won’t this compromise Al
Queda’s plans?

Al-Asuquf: Of those imprisoned, perhaps 20 to 30 percent belong to Al
Queda. Moreover, they are from the second echelon. We have more than
500 members of the first echelon and 800 from the second, inside the
United States.

Al-Jazeera: What do you mean by first and second echelons?

Al-Asuquf: In the first echelon are Al Queda members who have been in
the United States for more than 10 years, many married with children.
They have detailed knowledge of our plans and are just waiting for a
phone call. They are also known as "sleepers." Those of the second
echelon have arrived in the last five years and have no idea of our
plans.

Al-Jazeera: Are even those who are married, with children, ready to
die with their families?

Al-Asuquf: Yes. All of them are ready to die. Long live September
11th.

Yes, it was the kickoff to the big party.

Al-Jazeera: What was September 11th to Al Queda’s overall plans?

Al-Asuquf: As a general step, it was just the beginning. It was a way
of calling the world’s attention to what is still to come.

Al-Jazeera: How many members does Al Queda have?

Al-Asuquf: In the first echelon, about 5,000; in the second, about
20,000, all over the world.

Al-Jazeera: In the detention camp at Guantanamo, are there any
members of the first echelon?

Al-Asuquf: No, in fact, many of those there are not even Al Queda
members.

Al-Jazeera: How does Al Queda intend to destroy the most powerful
nation in history?

Al-Asuquf: It’s a question of logistics. Using its own poison, that
is, attacking the heart of what they consider the most important
thing in the world: money.

Al-Jazeera: How so?

Al-Asuquf: The American economy is an economy of false appearances.
There is no real economic ballast to the American economy. The
American GDP of is something around $10 trillion, of which just 1
percent represents agriculture, and just 24 percent represents
industry. Therefore, 75 percent of the American GDP is service and
most of this is financial speculation. For those who understand
economics, and it appears that the American Secretary of the
Treasury, Paul O’Neil, doesn’t or doesn’t see it, it’s enough to say
that the USA acts like a huge "dot-com," and dollars, strictly
speaking, are its shares.

Al-Jazeera: Can you explain that?

Al-Asuquf: The value of a company’s shares is directly proportional
to the profitability of the enterprise. When a business is just a
service provider and doesn’t produce any durable goods, the value of
its shares depends on its credibility. Which is to say that if the
credibility of the USA were shaken, its shares (the dollar) would
fall with incredible rapidity and the entire American economy would
begin to collapse.

Al-Jazeera: How can you be so sure of this?

Al-Asuquf: On a smaller scale, it’s exactly what large financial
groups do to the countries of the third world to reap profits in one
month that Swiss banks couldn’t get in four or five years.

Al-Jazeera: So how will Al Queda shock the American economy to this
point?

Al-Asuquf: By provoking a deficit of between $50 and $70 trillion
dollars, the equivalent of the United States’ GDP for five to seven
years.

Al-Jazeera: How will this be done?

Al-Asuquf: With the destruction of the seven largest American cities,
along with other measures.

Al-Jazeera: By what means will this be done?

Al-Asuquf: Using atomic bombs.

Nothing new here. Sollog has warned for three years now to leave all
western cities due to the danger of nuclear attacks, which he says,
will destroy major cities and with it the global power of the U.S.
as well.

Al-Jazeera: With all of the security in the USA, how, hypothetically,
will these bombs be smuggled onto American soil?

Al-Asuquf: They won’t be smuggled in, they’re already there.

Al-Jazeera: What are you saying?

Al-Asuquf: There are already seven nuclear devices on American soil
which were put in place before September 11th and are ready to be
detonated.

Al-Jazeera: How did they get in to the USA?

Al-Asuquf: Before September 11, American security was a fiasco, and
even after, were it necessary, we could manage to smuggle bombs into
the United States. They entered through seaports, as normal cargo.

Previously reported during the past few years.

Al-Jazeera: How is that possible?

Al-Asuquf: A nuclear device is no bigger than a refrigerator;
therefore, it can be easily camouflaged as one. Millions of cargo
containers arrive in seaports each day, and no matter how efficient
security is, it’s impossible to check, search through and examine
each container.

Al-Jazeera: Where did these atomic bombs come from?

Al-Asuquf: They were purchased on the black market.

Al-Jazeera: From whom?

Al-Asuquf: We bought five from the defunct Soviet Union and two more
from Pakistan.

Previously reported as well.

Al-Jazeera: How is it possible to buy an atomic bomb? Isn’t there
security?

Al-Asuquf: Before 1989 it was practically impossible, however after
the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Russian army began a process of self
destruction, and some high generals began to lose their privileges,
and therefore, highly susceptible to corruption. Even General Lebeb,
now deceased, and Hans Blix, the head of the arms inspection
commission of the United Nations, have stated this, notwithstanding
denials by Russian Defense Minister Seguey Ivanov.

Al-Jazeera: How much does a nuclear bomb cost?

Al-Asuquf: Somewhere around $200 million.

Al-Jazeera: How did Al Queda get this money?

Al-Asuquf: We have numerous sponsors.

Yes, quite accurate. All Illuminati front organizations.

Al-Jazeera: Who are they?

Al-Asuquf: There are a number of countries, which support us, and
also numerous wealthy individuals.

Al-Jazeera: Are all of these countries Arab?

Al-Asuquf: No, there are some European countries as well which have
an interest in the fall of the USA.

Al-Jazeera: Who are these wealthy individuals?

Al-Asuquf: People who are also tired of watching the USA suck the
wealth out of the rest of the world.

Not exactly. First of all they are not exactly people, secondly,
they intend to take it all for themselves.

Al-Jazeera: Is Saddam Hussein one of them?

Al-Asuquf: You could say that he’s just one of the collaborators,
through Abdul Tawab Mullah Hawaish, his vice-prime minister and the
person responsible for Iraq’s arms program.

Al-Jazeera: Are these atomic bombs powerful ones?

Al-Asuquf: The five Russian devices are from the old T-3 missiles,
also known as RD-107s, and their potency is something around 100
kilotons each, that is, 5 times as powerful as the Hiroshima bomb.
The Pakistani bombs are less powerful, somewhere around 10 kilotons.

This is new. My information, passed on three years ago, indicated
only lower yield suitcase devices.

Al-Jazeera: Can’t the bombs be detected and disarmed by American
authorities?

Al-Asuquf: No, in spite of their age they’ve undergone modernization
and are well hidden. Even if they were found, they have auto
detonation provisions should anything get close to them. Even
electromagnetic pulses would be incapable of deactivating them.

Al-Jazeera: Don’t they emit radiation? Can’t they be detected?

Al-Asuquf: No. They are wrapped in thick leaden cases.

Al-Jazeera: A suspected Pakistani ship was recently searched and all
that was found were lead bars. Does this have anything to do with the
bombs?

Al-Asuquf: Yes, however that lead was just an extra layer, and was
not essentially necessary.

Al-Jazeera: How will the bombs be detonated?

Al-Asuquf: There are numerous methods, a cell-phone call, radio
frequency, seismic shocks or by timer.

Al-Jazeera: Once detonated, how many deaths will be caused by these
bombs?

Al-Asuquf: It depends, since our plans are very malleable.

Al-Jazeera: So what is the entire plan?

Al-Asuquf: The beginning will be the detonation of a nuclear device,
which will cause the death of between 800 thousand and one million
people and create chaos on a scale never seen before. During this
chaos, two or three crop sprayers that are now dismantled and stored
in granaries [silos?] close to little-used highways in the
countryside will take off on suicide missions to spray two or three
large American cities with smallpox. That means that once the
smallpox has been identified, all airports and seaports will be
closed by quarantine. Land borders will likewise be shut down. Not
one airplane, ship or vehicle will enter or leave the United States.
This will cause total chaos. White House Press secretary Ari
Fleischman will be very busy.

Al-Jazeera: But the American government has guaranteed that within
five days it could produce enough smallpox vaccine to inoculate the
entire population.

Al-Asuquf: There will be simultaneous suicide attacks against the
vaccine production plants.

Al-Jazeera: Which will be the first city?

Al-Asuquf: The first city will be that in which optimal conditions
present themselves, for example, clear skies, and winds of eight
miles-per-hour or less in the direction of the country’s center so
that radioactive dust can contaminate the maximum possible area.

Al-Jazeera: Will this attack annihilate the USA?

Al-Asuquf: No. But the process will have begun. Who will buy food
products from the United States knowing they may have been
contaminated by radiation? Who will travel to the United States
knowing the possibility of contracting smallpox? Who will continue to
invest in American institutions? Just as with the World Trade Center,
it will be simply a question of time before the entire economic
structure collapses and turns to dust. If our objectives are reached
with one bomb and the smallpox, probably we’ll save the lives of
others, however that’s risky [unlikely?], and it’s probable that six
more bombs will be detonated, one per week, and other attacks with
chemical weapons will be carried out.

Al-Jazeera: How many innocent people will die?

Al-Asuquf: According to estimates made by me and Ayman Al-Zawahiro,
somewhere around 15 million due to the atomic bombs and their
radiation. Of those exposed to smallpox, 25 percent will die,
approximately five million, and many more due to the ensuing chaos
and disorder.

Al-Jazeera: What about the American military response?

Al-Asuquf: There will practically be none. Even if five or ten cities
were chosen at random to be destroyed, that would still be a small
price to pay. The problem is the economic despair will be so great
that even economizing by not using arms unnecessarily will occur,
since the liquidity of American goods will be almost zero and at that
point the United States will make more selling its Nimitz-class
aircraft carriers, which cost about five billion dollars, to Turkey
or Italy for one billion dollars, since the country will so urgently
need to recapitalize, though it will be too late. Moreover, how will
the morale of American soldiers be knowing that their entire families
have died and their country no longer exists. Fight for what?

Al-Jazeera: And won’t the global economy also be ruined?

Al-Asuquf: In the beginning it will be very difficult; a serious
economic crisis will ensue. However, without the United States, the
world will soon arise in a more just and fraternal manner.

Al-Jazeera: And Israel?

Al-Asuquf: As they say… it will be dessert.

Al-Jazeera: Does bin Laden’s spokesman, Sulaiman Abu Gheith, know
that you are giving this interview?

Al-Asuquf: It was he and bin Laden who suggested I give it.

Al-Jazeera: Osama bin Laden is still alive?

Al-Asuquf: He is quite healthy, alongside his commanders Mohammed
Atef and Khalid Shaik Mohammed and Mullah Omar.

Al-Jazeera: Aren’t you fearful that Al Queda’s plans will be
discovered?

No, just the link to the Illuminati.

Al-Asuquf: The plan is already in its countdown, and nothing can stop
it.

Al-Jazeera: Not even if the United States asks forgiveness and
changes its attitudes?

Al-Asuquf: That won’t happen, and even if it did, it’s too late.

Al-Jazeera: When will the attack begin?

Al-Asuquf: I can’t reveal that. Allah Akbar.

Nice propaganda piece, there. It has nothing to do with this forum, and really isn’t a question.

Like Al jazeera is a reputable news agency, and not a mouthpiece for Islamofascism.

I wonder why there are so many conspiracy theorists in this forum? It seems like all the Kool Aid drinkers flock to Yahoo.

Please,After reading the "Letter From A Birmingham Jail" I want you to answer the following two questions:

1. What do you feel was Dr. Martin Luther King’s best argument in his letter to counter the clergy’s Unity Letter?

2. Why do you feel it was an effective argument? Was there anything in the targeting theory and Maslow’s Hierarchy that might be applicable here? How did he target the "needs" or the beliefs of the clergy who were the recipients of the letter? Remember, he was writing to the clergy in Birmingham who felt that Dr. King was an outsider who should not be in Birmingham. How effective or well targeted was Dr. King’s argument?

April 16, 1963

MY DEAR FELLOW CLERGYMEN:

While confined here in the Birmingham City Jail, I came across your recent statement calling our present activities "unwise and untimely." Seldom, if ever, do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas. If I sought to answer all the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would be engaged in little else in the course of the day, and I would have no time for constructive work. But since I feel that you are men of genuine goodwill and your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I would like to answer your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms.

I think I should give the reason for my being in Birmingham, since you have been influenced by the argument of "outsiders coming in." I have the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization operating in every Southern state, with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. We have some eighty-five affiliate organizations all across the South–one being the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights. Whenever necessary and possible we share staff, educational and financial resources with our affiliates. Several months ago our local affiliate here in Birmingham invited us to be on call to engage in a nonviolent direct action program if such were deemed necessary. We readily consented and when the hour came we lived up to our promises. So I am here, along with several members of my staff, because I have basic organizational ties here.

Beyond this, I am in Birmingham because injustice is here. Just as the eighth century prophets left their little villages and carried their "thus saith the Lord" far beyond the boundaries of their home towns; and just as the Apostle Paul left his little village of Tarsus and carried the gospel of Jesus Christ to practically every hamlet and city of the Graeco-Roman world, I too am compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my particular home town. Like Paul, I must constantly respond to the Macedonian call for aid.

Moreover, I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states. I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere in this country.

You deplore the demonstrations that are presently taking place in Birmingham. But I am sorry that your statement did not express a similar concern for the conditions that brought the demonstrations into being. I am sure that each of you would want to go beyond the superficial social analyst who looks merely at effects, and does not grapple with underlying causes. I would not hesitate to say that it is unfortunate that so-called demonstrations are taking place in Birmingham at this time, but I would say in more emphatic terms that it is even more unfortunate that the white power structure of this city left the ***** community with no other alternative.

In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: 1) Collection of the facts to determine whether injustices are alive. 2) Negotiation. 3) Self-purification and 4) Direct action. We have gone through all of these steps in Birmingham. There can be no gainsaying of the fact that racial injustice engulfs this community.
Birmingham is probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States. Its ugly record of police brutality is known in every section of this country. Its unjust treatment of Negroes in the courts is a notorious reality. There have been more unsolved bombings of ***** homes and churches in Birmingham than any city in this nation. These are the hard, brutal and unbelievable facts. On the basis of these conditions, ***** leaders sought to negotiate with the city fathers. But the political leaders consistently refused to engage in good faith negotiation.

Then came the opportunity last September to talk with some of the leaders of the economic community. In these negotiating sessions certain

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