Clinton: Prepare for globalism - a future when America no longer "the biggest dog on the street"

The Villager ^ | January 19, 2002 | Elizabeth O'Brien

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Clinton talks on the global economy at N.Y.U.

Former President Bill Clinton called on an audience of students to prepare for a future when America will no longer be "the biggest dog on the street" at the keynote address Tuesday of a New York University forum on globalization.

The current globalized world is not sustainable economically, politically or from a security vantage point, Clinton said at the second annual conference co-sponsored by New York University and the William J. Clinton Presidential Foundation. Clinton spoke to an audience of about 450 students and guests.

"On Sept. 11, 2001, members of Al Quaeda used the forces of globalization - open borders, easy immigration, easy travel, easy access to information technology - to kill 3,100 people from 70 countries in three cities in the U.S.," Clinton said.

There are ways to improve our security without sacrificing civil liberties, Clinton stressed. For starters, our government needs to start using the same kinds of tracking systems employed by direct marketers and credit card companies, he said.

With such technology the government in a short period of time can track people who have multiple addresses on file, such as Sept. 11 ringleader Mohammed Atta, who had 12 addresses registered in the U.S, Clinton said. The government could also monitor people who have accrued a lot of credit card debt, he added, giving the example of the Sept. 11 terrorist who racked up $260,000 of debt on 30 credit cards.

Profiling people according to their movements or debt is much preferable than "profiling people because of their religion or ethnic heritage or whatever else," Clinton said, adding that people with such extreme habits were "either rich or up to no good."

The former president also touched on topics including the nuclear crisis in North Korea, economic initiatives in Africa, the Kyoto protocol on global warming and primary education in Mexico and Brazil. He said that the U.S. must help create a global society with "shared benefits, shared responsibility and shared values."

Clinton acknowledged that, "this is not the sexiest subject on the block." But he tried his best to add some flair with the analogy, "If none of us ever joined anything unless we got our way all the time, nobody would get married."

Students had high marks for the former chief executive.

"He throws out a lot of different tidbits of information about different countries," said Hiss an Baja, a 22-year-old first-year law student from California, adding, "The reason I came to N.Y.U. Law is because it's known as the global law school."

The day featured three panels on important topics in the globalization debate. Panelists included Robert Rubin, former secretary of the Treasury; Sandy Berger, former National Security Advisor to President Clinton; and George Soros, the investor and philanthropist. Moderators included Bernard Shaw, C.N.N.'s former anchor; and Karen DeYoung, associate editor at the Washington Post.

©The Villager 2003

[hedgetrimmer]

It was called the Third Way-- which is just another euphemism for socialism which we all know it the intermediate step between Laissez-faire econonomy and communism.

Bill is a Leninist marxist, I think, because he favors a feudalistic system where there is an elitist global class which acts as a "benevolent" dicatatorship over the worlds people. You know he just wants to be Dad to America, because when the question of tax cuts came up in his administration, he told the American people, "You wouldn't spend the money right". Better to leave it to old Uncle Bill and his cronies, Soros, Rubin, and Blair.

[CIBvet]

He plans to rule the world

Commie Krinton will not rule the rule ... as has always been the case with this liar, without the puppeteers above him he is little more than just another slimey salesman.

His power comes from David (who-would-be-King-of-the-world) Rockefeller and his Council On Foreign Relations/Trilat/GLOBALONEY buddies who are more than happy to trade the future good of America and our U.S.Constitution, for their own selfish, traitorous GREED.

[No Truce With Kings]

Former President Bill Clinton called on an audience of students to prepare for a future when America will no longer be "the biggest dog on the street"

There he goes again, once more overestimating the impact of his Presidency on his country's future.

[DAnconia55]

Former President Bill Clinton called on an audience of students to prepare for a future when America will no longer be "the biggest dog on the street" at the keynote address Tuesday of a New York University forum on globalization

Well Bill, I hate to inform you, but even your Treason wasn't enough to stop us.

We're going to be the big dog for the forseeable future. Our culture, our economy and our military power drive the world.

[DAnconia55]

And which country, exactly, will surpass the US?

China's economy can do so. I'd be real interested to know what artificial currency supports are in play in China. Their first large scale depression will wreck incredible havok, I imagine.

[hedgetrimmer]

Uh, have you been to California lately? Its the posterchild for mr. clinton's socialist ambitions for this country and has adopted all things "sustainable" that Bill mentioned in his speech. If other states fall in line,and the legislation is already there, sown by bill clintons council on sustainable developement in the EPA and federal code, America won't be able to drive anything soon.

[DAnconia55]

Yes this happened because Clinton and his administration began forcing globalization on the American people with NAFTA, GATT, his council on sustainable development and the many treaties and executive orders he signed

Now that is pure nonsense. If anything the Muslims are attacking us because of our foreign policy and support for Israel. We have no business with troops in over 100 foreign countries.

Plus the Muslims are insane camel humping zealots. That never hurts.

[DJ Frisat]

But he tried his best to add some flair with the analogy, "If none of us ever joined anything unless we got our way all the time, nobody would get married."

Nice flair, Billy!

Very eloquent thought, certainly bespeaks your Rhodes scholarship.

Get the results of that syphilis test yet? Something appears to be wrong with your brain...

[friendly]

The day we're no longer "top dog" will come because of your treasonous sell-out, BJClinton.

You stole muh post!!!

I notice another traitor on the list, the verminous Sandy Berger, crawling out from under some rock or other.

[canuck_conservative]

You're dreaming.

China's technology is years behind the US already (especially on the military side), and will never catch up. Remember, there's a big difference between just building a TV or computer (which any third-world country can do - look at South Korea) and creating new technological breakthroughs (which are what keeps the US on top). Look at the number of patents issued worldwide - China is light-years behind the US when it comes to new ideas.

[hedgetrimmer]

"open borders, easy immigration, easy travel, easy access to information technology"

The 9/11 murderers got in because of OPEN BORDERS. They got in because the INS refused to do its job, and never deported those who shouldn't have been in.They got on the planes because the airport security was not allowed to profile them because profiling people on their country of origin is BAD FOR GLOBALISM. Even if the country is a known terrorist state. And remember Mad Albright??!! SHE refused to call terrorist countries by that name, she put together a huge effort to rename them as "states of concern"

***The rogue states of the world have vanished--at least from the rhetoric ofthe State Department.

Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright said in a National Public Radiointerview yesterday that henceforth nasty, untrustworthy, missile-equipped countries will be known as "states of concern."****

You can't have globalization with open borders if people are afraid other nations will use the lack of security to harm them. So you have to make people believe that we're all just one big happy global family. " You might be worried about a rogue state, but you won't call to close the border if the state department is only "concerned".

Open borders and the ineffectual INS are a DIRECT result of Bill's globalization efforts. The muslims didn't open our borders to allow them their murderous attack, Bill did!

[babylonian]

To hell with Bill Clinton. I've got my eye on the present man behind the curtain.

[hedgetrimmer]

"In the 21st Century, less than 5 years from now the Asian economies will exceed in size that of the United States. China's economy is expected to continue to grow at a blistering 10% or more per year until its economy surpasses ours sometime within the next two decades. Clearly, while the 20th century was the American century, the 21st Century belongs to Asia."

http://www.pangaea.net/ign/fjet0001.htm



"If, as expected, China’s economy surpasses the US by 2015 and India’s reachesvthe size of Japan’s, it is almost inevitable that therewill be a change in the composition of the world’s top global companies."

http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/cda/doc/content/global_vim.pdf

This is America no longer top dog that Clinton spoke about. This is the path he created by giving China the technology and the backing of investors by the US government, to knock down our economy and bolster theirs.

[TransOxus]

I agree with Slick on relating to dogs. Clinton was the biggest son of a bitch in the street. America should be relieved that this pariah dog is no longer in charge though that beastly bitch he uses as a doormat, dump, etc. has got ambitions to be elected top dog. Never ever trust a dog elected as a jackass.