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

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

[HAL9000]

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

[Quix]

VERY WELL SAID.

[Lando Lincoln]

Hell, where he WILL spend eternity, isn't hot enough for the likes of him and his beast of a wife.

Amen. All his focus groups and word parsing will not keep him from his eternal destiny.

Thank God we have a man of character and conviction in the WH now. This is the most perilous time since 1939 and Clinton is out there underming the USA in every way. Incredible. (And let's not forget that well intended clown, Jimmy Carter).

[Quix]

WELL SAID.

INCLUDING their greed for power, control, authoritarianism gone to seed, tyranny . . .

[hedgetrimmer]

Better if I knew how to spell "dicatatorship" LOL!

[Quix]

Though he certainly overestimates the impact of his presidency,

I don't think he was talking about that.

I think he was talking about the plans of the puppetmasters behind him marching boldly and successfully forward.

[canuck_conservative]

You missed the point of my post, so I'll try again.

The reason the US has been the world's leading power since WWII is because it is consistently the most technologically advanced. Sure, China may have a larger "economy" in future years, but so what? Lots of shirt factories and TV plants don't make your country a superpower, overwhelming military strength does. The US is the leader in that area, and China will never catch up. Ergo, the US will continue to be the world's major superpower.

China IS less creative than Western countries - when was the last time China produced an outstanding book, movie, technologicala breakthrough, or new intellectual concept? Not in the last 50 years, that's for sure. And I agree with Uncowed (#26) that at least part of the reason is the lack of personal freedom there.

BTW, China's continuous economic growth is not guaranteed. If they start sucking too many jobs from the US, or invade Taiwan, you can be sure the US business rug will be pulled out from underneath them!

[wcbtinman]

May Clinton never live to see it.

[RIGHT IN SEATTLE]

THIS IS FOR YOU BUBBA!!!!

[John Lenin]

Boy that photo tells it all.

[Quix]

I'm sure the average Muslim would attack us for those reasons.

Nevertheless, I'm convinced Werner Von Braun was right when he told his assistant that the war on terrorism and the Iraq war were planned in 1970 [by the puppetmasters].

The radical Islamists have been manipulated as well as western culture in general--in a sense--the world in general. They make it easy with their doctrines, emotions, biases etc.

Thankfully, God will make sport of all of them in His time.

But the route through is not going to be a picnic.

[tom h]

"I think Ol' Slick is still campaigning to be Sec'y Gen'l of the UN. He plans to rule the world."

Speekinout: you are exactly right. I have been saying for years that Bill Clinton will one day be Secretary General of the U.N., and while he will not be nominated by an American he will be nominated by someone from the 3rd world or a left-leaning European country.

I also see Biblical significance in this likelihood, but I won't get that kind of discussion started on this thread. I will say that I intend to just watch what happens with amusement and wonder at the prophecies that will be fulfilled through him.

[Quix]

VERY WELL SAID.

I realize what will be, will be.

But I still think we are reponsible for doing all we can to prevent it and at least to slow it down.

Please consider helping to get the word out about Shrillery Hillary's evil doings.

[Howlin]

Here's MY message for this fool

[Howlin]

Excuse my "french."

[Slyfox]

Veritas. What the hell is that?

[HardStarboard]

Now we know what Clinton's agenda was - to weaken the US so we would "fit in" with the rest of the world.

We better make sure those who believe he was on the right path start changinging their minds....coercively if necessary. Our way of life is balanced on a knife edge, and I'm afraid of the ignorance of the average citizen.

We need to start by balancing out the lefts dominance of educational institutions, at all levels, with solid mainstream conservative thought. Rush, FOX and WSJ aren't enough.

[The Duke]

How could an ex-President of the US be so apparently smug and happy about the prospect of the US not being the "biggest dog"?

That alone rather staggers the imagination.

The Democrats could not have chosen a more vile and loathsome individual to occupy the White House. I hope they are happy, for he gave us today's economy.

[canuck_conservative]

When did von Braun say that?

[hedgetrimmer]

China is continuing to make advances in military warfighting techniques, including a crucial ability to direct multiple forces from different branches of service in the same theater of operations, a recent analysis said.

According to a report written by Al Santoli -- an Asian-affairs expert, editor of the American Foreign Policy Council's China Reform Monitor, and a senior national-security adviser to Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif. -- during "ongoing large-scale military exercises, China has demonstrated significant new joint-service warfighting skills 'under high-tech conditions' that are steadily altering the balance of power in the Taiwan Strait."

Specifically, the report said, China's People's Liberation Army is applying U.S. military doctrine to integrate its "relentless expanding" of strategic missile forces; high performance Su-27 and Su-30 fighter planes bought from Russia; new blue-water, long-range naval ships, including a pair of Russian-built Sovremenny-class destroyers armed with SS-N-22 "Sunburn" anti-ship missiles; state-of-the-art communications systems purchased from U.S. and Western companies; and "development of advanced information and electronic warfare capabilities."

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=21547

[Quix]

They are sacrificing millions of rural workers now jobless, for one. And, they may be wittingly or unwittingly offering up hundreds of millions in the "population reduction" schemes of Dilldo and Shrillery's puppet masters.

They figure they'll have plenty of population left to rule the world.

Also, they are insisting on acquiring the latest technologies in setting up new infrastructure projects etc.

They also tend to work harder than most westerners at this point.

That and choices by those at the top of the control chain of world economics, geopolitical moves and trade throwing a lot of plays their direction won't hurt.