Senator Bob Struggles To Find His Conscience.

February 22, 2010 at 2:10 P.M. An advertisement was just attached to this site:

"West Virginia Jails, All About West Virginia Jails West, Virginia Jails in One Site. www.Peeplo.com/West+Virginia+Jails "

I have never set foot in West Virginia. I have never been in jail anywhere in the United States of America or in any other country. Furthermore, unless framed for something, I will probably never be sent to jail or prison in any jurisdiction. I have attended law school, however, which is pretty close to the incarceration experience. Graduate school in philosophy is akin to a federal penitentiary. The mafia smoke machine is breaking down. ("Burn Notice.")

February 22, 2010 at 10:23 A.M. Cubanazos are probably responsible for the illegal advertisements attached to these blogs today, including this gem:

"Coffee Fool Banned, Grocery Store Won't Stock Us Because We Tell The Truth on Fresh."

I drink coffee and Diet Coke. I do not drink alcohol. I have never been in "rehab." Despite N.J.'s best efforts, I have never been an alcoholic. I do not smoke. I do not take drugs. I always wear a seat belt in cars. I am nice to children and old people.

February 5, 2010 at 10:00 P.M. "Errors" were inserted in several essays. I will do my best to correct them as soon as possible. My computer's clock was tampered with, again. I will attempt to reset it.

January 28, 2010 at 7:09 P.M. My security updating feature continues to be obstructed. I will try to update my protections on a regular basis. I cannot say how many writings have been altered or vandalized. I will try to keep up with necessary corrections. ("China Rebukes U.S. for Hypocrisy and Cyberhegemony" and "New Jersey's Xanadu Mess" as well as "More Torture and Murder of Immigrants in New Jersey Jails.") Ethics? ("Law is Dead in New Jersey.")

January 28, 2010 at 2:12 P.M. Noise fills the room in which I write, distractions of various kinds will be ignored, "errors" inserted in several texts and various harassments will be dealt with. My security system is under attack . I continue to struggle. ("More Mafia Figures Arrested in New jersey" and "F.B.I. Initiates Multiple Investigations in North Bergen, New Jersey.")

Gore Vidal, "Amistad," in The Last Empire: Essays 1992-2000 (New York: Random House, 2001), pp. 166-179.
Roger Scruton, An Intelligent Person's Guide to Philosophy (New York & London: Penguin, 1996), pp. 97-109.
John Eligion, "Concrete Testing Company and Owner Are Convicted of Falsifying Work," in The New York Times, February 18, 2010, at p. A19. (NJ & NY.) ("More Mafia Figures Arrested in New Jersey and New York.")
Charles V. Bagli, "Firm Guiding Construction Stole Millions, Officials Say," in The New York Times, January 28, 2010, at p. A22. (The worst thefts were in New Jersey.)
Patrick McGeehan, "Panel Warns of Delay for Hudson Train Tunnel," in The New York Times, January 28, 2010, at p. A30.

As I began my daily computer scan this morning, I realized that the updating feature of my security system was obstructed, again. This experience -- which is far from unusual for me -- is about only one thing: hurting me. Well-organized and financed people are sitting "out there," somewhere (maybe Union City?), using frustrations, harassments, invasions of one's personal space and violating the minimal decencies that we take for granted in life. What else is new? ("How Censorship Works in America" and "Censorship and Cruelty in New Jersey.")

I cannot help wondering about the resources devoted to this effort for so long, especially in light of its dismal failure, even against a powerless individual like me. Slavery does not work. Censorship does not work. I wonder why that is true? ("Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture" and "What is it like to be tortured?")

I spent hours yesterday running scans, struggling to restore my updating feature and not writing. Writing is what I should be doing. This morning's renewed obstructions of my security system forces a truth upon me. This effort by N.J. is about control and ass-cover for people whose asses are now permanently uncovered and on the line. ("An Open Letter to My Torturers in New Jersey, Terry Tuchin and Diana Lisa Riccioli.")

Well, you better get some insurance for your asses because I am not going anywhere. I am committed to this struggle for the long term and at any cost. The irony here is not that there are people evil enough to engage in this effort to "control" others by abusing government or judicial power, not that politicians (like Senator Bob or others in New Jersey) will desperately seek a cover-up of their illicit actions, we expect nothing less from political "bosses," but that the institutions of my society continue to fail so dismally to do what they exist to accomplish -- protect your Constitutional and human rights along with mine. How will we cope with Al Qaeda when we cannot control the mafia in New Jersey? ("More Democrats Arrested in New Jersey" and "More Mafia Figures Arrested in New Jersey.")

"The largest FRAUD occurred at data centers in Bergen County, N.J., that are owned by Equinix, formerly Switch and Data Facilities [friends and contributors, Senator Bob? Mr. Ginarte?] The company was overcharged by about $3 MILLION, the investigators said." (Times, 1-28-10, at p. A27.)

Did the money go into the "Democrats' non-federal account," Bob? ("Does Senator Menendez Have Mafia Friends?") Money laundering, boys? F.B.I. investigations are unfolding in Hudson and Bergen Counties. ("New Jersey's Mafia Culture in Law and Politics.")

Is it true that Mr. Ginarte has an "ethics problem"? Why this spectacle is permitted to continue is beyond me: Obviously, political power and ego may have something to do with it. My views are threatening to people who hold opposed views. My presumption in insisting on personal freedom and refusal to pretend that idiotic or self-contradictory arguments are anything but absurd are unforgivable affronts to the mafia crews in charge of New Jersey's legal system. Too bad. You found out how stupid you are, huh? Does Mr. Ginarte have anything to do with Lulu or Publish America together with the suppressions of my works? ("Incoherence in 'The New York Times'" and "Incoherence in 'The New Yorker.'")

People who insist that human beings are controllable or mere animals reacting to external stimuli will also be disappointed. It is unusual for one of the "animals subject to control" to turn the tables on the would-be controllers, I guess, which adds to the fascination of this adventure for many observers from all over the world who must be wondering about the timidity of America's "free press." Me too. I knew journalists to be corrupt in many cases, but I did not believe that they could be this corrupt -- especially when censorship issues are raised.

I have reason to believe that this fascinating episode in cyberhistory has begun to attract the attention of many more persons from different parts of the world. Great. International media coverage may force American newspapers to cover the story, even if they slant the coverage to protect corporate owners and their hired politicians. ("Why I am not an ethical relativist" and "The Long Goodbye," then "Colin McGinn's Naughty Book.")

I am not a slave. I will not be an unwilling laboratory animal. With all my faults, I am confident of being, ethically speaking, at least as "good" as Senator Bob (based on what I have heard from others and my meeting him on one occasion, maybe intellectually better, although modesty prevents me from making such a claim) as well as Stuart Rabner, Anne Milgram and the misguided lesbian brigades, or most other New Jersey lawyers I know. I have no idea why lesbians seem to be following me around New York. Friends of yours, Anne? ("Another Mafia Sweep in New Jersey and Anne Milgram is Clueless.")

I will not internalize your bullshit, psychobabble or legal double talk, new age drivel or policy wonk speak. I plan to say exactly what I think and why I think it, which is the fun part of blogging. The important thing is that we are all having fun. Anyone interested in the "L-Word"? "Grey's Anatomy"? ("New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System.")

New Jersey's insults mean nothing to me. OAE goons posting insults of me on-line will not keep me up at night. I will not allow others to define me. I am not concerned to be "interesting" for you. I am not cooperating with whatever it is N.J. is trying to do to provide cover for its people. I will not assist voluntarily in the denial of my Constitutional and human rights, nor will I help anyone's quest for tenure at the expense of my dignity. I will not legitimate these atrocities for you, Terry Tuchin and Anne Milgram. We are going to federal court. Soon, I hope. Tell your friends in law enforcement about this situation. For the reasons indicated, international attention is always welcome. If it is true that my situation is receiving media attention in China, elsewhere in Asia, as well as Latin America and even in the UK, then I am very grateful for the help.

I understand that Senator Bob and others like him (Albio Sires, Richard J. Codey, Deborah T. Poritz, George E. Norcross, III) may have "entangling alliances," deals, commitments of various kinds (secret and private, or even public) with different ... shall we say, "interests." The Democrats' attack machine is not thrilled at being trapped in its own version of something like the Watergate scandal. "Even the mighty are fallen," says the Bible. ("Law and Ethics in the Soprano State.")

I do not believe that the powers-that-be in Trenton have chosen to handle this situation very wisely. The Constitution of the United States of America is pretty uncomprimising about fundamental rights -- such as freedom of speech and privacy, due process of law, the illegality of slavery, equal protection of the laws, and upholding criminal prohibitions of little things like rape, theft, breaches of fiduciary relations and other similar matters, including cybercrime and kidnapping. ("Senator Bob Loves Xanadu!" and "Senator Bob Says -- Xanadu and You Are Perfect Together!")

Inserting "errors" in my writings, visible cybercrime and harassments, obvious criminal violations taking place PUBLICLY which cannot (plausibly) be denied -- such things will not help Senator Bob or the Jersey Boys. ("Does Senator Menendez Have Mafia Friends?" and "We don't know from nothing.")

Worse, these crimes by government entities have the effect of making America's political leadership look ridiculous when our leaders complain about violations of human rights or cybercrime in other countries. President Obama cannot be "soft on slavery." Secretary of State Clinton cannot be tolerant of intolerance and censorship -- even when "feminist friends" engage in the practice for reasons unknown to anyone, including themselves. ("New Jersey is the Home of the Living Dead" and "Anne Milgram Does it Again.")

Ms. Milgram's sexual-orientation should not preclude disbarment proceedings from being filed against her if she has been aware of and/or failed to prevent this conspiracy to violate civil rights. ("Sybil R. Moses and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey.")

How did you women in N.J. get into this mess? Don't tell me, it seemed like a good idea at the time. People will probably be disbarred, arrested, charged, convicted and sent to prison -- and they should be. Any American politician who can do so will seek to run from this situation, like the plague. Why are you still sticking around doing cybercrimes for a small fee? Even if you normally do dirty work for one of the political factions in America, this may not be the job you want to take. ("New Jersey's Mafia Culture in Law and Politics" and "Another Mafia Sweep in New Jersey and Anne Milgram is Clueless.")

The inaction of America's institutions and, especially, the complicity of the press in this evil suggests a steep decline for our country as we face unprecedented challenges. Not even the welfare of America's young people on hallowed college campuses seems to concern bureaucrats. America's new president must take a stand against what you are seeing -- attempts at suppressions of dissident speech and control of persons freely making use of their moral-legal rights -- both at home and in other countries. This has nothing to do with how Mr. Obama feels about me or my opinions -- if he knows about me, which I doubt -- or many others like me in lots of places in the world. I wonder who was behind the effort to destroy the "Philosophy Cafe" at MSN? Is MSN closed? (Again: "How Censorship Works in America" and "Censorship and Cruelty in New Jersey.")

Do we favor freedom of speech in Iran, but not in Jersey City, New Jersey? Or New York? I hope not. No state Supreme Court and Attorney General may condone and assist a criminal conspiracy to violate civil rights in order to avoid a scandal or to protect friends (or lovers?), Ms. Milgram, or just because it is "interesting" to observe torture. ("Deborah T. Poritz and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey" and "Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture.")

What is at stake in this unseemly and continuing farce or spectacle of public criminality by an American jurisdiction is YOUR Constitution and America's fragile standing and nearly non-existent credibility in the world. China's disdainful dismissals of American criticisms are made possible by our well-deserved loss of moral authority on questions of civil rights on-line. Endangering the welfare of old people or minors on college campuses or anywhere, threats of any kind, will not improve things for the Jersey mafia. More noise this morning? ("China Rebukes U.S. for Hypocrisy and Cyberhegemony.")

Behaviorists and controllers of various kinds will have to accept the reality of the human condition -- our yearning for freedom and placement within an inescapable moral order that will lead persons to prefer even death to the loss of all freedom or daily threats to the safety of a loved-one:

Even if we did not have before us the reality of the Nazi and Communist experiments, we have those works of fiction by Orwell, Huxley and Koestler, which warn us [concerning] what the world must inevitably become, when humanity is surrendered to science. To see human beings as objects is not to see them as they are, but to change what they are, by erasing the appearance through which they relate to one another as PERSONS. It is to create a new kind of creature, a depersonalized human being, in which subject and object drift apart, the first into a world of helpless dreams, the second to destruction. In a very real sense, therefore, there cannot be a science of man: there cannot be a science which explores what we are for one another, when we respond to each other as PERSONS. ...

Roger Scruton, "Freedom," in An Intelligent Person's Guide to Philosophy, at p. 109. ("Is there a gay marriage right?" and "Richard A. Posner on Voluntary Actions and Criminal Responsibility," finally, "America's Holocaust.")

Senator Bob Loves Xanadu!

June 12, 2009 at 4:34 P.M. I am denied access to the Internet from my home computer (shared with my child), I believe, as a result of these posts criticizing New Jersey's mafia-controlled government and the activities of Senator "Bob." ("Does Senator Menendez Have Mafia Friends.")

I will do my best to regain access to the Internet while struggling against censorship. If there are any alterations or defacements of these writings, they should be understood to be part of the censorship and harassment designed to harm me. ("What is it like to be tortured?")

I am sure that Senator Menendez joins the community of nations in congratulating Cuba upon the lifting of the prohibition on membership in the Organization of American States (OAS). There are conditions attached to this invitation to Cuba concerning "democracy" and the freeing of "political prisoners." I also favor freeing political prisoners in all of the member states, including the United States of America where Mumia Abu-Jamal is still incarcerated. ("Freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal.")

Mr Menendez can prove his commitment to human rights by speaking out for the release of Mumia Abu-Jamal and by using his good offices to assist in this effort to win a pardon for a tortured dissident intellectual, Mr. Abu-Jamal.

I am afraid that further censorship efforts and defacements of this essay must now be expected despite America's commitment to freedom of speech. This may be aimed at hurting me and (even more) at embarassing President Obama, who is the leading advocate of freedom of speech in the world. I urge President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton to avoid appearances with Senator Bob, if at all possible, until the grand juries looking into Bob's "shenanigans" hand down their decisions.

June 7, 2009 Television news broadcasts anounced that "construction is scheduled to begin on a rail link" between the Xanadu mall (that doesn't exist) and New York city "from the Meadowlands." The rail link is "scheduled for completion in 2017." The same authorities stated in 2006 that Xanadu and the rail link would open in August, 2009. In 2017, they will anounce completion by 2030. The hope is that everybody will be dead by 2030.

April 22, 2009 at 2:33 P.M. Obstructions of access to these sites, blocking of Google and MSN makes it very difficult to reach my work today. No italics or bold script could be used when this article was first posted. The uncovering of a CIA conspiracy and linkage to harsh interrogations aimed at establishing an association between Al Qaeda and Iraq -- an association which was known by intelligence agents not to exist when they were trying to prove to Congress that it did exist -- this intelligence effort was made in order to provide "cover," allegedly, for the U.S. military venture in Iraq. More "Weapons of Mass Deception." A new Senate report of these matters has just been made public. Many young Americans will lose their lives as a result of this "cover."

No italics or bold script were available due to hacking into my computer when I first posted this essay. "Errors" were inserted, again, in the text. I have struggled to make corrections. More vandalism must be expected.

See "Report Links CIA to Harsh Military Interrogations," http://www.msnbc.MSN.com/id/30343776/ (April 22, 2009) and Peter Baker & Scott Shane, "Pressure Grows to Investigate Interrogations," The New York Times, April 21, 2009, at p. A1. Scott Shane, "Waterboarding Used 266 Times on 2 Suspects," The New York Times, April 20, 2009, at p. A1.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is rumored to be contemplating a secret trip to Cuba for undisclosed negotiations, has called on countries (including Cuba) to respect human rights. Revelations of torture, cover-ups, censorship, suppression of speech, tainted judges and courts in New Jersey and other American human rights catastrophes -- for which the U.S. is held responsible under principles of international law -- will not help with Secretary Clinton's efforts.

I suspect that Cuban-American Right-wingers (who have demonized Ms. Clinton in the past) are behind attempts to depict her as incompetent in the media, while making it appear that President Obama is behind such "shenanigans."

I urge the U.S. Justice Department to act on evidence of New Jersey's crimes and tortures by U.S. officials in order to preserve the appearance of integrity in our efforts to strengthen human rights everywhere in the world. Someday, even in New Jersey, torture will be a thing of the past. See Assata Shakur, "Prisoner in the United States," in "Still Black, Still Strong" (New York: Columbia University-Semiotexte, 1993), pp. 205-220. (Testimony of Assata Shakur, whose torture may be compared with what I have described BEFORE my discovery of this book, possibly at the hands of some of the same officials.)

April 19, 2009 at 11:56 A.M. Harassment and computer warfare continues.

March 24, 2009 at 8:45 A.M. Attacks on these writings are a daily reality, emanating from Trenton government computers, defacements, alterations, obstructions will be a routine phenomenon. Access to MSN is still a problem. Anne Milgram is rumored to be on her way out.

New attacks today make it very difficult to edit these writings, spacing has been affected, again, and (so far) all attempts to get rid of these obstructions have been unsuccessful. I will do my best to continue writing, even under these conditions. The following article appeared recently in New Jersey:

Once upon a time, at a news conference that now seems long, long ago, there was word that a dazzling paradise would rise from the SWAMPS of New Jersey.

There would be a 16-story indoor snow slope, where residents could ski on the sultriest of summer days. They would build the tallest Ferris wheel in America, an Egyptian-themed movie theater, a skydiving simulation tunnel, a candy dreamland with a chocolate waterfall and a 1,000-gallon jellyfish aquarium that would light up like a lava lamp. They called it: Xanadu.

Five years later, the 2.3 million-square-foot complex at the Meadowlands stands as a cautionary tale of the parochial politics awaiting the $787 BILLION federal stimulus plan. The same regional authorities behind a troubled train line to Xanadu are now preparing one of the biggest "shovel ready" projects in the nation -- a $9 BILLION rail tunnel under the Hudson River.

[The $9 BILLION will disappear and nothing will be built.]

As stimulus money begins to flow to state and local governments, the Obama administration last week warned state auditors and budget officers that a lot is riding on how responsibly they handle the infusion of taxpayer dollars.

[In New Jersey, most of the money will be stolen by the mafia. $1 BILLION in tax increases has been approved for New Jersey residents in 2009-2010.]

"If the verdict on this effort is that we've wasted the money, we built things that were unnecessary, or we've done things that are legal but make no sense, then, folks, don't look for any help from the federal government for a long while," Vice President Joe Biden said.

It won't be an easy task. Though most of the money will flow through states, some of the projects will be managed by local and regional authorities that have proliferated in recent decades but get little scrutiny. Obscure federal agencies that have mismanaged funds in the past will now have billions to spend. And relentlessly, fraud experts say, the common huckster will try to make a buck by rigging a bid or overbilling the government.

Xanadu is slated to open in August, [2009] but some have their doubts. The development and its publicly-financed rail link have faced delays, increased costs and recurring controversy ever since ground broke.

[In March, 2010 construction has halted and no one can say, in Governor Christie's words, "if and when" Xanadu will open for business.]

Conflict-of-interest allegations pervaded the project. Losing bidders sued. The developer endured a securities investigation and nearly went bankrupt. The train line was routed through toxic lagoons where an oil company dumped chemicals for decades.

[New Jersey is called: "Cancer Alley."]

The stimulus package allocates $350 MILLION for oversight, with plans to hire dozens of new auditors and investigators.

[A lot of that oversight money will also be stolen.]

The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners has estimated that U.S. organizations lose 7 percent of annual revenues to fraud. Should it hold true for the stimulus plan, that's $55 BILLION -- roughly the state budget of Ohio.

[New Jersey's losses due to fraud far exceed this percentage because politicians, like Senator Bob, get a piece of every pie -- including the Xanadu pie.]

"If there's money to be had, someone will come along and try to find a way to deprive you of it," said Allan Bachman, the association's education manager. "The government resources are stretched right now in terms of accountability. To add this task to them is going to be a huge burden."

I. Unprecedented Cascade of Cash.

With spending spread far and wide, the stimulus package signed by President Obama in mid-February reads like a Nano version of the federal budget. Everything from lead abatement in public housing to space exploration gets money. Some will be doled out to states and some to federal contractors, some by formula and some by grant.

The various tentacles have public interest groups on edge, given the billions of dollars wasted and abused in the reconstruction of Iraq and after Hurricane Katrina.

"It's monumental," said Craig Jennings of the open government group OMB Watch. "I don't want to be too hyperbolic, but this is something that hasn't been done before and it's a lot of money."

Some small agencies will see their budgets balloon. Take the Rural Utilities Service, an Agriculture Department bureau started in the 1930s to bring electricity to the heartland. Its broadband loan program, which in the 2009 budget had $300 million, will now administer grants and loans worth $2.5 billion.

In 2005, the inspector general found problems with a quarter of the funds the program had received in its first four years. The service spent $45 million, intended to bring Internet service to underserved rural areas, to wire 19 affluent subdivisions in the Houston suburbs. One of those, the Sienna Plantation, is built around a golf course within five miles of the city limits. Another, River Park West, is just outside Sugar Land, which has a median household income of $95,000 -- one of the highest in Texas.

Government watchdogs also might have a hard time stopping crooked contractors from getting stimulus money. One of their main shields against fraud, a database of banned contractors, is riddled with holes, according to a Government Accountability Office report last month. Companies that have defrauded the government continued to receive contracts by simply changing their addresses or because officials failed to check the system, the GAO found.

[N.J. officials are usually paid off to look the other way. Are you concerned about government corruption, Senator Bob?]

In one case, a computer-services company convicted of falsifying records received a new contract because, when searching the database, procurement officers left out a comma. In another, the owner of a medical equipment firm evaded a five-year ban for Medicare fraud by transferring the company to a neighbor, who transferred it back to the owner's wife, who used her maiden name to avoid detection.

Political thorns also await the stimulus as state and local officials fight over how to spend it.

In Texas, the stimulus dredged up an old political quarrel when the initial project list devoted money to repairing toll roads. That inflamed critics who say people shouldn't have to pay to use a road that is also built with tax dollars.

"The stimulus package came into play after all these years of battling," said Terri Hall, director of the anti-toll group Texans Uniting for Reform and Freedom. "It brings up the double-tax open wound and just puts salt in it."

Complicating the politics and oversight is a maze of local and regional authorities that will be conduits for large chunks of stimulus money. ("Big Pappa and New Jersey's Third World Ethics" and "More Problems for Menendez -- Tapes!")

In the 1950s, the U.S. Census counted 12,000 such districts, which develop everything from water supplies to railroads to housing, sometimes mixing public money in partnership with private developers. By 2007, they proliferated to more than 37,000.

The original idea behind such districts was to cut through red tape and reform a patronage-driven system of public works. But more recently, appointments to these special district boards have been dominated by campaign contributors and developers, creating potential conflicts of interest that can raise suspicions about who benefits.

“Those authorities were created in response to the shortcomings of the political system and multitude of municipal boundaries,” said James Hughes, dean of the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. “In creating those instruments to solve a problem, they added additional problems.”

II. Rail Link a Critical Link.

Perhaps no place shows the potential for conflicts more than northeast New Jersey.

[No, you don't say? Dem guys think we ain't honest!]

That is where two authorities involved in helping Xanadu get rail service -- the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and NJ Transit – are hoping to land $3 BILLION from the stimulus for the Hudson River tunnel. As recently as January, local officials talked about landing stimulus money for a second rail line to Xanadu.

Xanadu was conceived in 2002 as a way to redevelop the Meadowlands, a series of wetlands in northeast New Jersey best known as the home of Giants Stadium and the Nets basketball arena. The $2.3 BILLION project has relied on hundreds of millions of dollars in public spending for transportation improvements and environmental cleanup. But as with many aspects of Xanadu, precisely how much the public has invested is in dispute.

[Wait, somebody get a calculator. No wonder they want to censor me. They don't want you to discover these facts.]

The New Jersey Sierra Club estimates the public contribution exceeds $900 MILLION [that's your money!] when property tax breaks, financing and other types of subsidies are counted. But John Samerjan, a spokesman for the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, disputes that. He said the developers have so far spent $260 MILLION for lease payments to the state and for transportation and environmental cleanup costs.

[Oh, is that all? What the hell then ...]

Inside Xanadu, workers are laying tile and installing wires. The structure itself is nearly finished, but much work remains for the tenants. Two years behind schedule, the carnival-colored complex looms over the highway as a vibrant monument to economic revitalization or a gaudy albatross, depending on whom you ask. Local newspapers have exhaustively chronicled the project’s many ups and downs.

[Any public project in New Jersey will always be "2 years behind schedule with massive cost overruns."]

In 2003, The New York Times reported that Earle Mack, who sat on the board of one of Xanadu’s developers, Mack-Cali Realty Corp., provided a private jet to then-New York Gov. George Pataki for a Caribbean trip. A month later, Pataki and New Jersey Gov. James ["You gotta pay-to-play"] McGreevey agreed to have the Port Authority finance the $150 MILLION NJ Transit rail link. Aides said at the time that Pataki wasn’t lobbied by Mack and had repaid him for the flight.

Costs of the rail line have since ballooned to nearly $200 MILLION. The connection was critical: Xanadu’s promotional materials say the train is capable of bringing 10,000 people an hour to the complex. The 2.3-mile link also would cut traffic congestion and fulfill a long plan to connect the Meadowlands to New York City by rail, benefiting not only Xanadu but the stadiums, racetrack and concert hall.

[How successful will a shopping mall be during a long-term recession? There are 5 other shopping malls within 15 minutes driving distance of Xanadu.]

By 2006, when it came time for a Port Authority vote to formally approve the rail spur, four of the 10 commissioners present had to recuse themselves. The chairman, Anthony Coscia, works for a law firm that represents the Sports Authority, [Bill 'em, Cheat 'um, and How, Esqs.] the board overseeing the Xanadu project. Another commissioner was David Mack, Earle’s brother and a director at Mack-Cali.

Xanadu’s main developer, Mills Corp., disclosed in 2006 that the Securities and Exchange Commission had opened a formal investigation into the company and that it would restate its earnings because of accounting errors.

[Jose, you got company. Several more legal eagles in Hudson County are heading for a big fall. Accounting errors? Dipping in the trust account, boys? I never did that, but they said I was "unethical." Please see "Law and Ethics in the Soprano State" and "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System."]

With Mills teetering toward bankruptcy, New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine’s economic development chief, Gary Rose, helped find new investors for Xanadu – Colony Capital and Dune Real Estate, The Record of Bergen County reported.

At the time, Rose had an equity interest in Dune, The Record said, citing public disclosure forms. Rose also held stock and mutual funds in Goldman Sachs, which stood to lose more than $1 BILLION in loans if Xanadu went under, the newspaper said.

In an interview, Rose disputed The Record account and said he was only trying to help the players work together. He said he disposed of his interests in Dune as soon as he was advised they were joining Colony in an effort to rescue Xanadu.

The close connections feed skepticism nonetheless.

[Skepticism? Whatta-ya talking about? I love people. Right, Cheech?]

“If you look at who’s involved [Senator Bob?] and at what levels they’re involved,” said Jeff Tittel, director of the Sierra Club’s New Jersey chapter, “you end up seeing that this is part of this whole witch’s brew of New Jersey political insider dealings.”

[Take the canolis, Louie. Geez.]

Also raising critics’ suspicion was the decision to route the rail link through a federal Superfund site, which the Sports Authority purchased from Honeywell International for $6.2 MILLION, a price some said was unnecessarily high.

[Hey, it was worth 2 million, plus a little something for the kids. Part of the purchase price may have been coming back to the politicians under the table. Stuart Rabner was N.J. Attorney General when the project was planned. Prisco? "Stuart Rabner and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey."]

Honeywell, based in New Jersey, has donated tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions through its political action committee in recent years. The firm has hired several former political aides and state officials, including the former assistant commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection.

“You wonder, ‘Why did they pick that site over all other places?’ ” said Mayor John Hipp of Rutherford, just south of the Meadowlands. “I think that an investigation should be warranted. It’s a disaster.”

Honeywell spokeswoman Victoria Streitfeld denied that politics influenced the property deal. The company remains on the hook for remediation on the property it sold.

[Victoria Streitfeld is a New Jersey lawyer who is duty bound to speak the truth. Make her an ethics official. See "Does it Look Like I'm Negotiating?"]

Samerjan, the Sports Authority spokesman, said it’s difficult to avoid environmental problems in the Meadowlands, given its history as an industrial landfill.

["They gotta keep picking up the bodies of dead politicians," a gentleman identified as "Fat Tony" said on Monday. Mr. "Fat Tony" is a New Jersey Superior Court judge.]

Port Authority spokesman Steve Sigmund said it’s unfair [it's all relative!] to compare the Xanadu rail link with the Hudson River tunnel. “Yes, they are both rail projects that happen to start in the Meadowlands,” he said. “But beyond that they are totally different projects.”

In the past few years, he said, the Port Authority has taken steps to become more transparent – opening committee meetings to the public, allowing public comment periods before decisions and broadcasting meetings on the Internet.

III. A New Sheriff in Town.

[They went that-a-way. We'll head them off at the pass!]

Not all stimulus projects will involve as much money or murky politics.

With the fraud in Iraq and New Orleans fresh in their minds, Democratic leaders included what they say is “unprecedented” accountability and transparency in the stimulus: $350 million for oversight, or about $1 for every $2,250 in the plan.

[Lots of luck. "New Jersey's Superior and Supreme Court Whores" and "New Jersey's Feces-Covered Supreme Court."]

Spending will be overseen by the new Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, which some have dubbed the RAT board. It is composed of the inspectors general from every major federal agency receiving money.

[You won't see them no more.]

Earlier this month, Obama appointed Earl Devaney, a respected inspector general in the Interior Department, to head the board. Given the awe and praise that followed, one might have guessed that a tumbleweed had blown through the Capitol while someone cued the theme to "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly."

Devaney’s resume includes taking down powerful lobbyist Jack Abramoff. He exposed sex, cocaine and corruption in the government’s oil-and-gas royalty program. He once caught someone taking a bribe with a camera hidden in the mouth of a shellacked alligator’s head. “Earl is not one for sweeping things under the rug,” said Joseph Hungate, chief deputy to the Treasury inspector general for tax administration.

[They won't like that guy in New Jersey.]

In a few weeks, the stimulus board will take over Recovery.gov, the Web site where President Obama has promised that the public can track "every dime" of spending. But the president's Office of Management and Budget issued reporting guidelines that some critics say contradict his pledge.

Recipients of funds -- states, federal contractors and regional transit and housing authorities -- are required to report how they spend the money and to whom they award contracts. Those who receive funds from the recipients, such as cities and community college districts, will not. “All State A has to do is report the subgrant to City B, but City B has no requirement to report anything,” Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said at a recent hearing. “So how to do we get to the contracts?”

Robert Nabors, OMB deputy director, responded that the Obama administration was trying to balance the desire for transparency with the burden on small businesses.

“I just think this guidance doesn’t match what we’ve advertised,” McCaskill shot back. Jennings’ group, OMB Watch, is urging the administration to provide detailed data in such a way that citizen watchdogs can look for political influence.

“It’s going to be very difficult to go through reams of [documents,] find one particular contractor and say, ‘Ah! This one particular contractor has gotten 500 contracts and he’s made X number of campaign contributions,’ ” he said.

[The contributions will be made by contractors through third parties and will not be detectable on the surface of transactions. Much of the money for such contributions will come from illegal transactions, mob cash in New Jersey. Political contributions provide an avenue for money laundering mafia and drug cartel profits. Right, Senator Bob?]

Pay-to-play cases draw big headlines. But the dire economy and the influx of stimulus dollars create textbook conditions for more mundane abuse, fraud examiner Bachman said. “I’m holding my breath on this,” he said. “I wouldn’t be surprised if some period of time down the line we’re still prosecuting frauds going years back because of the stimulus package.”

Bob Hennelly of public radio station WNYC in New York contributed reporting on Xanadu. This story is part of ShovelWatch, a collaboration by ProPublica and WNYC to track the $787 billion stimulus bill Congress passed in February.

Today has been a nightmare in terms of attacks against my sites, distortions of my posts and ability to edit or proofread my work. I think these examples of public censorship with the cooperation -- or deliberate inattention -- of Trenton officials send the message that: 1) censorship is routine in American public communications and the Internet, despite disclaimers and the First Amendment; 2) the feds either can not (or will not) protect persons fighting state government corruption, where the potential felons are of the same political party as federal officials; 3) allegations by Chinese and other scholars of a sharp decline in America's fortunes and values -- evidenced by efforts to move to a new global reserve currency -- are demonstrably accurate.

I live in and love the USA. However, I am baffled by the persistence of these mafia cybercrime tactics taking place before the eyes of the world. I find it hard to believe that N.J. or U.S. lawyers and law enforcement are unable to control the harassment that I face, every day, or to provide me with the documents and records to which I am entitled by law. If this is a matter of a payoff, like most things in New Jersey, maybe I can try for a lay away plan.

Do you believe that this inability to do anything about torture and censorship of a person fighting mafia corruption will encourage others to come forward or cooperate with law enforcement efforts against organized crime in New Jersey or anywhere? Has it been long since you've seen Gloria, Bob? How about the real estate twins? ("Is Senator Bob 'For' Human Rights?" and "Senator Bob Struggles to Find His Conscience.")

Senator Bob Says: "Xanadu and You Are Perfect Together!"

April 12, 2009 at 5:36 P.M. "errors" were inserted in this essay. I visited New Jersey today and made sure to relieve myself in North Bergen, New Jersey. I urge you to do the same.

New Jersey government hackers are preventing me from posting images or accessing my MSN group. I will continue to try to regain access and to write. I cannot say whether someone in that malodorous state is finally reaching out to me. Please do not pretend to be a friend. Have the decency to be honest about what you are doing and for whom you are acting if you try to contact me. I will continue to struggle for that face-to-face meeting until someone will actually "see" me.

Ms. Milgram's actions on the corruption front are too little and too late. Anne Milgram will be remembered as another tainted and questionable or corrupt N.J. public official, protecting persons sharing her sexual-orientation (Debbie, Diana), complicit in the crimes and cover-ups of the Democrat machine. Milgram is yet another disgrace for New Jersey's legal system. Maybe she'll go to work for Bernie Madoff when she leaves the Attorney General's job, which I hope will be soon.

New Jersey's political and legal systems are heavily influenced by organized crime. This is usually described in county courthouses as "business as usual." What else is new?

There are unwritten rules and a network of secret alliances and loyalties. Local "bosses" often control results in courtrooms, appointments to key positions, bar committee participation and judgeships, even the private use of police officers and equipment for illicit purposes.

New Jersey's Supreme Court chooses to remain oblivious to these realities. The "justices" keep their distance from humble attorneys and their grimy world, in order to ponder deep issues and provide the rest of us with their immortal thoughts. Naturally, the "justices" do not wish to anger their political patrons or bosses. The only explanation that makes sense of legal paralysis in New Jersey in response to the crimes detailed in newspapers on a daily basis and the horrors experienced by me is corruption. ("New Jersey's Feces-Covered Supreme Court" and "One of New Jersey's Highly Ethical Attorneys Has a Problem.")

Jaynee must have been a so-called "consiglieri" (italics cannot be provided due to hackers) before finagling a judgeship by "doing a little something" for the boys. Perhaps this explains the HIP scam? What happened to those $300 MILLION, Jaynee? I am sure they'll come up with an "accounting error" type of bullshit to explain the missing money. Garcia, how are your friends in West New York's Police Department? Take a Xanax. Meanwhile, Senator Bob is juicing up the bachelor pad in Miami Beach, owned (allegedly) under another person's or a corporate name. That's a good way to use the Xanadu dough, right Bob? ("Law and Ethics in the Soprano State" and "Senator Bob Loves Xanadu!")

Is (or was) Ms. LiCausi a lobbyist for Xanadu developers or interests of any kind? Did she disclose, in writing, her "relationship" with the Senator? Were any fees received by Ms. LiCausi for this "lobbying," either personally or through an intermediary -- a chaperone, perhaps? -- and if so, were these fees shared in any way with the good Senator from the swamplands of Secaucus? Has Ms. LiCausi visited the "swinging scene" in Miami Beach, Bob? Have you thought of Antonio cologne, Bob? Is there any connection between Senator Bob and the censorship directed against my sites? (I experienced difficulties in reaching my blogs again this morning, letters are deleted from words, "errors" will be inserted constantly to maximize frustration and to damage the essays.)

"Secaucus" is so close in spelling to the Cuban term "Sicote," and the smell in that town is so similar to what the Cuban word describes, that persons in Hudson County tend to associate the words. Several attacks on this essay have resulted in the removal or alteration of words. I will continue to make corrections as they are needed.

How much of the $2 BILLION has been spent on the Xanadu deal? How close are we to completion of the Xanadu project, including a rail link from the Meadowlands to the city? There are enormous disparities in "accounting" for the monies expended in this public/private project to create a mall -- with the same stores found in several other malls in the area -- in the midst of a severe recession? Lots of luck.

How many law firms "billed" for services in connection with Xanadu? How politically active are the said law firms? How many contributions to political campaigns, like Senator Bob's election "efforts," have these firms made? How many lobbyists have "sold themselves" to Xanadu developers? Ms. LiCausi? Do you speak to me of "ethics," Senator? You want to give these guys in New Jersey $4 BILLION in "stimulus" money? Where's the OAE? The word "whore" in New Jersey describes a subspecialty in law. ("New Jersey's Supreme Court Whores" and "New Jersey's Feces-Covered Supreme Court.")

Ronald Smothers, "Six Police Officers Charged With Protecting a Drug Ring," The New York Times, July 12, 2006, at p. B3:

"Prosecutors say [New Jersey] police officers conspired to protect their [drug dealer] friends, and to cover-up their own efforts to shield them in order to continue living in the fast lane." ("Mafia Involvement in New Jersey's State Police" and "KKK Police Shocker in New Jersey.")

New Jersey Superior Court judges may be even more corrupt than the cops. Bribes, favors, combined with unprecedented levels of stupidity and cronyism to make New Jersey's judges the laughing stocks or worse of America's and the world's legal profession. ($15-$20,000 to buy a N.J. Superior Court judgeship, allegedly.) The response to what I say will be further illegal censorship and threats, together with the removal of a letter from one of my words in this essay. I've heard everything from $15-25,000 to grease one's way to a judgeship after the ten years in practice. How much is it these days, BobbyM?

I have received a notice suggesting that Yahoo e-mail is "closing" and MSN groups is, allegedly, "closed" and inaccessible to me. My image-posting feature has been destroyed and my book is suppressed. It is impossible to tell how many hits this blog receives. The number shown on my profile is a gross underestimate and unchanging, despite numerous "tests" indicating that visitors are not registered, even after several "visits" to the profile. I wonder why this N.J. government cyberwarfare is directed against my sites over so many years? ("What is it like to be tortured?")

It is probable that Senator Bob is behind these shenanigans. I can only hope that no U.S. Senator would assist in censorship and suppression of political speech, a crime under federal law, or in efforts to frame an Internet critic "for something." Say hello to Gloria, Bob. Any other lawyer in New Jersey would be sanctioned for ex-parte chats with a colleague's client. Cyberattacks? Planning to travel to Cuba, Senator Bob? Maybe to work on your tan with the babe?

John Holl, "New Jersey Ex-Trooper Gets 24-Year Sentence for Involvement With Drug Gang," The New York Times, July 15, 2006, at p. B5:

Former New Jersey State Trooper, Moises Hernandez, "acknowledged on Friday, he was working for a Columbia-based drug gang that the authorities say was responsible for bringing almost $6 MILLION in cocaine and heroin into the United States EVERY DAY."

This guy was a friend of Senator Bob's, allegedly. How many more N.J. cops are on the payroll? $6 million A DAY buys more than a few New Jersey judges and politicians, making the drug trade easier in the Garden State than in most other places. The Trenton Cartel regards this sort of thing as "business as usual." The hoods in blue suits must not be permitted to get away with threatening critics in the blogosphere or their family members, especially children.

Is West New York's former police chief finally out of federal prison? The only thing easier than drugs in New Jersey is prostitution, right Bob? ("New Jersey Based Prostitution Ring and New York's Pay-for-Luv-Guv.")

Was my refusal to get involved in illegal activity of any kind grounds for investigating me? 1988-today. What are the connections, if any, between Miami's Cubanoids and Colombian drug merchants? Do the Cubanoid-fascists provide a distribution network by way of their bought politicians and cops? Miami to New Jersey, only in order to get to New York and the rest of the country? We are discussing millions and billions of dollars? Is crime in America really about African-American kids? Whose crimes are we worried about? ("Driving While Black [DWB] in New Jersey" and "Mafia Participation in New Jersey Courts and Politics" then "Cubanazos Pose a Threat to National Security.")

Drugs are a lethal threat to our inner cities -- drugs are killing those African-American kids in more ways than one -- and drugs which are brought, mostly, by non-African-Americans into the cities must be opposed by all of us. Trenton politicians protect CONNECTED child molesters and distributors of child porn, many victims are minority children. ("We don't know from nothing," "Judges Protect Child Molesters in Bayonne, New Jersey" and "New Jersey Superior Court Judge is a Child Molester.")

Neil M. Cohen, Esq. is on the N.J. Legal "Ethics Committee"! Paul Bergrin? ("No Charges for Child Molester in New Jersey Assembly" and "New Jersey's Legal System is a Whore House.") Stuart Rabner, Esq? (Prisco?) Anne ("I like girls!") Milgram, Esq.? How young, Anne? Debbie Poritz? You must be joking.

This drug distribution network is not about the Italian mafia. This is Colombian and Cuban-American organized crime made possible by corrupt politicians and bribed judges in New Jersey. No amount of intimidation by hoodlums wielding public power on behalf of a criminal enterprise will silence committed critics of this evil. Such corruption and incompetence by the N.J. judiciary is what I call "unethical." Let's tell the OAE about it. Give 'em a call. Anne Milgram? Maybe you can meet women, Anne! Oh, oh ... they will remove another letter from one of my words. Isn't cybercrime illegal in New Jersey? ("How Censorship Works in America" and "Censorship and Cruelty in New Jersey.")

There are unspoken and unacknowledged legal double-standards that lead to the justified conclusion -- especially by many minority and poor litigants -- that the system is biased against them (which it is), also corrupt and inaccurate (which it also is). African-Americans are, overwhelmingly, victimized both by organized crime and by a corrupt legal system in New Jersey.

Michael Tigar and others have shown that too many people who should not be in prison are locked up; whereas, many who should be kept off the streets are set loose on an unsuspecting population. Senator Bob? Much depends on whether defendants can call on -- or become -- corrupt politicians or have plenty of money. These are overlapping categories. Money gets access. And in New Jersey, for some reason, politics makes people rich. Who knew? ("Does Senator Menendez have Mafia friends?")

$28,000 a year for a municipal job in the Garden State and a thrifty public servant managed to save one million dollars. Unfortunately, he passed away before spending this money that he had "saved," somehow. I should have taken a course in economics from him. I wonder how ex-Mayor of West New York Anthony DeFino saved so much money in New Jersey. Real Estate? Albio Sires seems to be doing equally well. Don't spend it all in one place, Albio. I look forward to quoting Albio's comments concerning Mr. DeFino in a future essay.

Do you speak to me of ethics, boys and girls? Congratulations on becoming a millionaire, Senator Bob, after a life in public service. Amazing. This item may interest you, Senator: "Cuba: Fidel Castro Meets With U.S. Lawmakers," in The New York Times, April 8, 2009, at p. A8. (Not bad for a man who has been "dead for years.")

The Cuban-American National Foundation's alleged support for an end to the embargo and new relations with Cuba may obscure greater hostility behind the scenes to the Cuban people's economic improvement efforts. Cubans should be wary of offers of friendship from Miami's Cubanoids. Finally, easing of trade and travel restrictions by the Obama administration may be a first step towards normalization of relations. More attacks against my writings must be expected from Cubanoid-fascists.

John Holl, "Tenafly Ex-Councilman Gets Probation for Heroin Possession," The New York Times, July 12, 2006, at p. B5:

"Jeffrey Romano, a former councilman from Tenafly, N.J., who was charged with HEROIN POSSESSION in November and who has admitted continuing to use the drug, was sentenced on Tuesday to five years probation." (emphasis added!)

"Jay Romano and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey" and "North Bergen is the Home of La Cosa Nostra."

African-American and/or poor offenders facing similar or identical charges are routinely treated much more severely than this mysteriously "fortunate" defendant. I wonder why? There are husbands in jail because, as a result of unemployment, they could not make alimony payments, while affluent defendants get a "walk" after much more severe convictions.

Of course, child support is an important right of mothers and children, but state "get tough" policies often result in denials of child support and an increased tax payer burden.

In some New Jersey counties, Mr. Romano's situation -- or the peccadillos of other political "personages" -- would not result in an indictment at all. The matter would be returned to the local municipal court level, where the defendant would get a slap on the wrist. Maybe only a little pat on the wrist and the wish that he "have a nice day." Charges against politicos have a tendency to simply "go away," like a summer rain storm. Let's make them an offer they can't refuse.

"Mr. Romano, a real estate manager, had been arrested several times before. In 1991, he pleaded guilty to possession of narcotics in Orange County, New York, and received probation. Also, in 1991, he was arrested in Kirkwood, New York, and was fined $331.00."

Either of those original charges would have resulted in a jail sentence, that is, if Mr. Romano's skin were a little darker or if he were not "politically influential." Any minority or poor male, as I say, would be in jail for a long time on identical charges. In New Jersey, "allegedly," the "reward" for criminal activity is often a political position in local government, for the right boys. (See "Let's see what he's got under his fingernails." )

"In 1996, [Mr. Romano] pleaded guilty to petty larceny in Vestal, N.Y., and was fined $100.00." That is what I describe as official "theft." This seems much worse than knowing someone who is "alleged" not to have worn a seat belt on one occasion. These were the reduced charges, remember.

Mr. Romano's attorney Robert L. Galantucci, Esq., did a fine job. I cannot believe that dispositions on such charges in urban counties are fair. I also cannot accept that it is appropriate for a convicted defendant to have no problem (according to all indications at this time) with his professional license, if any, as a "real estate manager" (is he a licensed broker?), when others with minor civil lapses -- who are not charged with heinous crimes, until FRAMED of course -- are subjected to the maximum penalties, even when their own civil rights are violated and crimes are committed against them by so-called "ethics-enforcers" (a possible contradiction in terms in New Jersey), certainly as regards the bribe-taking and politically-tainted OAE.

Politics must be removed from professional disciplinary proceedings, even in the Garden State. For example, OAE attorneys should respect the civil rights and humanity of their "targets" by refraining from stealing or committing other crimes against them, like rapes. My saying this is "nothing personal." I hope no one will take anything personally. The biggest lowlife, lying, and otherwise unethical shysters I had the misfortune to know in New Jersey were OAE attorneys entrusted with enforcing ethics rules. Most of them are probably judges today. Has my friend "John" at the OAE been suspended?

Observers of these questionable proceedings might be overheard to whisper: "Geez. Badda-bing, badda-boom!"

Senator Bob, the Babe, and the Big Bucks!

I find myself being quoted by reporters from many publications who have never spoken to me. I have posted -- since purchasing my computer -- my status regarding New Jersey. I have not spoken to any "self-identified" reporter from The New York Times or any other publication about any matters whatsoever. If I do so, given the relationships that may exist between N.J. political or "business" people and press figures, I will bring my own tape recorder and confirm my statements in writing. (See "Burn Notice" and "Incoherence in 'The New York Times.'")

Anyone claiming to be me may provide a statement to the media. My statements will always be posted in these blogs. As for being "restored," I am not sure how N.J. will "restore" twenty-plus years of my life or undo these crimes and continuing cover-ups. Have you no shame, Ms. Milgram? Have you substituted for your dignity, a job title and cash price tag, Mr. Rabner? How does a Jew become Mengele, Terry? Ms. Poritz, was the lesbian sex worth the "little favors"?

Many attempts to make use of my computer have been frustrated by hackers, viruses, spyware and other obstructions. A scan of my computer -- after installing a new "upgraded" security system -- has already disclosed three new security risks, since yesterday, only one of which can be resolved at this time. Thus, I cannot be certain when or whether I will be able to continue writing. I will do my best. That scan is still underway. At any time, I may be prevented from writing at my home computer and will search for a public computer to continue working. I am unable to access my MSN group, Critique. America is calling on other countries to respect freedom of expression and dissidents' rights. New Jersey is excluded from this requirement or call. I wonder why New Jersey's Democrats, mostly, continue to get away with their crimes?

March 20, 2009 at 2:35 P.M. I cannot access MSN groups. Images cannot be posted. My books are still suppressed. Harassment is continuous. I will focus on the sex lives of more N.J. judges.

August 30, 2007 at 4:05 P.M. (See "What is it like to be tortured?")

August 31, 2007 at 10:40 A.M. I am unable to access my msn account or group, numerous attempts to do so have been obstructed by hackers. Corrections to this post were lost after an attempt to republish the essay failed. I will continue to struggle throughout the day against these obstacles. Mafia/mob involvement in Internet crime is to be expected. It usually follows upon criticisms of promiment New Jersey politicians, like Senator Bob. I wonder why?

David Kocieniewski, "Inquiry Focuses On Former Aide to Menendez," in The New York Times, August 28, 2007, at p. B1. (As of October, 2009 this matter and several others concerning Senator Bob are still under investigation by grand juries, allegedly.)
David Kocieniewaski, "Economic Woes Affect Some July 4th Fireworks," in The New York Times, June 22, 2009, at p. A15. (N.J. may cancel July 4, festivities and Christmas due to disappearing millions and yet a sparkling shopping mall has -- allegedly! -- appeared, along with a rail link to Manhattan by way of a new tunnel. However, no one has yet seen these items nor the $2 BILLION that vanished to "pay" for them.)

"A federal investigation of Senator Robert Menendez over potential conflicts of interest with recipients of government financing has shifted focus to the lobbying work of his former chief of staff and confidante, according to lawyers and others familiar with the case."

"A grand jury in Newark has subpoenaed hundreds of pages of financial documents, which received a variety of public financing when KAY LICAUSI, who was an aide to Mr. Menendez while he was in the House of Representatives, lobbied for the hospital. Last week, the grand jury heard testimony from Jonathan Metsch, a former Menendez fundraiser who was president and chief executive of the hospital when it hired Ms. LiCausi, the Star Ledger [sic.] of Newark reported on Sunday."

Ms. LiCausi must be well-connected to prominent officials in the area. Yes, I checked the spelling of her name. But she seems very young and may not have appreciated the full implications or ramifications of actions that I am sure others, like the junior Senator from New Jersey, asked her to take.

"You take the money."

"No, you take the money."

These kinds of statements are often heard near the New Jersey Senate building. In fact, these statements -- or words to this effect -- can be heard on tape uttered by Harrison Williams, predecessor of Mr. Menendez in the U.S. Senate, who was caught in the F.B.I.'s "ABSCAM" operation.

"Neither Mr. Menendez nor Ms. LiCausi would comment on the matter. But Marc E. Elias, a lawyer who represents Mr. Menendez, said that he expected the United States attorney leading the investigation to find that Mr. Menendez acted 'appropriately.' ... "

Mark, did you ever visit "The Philosophy Cafe"? You want a rematch, Mark? Who asked you to argue with me, Mark? Wanna try again, kid? Is cybercrime "ethical" for a New Jersey lawyer, Mr. Elias?

This statement from counsel is what is known in legal circles as the typical bullshit. "Some other dude done it," will be next. Get your fee up front, Mr. Elias -- in cash. As for whether Mr. Menendez acted "appropriately," I'd say he's pretty typical for a New Jersey politician climbing to the top of the greasy pole in Hudson County. Look up the biography of Benjamin Disraeli, who -- in an old-fashioned way -- refrained from thievery as Prime Minister in Victorian Britain. Better yet, research the colorful political history of Union City ("La Bolita"!), New Jersey. Chicharron?

I have just corrected an "error" inserted in this text since my previous reading of it. I expect to encounter such criminal vandalism each time that I review this work.

"The investigation became public last summer, when the Star-Ledger reported that Mr. Menendez had collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in rent for a building he owned from the North Hudson Community Action Corporation, an antipoverty group."

This is a group that tries to prevent poverty for politicians and themselves. They are highly successful in avoiding financial difficulties -- for themselves, that is! -- thanks to your tax dollars.
"Mr. Menendez had helped the group, which was run by a political ally" -- a partner in crime, Bob? -- "and campaign contributor, win MILLIONS of dollars in federal funding. When federal agents seized records from North Hudson last September, Mr. Menendez, a Democrat, was locked in a heated campaign against State Senator Thomas H. Kean Jr., a Republican."

It turns out that Menendez may be much worse than even Tom Kean suspected. Rumored alliances with Miami's so-called "Cuban-Mafia" have dogged Menendez for years. I wonder whether this has something to do with my computer troubles? Ya think? I have a feeling we're all going to find out. Perhaps Mr. Menendez will be "locked" once again, in a more literal sense this time. Harrison Williams? Bob Torricelli? "Slim Jim" McGreevey? Will Bob Menendez be next? (See "The Departed.")

My experiences are examples of the way censorship works in America -- through denigration and discouragement, denials of creative opportunities, vandalism and destruction of creative or intellectual work, theft, deliberate campaigns of frustration and orchestrated efforts aimed at the professional and personal destruction of critics, corruption goes unpunished and dissidents are silenced. Contrarian attorneys are designated for destruction by politicians, usually secretly. Bob is reputed to be a master of the dagger in the back method of "conflict-resolution." ("How Censorship Works in America" and "What is it like to be tortured?")

An "error" inserted in the foregoing sentence since my previous review has now been corrected. In response, I will focus on alleged use of prostitutes by current and former political and judicial figures in New Jersey. You know who you are, boys. Mr. Ginarte, do you know anything about this subject?

Read Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent. Inevitably such efforts involve secret destruction of reputation and interference with professional as well as social advantage for dissidents. I wonder why Lulu refuses to distribute my book?

"Mr. Menendez [sic.] relationship with Ms. LiCausi, [23 at the time?] who worked in his office from 1998 to 2002, has been the subject of criticism. Neither has commented on reports that they were romantically involved."

How old is Bob, a dashing 53 years-old?

I don't care about anyone's romantic involvements because they're not my business. On the other hand, THEFT of public funds, HYPOCRISY in legal ethics enforcement, CRIMES by pontificating hypocrites (I am not naming anyone, yet) -- those things do concern me. Use of prostitutes is a crime. Right, Debbie Poritz? (See "Is New Jersey Chief Justice Deborah T. Poritz unethical or only incompetent?" and "New Jersey's Feces-Covered Supreme Court.")

Why will we punish desperate young women and not older men and women, who should know better, exploiting and discarding those young prostitutes? I am not suggesting that Ms. LiCausi is a prostitute. As for Mr. Menendez, you decide what he is. ("More Problems for Menendez -- Tapes!")

Anyone planning on inserting "errors," again, in my work? This would be a good time to do so. Who would want to do such a thing, Senator Bob? Censorship? If you did nothing wrong -- why worry, Bob?

"Mr. Menendez has acknowledged, however, that he helped Ms. LiCausi build a substantial client base after she left his office in 2002 by steering hundreds of thousands of dollars in lobbying business to her from [his] allies at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and other businesses and organizations."

How much was getting back to Big Pappa under the table we may never know. Big Pappa gotta get his, right Bob?

"Among the clients Ms. LiCausi had by 2003 was Liberty Health Care System, which runs Jersey City Medical Center, and was then headed by Mr. Metsch, said Tom O'Neal a spokesman for the hospital. Mr. Mensch did not return calls requesting comment. ..."

Care for a Cohiba, Bob? A little espresso?

"... investigators were trying to determine whether Mr. Menendez had helped Ms. LiCausi win the contract to represent Liberty, and if her position was linked to the hospital's successful efforts to win government backed bonds."

I wonder whether Kay knows Diana? Are they "connected" in any way? Notice this next paragraph for the proverbial smoking gun:

"Although Ms. LiCausi's filings with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission do not list Liberty Health Care as a client until 2005, hospital representatives said she was paid $280,000 for work between January 2003 and February 2007."

$280,000 or some portion thereof, paid BEFORE the corporate entity was a client, for undisclosed reasons, which might have something to do with the Senator helping them get federal money. Ms. LiCausi may have been placed in peril by whoever arranged for her to receive those funds, for whatever purpose. I wonder who that could be? Does she realize that? I wonder where the money went? Do you think this also could be related to my computer troubles? On whose tax returns were these sums listed as income? Or were they listed at all? In what year and for which of these two persons was this money listed as income? After the cat is out of the bag "amendments" of tax returns will not help with the "ethics" of this situation, Big Pappa. Do you speak to me of "ethics," Senator? This is a U.S. Senator? Senator Bob is a member of the bar in the state of New Jersey. Where is the OAE? Hey, walking turds, "this buds for you." Ms. LiCausi, no matter who tells you otherwise: Get your own lawyer.

"We forgot!" I'm still running the scan. My profile's image-posting feature is disabled. I cannot access my own books on-line. How surprising it is that I continue to experience these difficulties? I wonder why I have so much trouble on-line? Go ahead, take a letter out or put one in. I don't believe that such tactics will stop me from writing. (An "error" was inserted in this last sentence and has just been corrected by me, again.)

Whether a Senator from the aptly-named state of "Idaho" (I bet he did!) was trying to get laid in a public bathroom (get a room next time!) is much less interesting to me than misuse of power and public funds for personal gain. That used to be called STEALING. Mr. Garcia?

How many others might also claim they "had" a "ho" -- a political or legal "ho" I mean? I never had a "ho." Misspent youth, I guess. In our divided political culture, party affiliation is everything. The liberal troops will fight for Menendez. Meanwhile, the people -- in Richard Nixon's elegant phrase -- "get shafted."

"Ms. LiCausi's client list included an array of other organizations that sought public financing or government permits or approvals for major projects. She represents the Mills Corporation, which is developing the XANADU shopping and entertainment complex in the Meadowlands."

This project has fallen under great criticism for lack of progress and disappearing MILLIONS of dollars, allegedly. $2 BILLION TOTAL PISSED AWAY? Senator Bob says: "Let's get tough on crime!"

"In 2004, several months after [Ms. LiCausi] was hired by Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Mr. Menendez announced the first of two appropriations totalling $9.5 MILLION to repair the shoreline and extend the berth for the company's ships."

That's you doing the financing, the chumps -- I mean the tax payers. Wait, I think I was right the first time. I wonder what that shipping company is doing for Senator Bob? Fruit basket?

"Mr. Menendez said that his relationship with [Ms. LiCausi] did not affect his actions."

Good old, Bob. He's for "all the people" -- especially the ones who can put big money in his pockets. Lots of luck with those grand juries, Bob!

As a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association, who is required to be "ethical" at all times and truthful, just like every other New Jersey lawyer you know, Bob has sworn to abide by all laws of the land and to be a good scout. I wonder whether the OAE is interested in this little tea party. I doubt it. I wonder why the OAE thinks that Bob is the cat's meow? Is the OAE a "ho"? Whatta-ya say, John? ("New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System" and "New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics.")

I wonder whether OAE people were involved in committing crimes -- yes, CRIMES -- against me? Aren't crimes unethical? Censorship? Obstruction of justice? Denials of discovery? Solicitation and even preparation of grievances? Paid off and intimidated witnesses? Assault? Questioning under hypnosis? Tampering with witnesses? Obstruction of justice, John? And so much more ... Ethics? New Jersey "Ethics" is what they call a "misnomer."

The OAE is the least ethical and truthful legal entity in the state. The agency is a dump site for political soldiers who genuflect to the powerful and agree to limit who they go after to the enemies of powerful political bosses. Their hypocrisy is sickening. I would not be surprised if some OAE lawyers are indeed part of the hacking campaign against me in violation of federal civil rights laws and the Constitution. You low-lifes in Trenton want to talk to me about ethics? Any time. Maybe attacks on my family members will be next.

Gee, I wonder if N.J. attorneys had anything to do with my troubles at "The Philosophy Cafe" at MSN?

Hey, Big Stu' ... you awake? ("No More Cover-Ups and Lies, Chief Justice Rabner!")

Does Senator Menendez Have Mafia Friends?

September 13, 2010 at 3:47 P.M. Several attempts to reach this essay were blocked by messages appearing at my computer stating: "Service is Unavailable. Error 503." Presumably, this bogus message comes from New Jersey persons affiliated with Senator Bob who claims to be "for all the people." ("Senator Menendez Was Not Indicted Today.")

January 7, 2010 at 1:06 P.M. New attacks against my computer prevent me from accessing my home e-mail. I will continue to struggle. Access to MSN and MSN Groups is still obstructed. Who would wish to prevent me from posting essays on line and why? Could it be New Jersey? OAE? How's life treating you, John? Talk to me about your superior "ethics," boys.

March 5, 2009 at 2:41 P.M. Access to MSN is still blocked, efforts to read earlier posts were obstructed. Suddenly, there are many attempts to frustrate communication efforts or to create distractions. I will continue to write. At any time, I may be prevented from further work on these essays. Also, I may suffer an unfortunate accident. However, such an eventuality will not alter the truth-content of these essays. You decide what you believe based on what you observe, read and know of life.

Peter Applebome, "Xanadu, Perhaps a Folly For Our Times," in The New York Times, February 22, 2009, at p. A27. ($2 BILLION is gone with the wind in New Jersey.)
Tricia Tirella, "North Hudson to Appeal NAACP Suit, Hiring Freeze," in The North Bergen Reporter, March 1, 2009, p. 1. (Union City, West New York, Guttenberg and North Bergen discriminate on racial grounds in hiring people.)
Bob Ingle & Sandy McClure, "The Gospel According to the Mob," in The Soprano State: New Jersey's Culture of Corruption (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2008), pp. 232-241.
For information on local political figures, read: http://indypendent.org/


As of 1988, Bayonne's rich mafia turf was taken over by "Genovese capo Angelo 'the Horn' Prisco." In 1994, following a three year investigation, Prisco and twelve other men were charged with murder, arson, extortion, and the illegal sale of automatic weapons. Prisco was also accused of sanctioning a plot to bomb an occuppied apartment building in Philadelphia. "That [bombing] never happened because the man assigned to do the deed was a state policeman working undercover."

New Jersey's Hudson County is mob country. No other county in New Jersey's mafia-saturated wastelands is as thrilled about its organized crime credentials. This goes way beyond Italian-American organized crime. Colombian drug cartels are well-represented with attorneys on call 24 hours per day. Cuban-American drug runners from Miami liked to stop off for lunch at the Union City Cafeteria before driving back to Miami Beach in a new car with cash in their pockets. No doubt many of these drug runners are active in the anti-Castro movements in Miami.

The countless La Cosa Nostra guys were the most colorful, however, enjoying political and legal protection from local politicians and (allegedly) from "friends" and "made members" among the judiciary. This is something that "I have reason to believe" is true. (See "Judges Protect Child Molesters in Bayonne, New Jersey," "Law and Ethics in the Soprano State" and "Senator Bob, the Babe, and the Big Bucks.")

"In 1998, Prisco pleaded guilty to arson for hire and conspiracy in the burning of a Garfield, New Jersey bar." This is the sort of offender who, deservedly, should be denied parole. Furthermore, given the back up in parole determinations in New Jersey, Mr. Prisco's case should not mysteriously leap to the top of the Parole Board's humanitarian considerations. Parole decisions, like everything else in the Garden State that involves the legal system, is tainted by corruption -- allegedly. (See The Soprano State, Supra et seq.)

Pictured above (the image is blocked) is Senator Robert "Bob" Menendez and a friend described, I believe and allegedly, only as "pinkie rings." I can neither confirm nor deny that this gentleman with the pink pocket handkerchief is, in fact, called "pinkie rings." Anyone wishing to supply this person's name is welcome to do so. I think that both of these men appear quite dashing in this photo. Union City is rumored to be "home base" for the Cuban illegal numbers game in America.

Senator Bob was "friendly" (allegedly) with many Cuban-American mafia guys who were virulent anti-Castro types that went into the drug dealing business, allegedly, right Bob? I heard some great stories concerning Bob in his early lawyering days hustling for public work and the "courtesies" required to get that public loot. I will be discussing Senator Bob's early adventures in future posts. I wonder whether they will block my t.v. signal again? I hope not. ("How Censorship Works in America.")

January 7, 2010 at 1:10 P.M. My access to my home e-mail account is obstructed, harassment made it difficult to reach this blog today. Perhaps this is merely a coincidence. (I am told that "Outlook Express -- is Not Responding.")

"Considering what the prosecutors said about his career, it is no surprise that the two times Prisco applied for parole he was rejected. Then, miraculously, after McGreevey became governor, the state parole board reversed itself just four months after the last parole denial in what insiders called a highly unusual move."

In New Jersey, this is not so unusual. I am surprised that Mr. Prisco was not appointed to a Municipal Court judgeship in Bayonne or North Bergen, or even a Superior Court "spot." Probably, this has something to do with the fact that a judgeship would be a pay cut for Prisco.

"Records show there was none of the customary paperwork that would indicate that someone in the appeals unit had reviewed the case."

Hey, what the hell. It's good old Joe. The following was the stunning and brilliant conclusion of New Jersey officials questioned about this matter:

"... 'It appears that it didn't go through the normal channels,' said Edward Ocksay, chief of the parole board's appeals unit."

No shit. How about that? Geez. Take a look at this typical Jersey "coincidence" -- like all the computer troubles that I have experienced lately:

"Prisco's original turf was the Bayonne waterfront, where International Longshoremen's Association Local 1588, long associated with the Genovese crime family, operates. [Diana Lisa Riccioli?] Seven weeks before Prisco got paroled, campaign records show, the International Longshoremen's Association, based in New York, donated $85,000 to the Democratic National Committee's non-federal account. The union donated $5,000 to the Hudson County, New Jersey, Democrats the day the parole board withdrew its denial of Prisco's parole. ..." (emphasis added!)

Guess who was the point man on this operation? Yep, you guessed right. Menendez buddie and front-man "Donald Scarinsci of the Scarinci and Hollenbeck law firm signed the Hudson County Democratic Committee's report as its treasurer." (See "More Problems for Menendez -- Tapes!") In the words of Ingle and McClure, "Scarinci is a Democrat fund-raiser known to run Hudson County for then-Congressman and now U.S. Senator Robert ['BobbyM'] Menendez."

I wonder where that money contributed to the Democrats so-called non-federal account was deposited? Isn't it amazing how often "BobbyM" turns up on F.B.I. tapes, allegedly? According to journalist Gregory J. Volpe, "while a member of the House of Representatives Menendez worked to ease the prison transfer of Nicholas Parlavecchio, a racketeer, convicted on Cocaine charges, who was eventually sent to the same prison as his son convicted for similar charges." (Soprano State, pp. 76-77.) All in the family, huh? Sweet.

In addition to these colorful friends, Senator Bob a.k.a. "Pappa" was rumored to be friendly with quite a few guys from Miami who made many trips to New Jersey -- for the weather. This can neither be confirmed nor denied at this time by anyone. All of this is entirely apart from regular incidents involving Mr. Scarinci acting for Menendez in "helping" persons benefitting from government contracts in the county for a "small fee," allegedly, in order to allow the Senator to "wet his beak." Also allegedly.

What do you got in the trunk, Bob? Oh, two hundred pounds of "sugar." Isn't that nice?

Where exactly is the Democrats' "non-federal account," Mr. Scarinci? Where did this "political contribution" go, allegedly? Aren't both American political parties required to have their "accounts" within the U.S. in American banks? I thought so. There were several instances of money being paid to local towns on transactions "disappearing" for a year or so? Where did that money go, Bob? Say hello to Jocelyn. Were you acting against me behind my back, Bob? That's legally unethical, Bobby. Were you or was anyone on your behalf in contact with clients represented by an attorney without identifying yourself to that attorney, Bobby Boy? That's "unethical," Bob. So is accepting a bribe as a public official, allegedly, right Bob?

A new "error" was inserted in this paragraph since my previous review of this essay. That's good. I thought they were forgetting about me. ("Fidel Castro's 'History Will Absolve Me'" and "Today's Cuban Revolutionaries Are on the Internet.")

The Xanadu matter -- 2 BILLION GUACAMOLES -- involves pouring your dollars into a projected development of a shopping mall in the Meadowlands in which Senator Bob was an alleged "beneficiary" or "investor," whether directly or indirectly. The deal may not go through, and the public investment will be gone with the wind -- like the millions that went to fill a hole in the area that somehow was never filled up with dirt, only with your money. How's that project in Bayonne, Bobby? $30 MILLION in taxpayer funds, huh. Nice. I bet the taxpayers don't know about all the chemicals in the area. ("New Jersey's Third World Ethics.")

Tape recorded conversations between Dr. Sandoval and Scarinci make for depressing confirmation of (in Mr. Scarinci's own words!) the obvious fact that "the only reason I stuck my nose in this thing is because Menendez asked me." (p. 76.) He wasn't kidding. ("More Problems for Menendez -- Tapes!")

Try the empanadas, Bobby.