About The Third Way - Know your Enemy

Overview | June 1, 1998
About The Third Way
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America and the world have changed dramatically in the closing decades of the 20th century. The industrial order of the 20th century is rapidly yielding to the networked "New Economy" of the 21st century. Our political and governing systems, however, have lagged behind the rest of society in adapting to these seismic shifts. They remain stuck in the left-right debates and the top-down bureaucracies of the industrial past.

The Democratic Leadership Council, and its affiliated think tank the Progressive Policy Institute, have been catalysts for modernizing politics and government. From their political analysis and policy innovations has emerged a progressive alternative to the worn-out dogmas of traditional liberalism and conservatism. The core principles and ideas of this "Third Way" movement are set forth in The New Progressive Declaration: A Political Philosophy for the Information Age.

Starting with Bill Clinton's Presidential campaign in 1992, Third Way thinking is reshaping progressive politics throughout the world. Inspired by the example of Clinton and the New Democrats, Tony Blair in Britain led a revitalized New Labour party back to power in 1997. The victory of Gerhard Shroeder and the Social Democrats in Germany the next year confirmed the revival of center-left parties which either control or are part of the governing coalition forming throughout the European Union. From Latin America to Australia and New Zealand, Third Way ideas also are taking hold.

On Sunday, April 25, 1999, the President Clinton and the DLC hosted a historic roundtable discussion, The Third Way: Progressive Governance for the 21st Century, with five world leaders including British PM Tony Blair, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, Dutch PM Wim Kok, and Italian PM Massimo D'Alema, the First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and DLC President Al From.

The Third Way philosophy seeks to adapt enduring progressive values to the new challenges of he information age. It rests on three cornerstones: the idea that government should promote equal opportunity for all while granting special privilege for none; an ethic of mutual responsibility that equally rejects the politics of entitlement and the politics of social abandonment; and, a new approach to governing that empowers citizens to act for themselves.

The Third Way approach to economic opportunity and security stresses technological innovation, competitive enterprise, and education rather than top- down redistribution or laissez faire. On questions of values, it embraces "tolerant traditionalism," honoring traditional moral and family values while resisting attempts to impose them on others. It favors an enabling rather than a bureaucratic government, expanding choices for citizens, using market means to achieve public ends and encouraging civic and community institutions to play a larger role in public life. The Third Way works to build inclusive, multiethnic societies based on common allegiance to democratic values.

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The Power of Community Can Change The World
Text of Prepared Speech by Tony Blair
October 3, 2001
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I believe their memorial can and should be greater than simply the punishment of the guilty. It is that out of the shadow of this evil, should emerge lasting good: destruction of the machinery of terrorism wherever it is found; hope amongst all nations of a new beginning where we seek to resolve differences in a calm and ordered way; greater understanding between nations and between faiths; and above all justice and prosperity for the poor and dispossessed, so that people everywhere can see the chance of a better future through the hard work and creative power of the free citizen, not the violence and savagery of the fanatic. [There is a total disconnect in this statement with the events of 9-11. He expresses a positive message for NATIONS with justice and prosperity for the poor because of the actions - supposedly by individuals. Even using their straw man- Osama Bin Laden, all propaganda about Osama says that he just wants his country to be free of western influence so that they can practice their religion and live their lives according to their traditions.]

I know that here in Britain people are anxious, even a little frightened. I understand that. People know we must act but they worry what might follow.

They worry about the economy and talk of recession.

And, of course there are dangers; it is a new situation.

But the fundamentals of the US, British and European economies are strong.

Every reasonable measure of internal security is being undertaken.

Our way of life is a great deal stronger and will last a great deal longer than the actions of fanatics, small in number and now facing a unified world against them.

People should have confidence.

This is a battle with only one outcome: our victory not theirs.

What happened on 11 September was without parallel in the bloody history of terrorism.

Within a few hours, up to 7000 people were annihilated, the commercial centre of New York was reduced to rubble and in Washington and Pennsylvania further death and horror on an unimaginable scale. Let no one say this was a blow for Islam when the blood of innocent Muslims was shed along with those of the Christian, Jewish and other faiths around the world.

We know those responsible. In Afghanistan are scores of training camps for the export of terror. Chief amongst the sponsors and organisers is Usama Bin Laden.

He is supported, shielded and given succour by the Taliban regime.

Two days before the 11 September attacks, Masood, the Leader of the Opposition Northern Alliance, was assassinated by two suicide bombers. Both were linked to Bin Laden. Some may call that coincidence. I call it payment - payment in the currency these people deal in: blood.

Be in no doubt: Bin Laden and his people organised this atrocity. The Taliban aid and abet him. He will not desist from further acts of terror. They will not stop helping him.

Whatever the dangers of the action we take, the dangers of inaction are far, far greater.

Look for a moment at the Taliban regime. It is undemocratic. That goes without saying.

There is no sport allowed, or television or photography. No art or culture is permitted. All other faiths, all other interpretations of Islam are ruthlessly suppressed. Those who practice their faith are imprisoned. Women are treated in a way almost too revolting to be credible. First driven out of university; girls not allowed to go to school; no legal rights; unable to go out of doors without a man. Those that disobey are stoned. [Setting up the alternate reason for attacking Afghanistan - they are not westernized. They are not connected to the globalized western world. Below he says "no western agencies" - that means they wouldn't allow the UN NGO's to bring cultural cannibalization to their country]
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http://www.channelingreality.com/The_Coup/Blair_Speech.htm

Tony Blair gave a most interesting speech two weeks after September 11th: "The Power of Community Can Change The World". The themes in Blair's speech correlate to those of Barnett. That's not a coincidence. Tony Blair is a 'communitarian' - newspeak for Communist. Since the multinational corporations are using the communist organs of the United Nations to reorganize the world according to the utopian visions of the central planners, and the Third Way 'communitarian' Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush made the institutional changes to the U.S. government - dismantling it and putting it into the hands of the multinational corporations through public-private partnerships, it all fits. It leads to the conclusion that there is a communist takeover of the United States in progress. To those who say that it can't be communist because the government doesn't own the means of production, think again. The U.S. government is merely a facade. The multinationals have become the government, they own the means of production and they are 'leveling' the middle class to the poverty level as they bleed out our economy through 'direct foreign investment' and the export of their businesses to cheap labor countries.

The United States IS the United Nations: The Secretary of the U.S. Treasury is the U.S. govenor of the International Monetary Fund and receives no compensation as governor from the United States, which is a federal corporation.
http://www.channelingreality.com/The_Coup/Barnett_Intro.htm

Ret. Vice Admiral Art Cebrowski, Father of Net-Centric Warfare.

The following are a series of articles written by or about Art Cebrowski which - to my mind only add to the evidence.

Facing the Future: Transformation Means Making New Rules
April 4, 2005
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Apr2005/20050404_481.html

Inevitable Surprises: Seizing the Opportunities
http://www.defenselink.mil/transformation/cebrowski_paper_20041216.html

The American Way of War
January 2003
http://www.usni.org/Proceedings/Articles03/procebrowski01.htm

Planning a Revolution: Mapping the Pentagon's Transformation
June 2003
http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/wm292.cfm

Net-centric goal: a different military
November 2003
http://www.gcn.com/22_32/interview/24048-1.html

SEA, SPACE, CYBERSPACE: BORDERLESS DOMAINS
February 26, 1999
http://www.nwc.navy.mil/pres/speeches/borderless.htm

Network-centric Warfare: It's Origin and Future
January 1998
http://www.usni.org/Proceedings/Articles98/PROcebrowski.htm

Military Transformation - A Strategic Approach
http://www.iwar.org.uk/rma/resources/transformation/military-transformation-a-strategic-approach.pdf

AN INDICTMENT OF THE AMERICAN MIND

BY: Stephen Ames

So how do most American's resolve conflicts they face when authority figures command them to negate human life or human dignity?

The most important and best known study on obedience to authority was carried out by Stanely Milgram at Yale University in the early 1960's. His work can be found in the Journal of Abnormal and Social psychology, 67, 371-378 (1963) and in a book authored by him "Obedience to Authority" published by Harper and Row (1974).

The most fascinating aspect of Milgram's work was that the results he came up with surprised both himself and his colleagues. In fact his work almost entirely escaped one of the most common complaints leveled at psychological research, namely that the experimental findings merely confirm common sense. There was a wide variety of people of different ages and occupations involved in the experiment.

This is how the experiment worked. You are taken into a room and met by a 31 year old biology teacher, the experimenter. The other person in the room is a 47 year old accountant who is mild mannered and likable.

The experimenter tells you that he is interested in learning about the effects of punishment on learning. It is decided by drawing lots that the accountant will be the learner and you will be the teacher. You go into a room where the learner is strapped into an "electric chair" and an electrode is strapped to his wrist. Electrode paste is applied to his wrist to avoid burns and blisters. You are told that the electrode is connected to a nearby shock generator.

You go into another room, which has the shock generator unit in it. It has 30 lever switches, each labeled with a voltage between 15 and 450 volts. Groups of four switches of increasing voltage are labeled Slight Shock, moderate Shock, Strong Shock, very Strong Shock, Intense Shock, extreme Intensity Shock, and DANGER: Severe Shock. The final two levers are simply marked XXX.
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THE AMERICAN HALLUCINATION

AN INDICTMENT OF THE AMERICAN MIND

http://www.apfn.org/apfn/halluc.htm

Speaking of 'social justice', I just finished writing an analysis of a speech by Tony Blair that was given a couple of weeks after 9-11. In hindsight, it fits very well into my think on who did 9-11 and why.

Read down to the paragraph on Tony Blair - then click on the link to his speech. That way you'll have the context in which I was wrote my analysis (in light blue):

http://www.channelingreality.com/The_Coup/Barnett_Intro.htm

A Word From Tom

I care not if you are an American, Iraqi, Israeli, Palestinian or whose flag
you live under. I care not that you worship a God, or what his name may be.
I care not that you like or dislike me. I care not whose head adorns the
money that buys your comfort.

I care that you should be treated with the same dignity and respect I demand
for myself and for my family. In fact I demand it!

I demand that the rights of each person regardless of place of birth is
respected, not because of their wealth or achievements but for the dignity
that is the birthright of all who are born to this earth.

Life demands not that we prosper at the expense of another but that we share
our humanity and call a crime a crime, regardless of who the victim is, or
who the villain.

Let us not walk in arrogance across the globe speaking of freedom while our
hands are stained in centuries of blood.

Let us not preach to the world as victims and use the crushed bodies of the
two thousand seven hundred and fifty nine people who perished on 9/11 as a
weapon to plunder a world that has long experienced the same devastation at
our hands.

Our tears and screams for justice are bitter taunts to a world that has been
bombed and bullied by a nation to sure of it's own goodness.

A man that has lived his life without looking at his past and identifying
those sections of his character that have brought pain to others is a
tyrant. A nation and its people who refuse to acknowledge its crimes and the
suffering of its victims is an evil to the world and should expect only evil
as its reward.

How poor we are when we consider our own pain more worthy than the suffering
of others.

"Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the
comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God's service when it is
violating all his laws." -John Adams

Merry Christmas

Peace and Joy:

Tom Feeley