Have You Hugged Your Globalization Today

Rumor or fact has it that Madeleine Albright's Group is representing the UAE on the Hill in their deal for control of those US ports. Below I mentioned Karen "The Fixer/Sitter" Hughes was in Dubai last week to assure Dubai businessmen it's a done deal. Just a courtesy call from Herr Bush and bipartisan buddies following the orders of the ruling elite crowd. Although unlikely the Dubaians were all that concerned as they are part of the global elbow-rubbing ruling elite crowd (for now anyway).

Madeleine formed the Albright Group with the usual resume, former Secretary of State under Bill Clinton, spent eight years on the President’s Cabinet and National Security Council, former permanent representative to the UN, professor, scholar, chairman, and on the board of directors of the New York Stock Exchange.

The last week in November 2005 Ms. A. was a featured speaker at the Leaders in Dubai convention. Along with Colin "Tom" Powell, Michael Eisner, Queen Noor, Rudolph "Asskissy" Giuliani, Bill Clinton via videocast, etc.

The previous May 2005 Albright had been busily chairing and preparing a Pew Global Attitudes Project report from a series of worldwide public opinion surveys. Other board members and/or advisors on the project were Queen Noor and Henry "Assassinator" Kissinger. According to the report – all corners of the world want globalization, free market, democracy, although Lebanese industrialist Jacques Sarraf, acknowledged that modern developments were not always 'for the best', but should be embraced overall. Oh yes, even if not for the best, let us hug it.

My bet is the survey was not to measure "acceptance" of globalization in all corners of the world, but resistance.

Albright cites the "IMPENDING ARAB WORLD JOBS CRISIS" in this speech. According to her the Arab world will need 100 million jobs created in the coming decade, and she repeats the corporate line that "globalization needs to be embraced." It can't be good for us if the ruling elite are hugging it that much.

With massive investment going on in the Arab world (see here) surely the need for construction workers, burger flippers, waiters, maids, will provide some of the 100 million jobs. And there's always a need for prostitution and telemarketing. Arabs only have to embrace it like the rest of the cornered world.