Inhumanity in America.

December 9, 2009 at 3:19 P.M. An advertisement was imposed on these blogs: "Save $ Inmate Phone Calls, Immediate Savings on Inmate Calls (888) 728-2726 to save big today! http://www.conscallhome.com/ "

The plight of inmates is very amusing to some people in New Jersey government. ("An Unpleasant Encounter With New Jersey's State Police" and "N.J.'s KKK Police Shocker!")

September 26, 2009 at 1:33 P.M. A number of cyberattacks prevent me from accessing my Yahoo account. I will struggle to continue writing from public computers.

Andrew Sullivan, "Dear Mr. Bush, You Approved Torture -- Only You Can Fix the Damage," in The Atlantic, October, 2009, at p. 78. (Time to get off the pot, Mr. Rabner.)
Philippe Sands, "Torture -- The Complicit General," in The New York Review of Books, September 24, 2009, at p. 20. (Further evidence of U.S. psychological torture policies, many are used against inmates in US prisons.)
William K. Rashbaum & Al Baker, "Police Official In Terror Unit is Removed," in The New York Times, September 24, 2009, at p. A1. (You decide. Working for the Jersey Boys?)
Peter Baker, "Obama Says Current Law Will Support Detentions," in The New York Times, September 24, 2009, at p. A23. (Disappointing.)
David M. Halfbinger & David Kocieniewski, "For Christie, A Family Tie No Candidate Can Relish," in The New York Times, September 24, 2009, at p. A30. (Luca Brazzi says hello!)
"Prisoners' Rights," (Editorial) in The New York Times, September 24, 2009, at p. A40. (What have we become?)
Peter Baker & David Johnson, "Guantanamo Deadline May be Missed," in The New York Times, September 29, 2009, at p. A27. (There is a fear, internationally, that Mr. Obama is neutralized by intelligence services and Republican enemies ignoring the chain of command.)
David Cole, "The Case Against the Torture Memo Lawyers," in The New York Review of Books, October 8, 2009, at p. 14. (American lawyers responsible for "crimes against humanity" and Holocaust-like evil" are rewarded with federal Circuit Court or N.J. judgeships.)

New Jersey lawyers and "minions" may deface or alter these essays on a daily basis. I have spent forty minutes or so correcting "errors" inserted in writings describing torture. This is considered an adequate response to charges of atrocity on the part of OAE officials and their agents. September 30, 2009 at 10:06 A.M.

More sex lives of New Jersey judges will be discussed at length in forthcoming essays.

"In 1996, Congress passed a law that made it much harder for inmates to challenge abusive treatment. It has contributed significantly to the bad conditions -- including the desperate overcrowding -- that prevail today. The law must be fixed."

The situation of many inmates -- this is especially true of women who are incarcerated -- can only be likened to slavery. Worse, there is a sexual form of abuse, especially for young offenders, that is gruesome and destructive of whatever semblance of humanity remains for women (particularly) who are imprisoned in the dungeons of America. ("Foucault, Rose, Davis and the Meanings of Prison.")

American women inmates are, overwhelmingly, victims of exploitation, child abuse, drug addiction, and other social ills long before they get to prison, usually in childhood. The trauma of imprisonment, when combined with these tortures, makes them worse offenders and more dangerously ill women. Much the same is true of men who are incarcerated. The obstacles and injustices are almost always worse for women than men.

Prison administration attracts an unusual number of individuals, male and female, who are sadists, officials relishing the sanctioned opportunity to indulge in vicious cruelties as well as sexual violations. Traditionally, the only real remedy for PERSONS who are incarcerated and subject to the desires of sadists in uniforms of various kinds has been access to the courts. Internal mechanisms or administrative hearings are a joke in prisons.

Psychobabblers and other social workers are "enablers" of abuse -- or abusers themselves -- in many instances. These social scientists see prisoners as fodder for experiments and sources for exploitation in their projects and careers. They are usually detested by inmates, deservedly and appropriately detested. I often agree with inmates about such so-called "whores of the court." ("Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture.")

"In the name of clamping down on frivolous lawsuits, the Prison Reform Litigation Act barred prisoners from suing prisons and jails unless they could show that they had suffered a physical injury. Prison officials have used this requirement to block lawsuits challenging all sorts of horrific conditions, including sexual abuse." (emphasis added)

Most women are constrained, already, from reporting the sexual abuse to which they are often subjected in American prisons -- sometimes every day -- by fears of retribution (from guards) or the power-structure within prisons (other inmates), a power-structure which may be complicit with rituals of sexual domination or the desires of the administration of a facility. A prison sentence for many American women is mandatory consignment to a course of sexual abuse and exploitation which is, in nearly every instance, exactly what has brought these women to prison in the first place. We are guaranteeing young offenders a life of crime and return visits to prison. (Again: "Foucault, Rose, Davis and the Meanings of Prison.")

There is enough tragedy and suffering, also injustice and abuse of power, sadism and relish of cruelty in women's penal institutions to last a lifetime for an observer who spends only one day visiting and talking to imprisoned women.

"The law also requires inmates to present their claims to prison officials before filing a suit. The prisons set the rules for those grievance procedures, notes Stephen Bright, the president of the Southern Center for Human Rights, and they have an incentive to make the rules as complicated as possible, so prisoners will not be able to sue. 'That has become the main purpose of many grievance systems,' Mr. Bright told Congress last year."

Women inmates do not have multimillion dollar lobbyists in Congress and, often, are not represented by able counsel before the U.S. Supreme Court. They are easy targets of politically popular, but meaningless non-solutions to crime and incarceration controversies:

"In the last Congress, Representative Robert Scott, Democrat of Virginia, sponsored the Prison Abuse Remedies Act. It would have made it harder for prison officials to get suits dismissed for failure to exhaust grievance procedures. It would have exempted juveniles, who are especially vulnerable to abuse, from the law's restrictions."

One "error" inserted since this morning has now been corrected. I am shocked to learn that some Right-wing Cubans object to literacy programs in Cuban schools, while opposing racial integration in American schools in Miami. ("Babalu and Free Speech Too!" and "American Hypocrisy and Luis Posada Carriles.")

"The bill's supporters need to try again this year. Conditions in the nation's overcrowded prisons are becoming increasingly dangerous: recently, there have been major riots in California and Kentucky. Prisoner lawsuits are a way of reining in the worst abuses, which contribute to prison riots and other violence."

"The main reason to pass the new law, though, is human decency. [We don't believe in human decency any more.] The only way to ensure that inmates are not mistreated is to guarantee them a fair opportunity to bring their legitimate complaints to court."

Among the scandals in prison administration is the negligent or incompetent medical care afforded to inmates that is Tuchin-like in its disdain for the welfare of victims of abuse and mistreatment. Women are raped in prison every day. Many do not receive treatment for illnesses until it is too late to do much good. ("Would you have helped Kitty Genovese?")

" ... In concluding that it does not need specific permission from Congress to hold detainees without charges" -- not without convictions, but without CHARGES! -- "the Obama administration is adopting one of the arguments advanced by the Bush administration in years of debates about detention policies."

America's first African-American president cannot be soft on slavery. Mr. Obama said: "We will not abandon Constitutional principles for expediency." Well, our most fundamental commitment in a free society is to due process of law. No deprivation of liberty without charges and conviction. No PERSON will be deprived of "life, liberty or property" without due process of law. 1988-2009? (Thomas Jefferson, James Madison) There will be "no torture" in this Republic. There will be no censorship in the United States of America. (Chief Justice John Marshall) Are Jefferson, Madison, Marshall "Communists"? Are the Framers of the Constitution "soft on terrorism"?

Mr. Obama's continuation of Bush/Cheney inhumanity -- if true! -- is not in keeping with our values nor with your own campaign speeches, Mr. President. One new "error" inserted and corrected in the ongoing cyberwars. There is more at stake than your political advantage from not being perceived as "soft on terrorism." I know that this matter has not yet received the administration's full attention or final decision. I am sure that discussions of this policy will be as intense as the criticisms of continuation of Bush practices deserve to be. The United States of America must not plunge to the latrine-like levels of its worst jurisdictions, such as New Jersey. We must abide by a higher standard on the world stage. Any more "errors" that you OAE lawyers wish to insert in this essay?

A third "error" has been inserted and corrected. ("What is it like to be plagiarized?" and "What is it like to be tortured?")

What is at stake in this debate is America's Constitutional commitment and conscience. This "going along to get along" is not acceptable, Mr. Obama, even if it is tempting and easy for you politically. You know this much already. Please reconsider your decision on this issue.

Chris Christie's uncle was a member of organized crime. Nearly every prominent person in New Jersey politics and law has family members in organized crime. In fact, New Jersey's politics and law have become organized crime, a family affair. Right, Diana? This may help to explain the humiliating inability of law enforcement to control the spectacle to which you are a witness, every day. Judges, politicians, lawyers relieve themselves on the Bill of Rights before your eyes. Right, Howard?

September 30, 2009 at 10:17 A.M. I have just corrected newly inserted "errors" in "Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture." I expect these "errors" to be restored to the text by hackers from Trenton, New Jersey. ("Debbie Poritz Likes the Ladies!" and "Sybil R. Moses and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey.")

The allegations in the media that Mr. Christie concentrated on political corruption in New Jersey, as opposed to organized crime, neglects the fact that mafia activity (which is much more than Italian in the Garden State) is focused on political corruption. Political corruption is organized crime in New Jersey. Right, Alex Booth?

Christie is a corruption fighter and opponent of the way business has been done in New Jersey for decades. Residents of the state need a governor like Chris Christie, regardless of party affiliation. If you wish to continue to be robbed blind by the various mafia families from Trenton vote for the Democrat machine (all of the registered voters in the cemetery will do so). Otherwise, please try to rescue what is left of New Jersey government and the courts by getting an honest politician into office who will not accept a bribe from the mob. ("New Jersey is the Home of the Living Dead" and "Is New Jersey Lucky Luciano's Havana?")

I am struggling to remind politicians and judges in New Jersey that they once had a conscience. True, many of them never had a conscience. The situation concerning the tortures that I have described in these essays along with my experiences with fraudulent proceedings in the state's legal system are making their way through the Internet to some distant places. This nightmare is becoming global. I will not be intimidated. There is no member of the bar in the Garden State that I have met who is in a position to argue these philosophical-jurisprudential issues with me. Cybercrime is not the answer. Censorship is not the answer. Inserting "errors" in my writings is not the answer. The real number of hits at this blog may be from 25,000-50,000; my book is circulating pretty widely in the world; and there is more interest expressed in my ideas and opinions every day. You cannot beat up ideas. You are witnesses to American jurisdiction defecating on the U.S. Constitution. Give me those reports, Mr. Rabner.

New Jersey has become a byword for human rights violations, corrupt legal proceedings, sold out judges, incompetent government and decades-old cover-ups. There must be one or two people left in New Jersey's judiciary with some semblance of decency or humanity who appreciate what is at stake in this matter. Have you no shame, Mr. Rabner?

"The point of this letter, [President Bush,] is to beg you to finally take responsibility for this stain on American honor and this burden on a war we must win. It is to plead with you to own what happened under your command, and to reject categorically the phony legalisms, criminal destruction of crucial evidence, and retrospective rationalizations used to pretend that none of this happened. It happened. You once said, 'I'm worried about a culture that says ... If you've got a problem -- blame somebody else.' I'm asking you to stop blaming others for the consequences of decisions you made."

The buck stops with you, Mr. Rabner and Ms. Milgram. The legal system of New Jersey is a disgrace to the United States of America, a daily DEFECATION on legality, where sanctioned public theft -- also mafia involvement in the judiciary and higher echelons of the legal profession -- coincides with grotesque and unprecedented levels of incompetence that are not matched in any First World legal system.

A fourth "error" was inserted in this essay since this morning. I have now corrected that "error."
Mr. Rabner, put an end to the cover-ups, lies, obstructions, malingering, pointless delays, turn over Tuchin's and Riccioli's reports and records, today, along with all videotapes and audiotapes (including items hidden by the OAE), in order to make amends for these terrible crimes while compensating -- to the extent that you can do so -- for the thefts and other atrocities committed against me and others. Maybe there is still time for you to clean the judicial robes that you have sullied, thus removing the stench that hovers over your tainted courtrooms and legal chambers (as well as yourself) in New Jersey.

How many others in New Jersey will never know that their rights were violated when they were subjected to secret hypnosis sessions by so-called "therapists," like Terry Tuchin of Ridgewood, New Jersey?

Why not abide by the Constitution that you, Mr. Rabner, once promised to enforce?

New Jersey is Lucky Luciano's Havana.

June 1, 2008 at 5:10 P.M. It is not possible to update my system, scans are ineffective. I will continue to try to receive new updates and run security scans. "Errors" may be inserted in essays and other vandalism is always expected.

May 31, 2008 at 12:12 P.M. I discovered new "errors" inserted in a number of essays. I hope to correct all of these inserted "errors" and defacements of my works in the days and weeks ahead. I am still unable to update my security system. However, I will continue to try to do so. Please see "Law and Ethics in the Soprano State" and "What is it like to be tortured?" as well as "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System."

May 30, 2008 at 6:03 P.M., after four scans, I am unable to update my security system. I will continue to struggle to do so. I am blocking:

http://ad.doubleclick.net/adj/N3753.msn/B27104952=728x90;ord;... (NJ)
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This usually means that "errors" are about to be inserted in my work. I'll keep you posted.

May 30, 2008 at 1:39 P.M. after two scans, I cannot update my security system at this time. "Errors" were inserted in a number of my essays yesterday. I will do my best to make corrections today. Calls received from "Anonymous" and 918-468-2338. My printer was disabled yesterday, preventing my child from printing her homework. At 1:51 P.M. today, I attempted to print my essay, "Carlos Fuentes and Multiculturalism" from Critique. I received a blank page with "728x90_edit" on the upper left corner and the following address at the bottom of the page:

http://view.atdmt.com/iview/msnnkhac001728x90xWBCBRB00110msn/direct;wi.728;hi.90/01

I wonder why it says "edit"? Could someone be in the process of inserting "errors" in my texts? (See "What is it like to be tortured?")

May 28, 2008 at 10:37 A.M. I was unable to run a scan after attacks against my security system. I will spend the rest of the day trying to do so, then I will try again tomorrow. I am blocking:

http://view.atdmt/com/MON/iview/msnnkssc12200... ("Atlas"? Is "Atlas" The New York Times?)

At 7:38 P.M. on May 27, 2008 I received calls from: 866-590-4640; at 3:10 P.M. on May 28, 2008 I received calls from: 517-931-2212; and at 2:55 P.M. from 213-537-1800; and at 2:25 P.M. from 888-343-7033; at 6:28 P.M. from 213-537-1800; at 7:35 P.M. from 213-537-1800. When I answered the calls from 213-537-1800, there was no response.

What a coincidence that I am on so many computerized marketing call lists? At least four other calls were received from 213-537-1800 and, again, there was no answer or response from the caller. "Anonymous" also called to say hello. See the essays in the General section at my msn group, http://Crtitique@groups.msn.com/ .


Mission Statement of New Jersey's Judiciary:

"We are an independent branch of government constitutionally ENTRUSTED with the fair and just resolution of disputes in order to preserve the rule of law and to protect the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States and this State."

Bob Ingle & Sandy McClure, "The Soviet Socialist Republic of New Jersey," in The Soprano State: New Jersey's Culture of Corruption (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2008), pp. 271-287.


I have tried to understand the bizarre and flagrant criminality of New Jersey's powerful politicians and government officials. I have achieved only limited success in this effort. Everyone can see that the state is "run" by the various mobs determining judicial appointments and political elections. No one seems capable of doing anything about this corruption. Anne Milgram's belated attempts to jump on the federal prosecution bandwagon with the after-the-fact charges against the likes of Mims Hackett is humiliating and pathetic. Ms. Milgram is clearly irrelevant to real power in the state.

The salt on the wound for many victims of this evil -- there is no other word for what these N.J. mobsters are! -- is the hideous, obfuscating jargon that has enveloped this explicit criminality. Mobsters, extortionists, murderers -- these people get to embody and define "ethics" for the rest of us in a twist of fate worthy of George Orwell -- by presuming to explain "goodness" to the electorate or legal profession.

"The Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards originally consisted of only lawmakers hearing ethics complaints about fellow lawmakers, so the outcome was predictable."

Things were fixed for the boys and girls in Trenton, just as they are for most of the real crooked lawyers in New Jersey. The uncrooked lawyers tend to have problems with Ethics Committees and New Jersey's Supreme Court, where Jaynee LaVecchia still can't find those $300 MILLION that disappeared during the HIP deal. What the hell? ... Forget about it, Jaynee.

"One critic said [the lawmakers' ethics committee] should be named the 'damage control committee.' Legislators didn't take it too seriously either."

Among lawyers serving on county ethics committees, political connections mean everything. Phone calls take care of problems for members of the "club," whereas those outside the club are targeted for destruction. Payoffs are said to work wonders with judges and committee members. Refusing to provide a payoff is "not cooperating." This is, probably, an ethics offense in New Jersey. Right, John? What does your rule book say? Does $25,000 in political contributions still buy a judgeship?

"[The Committee's] Chairman, Assemblyman Anthony Impreveduto, told Gannett's Tom Baldwin in 2003 that the complaints heard by the committee -- which reprimanded only two members and fined a fourth $200 in ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN cases it handled since 1972 -- generally didn't amount to 'donkey dust.' One time the committee, under Impreveduto, claimed that it dropped an ethics complaint because it couldn't find the accuser, an individual that a Gannett reporter found with ease."

"Ethics watchdog Impreveduto, a Democrat who represented corrupt Hudson County in the legislature for seventeen years while double-dipping as a teacher and administrator at Secaucus High School for thirty-three years, resigned from the assembly and was forced to pay a $10,000 fine in a 2004 bargain with the attorney general after he was caught spending $50,000 in campaign donations on personal items such as wedding, travel, eyeglasses, a hearing aid, and sports memorabilia. He could have been sentenced to five years in jail and fined $25,000."

Those attorneys who do not dip into the trust account receive the ultimate penalty in New Jersey, as a kind of ass covering move by the OAE. Get rid of potential "exposers of corruption and criminality on the part of government lawyers," right John? How's Terry (or Stacy?) Tuchin doing these days? Diana? Still interrogating people under hypnosis or drugging in the presence of government lawyers to extract information that is used against victims, Terry? Just say you got it some place else, fellas. Then you hide the real discovery, right John?

As for Albio Sires, "the New Jersey town hall where he was mayor for more than a decade -- West New York -- was handed subpoenas in April 2007 as part of the federal probe into the way discretionary state grants are handed out when lawmakers' votes are needed to pass the state budget. The subpoenas were served after the Jersey Journal reported that the lion's share of Hudson County grants, $7.2 MILLION, went to West New York in 2005 while Sires was both its mayor and assembly speaker." (emphasis added)

Did "pappa" get to wet his beak, Albio? I will treasure our conversations, Albio, and mutual friendships with Municipal Court "judges" and pals -- who can all be trusted to do a "favor for the people in Trenton." Right, boys? How's the babe, "BobbyM"? How are things at the old law office, Bob? Still keep the old records?

"Impreveduto, incidentally" -- like quite a few of these crooks in judicial robes and political whores -- in addition to his teacher's pension of "$40,000," will get his legislator's pension when he turns sixty -- and it will be six figures or close to it, despite the guilty plea. Many other political and legal convicts in New Jersey can say the same. Maybe they have to take care of Stuart Rabner. Otherwise, they're home free and can laugh all the way to the bank. (An essay dealing with good old Stuart Rabner is coming up.)

I do not want a "little something" in order to go away. I wish to see the persons who tortured me for a little chat. Questions, boys? How about some more cyberwarfare?

"The new supposedly non-political head of the ethics committee, Bramucci, prompted a call for his resignation when he said ethics complaints against lawmakers using the budget process to benefit their family members or employers amounted to just New Jersey doing what New Jersey does." (emphasis added -- and how!)

Ethics is a matter of such concern that celebrity so-called "philosophers" teach the subject, allegedly, at local universities. " ... Kean University" -- a very good school with excellent philosophy, history and political science departments -- hired "former governor McGreevey, whose administration was one of the most ethically challenged [and who resigned in disgrace!] to teach ethics part-time for $17,500. In doing so, McGreevey was jumping on to the bandwagon of college patronage jobs, as former governor Jim Florio, was already teaching one course one day a week at Rutgers for $96,632.00 a year." (How much are tenured faculty paid per course?)

Wayne Bryant should get twice that much to teach a course in political corruption for fun and profit.

"Carolanne Kane-Cavaiola [at the Department of Human Services, was] accused in a report the state inspector general issued ... of steering $7.7 MILLION in state grants to a group she's CONNECTED with, circumventing public bidding laws and eliminating financial oversight for how the money was spent -- or misspent, as [state inspector] Mary Jane Cooper alleges." (emphasis added)

That's your money being sucked away. How do you like being a chump? "Connected," Carolanne? To whom? Not too many people in New Jersey politics and courts are "unaffiliated" with at least one of several "family-like" organizations in politics. Right, Diana? No wonder Hudson County Prosecutor Ed De Fazio was unwilling (or unable) to indict Lt. Andriani from Hoboken on charges of corruption and misuse of authority.

Does this N.J. legal sewer seem like a tempting model for other countries? It doesn't to me. Do you think that the judgments concerning my "ethics" on the part of such people keep me up at night? As for elections, Brendan Byrne said that when he died he wanted to be buried in Hudson County, New Jersey, so he could continue to take part in the electoral process. In New Jersey the dead not only vote, they receive government paychecks and (perhaps) will be appointed to the judiciary:

"... an estimated 13,000 deceased people remained on voter registration lists and at least 4,755 of the more civic-minded corpses voted in November 2003" -- and, apparently, they also voted in subsequent elections. Mysteriously, all of them are Democrats. Many undead voters are expected to turn out in the forthcoming presidential elections, which makes Florida's "chits" look good by comparison. (See "New Jersey is the Home of the Living Dead" and "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System.")

Make a few of the corpses judges, George E. Norcross, III. I guarantee you that they will be better than many of the judges now serving in the Garden State. Smarter, for sure. Some corpses will also be more honest and steal less money that current New Jersey officials, while dead people are at least as ethical as several judges I know in Jersey City.

These are New Jersey's Democrat "political whores." No one in Hollywood will make a documentary about these shenanigans. There will be no editorial expressing outrage in the Times. I say this as a democratic socialist. No wonder my computer was frozen this morning. Attacks on my work continue on a daily basis. I will respond with further analysis of mafia involvement in New Jersey politics, corruption, and incompetence among New Jersey lawyers and judges.

Wherever Cuban-American and mob relationships flourish -- as in New Jersey -- democracy is sure to succeed. Irony? Right, Senator Bob? What would be your attitude to such people deciding that you are "unethical," the same people trying to destroy or obstruct your writings on a daily basis, stealing from you, slandering you and destroying your relationships for years? Do you think that the "ethical" views of such persons should be a matter of burning concern for any reasonable person? Do you speak to me of "ethics"? Is New Jersey and its befouled Supreme Court capable of doing the right thing or judging anyone without provoking the laughter of intelligent observers from all over the world? I doubt it. My torture-journey is from 1988 to 2009. How are you doing, Terry? Adjust and go to a gym for displacement purposes, right? Where are those reports, Terry? Videos? Audio tapes? How much did you steal from me, Terry? Diana?

Future posts will focus on specific questionable associations and money transfers between developers and other interests "connected" to New Jersey politicians as well as legal officials, mob activity in New Jersey, Cuban-American criminality in the Garden State, along with corruption of legal proceedings at the most fundamental level through a brazen disregard for the U.S. Constitution's protections of the rights of persons and grotesque incompetence on the part of judges.

I expect that battalions of coopted minority lawyers will be trotted out by New Jersey to "counter-spin" this nightmare for the system. This will help the tumor to grow, as I devote years to further documenting the evils of New Jersey law. An "error" was inserted and corrected in the foregoing paragraph. More such actions must be expected, as new evidence of corruption as well as indictments are anounced. I will continue to struggle. "Christmas Tree Items," Brian? Shame on you people.

Unless I am framed for something or experience an unfortunate accident, I will devote many years to highlighting these legal realities and profiling the persons responsible for this heinous criminality. "New Jersey -- come see for yourself!"

Sharpe James Convicted! Anne Milgram Deluded!

April 28, 2008 at 10:49 A.M. I was in the middle of working on some essays at Critique, when I was obstructed in my access to the site. Numerous essays have been vandalized again. I will make corrections soon. The updating feature of my security system has been blocked by a hacker. I will run scans throughout the day in an attempt to restore it. I am blocking:

http://m1.2mdn.net/viewad/1316334/11286/
http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/N4304.microsfotonlinel... (Microsoft On Line?)

Calls from:

718-358-0900 (Time Warner -- I love the new building!)

See my new essay "Mafia Involvement in New Jersey Law and Politics." I will do my best for the rest of the day to return to my group.

April 27, 2008 at 9:59 P.M. I was obstructed, once again, when I was struggling to correct some "errors" inserted in an essay that I had posted earlier today. I will continue to struggle to return to my msn group. Sometimes, I can access the group for ten minutes at a time. During the periods of time when I am unable to access the site, new or the same "errors" are reinserted in essays that I have previously corrected. "The purpose of torture," George Orwell writes, "is torture." I am blocking:

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April 27, 2008 at 6:54 P.M. I am again unable to access my MSN group. Any damage inflicted on my writings will be repaired as soon as possible. I will continue to struggle to regain access to those essays.

April 27, 2008 at 11:00 A.M. Surprisingly, more obstructions to Internet use make writing difficult. I am blocking:

http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/N38880.SD2527.3880/...
http://m1.2mdn.net/viewad/1137716/34-1x1.gif (criminal violation)

April 25, 2008 at 11:55 A.M. after about forty minutes of effort, it is very clear to me that I will be unable to write at Critique today. However, I was able to change the image. I will struggle throughout the day to get back to my group and correct whatever damage is inserted (or reinserted) in essays.

I am periodically obstructed and prevented from accessing the site, prevented from posting. I expect additional vandalism and defacements of essays and short stories. I will continue to write somehow and somewhere. This usually means that new indictments are about to be handed down in New Jersey. It's about time!

April 24, 2008 at 6:39 P.M. My cable signal was just blocked. I am, once again, unable to access Critique. I will spend the rest of the day trying to get back to my group.

April 23, 2008 at 4:49 P.M. I was just obstructed from accessing my group. This means that new "errors" and other vandalism of my essays will take place. If and when I am able to regain access to Critique, I will do my best to make the necessary corrections. I understand that new indictments of prominent New Jersey politicians are about to become public. What a coincidence? I am blocking:

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http://view.com/APM/iview/msnnkdrv00100...
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April 24, 2008. I am blocking:

http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/adj/N3753.msn/B2719491.3sz=728x90;ord (NJ)

Work on an essay in the drafts section of my home computer has been delayed by various insertions of "errors." However, I will continue to struggle to make progress on that work, every day.

April 20, 2008 at 4:32 P.M. I am unable to access my MSN group. I will be working on more judicial profiles and essays examining the N.J. legal system. I will focus in future essays on the law practices of politicians in the Garden State as well as other poltical scandals. I will continue to try to regain access to my MSN account throughout the day, then I will struggle every day until I am able to do so in order to continue my work, either at this computer or at a public computer. Any "errors" inserted in my essays during this period will be corrected as soon as possible.

"Ex-Newark Mayor Guilty Of Corruption, Mail Fraud," http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24159959/print/1/displaymode/1098/ April 17, 2008

I was forced to restart my computer after my security system was disabled by hackers. I will try to repair damage inserted in these essays while this site was unavailable, which was at about 2:00 P.M. on April 17, 2008. I am blocking:

http://m1.2mdn.net/viewad/1361549158-DL_1x1_tr... (NJ)

"NEWARK, NJ -- Former Mayor Sharpe James and his ex-mistress were convicted Wednesday on corruption charges centered on her cut-rate purchase of city land."

"The verdicts were a stunning rebuke to James, who was mayor of the state's largest city for 20 years until 2006 and took credit for redevelopment that included a pro hockey arena that opened in the fall." [sic.]

I was astonished to learn that:

"New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram, whose office investigated and prosecuted the case with federal authorities, said the verdict showed the jury rejected 'the cancerous form of government that Sharpe James presided over.' ..."

Surely, the "cancerous form government" over which Mr. James presided was investigated and prosecuted by the feds. I am under the impression -- and so is the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, Christopher J. Christie, who was also astonished by this statement! -- that the U.S. Attorney's Office is EXCLUSIVELY responsible for prosecuting matters in federal court.

Ms. Milgram, apparently, wishes to convey the impression that she is doing something about these crimes and corruption that have come to define her state (and her office). It seems that Milgram stepped before the microphones and cameras as Mr. Christie was taking a bow. Nice move, Anne.

The New Jersey Attorney General would not prosecute N.J. political corruption if her life depended on it. Otherwise, if she locks up crooked politicians, who will make Anne Milgram a judge? Who indeed. Undaunted, Mr. Christie -- shoving Anne Milgram out of the way of the cameras -- positioned himself, smiled (fetchingly), and stated humbly and sincerely:

"This is a guy who believed the property of the people of the city of Newark was property he could feel free to give away to pay off his girlfriend."

Women. The things a guy has to do.

"There is no other conclusion you could reach, after this jury verdict, that Tamika Riley was a kept woman and that she was kept by the money and property of the people of Newark."

Horror and shock. I am dismayed and distraught. And how! Senator Bob said, "See you later."

Mr. James is looking at twenty years max on each conviction. Ms. Riley is also facing substantial time. The unindicted crooks in N.J. politics ("on the one hand, but on the other hand") should get exactly the same penalty -- or worse. As for Ms. Milgram and her minions, they never saw a microphone they didn't like. Mr. Christie should bring elbow pads to the next press conference.

F.B.I. Initiates Multiple Investigations in North Bergen, New Jersey.

April 8, 2008 at 8:35 P.M. calls from 231-732-2268; April 9, 2008 at 11:00 A.M. calls from 603-214-3592. Hours of computer warfare yesterday resulted in defacements of numerous essays. I will correct and repost them.

February 26, 2008 at 8:15 A.M. I am blocked from accessing my MSN hotmail account or group. I cannot change the image or post new essays at this time. I am running new scans. I will struggle throughout the day to return to my e-mail account and group, in order to continue working on my writings.

February 26, 2008 at 10:18 A.M. telephone calls received from 213-363-5185 at 9:33 A.M. I am blocking all of the following as of 10:14 A.M.:

http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/N296.MSN/B1656393

http://m1.2mdn.net/viewad/1695817/7-1x1_tracking (criminal violation, spyware)

http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/N4359.MSN/B263239

http://m1.2mdn.net/viewad/1359940/5-1x1_tracking_pixel.gif (criminal violation, spyware)

Attempts to reach my MSN hotmail account are still blocked. A blank page with the message "Service Not Available" appears on screen and this address:

=98&ct=12040623&cb=siteid=msft&msppjph=1&ver=2.1.6000.1&rn=PEGIFLTX&TPF=d778094d782ead4074cf10c5795cd456

Jim Hague, "F.B.I. Investigates North Bergen Housing Authority," in The North Bergen Reporter, February 24, 2008, at p. 1.


There are several rumored investigations into "financial irregularities" in North Bergen's Municipal "organization." Democratic underboss Nicholas J. Sacco ("Big Nicky") is said to be working strenuously on putting the lid on these recent developments. Senator Bob is scrambling for cover.

"... New Jersey has been ruled by bosses who carve up the state like medieval fiefdoms. The bosses fall into two categories: the ones elected at the ballot box, and the ones scarcely known to the public even though they pull the strings that influence every part of Garden State living, especially the level of taxes and how that money is spent."

The Soprano State, at p. 71.

Sacco and Menendez are Hudson County's bosses. Hudson is "ground zero" for corruption and mob activity in New Jersey, also for cancer. Mafia, Cuban and traditional, has hovered around Menendez for years, reputedly. Besides, the alleged extortion attempts by way of Menendez crony Donald Scarinsci captured on tape by Dr. Sandoval, "... while a member of the House of Representatives Menendez worked to ease the prison transfer of Nicholas Parlavecchio, a racketeer, convicted of cocaine charges, who was eventually sent to the same federal prison as his son, jailed for similar reasons." Ibid., at p. 76.

The list of mobsters in the Menendez telephone directory is extensive. It is alleged that there are "two sets of books" in North Bergen, including different calculations for Municipal Court "intake" and "expenses." This can neither be confirmed nor denied at this time. That sounds like Union City. (See "Jay Romano and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey" and "Maurice J. Gallipoli and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey.")

Anyone raising such concerns about public expenditures will be "sleeping with the fishes," according to local attorneys.

"The U.S. Attorney's Office in Newark is investigating the North Bergen Housing Authority, which runs four publicly subsidized low-income housing buildings."

Wait till they get to Union City.

"They are looking to see whether certain Housing Authority employees skipped a wait list to give themselves housing, and whether employees took furniture meant to go into public housing."

Public Housing Authorities purchasing (with your money!) plasma t.v. sets that disappear, mysteriously, is not an unusual development in New Jersey's fetid mob swamplands.

"According to a reliable source involved with the investigation" -- reputedly, one of several secret inquiries by the feds in North Bergen and in nearby towns in flower-fragant Hudson County -- "federal officers have been looking at records from the office of Diana Peirano-Ingvaldsen, the long-time executive director of the North Bergen Housing Authority."

"Peirano-Ingvaldsen denied that there was a federal investigation."

"... 'Absolutely not,' Peirano-Ingvaldsen said. 'There was no FBI investigation. They didn't come in and take anything. I have no idea where this is coming from.' ..."

Geez ... her nose got bigger as she made this statement, allegedly.

"Peirano-Ingvaldsen is the niece of Town Commissioner Theresa Ferraro, [friend of Leona Beldini?] who remains the chairperson of the Housing Authority Board of Commissioners and was formerly in charge of the Housing Authority before Peirano-Ingvaldsen [, and who] declined to comment further."

"But Housing Authority Attorney Richard Anastasi said he knew of the investigation."

Stay out barber shops, Mr. Anastasi. Notice, very carefully, the unconsciously revealing words being used by the local mouthpiece (I mean, "attorney") for the outfit in North Bergen:

" ... 'Sure, it exists,' Anastasi said. 'But our people [emphasis added] have cooperated and our records have been left open. [Which set of records?] I challenge them to come and take a look. They'll find nothing. [emphasis added] I know [how?] that they're acting on an anonymous phone call from a disgruntled ex-employee.' ..."

Friends at the F.B.I., Richard? Call the feds if you have information on any of the various corruption investigations and "shenanigans" at local Municipal Courts in Hudson County or anywhere in the Garden State. The feds are very interested. They'll protect your anonymity.

"Our people?" I wonder who is this attorney's client? Think before you answer, if you're a law student or a member of the bar. This is what they call a "tricky question." I also wonder whether Mr. Anastasi has given this issue -- exactly who or what is his client? -- some thought. I suggest that he do so. Same to you, Anne Milgram, Esq.

It may be advisable for an attorney for a government entity in such a situation to suggest that any employees of the public agency who are targets of a criminal inquiry retain private criminal counsel. Ever heard of a conflict of interest, Richard? How about you, Anne Milgram? Stuart? Larry? Does this ring any bells? How much criminal representation-litigation experience do you have, Anne? Don't worry, for you, the problems will be "fixed"; for others, they will be invented or created. Ethics? Come on, Debbie. Let's get real. How many dates do you need with young women to forget something, Debbie? Or do you prefer cash?

I spent 8 or 9 hours yesterday, April 8, 2008, in computer warfare -- running scans, against the same people who have done such things and worse for years in New Jersey. Why are they still committing these infractions? How can a society that tolerates PUBLIC CRIMINALITY recommend the rule of law to other countries? How can New Jersey lawyers for political bosses participate in criminal censorship efforts, while speaking of freedom of speech and civil rights? Do you speak to me of "ethics"?

"... 'The allegations are ludicrous. We'll stand by our record. [I am sure that you will.] I even invited them to come in and check out everything. It's getting so frustrating that these individuals will act on an anonymous phone call."

Are you inviting them to check out "everything" or (like the OAE) everything that you are willing to show them? I am certain that it is very frustrating. It is about to get much more frustrating.

"According to the source, the investigation began after the U.S. Attorney's office received information about the Housing Authority allegedly purchasing new furniture for its buildings, but instead of the furniture ending up in the community rooms, the furniture allegedly went to some of the employees' homes."

"Another side to the investigation centers on whether the Housing Authority circumvented the waiting list for income-qualified potential residents and gave available units to Housing Authority employees."

"Both of these allegations would be federal crimes, because the North Bergen Housing Authority has to abide by strict Housing and Urban Development (HUD) guidelines."

I seem to "recall" connected local officials receiving nice lap tops, finagling cars, phones, together with other items at the tax payers' expense -- to say nothing of the mysterious accounting at Town Hall. Multiple jobs, contracts for buddies who show their appreciation, that's Jersey for ya. Once the feds get their foot in the door, then anything in furtherance of this investigation or other possible federal crimes is, as they say in D.C., "fair game." ("Errors" were inserted and corrected in the previous paragraph. I can't wait to see what they try next.)

"The F.B.I. just doesn't have much of a sense of humor!" A local goon once said to me. He's right. No wonder my access to MSN is blocked by hackers today. Go ahead insert "errors." I will fight to make corrections and continue to write.

Corruption May Cost New Jersey 3,000 Jobs!

Continuing computer attacks are making writing very difficult today. I will struggle to continue to write these essays. My goal in directing these criticisms at the most corrupt state legal system in the nation (NJ) is to "nudge" participants in that system in a more "rational" direction -- "for their own good" and not just because of some "quaint" humanitarian notion of "decency." They will thank me for this, eventually, after many of them are indicted perhaps. February 21, 2008 at 10:44 P.M. ("Errors" will be inserted, continually, and corrections will be made on a regular basis.)


David W. Chen, "Corzine Is Said to Weigh Cutting 3,000 Jobs and One Department," in The New York Times, February 20, 2008, at p. B1.


"TRENTON -- Faced with a worsening economy, Gov. Jon S. Corzine is considering reducing the state's work force by 3,000 employees and closing at least one department in the administration as part of his plan to slash up to $2.5 Billion from next year's budget, people who have been briefed on his plan said on Monday."

The unprecedented levels of theft and loss of public funds -- through blatant corruption -- has left N.J. in a desperate situation. Vital public services are threatened and may not be available in a crisis. Attempts to prevent Corzine's budget-fixing efforts and struggle to close many gaps and leaks in the budget process, allowing for grotesque levels of thievery, have not worked -- so far. Maybe they'll arrange for Corzine to have another "accident." If I were Jon Corzine, I'd get a food taster and stay off the Turnpike when being driven by a state trooper with loyalties to one of the secret organizations thriving among Garden State cops -- like the KKK or organized crime, for instance, or the "Lords of Discipline."

"State Senator Barbara Buono, a Democrat from Middlesex County and the chairwoman of the budget committee, said that Mr. Corzine -- who will unveil his budget for the new fiscal year next Tuesday -- was weighing eliminating the Department of Personnel and pushing for an early retirement package -- not layoffs -- to save tens of millions of dollars."

If jobs are not refilled after retirements, then they are effectively lost to the state's economy. Calling something a retirement or layoff does not alter this fact.

"... 'We need to end this longstanding bureaucratic inertia where departments and agencies refuse to face up to wasteful spending practices and a lack of oversight,' Ms. Buono said. [Irony?] 'I think we really need to change the mindset of how government operates.' ..."

Yes, I'd say so. One idea is to stop all the stealing of public funds and the payoffs necessary to get government permits or variances. Another suggestion is to have politicians in Trenton stop accepting cash from corrupt business people and criminals who want to operate in the state -- like the distributors of child porn who are busted regularly in New Jersey, the numbers runners who wave to the police in Union City and North Bergen, the drug dealers in West New York, whose friends in the police department (naturally, everyone denies this) give 'em a call when the heat is rising in exchange for an envelope filled with cash on Friday afternoons.

Ethics? In New Jersey? Whatta ya talking about? (As I write this I am obstructed from regaining access to my hotmail account or group at MSN.)

"Administration officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the plan, said that up to 3,000 workers could be affected" -- I guarantee you that Richard J. Codey and Speaker Roberts will not lose their jobs, unfortunately, neither will Stuart Rabner or Jaynee ("Boom, Boom, Rah, Rah!") LaVecchia -- "many of whom would presumably be older and have higher salaries. ..."

If these guys and gals can be "retired" from the system with a hefty pension, then re-hired someplace else -- especially, where it is not clear to the press that a public or quasi-public entity is doing the re-hiring, like a "private" corporation running the Turnpike and Parkway, then these known "ex-employees" will get two bites at the apple and can show their appreciation by dropping a little something in the politicians' laps "for their kids at Christmas time."

"Hey, here's a little something so the kids will remember ya! He, he, he ..." is usually whispered in the ear of an official, right before one of 'them guys' places a thousand dollars in a judge's pocket. All of a sudden, a lawyer finds that his arguments are not so persuasive to the judge who was convinced of their merits only a minute before. Also, a whisper from a politician who wishes to speak to a local judge in his "chambers" -- in the middle of a trial -- produces curious alterations in a judge's interpretation of the evidence in a case. Perhaps the politician merely wishes to chat about the weather, but I doubt it.

Yes, sir, N.J. is highly ethical territory. Right, Terry Tuchin? How much will people getting those fat pensions need to kick back to the politicians? What is Stuart Rabner's cut?

"[Corzine] has called for restructuring the state's troubled finances through a complex plan that would reduce about half of the state's $32 BILLION debt and finance transportation projects by relying on SHARPLY HIGHER TOLLS."

Lots of luck with that. Let us recall some of the sad history that explains who gets elected in New Jersey and why these guys never leave.

Steve Kornacki, "Menendez Haunted by Party's Ghosts," in The New York Observer, September 25, 2006, at p. 5.

"... If Robert Menendez, New Jersey's appointed Democratic incumbent, fails to hold off Republican Tom Kean, Jr., Euclid himself couldn't devise a majority-producing formula for the Democrats."

Menendez did "hold off" Tom Kean -- a decision N.J. voters may come to regret! -- which explains the Democrat concern to "hold off" indictment efforts against "their boy." I suspect that the U.S. Attorney's Office can not be bought off with promises of political goodies or threats, if they don't back off the Jersey Mob. Back in September of 2006, The New York Observer said:

"For now, the Menendez-Kean race is essentially a tie, something of an achievement in its own right for New Jersey's GOP, which typically enjoys all the September success of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. What's more, the most recent polls haven't even measured the impact of a recently revealed federal criminal investigation of Mr. Menendez, the consequences of which Democrats privately describe with words ranging from 'pretty bad' to 'fatal.' "

"... Just consider what else is in the news these days."

"There's Jim McGreevey, some 22 months after skipping town with federal investigations into his gubernatorial administration swirling, who barged back into our lives last week to let us know that the sexual affair with the unqualified Israeli sailor he appointed as his state's homeland security advisor actually began while Mrs. McGreevey lay in a hospital bed clutching the couple's new-born daughter. If that's not enough, Golan Cipel, Mr. McGreevey's supposed romantic partner, has himself re-emerged -- to declare that the governor had actually liquored him up ... and tried to rape him."

"Dem guys, I says to 'em, I says, ... Geez, what are ya doing, there?" These words have been attributed to Richard J. Codey.

"There's also John Lynch, the onetime New Jersey Senate President (and Mr. McGreevey's political godfather), whose plea agreement on federal corruption charges landed on the front page of last Friday's Star Ledger [sic.] -- right next to the news that Mr. McGreevey had been smitten with Mr. Cipel from the 'first kiss.' ... "

"And then there is this week's report from a federal monitor essentially charging Wayne Bryant, a powerful state senator and loyal cog in the feared Camden County Democratic Committee, with shaking down administrators at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey to secure a no-show job for himself."

I thought it was N.J. Senator Joe Coniglio's job to extort money? Oh, they both do that. I see. The Camden Machine recently switched from Hillary to Obama. If Hillary re-takes the lead, they'll switch back. This should give you an idea of the Jersey Boys' sense of loyalty and commitment to political principles in supporting a candidate. It also tells you how much their support is worth. Codey supports Hillary from the north; Norcross and Roberts support the Obama rebellion from the south. This way the "Barons" win no matter the outcome of the election.

"... Mr. Menendez was always playing a risky game, betting that he -- and, more importantly New Jersey's voters -- had heard the last from some of the uglier chapters from his days as Hudson County's Democratic Boss."

Josh Benson, "The Second Time Around, It doesn't Seem So Brave," in The New York Observer, September 25, 2006, at p. 8:

"[McGreevey's] state budget was hopelessly out of balance. His political and ideological allies, frustrated by three years of vascillation on environmental issues, ethics legislation and spending priorities, had turned on him."

"And most seriously his administration was starting to give off the distinct whiff of ethical rot."

"The [former] governor had only shortly before been caught on tape uttering the word 'Machiavelli' to a constituent. (He professes philosophical leanings towards Kant and the author of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People in his new book, but in this context Machiavelli was considered -- at least by federal prosecutors -- to be a code word in an illicit fund-raising scheme.)"

"And, most spectacularly, at least until the famous 'Gay American' speech, Mr. McGreevey's chief fund-raiser and financial patron, real-estate magnate CHARLES KUSHNER, had just been charged with interfering in a federal investigation into campaign finance violations."

A forthcoming essay will discuss the new F.B.I. investigation expected to play itself out over the Spring and Summer, 2008. North Bergen, New Jersey is ground zero for this investigation focusing on the Housing Authority and (allegedly) Municipal Court "books" -- apparently, there may be more than one rumored set of "books" -- and other disappearing items. "You take the money! No, you take the money!"

David W. Chen, "Senator Leaves Budget Post in Ethics Inquiry," in The New York Times, September 26, 2006, at p. B7:

"Responding to pressure from colleagues as well as the governor, State Senator Wayne R. Bryant, one of New Jersey's most powerful legislators, agreed on Monday to step down temporarily as the chairman of the influential Senate Budget Appropriations Committee."

"... According to the monitor's report, the university paid [Bryant] $35,000 a year to do little more than show up perhaps one day a week and read newspapers. At the same time, the university received a substantial increase in state funds. ... the school's financing climbed to more than $4 MILLION annually from $2.8 million."

Many speculate about whether some of that loot was spread among New Jersey's Supreme Court members and other prominent politicians and/or judges. In a state with New Jersey's history, courts and government have lost all credibility. It is widely assumed -- probably accurately -- that real decisions are still made behind the scenes and have nothing to do with laws on the books.

Debbie Poritz was said to be "amenable to persuasion" if she were provided with willing young women as sexual partners. Jaynee LaVecchia is said to have many friends in "Construction and Real Estate" who know how to show their appreciation. I know they'll come after me with framed-up or trumped-up charges. Let's give 'em hell until they do. Lots of struggle against computer attacks today. Verniero doesn't like African-Americans, allegedly. Virginia Long doesn't like anybody whose ancestors weren't on the "Mayflower." (See "A Letter From the DRB, in New Jersey!" and "New Jersey's Feces-Covered Supreme Court.")

"Trenton: Senate Confirms Attorney General," in The New York Times, September 26, 2006, at p. B6:

"Stuart Rabner, a former federal prosecutor who tackled political corruption and international terrorism cases, was confirmed yesterday as New Jersey's new attorney general."

"Tackled"? Good old Stu is now N.J.'s Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Don't you feel safer already? Badda Bing-Badda-Boom.

Jersey Boys Order Political Hit on the U.S. Attorney!

"Panel Seeks Testimony on Ashcroft Deal," The New York Times, February 19, 2008, at p. B2.


"NEWARK (AP) -- United States Attorney Christopher J. Christie has been asked to testify before members of Congress about a multi-million-dollar contract his office awarded to former Attorney General John Ashcroft."

The scoop on this item is that Bob Menendez is getting a lot of buzz about being indicted and got on the phone to his pal, Nancy Pelosi. The hearings concerning this type of contract -- which is not unusual for the U.S. Attorney's Office in many jurisdictions -- are an attempt to distract N.J.'s U.S. Attorney and forestall any possible indictment of the junior Senator from the swamplands of Hudson County. I doubt that this will work.

The question to ask is whether the political parties are serious about stopping corruption and mafia involvement in local governments, even when a political price will have to be paid for doing so. The jury is still out on this issue -- at least, in New Jersey. February 26, 2008 at 9:53 A.M. new computer attacks this mroning prevent me from accessing my hotmail account or posting new essays at MSN. I will continue to write, focusing more on New Jersey corruption.

"The hearing before a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee is scheduled for next Tuesday, the Star Ledger [sic.] of Newark reported on Monday."

After the $100-400 MILLION "inappropriately billed" to federal taxpayers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), a Democrat Congress felt "no compelling need" to hold hearings inquiring into this level of fraud and theft, but this fairly standard contract involving a former U.S. Attorney General asked to monitor an entire company's operations, both nationally and internationally -- for a fraction of the sum stolen from UNDNJ -- is a source of concern.

Who's "unethical" this time, boys and girls?

"The subject of the inquiry is a contract that Mr. Ashcroft's Washington law firm received from Mr. Christie's office to serve as a federal monitor. The deal is worth $27 million to $52 million over 18 months."

Get who was chosen to step into this pile of shit:

" ... 'We're interested in knowing about the process by which he was selected to be the monitor and what exactly he's doing to earn the money,' said United States Representative Linda T. Sanchez, Democrat of California."

I bet Linda has reason to believe that if she screws over Ashcroft and Christie, she'll get the big money for a Senate run -- if Ms. Boxer steps down or retires. In any event, Linda will earn cookie points with the Hispanic Caucus for providing some cover for Menendez, even as she kisses some of the right asses in Democrat power circles. Payback by Republicans will be aimed at her, but they probably left out that part of the deal, even as they promised more "face time" for Linda before television cameras.

Is this any way to run a federal prosecutor's office? Should we not allow the U.S. Attorney to do his job? Can law enforcement be effective if the two parties do not cooperate and each accepts "contributions" from different crooks? I doubt it. Geez.

"Mr. Ashcroft was also asked to testify but has not responded, according to Ms. Sanchez's office. A phone message left at Mr. Ashcroft's law firm on Monday was not immediately returned."

N.J. State Senator Charged With Extortion!

David Kocieniewski, "Ex-State Senator Is Charged With Extortion," in The New York Times, February 15, 2008, at p. B6.


"NEWARK -- A former New Jersey legislator was indicted on extortion charges in federal court Thursday, accused of using his position on the State Senate Budget Committee to steer millions of tax dollars to a hospital in exchange for more than $100,000 in consulting fees, prosecutors said."

"The former lawmaker JOSEPH CONIGLIO, a Democrat from Paramus who took office in 2002, is charged with funneling the money through a firm he set up after he was appointed to the powerful Budget Committee in 2004."

"The sole client of the firm, VJC Consulting, was Hackensack University Medical Center, which paid $5,000 a month for 'hospital relations,' a field in which Mr. Coniglio, a licensed plumber by trade, had no expertise, according to the United States attorney, Christopher J. Christie." (emphasis added)

"The 26-page indictment charges that Mr. Coniglio was actually selling his influence on the Budget Committee and was being paid to help the hospital win grants from various state agencies and support special requests for money, which are referred to as Christmas Tree items at the State House in Trenton."

I take it that we need not worry about "testicular fortitude" (regardless of gender) at the U.S. Justice Department. Point taken in New Jersey. There's more coming, boys and girls. (See "Jaynee LaVecchia and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey" and "Jay Romano and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey.")

"... 'The allegations against Senator Coniglio in this indictment paint a disgraceful picture of exchanging public tax dollars for personal gain,' Mr. Christie said in a news conference after the indictment was anounced. 'The public has had more than enough of this type of conduct.' ..."

I consider these remarks "temperate" considering that the Jersey Boys (also regardless of gender) have been going for Mr. Christie's head. Rumors suggesting that Barbara Buono and other prominent elected officials in the Garden State -- including a few old Bob Menendez buddies in Union City -- are high on the Justice Department's "to do List" are unconfirmed at this time and can neither be denied nor admitted by anyone. Mr. Christie will not comment on allegations that he discovered a severed horse's head in his bed this morning.

Senator Bob stated through a spokesperson that he is, generally, "against crime."

"Mr. Coniglio appeared here before Michael Shipp, a United States Magistrate" -- reputedly, Mr. Shipp is a remarkably "chipper" fellow, fond of reading occasional mysteries and delighting in bridge playing on alternate weekends -- "and was released on a $250,000 bond. Although he declined to take questions from reporters as he left the courthouse, his lawyer said Mr. Coniglio was innocent of the charges and had supported the hospital before and after he was on the Budget Committee."

Cash up front, Mr. Shyster. What did Coniglio get in "consulting fees" before he was on the Committee? When he got on the committee did he suddenly become much wiser about hospital management issues?

Coniglio's response: "Whatta ya wanna know that fer? Geez ..."

"Mr. Coniglio is one of five Democratic New Jersey legislators to have faced corruption charges in the past year, and the first to face charges in a federal investigation of how and why Christmas Tree items end up in the state budget."

N.J. Bar Association Ethics Committees are even more corrupt entities, with political favors flying back and forth -- favors having more to do with outcomes and dispositions than either the law or facts. (See "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System" and "Maurice J. Gallipoli and Conduct unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey.") Ethics?

"... Mr. Coniglio, 65, was charged with nine counts of extortion, and according to Jeffrey Chiesa, an assistant United States attorney, each charge carries a possible penalty of 20 years in prison and $250,000 fine. He ended his reelection bid in September, after learning that he was likely to face indictment."

We will see each other again.

New Jersey's Corruption and Cover-Ups Reaches a New Low.

January 14, 2008 at 11:18 P.M. If more than two days pass without comment from me, it will not voluntary.

My fraud monitoring feature was briefly disabled by hackers. It has now been restored. Any damage to my writings will be repaired as soon as possible. January 12, 2008, at 4:29 P.M.

Jeremy W. Peters, "Ex-Senator Wants to Pay Lawyers With Election Funds," in The New York Times, January 10, 2008, at p. B3.
Jill P. Capuzzo, "At Jewish Cemetery, Vandals Strike on Large Scale," in The New York Times, January 10, 2008, at p. B3. (See "New Jersey's KKK Police Shocker" and "Maurice J. Gallipoli and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey.")
David W. Chen & Ken Belson, "Corzine Proposes a Steep Rise in Tolls to Help Cut Debt," in The New York Times, January 9, 2008, at p. B1.
"Newark: Computer Administrator Sentenced," in The New York Times, January 9, 2008, at p. B5.
"Trenton: Ex-Boxing Commissioner Sues the State," in The New York Times, January 9, 2008, at p. B5.
"Newark's Former Mayor to Face Two Trials," in The New York Times, January 9, 2008, at p. B7. (See "New Jersey's Legal System is a Whore House" and "One of New Jersey's Highly Ethical Attorneys Has a Problem," also "New Jersey's Feces-Covered Supreme Court.")


New Jersey's legal and political system has become an international laughing stock as politicians continue to steal, on the one hand, then to complain that there are "budget short-falls" and a need for drastic "revenue enhancement" measures on the other hand. Talk to me about "ethics" in New Jersey. (An "error" was inserted and corrected in this last sentence.)

There are crooks and thieves everywhere, but nowhere is the political thievery and criminality or stupidity and ignorance as blatant and obvious -- or as shameless -- as in the corridors of power in Trenton, New Jersey. If you live in the Garden State, then you should be furious at what these "made men" are doing with your hard-earned money. They have no decency or ethics. (See "Jay Romano and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey" and "Sybil R. Moses and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey.") (Another "error" inserted and corrected.)

"Former State Senator Wayne R. Bryant of New Jersey, who is facing criminal corruption charges, is hoping to tap a new source to help pay mounting legal bills: his campaign account."

Get this:

"Lawyers for Mr. Bryant have filed a request with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission to use money left in the account to pay for defending him against charges that he used his influence to arrange a no-show job for himself at the state medical school."

"Mr. Bryant, 60, a veteran New Jersey lawmaker from Camden" -- that explains a lot! -- "who decided not to run for another term after he was indicted in March, earned $37,000 a year from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey -- on top of his $49,000 salary as a state senator -- in exchange for steering millions in grants to the school, federal prosecutors have said."

No speeches this week honoring good old Wayne?

Mr. Bryant, essentially, stole taxpayer money for doing nothing, allegedly, now he asks to steal donors' money not based on shared political beliefs, but because of his own need for legal representation in a criminal case. Bryant has not been sanctioned by the OAE and was not a target of any OAE investigation prior to the feds indicting him. To my knowledge, based on news accounts, no OAE charges are pending at this time against this legal eagle.

Every attorney accepts fees up front for work to be performed subsequently. How long it will take to perform that work can never be determined ahead of time. This "ethical attorney" from N.J., evidently, scammed taxpayer money for a no-show job (more than one!), and now also seeks to abscond with some donation money, according to news accounts, while being regarded as a highly ethical member of the most corrupt state legal profession in the United States. Maybe Bryant is sharing the loot with the OAE? I wouldn't be surprised.

There are attorneys in New Jersey who, secretly, meet with other lawyers' clients, fail to identify themselves to that colleague, then ask that client to get his or her money back from the first lawyer (who may have just been retained), in order to steal the loot as well as the client. For some reason, such thieving lawyers end up on ethics committees in New Jersey or as judges. Ethics? The OAE illegally solicits grievances, then "evaluates" them and lies about the solicitation.

$4.5 MILLION was paid to Judge Stern's law firm for services necessary to repair the harm from thievery (or "misappropriation") of public moneys at U.M.D.N.J. (where $100 to 400 MILLION vanished) without attracting the curiosity of the OAE. The OAE is an agency that rightly recognizes this sum as "chump change" compared to what is stolen by N.J. lawyers from tax payers "legally." Perhaps the O.A.E. gets a "cut" from the disappearing money?

The answer from OAE officials will be to try to go after me again. (See "A Letter From the DRB, in New Jersey!") Attorneys reimbursing money for incomplete work -- often through no fault of their own -- who are inevitably far more honest and ethical than OAE whores are judged by hacks in Trenton, who then seek to legitimate their criminality with further abuse of victims' rights. No new "errors" inserted yet? (January 11, 2008 at 2:11 P.M.) See "What is it like to be tortured?"

Such government frauds sicken me. You want the judges or election commission to approve your lawyers' application to pocket the dough the chumps sent you, Wayne? Just let them know that you'll kick back something under the table so they can wet their beaks. Easy. Most of the people on that state entity ("sucking on the taxpayer tit") are your buddies from the state house and fellow legal sharks. They'll chuckle with you about it. Don't forget to take care of Anne Milgram. I am sure that Milgram "squares" things with Stuart Rabner. Allegedly.

"A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that the former mayor of Newark, Sharpe James, will face two separate trials on corruption charges."

"Mr. James, 71, will be tried alone on charges that he improperly used city-issued credit cards. In another trial, he and a businesswoman whom prosecutors say was his companion will face land fraud charges." (See "Senator Bob, the Babe, and the Big Bucks.")

In a state like New Jersey -- as obscene as Bryant and James may appear -- they are boy scouts compared to the men in blue suits responsible for the disappearance of millions and even billions from the public coffers. As for efforts to report corruption and incompetence, here is the result of honesty in New Jersey:

"New Jersey's former boxing commissioner is suing the state attorney general" -- Was it Anne Milgram who wrote the "Anonymous" text about an unidentified "ex-attorney"? -- "claiming she [Milgram] ousted him for exposing errors by a subordinate. The former commissioner Larry Hazzard Sr., filed in Federal District Court [Good!] on Friday. Mr. Hazzard, a former boxer and referee, was fired in November. The board oversees boxing in Atlantic City, one of a handful of cities where big prizefights are often fought. A spokesman for the attorney general" -- is it true that Anne Milgram and Stuart Rabner are "chummy"? -- "declined to comment on Tuesday."

I bet. I wonder whether Anne Milgram visited "The Philosophy Cafe"? I wonder whether Anne wishes to renew any philosophical debate with me, publicly? Any time, Anne. Ready when you are.

What is the result of all this thievery, corruption, and cover-ups of criminality?

"Under the Corzine proposals highway tolls would increase by a maximum of 50 percent four times in 12 years -- in 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 -- and be adjusted for inflation."

More goodies to steal. Hey, fat Tony, we got it made!

What do you know, N.J. Senator Joe Coniglio?

For some reason, so far, this Coniglio incident is not news The New York Times deems "fit to print." I wonder why? Maybe they figure "it's suburban New Jersey, that's normal for them." I know, tell the editorial staff at the Times that Coniglio is a Republican. I bet they'll cover the news then! Many attacks on my computer today. Maybe that's a good sign. (Only one "error" since my last review of this essay!)

WNBC -TV, updated 12:34 P.M. ET, Thurs., Nov. 22, 2007
"FBI Searches Home, Office Of N.J. State Senator," http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21902199/


"TRENTON, N.J. -- Federal investigators on Thursday were searching the home and legislative office of state Sen. Joseph Coniglio, according to officials."

I wonder whether this search was connected to on-going investigations of shady dealings with pension funds, theft from New Jersey's hospital budgets and public health care expenditures, or any of the hundreds of inquiries into financial irregularities connected to public officials in the Garden State. (One more "error" since yesterday.)

"Terry Romano, the office administrator at Coniglio's Paramus legislative office, said FBI agents arrived at about 9:00 a.m. and began searching his office."

I wonder if Mr. Romano is related to the legislator busted for heroin possession -- and, as I recall, distribution -- from Lodi, New Jersey? Geez. Dem guys. Oh, I know ... how about the so-called "judge" in North Bergen who was swept off his feet by alleged (and once convicted) child molester Kelly Michaels? Perhaps I will write about him next. All in the family? "Judge" Romano works for The New York Times, doesn't he?

"In addition several FBI vehicles were parked in front of Coniglio's Cedar Avenue home in Paramus. Agents armed with a search warrant were seeking financial records and other documents in connection with the ongoing investigation. An FBI spokesman declined comment."

No additional "errors" inserted yet? Only three new "errors" not found in print versions of this article?

"Meanwhile, an official who had been briefed on the investigation said FBI agents are also searching Coniglio's Paramus home. The official spoke only on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation."

Well, well ... when FBI agents decide to conduct a search at your home on Thanksgiving Day, it usually means that they do not like you. (There is another "error" which has suddenly appeared.) Now why would they not like a person? There may be any number of connected reasons for this state of affairs. I would put my money on the FBI in this case, folks. They do not adopt such an attitude unless they have excellent reasons for it.

FBI people do not, for example, enjoy being deceived or misled. When the FBI knocks on the door. Tell them what they want to know, they'll find it out anyway. It's always better for you to help them out. Unlike New Jersey officials, who are usually corrupt and connected, FBI agents wear short haircuts and blue suits from Brooks Brothers. Curiously, even in New Jersey, the feds are usually honest. One of the things I like best about Rudy Giuliani is his U.S. Attorney experience. Right, Senator Bob? Some people like and others hate the sound of the words: "Grand Jury."

"A message left at Coniglio's home was not immediately returned on Tuesday morning."

"Coniglio dropped his re-election bid in September after being told he was being targeted in a federal corruption investigation."

A little bird told me there is more coming on this, boys and girls. Hang on to your hats. No more "errors"?

New Jersey's KKK Police Shocker!

Tracy Connor, "KKK Police Shocker," The Daily News, October 26, 2007, at p. 16 and http://www.nydailynews.com/



Spacing may be affected in this essay as new obstacles and harassment, emanating from protected N.J. officials, continue to be directed against these writings. Criminal censorship and defacement efforts, making the character of New Jersey's legal system all-too obvious to readers everywhere, can only help to establish the validity of my criticisms, as does the increasing complicity of N.J. government workers in this illegal effort to silence a dissident.

October 28, 2007 at 5:07 P.M. a new virus has frozen my computer. I am unable to do much work. I am running two scans. The automatic update feature of my security system has been disabled. I will keep struggling. Letters will be deleted, spacing will continue to be affected, words will be removed from these writings on a daily basis.

October 29, 2007 at 7:45 A.M. my cable signal was blocked, denying me access to the Internet. Whenever that happens, I will spend the rest of the day fighting to get back to my sites. I will run scans 24 hours per day. I will keep fighting to restore the update feature of my security system and to continue writing. Please see: "What is it like to be tortured?" and "Is New Jersey Chief Justice Deborah T. Poritz Unethical or Only Incompetent?"

October 29, 2007 at 9:47 A.M. telephone call(s) from 517-933-2080. Probably just a coincidence. Many computer troubles.

October 29, 2007 at 11:56 A.M. I am experiencing new alterations of my hotmail account. I am unable to access my MSN group, Critique. I will continue throughout the day to try to reach that site. New spacing difficulties may appear in this text at any time, along with new defacements of my writings.

October 30, 2007 at 8:05 P.M. my computer's clock is showing "7:01 P.M." for some reason.









"A New Jersey police lieutenant is an 'unabashed white supremacist' who tormented Hispanic underlings, spewed racial slurs and made a Klu Klux Klan mask out of a napkin, fellow officers contend."





Imagine an African-American's experience getting stopped on the road by that guy, a racist who "represents" the law. Now think of a person like that not-so-unusual New Jersey police officer, going to law school and scraping by, then getting appointed (without adequate experience or merit) to a Municipal Court judgeship because his or her uncle is in the rackets and has enough politicians in his pocket to make such a thing possible. Has anyone been to North Bergen, New Jersey? How about Weehawken? Secaucus?



How would it feel for a young minority attorney coming before such an incompetent thug in judicial robes? Do you think that such a person's judgment of your ethics -- or anyone's ethics -- means anything? I don't. As I write this, New Jersey officials are aware of the crimes you see being committed here, every day, and nothing happens or will happen -- as long as they get their payoffs. Right, Anne Milgram?

"Four detectives and a sergeant from the Hoboken Police Department" -- Bob Menendez turf, Hudson County! -- "have filed a federal civil rights suit against Lt. ANGELO ANDRIANI -- complete with photographs."

"There's a picture of Andriani posing in a cap emblazoned with a Confederate flag and a snap shot of him peering through crude eyeholes ripped in a restaurant napkin."

"Then there are e-mails the cops say were sent to a Louisiana councilwoman he [Andriani] tried to befriend on a Hurricane Katrina rescue mission."

" ... 'What's going on down there?' he [Andriani] said in a Sept. 9 e-mail that referred to the racially charged Jena, La., controversy."

Hey, maybe these police officers had something to do with my troubles in posting my own essay dealing with the Jena 6, which is still subjected to so much harassment. Racism, affiliation with criminals, corrupt politicians in New Jersey. What else is new? Badda-bing, badda-boom. (Why was Barack Obama's photo blocked at Critique?)

"... The suit filed [in federal court] in Newark, charges Andriani used the N-word frequently, described white women who dated black men as 'pigs,' and deemed whites superior to other races."

"It also said Andriani forced two detectives to do chores at his Verona home while on the clock -- allegations that could trigger a criminal investigation."

"The cops say Andriani often boasted of his close ties to the chief of police and threatened to 'bury' anyone who messed with him."

Gee, I know what threats from New Jersey's corrupt officials are like and also what alleged oafs like these racist cops are like. I strongly urge you to go to the feds with information concerning criminal behavior, racism, theft by legal authorities in New Jersey. Be very wary of New Jersey judges and tribunals. Do not expect or trust such New Jersey officials to be honest or ethical. A lot of them, especially those who judge others, wouldn't know the meaning of the word "ethics" or legality.

How do you live with your hypocrisy Stuart Rabner? How can you ignore these crimes Anne Milgram?

More Racism Charges Against New Jersey's State Police.

Joyce Carol Oates, "A Troubling Encounter With the State Police," in The New York Times, New Jersey and the Region, October 14, 2007, at p. 21.



"An Ethics Syllabus," in The New York Times, October 14, 2007, New Jersey and the Region, at p. 21.

"Trenton: Corrections Department Criticized," in The New York Times, October 16, 2007, at p. B4.

Norman Mailer, "Introduction," In the Belly of the Beast (New York: Vintage, 1981), pp. ix-xvi.

Amnesty International, The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal (New York: Seven Stories, 2000).





Spacing has been affected in this essay and new obstacles as well as "errors" inserted in the text are always anticipated. More harassing phone calls on October 15, 2007 at 11:32 A.M. from 520-124-6246. As of 9:24 P.M. I am unable to access MSN and have been prevented from posting at blogger for hours. I will keep trying. My book is still not being distributed to book sellers. On October 17, 2007 at 6:58 P.M. more annoying calls from 305-375-7280. Florida. CANF? For some reason, my print-out of this essay -- at page three -- is without a page number or an address at the bottom of the page. I wonder why? I am blocking:

http://m1.2mdn.net/viewad/1B2188119-default_1x1.gif (illegal tracking?)

http://ad.N2434.doubleclick,net/a/N2434.msn/B2...

On October 18, 2007 at 9:25 A.M. I was unable to print items from my MSN group. I received only a blank page bearing this address:

http://view.atdmt.com/iview/msnnkhac001728x90xWBCBRB00110msn/direct;wi.728;hi.90/01

On October 21, 2007 at 10:30 A.M. I am unable to print items receiving only a blank page with this address at the top left corner: ngc_728_ihm_initial_SA and at the bottom of the page is this address:

http://view.atdmt.com/MSI/iview/scntcngc0210000048msi/direct/01?click= (National Security Agency? NGC?)

October 23, 2007 at 11:34 A.M. 301-392-8254. I am blocking:

http://view.atdmt.com/iview/msnnkhac001728x90... (Spacing problems continue.)

Access to my MSN account is still being blocked by hackers mysteriously using N.J. government computers. I have decided to spend some time this morning not posting a revised version of my essay on "America's Holocaust," since that is impossible at this time, but discussing once again the sad and ugly spectacle of corruption, malice, racism and hypocrisy among New Jersey's judges and police officials. (Numerous "errors" have been inserted in this text, even in draft form, so I will correct them. I fully anticipate that I will need to do so again in the future.)







"... I was being driven back from a literary event in New York to my home in Princeton," Joyce Carol Oates writes, "by a black driver for a well-known limousine service. At about 11 p.m., somewhere on the turnpike between Newark and New Brunswick, New Jersey state troopers signaled for my driver to pull over. They subjected him to approximately 40 minutes of harsh and repetitive interrogation ('What's your name?' 'Where do you live?' 'Where are you headed?' and so on) for no evident reason."







The reason was skin color. In a similar way, numerous harassment efforts are directed at websites with my writings, from behind the scenes probably, any prospective publishers or opportunities that come my way will be destroyed (if New Jersey authorities, I believe, become aware of them), obstructions to writing efforts on-line, hundreds and even thousands of viruses, illegal spyware, other attacks against my system are routine. These efforts have persisted and will go on for much longer than forty minutes -- for years, in fact, as a kind of "ass covering efffort" to discourage continued criticisms of the Garden State's torture practices, together with denying, ignoring or stonewalling in response to effforts to obtain Tuchin's and Riccioli's secretly prepared and filed reports, along with the truth concerning my life. How many others are tortured and raped, in every sense, by New Jersey authorities we may never know. (See "Even in New Jersey There Comes a Time When Silence is Betrayal.")







"There were two white troopers who demanded to see the driver's and my identification" -- the troopers had no legal right to demand the passenger's identification -- "forced the driver to get out of the car and subjected him to questioning with increased belligerence."







Had Ms. Oates not been a passenger and witness, it is highly likely that her driver would have been struck or severely beaten, then charged with "resisting arrest" and accused of failing to use a turn signal or not wearing a seat belt, or the old stand-by: "warrants for parking tickets." These warrants can be generated any time by friends at headquarters, then shrugged off as a good faith mistake. In the same way, police in some New Jersey cities have illegal guns handy to plant on African-Americans murdered "by mistake" in order to make things look good -- allegedly. I would not be surprised if something similar turns out to have happened in Mumia Abu-Jamal's case. No wonder they want to discourage me from writing. They are concerned about people reading these truths. They should be.







"I was not allowed to know what was going on, and when after about 10 minutes I made a tentative gesture to open the car door, the troopers yelled at me, 'Stay in the car lady!' They then walked the driver about 20 feet away from the limousine, to continue to interrogate or harass him out of earshot."





The troopers will say that persons are kept in their vehicle to protect officers from passengers who will fire at them. This is true, as far as it goes, but the real reason in most instances where troopers know that there is no real danger is to isolate and increase anxiety on their victims-"suspects" (who are inevitably African-Americans). Also, the goal was no doubt to create problems for the driver with his client and employer, since passengers tend not to enjoy being kept waiting for nearly an hour for no reason or being treated like a felon, also for no reason. (A new "error" that is not found in my printed version of this essay was just inserted in the text.) Curiously, torture and rape are even more distressing for victims, regardless of whether these things are said to be for the victim's "own good." (See "Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture" and "What is it like to be tortured?")



"I called my husband on my cellphone to explain that I was going to be late returning home, as it looked as if my driver was being 'arrested' for some reason."



For no reason other than race.



"(As the minutes passed, it occurred to me to dial 911 and report this incident, but, with my instinct for irony, I guessed that the police officers who would be notified about the incident would be these very New Jersey state troopers, which would have made them even more angry and belligerent.)"



What they want is homage. They want you to bow, humiliate yourself, grant their superiority and god-like status, then they'll let the average innocent person go. This is something that one might manage on a single occasion -- without being too proud of it -- but unless a man has lost all semblance of dignity and self-esteem, pride is not something that will be surrendered for long and much less for a lifetime.

The unpardonable sin which places some African-American men and women as well as "others" in U.S. prisons -- or even leads to the gas chamber in some cases -- is an unwillingness to accept slavery. To insist on one's human rights and dignity, over a period of years, despite hypnosis, psychological torture, and professional destruction may well constitute a capital offense for minority persons in New Jersey.

"Fortunately for both of us the driver was unfailingly courteous, soft-spoken and obedient. Perhaps he'd been pulled over by New Jersey state troopers before."

Very likely. Such a surrender of a man's dignity, over a period of years will reach the point at which he has no more pride to give, for he has been made into nothing, something sub-human. African-American women understand what has been done to their husbands, fathers, sons in ways that most white women do not. Hence, they have a different measure by which to judge conduct that is incomprehensible for those who cannot imagine such experiences over a lifetime.

They will be repeated -- these rituals of humiliation -- preferably with the assistance of sold out minority persons. There are minorities so broken on this wheel of power that they become its servants at the expense of their brothers and sisters. I have seen homeless men opening doors and performing in public, a kind of hideous caricature-dance of racist stereotypes into which they have been transfomed, like marionettes begging for coins, like the "things" that they have been made into. Some people will die before they accept such a role. Anything that breaks a human being's psyche in such a manner is evil. (More "errors" inserted and corrected.)

You are witnessing daily efforts to destroy these writings (and this writer) for saying unsayable things in America, also for refusing to accept or legitimate, crimes against humanity committed against him and others in New Jersey. I am running my scans. I will persist in the struggle to speak this truth to corrupt officials in New Jersey and the world. Is it possible for you to remain silent and indifferent to what you are seeing?

"There is a paradox at the core of penology," Norman Mailer writes, "and from it derives the thousand ills and afflictions of the prison system. It is that not only the worst of the young are sent to prison, but the best -- that is, the proudest, the bravest, the most daring, the most enterprising, and the most undefeated of the poor. There starts the horror. ... prison is equipped to grind down criminals who are cowards into social submission, but can only break the spirit of brave men [and women] who are criminals, or anneal them until they are harder than the steel that encloses them."

America's future may well depend on whether we understand what is being said in this next paragraph:

"If you can conceive of a society (it is very difficult these days) that is more concerned with the creative potential of violent young men [and women] than with the threat they pose to the suburbs, then a few solutions for future prisons may be there. ... [Young minority persons] are drawn to crime as a positive experience -- because it is more exciting, more meaningful, more mysterious, more transcendental, more religious than any other experience they have known."

This is not to glorify crime or violence -- certainly not violence against women -- such violence is something which has always been impossible for me. No one is saying that crime is a positive experience. Mailer argues that if society dehumanizes men and women -- reducing one group to sexual organs and the other to a capacity for violence -- then decides to break them in pieces for displaying the very qualities demanded of them for survival, then you can be sure that a few of these men and women will prefer death to the surrender of their humanity. America's power-structure and legal system is hardly in a position to caution others about violence. (See "Michel Foucault, Gillian Rose, Angela Davis and the Hermeneutics of Prison.")

That choice between human dignity and torture is only forced on some persons in a society that is afflicted with a serious disease -- a disease called "racism" and social injustice, a disease opposed to the spirit of the U.S. Constitution, a disease against which we must struggle at all times. The fascism witnessed (in a small way) by Ms. Oates has been experienced in not so small ways by many of us for years. This includes a person I love.

"If the police officers hoped to provoke him into 'resisting arrest' so that they could beat him, or worse," Ms. Oates writes, "they must have been disappointed."

They would have beaten him, regardless of whether this African-American driver "resisted arrest," except for the affluent white woman heading home to Princeton. None of this will be on the bar exam, boys and girls. Nonsense concerning "ethics standards" imposed on officials will always be irrelevant to what happens behind-the-scenes in New Jersey. It is also irrelevant to the reality of disappearing funds from the Garden State's prison budgets:

"For the second time in two years, an audit has found that the [New Jersey] State Corrections Department failed to adequately monitor its multimillion dollar contract for inmate dental services. [A lot of inmates received expensive dental care (allegedly), but it seems to have disappeared when the inmates are examined.] In a report released yesterday, Inspector General Mary Jane Cooper concluded that the department could not guarantee that inmates were getting services that were paid for or that the state was not overpaying the contractor, Correctional Medical Services. [Terry Tuchin in "white man's country"?] Spokesmen for the Corrections Department and Correctional Medical Services said they could not comment."

New York Times, October 16, 2007, at p. B4. (Who are New Jersey's thieves and crooks again?)

Much of New Jersey law and adjudication is a transparent lie that some of us refuse to live. Perhaps this is because we are not "gentlemen." Every time I see young African-American children playing in the park or on the streets, I am reminded that one in three of them will end up in prison. Another of the three will be killed. Maybe one out of three will be permitted to struggle through life. The enormity of this horror and loss for all of us -- surgeons, artists, philosophers, scientists thrown away -- brings tears to my eyes. I will not be silenced. This may be the tenth time that I have corrected the same "errors" inserted in this essay. (See "What is it like to be tortured?") Overnight, several new "errors" were inserted in the foregoing paragraph. I have now corrected them, once again. How is the spacing in this essay?

To say this, that I weep for African-American children, is to open myself to the criticism -- usually from the same fascists tormenting that driver and, sadly, also many Latino men -- that I am not "manly" enough. I believe that a willingness to embrace painful emotions is what it means to be adults, for both men and women, who nevertheless refuse to sacrifice all capacity for laughter, play and hope for the sake of their children, those same children who are now so threatened.

"After what seemed like a very long time, they allowed the driver to return to the car and resume the drive back to Princeton."

Guess what happened next?

"I asked him what had been wrong, and he said that they'd claimed he had 'outstanding warrants' of some kind, but they were letting him go so that he could drive me home. Next morning, when I called the limousine service. I was told that the driver did not have 'outstanding warrants' and that he hadn't violated any law that anyone knew of."

Something of that man's spirit was left on a dark stretch of road that night. In the words of Amnesty International, a false death warrant issued to Mumia Abu-Jamal and many others, "is playing politics with a man's life" -- does this ring a bell, Richard J. Codey? Senator Bob? -- "The unnecessary infliction of suffering upon a prisoner by a government official constitutes torture." The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal (New York: Seven Stories Press, 2000), p. 53.

Psychological torture is the daily experience of millions of African-American men and women, also of others in our throw-away culture. How do we live with this grotesque reality? Norman Mailer says:

"We do not live ... in a world that tries to solve its prison problems. Even to assume we do is utopian. The underlying horror may be that we all inhabit the swollen tissues of a body politic that is drenched in bad conscience, so bad indeed that the laugh of the hyena reverberates from every TV set, and is in danger of becoming our true national anthem. We are all so guilty at the way we have allowed the world around us to become more ugly and tasteless every year that we surrender to terror and steep ourselves in it. The mugger becomes the size of Golgotha and the middle class retires into walled cities [prisons?] with armed guards. Here, the prisons have wall-to-wall carpeting, and the guards address the inmates as 'Sir,' and bow. But they are prisons. The measure of the progressive imprisonment of all society is to be found at the base -- in the penitentiaries themselves. The bad conscience of society comes to focus in the burning lens of the penitentiary."

Think of Foucault and Davis as you read this paragraph:

"That is why we do not speak of improving the prisons -- which is to say, taking them through some mighty transmogrifications -- but only of fortifying law and order. But that is no more feasible than the dream of remission in the cancer patient. ... [W]e won't get law and order without a revolution in the prison system."