Wish them all luck….

Right, I’m against the system, but what system?? I’m against any corrupted system in which one man controls everything, I’m against the system which protects corrupted people, I’m against the system which kills my freedom, the system in which one man (KA) can shatter the democracy in a minute (the right to dissolve the parliament), I’m against the system which steals my land and sells my county, I’m against the system which is controlled by a family with a history full of betrayals (take a look at this book, it is banned in Jordan so Amazon is the best way to get it “KA, Britain and the Making of Jordan (Cambridge Middle East Library”)

You need a proof for the corruption cases.. Well, let me see, Sameh alba7ikhi was sentenced to 4 years by Jordanian court - and by the way he spent his period in his spa in Aqaba beach - and after that he started his own security company (http://oasis-security.com/OS_Mgt_Samih.html)

Bassem awadallah is facing charges now in the US for slavery cases; I’ll send you the case number very soon.

Anyway .. I don’t have time to go through the other cases. If you want you can ask any 10 year old kid in Jordan and he’ll tell you the details.

and by the way, you said that you posted “Stop corruption” on your facebook page .. I’m sure you had convenient reasons to write that.

“finally read the picture.. ” Trust me, I did all that in a very systematic professional way, actually I’m writing a book about it, the book will include analysis of KA visits (when and why). Such as the usual visit to the US two week before each Arabic summit, his visit to Israel one night before Yassen assassination, his last visit to Azerbaijan, His visits to Brunei, his suspicious relations with AL-Hariri family … etc

Anyway we’ve been talking about this since like two weeks and its the Eid now, so Happy Adha for you and everybody else who reads this blog.

You need a proof for the corruption cases.. Well, let me see, Sameh alba7ikhi was sentenced to 4 years by Jordanian court - and by the way he spent his period in his spa in Aqaba beach - and after that he started his own security company (http://oasis-security.com/OS_Mgt_Samih.html)

Bassem awadallah is facing charges now in the US for slavery cases; I’ll send you the case number very soon.

if you have or even if you haven’t you are the one who is affected by the fashion trends and and gossip without reading between the lines and having your own opinion… let me hear something original from you show me some proof of these corrupt cases…since when has abdel raoof rawabdeh been HM man? please understand the politics inside your own country before trying to comment on it..

I predict your an 80’s child and even if your older you probably haven’t read real history or you have
had stories told to you by relatives who claim they were there! in addition all your sources seem tertiary or even quartanary as what you say doesn’t even hold water. so please get your facts, understand everything, obtain reliable sources, obtain evidence if you can, and finally read the picture and analyse with a more open mind and objective views.

Thank

See, you are still talking in that tone, and again, like “Ihab”, I’m not gonna blame you, because you grew up on that. You are just burying your head in sand, that’s all what you, and other people are doing. You did not answer any of my questions, who was the source of all the corruption cases in Jordan for the last 10 years? Who brought those corrupted guys?? Isn’t he the same guy who you think “at the end of the day he is doing an excellent Job”, I really need you to define “Excellent Job”, because I think what KA does excellently is NOTHING but spending our money on himself (and sure, his cool youtuber wife). BTW where is he these days, Korea, USA, Brazil, really does anyone know?

“We should take care of our country in all aspects before we can criticize HM”
It’s not our country man, it is the private ranch of HM, again, you are missing the point, Anyway, if you are gonna reply to my comment with “Ya3eesh”, PLEASE DON’T, I do not feel like vomiting tonight.

My brother what does it mean to be patriotic.

Does it mean placing HM pictures every where?

Does it mean listening to omar abdallat?

…NO…

I drive through Amman and its normal for people to throw litter out of their cars…that hurts…its your country and people cant even keep it dirt free.

When was the last time you saw a litter bin in pubic?

We should take care of our country in all aspects before we can critisize HM, and if you are about making comments not once throught this whole debate have I heard a small mention about the two brothers who are actually running the country, well actually one brother who I feel kind of nudges the other one along.

Look I know everything that goes on in Jordan and since I have come to Jordan I have come up with some rules;

Get the info from a primary source (from the horses mouth)

Dont trust anyone who says trust me

Always apply game theory when trying to make a decision or in negotiation

and finally

Always count your fingers after shaking someones hand, just in case he tries to rob a couple of fingers.

I am commenting with regards to the original article which is about HM visits, I believe they are usefull and needed at this time.

As for a
“one REDLINE and (thats) his Majesty”
luckily it is not up to you to decide. As long as his majesty is heavily involved in the executive branch of the government and remains the main (if not the sole) decision maker as we agreed above and we can easily tell by the range of his activities from “diplomatic” visits to budget-interfering charity to governmental and army employees and everything in between, those activities are to be a subject of debate and (gulp) questioning.

We are not discussing if he is good for the country or not, neither are we discussing the importance of the Hashemites to Jordan, the only issue here is that since his majesty is human (although allegedly the direct descendant of the prophet Mohammad, the prophet himself was not infallible) and given the fact that he interferes (is involved) directly and indirectly (through the assigning of different people at many vital positions…including the prime minister) in every aspect of the Jordanian state policies then he should not be immune to questioning.

Anyone who suggests otherwise is convinced that:

-We live in theocracy where the ruler is an impeccable God ( Greek mythology and African dictatorships)
-We live in a constitutional monarchy (England, Netherlands).
[And we just agreed that the king plays an active and not an honorary role. (Whether we need him to stay in this active role or whether we are in a position to allow the palace to take an observatory back seat and let “democracy” take its natural course is another debate for another time).]
-We live under an autocratic regime that is afraid of questioning, recruits people to discourage its questioning and may even resort to its police apparatus if needed)

If you can provide any other reasons why his majesty’s decisions (and to a certain point his finances) should not be discussed publicly and openly please go ahead and point it out…

Even if we are confident that his majesty does have the good of the Jordanian people as his main priority and ultimate goal there is nothing to guarantee that every decision he makes is going to be flawless. Rulers throughout history could get corrupted by ultimate power, they could get too attached to lavish lifestyles and wealth that it becomes the (main or side) objective, and rulers could end up being surrounded by corrupt leaches (although in his majesty’s case, and according to his interview, he is neither unaware of what they are doing nor is he their partner),

A very ironic thing is that KA left directly after his visit to Qatar to South Korea, I believe he stopped in Jordan for like 5 hours to fill the plane and get some cash. I’m really wondering when was the last time he visited Jordan!

I really do not appreciate the fact that you are blaming the society i.e. it is our fault. This is exactly kinda tone I was talking about before .. and I’m not gonna finish by “Ya3eesh” you know why, because I believe that Jordan is gonna survive with or without him. You can not couple the existence of a country with the existence of one man .. this might have been true in the 19th or 18th century but now at the 20th century, sorry, it DOES NOT APPLY.

Now after all of what I’ve said .. do you really still believe that “at the end of they day HM is doing an excellent job” ????

“However what your talking about is a very very hard job.”
I believe this was NOT the spirit Barack Obama had when he started his campaign in 2006.
Saying “Stop corruption” does not help

Lets review 5 major public corruption cases during the last 10 years:

1 - Same7 Al-Batai’7i: Global business gate .. 150 million $
2- Ma3roof alba’7eet: Dead sea casino, 1 billion $ case .. solved with 250 million $ compensation and half of the dead sea beach
3- Ali abu Ra’3eb: 600 000 $, one night before he resigned
4- Basem awad-allah: Sold 50% from the country origins, and finally a slavery case in USA (speaking our public image)
5-Abdel-Raouf Al-Rawabdeh: Sold Al-Aqaba beach with .01 of the actual price .. we lost 250 million $ in that deal

Now I believe that we all know that the above list can go forever .. but lets just talk about the above 5 cases. Have you noticed that there is something in common between all the above names .. Yes, they are all KA II men. i.e. His prime ministers i.e. His selection. doesn’t that give you a hint that this guy (KA) is not the best man in the world to hire a government? I mean we gave him not 1,2 or 3 we gave him 6 chances and he failed badly in each one of them .. can you imagine that a guy failed 6 times in the last 10 years is still ruling .. cant he give us the chance at least 1 time to decide who leads our government.

I agree with what you are saying 100% However what your talking about is a very very hard job.

Jordan is in very bad international debt. We have been invaded by a US style society where the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, moreover insurance companies are bleeding the people dry.

Why not increase the duty on cigarettes and shift that into the health system! there are simple solutions to many problems but like you said cattle of sheep is a good description…However that does not mean that HM trips are a hinderance to our sociey or to our well being, NO they are positive. Jordan has played a major role in Middle Eastern politics and will continue to do so. We are ruled by Hashemites who must remain for the good of Jordan and its future…

for any advancements that your talking about to occur then we must start at school level, a whole mind frame and attitude must change.

and I am saying this because yes I feel I deserve better…

I mean below are some of my thoughts i posted on facebook

stop corruption

introduce human rights

businesses keeping to deadlines

improve ADSL services….dont charge customers a full months rent when
every other night the internet is disrupted for no less than 3 hours.

introduce consumer rights watch.

ban restaurants who taunt there customers for a TIP.

reduce customs tax on cars.

ban the guys who whisltes for candy floss or give them a time when they can market their shit.

learn how to drive. (everyone)

introduce compitent traffic police.

please please please widen the pavement for pedestrians and stop planting those shitty olive trees. the pavement (walkway) is ment for people not for tree, if your so determined to plant trees plant trees with high folliage so we can have room to walk and dont have to walk on the road.

give journalists full freedom of speech, let them critisize, let them research give them access to all infromation….one REDLINE and thats his Majesty.

make hospitals treat people with respect and provide full information on any case, they assume that people are uneducated and therefore do not provide full information unless that information is requested…this should be automatically done and not requested..

last but not least this is something that we can all do and be tough with;
do not let retail outlets control things, we are the consumers without us they are nothing. remember we are a small country and word of mouth can either make or break them.
always ask for explanation if your unsure of anything it is your right to know, they take for granted that we are polite and tend not to ask for further explanation.

last but not least lets try to smile more i know its difficult but lets give it a shot:-)

nearly forgot - every household should always have prior notice if electricity is going to be cut off for technical work….plus we should be reimbursed with any downtime.

below is a reply i wrote to one guy on facebook

we can make not just Amman but all of Jordan better than that.

no comment as to

I love Amman because we have hundreds of newspapers and our press is finally Free. you must be joking….inshallah one day it will happen

and

I love Amman because each street is a two way street even if it’s officially one-way…….. well thats not actually a positive most people hate it.

and

I love Amman because of the traffic jams and the people you meet because of them………. most actually find it annoying!!

I love Amman because of the noise pollution from cars honking……you forgot to mention the dirty fumes from tha old cars…thats slowly reducing our life expectancy

I love Amman because strawberries taste like strawberries & fruits taste like fruits……no they dont unless they are importded
(fruits here r full of cytokines genetically modified plus chemicals)

we should have more ambition to making Amman a truly nice place to live, not just accepting things that are actually backward and annoying

look the problems lie rooted deep in society I see it as a type of insecurity or even maybe an inferior and or superiority complex (not likely but a mixture of both)

thats what I think

but at the end of they day HM is doing an excellent job with what he has to work with ta3eeesh jalalet malek ta3eeeh ta3eesh ta3eesh.

IT IS TRUE .. Im not gonna give up, Im gonna fight until the last day of my life,giving up is for losers who descided to accept the sitauion and never fight back.

Let me ask you this: Do you believe that we In Jordan deserve a better life? do you belive that this is not it, and that the situation could be much better than its now? this is all what I want from you, just be honest with yourself for one time.

You disagree with me, I understand that, and I know not all the people are gonna agree with me because of the reasons I mentioned earlier. I know that you and a lot of people like you grew up on those false believes (the King is always right) and I do not expect you to change in a night .. but I do have hope.

Man we deserve better than that, I need the government to pay my health and education bills, I need to be treated respectfully whenever I’m in a governmental institution, I need all my rights as a citizen who pays taxes. And please please do not start talking now about our limited resources in Jordan because we do have enough resources or at least we can have a better utilization for what we have (e.g. The expenses of KA visits last year is more than enough to cover the oil bill)

I and you need to start talking in this tone “I deserve better”, move toward this goal and trust me once the regime sense that we are not silly stupid people anymore things will start to change.

Ihab.. You have the right to be proud of your country, we are all proud of Jordan this is why I do not wanna the world to see the ugly face of the regime in Jordan. people around the world will respect you if fight for your freedom.. Did you read the ABC article I posted before, this is how the world look at us. what else should we expect, we have the same ppl controlling this country since like 60 years.. How do you expect people around the world to respect that, go and look around in their media we are nothing but a typical corrupted small country of the middle east who lives in the other free countries leftovers.. sad but true… AGAIN we deserve better than that. I mean for God sake you say you lived in UK and USA aren’t you jealous man from the freedom and respect those ppl have !!

I wanna just reiterate that my point is that Jordan is economically poor, the only thing we can market is a good political strategy on the international arena (forget domestic for a while), keep excellent relations with our neighbours and the west, because without these good relations Jordan would not be in the best position.

The percentage of youth with an obove literacy level is one of the highest in the region.

So please my Brother do some research before comment…food for thought that confirms what I said through your comments…is that yes the youth are leaving! but ask yourself why!…it is because YES they are educated but unfortunatley not given the oppurtunity to develop these skills, and are offered better wages and positions in the gulf.

As for our health system again you must compare with the countries in the region…we have the best eye clinic in the region, we have the best cancer treatment centre in the region, our medical tourism sector is booming when was the last time you drove through Khalidi centre.

As for HM efforts I am sure no one can deny that all is for the good of Jordan and Jordans future.