Comments on: Self Censored: The King of all Solutions

By: mab3oos: Arabs need to Read!

mab3oos: Arabs need to Read! — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:10:45 +0000

[...] the kingdom's schools. imagine the results in 5 years. King Abdullah, did you know that selling this plane will buy a kindle to every Jordanian student? (imagine the bulk discount Bezos will give [...]

By: Iman

Iman — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:12:10 +0000

As a first step, the Jordanian monarchy could make public all financial records of state expenditures. Queen Elizabeth II does it.

http://www.royal.gov.uk/pdf/annual%20report%200...

By: Iman

Iman — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:12:10 +0000

As a first step, the Jordanian monarchy could make public all financial records of state expenditures. Queen Elizabeth II does it.

http://www.royal.gov.uk/pdf/annual%20report%200...

By: Med-student

Med-student — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 16:03:16 +0000

Yes but did you know the the son of our Chief of Mohammed Zaben Staff has a son studying Medecine in Romania on a scholarship paid by the Army, an uneducated brat that has failed Med-School and was banned from enterying Romania because of doubtful condut, after several attempts the Visa Ban was Removed by the Romanians as a courtesy Gesture to Jordan…This guy walks now among Jordanian and Plaestinian cooleagues(we barely finance our own tution fees students…) as if he is the son of the Chief of Staff the U.S army…

Yes the writer of this article is right the military institution is totally unproductive and corrupt as all Jordanin public institutions are

By: ma7moodjo

ma7moodjo — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:55:48 +0000

hahaha i dont know if you are just being sarcastic or you are serious … hell yea the middle class of amman and zarqa to some extend are the ones who are taking the fall for the ignorance of our society !!!

By: ajnabi

ajnabi — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:58:21 +0000

you seem to be implying that the middle-class work harder than the rest in Jordan. bizarre.

By: aseel

aseel — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:49:18 +0000

I totally agree with you, and i think that the Jordanian society as a whole is adopting a similar lifestyle, more or less, depending on each person's economy. We have become so concerned with the exterior, what appears to be, and have forgotten to solve the real problems, we have forgotten what it means to be modest, to be content with what we have. This is why we will never become a self-sufficient society.

By: Sufian

Sufian — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:18:23 +0000

Great job Mousa, until we all point out the bullshit that is happening in this country, it will never change!

By: Gadir

Gadir — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:19:37 +0000

Haha true but you cant blame him, he comes from a city in the South renowned for Jameed making. But you didnt answer my question regarding the plane is it for the Royal Jordanian or the family.

By: Musa

Musa — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:50:30 +0000

Gadir,
The whole issue of the army, its role, and its budget is an issue for another debate that we can start soon. Of course, as long as we stay objective and avoid empty patriotic rhetoric while “jaishana jaish alwatan” plays in the background.
Thanks for the link.
Here are links to a picture of the one he has just replaced:
http://www.watanynews.com/thumbnail.php?file=67...
The assumption that all high-ranked officers are out of shape as a result of minimal duties and activities was based on an unscientific conclusion relying on a mere observation. Although I insist that the chances of a huge belly increases exponentially at the sight of a red collar, hopefully, there would be an internal study that would gauge the fitness level at the top order and hence prove me wrong.

By: Gadir

Gadir — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:24:49 +0000

To Mr. Musa

While I appreciate, your insight into the ways to preserve the jobs of people in the public sector and subsidies on cooking oil. I didnt get your first point is the new plane for the Royal Jordanian or the Royal family. If it was for the latter I would agree with you.

The second point is un-realistic and doesnt change alot in any way. It is un-realistic because not only as one of the comments states it has a sentimental value but I dont think anyone would buy it. Most of them were presents given by friends and leaders. If your friend bought you a book for your birthday, when you friend is King Fahed of Saudi Arabia or Sheikh Zayid he gives you a car. Away from that its not a solution as many agree and you put it in there for the rhetoric.

The Third solution, while you started off talking about the courts budget, I couldnt see how attacking the Military as an institution has to do with any of this. Which revealed more than a real concern for the average Jordanian but bigotry against one of the last preserved Institutions of the Jordanian state. I assure you that the officers and soldeirs are under paid and they are the ones taking the negative effects of the bad economic policies. Any patriotic Jordanian would know that the first and foremost resource of Jordan is its security and that in the area we live in a large military budget is a given. We are not bordered by scandanivian countries, do not fool yourself. Saying something like half of the budget is taken up by the military is inaccurate when you know that 1/2 of the United States assistance goes to the military and that this is a fixed plan. We cannot go and tell the U.S. we want the whole 600 million for civlian purposes.

To reply to your rhetoric with some of mine, I bet you the red-collar officers could out-run you and most of your fat blogger friends. Leave your out-dated sarcasim to the Kuwaitis, here is a link for the cheif of staff whos waistline is that of an impoverished African kid :

http://petra.gov.jo/Temp/Images/Original/News-1...

note: he is the one on the right, the one on the left is Kuwaiti.

By: Yasmine

Yasmine — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:18:33 +0000

Even if we come up with ways to generate more domestic income, it will probably go to the wrong people –those who don’t need it nor deserve it-.

Let me quote Sweeney Todd" there are two kinds of me in the entire whole human race, there are two kinds of men and only two. There's the one staying put in his proper place and the one with his foot in the other one's face," in our case that is somewhat true.

While several officials were charged for spending silly amounts of the State's money in Britain and other nations, our beloved officials find their posts a great opportunity to score big-sadly- leaving the poor people (who I doubt they know or recognize) to face the world on their own.

Where are all those international aids? Where is the Domestic income of commerce, tourism and other sectors? The embezzlement from the Ministry of Agriculture case proves that corruption exists at large…

By: Mahmoud

Mahmoud — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:16:29 +0000

Dear MAHA
i would like to thank you for you comment which shows intellect but lacks genuinity and
ethical backgrounds in certain parts of it. I totally agree on what you said about the governmental
employees and ex-employees , and the drilling and the fashion taste of our queen ..etc .but come to think
about it its the rich people and the middle class who actually pay taxes and all other kind of governmental
revenues now i know that that's exactly what the situation is supposed to be , but you missed a bog part of it
which is that in Jordan there is a huge portion of the society esp living in other cities who actually gets
a free ride for life on ammanize expense like take for exp. a guy who finish tawjehi then joins the army
works there for till he is 32 the he retires and start getting pension without till the day he dies, to make things worse
he gets married on 23 and start providing the country with an endless supply of babies since they cost him nothing but little
now when his kid are of school age they go to public school which i don't argue is their right , but within a couple of years they
reach college of course with a 70% average now since his father who dedicated his life for our country in the army or public position ( 10 years )
he will get in bi mak3ad jaish aw abnaa2 ishi min hal ashyaa2 ,,,then the cycle goes on and on !so a guy who gave nothing in life to his country
is the main reason why the social security system is falling apart and our country is stuck with a huge deficit !
about the car and gas suggestion i think it doesn't make any sense since we already pay more than fuel actually cost the government
it does not make any sense that a Jordanian middle class person with an income of 1000 JD A MONTH with a whole family to support
has to pay more for gas than a stupid drunk red neck in Texas with no one to support ....just the idea of you wanting the rich to pay more
and not enjoy life make Jordan a grim place to live in ... people who worked hard in their life are entitled to get what they want
after 30 years of working their asses off even if its a big ass fuel eater ! its called capitalism isn't that what our government want Jordan to become!
so in conclusion just lets dump the stupid people of our society and focus on Amman ! it hurts i know but it is the truth !
peace