NGOs-LOOSE AS A GOOSE

Hi,
A couple of weeks ago when we took a look at Hungarian George Soros and his wealthy input into American and International politics, we ran into some Soros' influenced NGOs (NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS)that are listed on the Web.

Speaking of "George", a small newspaper item announced that he'd given $100 million over a 10 year period to Human Rights Watch, an international human rights group. The money comes from Soros' Open Society Foundations. His Open Society Institute sponsors "DEATH IN AMERICA", and he helped fund the Oregon Death with Dignity Act which he hopes will transform the culture and experience of dying since he sponsors euthanasia. Mr. Soros, although Hungarian, considers himself RESPONSIBLE for all phases of an American's life. He obviously considers us irrational, irresponsible AND TOO UNSTABLE to account for our own actions or our influence on the world. Too bad! I wonder if he judges us on the Disneyland phenomenon?

Both of the organizations in which Soros is involved are NGOs that you can find explained on the Web. And if you get interested there are over 40,000 NGOs internationally and they can number in the millions in individual countries like India.

A non-governmental organization (NGO) is a legally constituted organization (according to the legalities of the founding countries' citizens) created by natural or certain legal persons that operates independently of any government and without government status. Funding may be by private individuals and partially by government but must exclude government officials from membership. Supposedly the NGO pursues some wider social aim and is not overtly political. It really has NO LEGAL DEFINITION and is LOOSE AS A GOOSE.

Unfortunately, this loose definition has led to recognition in Agenda 21 of the United Nations (never seen as political??????????) for a consulting relationship which LOOSELY SPEAKING MEANS United Nations one World CONTROL. There's the GOOSE!!!!!!!!!! NGOs have been called "THE GROWING POWER OF THE UNSELECTED FEW". Unfortunately, many NGOs appear to have moved from their own issues to a largely liberal POLITICAL agenda aimed at destroying United States sovereignty and free market capitalism.

Since NGOs create their own rules and regulations, they often use their organization to force political issues by the knowledgeable use of the MEDIA MACHINE. That title for the recent path of the media is a great one and I will pursue that in another post!!!!!!!!

There is a new website:

http://www.ngowatch.org

To provide operational information and funding sources of these sites that are using their influence in international affairs. " Some NGOs want to be players. They want to be regulators." Unfortunately, instead of Non Governmental agendas, these efforts are furthering a world political order based on global governance and a rule of international law that would end UNITED STATES sovereignty. A project that George Soros deems worthy and contributes his money to fund because he considers us UNSTABLE.

There are all sorts of NGO categories that began in the 1980s which would seem to lead to humanitarian efforts rather than political effort including charitable, service, participatory, and empowering.

The establishment of an NGO is done by the identification of need and gathering
a group of people of like minds and unity of purpose. These folks hire a qualified legal practitioner to register with a regional or central government depending on the scope of operations planned. NGOs are often divided by the World Bank based on clearly stated objectives or plans of action into Operational (community based, national or international HELP) or Advocacy (SPECIFIC CAUSE AWARENESS. IT ALL SEEMS REASONABLE, HARMLESS, AND HELPFUL!!!!!!!!!!! They are most certainly is in the great American tradition of FREEDOM.

BUT WHAT FINE MORAL OBJECTIVE can't be turned to IMMORAL use given the OPPORTUNITY??????????? And our enemies recognize that very well.

NGOs vary in their methods of operation and utilize lobbyists, instructors, active programs, investigators, documentation, legal assistants, public relations, fund raisers, and management.

A code of ethics was established in 2003 by THE WORLD ASSOCIATION OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL NGOs. It is LOOSELY FOLLOWED but once a large association is formed, the NGO becomes its OWN KIND OF GOVERNMENT that REQUIRES PAID staffs.

As an employer just one large NGO can employ over 5000 staff and have budgets in the hundreds of millions+ dollars. That Money must come from dues, donations, and if necessary government funding. This has become the case with the AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) whose annual budget in the late l990s was $540 million. The budget was too big to handle and AARP got assistance from the United States Government. The association because of the large government funding has become a political animal in the 2000s, losing the freedom of its original NGO.

The dependence on Government money for funding increases Government influence. One of my favorite FORMER donation projects, "Medecins Sans Frontiers" or known in the U.S. as DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS IS NOW NEAR 50% FUNDED by Government sources. It has increasingly lost its particular special and unique purpose of providing like-nationality doctors to foreign travelers and has become part of the army of doctors for poor countries. Too bad since there are many already dedicated to that sector and none to the sick traveler.

Government funding seems to always change the purpose originally intended by an NGO that formerly filled a specific need or humanitarian intervention. Some NGOs created for individual action groups continue to operate outside government like GREENPEACE because they do not accept funding from governments OR INTERGOVERNMENTAL organizations.

Okay, is there any monitoring or control????????? Well,the UN is interested in becoming the totally controlling agency. UH OH!!!!!!!!!!Isn't the United Nations all about One Worldism and isn't that what Mr. Soros is all about as well.

Some of the countries' governments who register NGOs require reporting, monitoring, and oversight. The information is given to the donors and not always available publicly. There are NGOs that specialize in watchdog activities and publish the details of specific NGOs, LIKE THE WEBSITE POSTED ABOVE.

So, what does all this activity means to us ECONOMICALLY?????? Well, in as much as YOU MAY BE SUPPORTING THROUGH TAXES an NGO that you don't want to support--that's called a TAX BURDEN!!!!!!!!!

I haven't found any statistics on how much our Federal Government spends on these private organizations but if the $540MILLION spent in the 1990s on JUST AARP is any indication, we can be assured THAT THE MONEY SPENT COULD BE BUDGETED to our present problems and do the taxpayers a lot more good.

There is a list on the WEB by Duke Libraries of NGOs in North America

http://library.duke.edu/research/subject/guides/ngo_guide/ngo_links/namerica.html

that provides a list that may STARTLE you: from the Lions Club and Rotary Club International to the American Civil Liberties Union and the Gay and Lesbian Alliance. It's a startling range of NGOs in just the American group.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING?????????AND DO YOU APPROVE????
If not, maybe we need a more responsive and responsible accounting by Congressional members, who tend to slip many of these funds into budgets not designed for that purpose!!!!!!!!!!

Why is Medicare not fully funded or Social Security??????????Maybe these tax dollars are part of the reason!!!!!!!!!!Americans should have a choice ON what SPECIAL INTERESTS THEY ARE WILLING TO PAY or A CONGRESS THAT IS MORE RESPONSIBLE TO THE REAL NEEDS OF THE ELECTORATE!!!!!!!!

CHEERS, CONNIE