If you're clueless, Inexperienced, and Technologically challenged, you are wanted at the Royal Hashemite Court!

Yes, I monitor who comes into my blog. Big Deal!
After labeling all the frequent visitors, you kind of get an idea of what they are looking for. One of these visitors الأشاوس hails from the Royal Court. With the IP in hand, the links that brought them in, the pages they visited afterward, and the posts they read, you can't help but develop a certain idea about the person stalking your blog and visiting you this many times in two days:

the adjectives of the title refer to the following:

1. this person has the out-in-your-face "Royal Hashemite Court" as the ISP
2. does a "blog search" for the word "Jordan." Really?
   
3. Very slow. Clicked on the same post at least 7 times
4. Still uses IE 6. 6 for gods sake.
   
5. with an IP search, I found out these too: (I deleted the info by the way)

• person: 
  organization:
  address:
  address:
  phone: 
  fax-no:
  e-mail:

I swear, if only I could serve you coffee digitally, I would.

What the World's Media said about the new Jordanian government

Foreign Policy

Cabinet shuffles in Jordan are a fairly routine business. Real power (especially over foreign policy) is concentrated in the Royal Court, and no government shuffle will ever touch the core of policy. The King is really his own Foreign Minister. Governments generally go until they start to wear out their welcome, and then shuffle the deck to buy another six to nine months until it's time for the King to designate a new Prime Minister to start over. But government shuffles can serve as important signals of the King's intentions and preferences, with the personality or profile of the new cabinet members or Prime Minister suggesting where he wants policy to go.
Salah al-Din Bashir, confidante of the controversial Bassem Awadallah, is out as Foreign Minister.
Nasir Joudeh, who has held a variety of government positions over the last decade and had been Minister of State for Information, is known for a good relationship with the King. He doesn't have a lot of baggage in inter-Arab politics, but he most definitely does with Hamas (Jordan Watch). The new Interior Minister Nayif al-Qadhi presided over the expulsion of Hamas leaders from Jordan when he held the same position back at the end of the 1990s. Their elevation likely suggests the deep concern about rising Hamas and Islamist power in the Kingdom and in the region. So the signals are mixed: An openness to bridging Arab divides which may not extend to warming with Hamas, and perhaps a recognition of tough domestic times ahead.
The primary focus of the new government will likely be the devastated economy.
the specific changes seem to be intended to meet the new challenges posed by the new right wing Israeli government and by the moves towards Arab and Palestinian reconciliation.

MSNBC

The outgoing government was widely criticized for being unable to control soaring inflation, which doubled to 13 percent, and an across-the-board spike in prices, particularly for food and fuel.
Government officials had initially denied there was any negative impact on the economy from the global financial crisis, angering the public. Jordan relies heavily on U.S. aid to keep its small economy afloat.
The most significant non-economic change was the appointment of Nayef al-Qadi as the new interior minister. He held the same portfolio in the late 1990s when he deported four leaders of the militant Palestinian Hamas which rules the Gaza Strip.

Radio Netherlands

Jordan's Prime Minister Nader Dahabi has announced a cabinet reshuffle in an attempt to combat the country's social and economic problems.
Mr Dahabi is hoping that the reshuffle will reduce attacks on his government by the conservative opposition, who have frequently criticised him for following a 'Western' economic course.

Reuters

Pro-reformist Labour Minister Bassem al-Salem, who has strong business credentials, was appointed finance minister, replacing Hamad Kassasbeh and sending a strong signal to Jordan's donors and the International Monetary Fund of its commitment to free market reforms.
Pro-Western reformist Foreign Minister Salah al-Basheer, who has been a target of criticism by conservatives, was replaced by Nasser Joudeh, a veteran information minister and government spokesman.The new interior minister, Nayef al-Qadi, succeeds Eid al-Fayez, who had antagonised civil rights campaigners and the Islamist opposition by using heavy-handed police tactics to clamp down on dissent during parliamentary elections in 2007.The long-awaited reshuffle became more urgent after the resignation last September of the monarch's closest reform adviser, Basem Awadallah, whose Western-style free market policies had challenged the conservative establishment. The conservatives had accused Awadallah, a confidant of the monarch, of seeking to give the monarchy wider powers by setting up a shadow administration that interfered with the day-to-day functioning of the government. The new 27-member line-up, sworn in by King Abdullah on Monday, includes four women among a total of 10 new ministers in a reshuffled cabinet dominated by tribal figures. Jordan's own majority Palestinian population is under-represented.

AFP

A new ministry of political affairs will be headed by Mussa Maayta, a left-leaning political activist who will be entering government for the first time, the official said.

Arabs and discrimination are Synonyms

You might argue otherwise trying to be a proud Arab. But calling it at face value is whats logical. Examples are abundant of how far reaching and infested the ideology of racism and other discriminatory behaviors are in the Arab world.

• Jordanians and Palestinians
  
• Western Arabs and Berbers
• Arabs and non Arabs in Sudan
• Sunni's and Shia's
  
• Lebanese and Syrians
• Gulfers and Egyptians
  

The list goes on without even getting into the misery Women live in Saudi Arabia, for example. So, why is it that we take on such barbaric behaviors and accuse the West of controlling and patronizing us? Why do we always try to play the victim role in a world that we brought a lot of discrimination into?

I don't think much could be gained in the Arab world without self-awareness. unless equality is guaranteed to all, not just under the law, but also in the hearts and minds of the people, we should not be complaining of how we are treated by others.

BS aside, this is how the Jordanian government works

Every time there is a new government, Jordanians start the usual talk of who is qualified and who is not. Basically, no body is. I have posted before on the qualifying standards of Jordanian cabinet members. There is no reason that we will ever see much deviation from that rule.

People need to understand that the prime minster is not the one that appoints his team members. It is the King. King Abdullah wants people that never say "No." He wants people that always say: أمرا و طاعا. But, if anything goes wrong, the ministers must accept the blame. Most of the cabinet members in Jordan's history qualify under these rules. That's why academic and professional experiences are secondary. For if you dare to think while in office, you might find yourself without one. Pretty soon.

Imagine yourself in the position of minister. You would probably be exposed to huge amounts of information of the inner dealings of the higher-ups. You would see how much gets embezzled and how much gets siphoned off. You would get your blood pressure through the roof and would almost get a heart attack because you see but can't do. This of course assuming that you are an honest person. So, why do these people desperately "serve" the country?

The position of minister carries a lot of status in a corrupt and backward society, such as Jordan's. Therefore, it is natural the make up of governments shows a distribution amongst the tribes and those power brokers in the Kingdom.

If your tribe is represented, you are representin'.

و كُل حُكومة و إنتوا بخير

It's good that Members of Parliament are fighting

It shows that they are passionate about something. That they would like to voice their opinions and make their stances clear. Also, it happens in many other parts of the world, where MPs would throw ash trays, shoes, and other projectiles at each other. The bottom line is that I think it's healthy.

However, I have a problem with the subject matter of their disagreements, which causes such infighting, when Jordanian MPs fight because of he said/she said gibberish. As in the latest episode, the fighting broke out to show who is more patriotic than the other, which is ass kissing of royal proportions.

The hell with government's corruption, I am patriotic!
Screw poor people, long live the king.
What miserable education system? Health services? Food security? Water scarcity? Malnourished population? Unemployment? هاشمي هاشمي، و انا اشهد هاشمي

-I love Jordan more than you do......No I do......No I do......No I do...

Screw both of you!

Conspiracies Against Jordan

I am really sick of those in Jordan that keep on riding the ass kissing wagon. A few weeks ago, the king mentions that there was a conspiracy (مؤامرة) aiming at permanently settling Palestinians in Jordan. Since the interview with Al Jazeerah, political and tribal personalities had nothing else to do but voice their support. Support that nobody knows for what. Just mere support. Someone said something, the rest of Jordan must get behind them and try to score all possible political points with the Royal Family.

All that without mentioning that Palestinians in Jordan are citizens; that they have all rights granted to the rest of Jordanians; that they have been in the country since two years after independence. Therefore, Palestinians in Jordan have already been settled a long time ago.