OBFUSCATION: All those words below and nothing from you about Pinch saying he'd root for an enemy soldier against an American soldier.
OBFUSCATION. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Mario" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Grasping at Straws (G.A.S.) > > 1999 > > Publication of The Trust: The Private and Powerful Family Behind the New > York Times. Authors Tifft and Jones had previously unavailable access to > members of the Sulberger family and produced the most "tell all" > book to date. In one of their interviews, Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., in a > self-deprecating moment, tells an anecdote about a question his father > asked him in 1971, when he was 20 years old: "the dumbest question I've > ever heard in my life...." > > At the end of The Trust, the authors imply their general favorability, > despite some of the "dirty laindry" when they quote writer > Talese's abiding 30-year-old hope: ''Where can people [go] who have > values and a sense of right and wrong, of standards. . . I think today, > the Sulzberger family and The New York Times [are] our only hope.'' > > Business Week called it one of the top 10 books of 1999, and it was > named a National Book Critics' Award finalist. > > =============================== > > 2001 > > How I Accidentally Joined the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy (and Found > Inner Peace) is written by neo-con Harry Stein who lifted that one > paragraph by Sulberger from the 1999 Trust book. > > ===================================== > > 2003 Stanley Kurtz writes in the conservative The National Review: > > The problem is Arthur Sulzberger Jr., and he's not going away. In his > wonderful book, How I Accidentally Joined the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy > (and Found Inner Peace), Harry Stein lays out the disturbing facts about > "Pinch" Sulzberger. (Sulzberger's father was nicknamed "Punch," and the > none too flattering nickname for Junior is "Pinch.") > > Pinch was a political activist in the Sixties, and was twice arrested in > anti-Vietnam protests. One day, the elder Sulzberger asked his son what > Pinch calls, "the dumbest question I've ever heard in my life." If an > American soldier runs into a North Vietnamese soldier, which would you > like to see get shot? Young Arthur answered, "I would want to see the > American get shot. It's the other guy's country." > > The question gets two hits today on Google. The answer get 6 hits. Kurtz > mistakenly identifies Sulzberger as the owner of the NYT, but it is a > publicly owned company. > > ===================================================================== ===\ > ==== > > 12/23/2007, 10:18:32P.M.justifiedright writes: > > I'll take Reverend Moon over Salzburger, the owner of the NY Times > anyday, particularly since Salzburger said this: > > Pinch was a political activist in the Sixties, and was twice arrested in > anti-Vietnam protests. One day, the elder Sulzberger > asked his son what Pinch calls, "the dumbest question I've ever heard in > my life." If an American soldier runs into a North > Vietnamese soldier, which would you like to see get shot? Young Arthur > answered, "I would want to see the American get shot. It's > the other guy's country." > > You want to see an American soldier get shot? Treason. What a bastard. > I'll take Moon. > > ====================================================== > > Moon's controversial views regarding church and state, Jews and the > Holocaust, homosexuality, and the role of women are documented at Wiki. > > Cherry picking to suit one's point of point? Politics of Personal > Discussion? > > Can I call the pope a fascist because he was a member of Hitler Youth > when he was 14 and rejoined the Nazis after the seminary even though he > could have been exempt as a member of the clergy. What about the > Christians condoning slavery as being consistent by the Bible. And the > Vatican's Concordat with Hitler? > > Wondering why more don't consider General / President > Eisenhower's warnings, at the top of his game and experience, about > the military Industrial complex back in 1961. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdrGKwkmxAU > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdrGKwkmxAU> > > "In the councils of government, we must guard against the > acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the > militaryindustrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of > misplaced power exists and will persist. > > "We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our > liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. > Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing > of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our > peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper > together." Military-Industrial Complex Speech, Dwight D. Eisenhower, > 1961 <http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~hst306/documents/indust.html> > > ====================================== > > Happy Third Day of Christmas and Second Day of Kwanzaa. > > Peace to men and women of Good Will, > > Mario > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
