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
