tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post6159821214374822599..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Frank Rich Misses the '50sStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-90812613007106308722010-12-29T08:53:32.748-08:002010-12-29T08:53:32.748-08:00TO: Dr. Schneiderman
RE: Blaming the 'Cheerlea...TO: Dr. Schneiderman<br />RE: Blaming the 'Cheerleader'<br /><br /><i>It’s like blaming a cheerleader for the football team’s bad season.</i> -- Stuart Schneiderman<br /><br />Whereas you are talking about Rich, I'm talking about JFK. <br /><br />JFK and his 'mentality' about government—booze, sex and sultry Hollywood singers is the downfall of the Democrats and, if not turned around by more rational people, this country. <br /><br />The Democrats hold up Kennedy and the alleged 'Camelot' as their idea of 'utopia'. <br /><br />And here we are today....<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Chuck(le)<br />[History repeats itself. That's one of the problems with History.]Chuck Peltohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407516830005550495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-37514004256303738932010-12-29T08:46:26.794-08:002010-12-29T08:46:26.794-08:00Yes, JFK did serve during WW II, and had to overco...Yes, JFK did serve during WW II, and had to overcome a 4F classification to do so.<br /><br />But that does not prevent him from representing a cultural and political force the empowered intellectual elites and believed in expanding the entitlement culture.<br /><br />True enough, he and his family dedicated themselves to public service, but also to the belief that many of society's rules did not apply to them.<br /><br />And besides their father Joseph, most of them have not worked for a living and have not had a lifestyle that was commensurate with their government salaries. <br /><br />On all of these points, regarding JFK's cultural and political influence I agree with Chuck.<br /><br />I would add that if he had not been assassinated his influence would have been lesser.<br /><br />The question behind it all was how it happens that Kennedys and Rockefellers tend to be leading the nation toward an entitlement culture.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-21576780867762047362010-12-29T06:41:25.137-08:002010-12-29T06:41:25.137-08:00P.P.P.S. About those four secret service agents.
...P.P.P.S. About those four secret service agents.<br /><br />The information I collected indicate that all four were (1) former body-guards of then Governor Bill Clinton, (2) all four died of during the initial assault by the Department of the Treasury's BATF on the Davidian compound at Waco and (3) all four died of 'head-shots' during that assault. <br /><br />As a professional infantry officer, I'm 'impressed' with the shooting skills of a bunch of rank amateur religious cultists in the face of a semi-professional combat force. And in their first ever live-fire combat operation too boot.<br /><br />And those four dead were the ONLY dead in the entire operation. How VERY 'odd'....Chuck Peltohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407516830005550495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-33423011098692558132010-12-29T06:36:43.703-08:002010-12-29T06:36:43.703-08:00P.P.S. Did I forget to mention Senator Ted Kennedy...P.P.S. Did I forget to mention Senator Ted Kennedy?<br /><br />And his 'relationship' with Mary Jo Kopeckne? <br /><br />There seems to be an interesting parallel between her demise and that of Marilyn Monroe. <br /><br />One MIGHT be inclined to construe 'murder' with that promiscuity business I mentioned above. And THAT would correlate well with all the dead bodies at the feet of Bill Clinton: Vince Foster, Ron Brown, four Secret Service agents, Airman Womack, etc., etc., etc......<br /><br />So....you see....JFK can be construed to be the first step on the proverbial 'road to perdition' that the Democrats have decided to go down.....<br /><br />Harry Truman—the last good Democrat president—would not have done such as the Democrats after him seem to have done.Chuck Peltohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407516830005550495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-44205246601387762692010-12-29T06:10:48.966-08:002010-12-29T06:10:48.966-08:00TO: Anonymous
RE: JFK vs. Today
With all his faul...TO: Anonymous<br />RE: JFK vs. Today<br /><br /><i>With all his faults (and sicknesses), JFK was (to me) a polar opposite of our current entitled Elites.</i> -- Anonymous<br /><br />I disagree. JFK was the precursor of today's political elite. They've just 'expanded' on his 'example', promiscuous/adulterous sexual activities on government property, nepotism, piss-poor planning. I could go on and on, having lived through it.<br /><br />Where were YOU in '62?<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Chuck(le)<br />P.S. I did NOT enjoy the Cuban thingie, living at Ground Zero—SAC HQ, Offutt AFB, NE—when THAT went down. I distinctly remember the bags packed by the door. If my Father, a combat crew commander in an ICBM squadron 'got the call', we were all to hit the door running. He for his battle position. We for the family stomping grounds in northern Wisconsin. <br /><br />In my personal and historical-studies based opinion, JFK will go down in history as one of the 10 worst presidents this country has ever experienced. NOT necessarily because of his immediate impact, but more because of the moral degredating path he led the Democrats down.Chuck Peltohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407516830005550495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-22965598532170805232010-12-28T13:36:27.647-08:002010-12-28T13:36:27.647-08:00With all his faults (and sicknesses), JFK was (to ...With all his faults (and sicknesses), JFK was (to me) a polar opposite of our current entitled Elites.<br /><br /> A disabled vet who pulled strings to get his 4-F status changed - whose older brother died on a WW2 suicide mission.<br /><br /> A true patriot, believed in America, inspired his country.<br /><br /> Our current Elites? <br /><br /> Please see Samuel Huntington's last book, "Who Are We? - a cri de cour about the current rot. -- RichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-73549003418598501682010-12-28T07:52:23.120-08:002010-12-28T07:52:23.120-08:00Re the Frank Rich article...set the time machine b...Re the Frank Rich article...set the time machine back to 1975 and consider the following individual. He runs a small and growing manufacturing company in the Midwest. He makes a good income, but isn't rich yet...takes his family to Disneyland, which he and they enjoy in a totally un-ironic fashion.<br /><br />Now consider another individual at the same point in time. He lives in NY or DC and works for a "public interest" law firm devoted to increasing regulations of manufacturing businesses..he doesn't make a whole lot of money, but has a small family trust and plans to eventually go to work for big $$ for a large law firm. He is very hip, and the only way he can imagine going to Disneyland is as an experiment in some kind of irony or campiness.<br /><br />Question: Which of these two individuals would the NYT editors..and their core readership..have judged as being most worthy of admiration and emulation? Answer: pretty obvious.David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-76578626273116959852010-12-28T06:57:06.425-08:002010-12-28T06:57:06.425-08:00P.P.S. And whereas it is against my strongly held ...P.P.S. And whereas it is against my strongly held religious belief that it is not part of my 'duty description' to tell PEOPLE to "go to hell". [Note: That's His 'job'.] It's perfectly legit for me to tell a corporation to do so.<br /><br />How so? English law.....<br /><br /><b>They [corporations] cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed nor excommunicated, for they have no souls.</b> -- Sir Edward Coke, Lord Chief Justice of England, 1628Chuck Peltohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407516830005550495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-62919365461836806192010-12-28T06:45:06.154-08:002010-12-28T06:45:06.154-08:00TO: Dr. Schneiderman
RE: The 'Media'
Yes....TO: Dr. Schneiderman<br />RE: The 'Media'<br /><br />Yes. They're part of it, but an educated populace could (1) tell what the media is up to and (2) bring such media 'down' by walking away from it...in DROVES.<br /><br />Case in point....<br /><br />....last time some telemarketer called me asking if I wanted to subscribe the the New York Times, I told her, "The New York Times can go to hell."<br /><br />The shocked sound on the other end of the line was unmistakable.<br /><br />If more people responded to outfits like the NYT and CNN the way I did, fewer people would be telemarketing them. Or, as you might put it, their sense of 'shame' would cause them to find some other form of employment or work environment, e.g., telemarketing Disney cruises.<br /><br />As I think I've indicated elsewhere, I agree with the idea of shaming people whose work and efforts are damaging to the United States. That includes the so-called 'progressives' for what they really are....communists. May as well include the so-called 'teachers'. And I'll see a LOT of them next month when the high school forensics tournament season begins in earnest. The distaff and I are judges of such events and listening to some of the teachers who 'coach' the students is, on occasion, absolutely appalling. "My children", indeed. They aren't their children. They are their STUDENTS. Furthermore, they aren't 'children' at this stage of their education. They're young adults. Some of them are even adults in the eyes of the Law.<br /><br />Pardon my 'spleen'....<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Chuck(le)<br />[Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave. - Lord Henry Brougham]<br /><br />P.S. Guess what a crummy education does....three guesses....first two don't count....Chuck Peltohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407516830005550495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-29203312242972519932010-12-28T05:31:53.887-08:002010-12-28T05:31:53.887-08:00So do I, but with a significant assist from the me...So do I, but with a significant assist from the media.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-59863553771205063342010-12-27T18:35:49.207-08:002010-12-27T18:35:49.207-08:00TO: All
RE: I Like the Way....
....this guy put i...TO: All<br />RE: I Like the Way....<br /><br />....this guy put it....<br /><br /><b>The [greater] danger to America is not Barack Obama, but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the presidency. It will be easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgement to an electorate willing to have such a man for their president. <br /><br />The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails us. Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince.<br /><br />The Republic can survive a Barack Obama. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president.</b> <br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Chuck(le)<br />[Obama white washed their brains with ‘hope’ and ‘change’. Now all they can feel is their own shame.]<br /><br />P.S. I blame the vaunted American public education system.Chuck Peltohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407516830005550495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-5986144175766673672010-12-27T16:33:26.280-08:002010-12-27T16:33:26.280-08:00A W E S O M E, sir.A W E S O M E, sir.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-70603482754087850412010-12-27T16:02:19.711-08:002010-12-27T16:02:19.711-08:00Frank Rich reminds me of the man who murdered both...Frank Rich reminds me of the man who murdered both his parents and then demanded mercy on grounds that he was an orphan.<br /><br />It is specifically the "progressive" worldview espoused by Rich and those like him that has done so much to undermine American prosperity, in dozens of different ways.David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.com