Posted on 07/20/2009 5:53:48 PM PDT by Kaslin
Journalism: After the eulogies, the fact remains that "the most trusted man in America" betrayed that trust. He helped snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in Vietnam and tried hard to do the same in Iraq.
Far from the image of the patriotic war correspondent, Cronkite was a World Federalist who couldn't wait for what was called "the American Century" to end.
In a profile by Newsday TV writer Verne Gay in the Jan. 21, 1996, issue of Los Angeles Times Magazine, Cronkite spoke of his dream for America. "We may have to find some marvelous middle ground between capitalism and communism," Gay quotes Cronkite as saying.
Let's call it socialism, and Cronkite at least lived long enough to see it unfolding before his eyes and ours.
Cronkite said that for the United States "the first priority of the new order must be a revision of the educational system to . . . guarantee that each of our citizens will have equal resources to share in the decisions of the democracy, and a fair share of the economic pie."
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I understand lots of Nam vets will be visiting his grave to p*ss on it.
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After a LOT of beer.
Could they bury him next to McNamara? My kidneys ain’t what they used to be...
CPT ARMOR
MACV 1971
Could they bury him next to McNamara? My kidneys aint what they used to be...
CPT ARMOR
MACV 1971
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Your kidneys could work for LBJ and McNamara.
Welcome home, FRiend. We were in different AO’s....I was in I Corp and you were probably south near Saigon.
Walter Cronkite. Nope, dont recall the name. Was he famous once?
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Famous? NO....Us GI’s would have spit on the sucker, though.
Thank you, Sir: Arty saved our asses more than a few times.
GO RUSH!!!!!
Nope. Up at Quang Tri. S-3 of the Tank Training Team. We trained the ARVN 20th Tank Squadron on their ‘new’ M48A3Cs.
Thanks!
Yes, he was a very evil man.
Is whatever you are able to work for and earn, either by your direct labor, or by running a business. Either way, under a capitalist system you have to serve your fellow man in a way that benefits him in order to earn your way. Those who serve their fellow man in the most beneficial ways earn the most. Forcing "fairness" for those who aren't willing to serve their fellow man cheats those of us who are willing to serve others.
Capitalism is a very simple system when you look at it that way, and a very fair system. Why lefties are too stupid to get it is a source of never ending amazement to me.
Yes. I know a few who are fiercely proud of their lack of funds and use it to justify all sorts of hatred for those who have more than they do and any and all plans to take it away from them.
You shouldn’t sugar coat it, tell us how you really feel!!
I agree, he wasn’t worth spit to me!
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