American Academy Inducts Fellows; Kennedy Uses Ceremony to Call Bush Doctrine 'imperialism'

Associated Press ^ | 10/6/02

[Brian Mosely]

Oct 6, 2002

American Academy Inducts Fellows; Kennedy Uses Ceremony to Call Bush Doctrine 'imperialism'

The Associated Press

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, novelist Chinua Achebe and radio commentator Daniel Schorr were among more than 100 politicians, scientists, authors and academics inducted into The American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Kennedy, whose brother President John F. Kennedy was inducted into the academy in 1955, called the induction "a great honor."

He also used the opportunity to criticize President Bush's plans for military action against Iraq, calling the administration's doctrine of preventive war "21st century American imperialism."

"Might does not make right. America cannot write its own rules for the modern world. To attempt to do so would be unilateralism run amok. It would antagonize our closest allies whose support we need," Kennedy, D-Mass., said.

In all, the academy's new class includes 177 fellows and 33 foreign honorary members. The fellows have made their careers in the United States, while foreign honorary members have worked at institutions in foreign countries.

Schorr, a senior news analyst for National Public Radio, took the media to task in his comments, saying he has "come to mourn the way my beloved profession has become progressively oriented to entertainment, scandal and profit."

"Sometimes it seems to me that our whole profession is crowded into a small corner of a vast entertainment stage, obliged to borrow the tools and values of entertainment and live by its standards in the grim struggle for ratings," he said.

Also inducted at the ceremony Saturday at Harvard University were former New Hampshire Republican Sen. Warren B. Rudman, U.S. Rep. Amory Houghton, R-N.Y., astrophysicist Edward W. Kolb and Philip S. Khoury, Dean of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The inductees may contribute to projects and publications published by the academy, but are not obligated to do so.

John Adams, James Bowdoin, John Hancock and other scholars founded the academy in 1780 to cultivate art and science.

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[texasbluebell]

Kennedy, whose brother President John F. Kennedy was inducted into the academy in 1955, called the induction "a great honor."

I'm sitting here racking my brain trying to figure out just what the heck JFK as a young senator had done by the age of 37 or so to get inducted into this academy.

The only thing I can think of was the book he supposedly wrote, which was actually written by Schlesinger. So his appointment was in fact based on more Kennedy BS and lies.

Figures.

When will we ever be rid of Camelot?

[jackbill]

Check out some of the names in the classes, at:

http://www.amacad.org/members/searchclass.htm

For instance in Class 3, Section 2 - Economics, they have Paul Krugman, but no Milton Freidman!!!

Elsewhere they have Noam Chomsky, Ramsey Clark, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Jill Abramson,. . . . - and no William F. Buckley.

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is a Liberal Bastion, unworthy of further discussion.

[texasbluebell]

Great catch!

[M-cubed]

Having an older brother that, as President, signed Executive Order 11110 and another brother that was running for President and understood the reasons behind that Order may have had an effect on how he views the world as well....but thats a much "bigger picture" of the world as we know it now isnt it!........PS...Welcome Home Brother!...and who knows...I may have chuaffeured you to some Godforsaken LZ many moons ago....God Bless!

[Uncle Miltie]

Kennedy Uses Ceremony to Call Bush Doctrine 'imperialism'

Does this mean we get to invade Massechussetts?

[CIB-173RDABN]

Perhaps the assassination of JFK was a warning to future presidents who would think to eliminate the U.S. debt by eliminating the Federal Reserve's control over the creation of money

Executive Order 11110

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Having lived a sheltered live (evidently) I never heard of Executive order 11110, and had to do a google search. I post a link only as a courtesy.

I am not a student of the JFK assassination, and in general believe that simple explanations are more often true then conspiracies.

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Side note – Bien Hoa November 1, 1965 to October 31, 1966 – if you transported the 1st 503rd anywhere, chances are you did fly me into battle. It was an interesting time. In case I have have not done so, thanks for the ride.

[CARepubGal]

A Skirt Chaser? Seems to have been a family failing.

[Ridgeway]

CIB. That site has a length to another site that "exposes" "THE BIBLE FRAUD". That book attacks Christianity with lies, slander, and myth.

Also that site is a conspiracy site and it bases it's conspiracies on exagerrations and distortions.

Besides if it told the truth wouldn't the almighty banks start taking out the "messengers of the truth"? Of course. But they are not, so that tells you something.

[Helms]

Daniel Schorr- awh yes, NPR's own Walter Cronkite. What a flatulant old gezzer. Did he have a colonospy bag for his trip to the this Kennedy event ( damned, you have to hand it to them, by turing a 3 year old administartion into a way bigger than reality perception. Mythmaking and ill gotten megabucks run amuck.

The Kennedys are Satans First Family.

[Helms]

When will we ever be rid of Ca(u)melot?

As far as I can tell,the Brothers Kennedy stepped over the line and played in the really tough neighborhoods of Mafia and who knows what else. In effect they lost, although they should have been thinking about this country but the again the Kennedys have allways been about image over substance and therefore are ideal media players

Richard Harris who played in Camelot just died, hopefully the Kennedy myth too will die. Then again the Major Media keep dredging up these very imperfect people in the way of Princess Diana.

I am desperately trying to keep the Kennedys beneath my contempt though that is sometimes very diffficult to do.