AW: Paul Harvey's Tribute to Slavery, Nukes, Genocide

[Dave Monroe]

I think the key passage is this, no?  Okay ...

"And we grew prosperous. And yes, we greased the skids
with the sweat of slaves. So it goes with most great
nation-states, which--feeling guilty about their
savage pasts--eventually civilize themselves out of
business  and wind up invaded and ultimately dominated
by the lean, hungry up-and-coming who are not made of
sugar 
candy."

Is PH suggesting there need be no remorse over
anything he's outlined?  Is he suggesting that as the
US has (perhaps? presumably?) gone "sugar candy" (has
it?), Ameica has rendered itself vulnerable as well? 
I believe Otto is reading such ambiguities charitably
here, whereas Meg is not.  Should he?  Need she?  Hm
....

--- Otto Sell <ottosell at yahoo.de> wrote:

> No, I'm not. But I regard it as a remarkable
> admission that the "land of the
> free & the home of the brave" was and still is based
> upon genocide, racism
> and the destruction of our natural environment.
> 
> Otto
> 
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org
> [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] Im Auftrag
> von Meg Larson
> Gesendet: Samstag, 2. Juli 2005 15:01
> An: pynchon-l
> Betreff: Fw: Paul Harvey's Tribute to Slavery,
> Nukes, Genocide
> 
> Is anyone else disturbed by this???
> M.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "FAIR" <fair at fair.org>
> To: "megley1 at CHARTERMI.NET" <megley1 at chartermi.net>
> Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 5:54 PM
> Subject: Paul Harvey's Tribute to Slavery, Nukes,
> Genocide
> 
> 
> >                                 FAIR-L
> >                    Fairness & Accuracy In
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> >               Media analysis, critiques and
> activism
> >
> > http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2569
> > ACTION ALERT:
> > Paul Harvey's Tribute to Slavery, Nukes, Genocide
> > Hateful rant shows Disney's double standard on
> speech
> >
> > July 1, 2005
> >
> > Disney/ABC radio personality Paul Harvey, one of
> the most widely listened 
> > to commentators in the United States, presented
> his listeners on June 23 
> > with an endorsement of genocide and racism that
> would have been right at 
> > home on a white supremacist shortwave broadcast.
> >
> > Harvey's commentary began by lamenting the decline
> of American wartime 
> > aggression.  "We're standing there dying, daring
> to do nothing decisive 
> > because we've declared ourselves to be better than
> our terrorist 
> > enemies--more moral, more civilized," he said.  
> Drawing a contrast with 
> > what he cast as the praiseworthy nuclear bombings
> of Hiroshima and 
> > Nagasaki in World War II, Harvey lamented that "we
> sent men with rifles 
> > into Afghanistan and Iraq and kept our best
> weapons in their 
> > silos"--suggesting that America should have used
> its nuclear arsenal in 
> > its invasions of both countries.
> >
> > Harvey concluded:
> >
> > "We didn't come this far because we're made of
> sugar candy. Once upon a 
> > time, we elbowed our way onto and across this
> continent by giving 
> > smallpox-infected blankets to Native Americans.
> That was biological 
> > warfare. And we used every other weapon we could
> get our hands on to grab 
> > this land from whomever.
> >
> > "And we grew prosperous. And yes, we greased the
> skids with the sweat of 
> > slaves. So it goes with most great nation-states,
> which--feeling guilty 
> > about their savage pasts--eventually civilize
> themselves out of business 
> > and wind up invaded and ultimately dominated by
> the lean, hungry 
> > up-and-coming who are not made of sugar candy."
> >
> > Harvey's evident approval of slavery, genocide and
> nuclear and biological 
> > warfare would seem to put him at odds with
> Disney's family-friendly image.
> 
> > The media conglomerate syndicates Harvey to more
> than 1,000 radio 
> > stations, where he reaches an estimated 18 million
> listeners.  Disney 
> > recently signed a 10-year, $100 million contract
> with the 86-year-old 
> > Harvey.
> >
> > In 2004, Disney forbid its Miramax subsidiary to
> distribute Michael 
> > Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11, even though Miramax
> was the principal 
> > investor in the film.  A Disney executive told the
> New York Times (5/5/04)
> 
> > that it was declining to distribute the film
> because, in the paper's 
> > words, "Disney caters to families of all political
> stripes and believes 
> > Mr. Moore's film...could alienate many."
> >
> > One wonders whether Disney executives are worried
> about alienating 
> > families who oppose slavery, nuclear war and
> Native American genocide.
> >
> > ACTION:
> > Ask Disney why it finds Paul Harvey's nostalgia
> for slavery and genocide 
> > and his calls for nuclear war acceptable, but
> deemed Michael Moore's film 
> > unacceptable.
> >
> >
> > CONTACT:
> > ABC Radio Networks
> > abcradio at abc.com
> > John.E.McConnell at abc.com
> > Phone: 212-456-5387
> >
> > Paul Harvey
> > Irma.N.Aviles at abc.com
> > Phone: (312) 889-4085
> >
> > Disney Corporation
> > Phone: 818-560-1000
> 
> > As always, please remember that your comments have
> more impact if you 
> > maintain a polite tone.
> >
> > Read a transcript of Harvey's comments (courtesy
> of the Chicago Tribune's 
> > Eric Zorn):
> >
> >
>
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ericzorn/weblog/archives/2005/
> 06/paul_harvey_ah.html
> >
> 
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