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"Silver Blaze" |
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28 Sep 2004 06:56:30 PM |
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Trump to Rather: "You're Fired" ... Grrr! |
Trump to Rather: "You're Fired" ... Grrr!
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
By Mike Straka
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,132966,00.html
If embattled CBS News anchorman Dan Rather were a contestant on "The
Apprentice," Donald Trump would say to him, "You're Fired!"
After The Donald fired "Apprentice" wannabe Bradford Cohen for giving up
his precious immunity in the board room last week -- something Trump
described as a "stupid thing to do" -- I began to wonder what would
happen if Rather were a contestant on the reality show, in light of
"Rathergate."
So I called Trump's office and asked his assistant to kindly pass on my
question.
Surprisingly, Trump -- the biggest real estate developer in the world
and now the biggest star on television -- returned the call himself.
"Hello Michael, Donald Trump returning your call," he said. "Yes, I
would fire Dan Rather. Thanks, bye. By the way, I love the Grrr!
column." CLICK.
(I added that last part, but click the link below to listen to the
message).
Listen to Trump's message to Straka.
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/set_cookie.html?091704/straka_trump&Strakalogue&Mike%20Straka%20...%20Grrr%21&acc&Foxlife&3
Trump knows what he's talking about. He knows that the marketing,
promotion and reputation of "The Brand" is the single most important
thing any company has going for it. Employee hires, business decisions
and public relations moves are all geared toward making "The Brand"
stand out with integrity and be consistent with the company's mission.
By vehemently standing by his "60 Minutes" story for more than a week,
despite mounting evidence that forged Air National Guard documents were
used as a "smoking gun" to make President Bush look bad in this election
year, Rather selfishly put himself in front of the CBS News brand.
That brand is now severely damaged.
Turn-About Is Fair Play
That's why CBS and parent company Viacom should follow Trump's lead and
say to Rather, "You're Fired!"
After all, wasn't it Dan Rather and his agent who forced the venerable
Walter Cronkite into early retirement in 1981?
According to the late ABC News and Sports president Roone Arledge's
autobiography "Roone: A Memoir," Rather used ABC as a negotiating chip
to force CBS's hand to install him as the anchor of CBS Evening News six
months earlier than Cronkite had planned to retire. This was at a time
when Cronkite was considered the most trusted man in America.
"What startled me most though, in scrambling to get Rather, CBS had
pressured Cronkite into stepping aside six months in advance of his
scheduled retirement," Arledge wrote.
Arledge went on to write that Rather got a two-fer in the deal: Not only
did Cronkite retire, but esteemed CBS Washington reporter Roger Mudd --
who had been rumored to be next in line for the anchor seat -- quit in
a huff after hearing Rather got the job.
Rather's Bias Finally Caught Up With Him ... Grrr!
Like former president Bill Clinton -- who soiled his legacy after a
disastrous affair with a White House intern -- the 72-year-old Rather
has probably destroyed his own legacy by making such a blunder in the
twilight of what should have been remembered as one of the greatest
broadcast news careers in the history of television.
What a Grrring shame.
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See BS Dan Rather Insanely Liberal: What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
http://www.boycottcbs.com/
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Software Update from Microsoft for Dems
Redmond, WA -- Microsoft Corporation announced a new font-pack upgrade
for Microsoft Word this week. Aimed at CBS News reporters, the Kerry
Campaign, and others in the document forgery market, it includes a
series of special typefaces such as "1973_Selectric.ttf,"
"underwood_1965.ttf," and several others.
"We really don't recommend using Times New Roman, our default typeface,
if you are trying to fake the appearance of a typed military memo from
the early 1970s," said Microsoft Word product manager Shirley
KerryFlipFlops.
"If you don't have our new font pack, we at least recommend you use
Courier 10pt or 12pt. Also available in the font pack are
'Whats_The_Frequency_Kenneth.ttf,'
'Rathers_Bleeding_Liberal_Heart_As_Fake_As_Kerrys_Purple_Hearts.ttf,'
and 'Obvious_Forgery_To_All_But_CBS.ttf,' which support sophisticated
kerning, complex font designs, as well as macros to set up text in ways
old-fashioned typewriters never did."
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This pretty much sums up John Kerry!
I would like to add my two cents about my John Kerry experience.
During my career as an Air Force pilot, I spent two years flying a small
twin-engine prop plane around the Pacific from my base in Okinawa,
Japan. On one trip we had to fly Senator Kerry, his congressional aide,
and a Navy Captain (Vietnam, A-4 fighter pilot) who was also in Kerry's
party to various locations in Vietnam and Cambodia as part of the
MIA/POW talks. When I met him, he was wearing a shirt with a picture of
his sailboat on it. I told him I had a small 27' sailboat in Okinawa, he
remarked 'Oh I never sail on anything less than 135 feet'. I laughed to
myself and realized this guy was no sailor.
When we first flew him into Phnom Penh, he went to the back of the
airplane and grabbed the pizza that was put aside for the crew and
passed it around to his staff. He was never offered any pizza because
they were supposed to have lunch with the Cambodian government once we
landed. The pizza would have been our only meal that day. He just never
cared to ask.
Then when we picked him up in Cambodia, he was an hour late getting to
the airport. We could not start the engines and therefore the air
conditioning until he arrived. Phnom Penh at that time was over 100
degrees with 95% humidity and we were basically sitting in a greenhouse
behind the cockpit windows. When he finally did arrive, we were wringing
out our clothes from the perspiration. He walks out of the air
conditioned car, into the airplane and asks us 'Could you guys get the
air conditioning running, I'm a little warm." The other pilot had to
physically restrain me from going back there and picking a fight.
Then we took him into Noi Bai airfield in Hanoi. After we picked him up
the next day (he stayed the night in Vietnam, we stayed in Bangkok) we
taxied out, ran up the engines for takeoff, and noticed that our prop
rpm was vibrating all over the place. We taxied off to the side to look
at it, but there was a good possibility that there was an engine
malfunction and the engine may fail if we took off with it. Well, Mr.
Senator sticks his head up in the cockpit and says 'this plane WILL take
- off, I have a press conference in Bangkok in three hours!" (Maybe this
is an indication of how he will run the FAA). We ran the engines again,
and did not have the problem, so we took off and made it back.
During the flight, he told everyone how he had taken a Cessna (a small
General aviation plane) up with a fighter pilot, and the fighter pilot
remarked that Kerry was one of the best pilots he had ever seen. I don't
know about other pilots out there, but it's hard to imagine a little,
single-engine prop plane pilot being able to show the 'right stuff'.
After Kerry left the plane, the Navy Captain came up to us, apologized
and said basically that he knows Kerry is a jerk and that we should be
glad we don't have to deal with him every day....
Or will we?
WE HAD BETTER GET OUT AND VOTE!!
Jack Privitt
HPE Computer Specialist, Inc.
5314 Mac Arthur Dr.
North Little Rock, AR 72118
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| Title: Re: Trump to Rather: "You're Fired" ... Grrr! |
29 Sep 2004 07:40:49 PM |
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Trump is pro-gambling.
"Silver Blaze" <pintaguinness@yourlocal.com> wrote in message
news:4159FA2D.AEC59962@yourlocal.com...
| Trump to Rather: "You're Fired" ... Grrr!
|
| Tuesday, September 21, 2004
|
| By Mike Straka
|
| http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,132966,00.html
|
| If embattled CBS News anchorman Dan Rather were a contestant on "The
| Apprentice," Donald Trump would say to him, "You're Fired!"
|
| After The Donald fired "Apprentice" wannabe Bradford Cohen for giving up
| his precious immunity in the board room last week -- something Trump
| described as a "stupid thing to do" -- I began to wonder what would
| happen if Rather were a contestant on the reality show, in light of
| "Rathergate."
|
| So I called Trump's office and asked his assistant to kindly pass on my
| question.
|
| Surprisingly, Trump -- the biggest real estate developer in the world
| and now the biggest star on television -- returned the call himself.
|
| "Hello Michael, Donald Trump returning your call," he said. "Yes, I
| would fire Dan Rather. Thanks, bye. By the way, I love the Grrr!
| column." CLICK.
|
| (I added that last part, but click the link below to listen to the
| message).
|
| Listen to Trump's message to Straka.
|
|
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/set_cookie.html?091704/straka_trump&Strakalogue&Mike%20Straka%20...%20Grrr%21&acc&Foxlife&3
|
| Trump knows what he's talking about. He knows that the marketing,
| promotion and reputation of "The Brand" is the single most important
| thing any company has going for it. Employee hires, business decisions
| and public relations moves are all geared toward making "The Brand"
| stand out with integrity and be consistent with the company's mission.
|
| By vehemently standing by his "60 Minutes" story for more than a week,
| despite mounting evidence that forged Air National Guard documents were
| used as a "smoking gun" to make President Bush look bad in this election
| year, Rather selfishly put himself in front of the CBS News brand.
|
| That brand is now severely damaged.
|
| Turn-About Is Fair Play
|
| That's why CBS and parent company Viacom should follow Trump's lead and
| say to Rather, "You're Fired!"
|
| After all, wasn't it Dan Rather and his agent who forced the venerable
| Walter Cronkite into early retirement in 1981?
|
| According to the late ABC News and Sports president Roone Arledge's
| autobiography "Roone: A Memoir," Rather used ABC as a negotiating chip
| to force CBS's hand to install him as the anchor of CBS Evening News six
| months earlier than Cronkite had planned to retire. This was at a time
| when Cronkite was considered the most trusted man in America.
|
| "What startled me most though, in scrambling to get Rather, CBS had
| pressured Cronkite into stepping aside six months in advance of his
| scheduled retirement," Arledge wrote.
|
| Arledge went on to write that Rather got a two-fer in the deal: Not only
| did Cronkite retire, but esteemed CBS Washington reporter Roger Mudd --
| who had been rumored to be next in line for the anchor seat -- quit in
| a huff after hearing Rather got the job.
|
| Rather's Bias Finally Caught Up With Him ... Grrr!
|
| Like former president Bill Clinton -- who soiled his legacy after a
| disastrous affair with a White House intern -- the 72-year-old Rather
| has probably destroyed his own legacy by making such a blunder in the
| twilight of what should have been remembered as one of the greatest
| broadcast news careers in the history of television.
|
| What a Grrring shame.
|
| + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|
| See BS Dan Rather Insanely Liberal: What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
|
| http://www.boycottcbs.com/
|
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|
| Software Update from Microsoft for Dems
|
| Redmond, WA -- Microsoft Corporation announced a new font-pack upgrade
| for Microsoft Word this week. Aimed at CBS News reporters, the Kerry
| Campaign, and others in the document forgery market, it includes a
| series of special typefaces such as "1973_Selectric.ttf,"
| "underwood_1965.ttf," and several others.
|
| "We really don't recommend using Times New Roman, our default typeface,
| if you are trying to fake the appearance of a typed military memo from
| the early 1970s," said Microsoft Word product manager Shirley
| KerryFlipFlops.
|
| "If you don't have our new font pack, we at least recommend you use
| Courier 10pt or 12pt. Also available in the font pack are
| 'Whats_The_Frequency_Kenneth.ttf,'
| 'Rathers_Bleeding_Liberal_Heart_As_Fake_As_Kerrys_Purple_Hearts.ttf,'
| and 'Obvious_Forgery_To_All_But_CBS.ttf,' which support sophisticated
| kerning, complex font designs, as well as macros to set up text in ways
| old-fashioned typewriters never did."
|
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| This pretty much sums up John Kerry!
|
| I would like to add my two cents about my John Kerry experience.
|
| During my career as an Air Force pilot, I spent two years flying a small
| twin-engine prop plane around the Pacific from my base in Okinawa,
| Japan. On one trip we had to fly Senator Kerry, his congressional aide,
| and a Navy Captain (Vietnam, A-4 fighter pilot) who was also in Kerry's
| party to various locations in Vietnam and Cambodia as part of the
| MIA/POW talks. When I met him, he was wearing a shirt with a picture of
| his sailboat on it. I told him I had a small 27' sailboat in Okinawa, he
| remarked 'Oh I never sail on anything less than 135 feet'. I laughed to
| myself and realized this guy was no sailor.
|
| When we first flew him into Phnom Penh, he went to the back of the
| airplane and grabbed the pizza that was put aside for the crew and
| passed it around to his staff. He was never offered any pizza because
| they were supposed to have lunch with the Cambodian government once we
| landed. The pizza would have been our only meal that day. He just never
| cared to ask.
|
| Then when we picked him up in Cambodia, he was an hour late getting to
| the airport. We could not start the engines and therefore the air
| conditioning until he arrived. Phnom Penh at that time was over 100
| degrees with 95% humidity and we were basically sitting in a greenhouse
| behind the cockpit windows. When he finally did arrive, we were wringing
| out our clothes from the perspiration. He walks out of the air
| conditioned car, into the airplane and asks us 'Could you guys get the
| air conditioning running, I'm a little warm." The other pilot had to
| physically restrain me from going back there and picking a fight.
|
| Then we took him into Noi Bai airfield in Hanoi. After we picked him up
| the next day (he stayed the night in Vietnam, we stayed in Bangkok) we
| taxied out, ran up the engines for takeoff, and noticed that our prop
| rpm was vibrating all over the place. We taxied off to the side to look
| at it, but there was a good possibility that there was an engine
| malfunction and the engine may fail if we took off with it. Well, Mr.
| Senator sticks his head up in the cockpit and says 'this plane WILL take
| - off, I have a press conference in Bangkok in three hours!" (Maybe this
| is an indication of how he will run the FAA). We ran the engines again,
| and did not have the problem, so we took off and made it back.
|
| During the flight, he told everyone how he had taken a Cessna (a small
| General aviation plane) up with a fighter pilot, and the fighter pilot
| remarked that Kerry was one of the best pilots he had ever seen. I don't
| know about other pilots out there, but it's hard to imagine a little,
| single-engine prop plane pilot being able to show the 'right stuff'.
|
| After Kerry left the plane, the Navy Captain came up to us, apologized
| and said basically that he knows Kerry is a jerk and that we should be
| glad we don't have to deal with him every day....
|
| Or will we?
|
| WE HAD BETTER GET OUT AND VOTE!!
|
| Jack Privitt
| HPE Computer Specialist, Inc.
| 5314 Mac Arthur Dr.
| North Little Rock, AR 72118
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