Ted Turner on Letterman

[DemonFighterLives]

Making some good points.

[DemonFighterLives]

1. Ted gave 1 billion to the UN over a period of 15 years.

He says he is anti-war. The US spends more on defense than all the other 190 members. 2o times more than Russia or China.

Idea that you have to give the suicide bombers hope so that they don't want to blow themselves up.

[karlrschneider]

3. Exactly. ....and I should have more to say but you did it already.

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;-)

[DemonFighterLives]

7. I was a little late in bringing the notice here

but damn, there should be more like him. When he decided to give the billion to UN, it was a third of his wealth. The US was behind a billion and he wanted to pay it and tell the US, that we owed him, like a repo man. :chuckle: He feels strongly that you have to get rid of poverty and health care problems and such because most of the people of the world want to live peacefully.

[karlrschneider]

2. Absolutely. He doesn't have a great TV presence but excellent points.

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I met him about 20 years ago and was very impressed...I know a lot of very rich people and he's one that did't either become an asshole because of it or -got- rich by way of being one. IMO. ;-)

[glarius]

5. He sounds like he's yelling because he's quite deaf......

I heard someone on another show say the is hard of hearing....He's great!

[glarius]

4. I wish he still owned CNN!

It was a real news network when he was in charge...

[DemonFighterLives]

8. Me too.

This is the most that I have paid attention to him, but CNN has definitely gone downhill since he left.

[DemonFighterLives]

6. 350,000 acres in New Mexico

Wjere he is raising Bison. After he got over 42,000 he said he had to eat some. :rofl: He didn't eat them for 20 years but he decided to. He really seems like a good guy.

[dweller]

9. Ted wanted to be a Repo-man

chuckle...

wanted to buy the note of US debt to UN.

dp

edit: sitting here in the quiet of my solitary dwelling, loudly applauding his words tonite. He has pointed out the world is made up of people that want peace, referencing Gandhi, pointing out that Iraq did not attack us.

[DemonFighterLives]

13. Wasn't it neat hearing someone positive

rather than the terror terror code red sh*t we get with dubco.

I wonder if he could be persuaded to help the US out of the mess we have?

[dweller]

17. it sounds like he is trying with his contributions

to the UN. Something like $600m raised so far?

but yes, he was a breath of fresh thought for a change. Even if he was reiterating some timeless truths.

dp

[Elwood P Dowd]

10. I saw him at a Braves game once back in the 80s.

He was joking and talking to people while walking up the aisle. Reminded me of when I met Dizzy Dean at a Braves game in the 60s. Both were just having fun, talking to people, cracking jokes, and acting like regular baseball fans.

[Lex]

11. He's kicking ass. He puts his money where his mouth is too.

He understands how poverty leads to "terrorism."

And how education, basic health care, and standard of living affects geo-politics and war.

[DemonFighterLives]

15. Yes, a man with a plan

He wants to prevent a WW3. I'm all for that.
PNAC is the exact opposite of this philosophy.

[hibbing]

12. I may be wrong but..

I think he is the largest private landholder in the U.S., I know he
owns a huge amount of land in beautiful, yes I did say beautiful, western Nebraska...

Peace,
Tim

[lildreamer316]

14. Welcome to DU ...

if no one has made you feel welcome yet....
I've never been to Nebraska; maybe I should add it to the list?

[DemonFighterLives]

16. Ditto on the Welcome to DU!

I think I was right about the New Mexico bison ranch. That was quite an acreage there. Nebraska is beautiful, no doubt.

[Melodybe]

20. It's all over the west

Best thing is, he buys the land so that it will never be developed.

He does let people camp and fish on his land.

I love him, I hate the the RW always tells us that truth tellers are crazy.

[Melodybe]

21. It's all over the west

Best thing is, he buys the land so that it will never be devolped.

He does let people camp and fish on his land.

I love him, I hate the the RW always tells us that truth tellers are crazy.

[Tsiyu]

18. Nobody has the ability to cut to the chase like 'Ol Ted

I enjoyed hearing him tonight. It's good to hear some common sense once in a while.

[Peter Frank]

19. Ted Was Brilliant...

...in a few short minutes, he hit on a concentrated number of main points (with solutions) that most Americans are concerned with.

He & I agreed on most everything 'till he said that we shouldn't go to war without U.N. permission. The Iraq war is a misadventure of the worst kind. The Afghan war had to happen (no brainier).

I can't imagine that we would have needed U.N. permission to attack al Qaeda & the Taliban in Afghanistan post 9/11.

Turner (not a gov. diplomat) could have used better language & said that we should have had the benefit of U.N. support in going to war against a country who never attacked us...

I give Ted a solid "A" on his appearance. But for the U.N. permission thing -- I'd have given him an A+.

[DemonFighterLives]

22. Not to disagree, but one has to take the administrations

official version of 9/11 to blame Afghanistan, which I thought was ok at first. One also has to discount the CIA's dealing in drugs and how well the poppies in Afghanistan are doing.
You still get an A though. :hi:

[Jade Fox]

23. What exactly was accomplished by the war in Afghanistan?

The Taliban is still around. Osama Bin Laden is still alive. We still have a
major military presence there. We are told simultaneously that huge
amounts of terrorists have been brought to justice, and that terrorism
is still such a major threat our entire national life must revolve around it.

Oh, and we killed many Afghan civilians in that "no-brainer" war.

I think invading Afghanistan was largely about vengence. Afghanistan was
an easy target because it was a poor country devistated by years of war
with Russia, and could not have mounted any significant resistance. So the
Bush Administration offered it up to us as a target for our rage over 9/11.