Comments on: Ellsberg: Remembering Anthony Russo http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/08/07/ellsberg-remembering-anthony-russo/ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:37:10 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Daniel Ellsberg Remembers Tony Russo - uprisingradio.org http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/08/07/ellsberg-remembering-anthony-russo/comment-page-1/#comment-163306 Daniel Ellsberg Remembers Tony Russo - uprisingradio.org Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:41:34 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/?p=4514#comment-163306 [...] Read Ellsberg’s Tribute to Tony Russo: http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/08/07/ellsberg-remembering-anthony-russo/ [...] [...] Read Ellsberg’s Tribute to Tony Russo: http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/08/07/ellsberg-remembering-anthony-russo/ [...]

]]> By: Joe Dohn http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/08/07/ellsberg-remembering-anthony-russo/comment-page-1/#comment-162716 Joe Dohn Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:11:41 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/?p=4514#comment-162716 I can't believe you would be mad at someone who alerted the authourities about a father screwing his children. How do you justify that? I can’t believe you would be mad at someone who alerted the authourities about a father screwing his children. How do you justify that?

]]> By: Scott Kremer http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/08/07/ellsberg-remembering-anthony-russo/comment-page-1/#comment-162415 Scott Kremer Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:37:18 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/?p=4514#comment-162415 I just finished watching The Pentagon Papers, and have followed Google to this site. It's astonishing that I lived through those national events and hardly noticed them at the time. (born in 1951) I am sorry to hear about Tony's passing, and wish I could have met him--and Dan and Patricia. Maybe next time I'm back in Northern California.... Thank you I just finished watching The Pentagon Papers, and have followed Google to this site. It’s astonishing that I lived through those national events and hardly noticed them at the time. (born in 1951) I am sorry to hear about Tony’s passing, and wish I could have met him–and Dan and Patricia. Maybe next time I’m back in Northern California….

Thank you

]]> By: Andrew Yu-Jen Wang http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/08/07/ellsberg-remembering-anthony-russo/comment-page-1/#comment-162080 Andrew Yu-Jen Wang Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:27:50 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/?p=4514#comment-162080 George W. Bush’s sentence-by-sentence speaking skills are deteriorating. Apparently, this may be due to a mental illness called “presenile dementia.” Bush may or may not be secretly still drinking heavily. Bush lied, and thousands of people died. Bush suffers from narcissism and megalomania. Moreover, Bush has been arrested three times. Bush was arrested for disorderly conduct. Bush was arrested for stealing. Bush was also arrested for a serious crime—driving under the influence of alcohol. There are reasons to believe that Bush suffers from a learning disability. Bush’s learning disability would explain a lot of things. All in all, Bush is a severely mentally ill individual. Bush is not fit to be the president of the United States. Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996 Messiah College, Grantham, PA George W. Bush’s sentence-by-sentence speaking skills are deteriorating. Apparently, this may be due to a mental illness called “presenile dementia.” Bush may or may not be secretly still drinking heavily. Bush lied, and thousands of people died. Bush suffers from narcissism and megalomania. Moreover, Bush has been arrested three times. Bush was arrested for disorderly conduct. Bush was arrested for stealing. Bush was also arrested for a serious crime—driving under the influence of alcohol. There are reasons to believe that Bush suffers from a learning disability. Bush’s learning disability would explain a lot of things. All in all, Bush is a severely mentally ill individual. Bush is not fit to be the president of the United States.

Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA

]]> By: Glenda Jo Orel http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/08/07/ellsberg-remembering-anthony-russo/comment-page-1/#comment-161679 Glenda Jo Orel Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:22:06 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/?p=4514#comment-161679 Dan: My husband, Steve Orel, died July 7, 2007. He and I loved Tony and worked with him while we were living in LA. He came to Birmingham to see us a few years ago and held court at our home with many friends. As Steve would often say about those he loved, "Tony lived in our hearts and paid no rent." Losing Steve and Tony means a large hole has been left in this world that can only be filled by those who give their lives for others more than themselves. THe quest for justice has to be their motto and action has to ensue. Goodbye my dears. I miss you both and work hard to fill your shoes everyday. Glenda Jo Orel Dan: My husband, Steve Orel, died July 7, 2007. He and I loved Tony and worked with him while we were living in LA. He came to Birmingham to see us a few years ago and held court at our home with many friends. As Steve would often say about those he loved, “Tony lived in our hearts and paid no rent.” Losing Steve and Tony means a large hole has been left in this world that can only be filled by those who give their lives for others more than themselves. THe quest for justice has to be their motto and action has to ensue. Goodbye my dears. I miss you both and work hard to fill your shoes everyday.

Glenda Jo Orel

]]> By: Penny http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/08/07/ellsberg-remembering-anthony-russo/comment-page-1/#comment-158887 Penny Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:26:22 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/?p=4514#comment-158887 The Memorial Service for Tony will be at 11:00 A.M. The Memorial Service for Tony will be at 11:00 A.M.

]]> By: Cindi http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/08/07/ellsberg-remembering-anthony-russo/comment-page-1/#comment-158842 Cindi Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:35:33 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/?p=4514#comment-158842 For those interested in paying their last respects to Anthony Russo, A Memorial Service will be held at: St. Mary's Catholic Church 202 Broad Street Suffolk, Virginia 23434 Saturday, August 16, 2008 For those interested in paying their last respects to Anthony Russo,

A Memorial Service will be held at:

St. Mary’s Catholic Church
202 Broad Street
Suffolk, Virginia
23434

Saturday, August 16, 2008

]]> By: chuck-a-muck http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/08/07/ellsberg-remembering-anthony-russo/comment-page-1/#comment-158841 chuck-a-muck Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:33:27 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/?p=4514#comment-158841 11 comments in 5-days...and, the obit was reported broadly with this site link. Pretty sad, actually, considering the number of lives his actions affected -- from those saved from death on the battlefield to those on the psychic battlefield of the 60s and 70s who had to deal with the ground swell of 'Peace with Honor' and the bombast of the Peace Movement, its drug-addled angst and the cutural morass it spawned. Fortunately, our society has morphed into an even more concerned and closer-family-unit force than that time could ever foresee -- most participants of 'the day' would agree that our social underpinnings were badly frayed by the entire Vietnam War experience, something the Iraq/Afghanistan War cannot claim. I do hope that Mr. Ellsberg's passing will be more widely mourned when he does at last lie down; I am happy to see him active on this site -- his efforts were never in vain, whether some regret them or not. 11 comments in 5-days…and, the obit was reported broadly with this site link. Pretty sad, actually, considering the number of lives his actions affected — from those saved from death on the battlefield to those on the psychic battlefield of the 60s and 70s who had to deal with the ground swell of ‘Peace with Honor’ and the bombast of the Peace Movement, its drug-addled angst and the cutural morass it spawned. Fortunately, our society has morphed into an even more concerned and closer-family-unit force than that time could ever foresee — most participants of ‘the day’ would agree that our social underpinnings were badly frayed by the entire Vietnam War experience, something the Iraq/Afghanistan War cannot claim.

I do hope that Mr. Ellsberg’s passing will be more widely mourned when he does at last lie down; I am happy to see him active on this site — his efforts were never in vain, whether some regret them or not.

]]> By: Peter H. Burris http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/08/07/ellsberg-remembering-anthony-russo/comment-page-1/#comment-158823 Peter H. Burris Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:49:01 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/?p=4514#comment-158823 That's Tricky Dick Nixon, I meant. Also, I meant to write the level of vehemence shocks me because I can't see how any patriot or lover of freedom thinks that masking the sins of our Fathers results in a healthy Republic. Full disclosure protects us all, while opacity permits unlawful invasions of Iraq, the barbaric practices of Water-boarding and rendition, and other lessons we clearly failed to learn from the Vietnam era. How could anyone fail to discern this and, worse yet, fail to hail Russo and Ellsberg as the heroes of our Republic they so clearly were. That’s Tricky Dick Nixon, I meant.

Also, I meant to write the level of vehemence shocks me because I can’t see how any patriot or lover of freedom thinks that masking the sins of our Fathers results in a healthy Republic. Full disclosure protects us all, while opacity permits unlawful invasions of Iraq, the barbaric practices of Water-boarding and rendition, and other lessons we clearly failed to learn from the Vietnam era. How could anyone fail to discern this and, worse yet, fail to hail Russo and Ellsberg as the heroes of our Republic they so clearly were.

]]> By: Peter H. Burris http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/08/07/ellsberg-remembering-anthony-russo/comment-page-1/#comment-158822 Peter H. Burris Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:45:22 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/?p=4514#comment-158822 I am always shocked when I read comments like the second and seventh. The level of vehmence expressed by those who deem whistle-blowers treasonous; often people like Ellsberg and Russo perform the most patriotic acts any citizen can, and I feel lucky to be an American when I remember watching the 1974 resignation of Tricky Dick Nizon. I live in a country born of wholly conscientious dissent and I believe Patriotism flourishes when that dissent reveals the opacity of power-mad puppeteers and petty Machiavellis like Hoover and Liddy. I am always shocked when I read comments like the second and seventh. The level of vehmence expressed by those who deem whistle-blowers treasonous; often people like Ellsberg and Russo perform the most patriotic acts any citizen can, and I feel lucky to be an American when I remember watching the 1974 resignation of Tricky Dick Nizon. I live in a country born of wholly conscientious dissent and I believe Patriotism flourishes when that dissent reveals the opacity of power-mad puppeteers and petty Machiavellis like Hoover and Liddy.

]]> By: Jim Carlson http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/08/07/ellsberg-remembering-anthony-russo/comment-page-1/#comment-158815 Jim Carlson Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:26:56 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/?p=4514#comment-158815 Dan, Tony and I were colleagues and friends at Rand for a couple of years in Vietnam (1966-68) while we were working on the Vietcong Motivation and Morale Study. The Rand team in Vietnam at that time included Tony, Doug Scott, Mai and Dave Elliett, Ardie and Russ Betts, Leon Goure, Bill Jones, Gerry Hickey, Yogi Ianerro, and others. Since learning of Tony's death earlier this morning, I have been thinking back to those times and remembering Tony and others. In 2000 Tony and I exchanged a few emails; that was the only contact I have had with Tony since leaving Rand in 1968, and I knew nothing about his health problems. I read with interest and sadness your "Remembering Anthony Russo" and thank you for sharing your thoughts. So long, Tony. Regards, Jim Dan,

Tony and I were colleagues and friends at Rand for a couple of years in Vietnam (1966-68) while we were working on the Vietcong Motivation and Morale Study. The Rand team in Vietnam at that time included Tony, Doug Scott, Mai and Dave Elliett, Ardie and Russ Betts, Leon Goure, Bill Jones, Gerry Hickey, Yogi Ianerro, and others.

Since learning of Tony’s death earlier this morning, I have been thinking back to those times and remembering Tony and others. In 2000 Tony and I exchanged a few emails; that was the only contact I have had with Tony since leaving Rand in 1968, and I knew nothing about his health problems.

I read with interest and sadness your “Remembering Anthony Russo” and thank you for sharing your thoughts.

So long, Tony.

Regards,
Jim

]]> By: Pete Goldbarren http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/08/07/ellsberg-remembering-anthony-russo/comment-page-1/#comment-158807 Pete Goldbarren Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:22:43 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/?p=4514#comment-158807 Go Tony and rot in hell forever, treasonous bastard. Hope Daniel will follow you soon. Go Tony and rot in hell forever, treasonous bastard. Hope Daniel will follow you soon.

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