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Schüssel Haider Tandem
Herbert Kuhner
The Tenth Anniversary of the Schüssel-Haider Tandem Is Upon Us
Here They Are Taking Positions on Bygone Days:
Wolfgang Schüssel: Austria Victim not Perpetrator
Question: Does Austria consider itself as a perpetrator or victim 60 years after the war?
Wolfgang Schüssel: I believe that this question has been decided. The country (Austria) was a victim of aggression, specifically […]
Posted: February 6th, 2010 under Polemics, Aktuell, Dossier, Political, Hypocrisy.
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Walter Reder Redux
Herbert Kuhner
Some quotations by SS-colonel Walter Reder, who was the “last Austrian prisoner of war” until his release an January 24, 1985.
Telegram to the mayor of Marzabotto December 25, 1984: “Nothing lies farther from my heart than forgetting the sacrifice of the martyrs. I beseech the survivors to believe me when I say that I […]
Posted: January 27th, 2010 under Dossier, Political, Hypocrisy.
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Orson
I started at the top and worked my way down.
- Orson Welles
Orson Welles often pulled the chestnuts out of the fire,
but he threw them in just as often.
I saw Citizen Kane in 1955 at the 55th St Playhouse, which is off Seventh Ave. At the time it was still an “art house.” Years later it […]
Posted: December 6th, 2009 under Text, Dossier, Film.
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Lunch Bunch
Lunch Table Retrospective
Before attending the Lunch Bunch Round Table in Vienna on Fridays, I thought that the American way was consensus. While attending, I started to use internet. Upon seeing how Town Hall and the National Review online ridicule those who do not share their political views, I had my doubts. After having experienced […]
Posted: November 3rd, 2009 under Text, Dossier, Stories.
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Who’s Coming to Dinner, Bill
Here’s part of an encomium for the late William Safire by Maureen Dowd:
“I pestered him for years for an invite. He patiently explained it was just for Jews or people who were, or had been, married to Jews. After years of pleading, including many protestations that I had had […]
Posted: October 10th, 2009 under Polemics, Text, Dossier.
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Gabriel’s Game
Herbert Kuhner
The Way the Game Is Played
There’s a notable who’s in the hierarchy. He’s a shortie who creates the impression of being amenable and congenial. He has his finger in every pie and he’s a whiz at doing business and speculating.
He’ll help you into any saddle if you ride for him. And he’ll give you […]
Posted: September 1st, 2009 under Polemics, Text, Aktuell, Dossier.
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The Fourth Reich in Word and Deed (5)
Herbert Kuhner
Peter Weibel Culture Commissar and Ideologue
“If we don’t prosper, the world will be blown up.”
- Peter Weibel, Actionist and Culture Commissar
Peter Weibel’s Credo: “The true heroes of freedom are those who commit crimes run amuck and assassinate. It is only possible for man to realize himself by running amuck, by murder and by assassination….I […]
Posted: August 25th, 2009 under Polemics, Aktuell, Materialien, Dossier, Political, Hypocrisy.
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