Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly.
He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
A great speech, even if sounds more like Malcolm Moos (Ike’s speechwriter), than vintage Eisenhower. It does seem rather startling to come from a former President, former general in charge of US armed forces, and a Republican to boot.
Of course, outgoing President’s words are about as interesting to their contemporaries as last week’s leftovers. It’s all that’s happened since then, that has made Ike’s speech so prescient.
And Moos went on to be Prez of UMinn, a rare university leader of the day to openly sympathize with antiwar dissent.
“Toil, resources and livelyhood” again, the direct lack of transactional language. I wonder how this would sound were it said today?
“Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals.”
Wow…
Free University… Free ideas…
“A government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiousity.”
“We must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that Public Policy could itself become the captive of the scientific, technological elite.”
DING! DING! DING!!!
Ike hit it. Right there! Corporate Sponsored Public Policy.
“Free Society.”
That’s a really nice frame. We live in a costly society these days.
Democracy has”… become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow”.
“The weakest must come to the table with the same competence as do we, protected as we are by our economic, moral and military strength.”
Where is the heavy responsibility of Freedom today?
“That the scourges of poverty disease and ignorance will be made disappear from the earth. And that in the goodness of time all peoples will come to live together in a peace guaranteed by the binding force of Mutual Respect and Love.”
I think he used 2 transactional phrases (money language) in the whole speech: business of government and mortgage our future.
That’s astonishing.
Thanks a lot Booman. Great early morning listening.
A great speech, even if sounds more like Malcolm Moos (Ike’s speechwriter), than vintage Eisenhower. It does seem rather startling to come from a former President, former general in charge of US armed forces, and a Republican to boot.
Of course, outgoing President’s words are about as interesting to their contemporaries as last week’s leftovers. It’s all that’s happened since then, that has made Ike’s speech so prescient.
And Moos went on to be Prez of UMinn, a rare university leader of the day to openly sympathize with antiwar dissent.
Part I
Interesting that he thanks ‘the media’ to start.
I also find it intersting that the talks of the ‘material weath, riches etc’ as ancillary concerns of a great nation.
Quite a change from “It’s the Economy Stupid!” bullshit of today.
I also find it interesting that there is very little transactional language. Not a lot of money talk is there?
Balance is a good frame…
Spend more on defense than the net income of all US corporations. That’s astonishing.
No wonder he was troubled with the MIC.
on to part 2…
Total influence…Grave implications…
“Toil, resources and livelyhood” again, the direct lack of transactional language. I wonder how this would sound were it said today?
Wow…
Free University… Free ideas…
“A government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiousity.”
“We must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that Public Policy could itself become the captive of the scientific, technological elite.”
DING! DING! DING!!!
Ike hit it. Right there! Corporate Sponsored Public Policy.
“Free Society.”
That’s a really nice frame. We live in a costly society these days.
Democracy has”… become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow”.
“The weakest must come to the table with the same competence as do we, protected as we are by our economic, moral and military strength.”
Where is the heavy responsibility of Freedom today?
“That the scourges of poverty disease and ignorance will be made disappear from the earth. And that in the goodness of time all peoples will come to live together in a peace guaranteed by the binding force of Mutual Respect and Love.”
I think he used 2 transactional phrases (money language) in the whole speech: business of government and mortgage our future.
That’s astonishing.
Thanks a lot Booman. Great early morning listening.
Thank Ike. He’s the wise man that tried to warn us.