Great (Overlooked) Books -- A Symposium Nov 5, 2009
The new title succinctly summarized Garrett s theme that the triumph of the New Deal and the attack on Pearl Harbor robbed the country of its essential character, its historical reason for being: There are those who still think they are holding the pass against a revolution that may be coming up the road. But they are gazing in the wrong direction. (The American Conservative)
Hanks-Produced WWII Film Has "4-D" Effects Nov 5, 2009
The Canteen is part of a $300 million expansion of the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, in time for the grand opening and Victory Theater showing of "Beyond All Boundaries,'' a war film produced by Tom Hanks opening on Friday. (AP Photo/Cheryl Gerber) Interactive Remembering the more than 50 million lives lost. Stories (AP) Actor Tom Hanks says viewers are in for a realistic "wartime experience" when the new film he produced, "Beyond All Boundaries," opens at the in New Orleans on Friday.... (CBS News)
Meet the evil new copyright treaty Nov 5, 2009
Maybe this will be the Pearl Harbor moment that awakes the sleeping giant of the Internet, and kick-starts the Bitchun Revolution. I'm only half-kidding. (Harper's Magazine)
Russia 'simulates' nuclear attack on Poland... Nov 3, 2009
You people appeased Hitler for so long, we finally geared up for war because the Nazis threatened us enough and Pearl Harbor gave Roosevelt an excuse. FDR wasn't a spineless worm like Chamberlain. (The Drudge Report)
Letters for Thursday, October 29, 2009 Oct 31, 2009
The U.S. government plans to build PV electrical generating plants at Pearl Harbor and worldwide PV generation is increasing rapidly because it is non-polluting, it frees us from the dependency and fluctuating price of oil and cheaper in the long run for all of us. We hope KIUC Board of Directors will have the wisdom, foresight and vision to help, implement this beneficial technology for all our enjoyment. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
New on DVD: 'Monsoon Wedding,' 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' Oct 23, 2009
Gazing disbelievingly at 's filmography from Armageddon to to Pearl Harbor to The Island, we're reminded of that classic New Yorker cartoon where the boss opens up the office suggestion box to find a gun. This appalling entry from June is merely the director's latest instance of hardware over the human condition, though one can argue that it showcases more effectively than last month's instantly oblivious Jennifer's Body did. (USA Today -- Life)
DISAPPEARANCE: Reporter's diary adds clue Oct 21, 2009
The Navy ordered six warships into the hunt, including the battleship USS Colorado from Pearl Harbor and the aircraft carrier USS Lexington from San Diego, 4,000 miles away. On July 3, a day after Earhart vanished, her technical adviser, Paul Mantz, suggested to reporters that she had crash-landed in the Phoenix Islands. (USA Today -- Life)
Fox Filmed Entertainment Names Roger Mincheff Senior Vice President Branded Entertainment for Digital Content Oct 20, 2009
The 2001 short film Member starring an as yet unknown Josh Hartnett (Pearl Harbor, Black Hawk Down, Black Dahlia) marked Worthen Brooks directorial debut. He also has extensive experience directing music videos and commercials. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Obituary: Ernest B. Bonelli / Fullback, defensive back who played for Panthers, Steelers Oct 15, 2009
Two months before Pearl Harbor, Mr. Bonelli enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps. When war broke out, he served as a radar operator on B-17 combat missions and was part of the invasion of French North Africa at Casablanca in 1942. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Timeline: Japan Oct 8, 2009
Attack on Pearl Harbor. 1941 - Japan launches a surprise attack on the US Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Anti-War Movements in the U.S. Oct 7, 2009
World War II proved less of a platform for anti-war activists; the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, coupled with the global effort to halt Fascism and a determination to pull the country out of the Great Depression combined to limit antiwar sentiment. Vietnam, however, was an entirely different ballgame. (Time.com)
Pusan festival mixes Asian film, Hollywood glamor Oct 7, 2009
"Pearl Harbor" star Josh Hartnett and "X-Men" director Bryan Singer will add a dash of Hollywood flavor. Hartnett is promoting his thriller "I Come with the Rain" and Singer will discuss the horror film "Trick 'r Treat," which he produced. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Click to read:Afghan Chances Lost, U.S. Faces Long Odds Oct 7, 2009
The thesis that the Afghans changed as a result of our invasion of Iraq (the Iraq Pearl Harbor), is completely bogus. I'll tell you why: 95% of Afghans live at the mercy of their warlords. (CBS News)
Families celebrate keiki with amusements galore Oct 6, 2009
Amusements, diversions and exhibitions of all types abounded: soccer clubs, fencing clubs, face painting, the Khanate of the Golden Horde, costume contests, giant slides, the rock-wall climb, the merry-go-round, baton twirlers, beauty queens, inflatable bouncers, Royal Hawaiian hot dogs and the Baby Hui; and promotions for Earth Day, the Kiwanis, the Division of Forestry and Wildlife, the Emergency Medical Services paramedics, Easter Seals, and the Pearl Harbor Fleet and Family Support Center.... (Honolulu Advertiser)
Wellesley resident Keeps World War II history alive in Natick Oct 6, 2009
As the world commemorates the 70th anniversary of the war's outbreak, readers of this book can touch a replica of Hitler's penciled sketch of an eagle monument planned for Party Square in Nuremburg, read the "urgent" telegram from Dec. 7, 1941 "Air raid on Pearl Harbor. This is no drill" or examine Winston Churchill's letter to Stalin after the Yalta Conference. The book, like the museum, presents facts Rendell hopes will encourage readers and viewers to "draw their own conclusions.". (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Lots of stories to tell Oct 5, 2009
Buford said on Dec. 7, 1941, the day of the Pearl Harbor bombing, he was at a movie theater when the news came across the screen. Within hours he was packed and on the way to California, ultimately finding himself in North Africa and then a mountainous region of Italy. (Terrell Tribune, TX)
Paul B. Fay Jr., confidant of President Kennedy; at 91 Oct 2, 2009
He graduated from Stanford in 1941 and joined the Navy soon after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He met Kennedy at PT Boat School in Rhode Island. (Boston Globe)
50 years later, 'Twilight Zone' bridges time Sep 30, 2009
The story was about a bartender who keeps waking up in Pearl Harbor knowing the Japanese will be attacking the next day but unable to convince anyone he's telling the truth. But CBS shelved the series after buying it because the studio didn't think there was much commercial value in science fiction. (MSNBC -- Television)
Museum season: Whats new this fall Sep 26, 2009
The heart of the new facility will be the Solomon Victory Theater, which will feature a 120-foot screen, 250 seats and hourly showings of Beyond All Boundaries, a 4-D immersive experience that tells the wars story from Pearl Harbor to V-J Day. Combining historic footage and Hollywood effects, the film will have guests feeling the rumble of tanks, flinching from concussive artillery and even wiping simulated snow from their cheeks. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Michael Moore sees the light? Sep 25, 2009
So in a way, this is kind of a Pearl Harbor on everything that we're trying to do which is to work together to put Interior in the lead, not to handcuff Interior ... Let me get this straight: An amendment that would bring water to the struggling farmers is tantamount to Pearl Harbor. (Fox News)
Beckel brothers battle Sep 24, 2009
Hannity Referees Beckel Brothers Showdown - Hannity - FOXNews. At first glance, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) conference call of August 10th, 2009 sounds innocent enough because its supposedly been organized by Michael Skolnik, political director for Russell Simmons and someone not officially associated with any government agency. (Fox News)
Stay and fight or cut and run? Sep 24, 2009
Rupert Cornwell: Has America reached the turning point in Afghanistan. - Rupert Cornwell, Commentators - The Independent. (The Drudge Report)
Chasing Our Tails Debating Cap And Trade Sep 24, 2009
You Liberal Socialist want to just roll over everyone and get what you want, well those days are over it is like Yamamoto said after Japan attack Pearl Harbor we have awakened a sleeping giant, well you Liberal Socialist have pushed until you have awaken the American people. by slownewsday_5 September 23, 2009 7:30 PM EDT. (CBS News)
Aztecs: The Red and the Black Sep 23, 2009
Pearl Harbor may have been a surprise to everyone but the conspiracy theorists. Just say it was not Buster Douglas flattening Mike Tyson. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Retired battleship Mighty Mo to get makeover at Hawaii drydock Sep 19, 2009
Martin and Knepley stood on the chipped and weathered teak deck on the fantail of the Missouri and considered what the battleship has been through and how much nicer it will look for a new generation of tourists once it leaves drydock in early January and returns to Pier Foxtrot 5 along Pearl Harbor's historic "Battleship Row." ... The USS Missouri came out of mothballs to fight during operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm and was featured in such movies as "Under Siege" and "Pearl Harbor."... (Honolulu Advertiser)
Study: 8 Million In U.S. Consider Suicide Sep 18, 2009
We did not pull out of the last depression until after Pearl Harbor ... We cannot rely on Japan, this time, to bomb Pearl Harbor again and save our economy. (CBS News)
Snapshots From China Sep 16, 2009
the sequel to Bill Forstchen and my NY Times bestseller Pearl Harbor, is out in paperback. You can pick it up wherever books are sold. (Human Events Online)
Free swim Sunday Sep 14, 2009
Onward to World War II. In 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) declared war on Japan (and rightly so) after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor ... Roosevelt didn t declare war on Germany Right after Pearl Harbor Germany declared war on the U.S.. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Are Seniors Being Targeted? Sep 13, 2009
Eight years after the attack on Pearl Harbor, it was pretty easy for Americans to remember what had happened without fear, because the threat was no longer there ... It must be remembered in the way a Marine on Guadalcanal would have remembered Pearl Harbor in late 1942, or as an Army Ranger would have while scaling the cliff at Ponte Du Hoc, two years later. (Townhall.com)
Out of 9/11 Grief Comes Spirit of Service Sep 12, 2009
Nothing wrong with "service", but I am afraid that by focusing on "putting up drywall" instead of reflecting on what happened on September 11, it will morph into "Service Day",just as the media is beginning to completely ignore Pearl Harbor Day. I wonder if they stopped putting up sheetrock at 0846 Eastern. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Whiteout a so-so thriller Sep 11, 2009
(Whatever happened to the promising young actress from Much Ado About Nothing, Cold Comfort Farm and The Last Days of Disco thats made her so lifeless in crap like Pearl Harbor, Click and the Underworld movies. . (MSNBC -- News)
Why People Believe in Conspiracies Sep 11, 2009
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a Japanese conspiracy (although some conspiracists think Franklin Roosevelt was in on it). Watergate was a conspiracy (that Richard Nixon was in on). (Scientific American)
Sept. 11 service Sep 11, 2009
"It's kind of similar to Dec. 7, 1941, (when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor). It was tragedy, and it was on our own soil," he said. "(Sept. 11) is not forgotten, but on the other hand, people don't want to misuse it. We don't have to say it out loud. We just have be ready (for the possibility of other terrorist groups attempting attacks on the U.S.)." On the national front, President Barack Obama will visit the Pentagon memorial to those who died there in the 2001 attacks, and meet with loved... (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Remembering 9/11: Abington, Rockland residents address that fateful day in 2001 Sep 11, 2009
World War II, Pearl Harbor, how could you forget it. I remember (Pearl Harbor) happening and it affected my life. (Abington Mariner, MA)
Lexington World War II vet stays in touch with French girl who helped him Sep 11, 2009
He was 21 years old when he enlisted, a few months after Pearl Harbor. He married his wife, Onie Belle Patrick, who had just turned 18, and the two moved to California for his training in the Army Air Corps. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
Fifty questions on 9/11 Sep 11, 2009
September 11 - the neo-cons' "new Pearl Harbor" - remains the darkest jigsaw puzzle of the young 21st century. It's useless to expect US corporate media and the ruling elites' political operatives to call for a true, in-depth investigation into the attacks on the US on September 11, 2001. (Asia Times Online)
Celeb Rehab Success Sep 8, 2009
Just a few years after winning an Oscar, and right on the heels of his blockbuster film "Pearl Harbor," Ben Affleck checked himself into rehab for alcohol addiction. Those close to the star didn't seem to know anything was wrong, but Ben reportedly grew up with an alcoholic dad and recognized the signs. (Fox News)
Gen. Confirms Afghan Civilians Wounded Sep 6, 2009
"What a sucker. you war-worshiping neos still try to scream "9/11" as justification to kill people who had nothing to do with it. Your position seems to be "Kill anyone, the more, the better, whether they attacked us or not". Some response.Like General Clark said, "When pearl Harbor was attacked, do you then declare war against Mexico ... "Your remarks suggest that your response would be to blow up the entire school for the actions of one bully.Are you related to any school shooters?Like General... (CBS News)
Health care fearmongers are shameful Sep 4, 2009
"ANSWER: Silly me. Here I thought that Japan's bombing Pearl Harbor and its ally Germany declaring war on the United States caused WW II.(2) "We should fear the hippies that are pushing their first step to communism. "ANSWER: What "hippies"? Where? ". (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
No Affection For Affleck Sep 4, 2009
Maybe it was after Michael Bay's "Pearl Harbor" crashed and burned. Or after he prowled around in ridiculous red leather for "Daredevil." Maybe it was when he grew that goatee. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
50 fun facts about Hawaii as 50th star hits 50 Aug 31, 2009
The USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor. 15 Singer Clara Haili adopted her popular name from the song that made her famous in the late 1930s: "When Hilo Hattie Did the Hula Hop." She appeared in the 1942 movie "Song of the Islands" with Betty Grable, kissed Elvis Presley as an airport greeter in "Blue Hawaii" and popped up in two episodes of "Hawaii Five-O.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Williams Oil-O-Matic plant beat plowshares into swords Aug 30, 2009
A year before Pearl Harbor, the Bloomington manufacturer, now headed by President William A. Matheson, inked its first war-related contract. With Nazi Germany marching across Europe and Japan sweeping across Asia, Oil-O-Matic was one of three companies charged with producing a hydraulically controlled automatic antiaircraft firing mechanism. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Young Afghan Freed from Gitmo to Sue U.S. Aug 28, 2009
The release of previously classified documents in 1994 clearly show that it was the US who goaded Japan into attacking Pearl Harbor, thus providing the excuse to enter the war, as predicted by General Hugh Johnson. Ironic and funny that you would posit that the US, born in genocide, nursed on slavery, and to this day intolerant of "other" human life, would be a humanitarian broker. (CBS News -- World)
Lockerbie Victim's Mom Upset with Obama Aug 22, 2009
" Come on America stop blaming the President for everything that goes on in the world. by icjunior97 August 21, 2009 8:49 AM EDT I agree that Obama should have said more. Now before you get your underwear in knot. I voted for him. But he has gotten more upset over healthcare than this. That fact is his man killed Americans. He did 8 yrs in prison. Was our call to release him? No. But just saying that it was mistake is not right either. Can you imagine if we caught Osama bin Laden put him in jail... (CBS News)
‘Journey' is only part of reason for sentimentality Aug 19, 2009
To be honest, I acted about as well as Ben Afleck did in Pearl Harbor, (note to those who appreciate train-wreck acting jobs, this is the movie for you) but Bill gave me an appreciation for working behind the scenes. He is almost 80 now, and when I called and said I wanted to stop by at 8 or so, he laughed and said, I'm in bed by then. (Forest City Summit, IO)
Japanese American group outraged by film Aug 18, 2009
On the trailer seen on the movie's official website, Piven's character is seen shouting at an Asian American employee at the dealership: "Don't get me started on Pearl Harbor. We are Americans and they are the enemy! Never again!" ... Authorities herded more than 100,000 Japanese Americans, most of them US citizens, into internment camps months after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, dragging the United States into World War II.. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Daily television guide Aug 15, 2009
Life on a Honolulu Army post just before the Pearl Harbor attack. Burt Lancaster. (Boston Globe)
Weinsteins aim for fall release of Asian debut Aug 14, 2009
"Shanghai," directed by Sweden's Mikael Hafstrom, is about an American intelligence official (Cusack) who investigates his friend's death in the months before the Pearl Harbor attack. The production moved to London for interior shots and to the Thai capital, Bangkok, where film crews built an elaborate set that reproduced 1940s Shanghai. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
51 brides allege Colo. dress shop ripped them off Aug 13, 2009
Bennett McCutchen's grandmother started the store as a lingerie business the day after Pearl Harbor was attacked. The McCutchens, both 60, started the bridal portion of the store in 1964 and have run it ever since. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Cinema File: 'G.I. Joe' launches surprising attack (with PODCAST) Aug 13, 2009
I feel kind of the same way about this films as I did when Michael Bay followed up the critically maligned "Pearl Harbor" with "Bad Boys 2," the most unabashedly vulgar action film in history. It's a movie made by a guy with a chip on his shoulder and something to prove, a guy being asked to deliver tons of shredded metal, broken glass, muzzle flashes and explosions. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Daily guide to television and radio Aug 13, 2009
Pearl Harbor 8 p.m. (ENCR). A restaging of the surprise Japanese attack. (Boston Globe)
New Afghan strategy should be given time to be tested Aug 12, 2009
That rates about as true as saying FDR knew in advance about Pearl Harbor. A bunch of pure untrue loathings perpetuated by those filled with hate for anyone on whom they can unload their vitriol. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Nobel Economist: The Worst is Over Aug 11, 2009
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, August 10, 2009. Paul Krugman Says Stimulus Helped World Avoid Second Great Depression, Though Recovery Will Take a Couple Of Years. (CBS News)
Living Treasures Aug 9, 2009
David s love for drama, interesting events and exotic people are a result of his witnessing major world events and the resultant traumas that all became fodder for his books and plays: WWII experiences witnessing the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the aftermath; fleeing to the Mainland in a convoy to watching the unannounced arrival of the April 1, 1946, tidal wave at Nawiliwili had their impacts. There were the exciting days as a starving actor in New York City in off-Broadway productions. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Conspiracy Theory and Historical Tr... Aug 9, 2009
Pearl Harbor and the JFK Assassination ... John Toland, not a historian in the conventional sense, wrote Infamy: Pearl Harbor and Its Aftermath in 1982. (Suite101.com)
The West has its own suicide bombers Aug 8, 2009
For his series of "war stories" on Fox News, for instance, Oliver North narrates an episode on the Doolittle raid, an all-volunteer mission to bomb Tokyo shortly after Pearl Harbor. Since the bombers didn't have enough fuel to return to their bases, the 80 pilots committed to what they expected to be a suicide mission. (Asia Times Online)
Real islanders, please stand up Aug 8, 2009
Obama overtone: Midler's parents (originally from New Jersey) did not have much money while she was growing up; in lieu of elite Punahou, Midler attended public school near Pearl Harbor, where she is said to have graduated as valedictorian. But like Obama, Midler soon left the islands in her case, after winning a bit part in the movie "Hawaii" for the East Coast, where she forged her diva career. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Buffett Still Has the Touch Aug 6, 2009
Time will tell how well Buffett has positioned Berkshire, and perhaps his successor, for the aftermath of what he called the "economic Pearl Harbor" the world faced last September. Buffett's naming on Tuesday of David Sokol as chairman and interim chief executive of Berkshire's NetJets Inc unit has renewed speculation that Sokol could be the internal executive in line to replace Buffett in running the Berkshire empire. (Newsmax)
Q&A With Kendra Weeks Aug 5, 2009
Movie - Pearl Harbor and Anchorman. TV Show - Lost. (Gobulldogs.com)
Israel Evicts 50 Palestinians from Homes Aug 4, 2009
Arabs did a Pearl Harbor on Israel and lost badly. The UN and the US are not pushing hard enough on the Palestinians to stop their terrorism. (CBS News)
Hawaii protecting coral reefs with big fines Aug 3, 2009
The state plans to sue the U.S. Navy to seek compensation for coral ruined when a guided missile cruiser the length of two football fields ran aground near Pearl Harbor in February. The fines began issuing fines two years ago as part of its efforts to punish those who damage a resource critical to Hawaii's fragile environment and tourism, the state's No. 1 industry. (AZCentral -- News)
New Photos Released From NYC Flyover Blunder... Aug 1, 2009
Lower Manhattan Crossings. Upper Manhattan Crossings. (The Drudge Report)
House Votes to Rein in Wall Street Pay Aug 1, 2009
The question was how did Hitler attack us, you responded "didn't you hear of pearl harbor" ... Pearl Harbor had nothing to do with Hitler (sort of like 9/11 had nothing to do with Iraq) ... Pearl Harbor had nothing to do with Hitler (sort of like 9/11 had nothing to do with Iraq). (CBS News)
A dastardly ump and the Braves Jul 31, 2009
All of this Bill Hohn nonsense could have been avoided if the Braves hadn t been attacked ala Pearl Harbor. Some have suggested KK would not thrive in the bullpen. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Middle-class suicide Jul 29, 2009
War orders to arm the Arsenal of Democracy had factories previously covered in rust and spider webs humming along 24/7 by the early 1940s; factory managers couldn't get the workers they needed to fill the orders from the Allies, even before America entered the war after Pearl Harbor. Roosevelt's wage and price controls prevented factories from utilizing the standard remedy for worker shortages - higher wages. (Asia Times Online)
