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Divernan

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15. Ed Asner's the actor; Lou Grant was the editor on Mary Tyler Moore
Sat Mar 8, 2014, 12:35 PM
Mar 2014

Last edited Sat Mar 8, 2014, 01:20 PM - Edit history (1)

The classic exchange:
Lou calls new on air reporter, Mary Richards into his office. He says to her, "You've got spunk!" She replies along the lines of a modest downward look, and "Oh, thanks, Mr. Grant." His riposte: "I HATE spunk!"

Ed Asner is a fine actor as well as a political activist. Here's a link to a letter he wrote about the unanswered questions re 9-11.
http://www.911truth.org/ed-asner-actor-and-activist/
Here's an excerpt, written by Asner in April, 2004. It's now 10 years later, and the questions he raises remain unexamined, uninvestigated and unanswered.

To date, no one has been held accountable for the massive defense failures on 9-11, nor for the bizarre suppression of critical warnings prior to 9-11.
Furthermore, we still have no explanation for why the head of Pakistani intelligence, who was meeting with top Bush Administration officials in Washington on
9-11-2001, had wired lead hijacker Mohammed Atta $100,000.00 weeks before 9-11. We still do not know who made the insider stock trades in weeks and days
leading up to 9-11, by betting “against” United and American Airlines stocks (the aircraft used as missiles on 9-11).

What we DO KNOW is that $5 million of those insider stock trade “winnings” apparently by someone who had foreknowledge of the coming attacks, were made the
day before 9-11 at AB Brown Trust. AB Brown Trust was headed until his induction into the CIA by Buzzy Krongard, who is now the Executive Director of the
CIA. We also know that the current head of AB Brown Trust quietly resigned his position on 9-11, with no media scrutiny nor apparently government scrutiny.

Lastly, and perhaps most bizarre is the fact that $2.5 million of those stock “winnings” against these airlines made at AB Brown Trust . . . remain unclaimed.

We deserve to know why no one has been held accountable, and who made those insider stock trades. We also deserve to know why the Bush Administration
allowed members of the Bin Laden family to quietly leave the U.S. after 9-11, with virtually no questioning by the FBI, and at a time when other Americans were
not allowed to fly.


Hah! She did let it out. I wonder: could she get a comparable U.S. media job Eleanors38 Mar 2014 #1
She should sit down with Amy Goodman... nt Earth_First Mar 2014 #2
yeah, I was thinking, she sounds like the kind of very principled ellenrr Mar 2014 #4
She's very left, and would not be allowed on the Corporate Media. RT has hired some great young sabrina 1 Mar 2014 #22
doubt it, unless on Dem-Now. :) ellenrr Mar 2014 #3
A job telling the truth in the US? LMAO L0oniX Mar 2014 #5
Good for her! mountain grammy Mar 2014 #6
She's joining a long tradition of journalists TomClash Mar 2014 #7
I would like to hear about her experience in Occupy and how (if) it influenced her...For me, ellenrr Mar 2014 #14
I would like to hear that too TomClash Mar 2014 #16
yes. :) ellenrr Mar 2014 #20
You bet TomClash Mar 2014 #21
RT had the absolute best coverage of Occupy, but Abby Martin wasn't there then, airc. sabrina 1 Mar 2014 #23
She is Hot too! Lol. Dustlawyer Mar 2014 #8
IS IT REALLY A GOOD IDEA TO OBJECTIFY WOMEN ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY? ellenrr Mar 2014 #11
Yes, she is, but more importantly she is intelligent and is very informed on the issues. sabrina 1 Mar 2014 #24
You don't have to work for RT ... eppur_se_muova Mar 2014 #9
I watch Al-Jazzera, definitely heads above US Media, but not really independent... ellenrr Mar 2014 #12
She's got spunk! Unlike Lou Grant, I love spunk! Divernan Mar 2014 #10
I thot Lou Grant likes spunk. :) ellenrr Mar 2014 #13
Ed Asner's the actor; Lou Grant was the editor on Mary Tyler Moore Divernan Mar 2014 #15
Don't you hate it when you try to fuck with the wrong person Bob? pa28 Mar 2014 #17
K&R n/t Joe Shlabotnik Mar 2014 #18
Marking this for a later read. progressoid Mar 2014 #19
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