I can see Al Lewis' mother as an immigrant in a sweat shop. And it seems to me that Mason's babysitting career wasn't confined to the Lewis household. This Vlog is a great tribute to his eldritch life.
@josephteller971510 күн бұрын
Watched and Enjoyed...despite KZbin refusing to give you the thumb I gave this. 🙂
@brianarbenz132910 күн бұрын
Thanks, Joseph! I appreciate it, and I'll check that thumb situation.
@brianarbenz132910 күн бұрын
There. I thumbed it up myself. My thumb was your surrogate. ... Thanks again, and I hope all is well with you.
@Johnny53kgb-nsa14 күн бұрын
Very well done. Thank you.
@brianarbenz132913 күн бұрын
Thank _you._ I'm glad you enjoyed my video.
@originalkingalpha511619 күн бұрын
Hi, Friend! It's good to see that you're staying relevant and keeping your content indeed thought-provoking. I've been busy with working on my upcoming music production; and fulfilling other obligations. Anyways, I thought I'd drop a comment in response to this particular video. I respect your thoughts, views and will always be willing to listen to everyone's ideals and opinions. I'm not sure if you remember that I'm an African American, not that it really matters. Nevertheless, I thought that I'd throw it there for educational purposes. Here's a snippet of a story about a friend and I. Several years ago I met a gentleman who was military retired, about 60 years young; white; and quite political. He and I became friends, simply because we share the commonalities of music and morals. We'd talk about everything. One day we were hanging out having a few beers, when he suddenly interrupted me speaking and said "You're not a Democrat!" I was flummoxed by his statement. So I then replied "No, I'm not, nor am I a Republican". Because at that time I respected some of the views from both sides of the fence. I see things as they are, simply by questioning everything, including my own beliefs. My point is that I remember a time when morals were biblically the centralization of Americans, and the motto was " In God We Trust". Now here it is within the wake of a new election, I've gotten a bit older, my old war friend is sleeping in his grave and the whole country is at the crossroads. I've a question that I'm courting with, and that question is: Do you believe that this country will somehow, someway find common grounds to revisit that place in time, within time, on time in order for us to salvage what's left of that particular time? Thank you in closing for your content, and respectively your time.✌🏽
@brianarbenz132919 күн бұрын
Thank you @originalkingalpha! Some great observations. I agree that stepping back and thinking, including reassessing one's own beliefs, is an important part of being an educated person and a citizen. I as well have always registered independent.
@originalkingalpha511619 күн бұрын
@@brianarbenz1329 You're welcome, and thank YOU for your incredibly insightful reply. I absolutely appreciate your response and I indeed do agree with you 100%!👌🏽
@projoebiochem24 күн бұрын
Wonderful to hear the voice of the great Jerry Baker on the play-by-play and to remind us of the time when Chet Coppuck was in Indianapolis. And it’s torAN with the emphasis on the second syllable. I happened to play against John Holliden when he was at ISUE.
@brianarbenz132923 күн бұрын
On broadcasts of Notre Dame games, they always said TOR-an. That's what I went by. ... And I, too, loved Jerry Baker. A superb broadcaster.
@brianarbenz132923 күн бұрын
I wrote a blog piece on John Hollinden. I plan to do a video on his life as well.
@Paladin164926 күн бұрын
BRYAN TAYLOR (Tell City, Ind.) also died with the UE basketball team. I can only guess there were a few other Indiana natives aboard. There is NOTHING "optional" about gust locks on the DC-3! As we saw, with the gust locks in place, the pilots could not steer the airplane nor could they control altitude. With no steering to left or right, with no ability to climb or descend, disaster was inevitable. For reasons no one knows, at least half of the gust locks were left in their places "in" the rudder and one aileron. The gust locks were 50 percent of the reason for the crash. NOTHING "optional" about them!
@brianarbenz132926 күн бұрын
Brian Taylor certainly deserves to be remembered in this, but I decided to select as my criteria people who had some connection to the state Final 4. I felt a little uncomfortable leaving his name out. I also originally planned to include Evansville's John Hollinden before the narrowing of the criteria, but they both may be in future videos. Thanks for recalling Brian, whose death was a profound tragedy for all of Tell City and Perry County.
@brianarbenz132926 күн бұрын
The NTSB report described removing the locks as optional. That's what I was going by. It is clear that a desire to speed up the trip in light of the multi-hour delay what was what prompted them to skip the removal.
@Paladin164926 күн бұрын
@@brianarbenz1329 Can't imagine why NTSB would say gust locks are "optional." FAA performs investigations into all crashes, and is the official authority in such matters. Cuban co-pilot put three gust locks into place (rudder, vertical elevator and starboard aileron) after taxiing just prior to the team boarding the DC-3. One could argue (and it would need some arguing) that the locks were optional for such a "quick" layover, but once those locks are in place, there is NOTHING optional about removing them! They're called "locks" for a reason: They LOCK the control surfaces. Without the control surfaces, the aircraft will crash every time. Co-pilot forgot to remove the locks and, evidently, the pilot forgot to ask whether he had removed them. Co-pilot loaded the luggage and basketball gear in aft-heavy (tail-heavy) fashion. Much of it he placed on the aft floor of the cabin. Airplane used southbound runway for take-off. (All of it happened in the darkness of night.) Ear-witnesses said, When the airplane lifted off, it had used a "short" take-off roll and its attitude was MUCH too steep. (He was tail-heavy at the moment he left the loading gate.) No one knows how the pilot/airplane were able to navigate eastward, to the "crash point." Pilot might have tried "differential power" on the two engines. Again, without use of the control surfaces, pilot had no "positive control" over steering. Differential power was probably the only possibility he had. Without use of the elevator, pilot had no control over attitude. Pilot was able to maneuver the airplane east of the runway, but there it stalled and crashed. On the following morning, when investigators saw the scene under sunlight, they saw three gust-locks still in place (rudder, elevator, starboard aileron) and immediately knew why it had crashed. Too bad... (I had a copy of the FAA's accident investigation report. Also, somewhere on KZbin is an excellent documentary that gives details of the disaster.)
@brianarbenz132925 күн бұрын
@@Paladin1649 You obviously know the topic well. Maybe the vid that explained the NTSB report was incorrect.
@camselleАй бұрын
great scene. he plays the psychiatrist's defensiveness to perfection.. almost like he's Paranoid. Afraid of Defense Counsel. being made to look incompetent
@brianarbenz1329Ай бұрын
But of course Paranoia is not a disabling illness. At least, according to Dr. Whit!
@igorslocksАй бұрын
Chet Coppock interviewing Stacey Toran. What a shot! Great video, hope you do more. War on Drugs is the stupidest policy in the history of mankind, the DEA gets $3 billion a year and makes zero difference, zero. Hold on, my fault. Actually they've made quite a difference. Now with fentanyl, you have people dying like at no other time. They've made it deadly worse. So you have guys who are in the 'game/streets' reminiscencing about the 'Good Ol Days of Just Heroin' Wow. Let that sink in and defend the War on Drugs.
@brianarbenz1329Ай бұрын
I have worked with groups favoring Restorative Justice, including the Victim-Offender Mediation Program. That method is really the answer to the over-imprisoning of the population.... After 9/11 in 2001, the federal government gave military weaponry to local police departments around the country. Clark County, Indiana, which includes Jeffersonville, was one of the biggest recipients per capita. It was a gravy train for local departments, and it was made available all because W hadn't taken the threat seriously enough when told about it. Failing to take simple steps to prevent often leads to more elaborate steps toward a cure, when prevention would have been far better.
@brianarbenz1329Ай бұрын
Thanks, and I am making more videos. I'll have to clear up some software issues before I get a lot more produced.
@fatalbertiАй бұрын
drugs are a larger contrib to social problems than is thought. if you work in the people business-social work, teaching, medical, LE, etc. you see this. but its true, if you have fame or wealth, it can buy you out of prison time.
@brianarbenz1329Ай бұрын
You'll never be arrested if you are well to do, because drug purchases and use are almost always indoor. In poor areas, the dealing tends to be done out of doors, usually by non-residents of the housing project or neighborhood who convene there. So arresting does not require a warrant.
@jasonmccallop6605Ай бұрын
This was good
@brianarbenz1329Ай бұрын
Thank you. I'm glad you like it. If you feel so inclined, I hope you'll pass the word.
@WalkerOneАй бұрын
Thanks for sharing
@embryorganicАй бұрын
I remember watching him as a kid. He was a bad young man. A sad day when this happened. RIP JM - fell in Love with Basketball because of You...
@brianarbenz1329Ай бұрын
I was trying to figure out which player you meant. Then I saw the initials... And thanks for commenting!
@tomsauer3830Ай бұрын
Jack Moore reminded me a bit of myself. I was born in 1960. I was "almost 5'10" and a lefty. I idolized Walt Frazier of the Knicks. Moore seemed like he was pretty tenacious. I loved sports. They called me "Little Tommy Sauer, Mr. Sports man". I could shoot from deep. One guy I played against said his coach told him to guard me closer. He said if he did he'd be out of bounds. Enough about me. These are tragic stories but yet these guys were so great. Thank you sir. Let us not take life for granted. Rest in Peace to them all. God is taking care of them. I did make 90/100 free throws once. I remember I was at 89/99. Wow, I had to make that last one. Nothing but net. I never tried improving on it. It was a psychological thing. I don't mean to brag, but I guess I am. As a freshman in High school, I swished a shot from deep in the left corner with a couple seconds left to win by one. I was even fouled on the shot and missed the free throw but it didn't matter. I was honorable mention All State. I've had a few people, including an opposing coach in the paper say they've never seen anyone shoot that well. I tried walking on the University of South Dakota. I would light them up. But this was only seen by the players. One day the coach called me in and said I wasn't wanted. The players were like WTF. Oh well.
@brianarbenz1329Ай бұрын
Nice sentiments. Thanks for contributing your thoughts. Where did "Little Tommy Sauer" live?
@tomsauer3830Ай бұрын
@brianarbenz1329 Cherokee, IA is where my parents house was. The Knicks were almost always on the Sunday CBS game of the week. The Chiefs games were always broadcast on NBC because it was kind of local. I absolutely loved it.
@brianarbenz1329Ай бұрын
@@tomsauer3830 Sounds like you've got some great memories of sports accomplishments.
@bill-to7irАй бұрын
Wow i lost a bet on that ripple buzzard beater shot on marion and never new stacy toran was that player being a raider fan in LA when he was killed
@ripplerocketАй бұрын
Wow this brings back memories. I went to school with Stacy. He was even better at football. What people don’t remember is that when Marion scored, their own player panicked and called time out. The rest is history.
@ripplerocketАй бұрын
Also I remembered when they broke into a NFL game saying Stacy had died.
@heathertiller3644Ай бұрын
I’m so old I remember when IU was relevant. Do u??
@brianarbenz1329Ай бұрын
Relevant in basketball, I'm presuming you mean. (It's a great university, of course.) Oh yes, I was a senior in high school when IU won the title undefeated in 1976. I remember that vividly.
@bill-to7irАй бұрын
Won a bet on Keith smart shot
@brianarbenz1329Ай бұрын
@@bill-to7ir Well, you win some, you lose some!
@MukesBoyАй бұрын
I didn't know Tony Winburn was on that plane. His family is tight friends with my family too. I wonder if that's why Bud And Richie went to Evansville
@brianarbenz1329Ай бұрын
I remember watching Richie play for U of E in an NCAA tourney game in a hotel while I was on the road covering the Indiana high school tourney.
@MukesBoyАй бұрын
@@brianarbenz1329 That's cool. Richie played every position in some of those games while Bud played PF SF SG. They were different
@MukesBoyАй бұрын
Brain, do you remember cousins Bubby Mukes And Richie Johnson who played for Evansville from 82 to 86? Bud is my uncle and Richie my cousin. Bud scored 26 against Central Michigan in 86 and I think that was his best game before going pro. Richie was the only guy besides Ervin Johnson that I heard of in that era to be able to play every position at 6ft8
@brianarbenz1329Ай бұрын
I certainly do, and I went to high school with Norman Mukes, who I believe was Richie Johnson's godparent, if I recall correctly. I remember Norman, Charlie Mitchell, Greg Cornelius and (RIP) Steve Miller towering around those hallways. I felt like I was short at 6 feet tall.
@MukesBoyАй бұрын
@@brianarbenz1329 Hey man that's really cool! You're dead in about Norman. He's still got unbroken records at NHS but Romeo might have gotten one. I sometimes wish I'd have stayed playing for Lillian Emery under Rex Bliss
@bill-to7irАй бұрын
@@MukesBoy I'm living in Evansville and was here when the aces plane went down
@brianarbenz1329Ай бұрын
@@MukesBoy The portion at about the 3 15 mark with the title "from Glory to Grief" and the somber music shows the opening tip off of the '73 state title game. Charlie Mitchell gets the tip and Julius Norman instantly hits a basket. I just needed some undefined basketball footage and had been watching the films of that final 4 and decided that would be ideal. I was 14 and a 9th grader at Hazelwood when that remarkable win happened. It made the community go wild.
@ripplerocketАй бұрын
I remember at the championship game between Broad Ripple and New Albany. There was a jump ball between Richie and King Duke. Richie was 6’8 and Duke was 5’8. King Duke actually won the jump ball. It was funny because when they lined up to jump all the New Albany fans in Market Square were laughing their asses off. I was there.
@onthefritzfarmАй бұрын
I’ve only been to 1 Indiana State Championship game. 1990. I’m from Missouri but I had moved to Indiana with my job. My girlfriend who had graduated in 1989 got a couple tickets and we got our championship t shirts and headed to the Hoosier Dome for the game. Her high school won the game and the championship. The game was the most attended game in history. It still is the record. Over 41,000 fans.
@MukesBoyАй бұрын
I watched em win against saracuse in 87 because I was big fan of calbert Chaney and Steve Alford and uofl was out of the picture
@brianarbenz1329Ай бұрын
@@MukesBoy We had a surprise snow storm that day and the cable was off in my apartment, so I decided I "needed" to go down to the Courier-Journal sports department that night to get some work done, which by amazing coincidence was just as the title game was on TV. Would you believe it, the TV hookup was out there, too. But in the early minutes, it came back on and I "worked" at watching one of the best championship games ever. When Keith Smart hit that final shot, even a bunch of cynical, seen-it-all sports journalists were whooping it up.
@brianarbenz1329Ай бұрын
I covered the 1991 Final 4 at the Hoosier Dome and it was a fabulous atmosphere. Just as you saw Damon Bailey, I saw the matchup between Glenn Robinson and Alan Henderson, and saw Steve Hart and Brian Evans from Terre Haute South.
@kevinnewell6167Ай бұрын
Watched the '94 game in the dome with Bryce Drew and Co. Single class basketball with the championship in the dome was an unbelievable experience.
@brianarbenz1329Ай бұрын
@@kevinnewell6167 I was courtside for that Final 4, as part of Courier-Journal coverage. Remarkable talent and exciting finishes!
@TheRazor666777Ай бұрын
While Bush was running cocaine through Mena Arkansas and the CIA sending it in Compton California so sad the hypocrisy in the world stay away from drugs its a dead end road just ask Hunter Biden 🎉
@brianarbenz1329Ай бұрын
Whereas the CIA connection to cocaine in L.A. is not clear (the newspaper findings of that have been doubted) it is certain that in wider sense the CIA and the powerful in this nation get away with crimes far worse than for what the poor are imprisoned. For Mena, Arkansas details, here is a good link: www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/jul/19/activities-at-airport-in-mena-detailed/
@nicholasbrowning4558Ай бұрын
@@brianarbenz1329 Just lies.
@brianarbenz1329Ай бұрын
@@nicholasbrowning4558 I have already posted that the newspaper info that The Razor posted about Compton has been doubted. But it has not been proven to be "lies." And the rest of what he said about the Mena airport situation has been verified. I have adequately dealt with what he posted.
@paullindstrom7635Ай бұрын
You left out Jim Bradley who was found dead in a alley in Denver.
@brianarbenz1329Ай бұрын
You are correct. I had not kept up on Jim Bradley's life, and his death at 29 was news to me. Thanks for making me aware his sad ending. (Actually, it was Portland, Ore. where he died, but you know that basic story, which I did not.)
@douglascarlson9006Ай бұрын
I played in H.S. against Bradley ... Lew Alcindor actually made a trip to E.C. on behalf of Wooden to recruit him ... Story has it that Wooden only visited the home of two players on recruiting trips ... Walton and Alcindor ... And here's a trivia question from that era: What were Alcindor's final CBB schools before choosing UCLA? ANSWER: In addition to UCLA, he also considered St. John's and Michigan.
@brianarbenz1329Ай бұрын
@@douglascarlson9006 I remember Jim Bradley playing for the Kentucky Colonels in the ABA, though no specific action. He was bid on by the Colonels and the NBA's Lakers. Jim McDaniel of Western Kentucky U. was bid on by those same two teams. Kentucky got both, but to little avail.
@9BallrАй бұрын
Jim Bradley was found in an alley in Portland, not Denver.
@douglascarlson9006Ай бұрын
This is pretty good stuff Brian ... BTW, that was also Chet Coppock interviewing Stacey Toran ... He was a terrific commentator here in Chicago and just passed away a few years ago ...
@brianarbenz1329Ай бұрын
Thanks for that info on Mr. Coppock. He had a great line not included on that clip. He told Stacey Toran it's appropriate you're going to Notre Dame, because you just pulled you're first Hail Mary! That was clever. And I'm glad you like the video.
@douglascarlson9006Ай бұрын
@@brianarbenz1329 Yes Brian ... and Tommy Baker was not only a pretty talented guard, but he also became a symbol of Knight's commitment to maintaining a clean program ... It was late 70s - I think, IU was in the Great Alaskan Shootout holiday tourney when a few IU players were supposedly smoking weed at a party up there between games ... Knight kicked Baker and Donny Cox off the team, and disciplined Ray Tolbert and Butch Carter ... thanks again for this VID ... I just SUBBED.
@brianarbenz1329Ай бұрын
@@douglascarlson9006 Thanks for the Sub! ... The way I remember the 1978 IU expulsions was that each player was asked one at a time if they had smoked pot. Each one who answered yes was suspended for one game, but Tommy and, I recall it being two others, but maybe it was one, were deemed to be lying, so the coach dismissed them permanently. Stories I checked for making this vid said specifics were kept confidential by Knight's office.
@douglascarlson9006Ай бұрын
@@brianarbenz1329 Those were days Brian ... Who would have ever thought that they would essentially wave the long standing rules against traveling and double dribble ... I've been completely alienated from the NBA game and college game is not far behind ... I just don't get it.
@brianarbenz1329Ай бұрын
@@douglascarlson9006 TV doesn't want spectacular drives to the hoop nullified by any pesky traveling call. And there is too much TV-supplied money wrapped up in coaches' and ADs' salaries these days. John Wooden made $80,000 top salary in 1975, including his speaking and basketball camp fees. John Calipari made $8.1 million at Kentucky.
@natch27Ай бұрын
Tests on Toran found he had a BAC of .32, more than three times the legal limit of .10 (now .08) in California. Because of that and because of it being 11:30 PM he probably never saw the curb that caused his car to flip over several times, which allowed for his ejection and subsequent death. Toran was well on his way to stardom when he passed.
@brianarbenz1329Ай бұрын
Indeed he was. Stacey had so much going well in his life. His death reminds us how everything can end in an instant because of a careless decision or two. Stay safe, all.
@RememberTheGreatsSportsАй бұрын
Brian, just found your documentary as a recommended viewing for me. Added you to get a few more to follow, but keep up the good work and showing your love for sports. Thanks for sharing these young athletes who died so early in life.
@brianarbenz1329Ай бұрын
Thank you! What a nice surprise to find it was recommended to your channel, and that you like it. Great to know that. Hope you'll spread the word about this and other videos on my channel.
@robbiecoffie56242 ай бұрын
EXCELLENT!!! Great Documentary!!!!
@brianarbenz13292 ай бұрын
Thank you! I am very glad you found this a good documentary to watch. I wish these young men didn't have to be gone so soon. They each had so much more living and contributing to the world left in them.
@solarbear75232 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing the stories of these young men. Anyone interested in Indiana basketball history will appreciate your sensitive telling of these players’ too-short lives.
@brianarbenz13292 ай бұрын
And, no, CSX does not really stand for Captialism SuX.
@solarbear75232 ай бұрын
LOL! There’s a railroad crossing on Old Bardstown, where a freight train seems to be parked half the time I try to drive there. At least that one keeps moving! Slowly, but it is moving …
@gpiano883 ай бұрын
For those of us who loved John Kennedy, this piece is cruel and unusual punishment.
@brianarbenz13293 ай бұрын
I didn’t want this to cause emotional pain to anyone. I certainly understand why it is sensitive, but I meant this video to show where the nation really was at that point in history, contrasted with where the mainstream view held that we were. We weren’t really fighting a unilaterally good fight against evil in the Cold War. There was evil on our side, too, and lots of corruption and deceit by the CIA. On the domestic front, racism was and still is more engrained in our national system that we were told. This video is more about that national failure to face reality than about JFK. I was five when he died, and I remember it vividly. I still feel the loss.
@gpiano883 ай бұрын
@@brianarbenz1329 Since you've articulated that point very well, I understand and appreciate it as I agree with what you're saying about 'national failure'. I was ten years of age when our president was murdered and old enough at the time to know what it meant to our country. High treason was committed on that day in November and no one was arrested nor even held accountable. That day still hangs over our collective head and we are caught in the wake of ruin. The day of reckoning hasn't yet been realized and that is why it will be devastating when the nation awakes from its self imposed coma.
@brianarbenz13293 ай бұрын
@@gpiano88 Though I don't share all of your beliefs on the assassination, I certainly share the deep feelings of personal loss from his death. I had lost my father two years before (to desertion, not death) and I, as a four and five year old, rallied around the TV image of John F. Kennedy as a substitute father figure. I saw him speaking in a news conference on my grandfather's Motorola b + w TV. Grandpa explained to me who he was. That was probably early '63 or late '62. Then, on 11/22/63 I saw the bulletin on my grandparents' large TV in the living room. I still remember every ensuing minute of that afternoon and evening.
@gpiano883 ай бұрын
@@brianarbenz1329 What you and I have in common in that context is rarely shared among our fellow citizens. That with the agonizing silence of denial also plays a part.
@danieleyre89133 ай бұрын
@@gpiano88 Why do you like Jack Kennedy? He was a limited 1940s playboy from a very wealthy and privileged family. And he was very inept as a president. He wasn’t a very nice person (and Bobby was a creep and upstart). And grow up about the assassination. It was done by a lone wolf called Lee Oswald and it wasn’t difficult for him. There is no need to assume any conspiracy.
@brianarbenz13293 ай бұрын
#RIPBillWalton
@kurtsnyder90003 ай бұрын
Is Vaughn Meader saying all this ?
@brianarbenz13293 ай бұрын
That is me. I have done voice impressions, mostly of U.S. political figures, since the 1970s. And I knew Vaughn Meader. I searched him out during his quiet post First Family years. I traveled to Maine and spent a week with him and his wife Sheila. So you might say I studied the art of doing JFK's voice under the master -- though he always honored his pledge never to do his JFK act again, a promise he made in the days after John F. Kennedy was killed.
@user-ih5br1rd6g3 ай бұрын
You did a fantastic job ! I really beginning to Believe that it was Jfk Or Vaughn Meader . Speaking about Vaughn Meader i knew this guy that used to get in touch with celebrities, He said he got in touch with Mr.Meader But he was not very friendly to him , this is just what he told me saying to him never call me again ..
@brianarbenz13293 ай бұрын
@@user-ih5br1rd6g Thank you! ... And I'm sorry your friend had a bad experience trying to contact him. I guess it's intangibles whether an effort like that goes well or not. Maybe Vaughn Meader was just having a bad day, or whatever.
@kurtsnyder90003 ай бұрын
This is wild " I really feel like hes talking to us after he died ....
@brianarbenz13293 ай бұрын
Kurt, thank you, and I'm delighted this moved you. I had for many years wondered just what JFK would have said if he were tragically freed from the absence of candor of real world politics. And, as said above, that is me doing JFK's voice. I wrote the speech, but after years of contemplation over his views and personal makeup.
@wellston28263 ай бұрын
Farewell address? Boy is this one out there.
@brianarbenz13293 ай бұрын
Yes, it is! It's an otherworldly twist! But I think this does open some exploration of what he could have said during the passage from the political real world to the honesty of the ideal realm he was entering.
@johnnyivie97513 ай бұрын
Sir, thank you for doing this. I'm 54 and grew up in the Los Angeles valley so this was never taught in my time in school. I'm retired from the Army young and have time to fill in the gaps of my education now. I find JFK & the whole situation interesting.
@brianarbenz13293 ай бұрын
Thank _you_ for the observation. I'm delighted to know my JFK vid connected with you. Glad to have you as a viewer.
@ginnyjollykidd3 ай бұрын
A very powerful message of what John F. Kennedy might have addressed the Nation with. Rule of Law must prevail if we intend to continue to "form a more perfect union" as we said in our Declaration of Independence. I'd like to see these words guide ourselves and our government.
@brianarbenz13293 ай бұрын
Thank you. I appreciate your comments.
@originalkingalpha51164 ай бұрын
Got'em red-handed!
@originalkingalpha51164 ай бұрын
Yesirrrr! Excellent observational analytic factuality of truth! We're living in a climate of awareness. Thank you for doing your part of serving up a hefty slice of exposure!🚀
@originalkingalpha51164 ай бұрын
Superb! Awesome editing and candidness of the delivery!🏆
@brianarbenz13294 ай бұрын
Thank you. I hope you like my other vids, too. Great to hear from you.
@ginnyjollykidd4 ай бұрын
Brilliant "analysis!" These woke eyes who saw the original broadcast have been opened for the first time! Of course that explains popular anchor Walter Cronkite's tears as Neil Armstrong jumped off the lunar lander! He saw that the whole coverup was to be blown up soon by the whistle-blowers! They would expose the thousands of people who worked coast to coast to cover it all up! 😂😂😂😂😂😂 I can't do satire as well as you can!
@brianarbenz13294 ай бұрын
That was fine satire, Ginny. I hit like! I am so glad my video's satire worked. Thanks for the comment.
@brianarbenz13295 ай бұрын
A 600 percent increase in funds to oppose assassins, saboteurs, guerrillas, and insurgents in allied nations was lauded by JFK in his Trade Mart speech in this alternate history. But in the real world, the president was unable to do so because a domestic example from that first category got through -- despite that 600 percent increase. Millions and millions to keep us secure from assassins while the FBI never thought to act to deny entrance to the Depository to a recent defector from the U.S. who offered to give military secrets to the USSR then threatened violence against the U.S. power structure in a note he sent to the Dallas FBI office. That's Cold War priorities for you.
@solarbear75235 ай бұрын
Interesting! I’m not sure how easily Kennedy would have managed to pass the Civil Rights Acts of 1964; LBJ did an amazing job. This article about it is quite interesting: www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2004/summer/civil-rights-act But, if he left Johnson to it, it might have been accomplished.
@solarbear75236 ай бұрын
Interesting analysis! It is indeed unfortunate that the Democrats abandoned their efforts towards equality and fairness. It seems like every time a little progress is made, the backlash pulls us in the opposite direction. Certainly Obama’s presidential attests to that - anyone who thought him being elected meant we were a post-racist society was proven very wrong by the backlash. I’d say it attests more to the fact that our society is less racist than it is misogynistic.
@brianarbenz13296 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comments! I first read that "unyoung, unpoor, unblack" mantra in a college textbook circa 1980. I wasn't even aware of who said it, and I had been a fan of Ben Wattenberg's writings and his PBS show "Think Tank." He was someone with whom you could disagree without boiling over; he was always educible and genial. Then later I realized my much liked commentator was in fact a co-originator of that blunt warning. As I saw the Republican Party become hardened, absolutist and beholden only to extreme factions, I realized it was time for _them_ to be warned that the electorate is decidedly un _their_ extreme base factions.
@JDnFL5 ай бұрын
The hardening of the republican party was a reaction to the democratic party becoming an authoritarian figure head. Progressivism isn't about equality, it's about keeping people in poverty. The matra of the "us verses them" is token speech brought out by the progressives. The question becomes how much more do people want from a society that already gives? More free housing, free health care, free food? All the while the powers that be, the democratic party that had a 40 year run have done nothing.
@brianarbenz13294 ай бұрын
I'm glad to have your comments. Yours is not a perspective I share, but a wide perspective is beneficial in a comment thread. My honest assessment is that inflation of the early '70s is the first of several factors which drove the poverty rate back up after steep declines in the '60s. LBJ's refusal to raise taxes to pay for the war he insisted we be fighting sparked the inflation, as he boosted the money supply to try to bring in more revenue in lieu of just paying for his war with taxes.
@fshoaps4 ай бұрын
Ugh. Mind-blowing you people are real. Obama did not win, and Clinton lost because people are more racist than they are sexist. It’s because Barack Obama was able to speak to people, working class white folks, on THEIR LEVEL. He talked to their economic needs, their fears, etc… The same thing Joe did. Hillary was unable to do that. And it’s not some “woman” thing, Gretchen Whitmer, and Jennifer Granholm are both Midwestern elected executives who won overwhelmingly landslides.
@brianarbenz13294 ай бұрын
@@fshoaps Thanks for your comments. I would honestly say that Obama's win in 2008, contrasted with Hillary's electoral vote loss in '16 is all about the dissatisfaction with the opportunities the average person feels they have. In '08 Barack Obama was the ultimate outsider to Washington at a time when people felt more shut out of opportunities than any time since the Great Depression. In 2016 things were a lot better, but most people still felt their chances for a good life were unacceptably narrow. Hillary, unlike back in 1992, was an insider to Washington. She could not position herself as the agent for change.
@RoccosVideos6 ай бұрын
I’ve never had Ethiopian food. I’d love to try it. ☕️❤️🍳😋
@brianarbenz13296 ай бұрын
If you're in the Louisville area anytime soon, let me know. I'll show you Abol. That video wasn't a commercial, btw. I was just honing my skills at my editing software. I'm going to start making more videos.
@RoccosVideos6 ай бұрын
@@brianarbenz1329 Very cool. I'll check them out. I live in Massachusetts. I don't really make it to that part of the country much but when I do again I'll let you know.
@brianarbenz13296 ай бұрын
@@RoccosVideos We'll be right by the eclipse totality, about 40 miles from total darkness. I'm planning to venture into nearby counties in southern Indiana to experience total darkness April 8. I've never been in a total eclipse, and this will be a thrill.
@RoccosVideos6 ай бұрын
@@brianarbenz1329 That's cool. It's going to be close to a total eclipse but not completely where I live. I think like 90%. I can't wait. I already have my glasses.
@RoccosVideos6 ай бұрын
He sounds like a great guy and friend. This is a fascinating video. I can relate to having anxiety, it can can be crippling. It’s been better lately but it can really disrupt your daily life. Excellent tribute to your friend. RIP Ike Thacker IV. I like his political policy ideas. I probably would have voted for him. Where do you live? Which state? You don’t have to be specific.
@RoccosVideos6 ай бұрын
Oh Louisville.
@brianarbenz13296 ай бұрын
Thank you, RoccosVideos! I'm delighted you found the video and got to learn who Ike was. And thank you for the warm words on him.... Yep, anxiety is awful. Good that you've made progress. Hope that keeps up. I'll always remember how Ike helped me. He was quite a friend. Though it had been a few years since I had regular contact with Ike, it's such a sad loss. I'm still not coming to grips with his death.
@brianarbenz13296 ай бұрын
@@RoccosVideos Yep, Louisville. Ike and I at times lived within in a mile of Mitch McConnell's residence. But don't mistake his reactionary ways for this city's. Louisville is liberal and very open to progressiveness. In fact, in the vast majority of his elections, McConnell has lost his own precinct.
@RoccosVideos6 ай бұрын
@@brianarbenz1329 I'm sorry for your loss. May the happy memories comfort you in this difficult time. It's nice to know even a state as red as Kentucky has a blue city in it. most people who vote Republican really have no clue they're voting against their own interests. People really are ignorant and I don't mean that in a derogatory way. Politics in the US are depressing.
@brianarbenz13296 ай бұрын
@@RoccosVideos Well said.
@solarbear75236 ай бұрын
That was a lovely tribute! Thanks for sharing it.
@solarbear75237 ай бұрын
Glad to see your new fancy digs! You missed taking a meta moment though - I could see you in the mirror at one point, and thought you might pan to show yourself filming.
@brianarbenz13297 ай бұрын
I had no idea there was a demand for myself in the mirror. Well, the public has spoken, so maybe I'll do such a video. I am teaching myself how to make these, with music and editing. It's tricky. But I want to soon make vids on two friends who have recently died -- Ike Thacker and a man named Larry Hovekamp. I don't know if you knew him. He was crucial to justice activism, and a very positive upbeat person. I am missing both of them.
@brookehanley36598 ай бұрын
Mary Ann Mobley??
@brianarbenz13298 ай бұрын
Yes, that's her.
@brookehanley36598 ай бұрын
Very beautiful
@brookehanley36598 ай бұрын
And Miss America 1959.
@brookehanley36598 ай бұрын
This used to be on Friday night along with That Girl. It was a good show
@brianarbenz13298 ай бұрын
Love American Style was always on at 10 pm Fridays. The cued me in on what would be through my pre-adolescent years. Many of the messages were all wrong, but the show was still interesting.
@brianarbenz13298 ай бұрын
And I loved That Girl.
@brianarbenz13298 ай бұрын
Also, the woman here is Rosemary DeCamp, who played Anne’s mother on That Girl.
@brookehanley36598 ай бұрын
@@brianarbenz1329 Yes, I noticed that and she was always beautiful too. And loved Lew Marie Ann’s father. Great actor and great character on the show. So funny
@brianarbenz13298 ай бұрын
@@brookehanley3659 Marlo said the Lew Marie character was based on Danny Thomas, and Danny approved of the way he was portrayed.
@joycoughlan12628 ай бұрын
Oh I enjoyed this tour! I grew up north of you in Greenwood!
@brianarbenz13298 ай бұрын
Thanks, Joy. I was born in Indianapolis. I lived there just until age 2 and 1/2.
@originalkingalpha5116 Жыл бұрын
Nice video. Thanks for the brief tour. You did a great job! Such a healthy historical place.
@brianarbenz1329 Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it. New Albany, like so many small and mid-sized cities, has restored its old section to use its history and architecture to bring the city back. There are a lot of transplants, some from across the river in Louisville, Ky. who love the old part of NA.
@originalkingalpha5116 Жыл бұрын
The little "Piano Keys" colored kitty sold this video; and for that I've subbed! Cheers from TN! 🎹🍻😂
@brianarbenz1329 Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed this. I put this together to help teach myself editing techniques in case I start a full channel sometime.
@originalkingalpha5116 Жыл бұрын
@@brianarbenz1329 Yeah you did great! I think you should go for it. I've been wrestling with the same idea as well. My friends and associates keeping pushing me to do so, but I "dunno". We live in a society nowadays where freedom of speech isn't necessarily free. That "chit" comes at a price! A price that I'm not sure if I'm willing to pay! 😂
@brianarbenz1329 Жыл бұрын
@@originalkingalpha5116 I'll be retiring from a full time job in a few months. I'll probably get some part time work, but I'd also love to use the extra hours to start a genuine channel.
@originalkingalpha5116 Жыл бұрын
@@brianarbenz1329 Congratulations! That's definitely a dream come true for anyone to be able to retire and still young enough to work on the things that'll keep them active. That's absolutely awesome! I really think that you should definitely go for it. Any particular ideas for your social media platform, your format of content?
@brianarbenz13299 ай бұрын
@@originalkingalpha5116 Hi, I just got back to this. I've been snowed under with getting moved into my new apartment and dealing with Social Security and my retirement plan -- lots of snags with both. But I'm feeing good and I am thinking of perhaps a fun, human interest KZbin channel. Or perhaps more toward commentary on current issues.