Personality-News Events
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This book describes a number of significant "personality-news events" that captured and held the attention of many Americans while they were in progress. In fact, the general public is still debating matters relevant to the events that include wartime political treachery, criminal "justice," conduct unbecoming, Zemin’s trade tour coup, and natal self-aggrandizement. Reports of alleged child care irresponsibility, basketball’s criminal "justice," political quid pro quo, military "justice," Clinton’s payback trade appeasement, and amateurish mental disorder diagnoses have been high profile. Others include presidential clemency for terrorists, Senate rejection of CTBT, EgyptAir’s "suicidal" crash theory, Panama Canal giveaway and the shameful saga of Elian Gonzalez. The issues of morality, personal responsibility, duty, and honor; country; good and evil and egotistical political quid pro quo are deeply imbedded within the various "personality-news events." "Personality-news events" highlight the inexcusable shenanigans and ventilation of ex-Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara, ex professional football star Orenthal J. Simpson, First Lieutenant Kelly Flinn, China’s President Jiang Zemin, self-aggrandizer Hillary R. Clinton, Au Pair Louise Woodward, basketball star Latrell Sprewell, Senator-Astronaut John Glenn, Army Sergeant Major Gene McKinney, President Willian J. Clinton, feminist activist Hillary R. Clinton, Clinton’s grant of clemency to jailed Puerto Rican terrorists, U. S. Senate’s rejection of the underground Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, Egyptian Flight 990’s "suicidal" crash theory and its politicization, Panama Canal "give away" while Clinton and minions shun "photo op" ceremonies and the embarrassing tale of a motherless Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez. The first chapter reports on ex Secretary of Defense McNamara’s public "atonement" for the duplicitous role he played while macro-managing the Vietnam War. The recent public "confession" just happened to coincide with a national publicity blitz period surrounding release of his new book, "In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam." Many veterans of the hotly hated conflict reacted adversely to his public act of contrition and wouldn’t ever forgive him for the needless loss of lives and injuries to America’s veterans. The second chapter, 2, focuses on the lengthy notorious O. J. Simpson trial and describes the important details of summations related to the jury by the prosecution and defense, surprising "not guilty" verdict and aftermath. Considerable emphasis was placed on the seemingly overwhelming evidence, ineptitude of the police and criminalists and adversarial strategies employed by the prosecution and defense. In the end, the defense "dream team" prevailed, perhaps due especially to the "glove misfit" miscue by the prosecution, attack on alleged "racist" Fuhrman and introduction of the "race card" by Cochran, lead defense attorney. After the surprising "not guilty" verdict was announced, public opinion polls revealed that blacks generally approved, while whites were dismayed and appalled. Overall, the general public believed that O. J. was "guilty." Chapter 3 describes the Lieutenant Kelly Flinn fiasco in which she participated in an illicit sexual affair with a married enlisted man, lied about her involvement, disobeyed direct orders to terminate the affair, displayed conduct "unbecoming an officer" and was summarily discharged from the U. S. Air Force with a "general" discharge that avoided further public humiliation of a military court-martial. Public airing of the case pitted frosty feminists versus traditional military careerists. The highly successful, whirlwind public relations trade tour coup of America performed by communist China’s President, Jiang Zemin, began with a brief stop in Honolulu, then on to Washington, D. C., Philadelphia, New York, Cambridge (Harvard University) and Los Angeles before he departed for his homeland. Politicians and international traders responded like a coterie of kow-towing, sycophantic, boot-licking, brown-nosing beggars who paid immoral mercantile homage to the "Butcher of Beijing" in hopes of landing a lucrative piece of America’s advanced, strategic "high tech" exports to China in exchange for cheap plastic toys, trinkets, inferior textiles, sundry electronic products, miscellaneous doodads and other "non-strategic" goods. The "Butcher of Beijing" was feted, sumptuously and adoringly treated as if the almighty dollar was the "greatest good" and sublime motivation or objective in U. S. life. Chapter 4 details these horrific happenings.
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This book vividly describes the circumstances surrounding highly publicized personality-news events that occurred recently. Constant publicity stimulated the public’s interest and remained newsworthy for extended periods. At times, certain personality-news events still "re-run" in the media.
Robert S. McNamara, ex Secretary of Defense, attempted to atone for failing to curtail the detested Vietnam War and was highly criticized by veterans for his deception. O. J.’s trial high points are recapped including prosecution boo boo’s, defense strategies and assorted reactions. The abrupt conclusion of Kelly Flinn’s promising career as a B-52 pilot is described as a personal tragedy that might have been avoided.
China’s President Zemin’s trade trip coup to the U. S. toady, corporate "mucky mucks" bowing and begging for its potentially vast market, Hillary Clinton’s self-serving, highly orchestrated three-day birthday celebration in three cities and Louise Woodward’s agonizing "au pair" experience with baby Matthew Eappen and ensuing trial are discussed.
NBA cager Latrell Sprewell's twin assaults on Coach Carlesimo with its charitable resolution, John Glenn’s geriatric return to space amid widespread political criticism and Clinton’s trade-vacation return trip to China considered as "quid pro quo" by many are detailed.
Also described are Hillary’s amateur diagnosis of hubby’s "problems" with women, President Clinton’s "politically questioned" granting of clemency to jailed Puerto Rican terrorists and the Senate’s rejection of the nuclear test ban treaty considered extremely detrimental to the U. S.
In addition, the politicization of EgyptAir’s Flight 990 Crash and its abruptly curtailed news coverage, Clinton’s refusal to attend "striking down the U. S. flag" ceremonies and inaction on returning the Panama Canal to Panama (and China) plus the pathetic use of Elian Gonzalez as a political pawn are related.
About the Author
Robert R. Morman was born in Lansford, PA. He graduated from UCLA and earned Master and Doctorate degrees in psychology from USC. He retired from CSULA as a full professor with emeritus status. His background in the military consisted of service in the USN as a Chief Yeoman during WWII and as a Major who retired from the USAFR. His vocational experience comprised over four decades of experiences as a psychological research assistant and pollster at PSI, Los Angeles and counseling psychologist, test officer, counselor and professor at CSULA. He also taught part-time for California Lutheran University and Walden University. Counseling, personality theory, vocational factors, computer introduction, statistics, research, group tests and measurements, teacher supervision, counselor supervision, independent study, thesis and dissertation were among college-university subjects taught. Dr. Morman also consulted in related fields. Over 40 technical articles on automation, counseling, statistics, research and validation of psychological tests were published in various technical journals. Among the books published were The TAV Selection System, 1968; American Heritage Alternatives to Guaranteed Annual Socialism (co-author R. O. Hankey), 1970; The Clintons’ Agenda for Change: Assault on Traditional America, Commonwealth Publications, 1996, and Clinton’s Planned Betrayal of America "UNAmericanization," Kabel Publishers, Inc., 1999. Books published on the Internet include William Jefferson Clinton’s Impeachment and Trial, 1999, 1stBooks.com; Clinton’s 1996 Presidential Re-Election, Dissection and Disaffection, 2000, 1stBooks.com; Clinton’s Partial Legacy – Wars of Interdependence: Nihilistic Nationalism and Imperious Imperialism, 2000, iUniverse.com; and Final Departures of the Famous, 2001, XLIBRIS.com.