On the legacy of Dr. Armand Hammer / Sobre el legado del Dr. Armand Hammer

re: On the legacy of Dr. Armand Hammer

Alexandra Mazzarri — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:16:13 GMT

Si existieran personajes de esas características en nuestro país, podríamos hablar de "entendimiento" o "puente entre una corriente de pensamiento y otra", pero tristemente solo tenemos por un lado el falso socialismo del siglo XXI y por el otro el oportunismo de siempre, y al final dos bandos de oportunistas buscando provechos particulares

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Tya Writer — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:43:03 GMT

Nice Ruben!

Thanks for sharing...

All the best,

Tya

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Phoebe — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:41:08 GMT

Thanks for sharing that blog. I didn’t know most of that.

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Nour — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:38:19 GMT

I also agree with Wolf that it's a great article; it uncovered so many facts about Armand Hammer that I wasn't aware of to date. Your article made me really interested in uncovering more about his life and achievements.

Cheers to all (from Cairo),

Nour

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Wolfgang — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:37:50 GMT

Hey Ruben,

thanks for sharing, and yes a great article! Congratulations.

One minor point, I dont consider everyone a "tyrant" that is declared so by certain peoples... ;-)

Best regardas from Austria to all

Wolfgang

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Max O'Donnell — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:36:39 GMT

I agree Ruben, Armand Hammer was an impressive guy who rode a few different currents of his times.

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Bava — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:35:09 GMT

Ruben,

I think you hit the hammer on the nail. Good blog!

BAVA

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Marcelo — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:24:01 GMT

Lately, I have been noticing a pretty disturbing trend in the republican party and conservative movement of reacting against any ideology that contradicts them in a very extreme way. This notion that Obama is a socialist or that the democratic party will bring socialism into the American government is absolutely ridiculous, but even worse to me, is the aggressive TONE in which conservatives choose to oppose a simple change in the American taxing system, health care policy and foreign politics.

I say this because Obama is simply proposing to switch the dial in these issues, just barely towards the middle class and in favor of effective world diplomacy. But to radically call this socialism, or portray Obama as a weak defender of this nation that "pals with terrorists", simply reflects that conservatives and republicans have nothing else to defend themselves with, and that their last resort is to dangerously instigate a violent reaction among their supporters that parallels that generally seen in radical Islam and AlQeada.

It is ok to disagree, but to use words socialist, terrorists and un-american is a sign of weakness, and it is CLEARLY NOT what the rest of american people believe. That's why they are down in the polls.

Thanks Ruben for clearly pointing out that an effective leader like Dr Hammer can make it "possible to do business in any political system".

I see the same virtue in Obama, someone CAPABLE of bringing people together for a common goal, for an effective transaction. Maybe due to his intellectual capacity, level-headedness or maybe by pure personality. Whatever it may be, people like Obama and Dr Hammer are what this whole world and especially this country is hungry for.

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Kimi — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:24:26 GMT

Ruben, I think that your post is thoughtful and well reasoned. The comments of Randy, on the other hand, are extremist and ignorant. Randy says that Barack Obama hates freedom and free speech. Anyone who believes that is ignorant and extremist. Thank you for sharing your blog, Ruben.