Posted on 05/09/2006 2:00:20 PM PDT by Sam Hill
America-hating, terrorist-loving Saudi-owned Reuters [excerpted] brings us this hard hitting news:
Behavior guide aims at demise of "the ugly American
By Bernd Debusmann, Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alarmed by the relentless rise of anti-Americanism around the world, a business-backed group is trying to change the behavior that spawned an enduring stereotype of Americans abroad -- loud, arrogant, ill-dressed, ill-mannered and lacking respect for other cultures.
For many years, much of the rest of the world distinguished between the United States and the American people. Americans tended to get better ratings than their country and its policies. But recent surveys show that favorable perceptions of Americans have been shrinking while views on the world's only superpower grow increasingly hostile.
Enter Business for Diplomatic Action Inc. (BDA), a non-profit organization founded by advertising executive Keith Reinhard after a worldwide survey of attitudes toward Americans convinced him that "our collective personality is one of the root causes of anti-Americanism."
"We are seen as loud, arrogant and completely self-absorbed," said Reinhard, chairman emeritus of the advertising agency DDB Worldwide. "People see in us the ultimate arrogance -- assuming that everybody wants to be like us."
An estimated 60 million Americans travel abroad each year and BDA's Reinhard sees all of them as potential ambassadors who might win the hearts and minds of their host countries, no matter how much people there might hate U.S. policies. ...
Keith Reinhard clearly hates America. Just look at his Federal Election Campaign contributions:
REINHARD, KEITH
NEW YORK, NY 10019
DDB WORLDWIDE/CHAIRMAN
CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM
VIA FRIENDS OF HILLARY09/19/2005 420.00 25020441485
REINHARD, KEITH
NEW YORK, NY 10021
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE 09/22/1997 400.00 98032672681 11/17/1997 500.00 98032672681
REINHARD, KEITH
NEW YORK, NY 10021
DDB NEEDHAM WORLDWID
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE 10/08/1999 500.00 20035103190 02/09/2000 500.00 20035431470 10/19/2000 500.00 20036582359
REINHARD, KEITH
NEW YORK, NY 10021
DDB NEEDHAM WORLDWIDE/ADVERTISING
BRADLEY, BILL
VIA BILL BRADLEY FOR PRESIDENT INC03/29/1999 1000.00 20990096038
REINHARD, KEITH
NEW YORK, NY 10021
OMNICOM
CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM
VIA HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON FOR US SENATE COMMITTEE INC08/02/1999 1000.00 20020040718
CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM
VIA FRIENDS OF HILLARY02/07/2003 1000.00 23020172367
REINHARD, KEITH L
NEW YORK, NY 10021
KERRY, JOHN F
VIA JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INC07/20/2004 -1000.00 24962265245
REINHARD, KEITH L
NEW YORK, NY 10021
DDB NEEDHAM WORLDWIDE
SCHUMER, CHARLES E
VIA SCHUMER '9812/05/1997 1000.00 98020040633 12/05/1997 1000.00 98020040633
REINHARD, KEITH L
NEW YORK, NY 10021
DDB WORLDWIDE
SCHUMER, CHARLES E
VIA FRIENDS OF SCHUMER05/20/2002 1000.00 22020571975 05/20/2002 1000.00 22020571975 11/13/2003 1000.00 24020040669 11/13/2003 1000.00 24020040669
REINHARD, KEITH L
NEW YORK, NY 10021
DDB WORLDWIDE/CHAIRMAN
KERRY, JOHN F
VIA JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INC03/07/2003 2000.00 25971196814 03/29/2004 1000.00 25971248667
REINHARD, KEITH L.
NEW YORK, NY 10021
DDB NEEDHAM WORLDWIDE/ADVERTISING
GORE, AL
VIA GORE 2000 INC03/31/1999 500.00 20990084752
REINHARD, KEITH L.
NEW YORK, NY 10021
DDB WORLDWIDEINC./ADVERTISING EXE
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE 05/20/2003 1000.00 23991143964
REINHARD, KEITH L. MR.
NEW YORK, NY 10021
DDB NEEDHAM WORLDWIDE/ADVERTISING
GORE, AL
VIA GORE/LIEBERMAN GENERAL ELECTION LEGAL AND ACCOUNTING COMPLIANCE FUND09/20/2000 1000.00 20990232040
REINHARD, KEITH MR.
NEW YORK, NY 10021
DDB NEEDHAM WORLDWID/ADVERTISING
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE 11/07/2001 500.00 22990286737 11/26/2003 1000.00 23992497709 03/01/2004 2000.00 24991147279
Big surprise, huh?
I'm sure one of the things Mr. Reinhard rails against is Americans' "conspicuous consumption." Well, he should know.
From Adfreak.com:
Livin' la vida larga
DDB chief Keith Reinhard has set up house on the 70th floor of the south building of the Time Warner Center, in a four-bedroom, $9.1-million spread that puts him directly upstairs from Prince Turki bin Khalid (who is described as both a member of the Saudi royal family and an official with the Saudi national soccer team) and five floors above Ricky Martin.
Preach on, brother!
Hillary fan and proud Democrat donor ping!
Matt Drudge is reporting that Fox News owner Rupert Murdock is hosting fund raisers for Hillary, to wit:
MURDOCH TO HOST FUNDRAISER FOR HILLARY CLINTON
Mon May 08 2006
Rupert Murdoch has agreed to host a political fundraiser for Hillary Clinton this summer, the FINANCIAL TIMES is reporting!
Murdoch's surprise decision to raise money for Clinton in July, on behalf of NEWS CORP., parent company of FOXNEWS and the NEW YORK POST, underlines a dramatic turn of relations between Murdoch and Clinton, who in 1998 coined the phrase vast rightwing conspiracy to denounce critics of her husband.
Some say the move by Murdoch reflects approval of her Senate career, notes FT's Caroline Daniel. Others point to Murdoch's record for picking future national leaders. Last century, he threw over the British conservatism he'd long supported to back longshot Tony Blair.
Clinton surprised Washington and media watchers recently by attending a FOX NEWS anniversary party, where she toasted Murdoch.
Political powerbroker and studio head Harvey Weinstein is said to have convinced Hillary that Murdoch could be a friend, not a foe, in her ongoing political maneuvers.
Hillary has now cornered the NY media market, by winning support from the NEW YORK TIMES, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS owner Mort Zuckerman -- and now Murdoch and the NY POST.
I dreamed there was a great flood, and as water rushed down the streets carrying all sorts of things, I looked out of my window, ready to take some photos, when I saw a human hand sticking out of the water.
Then the hand raised higher, and an arm and shoulders came above the water.
Finally a face appeared out of the water.
Lo and behold it was Hillary Klinton.
Which brings me to the moral dilemma.
Color or black and white?
And just WHY does this article and person, whom it's about, ignore the cold, hard FACT that the descriptions of THE UGLY AMERICAN, that is used, is a blatant, word for word, regurgitation of what was said/written almost SIXTY years ago...when that term was coined for American tourists abroad, right after the end of WW II?
With the objective of bringing together internationally known religious and spiritual leaders dedicated to the proposition that Peace Is Possible, Rose-Lee and Keith Reinhard funded a week-long meeting of The Peace Council, in New York.
Murdock may own the N.Y. Post; however, the N.Y. Post has never and is not now, endorsing Hitlery!.
PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PRESS REVIEW, JUNE 7-9
QUOTATIONS FOR THE DAY
"I THINK ANYTHING THE GOVERNMENT DOES AT THIS POINT IS PROPAGANDA AND IS NOT CREDIBLE."
--Advertiser Keith Reinhard, commenting on the "Shared Values" TV ad campaign, created by the government under Charlotte Beers, onetime undersecretary for public diplomacy and public affairs; cited in "Questions for
Keith Reinhard: Nonprofit-Group Founder Aims To Combat Anti-Americanism," Suzanne Vranica (Wall Street Journal)
http://www.uscpublicdiplomacy.org/index.php/newsroom/johnbrown_detail/june_7_9_2004/
Isn`t that the French?
But since I'm sure we all want to know what a "beautiful American" looks like...
Ecce homo:
Dear God help us. I think I will have to move to some other country if that horrible woman is elected!!!!
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