Turner: 9-11 Was Act of Desperation (compared President Bush to Julius Caesar) BARF ALERT

AP ^ | 2/12/2002 | AP

[TLBSHOW]

Turner: 9-11 Was Act of Desperation

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -

Media mogul Ted Turner says the Sept. 11 attacks were an act of desperation, and the hijackers were "brave" but probably "a little nuts."

Turner, in a lecture at Brown University, also compared President Bush (news - web sites) to Julius Caesar.

In a wide-ranging address Monday, the AOL Time Warner vice chairman said the attacks on the World Trade Center the Pentagon (news - web sites) were an outgrowth of poverty.

"The reason that the World Trade Center got hit is because there are a lot of people living in abject poverty out there who don't have any hope for a better life," he said.

He said the attacks were an act of desperation, and that Americans lack an understanding of a willingness to die for one's country.

"I think they were brave at the very least," Turner said of the 19 airliner hijackers believed to have committed the attacks, adding that they "might have been a little nuts."

Turner made the comment during a question and answer session after he delivered a lecture on international affairs. An attempt to reach him for comment Tuesday via AOL Time Warner spokeswoman Tricia Primrose was unsuccessful because she did not immediately return a phone call.

Turner also gave his opinion on the 2000 elections and Al Gore (news - web sites)'s loss in the presidential race.

"A few more votes in Florida, and we could have had the best environmental president we ever had," he said. "Now we've got an oil man. He (President Bush) is like another Julius Caesar. Just what we need."

Asked if he would allow public access to his vast landholdings in Montana, he replied: "Can I live in your home with you? We believe in private property in this country."

"You buy it and you can share it," Turner said.

Turner was expelled from Brown in his junior year in 1960 after he was caught living with a girlfriend in his dorm room. The Ivy League school awarded him his undergraduate degree 12 years ago.

[Commodore Schmidlab]

Rich Media-Celebrity-People ---- all they want to do is tell you what's wrong and tell you to pay for it.

[Commodore Schmidlab]

They take your money, They give your money out, They take your money in and they give it all out -- It's called the Redistribution of wealth.... and that's what it's all about!

[Brilliant]

He must have been brain-washed by Jane Fonda. Come to think of it, his comments are even more extreme that I would have expected from Jane.

[Pompah]

Ah,..a stunning likeness of "Teddy the Twit."
Must have caught him on a good day. LOL.

[Sloopy]

I KNOW! This guy personally owns enough property to resettle the entire palestinian population. He has HUGE ranches in New Mexico, Montana, and South America, and elsewhere, I think. It seems to me, he would want a shot at the Nobel Peace Prize, and obviously just writing that check to the United Nations, isn't going to do it. If I had his money and real estate, I would be tempted to give every Palentinian an acre, a mule and a nice home, just to prove that it isn't ALWAYS about poverty. Sometimes people just like to cause touble.

[Post Toasties]

So Ted Turnip thinks the 9/11 attacks somehow make GWB a 'Caeser'?

Guess he just can't stop driveling.

[Gophack]

Ted Turner is a piece of work. What a commie. It's OK for HIM to own property, but the rest of us, forget it. If we have a stupid kangaroo rat in our field, halt construction!

He is anti-american, anti-life, and anti-Christian. He should just go away. Why do people even give him the opportunity to speak? I believe in free speech, but I also believe that we have the right to NOT invite someone to speak!

GADS!

[glock rocks]

Who would actually stop and take a picture of this?

robert redford's publicist. lots of experience.

[pt17]

In a wide-ranging address Monday, the AOL Time Warner vice chairman said

Another Big Media bufoon heard from.

[TLBSHOW]

Thanks for that post to remind us what a moron Turner is and always has been. Just like his worthless commie ex-wife. Jane the liberal commie!

[BradyLS]

He said the attacks were an act of desperation, and that Americans lack an understanding of a willingness to die for one's country.

I'm reminded of Patton's old axiom, heavily paraphrased: "No nation ever won a war by producing soldiers that showed a willingness to die for their country. They all won by producing soldiers that showed a willingness to make the other country's SOB's die for their country!"

[patriot31u]

It was my absoulute pleasure!