Anslinger Being Tough?
Harry Anslinger was a United States government official who served as the first commissioner of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Federal Bureau of Narcotics. He was a supporter of prohibition and the criminalization of drugs, and played a pivotal role in cannabis prohibition. [1]
Excerpt from the book:
Many people assume what we call the War on Drugs began in 1971 during the Nixon Administration. Some believe “the War” began during Prohibition due to the relentless efforts of a racist and moralist federal agent named Harry Anslinger. [2]
Continuing later in the book:
Anslinger was a bureaucratic empire-builder and he saw marijuana as the leverage needed to expand the size and power of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. He railed against the use of reefer, weed, or pot by blacks, particularly black entertainers. Anslinger hated jazz with its free-wheeling lack of rigid structure and he equated it with what he viewed as black depravity. Black bandleader Cab Calloway had a 1933 hit song called Reefer Man featured in the movie International House. Anslinger must have been furious. [2]
References:
- Wikipedia, Harry Jacob Anslinger
- Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and The War on Drugs by Vince Wade – Page 20, 39
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- Arizona City Councilwoman Makes Libelous Comments about Tom Hanks
Jeannette Garcia – Another Baseless Claim?
“A member of the Avondale City Council embraced her inner QAnon and accused Tom Hanks of pedophilia. Then came the payoff. Elon Musk reposted her accusation to his 218 million followers.” [AZCentral.com, Laurie Roberts, February 20, 2025 – Tom Hanks should sue Elon Musk and an Arizona official for libel – An Avondale city councilwoman called Tom Hanks a pedophile. Then Elon Musk made sure the world heard it.]
“A far-right member of the Avondale City Council said she had received threatening emails after she took to social media to make baseless claims against actor Tom Hanks. Freshman Councilmember Jeannette Garcia took aim at the Oscar-winning actor after he appeared on the 50th anniversary show of “Saturday Night Live” over the weekend to reprise his comedic portrayal as “Doug,” a Trump supporter who dons a “Make America Great Again” hat.” [AZCentral.com, Shawn Raymundo, February 20, 2025 – Why is Elon Musk praising an Arizona councilmember for attacking Tom Hanks on X?]
“Saturday Night Live celebrated its 50th anniversary over the weekend, and while it’s more or less impossible to mount a three-and-a-half-hour variety show that pleases everyone, a single joke in this marathon running time has deeply upset thin-skinned Trump voters. Back in 2016, before Donald Trump was first elected president, SNL aired an installment of their long-running “Black Jeopardy!” series, in which Kenan Thompson presents a skewed version of the quiz show with more colloquial questions and irreverent answers — and non-Black contestants find themselves at a certain disadvantage. But this wasn’t the case for Doug, a MAGA-hatted character played by host Tom Hanks, who despite his background ended up being a big winner on the show.” [Rolling Stone, Miles Klee, February 18, 2025 – MAGA Couldn’t Handle Tom Hanks Playing a Racist Trumper on ‘SNL’
The show’s 50th anniversary special featured a surprise visit from a past ‘Black Jeopardy!’ contestant]References:
- Art Fettig – A Bit of Bio
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Art Fettig is a successful corporate president, a publisher, author of 35 books now in print, and featured in over 50 videos. Art is the veteran of some 4,000 live programs all over the world including standing ovation presentations in all 50 of the United States, 8 Canadian provinces and in a number of foreign countries.
He has worked with many top Fortune 500 corporations Including GM, DuPont, Exxon, Chrysler, Toyota, Kellogg’s and Upjohn in the past 2 years.
Art has created videos on safety for the US Air Force and the US Navy. He works frequently with students in elementary, middle and high school and is a frequent lecturer at Notre Dame University.
At 65, he just took his first tap dancing lessons and his first public tap-dancing performance is included in th[s exciting video series.
Widowed after 38 years of marriage, he is the father of 5 children and grandfather to 5. Having retired from the railroad industry a dozen years ago, Art Fettig continues to travel across the country and abroad inspiring audiences of all ages with his high energy performances. He continues to write and publish several new books each year and is a frequent contributor to a variety of national publications.
- Why Run?
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I watched most of the recent Democratic Presidential Candidates’ Debate and then asked myself “Why would anyone in their right mind want to become President?” Fame? Glory? Prestige? Money? The basics – food, shelter, clothing, sex? No way! Safety? Huh. Ego? Self-actualization? Just think it would look good on your resume? Your Mom would be so proud of you? You’d finally prove to that rotten tenth grade history teacher that he was wrong?
Because you are a true Patriot? You feel deep in your heart that you are the only one that can save this nation? You are a glutton for punishment? You like the sound of the title, President of the United States, Commander In Chief of the United States Armed Forces? Because it might be fun? You just like big white houses? Your psychotherapist dared you to do it? If you can run a city or a state a nation should be a cinch. Just because it is there. First America and then next THE WHOLE WORLD! It might save your marriage? Besides who said you had to be in your right mind?
- Looking Forward To Looking Back
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Memories Over the fifty years I’ve worked as a Professional Speaker I have made speeches in so many different fields and topics and some of my clients have made recordings of my work. I had a big box full and several shelves full of these old VHS’s and just recently a good friend of mine volunteered to work with me turning VHS’s into DVD’s. We have done about twenty now and talk about opening a can of worms! So many wonderful memories have come flooding in and there were others too. Now these are not just little snippets, these presentations are often an hour long and some longer.
And what have I learned from all this? I’ve learned that I was a lucky man who was allowed to visit the lives of many thousands of people with travels that took me to all fifty of these United States and most of Canada too.
Those presentations I treasure most were ones I did for free. I worked the hardest on those too. The people we visited with in Newfoundland were the kindest.
So many tapes and so many memories. I was fat in some, 240 pounds, and slim in others,180. My hair turned from very black to very grey. We just made another video in the woods the other day and my message was the same as it always was. “There is greatness in you. Yes it is true. There is greatness in you.”
- Art Fettig’s Publications
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Pixabay - Beyond Duh!, Creativity in Action. Non Fiction, 2013
- Success Rally, Fiction, 2012
- The Old Man and the CD, Fiction, 2009
- Winning the Safety Commitment, 1998
World’s Greatest Safety Meeting Idea Book
More Great Safety Meeting Ideas
Selling Safety The Quest Continues - Songwriter a True Story By the Godfather of Inspiring and Funny Books, Non Fiction, 1998
- The Platinum Rule, Non-Fiction, 1995 – The powerful secret to attaining great wealth and happiness. Thousands sold by word of mouth.
- How to Hold An Audience in The Hollow of Your Hand: 7 techniques for starting your speech, 11 techniques for keeping it rolling, including over 600 icebreaker jokes, Non Picture, 1994
- ShowTime (How to Make Thousands Vacationing in Hawaii), Non Fiction, 1994 – Art and videographer, Terry Pochert, travel to Hawaii. This book contains some of Art’s most powerful presentation materials.
- The New Just Say Yes Activity Book: a book to help parents and teachers conduct an ongoing program that will introduce and reinforce positive ways to just say yes to a healthy, productive life, Non Fiction, 1994
- Serenity! Serenity!: Living the Serenity Prayer, Non-Fiction, 1993 – One man’s quest for serenity, acceptance and courage. A must for those in recovery or anyone seeking joy.
- Love Is the Target: an answer for troubled Americans, today, Non Fiction, 1992
- A Declaration of Inter-Dependence for Safety, Non Fiction, 1991
- More Great Safety Meeting Ideas, Non Fiction, 1991
- Selling Safety in the 90’s, Non Fiction, 1990
- World’s Greatest Safety Meeting Idea Book, Non Fiction, 1990
- Selling Luckier Yet, Non Fiction, 1987
- The Three Robots Learn About Drugs, Fiction, Children, 1987
- Unfit for Glory: The Wildly Funny Adventures of G.I. M.A.S.H. Survivors Reconfirming Their Manhood, Fiction, 1987
- How Funny Are You? : The Humor Game, Herb True, co-writer, Non Fiction, 1986 – A great way to practice your humor skills.
- It Only Hurts When I Frown : a funny, loving look at life, Non Fiction, 1986
- The Pos Parenting: a guide to greatness, Fiction, Non Fiction, 1986
- This is It, Non Fiction, 1986
- Selling Lucky: a dynamic guide to greater success & happiness, Non Fiction, 1984
- The Pos Activity Book, Non Fiction, 1984
- The Three Robots – Teaches how to be happy and healthy.
- The Three Robots Discover Their Pos-Abilities: a lesson in goal setting, Fiction, Children, 1984
- The Three Robots Find a Grandpa, Fiction, Children, 1984 – This book teaches how to become lovable, loving yourself, loving others and being loved in return.
- The Three Robots and the Sandstorm. Fiction, Children, 1983
- Remembering, Improving your memory, Non Fiction, 1982
- Mentor: Secrets of the Ages, Non Fiction, 1981 – You will be introduced to your own personal “mentor,” your “friend in need” in times of crisis. Whenever you want you’ll be able to turn to this written masterpiece for guidance and comfort.
- The Three Robots, Teeth Care, Fiction, 1981
- The Santa Train, Christmas stories booklet distributed to children who rode the Santa Train, Fiction, Children, 1980
Booklets
- Reflections On Growth – Will start you growing Up! Up! Up!
- The Self-Esteem Credo – A Ten Day Program for Personal Growth.
- A Single Man at Burnham Brook – A collection of Art’s poems about his experiences at Burnham Brook Center [now known as The Kool Family Community Center].
What People Say about the Writings of Art Fettig
“My children Love these books. They learn positive attitudes and loving reactions to life – What greater testimonial could you ask?” Wayne W. Dyer, Ph.D – Author of “Your Erroneous Zones”
“t think Art Fettig’s verse about Growth is one of the most appropriate and inspirational things I have read. Whenever I use it in my talks, it gets applause and requests for copies of that part of my talk.” Art Linkletter
“Mentor, Secrets of the Ages is a masterpiece. You have distilled the basic wisdom of life into a gem of a book. It brought tears to my eyes. It is a formula of everything good, of true success, peace and joy.” – Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, author of “Power of Positive Thinking”
“The Platinum Rule is a classic.” – Charles “Tremendous” Jones
Regarding The Platinum Rule, “It is terrific!” – W. Clement Stone
Regarding The Platinum Rule, “Wonderful message!” Og Mandino
“The Platinum Rule is great. And it’s needed too.” – Dr. Norman Vince Peale
- Taking a Risk is a No-Lose Situation – by Dr. Ross Reck
Pixabay Taking a risk is one of the few “no lose” situations that life has to offer—if we succeed, we’re happy and excited, and if we fail, we have the opportunity to learn from the experience which makes it much more probable that we’ll succeed the next time around. On the other hand, if we take no risks, we stop growing and life begins to pass us by—there is no more learning and no more excitement. When I find myself in a risk averse mood, I think of the following quote from Theodore Roosevelt: “Far better is it to dare mighty things than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, for they live in that gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.” This quote puts me back in touch with what life is all about.
References:
- Operation Feint
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The Sidny Morning Herald Clipping from The Sydney Morning Herald It was mid-October 1952 and I was an officer’s records clerk in the 99th Field Artillery, a private first class on a Landing Ship Troops (LST) headed towards North Korea. I didn’t even suspect that we were taking part in a big U.N. task force of warships, planes, landing craft and troops making a feint attack in North Korea far behind the enemy lines. I didn’t learn this much about it until just last Thursday, over 67 years later. I did know that something unusual was going on at a port in Hokkaido, Northern Japan when we boarded the ship at one end wearing our full field packs, walked on through the ship below deck, came out the other end, went through a warehouse and boarded the ship again. The rumor was that we were being spied on and we wanted the enemy to believe we had twice as many aboard. We were also told not to be concerned that we had no training for this mission and would certainly not be called upon to use our rifles or do anything but go for the ride. When they told me that the hair stood up on the back of my neck. I’d been in combat in Korea late in 1951. I had experienced how things go wrong in war.
We were ordered to stay below deck and most of us consoled ourselves with a 24 hour penny ante blackjack card game. After a long long time my curiosity got the best of me and I worked my way on deck. I saw that we had two small landing craft there in the water waiting and a third was jammed up on the device that puts the landing boats into the water. There seemed to be land just a few football fields away. Then I was ordered back below deck.
There was a rumor that a single MIG had strafed our ship one time but it was a complete miss.
Years later, every now and then I used to make a quick effort to learn more about what went on that day, with little success. Well recently, at a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner I attended I was led by an attendee to this site Trove: National Library of Australia. It was a frontpage article of The Sydney Morning Herald dated October 16, 1952. It said a lot. You won’t find much else at other sources. Weird, isn’t it? So little information on such a large military operation?
The plan was to draw reserve troops away from the front lines so attacks could be made on a few troublesome hills. That article says attacks were made and a couple of hills were taken but then lost again. The game of seesaw continued as it had on the hills I was earlier involved with when I was in the infantry. Ours, yours, ours, yours. The Korean war made no sense to me and still doesn’t.
I guess the reports on that mass attack were written in the wind and landed in Sydney, Australia. Just maybe they are still a secret here in the U.S.
Please don’t rely on me for being accurate about this. I have my memories of my time below deck and above and I am happy to report that I recall winning $10 in that BlackJack game. At a penny at a time that is a lot of money.
- Resources and Opportunities
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“The greatest untapped resource we have in this world is the human potential.” I’ve said that many times in many situations and I’m not certain who said it first but it is a mighty challenging thought. When one gets in the upper ages one might ponder those paths untaken.
I feel pretty good about those paths I’ve taken but still, there were so many other choices.
So This Is Hell
What if hell was a place where you were sent
At the end of your busy existence?
Where they’d set you down and they show you your life
And you couldn’t offer any resistance.You’d see all your talents, parading along
All those special gifts you’d been given
And they’d show you all that you might have done
And then just how you’d been livin’.Your life’s potential is there on parade
All those rare opportunities
And you’d see what you did and what you didn’t do
When you were offered these
And then when you witnessed how you’d performed
And all that you might have been
You’d be put in a room for eternity
Where you couldn’t perform again.© Art Fettig 2019
- Trump Plays While Ignoring Storms
“Devastating storms ravaged Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia, causing multiple casualties. The governors of these states declared national emergencies. What did Trump do? He went to the Daytona 500 on the taxpayer dime, costing us millions of dollars to take photo ops of Air Force One flying over the stadium and his motorcade doing laps around the track.” [Meidas Touch, February 16, 2025]
References:
- BBC.com, Brandon Drenon, February 16, 2025 – At least 10 dead in US floods and heavy rain
- APNews.com, Darlene Superville, February 16, 2025 – Trump attends the Daytona 500 and says the spirit of NASCAR will ‘fuel America’s Golden Age’
- Putin is Pulling the Strings on Puppet Trump
The Weakness of Trump is now Showing on the International Stage
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