SUBJECT: ALOHA AND KENT STATE
SOURCE: JUAN WILSON juanwilson@mac.com
POSTED: 4 MAY 2008 - 9:30am HST
Kent State and Tom Fargo
image above: Still from the Coen brother's movie "Fargo". Tommy puts Aloha in chipper. By Juan Wilson
by Juan Wilson on 4 May 2008 We decided, as part of our presentation, to do a short film that we could shoot in a day. The Cooper Building, built in 1854, was quite notable itself. As the theme of our analysis we decided to compare and contrast the two famous buildings in which architects were educated. Our film would begin in the early morning in our 5th floor third-year architectural studio (where the film would be presented later). It would follow the two of us on a journey out of the school, to the subway out to Queens and to La Guardia Airport. It would follow us getting on the Eastern Airlines jet to Boston; flying there; getting off at Logan Airport; taking the MTA out to Cambridge; walking to the Harvard architecture building and entering a corresponding studio. Then the film would follow us back-tracking to Cooper Union before the sun went down. The film was shot on 16mm. Although it was difficult, we actually did get the task accomplished, ending up entering the Cooper Union building at dusk. Back in 1970 it was as easy to get to Boston by plane as it is to take a bus across town. There were no reservations on the Eastern Shuttles from New York to Washington or Boston. In fact no ID's were required and you did not need a boarding pass or even a ticket. There was no security other than a stewardess at the door. Cash was accepted for tickets. The charge was $19. And Eastern made a profit. Of course, gas was about 35 cents a gallon then. Anyway, Ralph and I did have a few bumps along the road on our journey. They stemmed from two facts: One - we were long-hair hippies, and were carrying professional film equipment (borrowed from the school). Two - It was May 4th, 1970 and although we did not know it, the National Guard was shooting college students in Ohio that day. The results of these two facts got us in trouble when we landed shortly after noon at Logan Airport. The captain of the aircraft stopped us in the aisle as we were exiting the plane and demanded to know what we were doing. They even wanted us to turn over the camera to him (presumably to confiscate the film).
Just minutes before, at Kent State, four students had been shot to death by Ohio National Guard troops on the campus. Richard Nixon was getting serious about anti-war sentiment. Of course we didn't know any of this, but because we had a camera and we were "hippies", the captain was angry and suspicious. He was loud, demanding to know what else we were carrying. We were shocked at being yelled at this way in public. He eventually settled for throwing us off the plane (just what we were looking for anyway). The preceding week had been tense. On April 30th, President Richard Nixon announced on national television that a massive American-South Vietnamese troop offensive into Cambodia was in progress. "We take these actions," Nixon said, "not for the purpose of expanding the war into Cambodia, but for the purpose of ending the war in Vietnam, and winning the just peace we all desire." Campus demonstrations were running strong. The "Establishment" was a little nervous about young people with an attitude... especially blacks and hippies. By the time we got to Cambridge, near Harvard, we had heard the news. As it turned out, one of the four students was Jeff Miller. Ralph had attended Plainview-Bethpage High School with him on Long Island in 1967. May 4th 1970 ended up being a very long day.
So how does this relate to Tom Fargo? Ex PacCom commander Admiral Tommy Fargo is going to be a hard-ass about American military interests, the Hawaii Superferry and anything that smacks of defiance towards th American Empire. He'll be a Dick Nixon in aloha gear. Der Superferry Uber Alles! |
SUBJECT: TOMMY FARGO BIOGRAPHY
SOURCE: JUAN WILSON juanwilson@mac.com
POSTED: 3 MAY 2008 - 6:00pm HST
A partnership of military corporations...
image above: Admiral Tommy Fargo and his wife posing for high end Sub-Zero/Wolf equipment
advertisement. Satirical modifications by Juan Wilson
| from ad spread for Hawaii's Sub-Zero/Wolf Showroom (click to see) Since his retirement, Admiral Tom Fargo and his wife Sarah have set a new course - entertaining island style. That means their Wolf Outdoor Grill sees FEED YOUR APPETITE FOR QUALITY WITH SUB-ZERO AND WOLF |
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see also:
Island Breath: Fargo - Facsist at the Helm 4/26/08