Monthly Archives: July 2009

From: “John O’Connor (MP70MC74)”
Date: July 13, 2009 9:54:26 PM EDT
To: “‘reinke, fjohn68′”
Subject: Manhattan Grad in the news

Arthur Lichte was class of 72. I deleted the rest of the message with non Jaspers

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[JR: Thanks, JohnO'C. Much appreciated. ]

[JR: John, with occasional elbow joggling from me, is the force behind the Yahoo Prep Group for All Years. He's from the Omega class.]

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Subject: FW: Air Force Senior Leader Announcement – 8 July 2009

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8 July 2009

MEMORANDUM FOR THE STAFF

FROM: AF/A1

SUBJECT: Senior Leader Announcement

GENERAL OFFICER RETIREMENT:

GENERAL ARTHUR J. LICHTE

FROM: Commander, Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, IL

GENERAL OFFICER NOMINATIONS:

The President has nominated to the Senate the following general officers for appointment to the grade of general with assignment as indicated:

LT GEN RAYMOND E. JOHNS, JR.

FROM: Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategic Plans and Programs, Headquarters United States Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, DC

TO: Commander, Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, IL

   //SIGNED//

RICHARD Y. NEWTON III

Lieutenant General, USAF

DCS, Manpower and Personnel

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Lichte, Arthur J. [MC1972]

O’Connor, John (MC1974)

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Lou Apoldo commented on your status:

“John, your Curmudgeon Last Word in this week’s Jasper Jottings condeming the Church for failing to speak up against the erosion of our morals and values was probably a little too broad. I believe that the Traditionalists, like the Brothers of the Christian Schools at Manhattan College, have held the line to uphold the Church’s teachings, while the Progressives, like the Jesuits at Fordham, have yielded to the moral relativists and the politically correct to erode the Church’s teachings.”

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Apoldo, Lou (MC1963)

[JR: Perhaps, but I think we can indict a whole generation of Church leadership, including the laity and the Irish Catholic politicians. We lost the battle to limit government to a tight little box and we failed to hold Catholic Politicians to high standards. JFK was an exemplar of the problem. I think that, when the "Decline and Fall of the American Empire" is written, the takeover of education by Dewey and Mann using the Prussian model will be the singular watershed event to our decline. It allowed the Secular Progressives to in one fell swoop to: dumb down the electorate, destroy religion by brainwashing the children in religious families, and simultaneously train the "cannon fodder / factory worker" population to led into war and welfare. And, the Church leadership allowed it to happen. And, I see no way to reverse the decline. Michael Jackson gets a national frenzy; Brian Bradshaw is unknown! Sigh. Any more and I'll be in an endnote. Thanks for the trigger.]
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Hi John:

Thanks again for all your hard work in keeping Manhattan College alumni linked together. I loved the story about 90 year old Andy Neidnig. It would have been interesting to hear about the three times that he was almost killed during the Battle of the Bulge, but he was reticent about telling the stories. This was very typical of World War II veterans like my stepfather who spent half of the war at sea in the merchant marines on some very hazardous troop and supply runs but never talked about it. Nowadays with Twitter and cellphones, people can’t shut up about the most trivial and personal things in their lives.

I also was impressed by the accomplishments of the neuropathologist at the University of Rochester, Dr. Powers.

Finally, I must agree with your last words about the devastating effects of the failure of Catholic leadership on Catholic schools and religious orders. Sadly, it continues to this day.

Keep up the good work.

Best regards,
Peter E. Dans (’57)

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Dans, Peter E. (MC1957)

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[JR: Doctor Dans, Thanks for the high praise. I'm just the "sewer pipe" passing stuff along. We need some cub reporters to go capture that story before it escapes forever. As my book, CHURCH 10●19●62 demonstrates, any one can get anything in print. (Unlike your legitimate works.) At near zero cost. There's no reason for these stories to "disappear". I was always entranced by the FireFox series, where a bunch of college kids captured Americana right around them. Most of the WW2 vets I knew NEVER spoke of their personal story. Always about their friends. if at all. Hey, don't complain about twitter @jasperjottings is there too. Instantaneous Jasper news. No delay. :-) As I say, I am journalizing the success of my fellow alums. If I can't be a success, then let me chronicle others'. Sad, isn't' it. We let the gooferment stick it's nose in "charity", "education", "healthcare", and now we have a mess. I feel for posterity; we've made a mess of this. I'll try, but I'm looking to train a replacement. Those obits' Class Years are starting to get painfully close. Thanks for the "steam" to keep on going. Wife says my head barely fits thru the door now; you may have pushed it over the edge.]

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Re: JBlogger: Rodriguez, Vincent [MC1984]

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Great stuff, John. I clicked on the link and found that he lists his e-mail and tells a little about himself on it. Go back and have a look and check out the “Good Samaritan.”

For more photos online including regular updates, please go to my web shots site at

http://community.webshots.com/user/vrod62

For any information on my photos, please email me at {Privacy Shield Invoked}

Most of you may look at my photos and are not sure of my intentions. I look for humor and irony first, but unfortunately life is full of sadness, and hence, seems to catch my attention as well. In the photos I take that fall into that category, I am not trying to ridicule or exploit. In fact, my intentions are exactly the opposite. We are programmed to look the other way and ignore unpleasant images or people, but I am in awe of how some people get by and live day to day whether it be by choice or not. These people amaze me and I applaud and appreciate all of them. -Vincent Rodriguez

{Name Withheld By Request}
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[JR: Good find. Thanks, {Name Withheld By Request}. Much appreciated. I don't spend a lot of time on "discovery". Bag 'em and tag 'em. Move on to the next find. The fun is in the quest. It has to be "obvious". I am after all just a messy old injineer.]
Rodriguez, Vincent (MC1984)

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