TOTAL INFORMATION ANALYSIS

Friday, September 19, 2003

From Dave Emory's For The Record program #421 summary:

A seemingly insignificant detail about Arnold Schwarzenegger’s service in the Austrian army, the fact that his father (ostensibly nothing but a small town police chief) was able to pull strings in a number of ways is noteworthy. Anyone even remotely familiar with military protocol would understand that Schwarzenegger’s father under normal circumstances would never have been able to prevail on the Austrian army to change its regulations in such dramatic fashion just for his son. “Besides, according to Arnold, Gustav had smoothed the path for his younger son by using his influence to have him stationed at a camp near Graz. He had also pulled strings so that Arnold, characteristically impressed by the size and power of tanks, could be a tank driver. Arnold claims that, thanks to Gustav’s influence, the Austrian Army made an exception to the required tank driver’s minimum age, lowering it from twenty-one to eighteen, thus enabling him to fulfill his ambition.” (Arnold: The Unauthorized Biography; p. 34.)

Perhaps even more striking is Schwarzenegger’s contention that he forgot to engage the brake after parking a tank, that it rolled into the river as a result, and that he was not disciplined for his negligence! Talk to a military veteran about this. Ask their opinion. . . . "Once he ‘parked’ a tank but forgot to put the brake on. The tank rolled into the river. According to Arnold, there were no consequences.” (Idem.)

Reminiscent of George W. Bush’s AWOL stint from the Texas Air National Guard (performed with impunity due to his father’s status), Schwarzenegger, too, was able to skip out from the Austrian army in order to compete in a contest. “He knew exactly what he wanted. And he had taken great risks to obtain it. For despite being the product of Gustav’s school of obedience and discipline, Arnold, as he would many times in his career, had gambled. To compete in Stuttgart he had gone AWOL.” (Ibid.; p. 35.)

TOTAL INFORMATION ANALYSIS asks how powerful was this Nazi stormtrooper father of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Would Schwarzenegger be where he is today without a Nazi using state power to smooth his way?

Also of note - A short video clip of Schwarzenegger taking a hit off a cannabis cigarette has surfacd on the Internet. The clip was evidently filmed at the same time a photo was snapped of Arnold for the 1976 Rolling Stone feature article unearthed by this website. That article, you may recall, featured many quotes of Schwarzenegger's megalomanical ramblings and dictatorial dreams. Schwarzenegger has not called for drug legalization.

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