Adrian cronauer

It's not written in the Constitution or anything else.... Congress, just out of the clear blue sky, said the airwaves belong to the people, which means, in essence, that it belongs to Congress.

Without amendments we would never even have had the Bill of Rights.

Giving people what they want isn't just good radio; it's also the right way to run a country.

One of the things I learned in law school is that there's nothing wrong or undesirable or dishonorable or destructive about amending the Constitution.

I was faced more with apathy than opposition.

Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.

The concept that you cannot own the airwaves has caused far more harm than good.

It is the will of the American people that we have a right to protect our flag and this can only be accomplished by passing a Constitutional amendment.

A corollary is that, when laws are out of touch with the people, those laws can and should be changed - from the most simple local regulations to the highest law of the land, our federal Constitution.

The American flag represents all of us and all the values we hold sacred.

The electronic spectrum is the only natural resource in which there's no such thing as private property rights. You can't own a piece of the spectrum.

Worrying that banning flag desecration would inhibit free speech reveals a misunderstanding of the flag's fundamental nature.

Our flag is not just one of many political points of view. Rather, the flag is a symbol of our national unity.

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Adrian Cronauer: Biography and Life Work

Adrian Cronauer was a notable Radio personality. The story of Adrian Cronauer began on September 8, 1938 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.. The legacy of Adrian Cronauer continues today, following their passing on July 18, 2018 in Troutville, Virginia, U.S..

Adrian Joseph Cronauer (September 8, 1938 – July 18, 2018) was an American radio personality and United States Air Force Sergeant, whose experiences as an innovative disc jockey on American Forces Network during the Vietnam War inspired the 1987 film Good Morning, Vietnam starring Robin Williams as Cronauer.

Legacy and Personal Influence

Personally, Adrian Cronauer was married to Jeane Steppe. Historically, their work is best remembered for Good Morning, Vietnam.

Philosophical Views and Reflections

In the late 1970s, while working as the classical music morning host at WVWR in Roanoke, Virginia (now Virginia Tech's WVTF ), Cronauer had an idea for a television sitcom that would be a blend of M*A*S*H and WKRP in Cincinnati , two popular TV series of the era. In 1979 he tried to sell a treatment of this idea, basing the story on his experiences in Vietnam, but without success. A few years later he pitched a made-for-TV movie on the same theme: this time, a friend's agent in Hollywood got the treatment into the hands of Robin Williams , who thought the idea was good enough to warrant a feature-length movie starring himself. However, according to Cronauer, little of the film reflects his real life. Among other things, Cronauer was not a subversive person but a "lifelong card-carrying Republican ", and later took an "active role" in both Bob Dole 's unsuccessful 1996 presidential campaign and George W. Bush 's successful 2004 presidential reelection campaign . Cronauer did teach English when off-duty in Saigon, but he did not teach swear words or New York street slang. He was never in a Jeep that got hit by a land mine, but he did witness the bombing of a restaurant near the radio station. In a 2014 Military Times interview, Cronauer said if he had done some of what the movie said he did, "I'd still be in Leavenworth ."

At the time of his death, Cronauer lived in Troutville, Virginia . He had been married to Jeane Cronauer until her death in 2016. She had had a son by a previous marriage.

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