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Adrian Cronauer (14)

Birth:	8th September, 1938
Nationality:	American
Profession:	-

About

Adrian Cronauer is a former United States Air Force sergeant and radio personality whose experiences as an innovative deejay in Vietnam inspired the 1987 film Good Morning, Vietnam. Cronauer began his broadcasting career at the age of 12, as a guest for a Pittsburgh-area children's amateur hour. Cronauer co-wrote the original story for the film Good Morning, Vietnam, which was based on his experiences as a Saigon-based deejay during the Vietnam War, where he served from 1965 to 1966.
Cronauer earned a master's degree in Media Studies from the New School for Social Research in New York City and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Cronauer's law practice concentrated in information and communications law. He was also the head of an advertising agency. Later he worked as a special assistant to the Director of the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office. Cronauer is a member of Mensa. He is also contrary to Robin Williams' portrayal a "lifelong card-carrying Republican", having taken an "active role" in both Bob Dole's 1996 and George W. Bush's 2004 Presidential campaigns.

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

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

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

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• 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.

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

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

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• 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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• 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.

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• Martin Luther King, Jr. didn’t carry just a piece of cloth to symbolize his belief in racial equality; he carried the American flag.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• I was faced more with apathy than opposition.

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

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• 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.

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