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Even
with bailout, Greece faces crushing debtGreece will labor under a mountain
of debt many analysts say is unsustainable, even after a bailout that will pump
$170 billion into the country over three years. (Washington Post) [
Unsustainable debt … Sounds like
America ( America’s
debt woe is worse than Greece’s News (CNN) — ‘Our
government is utterly broke…The government’s total indebtedness is $211 trillion’ ) . Greece
reeling over deal on cuts Protesters flood the streets of Athens; leader
fear new rules will worsen an already harsh recession (Washington Post) [ Death
(of a nation) from a thousand cuts! This Is What An Economic Depression Looks Like In The
21stCentury http://albertpeia.com/21centurydepressiongreecedusup.htm Greek
workers flood streets to protest deep austerity cuts Police and protesters
clash after Greek leaders agree to deal in effort to help country avoid
bankruptcy. (Washington Post) Check out this mind-numbing piigs reality
‘pictorial’ which doesn’t fall far from american home(y) reality http://albertpeia.com/europeandebtcrisispiigs.htm . I’m not quite sure what it’s going to be
yet, but I’m sure there’ll be another meaning attached to the term, ‘getting
greeked’. Greek
leaders reach agreement on austerity measures to avoid default European
Central Bank president announces breakthrough in efforts to resolve region’s
ongoing crisis. (Washington Post) [ ‘The
situation is getting more problematic for Greece day by day’Greece’s prime
minister seeks rescue consensus amid political quarrels. (Washington Post) [
Indeed things are getting worse and in a manner of speaking now ‘B-B-B-B-Bad B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad Bad
to the bone’ (George Thorogood & the Destroyers’) Drudgereport: 2-7-12 Greece: 'There's no more left
to cut'... , Greek
Economy Implodes: Budget Revenues Tumble 7% In January On Expectation Of 9%
Rise Durden
2-7-12 , Spiegel:
"It's Time To End The Greek Rescue Farce"Durden
2-7-12 , Illusion
of Recovery: Feelings Versus Facts The Burning Platform |
The false storyline last week was the dramatic surge in new jobs. , China's
Road to Becoming a Reserve Currency The Wall Street Journal , Yes,
It Is Halftime In America – So Now Is The Time To Get Your Financial Priorities
In Order ECB http://albertpeia.com/halftimeinamerica.htm , Why
Is Global Shipping Slowing Down So Dramatically? ECB http://albertpeia.com/globalshipslowingdramatically.htm ‘If the global economy is not heading for a
recession, then why is global shipping slowing down so dramatically? Many
economists believe that measures of global shipping such as the Baltic Dry
Index are leading economic indicators. In other words, they change before
the overall economic picture changes. For example, back in early 2008 the
Baltic Dry Index began falling dramatically.
, Believe
In A Return To The Gold Standard? You Are Now Officially An Extremist According
To The FBI Durden
2-7-12
The Greeks have no idea
what they’ve
gotten themselves into.
A few facts about Greece…
First off, demographics
wise, Greece is a disaster.
Real Clear Markets shares the following facts.
As if this weren’t bad enough, the
unemployment rate for Greeks aged 15-24 is 40%. For Greeks aged 24-34 it’s 22%. Imagine being a
young person, not being able to find a job, and then knowing that huge
percentage of your efforts (42%) are going to be taxed to fund all the crazy
social welfare programs for Greece’s aging population. Small wonder that seven out of
ten young Greeks want to work abroad and four of out ten are actively seeking
work outside of Greece.
Also, it’s no surprise that those
Greeks who do have jobs, don’t want to pay this massive tax load. Consider that
the Greek working population is roughly seven million people. 95
percent of them declare annual income of less than 30,000 euros.
So that’s the situation in
Greece. Terrible age demographics, an economy that’s in the toilet, and
politicians who simply don’t get it.
Now let’s consider who’s actually got the cash
to potentially help Greece from a default, and what they want in return.
We’re talking about Germany.
For most of the Greece
Crisis, the supposed “saviors” were the IMF, the ECB, and Germany. That all changed
in the last month. The IMF has called for more funds. Those funds aren’t coming. Remember, the
IMF is largely a US-backed organization. And the US sure as heck won’t go for a US-backed
bailout of Europe.
So the IMF is out of the
picture in terms of helping Greece in any meaningful way.
Now, how about the ECB?
Well Germany has told the ECB to its face that if it continues to monetize EU
sovereign bonds that Germany will walk out on the Euro. So the ECB may continue
to meddle in the bond market to avert a Crisis, but if it ever decides to
publicly state it will be monetizing EU debt going forward, Germany’s out and the Euro
implodes.
Which leaves Germany as
the official backstop/ savior for Greece. And here’s how Germany recently
address the IMF when the IMF asked Germany for help with the Greek situation.
Berlin resists
pressure to give Greece more
Germany, the biggest and richest country in the euro
zone, has provided the bulk of the funds for the bailouts of Ireland, Portugal
and Greece. Now it is firmly rejecting calls to come up with yet more
funds for Greece to compensate for any shortfalls in a debt relief deal with
private creditors.
On Friday Foreign
Minister Guido Westerwelle defended Berlin’s tough stance. The Greeks, he insisted, should show
that they are willing to implement reforms before getting more money.
“We
Germans do not expect from anyone in Europe more than what we are asking from
our own citizens. We cannot explain to taxpayers in Germany that they have to
do things that others do not want to do while at the same time asking for their
money,”
Westerwelle said in Brussels.
He pointed out that
Germany had already come up over 200 billion euros ($262 billion) for the
bailout funds. “It makes no sense” he said, to give more
money to Greece, “if we don’t know whether the reforms which have been agreed
upon will be really implemented.” He argued that coming up with more money just
lessened the pressure to reform.
Diplomatically, this is
about as close as Germany can come to telling the IMF to “stuff it.” Germany knows the IMF
doesn’t
have the funds and won’t be getting them (the IMF is primarily a US-backed
entity and the US won’t stand for a US-backed European bailout).
Indeed, just a few days
after Germany said “nein” to more Greece bailouts, it then threw the following
suggestion out:
German proposal
seeks EU commissioner with sweeping powers to directly control Greece’s budget
Germany is proposing
that debt-ridden Greece temporarily cede sovereignty over tax and
spending decisions to a powerful eurozone budget commissioner before
it can secure further bailouts, an official in Berlin said Saturday.
The idea was quickly
rejected by the European Union’s executive body and the government in Athens, with
the EU Commission in Brussels insisting that “executive tasks must
remain the full responsibility of the Greek government, which is accountable
before its citizens and its institutions.”
In plain terms, push has
now to come shove in Europe. Germany permitted the ECB to implicitly monetize
various EU sovereign nations’ debts during 2011 because Germany hadn’t yet taken the steps to
prepare for a collapse of the EU.
It now has. In the last
six months, Germany has:
1) Passed
legislation permitting it to leave the Euro without leaving the EU.
2) Passed
legislation permitting it to nationalize German banks during times of Crisis.
3) Demanded
that German banks in general raise capital.
In plain terms, Germany
is now prepared to walk if it has to. And it’s made its demands very
clear: if you want German funds, you will need to give up fiscal
sovereignty.
It’s also made it clear that
it will tolerate neither the issuance of Eurobonds OR direct and open
monetization by the ECB.
In other words, Germany
has said “it’s our way or the highway.” True, this borders on an
act of financial warfare, but in the end, Germany has never truly been
interested in a monetary union so much as a political union.
Germany will not suffer
inflation (they’ve seen how monetization works out, e.g. Weimar), nor
internal discord (in November 78% of Germans thought the Euro would survive… by December 60% of them
though the Euro was a “bad idea”.) Germany is going to look after its own
domestic interests.
Put another way, if
Greece wants to remain Greece it’s no getting any more
funds and its bond markets will implode. The alternative is that if
Greece wants German funds, it’s going to have to give up its fiscal sovereignty and
essentially become a vassal state for Germany. End of story.
With that in mind, I
believe the next round of the Euro Crisis is now at our doorstep. Indeed, this
latest short-covering rally in the Euro (Euro shorts were at a record high)
looks ready to end and reverse.
So if you think the EU
Crisis is over, think again. True we’ve got until March 20th for the Greek deal
to be reached, but things have already gotten to the point that Germany has
essentially issued its ultimatum. Either Greece hands over fiscal sovereignty,
or it defaults in a BIG way…’
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Allan
Sloan Marketing, hypocrisy and arrogance in Facebook’s financial filing — standard Wall Street
fare. (Washington Post) [ Well, they
may not be selling the ‘Brooklyn Bridge’, but they are selling shares of the
Empire State Building’ (presumably for those who want to evince paper ownership
of a piece of the apple … sounds like a plan! ) The following was my reaction
to the intrusive facebook sign-in that was employed by the LATimes (I no
longer, for quite some time, post to that ‘lesser paper’) and immediately
following, some facebook responses by me only for the record on my website:
Amber Britton
Marketplace Customer Service Lead
Frankly, i avoid
commenting systems that use the Facebook model. I don't need my friends getting
my comments on subjects they could care less about, or getting my comments that
are diametrically opposed to their own particular viewpoints…
Posted by: cabeachguy
alpeia at 07:55 AM October 22, [email protected]
The following two
comments sum up my view on the subject. I would add that I really think
facebook, the company, has become political, government centric (as has google,
microsoft, etc.), and intrusive and hence, untrustworthy. Moreover, I truly
think they are a bunch of a**h***s. Their 'games' are pathetic and an insult to
intelligence and typify the nerdy, neurotic persona of their founder(s)
zuckerberg et als (I don't begrudge them their money but he is ‘painfully
neurotic’ from what I’ve discerned);and, contrary to the spin, I think facebook
is very uncool and in many ways trite. I initially signed up for website
representation and was 'tagged' by some old friends from high school and even
earlier without which I'd otherwise be inclined to delete my facebook account…
Al Peia
Comments:I thought that
if you use a Google authentication that would require a real identity... I hate
Facebook and I wonder how Goldman Sachs applies a 50 Billion value but who
cares, I won't be buying it... make Facebook an option not the requirement
Posted by:Charles Morris
Frankly,i avoid commenting systems that
use the Facebook model. I don't need my friends getting my comments on subjects
they could care less about, or getting my comments that are diametrically
opposed to their own particular viewpoints…
Posted by: cabeachguy
FROM:
TO:
Friday, October 21, 2011
6:52 PM
I am out of the office on
weekends and will return Monday morning.
If you need immediate assistance, please contact the VIP Customer Service team
at 213-237-3464. You can also send an email
to [email protected].
Best Regards,
Amber Britton
Marketplace Customer Service Lead
· Pat
Donnelly Lenart Merry Christmas kindergarten
friend!...lol
Al Peia Thank
you Pat. Truth be told, I was always quite fond of that picture which was among
those items/pictures stolen by that junkie / meth addict here in socal. I truly
was glad Loraine posted same and I uploaded it also to my website as here for
storage because here as particularly in jersey, s*** happens.
Al Peia Merry
Christmas and Happy Healthy New Year!
· Betsy Ciocci So sorry Gary. It really is hard. Nikki was so lucky to have
you and you her. What a great gift you gave her by letting her go so she would
not suffer. That is love.
Tuesday at 5:44pm ·
Pat Donnelly Lenart Gary sorry! I've been there and it is a very challenging
experience when a long term companion has to leave.
Tuesday at 5:51pm ·
John Badasarian
Sorry to hear that Gary....I know she was a great
dog...
Tuesday at 5:54pm ·
Gene Laks Sorry to hear such sad news. They truly are our children
Tuesday at 6:07pm ·
Vicky Dodson So sorry to hear about Nikki. Beautiful dog...
Tuesday at 6:14pm ·
Christa Krumins
So sad. I am sure she had a wonderful life.
Tuesday at 6:33pm ·
Lisa Wolfe Rozgony Sorry about the loss of your beautiful loving dog..She is at
peace now..
Tuesday at 7:18pm ·
Raina Grand Kass so sorry for you--been there-not a good place--feel better
Tuesday at 7:25pm ·
Alecia Bicher This makes me so sad. She truly was a great dog and so
gentle. Sorry for you guys.
Tuesday at 7:36pm ·
Tuesday at 7:36pm ·
Ellen Silverstein
Levitt Sorry for your loss.
Tuesday at 7:57pm ·
Steve Schoenberg Very sorry Gary. Been there.
Tuesday at 8:10pm ·
Greg Bolosky I share your sorrow. She looked like a grand dog.
Tuesday at 8:10pm ·
Elizabeth Allee So sorry my dog is the most precious thing to me. I have
often thought what would I do without her. Dogs are the most loving creatures
and are meant to be by our side. There are so many here that are abused and do
not have good homes. I am sure you had a loving home for a beautiful animal.
Just remember the unconditional love..........
Tuesday at 8:16pm ·
Gale Kanyok
Sostek Gary, Great Pyrennes are such wonderful and
gorgeous dogs. You are ever so blessed to having had one own you. My heart goes
out to you, at this most difficult time. Know that your Nikki will always be
with you in spirit. xo
Tuesday at 8:55pm ·
Catherine Palmer Lord Gary, I'm so sorry about your Nikki. My heart goes out to you
and your family. I'm sure she's running around in heaven with my cat.
Tuesday at 9:02pm ·
Jim Jackson GW - Nikki was a great dog, sorry, My kids labs (Kobe and
Jordon) both went down last year.... A real bummer
Yesterday at 4:44am ·
David Spenard Sorry to hear about Nikki Gary. She was truly a one of a kind
dog.
Yesterday at 4:49am ·
Larry Rosefield sorry for your loss gary..my two dogs two of my best friends
and eating companions....as to becoming a burden to our kids (i keep a .357 and
a bottle of xanax in my nightstand) just in case.
Yesterday at 5:46am ·
Lorraine Fleming So sorrry, my little guy is young but I can say that he is
better than people. Everyone should wag their tail and be so happy to see me
when I walk in the door.
Yesterday at 6:27am ·
Neal Remz Sorry
for the your loss Gary, had to do the same thing about 4 yrs ago with our 17 yr
old dog Abby.
Yesterday at 6:43am ·
Joyce Foosaner
Grossman So sorry...I remember the day my dog was
put done too..
Yesterday at 7:40am ·
Susyn Bernstein There are no words....my dog is so much a part of me, my life
and history and I know this is something I must face in not too far future. I'm
SO SORRY for your loss!!
23 hours ago ·
Gail Hogan Nastasi
Gary, I feel so sad foryoubut you were very strong to
do that. My
18 hours ago ·
Gail Hogan Nastasi
prayers go out to you and your family
18 hours ago ·
Keith G Loranger Sorry for your loss , dogs are great friends
4 hours ago ·
·
Eggi:
Happy, healthy birthday to you and best wishes for many more to come! You may
have noticed some news stories surrounding the earthquake damaged Washington
Monument (or not … Washington Monument remains closed msnbc.com ) which
brought to mind that long weekend excursion to D.C. you may recall (just a few
years ago) upon Wal’s recommendation since AU was sporting an outdoor
concert [‘Little
Richard’(what’s up with that?) turned
out to be the warm-up band to the featured band, ‘Procol Harem’] and there was to be a
massive ‘protest
/ demonstration / camp-out’ at the monuments (and of course to hear ‘Forest Gump’s’ speech – just kidding). The
(evening) concert in their amphitheater was cool and ‘stylishly late 60ish,
early 70ish. It’s at this point that you’ll have to rely on my
memory of the events immediately thereafter. As always, we were in search of
babes of easy virtue (the free-lovin’ hippie girls were made to order for expedient,
pseudo-hippies at best like us looking for a ‘proverbial roll in the
hay’,
euphemistically speaking). In fact, you shrewdly from a hawking perspective
hooked up with a bunch of hippies at the concert and proceeded to get quite
stoned while smoking what you assumed was just pot throughout. At the end of
the concert, Wal gathered us up to head to the monuments where huge numbers
were camped out for the ‘rallies’ the following day. When we finally found you, you
were sitting with just a few of the bunch you were with, unable to speak,
stand, or move at all. You seemed totally paralyzed. We asked them what they
were smoking to which they replied, pot laced with ‘angel dust’ (pcp-I didn’t even know what it was).
They assured us you’d be okay by morning. Finally, since Wal seemed to be
in a rush to get to the ‘monuments’, we literally had to guide you by arm to the car and
through the ‘monument
campout grounds’ at a very brisk clip for reasons only Wal could
explain, stopping to speak to no one [ You guys had mentioned that at Woodstock
(I couldn’t
get off work at Arcola Pool) Wal was a bit freaked by all the havoc and
particularly the unsanitary conditions, even to the point he was refusing to
check out the naked babes swimming openly without inhibition which you guys
were really into, by your accounts. ] You were indeed fine by the next day, and
we partied / got drunk and we wound up at ‘The Waff’. Wal was totally drunk, had a black water pistol
(looked like a .38 cal) , and was squirting everyone. Suddenly, out jumped two
plain clothes cops (I assume DC Police Detectives – FBI always announce /
show their badges). Wal was so drunk he was still laughing and shooting the
water pistol even as they slammed him up against the wall, guns drawn and
pointed to his head; even as I was yelling at their over-reaction; and that it
was a water pistol. As bad as that was, in today’s environment, we’d likely have been shot.
(I think this was the same weekend as the concert).
Happy Birthday Eggi!
Al
Hey Wal:
Happy, healthy new year to you and your family. My changed number was to 'magic
jack' (I recommend it) since my att/sbc (jersey / bushland) phone line became
unusable, affecting my dsl line which I dropped in favor of Time Warner Cable / Internet. I last spoke with the FBI in January,
2011, who informed me that 'they printed out the documents on the disks', which
is, in their somewhat cryptic way of saying, a good thing. Their position will
determine mine. I'll let you know when I do.
Regards,
Al
CHARITY
QUIZ: Would Al Peia play truth or dare?
Lorraine Fleming answered
this question
Lorraine:
You're quite right. I've been playing every day since I sued the mob in mob
infested jersey. I'm currently waiting on the FBI whose position will determine
mine.
Regards,
Al
CHARITY
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Al Peia Eggi:
Thank's for your affirmative vote. I'm sure you know it's mutual. As such, I
have somewhat of a confession to make. You may recall how much we kidded you
that summer by singing that song by the Brooklyn Bridge, 'The Worst That Could
Happen'. Yet, truth be told, I always thought 'the Bloomfield Cheerleader' was
a total babe (and Latvian at that) and well worth the break with Pam.
Regards,
Al
Charles
just answered a question about Al!
Al has new answers to
unlock.
Hi Lorraine:
Thanks for the tip. I could always use some weight loss; but, frankly, when I
so choose I use the 'old wrestling diet' of not eating. You look healthy. I
remember in first grade, we used to compare lunches in our 'little lunch boxes' (do they still use them?) and you gave a thumbs up
to my least favorite lunch 'cheese sandwich', saying your grandfather told you
that cheese was good for your teeth, which made my subsequent least favorite
lunches more palatable. Wal (Gary Wallen) has always been a cheese aficionado,
so much so that he earned the nickname 'cheese' / 'cheeseburger' at American U.
where we used to visit Wal on a very fun campus. (I can attest to Wal's
affinity for same from our 'shoretime party days' and when we worked together
at Arcola Pool).
Regards,
Al
That must have come up in
the ad column cause you are not the first person to comment. I have never used
this product and do not endorse it. I could use some weight loss, but rather
would count carbs and do some walking/stretching/dancing...See More
July 25, 2010 at 9:26am ·
Lorraine Fleming
no more little lunch boxs, use an insulated bag!
July 25, 2010 at 11:35am
·
Al Peia Ah! I knew times were a
changin'
July 25, 2010 at 9:48pm ·
Hey Wal!
Happy healthy new year to you and your family. Thanks for your kind offer and I
would extend the same courtesy out of friendship to you if the matter resolves,
which at this juncture is in the hands of the local Congresswoman (I received an email from her, concurrent with some purported
FBI correspondence), the Honorable Lucille Roybal-Allard (which also means I
would make a commitment to her district, including marrying an Hispanic girl on
favorable resolution- She's on the Homeland Security Subcommittee and is Whip,
Congressional Hispanic Caucus) and the FBI and DOJ to whom I recently had to
sign/give broad consent to 'check me out' again, despite having dealt with the
FBI throughout this entire, sordid, particularly for the government, affair.
Interestingly, the former FBI Director Louis Freeh with whom I dealt, who
unfortunately had jersey boy roots, had cashed out, left the FBI, and now has
Italian Citizenship, etc.). The proximity to San Diego would facilitate your
seeing your son (I assume he's Navy) but it would be impolitic to discuss such
now since I did, appropriately, sue the government which did not win me friends
nor influence people therein but rather I suspect got me on one of their
"lists" owing to their infinite state of paranoia (I say with no
exaggeration that the rest of the nation's citizens have been screwed more
thoroughly by the incompetent, corrupt elements in the government as well). I
know I don't have to tell you what you already know, that you'll always be one
of my best friends. I have already taken steps toward a position outside the
country through a local contact's contact, my passport current, absent
favorable resolution. I always say what I mean, and mean what I say and will
call you as soon as I know. [my land line 213-622-3745 but cell phone better
213-219-7649]. I don't and haven't been to facebook for quite some time - I'm
not into the typing.
So long for now, Big Fin, who I call Wal!
AL
Drudgereport: Car of Republican Philly
Mayor Candidate Vandalized --
for the 10th Time! [ The ‘city of brotherly love’ that loves the
bros! I was recruited by Temple University, but not seriously from my own
perspective, infra; but, I had never seen a college wrestling match, so I went
along as invited. When we came out from the match, the quiffy spike israel’s
‘little buddy’ jimmy fiore’s car was ‘sitting’ on its rims, all four tires
stolen, etc.. ---
On Wed, 11/18/09, ethan lichtblau <[email protected]> wrote:
From: ethan lichtblau <[email protected]>
Subject: Your NYU Wrestling Experience
To: [email protected]
Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 11:39 AM
Hi Al,
I know of you from my old wrestling coach, Ron Pollack. I know that you
wrestled at NYU, and that you won the Met Championships. I am writing a
book about my own experiences in wrestling, judo, and ju jitsu. I
wrestled in the Met championships in 1984 when they were held at NYU, and I
remember seeing an old newspaper article they had on display that talked about
you winning the Mets in '72 or '73. You beat Pollack in the finals.
Pollack's coach was quoted in the article as saying
that Ron "gassed out", I'm assuming from nerves.
I am really interested in the phenomenon of "choking" in a
sports event due to being nervous. I was wondering if you had any
memories you could share about this particular match? I know it was
a long time ago, but if you do remember anything I would appreciate whatever
you could share.
Regards,
Ethan Lichtblau
Date: Wed,
18 Nov 2009 22:50:55 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Your NYU Wrestling Experience
To: [email protected]
Hello
Ethan:
The mother of one of our team mates worked with Ron Pollack's dad who kept
telling her how badly Ron Pollack was going to beat me (some others played him
up saying he consistently beat his team mate stu pruzansky by substantial
margins and other such things). In fact, he took an early lead with a take-down
that he was quite good at and I was looking for (something between a firemans'
carry and a barrel role)[1972]. However, by the end of the match, he was quite
haggard, in tears, and I actually had to hold him up on the podium. My tougher
match was the semi's where I met two-time defending Met Champion Ed Rufrano (he
got a special trophy for scoring the most team points
over a period of time). He was quite strong and although I won, I had slipped a
cervical disk (for which I ultimately needed traction - I couldn't even do a
push-up after a couple of days which is very humbling when one relies so much
on will-power). I had also beaten Ron in the finals of the Freshman Met Tournament. I was injured by the end of the season in
the two prior intervening years (interestingly, the neurologist for the
herniated disk pointed out that my bones were relatively small compared to my
musculature/body-mass). I was fortunate to have a great coach in Roger Saunders
(Roger and his brother Richard, a former CIA Agent/Mechanic, were both National
Champions). I couldn't imagine Roger saying one of his wrestlers "gassed
out", even if true. Ron certainly didn't "choke" in the first
period, if at all.
Regards,
Al Peia
______
From:
ethan lichtblau <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Your NYU Wrestling Experience
To: "Al Peia" <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009, 2:07 PM
I really
appreciate your insights about this. I never got a chance to speak to Ron
about his own college wrestling days. I only knew him when I was in
high school, where he was coaching a bunch of local high school
wrestlers on a part time basis. He was also helping out at his alma mater
(?FDU) assisting a guy he used to refer to as "Metz" or
"Metzy". By then he was a fairly un-assuming guy and never even
told me that he had taken a 2nd at the Mets when he was in college.
By the time I went off to NYU Ron had left town to go to chiropractic
school, and I don't think we ever saw each other again.
I now remember what struck me so much about that article that was posted
at NYU. It was accompanied by a picture of three guys on the
podium. You were holding Ron up and he was crying. It's really
a classic picture, even more so because unless you know the "back"
story you can only imagine what is going on in the wrestler's
heads at the moment the shot was taken. I saw this picture once about
25 years ago and it still sticks in my head. I was wondering if
you could clarify: I am assuming your coach was named Saunders.
He wasn't the one who spoke of gassing out. Like I said above, I thought
Ron was coached at FDU by a guy he used to refer to as "Metz".
It was either Ron's coach (whoever he might have been) or perhaps Ron
himself that stated in the article that Ron had "gassed
out". I also remember now that there was some suggestion that he had
come down with a flu, which might explain his reaching a state of exhaustion by
the end of the match. Or perhaps you just kicked his ass in in the last 2
periods.
Speaking of Stu Pruzanski, I never met him , but I knew his
brother Dave a bit. Dave owned a gym in the early '80's and our
Judo club used to work out there for a while. This was another guy who
never really told you much about himself. I only found out years later
that he once wrestled Gable to a tie. He was also the only guy
to ever win US National championships in
Judo, wrestling, and Sombo, all in the same year. (?1972). Years
later, maybe 1985 or so, he decided to make a comeback in Judo. He cut a
shit load of weight and ended up fighting me in the finals of a small regional
tournament. I beat him by decision, but really got no satisfaction
out of beating a guy who was so out of shape. Can't remember if this
was before or after one of his kids committed suicide.
Ethan
Date: Thu,
19 Nov 2009 23:49:19 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Your NYU Wrestling Experience
To: [email protected]
Roger Saunders was my coach at NYU and clearly, a great one at that, who
subsequently went to Bloomsburg where he was ultimately Athletic Director on
last info. Bob Metz had quite a few winning teams at FDU, but he was not
Saunders whose brother's wrestling success I alluded to so as to emphasize his
wrestling prowess as no fluke. The last I heard of Dave Pruzansky he was diving
out of a window of his house to evade police who had busted his drug-dealing
operation. As a wrestler he was no joke and you did well to beat him and are
too modest. I included reference to pruzansky because they developed a very
curious, bizarre, and almost gang-like mentality within their "wrestling
click". Upon information, many (if not all) of their clique "amped
up" on amphetamines before their matches. Very close to their clique was
the very weird and corrupt ref spike israel. The very quiffy spike israel had a
"little buddy" jim fiore and had recruited David and his little buddy
(among others) to Temple University to which he
had some connection, and actually attempted to recruit me to same. I didn't
take him seriously; firstly, because he told everyone he had been a state champ
(bull s**t); secondly, because he had screwed me in a high school match wherein
I had pinned leonard pruzanzky in the first period (I had him on his back
almost the entire first period and israel gave me no back points, 2 or 3 for
near fall, let alone the pin, and just the takedown and I lost by a point on
riding time-leg ride). In an open tournament (I think Stroudsburg?), I was
looking at the seedings/pairings/chart and David came up behind me pointed to
my entry and said to the guy he was with that I had beaten his brother leonard.
Roger required our team during one Christmas
break to compete in my first and only free-style tournament. I was up two
weight classes and David won quite handily. That was the third time I had
beaten Ron and frankly, I did grind him into the mat and kick his ass for the
late balance of the first period and the remainder of the match.
The
following is a reply on facebook to someone who said I beat him in wrestle-off
and
completes
my wrestling story.
Good luck
to you in all your endeavors.
Regards,
Al Peia
Howard:
Thank you
for your gracious and overly humble comment. Over time, such things become less
and less important and I can't say that I actually recall that, per se. As we
both know, wrestling was never a pleasant undertaking and although I
respect(ed) the sport, I made it a point never to set foot on a mat off season.
You may also find it somewhat ironic that I actually had made the basketball
team (Hubie Brown for whom I had high regard was
varsity coach and Richie Szura the J.V. coach), which sport I enjoyed; and in a
meeting arranged by Dan Deluca (I had won a tournament in junior high and the
match against the rival Thomas Jefferson Junior High) with Coach Szura wherein
Szura nicely but candidly told me that although I had made the team, "that
I wasn't the tallest of angels" (which I thought was very funny and we all
laughed) and essentially I'd be warming the bench while Deluca guaranteed me a varsity letter for wrestling the easy matches since
varsity wrestler Richard Zocco was having difficulty making weight (he never
made weight). As trite and cliched as it sounds, it was the varsity letter
guarantee that sealed the deal (and in my mind, the prospective "help with
the babes therefrom" - actually, it was only the pretty sophomores with
whom it ultimately paid dividends so to speak - how very high school). I had a
great Coach in Roger Sanders who recruited me to
NYU (Roger and his brother Richard, a CIA agent/mechanic, were both national
champions). Wrestling has always been an important learning experience for me.
Such a kind and humble remark as yours deserved a greater explanation.
Al
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From:
ethan lichtblau <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Your NYU Wrestling Experience
To: "Al Peia" <[email protected]>
Date: Monday, November 23, 2009, 5:30 AM
Truly,
thanks for all your info. Interesting that you should mention Spike Israel. I am assuming that the
word "quiffy" is code for "gay". Spike was coach
at Tenafly High when I was in high school, and
was known to "like boys". Apparently he taught the Tenafly guys
only one move, the Granby roll, which they
were all quite good at, but very little else. Besides Ron in the
early '70's and Steve and Dave Yale in the later '70's Tenafly basically had no
decent wrestlers during that period. Not really sure if this was a
coaching issue or recruiting issue. Our high school (DMHS in
Englewood) had former state champ Bob Hurley (Bergenfield) as our
assistant coach and former state runner up Reggie
Williams (Hackensack) as head coach, and we also fielded very few good
wrestlers during those years.
Ethan
--- On Thu, 11/19/09, ethan lichtblau <[email protected]>
wrote:
From: ethan lichtblau <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Your NYU Wrestling Experience
To: "Al Peia" <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009, 2:07 PM
I really
appreciate your insights about this. I never got a chance to speak to Ron
about his own college wrestling days. I only knew him when I was
in high school, where he was coaching a bunch of local high
school wrestlers on a part time basis. He was also helping out at his
alma mater
(?FDU) assisting a guy he used to refer to as "Metz" or
"Metzy". By then he was a fairly un-assuming guy and never even
told me that he had taken a 2nd at the Mets when he was in college.
By the time I went off to NYU Ron had left town to go to chiropractic
school, and I don't think we ever saw each other again.
I now remember what struck me so much about that article that was posted
at NYU. It was accompanied by a picture of three guys on the
podium. You were holding Ron up and he was crying. It's really
a classic picture, even more so because unless you know
the "back" story you can only imagine what is going on in
the wrestler's heads at the moment the shot was taken. I saw this
picture once about 25 years ago and it still sticks in my head.
I was wondering if you could clarify: I am assuming your coach
was named Saunders. He wasn't the one who spoke of gassing out.
Like I said above, I thought Ron was coached at FDU by a guy he used to refer
to as "Metz". It was either Ron's coach (whoever he might
have been) or perhaps Ron himself that stated in the article that Ron
had "gassed out". I also remember now that there was some
suggestion that he had come down with a flu, which might explain his reaching a
state of exhaustion by the end of the match. Or perhaps you just kicked
his ass in in the last 2 periods.
Speaking of Stu Pruzanski, I never met him , but I knew his
brother Dave a bit. Dave owned a gym in the early '80's and our
Judo club used to work out there for a while. This was another guy who
never really told you much about himself. I only found out years later
that he once wrestled Gable to a tie. He was also the only guy
to ever win US National championships in
Judo, wrestling, and Sombo, all in the same year. (?1972). Years
later, maybe 1985 or so, he decided to make a comeback in Judo. He cut a
shit load of weight and ended up fighting me in the finals of a small regional
tournament. I beat him by decision, but really got no satisfaction
out of beating a guy who was so out of shape. Can't remember if this
was before or after one of his kids committed suicide.
Ethan
Ethan:
"As a wrestler he was no joke and you did well
to beat him and are too modest."
To reiterate: you are far too modest!
Good
luck to you in all your endeavors.
Regards,
Al Peia
Thanks for the pic. It's
a much clearer version than that on Wal's (Gary Wallen) page which I saved and
photoshoped a bit. You seem quite adept at such. I had the picture myself but
it actually was stolen among others by a southern ...See More
September 30, 2009 at
11:31pm ·
Jeff Laderman That
takes me back. I was in Cub Scouts, too. Must have been a different den.
April 27, 2010 at 6:10pm
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Al Peia Different pack, I would say.
Are you the same Jeff who played trumpet Warren Point with Mr. Lucas?
April 28, 2010 at 1:59am
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Jeff Laderman I'm
impressed. You remembered the music teacher's name. Yes, that was me, but I
played clarinet for all of one year.
April 29, 2010 at 6:29pm
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Jeffrey:
Sorry for the lapse in memory;quite embarrassing for me. I thought on it more
and realized that it was Jeffrey Weiss I was thinking of.
Regards,
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April 30, 2010 at 12:56am
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Al Peia The missing names in the
photo are Robert Meyers, Peter Holmes, and Freddy Fredericks.
Long time no see!!
October 29, 2009
Whatever it is, it's been
a long time. You might contact Wal (Gary Wallen), Eggi (Egils Obsteins), and
Stu (Sherman) for your "Miss Madison", 500,000 WANTED!!! WOODSTOCK
1969 - 2009 40th ANNIVERSARY FACEBOOK GROUP . I was working at a swim club and
couldn't get off to go with them (to Woodstock).
Regards,
Al
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I hope we're referring to the same German teacher
that taught at Fair Lawn High, in the classroom across from my social studies
class with that prejudiced zionist hebrew bichler (My yearbooks were among the
items stolen in jersey). He was husky, bald and had congratulated me subsequent
to my upsetting defending Regional Champion harvey gold in the District
Tournament Finals. He took out some of his competition photos including
high-bar gymnastics which sport always amazed me inasmuch that was an inherited
trait of ancient primates that never manifested in me, nor did I even think of
trying. He also praised the sport of wrestling because you
use every muscle in your body, which is true. I like Russia (and what's not to
like about Russian girls), but not when they were the Soviet Union and I was
very happy when Latvia got it's independence which made me think of Eggi, and
particularly Eggi's dad who was extremely intelligent, cultured, and talented.
Wal took Russian, I took French; but I have no facility with languages
(including computer programming languages) other than what I initially learned
and some code (html, etc.). I think I should invest in one of those electronic
translators. I work out at LATTC's gym/workout center. It is unlikely that I
will ever set foot in the state of jersey again since I have more well
connected (mob, etc.) enemies there than I care to think of.
Elizabeth, Elizabeth, Elizabeth ... That about does it from me to you
prospectively since I'm "developing a case of carpal tunnel syndrome from
all this typing".
Regards and Good Luck!
Al Peia
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