Showing posts with label Karen Peetz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Karen Peetz. Show all posts
Monday, November 9, 2015
The No-Paterno Statue
Since Penn State's Trustees (11/9/2011 holdovers and their supporters) do not want a Joe Paterno Statue to symbolize academic and athletic excellence (in that order), here is a No-Paterno Statue for them instead.
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Re: Emertius status for Alexander, Shaffer, and Strumpf
To: Penn State Trustees
cc: alumni networking, also posted at PennLive with this article.
"We can share different opinions on positions that individuals have taken," Eckel said, "but we should not be divided in recognizing the unselfish service that members have made."
What Keith Eckel refuses to acknowledge is that whatever honorable service Marianne Alexander, Carl Shaffer and Linda Strumpf might have rendered to Penn State in the past went straight down the sewer, along with Eckel's own service, when they scapegoated Coach Paterno and then lied about it in the bargain. A liar, at least by the standards of the 19th and early 20th century, was not a gentleman or a lady by definition. As another example, France's Marshal Petain was stripped of all the honors he rightly earned during the First World War (except for the title of Marshal of France, which could not be revoked) because of his collaboration with the enemy during the Second.
Somebody who scapegoats any employee, whether he coaches the Nittany Lions or sweeps the floor, also is without honor and is grossly unfit to hold any position of supervisory responsibility. Lying about the circumstances afterward is yet another dis-qualifier. Kenneth Frazier and Karen Peetz are similarly on record as lying to and on behalf of Penn State when they said Paterno was fired for failure of leadership (Keith Masser later testified in a deposition that he was fired for public relations reasons not for anything he had or had not done, but because his presence would be a distraction, and Frazier said pretty much the same thing.) Do they also scapegoat Merck and BNY employees, and/or lie to their employees, customers, stockholders, and suppliers? The fact that they did these things at Penn State puts ordinarily discourteous questions of that nature on the table.
The award of Emeritus status to Alexander, Shaffer, and Strumpf is a major disservice and insult to the Emeritus Trustees who rendered honorable service to Penn State, much as Nobel Peace Prizes for the likes of terrorist Yasser Arafat, charlatan Al Gore and, most recently, Barack Obama--do they now put Nobel Peace Prizes in Cracker Jack boxes?--devalues the award for people like Theodore Roosevelt, who really promoted world peace by mediating the end of the Russo-Japanese War, and humanitarians like Mother Teresa. (Irena Sendler, a Pole who risked her life to rescue Jews from the Holocaust, was passed over in favor of a phony like Gore.) It's like giving a first place trophy to everybody who showed up, which makes the first place trophy worthless for the competitor who actually came in first.
I see that Karen Peetz has not yet been awarded Emeritus status even though her "service" as Chairwoman technically entitles her to it. Maybe she hopes Penn State will forget she was ever an alumna, let alone a Trustee, which is probably best for her. To paraphrase what she herself said about Paterno while lying about him, her service has been marred and we have to step back and ask, what does that mean?
I remind Keith Eckel that he also is a proven (by Masser's and Frazier's depositions) liar, and therefore not a gentleman whose arguments deserve consideration, much less respect, by any person of honor and character. Finally, if Rodney Erickson and Tom Corbett were still ex officio members of the Board when it issued the knowingly defamatory statement about Paterno in March 2012 (to the effect that he was fired for failure of leadership), they also are liars and therefore not gentlemen.*
In the future, I hope the Board will not further insult former Trustees who have served with honor and dignity by awarding Emeritus status to the likes of Anne Riley, Paul Suhey, Jesse Arnelle, Joel Myers, and others.
William A. Levinson, B.S. ‘78
* If the Board released a dishonest statement to the effect that Paterno was fired for failure of leadership even though, as later admitted by Masser and Frazier, he was fired for public relations reasons, and Erickson and Corbett did not correct this statement, they are parties to it. That would be covered by the “tolerate those who do” aspect of the U.S. Military Academy’s Honor Code. The bottom line is that every single member of the Board as of March 2012, with the sole honorable exception who repudiated his actions, is a liar who is not entitled to anybody’s trust or respect.
cc: alumni networking, also posted at PennLive with this article.
"We can share different opinions on positions that individuals have taken," Eckel said, "but we should not be divided in recognizing the unselfish service that members have made."
What Keith Eckel refuses to acknowledge is that whatever honorable service Marianne Alexander, Carl Shaffer and Linda Strumpf might have rendered to Penn State in the past went straight down the sewer, along with Eckel's own service, when they scapegoated Coach Paterno and then lied about it in the bargain. A liar, at least by the standards of the 19th and early 20th century, was not a gentleman or a lady by definition. As another example, France's Marshal Petain was stripped of all the honors he rightly earned during the First World War (except for the title of Marshal of France, which could not be revoked) because of his collaboration with the enemy during the Second.
Somebody who scapegoats any employee, whether he coaches the Nittany Lions or sweeps the floor, also is without honor and is grossly unfit to hold any position of supervisory responsibility. Lying about the circumstances afterward is yet another dis-qualifier. Kenneth Frazier and Karen Peetz are similarly on record as lying to and on behalf of Penn State when they said Paterno was fired for failure of leadership (Keith Masser later testified in a deposition that he was fired for public relations reasons not for anything he had or had not done, but because his presence would be a distraction, and Frazier said pretty much the same thing.) Do they also scapegoat Merck and BNY employees, and/or lie to their employees, customers, stockholders, and suppliers? The fact that they did these things at Penn State puts ordinarily discourteous questions of that nature on the table.
The award of Emeritus status to Alexander, Shaffer, and Strumpf is a major disservice and insult to the Emeritus Trustees who rendered honorable service to Penn State, much as Nobel Peace Prizes for the likes of terrorist Yasser Arafat, charlatan Al Gore and, most recently, Barack Obama--do they now put Nobel Peace Prizes in Cracker Jack boxes?--devalues the award for people like Theodore Roosevelt, who really promoted world peace by mediating the end of the Russo-Japanese War, and humanitarians like Mother Teresa. (Irena Sendler, a Pole who risked her life to rescue Jews from the Holocaust, was passed over in favor of a phony like Gore.) It's like giving a first place trophy to everybody who showed up, which makes the first place trophy worthless for the competitor who actually came in first.
I see that Karen Peetz has not yet been awarded Emeritus status even though her "service" as Chairwoman technically entitles her to it. Maybe she hopes Penn State will forget she was ever an alumna, let alone a Trustee, which is probably best for her. To paraphrase what she herself said about Paterno while lying about him, her service has been marred and we have to step back and ask, what does that mean?
I remind Keith Eckel that he also is a proven (by Masser's and Frazier's depositions) liar, and therefore not a gentleman whose arguments deserve consideration, much less respect, by any person of honor and character. Finally, if Rodney Erickson and Tom Corbett were still ex officio members of the Board when it issued the knowingly defamatory statement about Paterno in March 2012 (to the effect that he was fired for failure of leadership), they also are liars and therefore not gentlemen.*
In the future, I hope the Board will not further insult former Trustees who have served with honor and dignity by awarding Emeritus status to the likes of Anne Riley, Paul Suhey, Jesse Arnelle, Joel Myers, and others.
William A. Levinson, B.S. ‘78
* If the Board released a dishonest statement to the effect that Paterno was fired for failure of leadership even though, as later admitted by Masser and Frazier, he was fired for public relations reasons, and Erickson and Corbett did not correct this statement, they are parties to it. That would be covered by the “tolerate those who do” aspect of the U.S. Military Academy’s Honor Code. The bottom line is that every single member of the Board as of March 2012, with the sole honorable exception who repudiated his actions, is a liar who is not entitled to anybody’s trust or respect.
Monday, September 14, 2015
The Cowards of Centre County
(with due credit to Kenny Rogers for the original)
Nobody knew he was the coward of Centre County
He'd never had to stand for what he knew was right.
His mama named him Rodney, but no one knew he was yellow,
When the time came for him to stand, he didn't dare to fight.
In November 2011, the Trustees gave Rodney the Lion
The time soon came for him to prove himself a man.
One day while he was working, Mark Emmert he came calling
He came to screw the Lion, n'there was only one of him.
Rodney opened up the door, and saw the battered Lion.
His guts turned to water, and he did not dare advance.
The tears poured down his cheeks while his body shook
His teeth chattered, he felt right sick and found he'd wet his pants.
"What ya gonna do, boy?" Mark Emmert he did challenge
"Ya ain't gonna do nothing, you stupid worthless clown."
"Now I need some help with this 'cause your alumni want a tussle,"
So Rodney walked over and helped Mark hold the Lion down.
"We need to move on," Karen Peetz she then insisted,
While Ken Frazier said "Let's choose the easy over the right"
"Just let the matter drop" Keith Masser then demanded
Said Keith Eckel, "I'd rather cringe than stand and fight"
Then Paul Suhey he came a-crawling
He said "Rodney, better let him have it all."
When Rodney left Old Main, Paterno's statue wasn't standing.
He said, "I've saved my own sorry ass" while Penn State took the fall.
Then the NCAA boys laughed when Wick Sollers walked into the courtroom;
One of them got up and met him half way cross the floor.
When Wick turned around they said, "Another coward's leaving,"
But you could've heard a pin drop when Sollers stopped and locked the door…
Nobody knew he was the coward of Centre County
He'd never had to stand for what he knew was right.
His mama named him Rodney, but no one knew he was yellow,
When the time came for him to stand, he didn't dare to fight.
In November 2011, the Trustees gave Rodney the Lion
The time soon came for him to prove himself a man.
One day while he was working, Mark Emmert he came calling
He came to screw the Lion, n'there was only one of him.
Rodney opened up the door, and saw the battered Lion.
His guts turned to water, and he did not dare advance.
The tears poured down his cheeks while his body shook
His teeth chattered, he felt right sick and found he'd wet his pants.
"What ya gonna do, boy?" Mark Emmert he did challenge
"Ya ain't gonna do nothing, you stupid worthless clown."
"Now I need some help with this 'cause your alumni want a tussle,"
So Rodney walked over and helped Mark hold the Lion down.
"We need to move on," Karen Peetz she then insisted,
While Ken Frazier said "Let's choose the easy over the right"
"Just let the matter drop" Keith Masser then demanded
Said Keith Eckel, "I'd rather cringe than stand and fight"
Then Paul Suhey he came a-crawling
He said "Rodney, better let him have it all."
When Rodney left Old Main, Paterno's statue wasn't standing.
He said, "I've saved my own sorry ass" while Penn State took the fall.
Then the NCAA boys laughed when Wick Sollers walked into the courtroom;
One of them got up and met him half way cross the floor.
When Wick turned around they said, "Another coward's leaving,"
But you could've heard a pin drop when Sollers stopped and locked the door…
Saturday, July 25, 2015
"Diddle About" performed by Karen Peetz, Kenneth Frazier, and Louis Freeh
"Diddle About" performed by Karen Peetz, Kenneth Frazier, and Louis Freeh (With due credit to The Who and the movie Tommy for the original)
Karen Peetz:
Do you think it's alright
To leave the Lion with Uncle Louie?
Do you think it's alright
Do we think he'll do the job right?
Do you think it's alright?
Kenneth Frazier:
I think it's alright
Louis Freeh (to Nittany Lion):
I'm your lying Uncle Louie
I'm glad no Trustee will challenge me
As I diddle about, diddle about, diddle about
Your Trustees left me here to mind you
Now I'm doing what I want to
Diddling about, diddling about, diddle about
My report's conclusions will help out
Mark Emmert so he can diddle about
Diddle about, diddle about, diddle about
Down with your reputation
Away with your $60 million
Diddle about, diddle about, diddle about
Erickson won't call me out while I diddle about
Diddle about, diddle about, diddle about
Diddle, diddle, diddle
The difference between Kenneth Frazier and Frank Hobbs (the bad guy played by Oliver Reed) is that Hobbs set fire to the Freeh Report (while Uncle Ernie was holding it) when he found out what Uncle Ernie had done to Tommy. https://youtu.be/hFhO7EU08Tg
Karen Peetz:
Do you think it's alright
To leave the Lion with Uncle Louie?
Do you think it's alright
Do we think he'll do the job right?
Do you think it's alright?
Kenneth Frazier:
I think it's alright
Louis Freeh (to Nittany Lion):
I'm your lying Uncle Louie
I'm glad no Trustee will challenge me
As I diddle about, diddle about, diddle about
Your Trustees left me here to mind you
Now I'm doing what I want to
Diddling about, diddling about, diddle about
My report's conclusions will help out
Mark Emmert so he can diddle about
Diddle about, diddle about, diddle about
Down with your reputation
Away with your $60 million
Diddle about, diddle about, diddle about
Erickson won't call me out while I diddle about
Diddle about, diddle about, diddle about
Diddle, diddle, diddle
The difference between Kenneth Frazier and Frank Hobbs (the bad guy played by Oliver Reed) is that Hobbs set fire to the Freeh Report (while Uncle Ernie was holding it) when he found out what Uncle Ernie had done to Tommy. https://youtu.be/hFhO7EU08Tg
Monday, July 20, 2015
Thank You, Karen Peetz and Kenneth Frazier
"Put it behind us and move on." That's what every self-respecting hit and run driver on earth wants to do after running somebody over while driving drunk.
Note, by the way, that Peetz violated the Board's Standing Orders by affirming the Freeh Report on Penn State's behalf without a vote of approval by the Board. Not only that, she failed to correct the NCAA when the NCAA cited Penn State's "acceptance" of Freeh's findings as an excuse to impose its sanctions.
Note, by the way, that Peetz violated the Board's Standing Orders by affirming the Freeh Report on Penn State's behalf without a vote of approval by the Board. Not only that, she failed to correct the NCAA when the NCAA cited Penn State's "acceptance" of Freeh's findings as an excuse to impose its sanctions.
Monday, June 15, 2015
Monday, May 11, 2015
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Court Testimony Proves Penn State Trustees Scapegoated Paterno, then Lied About It
It is now easy to see why the controlling majority of Penn State's Trustees fought tooth and nail against the Corman and Paterno lawsuits against the NCAA, despite the benefits of those suits to Penn State. Trustees Kenneth Frazier and Keith Masser were forced to admit in sworn depositions that the Board, as of March 2012, not only scapegoated Coach Joe Paterno; they lied about it to the organization to which they owe a fiduciary duty.
This means every single member of the Board as of March 2012 not only scapegoated a subordinate--by itself cause to disqualify somebody for any position of supervisory responsibility--but then lied about it. Somebody who crosses this line--lying to the organization to which one owes a fiduciary duty--is ethically capable of lying to stockholders, clients, employees, customers, suppliers, and other organizational stakeholders.
Proof that the Board Scapegoated Joe Paterno
This means every single member of the Board as of March 2012 not only scapegoated a subordinate--by itself cause to disqualify somebody for any position of supervisory responsibility--but then lied about it. Somebody who crosses this line--lying to the organization to which one owes a fiduciary duty--is ethically capable of lying to stockholders, clients, employees, customers, suppliers, and other organizational stakeholders.
Proof that the Board Scapegoated Joe Paterno
Here
is what Kenneth Frazier, CEO of the Merck Corporation, had to say in his deposition in the Corman lawsuit against the NCAA. http://av.pasenategop.com/ncaa/discovery/depositions/ken-frazier/transcripts/frazier.pdf
Q.
Were you in favor of the decision not
to allow Coach Paterno to coach out the rest of the season.
A. Ultimately, I was in favor of
that.
Q. Initially, did you have some
reservations?
A. I did.
Q. Just explain your thought process
and how you became in favor of that decision.
A. Just as I said in the case of
Mr. Curly, my initial feeling was, when I first heard about this, that the
facts had not been established and we needed
to be careful to make sure we understood
the facts.
As I was in -- in that 48-hour time period
read the grand jury presentment, I reached the conclusion that given what had
become public about the issues leading up
to the presentment and given what was said
in the presentment itself about Coach
Paterno's testimony and about what the
graduate student said to Coach Paterno, I felt that
it would not send the right message if Coach
Paterno was able to lead the football team
out onto the field of play under those
circumstances.
So I didn't change my mind
on the
question of whether we had
established all the key facts that related to Coach
Paterno's involvement and/or responsibility.
But I had reached the conclusion that, from the standpoint of what the University's
values would be interpreted to be by the
broader public, that what was known was
sufficiently serious as it relates to child sexual
abuse that it would send the wrong message
about our values as a University if Coach
Paterno were allowed to coach as though none
of this had ever happened.
This is an open admission that the 11/9/2011 Board fired Joe Paterno not for anything he had done or hadn't done, but to appease public opinion. Keith Masser's deposition makes this even more explicit.
“When pressed for a reason why Paterno
was let go, Masser said: “The
decision to remove Coach Paterno had nothing to do with what he had known, what
he hadn’t done. It was based upon the distraction of having him on the sidelines
would have caused the university and the current football team harm. It had
nothing to do with what Coach Paterno had done, or hadn’t done.”
These depositions establish as a fact that the 11/9/2011 Board of Trustees fired Coach Paterno solely to appease public opinion, and then the Board lied about this in subsequent statement in March 2012. The Board not only lied, it defamed Coach Paterno (had he still been alive) with the false statement that he had been fired for cause.
The Entire Board Lied to the Public and to Penn State
"While Coach
Paterno did his legal duty by reporting that information the next day, Sunday,
March 3, to his immediate superior, the then Penn State Athletic Director Tim
Curley, the Board reasonably inferred that he did not call police. We
determined that his decision to do his minimum legal duty and not to do more to
follow up constituted a
failure of leadership by Coach Paterno. …At about 9 pm, we unanimously made the
difficult decision that Coach Paterno’s failure of leadership required his
removal as football coach."
That's very interesting because Mr. Frazier and Mr. Masser both testified that Paterno was not fired for any cause whatsoever, but to appease public opinion. The clarity we have from this evidence is that Penn State's Board of Trustees issued a dishonest public statement in March 2012, and that the service of the following individuals is now marred. And we have to step back and ask, what does that mean?
- Kenneth "people that look like you who think the O.J. Simpson verdict was correct" Frazier, the CEO of the Merck Corporation, lied (in March 2012) to the public and to the organization to which he owed a fiduciary duty. We have had our fill of this individual telling the Nittany Lion to shut up and take his Vioxx.
- Karen Peetz, President of BNY Mellon, is a liar. This is the individual who said Paterno's service was marred, and whose unauthorized affirmation of the Freeh Report's findings on Penn State's behalf gave the NCAA the fig leaf it needed to impose its illegitimate sanctions.
- John Surma, former CEO of U.S. Steel, is a liar.
- Tom Corbett, former Governor of Pennsylvania, is a liar.
- Keith Eckel is a liar.
- Keith Masser (current Board Chairman) is a liar.
- Every single other member of the Board who was a party to the statement above is a liar.
These people and their colleagues were given every possible opportunity to make right the harm they caused the University, but they chose instead to put personal agendas ahead of a Penn State agenda (State Senator John Yudichak's assessment). As a result, evidence has now come out that shows they not only scapegoated an employee, but also lied about it. So, here we are.
Friday, September 26, 2014
Ken Frazier's Face (with due credit to Spike Jones for the original)
When Ken Frazier says Lou Freeh is his ace
We heil (pffft!) heil (pffft!) right in Ken Frazier's face
Not to love Ken Frazier is a great disgrace
So we heil (pffft!) heil (pffft!) right in Ken Frazier's face
When Keith Masser says we own this Trustee space
We heil (pffft!) heil (pffft!) right in Keith Masser's face.
When Mark Emmert says they'll never sue his place
We heil (pffft!) heil (pffft!) right in Mark Emmert's face
When Karen Peetz says Joe Paterno was off base
We heil (pffft!) heil (pffft!) right in der Peetz's face.
Are we not the Bull****-men ?
Pure and simple Bull****-men
Ja we are the Bull****-men (super duper Bull****-men)
Is the NCAA so good?
Would you leave it if you could?
Ja the NCAA is good
We would leave it if we could
We bring Penn State to order
Heil Frazier's world new order!
Everyone of foreign race *
Will love Ken Frazier's face
When we bring to Penn State dis-order
When Ken Frazier says
"You are Mark Emmert's slaves!"
We heil (pffft!) heil (pffft!) and say we are not slaves
While Louis Freeh fibs
And lies and rants and raves
We heil (pffft!) heil (pffft!) and watch how he behaves
When Ken Frazier says Lou Freeh is his ace
We heil (pffft!) heil (pffft!) right in Ken Frazier's face
Not to love Ken Frazier is a great disgrace
So we heil (pffft!) heil (pffft!) right in Ken Frazier's face
* "People that look like you"
We heil (pffft!) heil (pffft!) right in Ken Frazier's face
Not to love Ken Frazier is a great disgrace
So we heil (pffft!) heil (pffft!) right in Ken Frazier's face
When Keith Masser says we own this Trustee space
We heil (pffft!) heil (pffft!) right in Keith Masser's face.
When Mark Emmert says they'll never sue his place
We heil (pffft!) heil (pffft!) right in Mark Emmert's face
When Karen Peetz says Joe Paterno was off base
We heil (pffft!) heil (pffft!) right in der Peetz's face.
Are we not the Bull****-men ?
Pure and simple Bull****-men
Ja we are the Bull****-men (super duper Bull****-men)
Is the NCAA so good?
Would you leave it if you could?
Ja the NCAA is good
We would leave it if we could
We bring Penn State to order
Heil Frazier's world new order!
Everyone of foreign race *
Will love Ken Frazier's face
When we bring to Penn State dis-order
When Ken Frazier says
"You are Mark Emmert's slaves!"
We heil (pffft!) heil (pffft!) and say we are not slaves
While Louis Freeh fibs
And lies and rants and raves
We heil (pffft!) heil (pffft!) and watch how he behaves
When Ken Frazier says Lou Freeh is his ace
We heil (pffft!) heil (pffft!) right in Ken Frazier's face
Not to love Ken Frazier is a great disgrace
So we heil (pffft!) heil (pffft!) right in Ken Frazier's face
* "People that look like you"
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