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beegee · 10-05-2008, 01:21 AM

Okay. Been doing some looking and this must be his father. There was a George Ball who served as a commander in the Navy, who had adopted a son.

George Wildman Ball
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George Wildman Ball (December 21, 1909–May 26, 1994) was an American diplomat

Ball was born in Des Moines, Iowa. He lived in Evanston, Illinois and graduated from Northwestern University. He was the Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs in the administrations of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He is well known for his opposition to escalation in the Vietnam War. Ball also served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from June 26 to September 25, 1968. During the Nixon Administration, George Ball helped draft American policy proposals in the Persian Gulf. He was buried in Princeton Cemetery.

Long a critic of Israeli policies toward its Arab neighbors, Ball co-authored The Passionate Attachment with his son, Douglas Ball. The 1992 book argued that American support for Israel has been morally, politically and financially costly.[1]

He often used the aphorism (perhaps originally coined by Ian Fleming in Diamonds are Forever) "Nothing propinks like propinquity," later dubbed the Ball Rule of Power.[2] It means that the more direct access you have to the president, the greater your power, no matter what your title actually is.

Ball was an avowed socioeconomic elitist and an advocate of free trade, multinational corporations and the latters' theoretical ability to neutralize what he considered to be "obsolete" nation states. He was also associated with the secretive Bilderberg Group. Prior to and following his ambassadorship, Ball was employed by Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb. He was a senior managing director at Lehman Brothers until his retirement in 1982.[3]

Ball was played by actor Bruce McGill in the 2002 HBO movie Path to War about the formation of Vietnam policy in the Johnson Administration.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wildman_Ball

I do remember searching for him Friday and had to hunt just to fnd the smhgroup. Searches tonight show a couple of George Ball's and a aol page for one in England who served in the military in the 1800's and fought in the Great War. There was a book written about him on Amazon.

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beegee Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 39	Re: Alien Commentator on CNBC Today Okay. Been doing some looking and this must be his father. There was a George Ball who served as a commander in the Navy, who had adopted a son. George Wildman Ball From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search George Wildman Ball (December 21, 1909–May 26, 1994) was an American diplomat Ball was born in Des Moines, Iowa. He lived in Evanston, Illinois and graduated from Northwestern University. He was the Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs in the administrations of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He is well known for his opposition to escalation in the Vietnam War. Ball also served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from June 26 to September 25, 1968. During the Nixon Administration, George Ball helped draft American policy proposals in the Persian Gulf. He was buried in Princeton Cemetery. Long a critic of Israeli policies toward its Arab neighbors, Ball co-authored The Passionate Attachment with his son, Douglas Ball. The 1992 book argued that American support for Israel has been morally, politically and financially costly.[1] He often used the aphorism (perhaps originally coined by Ian Fleming in Diamonds are Forever) "Nothing propinks like propinquity," later dubbed the Ball Rule of Power.[2] It means that the more direct access you have to the president, the greater your power, no matter what your title actually is. Ball was an avowed socioeconomic elitist and an advocate of free trade, multinational corporations and the latters' theoretical ability to neutralize what he considered to be "obsolete" nation states. He was also associated with the secretive Bilderberg Group. Prior to and following his ambassadorship, Ball was employed by Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb. He was a senior managing director at Lehman Brothers until his retirement in 1982.[3] Ball was played by actor Bruce McGill in the 2002 HBO movie Path to War about the formation of Vietnam policy in the Johnson Administration. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wildman_Ball I do remember searching for him Friday and had to hunt just to fnd the smhgroup. Searches tonight show a couple of George Ball's and a aol page for one in England who served in the military in the 1800's and fought in the Great War. There was a book written about him on Amazon.