Kennedy dead?

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He will be missed by many. I am so glad that I never achieved the kind of success that required me to speak eloquently of or travel in the same circles with this sector or our society.

It is a shame that the good achievements of a mans life would be overshadowed by the many poor choices he would make.

The small segment I saw with Katie this morning I found interesting in the fact that she never mentioned his military service.
 
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Amen. It's interesting that he was the only brother to die of natural causes. Got to be a message there...wish I knew what it was.

Bob
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The Man upstairs was hoping to get in the Guinness Book of Records for creating the human to screw up the most.:rolleyes:
 
No more unintelligible speeches on the floors of Congress. Oh well, there's always Barney Frank.
 
I always wanted to see some Senator sitting on a Committee with old Ted, reach over set his "water" on fire with a cigarette lighter!
 
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He will be missed by many. I am so glad that I never achieved the kind of success that required me to speak eloquently of or travel in the same circles with this sector or our society.

It is a shame that the good achievements of a mans life would be overshadowed by the many poor choices he would make.

The small segment I saw with Katie this morning I found interesting in the fact that she never mentioned his military service.
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If you believe wiki..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kennedy

they will never discuss this military enlistment.
Kennedy entered Harvard College, and in his spring semester was assigned to the athlete-oriented Winthrop House, where his brothers had also lived.[8] He played as a large, fearless offensive and defensive end on the freshman football team.[4] In May 1951, anxious about maintaining his eligibility for athletics for the next year,[4] he had a friend who was knowledgeable on the subject take his Spanish language examination for him.[9] The two were quickly caught and expelled, but in a standard Harvard treatment for cases of this kind, they were told they could apply for readmission in a year or two after demonstrating good behavior.[9]

Kennedy enlisted in the United States Army in June 1951.[9] Following basic training at Fort Dix, he requested assignment to Fort Holabird for Army Intelligence training, but was dropped after a few weeks without explanation.[9] He went to Camp Gordon for training in the Military Police Corps.[9] In June 1952, he was assigned to the honor guard at SHAPE headquarters in Paris.[4][9] His father's political connections ensured he was not deployed to the ongoing Korean War.[4][10] While stationed in Europe he travelled extensively on weekends and climbed the Matterhorn.[11] He was discharged in March 1953 as a private first class.

If this is true..

While others were serving in Korea he was climbing the Matterhorn on leave.
 
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My mother said you should never speak ill of the departed, and I always listened to her.
It reflects upon your character.

I'm not saying a word.

However, you can look at their legacy, whether it be true, right and honest or whether it be that of a nave or rouge.


This is the time lads to analyze our own actions, and see what we can do differently to change things around us for the better- one problem or person at a time. No, not that kind of "change" that is some big political buzzword, but that of personal intervention.

Whether that is saying "thank you" to your wife of many years for something small,
and telling her how much you love, cherish and appreciate her....
Whether it's giving some encouragement to someone that needs it....
Or giving a helping hand to someone not as fortunate and truly needs reaching out to...
Or applying a good swift kick instead of a "handout" to your brother that really needs it, and it will encourage him to do better.
Or just staying out of a situation that ain't your business anyway to protect your own...skin. :o
Or learn how to swim and keep one a carbide-tipped punch at the ready in your car, and give at least one to a loved one for his or her car too.

It isn't worth hashing the dead, but helping the living is what we should do now.
Let the dead bury their dead.

"Move on folks, nothing to see here."
 
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He lived in the world of the rich and elite. From his ivory tower, he never could separate gun violence to everyday people wanting to defend themselves and the Constitution. If he had it his way, he would have stripped the entire populace, save the criminals, of their weapons leaving citizens defenseless against thugs and tyranny. His views led us away from self-reliance, working for the good things in life; not govt. hand-outs in every aspect of life.
I respected his service to the country, but his ultra-liberal views left me disillusioned....
 
May he rest in peace. But, I will certainly not miss him!!

It's always been known that of the brothers in that family he was not "the shapest knife in the drawer" ............. too bad for us that he was in the senate for soooooooooo long.
 
AT LAST!! 40 years toooo late. The world is a lot cleaner now. Those kennedy's were a sorry lot.
 
Good riddance....

For the next several days the Liberal media will rewrite history and paint the "Lion of the Senate" as the greatest thing since sliced bread.

I'm glad I have a lot of reloading to do today and tommorow......so I'll miss ALL of it.

FN in MT
 
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