tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post8047156730400257451..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Mary Jo Kopechne's killer finally called to account.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-55206037546597875732009-08-29T13:47:36.867-04:002009-08-29T13:47:36.867-04:00Tough crowd. Interesting to see the failures of m...Tough crowd. Interesting to see the failures of multiple generations of an entire extended family heaped upon the memory of a single person. Casting the first stone(s) and all that...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-63078629348347149022009-08-29T13:29:51.338-04:002009-08-29T13:29:51.338-04:00The story of Rosemary Kennedy noted above is unspe...The story of Rosemary Kennedy noted above is unspeakably hideous. The arrogaance and cruelty of *some* doctors is amazing.bobnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07715238134585125684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-11392714228109896882009-08-29T13:07:43.309-04:002009-08-29T13:07:43.309-04:00Check this captured from a youtube vidCheck <a href="http://users.thelink.net/bobn/tk-triathlon.jpg" rel="nofollow">this</a> captured from a youtube vidbobnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07715238134585125684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-87676563948020251712009-08-28T09:22:27.978-04:002009-08-28T09:22:27.978-04:00I just don't get the viciousness with which so...<i>I just don't get the viciousness with which some of you talk about him. That's why it sounds, in spite of some of the very convincing comments to the contrary, that you hate him for opposing your precious gun rights.</i><br /><br />They're your gun rights, too, even if you elect not to exercise them, or choose not to believe in them, or wish to deny them to others. But you're right, why display rancor for somebody who has devoted a life of public service to dismantling the Bill of Rights? After all, this is America, and we can respect our opponents in a colleigal setting, even if they work tirelessly to crush personal liberty. I mean, at the end of the day, we're all citizens together, even the ones who'd turn the rest of us into serfs.Steve Skubinnanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-40682942093899989502009-08-28T07:45:42.543-04:002009-08-28T07:45:42.543-04:00Ahh, the joy of the "proof by vigorous assert...Ahh, the joy of the "proof by vigorous assertion" and "shifting the burden of proof" logical fallacies...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-38420491933983650552009-08-28T04:50:15.234-04:002009-08-28T04:50:15.234-04:00I decided not to blog about Ted Kennedy because I ...I decided not to blog about Ted Kennedy because I pretty much agree with what many of you have written. His womanizing, his drinking, his being above the law with regards to Mary Jo's death all ruin whatever good he might have done, and I think his gun control ideas and liberal positions were good.<br /><br />I just don't get the viciousness with which some of you talk about him. That's why it sounds, in spite of some of the very convincing comments to the contrary, that you hate him for opposing your precious gun rights.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-32808083804736616142009-08-27T08:51:24.936-04:002009-08-27T08:51:24.936-04:00It's too bad MikeB only trolls once per blog p...It's too bad MikeB only trolls once per blog post, it would be interesting to see his response to many of these very valid statements.<br /><br />Not that I'd expect his responses to ever be rational...<br /><br />My Buddy and I raised two glasses of Chevis Regal and toasted Mary Jo, may she rest in peace with her killer now gone!Weer'd Beardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528978001340070552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-30796301262812373152009-08-27T01:50:02.298-04:002009-08-27T01:50:02.298-04:00Momma always said, "If you can't say some...Momma always said, "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all."<br />Rot in Hell, Ted. Sorry, mom<br /><br />I am doing my level best to support the alcoholic beverage industry.B Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11820065559822788663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-25080066393693766422009-08-27T00:39:13.624-04:002009-08-27T00:39:13.624-04:00How will the alcoholic beverage industry survive n...How will the alcoholic beverage industry survive now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-55230055899992826662009-08-26T22:58:32.911-04:002009-08-26T22:58:32.911-04:00'S okay, Ed, you can't help who your ances...'S okay, Ed, you can't help who your ancestors were.<br /><br />As I've said elsewhere, the Kennedys all believe that the laws of God, man and physics don't apply to them.<br /><br />Wrong. Wrong. Annnd wrong.<br /><br /><br />"<i>A small price to pay for booting Zombie Jacko off the front page.</i>"<br /><br />Nnnnnngh. Tough call there, Tamrickn8ornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-15173415733186682082009-08-26T19:26:53.168-04:002009-08-26T19:26:53.168-04:00My grandfather should have lived to see this as we...My grandfather should have lived to see this as well, he actually wrote a song about Mary Jo. He paid to have his record pressed in vinyl, with an original version on one side; and since it was the early eighties, a disco version on the b side.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-19734807347350990122009-08-26T18:59:36.742-04:002009-08-26T18:59:36.742-04:00It's harder to find an instance of Teddy NOT ...It's harder to find an instance of Teddy NOT mauling the female help than the opposite.<br /><br />Then again this is a guy who somehow managed to get an annulment from his wife of 30 years, presumably tossing his 3 kids into retroactive bastardy.<br /><br />Cowardly Lion of the Senate is more like.B.S. philosopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991238092700083612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-83524761652372172402009-08-26T18:43:30.084-04:002009-08-26T18:43:30.084-04:00A moment of silence here for the only one who'...A moment of silence here for the only one who'll truly miss Teddy boy. <br /><br />Johnnie WalkerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-25874917227615773612009-08-26T16:53:31.963-04:002009-08-26T16:53:31.963-04:00Bram, I owe you (and us all) a sort of apology.
...Bram, I owe you (and us all) a sort of apology.<br /><br /> Back in the Civil War, a teenaged Irish immigrant named Terence Ambrose Gillespie managed to get quite severely wounded at Fredrickberg. He made a good recovery, but always carried an eagle-headed cane as a memento. <br /><br /> Actually, a badge of sorts, as he went into politics and became a ward-heeler in South Boston. One of his acts as such was giving "Honey Fitz" his first liquor license, setting the Kennedys on the road to ruin.<br /><br /> For reference, back in Wexford the Kennedys shoveled manure in a fertilizer factory. They're still shoveling it.<br /><br /> Forgive me, but Terry Gillespie was my Grandmother's uncle. My Grandmother introduced Boston's future Mayor Curley to his future wife Mary, as a way to rid herself of a "pushy, shanty Irish hustler" in a too-tight brown suit. <br /><br /> My brother Kevin used to run Colonial Candle up in Hyannis, and has Kennedy stories that have never been told outside the tribe. <br /><br /> Another friend of the family, a now deceased gent named Dan Lynch, belonged to the funeral parlor Lynches, who buried all the Kennedys for generations.<br /><br /> He also went to Harvard with Joe Kennedy Junior, and went to lots of great parties at the Waldorf-Astoria. All he had to do was to arrainge the broads, booze, and abortions. <br /><br /> I could write a charming expose with tales of drugs, rape, treason, alcoholic violence, massive adultery, all compounded by the most brutal cynicism and hypocracy.<br /><br /> All those desperate women back during the depression, who got jobs the hard way at RKO by putting out, any time, any place, for any Kennedy passing by. Hundreds of them, from Gloria Swanson the the newest cleaning lady.<br /><br /> A quite unique lady I know who was a critical care nurse at Silver Springs Hospital when George Wallace was shot. Eight months pregnant, she was knocked to the floor by Ted Kennedy as he barreled towards the door. His comment? "Watch it girlie".<br /><br /> The terrified college girl/waitress serving Kennedy while my brother tried to have dinner a table away with some German and Dutch engineers he was working with. For reference, it was after last call, in the Duck Inn pub on Main St., Hyannis.<br /><br /> The kid was in tears as Teddy reached up under her skirt and mauled her repeatedly, all while bellowing for more booze.<br /><br /> What a swine. The world is a better place without the evil, craven, legitimately stupid bastard.<br /><br /> I'm not a religious person, but if I was, I'd look at what's happened to the Kennedys and suspect some kind of divine justice. The sociopathic turds disgust me, and I for one ca honestly say that the world is now a better place for the loss of a truely evil man who never in his entire life did one human thing.Ed Fosternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-44223569218756497342009-08-26T16:22:14.019-04:002009-08-26T16:22:14.019-04:00mikeb:
The Place: Framingham, MA
The Time: July 1...mikeb:<br /><br />The Place: Framingham, MA<br />The Time: July 1969<br /><br /> There I was, all of 12 years-old, sitting in my Mom's best friend's living room watching the execreble Teddy (complete with neck cuff) lying to me.<br />Not merely a politician: I had read enough Sam Clemens to realize that lying is a natural attribute to those who would legislate, but that it was Jack and Bobby's kid brother that was lying really bothered me.<br /><br />The gun-control (ad nauseum) crap was merely the gift that kept on giving.Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-4670794480254980122009-08-26T15:33:30.438-04:002009-08-26T15:33:30.438-04:00Marko for QotD right there...
Amen, and swiped wi...<i>Marko for QotD right there...</i><br /><br />Amen, and swiped without shame (but with attribution!)<br /><br />http://theultimateanswertokings.blogspot.com/2009/08/quote-of-day-fer-shur.html<br /><br />Oh, and...buh-bye, Ted! I don't agree with the notion that the nation's a little more free without you, because there's a thousand more like you. But you were the worst of the foul lot, and that's the truth.Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03442354270552212335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-91387086749428039042009-08-26T15:20:43.317-04:002009-08-26T15:20:43.317-04:00"I believe we still have Patrick Kennedy, the..."<i>I believe we still have Patrick Kennedy, the perpetual Rehab patient in congress....</i>"<br /><br />Same field different vintage; still nasty-tasting, but not yet overripe.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-81964979239044055092009-08-26T14:28:34.176-04:002009-08-26T14:28:34.176-04:00Oh... he left us so much.
HMO's, for instance...Oh... he left us <i>so</i> much.<br /><br />HMO's, for instance.<br /><br />~~~~~<br /><br />He was the runt of a bad litter. God rot his shit-filled soul.Billy Beckhttp://www.two--four.net/weblog.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-728478901524965882009-08-26T14:25:27.657-04:002009-08-26T14:25:27.657-04:00It's good that I'm not at a house that has...It's good that I'm not at a house that has television running, because the first time I heard "Teddy we hardly knew ye" about this fossil I'd shy something through the screen.<br /><br />It does make me smile that Caroline Kennedy wasn't handed Sen. Clinton's seat.<br /><br />The land of the arriviste works both ways about not caring much for who your parents were.staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-73631743234215363612009-08-26T12:47:02.626-04:002009-08-26T12:47:02.626-04:00While toting up reasons, let's not forget his ...While toting up reasons, let's not forget his thinly veiled support for the IRA either...<br /><br />I mean they can't be terrorists if they have blue eyes and speak with a brogue, right?<br /><br />wv: rendemi (render me?)B.S. philosopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991238092700083612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-49885640453337985572009-08-26T12:24:45.533-04:002009-08-26T12:24:45.533-04:00They interrupted TeeVee last night to let us know ...They interrupted TeeVee last night to let us know the Swimmer had taken the Final Plunge - Bon Voyage to the sultry simmering lake of fire.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-77880096245628780262009-08-26T12:06:47.710-04:002009-08-26T12:06:47.710-04:00"the most despicable Kennedy family exploit&q..."the most despicable Kennedy family exploit"?<br /><br />I think <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_Kennedy" rel="nofollow">this</a> qualifies, at least as a contender.Noah Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-48770278397828689642009-08-26T11:48:22.690-04:002009-08-26T11:48:22.690-04:00They're calling it the end of Camelot. Thank ...They're calling it the end of Camelot. Thank goodness. Why do we need royalty ruling America? As I recall, we fought a war over that some time ago...<br /><br />WV: menspa - A healthy bath for people with high IQ's.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18042633124466851859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-38441020351675717602009-08-26T11:32:07.402-04:002009-08-26T11:32:07.402-04:00Well,
The country just became a little bit freer ...Well,<br /><br />The country just became a little bit freer today. I will leave it at that.atlharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02038518966004553345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-43822947062444411122009-08-26T11:24:41.540-04:002009-08-26T11:24:41.540-04:00May Charon crash the boat, and leave Ted to drown ...May Charon crash the boat, and leave Ted to drown in the Styx.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com