08 Feb 06
Originally posted by howardgeeIt would kind of defeat the purpose of being rich, if one cannot steal from someone else. Who better than the poor?
http://smh.com.au/news/world/young-and-old-losers-in-presidents-budget/2006/02/07/1139074228932.html
By cutting the Medicare budget and increasing the pot of money for his friends in the Arms industry (e.g. Haliburton), this modern day Robbing Hood is the opposite of Robin Hood.
08 Feb 06
Originally posted by howardgeeNo comment....can't refute you there.....
http://smh.com.au/news/world/young-and-old-losers-in-presidents-budget/2006/02/07/1139074228932.html
By cutting the Medicare budget and increasing the pot of money for his friends in the Arms industry (e.g. Haliburton), this modern day Robbing Hood is the opposite of Robin Hood.
08 Feb 06
Originally posted by howardgeeWhy do Republicans always have such crappy inhumane social policies ?
http://smh.com.au/news/world/young-and-old-losers-in-presidents-budget/2006/02/07/1139074228932.html
By cutting the Medicare budget and increasing the pot of money for his friends in the Arms industry (e.g. Haliburton), this modern day Robbing Hood is the opposite of Robin Hood.
Today I saw Bush at the Coretta King funeral (CNN). What in the world was that man doing there ? He even applauded President Clinton and Senator Kennedy when they praised Mrs. King for what she did for the poor and dispossessed. *Puke Puke*
08 Feb 06
Originally posted by ivanhoeYeah, when it was over he goes, Christ, glad that BS is finished.....
Why do Republicans always have such crappy inhumane social policies ?
Today I saw Bush at the Coretta King funeral (CNN). What in the world was that man doing there ? He even applauded President Clinton and Senator Kennedy when they praised Mrs. King for what she did for the poor and dispossessed. *Puke Puke*
08 Feb 06
Originally posted by howardgeeI wasn't aware that Haliburton was IN the Arms Industry.
http://smh.com.au/news/world/young-and-old-losers-in-presidents-budget/2006/02/07/1139074228932.html
By cutting the Medicare budget and increasing the pot of money for his friends in the Arms industry (e.g. Haliburton), this modern day Robbing Hood is the opposite of Robin Hood.
Are you aware of what Haliburton does?
That's a rhetorical question, you don't really have to answer it...
08 Feb 06
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Originally posted by ivanhoeActually, the question here is, what the hell was Ted ('the Swimmer'😉 Kennedy doing there?
... Today I saw Bush at the Coretta King funeral (CNN). What in the world was that man doing there ? ...
I thought he might try to defend JFK and RFK's WIRE TAPPING of Dr. and Mrs. King's home, phone and hotel rooms... instead, all he did was read some meaningless (to him) scriptures that some members of his staff found for him. Talk about pathetic...
Was Klansman/Senator Robert ('Sheets'😉 Byrd (DEM -W. Va) there today? I didn't see him sittin' on no stage...was he even invited?
08 Feb 06
Originally posted by ivanhoeSpeaking of Clinton:
Why do Republicans always have such crappy inhumane social policies ?
Today I saw Bush at the Coretta King funeral (CNN). What in the world was that man doing there ? He even applauded President Clinton and Senator Kennedy when they praised Mrs. King for what she did for the poor and dispossessed. *Puke Puke*
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._William_Fulbright
James William Fulbright (April 9, 1905–February 9, 1995) was a well-known member of the United States Senate representing Arkansas. Fulbright was a Southern Democrat and a staunch multilateralist, SUPPORTED RACIAL SEGREGATION, supported the creation of the United Nations, and opposed the House Un-American Activities Committee. (emphasis mine)
From the same article:
During the 50th Anniversary Dinner of the Fulbright Program June 5 1996 at the White House, President Clinton said, "Hillary and I have looked forward for sometime to celebrating this 50th anniversary of the Fulbright Program, to honor the dream and legacy of a great American, a citizen of the world, a native of my home state and MY MENTOR AND FRIEND, Senator Fulbright." (again, emphasis mine)
Ah yes, the Democrats...champions of civil rights all!
And what does one have to do to become a citizen of the world?
Between Clinton being mentored by Fulbright, and John and Bobby Kennedy's wire tapping of Martin Luther King, Jr., I'm shocked that the blacks in that church didn't rush the stage and lynch these guys!
08 Feb 06
Originally posted by TheBloopThat's funny.....rec'ed
Actually, the question here is, what the hell was Ted ('the Swimmer'😉 Kennedy doing there?
I thought he might try to defend JFK and RFK's WIRE TAPPING of Dr. and Mrs. King's home, phone and hotel rooms... instead, all he did was read some meaningless (to him) scriptures that some members of his staff found for him. Talk about pathetic...
Was Klans ...[text shortened]... d (DEM -W. Va) there today? I didn't see him sittin' on no stage...was he even invited?
08 Feb 06
Originally posted by TheBloopFunny how Ted gets labeled the swimmer for the brake lines being cut by ...(republicans killers)? Ted was investigated and cleared of any wrong doing.
Actually, the question here is, what the hell was Ted ('the Swimmer'😉 Kennedy doing there?
I thought he might try to defend JFK and RFK's WIRE TAPPING of Dr. and Mrs. King's home, phone and hotel rooms... instead, all he did was read some meaningless (to him) scriptures that some members of his staff found for him. Talk about pathetic...
Was Klans ...[text shortened]... d (DEM -W. Va) there today? I didn't see him sittin' on no stage...was he even invited?
Funny how JFK and Bobby get blamed by you for what the republican J Edgar Hoover, Head of the FBI did concerning those unauthorised wire taps. And then both later gets killed by... (republican killers)? Some even think the FBI killed Kennedy. Who knows for sure.
Yep Senator Bird did a lot of things that almost every Southern White family did during those Post civil war and pre- M L King / Rosa Parks civil rights movement days of educating Americans that Racism is wrong and immoral. (Some in the republican party still haven't learned and need a lot more education.) He owned a sheet not a plantation like the Bush's. But Bird has sense repented of his sins. ( asked for forgiveness). He understands he was wrong in his thinking and now is very well excepted and forgiven, and admired by many Blacks. He has earned it with his votes. So why would he need to defend these issues to idiots who stand up for the wrong side?
08 Feb 06
Originally posted by cashthetrashWow, imagine that... a Kennedy actually cleared of wrongdoing in a investigation taking place in the great state of Massachusetts.
Funny how Ted gets labeled the swimmer for the brake lines being cut by ...(republicans killers)? Ted was investigated and cleared of any wrong doing.
- Senator Kennedy's driver's license had expired on February 22, 1969 (nearly 5 months before the accident) and had not been renewed.
- Although driving with an expired license was only a misdemeanor, it did provide the evidence of negligence needed to prove a manslaughter charge in the death of Mary Jo Kopechne.
- The license problem was "fixed" by officials at the Registry of Motor Vehicles, under the direction of Registrar Richard McLaughlin, before the legal proceedings began.
- Ted Kennedy had a record of serious traffic violations. Their nature formed a pattern of deliberate and repeated negligent operation. Particularly bothersome was a June, 1958 conviction for "reckless driving."
- On March 14, 1958, Deputy Sheriff Thomas Whitten had been on routine highway patrol outside Charlottesville, Virginia, when an Oldsmobile convertible ran a red light, sped off, then cut its tail lights to elude pursuit. A license check revealed the car belonged to Edward M. Kennedy, a 26-year-old law student attending the University of Virginia. Kennedy had previously been fined $15 for speeding in March 1957.
- Whitten was on patrol at the same intersection a week later, he testified, "And here comes the same car. And to my surprise, he did exactly the same thing. He raced through the same red light, cut his lights when he got to the corner and made the right turn." Whitten gave chase. He found the car in a driveway, apparently unoccupied. Looking inside, he discovered the driver, Teddy Kennedy, stretched out on the front seat and hiding. Whitten issued a ticket for "reckless driving; racing with an officer to avoid arrest; and operating a motor vehicle without an operator's license (Mass. registration.)"
- Kennedy's attorneys were able to win numerous postponements, but eventually he was convicted on all charges and paid a $35 fine. Court officials never filed the mandatory notice of the case in the public docket, however, and Kennedy's name had not appeared on any arrest blotter. Instead, a local reporter discovered the case when he spotted 5 warrants in Kennedy's name in a court cash drawer.
- Three weeks after his trial, Ted Kennedy was caught speeding again, and still operating without a valid license.
- In December 1959, Kennedy was stopped again for running a red light and fined $10 and costs. In Whitten's view, "That boy had a heavy foot and a mental block against the color red. He was a careless, reckless driver who didn't seem to have any regard for speed limits or traffic ordinances."
- The offenses in Virginia had occurred on Ted Kennedy's Massachusetts driver's license, but mysteriously neither the Registry of Motor Vehicles nor the office of probation in Cambridge had any record of the out-of-state convictions. Had it been revealed at the inquest, the Senator's history of negligence and reckless driving would have been further evidence to support a charge of manslaughter in the Chappaquiddick accident.
" Do we operate under a system of equal justice under law?
Or is there one system for the average citizen and another for the high and mighty? " Senator Ted Kennedy, 1973
Gee, Ted, I think you're better qualified to answer that then us average citizens...
Kennedy's statement to police:
"On July 18, 1969, at approximately 11:15 PM in Chappaquiddick, Martha's Vinyard, Massachusetts, I was driving my car on Main Street on my way to get the ferry back to Edgartown. I was unfamiliar with the road and turned right onto Dike Road, instead of bearing hard left on Main Street. After proceeding for approximately one-half mile on Dike Road I descended a hill and came upon a narrow bridge. The car went off the side of the bridge. There was one passenger with me, one Miss Mary ( Kennedy was not sure of the spelling of the dead girl's last name, and offered a rough phonetic approximation ), a former secretary of my brother Sen. Robert Kennedy. The car turned over and sank into the water and landed with the roof resting on the bottom. I attempted to open the door and the window of the car but have no recolection of how I got out of the car. I came to the surface and then repeatedly dove down to the car in an attempt to see if the passenger was still in the car. I was unsuccessful in the attempt. I was exhausted and in a state of shock. I recall walking back to where my friends were eating. There was a car parked in front of the cottage and I climbed into the back seat. I then asked for someone to bring me back to Edgartown. I remember walking around for a period of time and then going back to my hotel room. When I fully realized what had happened this morning, I immediately contacted the police."
I can just see Teddy the next morning... wakes up, snaps his fingers and says "oh yeah, I killed Mary Jo last night, I'd better call the police immediately".
Brake lines being cut by republican killers...that's a good one!
08 Feb 06
Originally posted by cashthetrashWell, you obviously seem to know. It was those republican killers. I guess maybe the same republican killers who killed poor Mary Jo later on...
...Funny how JFK and Bobby get blamed by you for what the republican J Edgar Hoover, Head of the FBI did concerning those unauthorised wire taps. And then both later gets killed by... (republican killers)? Some even think the FBI killed Kennedy. Who knows for sure.