RIP Ted Kennedy

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
The death of any single human being diminishes us all.

There exist many human beings the death of whom would benefit humanity.

 

[Via]

Originally posted by: Kadarin

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
The death of any single human being diminishes us all.

There exist many human beings the death of whom would benefit humanity.

Thanks for posting, Yoda.

I thought this thread was supposed be a pretty narrow one.

 

[BUTCH1]

RIP Teddy, you will be missed..

 

[compuwiz1]

Mr. Kennedy was a true patriot. He dedicated his life to our service, despite the opinions of his politics. He was a true American.

RIP

 

[dwell]

DK

 

[dmcowen674]

Politics will be strange without him around

 

[Bateluer]

So, will their be a special election to replace him, will Pelosi be appointing a replacement, or will the governor of MA be appointing a replacement?

 

[2Xtreme21]

Originally posted by: Bateluer
So, will their be a special election to replace him, will Pelosi be appointing a replacement, or will the governor of MA be appointing a replacement?

Governor will appoint a replacement.

And RIP sir. You were a great man.

Edit: I was wrong... special election

 

[KMFJD]

He represented a lot that is wrong with politics

 

[Number1]

Sad shocking new this morning, I did not expect to see him go so fast.
He was a good man, a great man and he will be missed by millions.


RIP

 

[Lamont Burns]

Great man? Great politician and good for the government in his later years yes, great man? Not by a long shot. RIP.

 

[daniel1113]

Well, at least now the roads in Massachusetts are safer to drive on.

Too soon?

 

[edro]

Originally posted by: Lamont Burns
Great man? Great politician and good for the government in his later years yes, great man? Not by a long shot. RIP.

Agreed.

He is greater than Jesus to liberals, and is a drunken murdering womanizer to conservatives.

 

[hclarkjr]

Chappaquiddick incident

 

[SonnyDaze]

:beer:

 

[slsmnaz]

Originally posted by: hclarkjr
Chappaquiddick incident

 

[waggy]

great man? hardly.

great politician? sure in the hell was. one of the best actually (did not agree with him often though). BUT the man did a lot (good or bad) for this country and for that i t hank him.

 

[Acanthus]

He was a huge supporter of health care reform. It's a shame he wont be around to see his ideas coalesce into something real.

 

[JDub02]

Originally posted by: waggy
great man? hardly.

great politician? sure in the hell was. one of the best actually (did not agree with him often though). BUT the man did a lot (good or bad) for this country and for that i t hank him.

you're right, he wasn't a great man. i'm not even sure he was a great politician. if his last name wasn't kennedy, he'd have been the drunk bum on the corner. he has made his entire career off of his family's and, more specifically, his brother's name.

i certainly don't thank him. i curse his (and bush's) name every time my wife starts complaining about how awful teaching has become since his dear "no child left behind" act passed.


i bet he was a blast to party with back in the day, though. :laugh: just don't accept his offer for a ride home. :evil:

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: JDub02

Originally posted by: waggy
great man? hardly.

great politician? sure in the hell was. one of the best actually (did not agree with him often though). BUT the man did a lot (good or bad) for this country and for that i t hank him.

you're right, he wasn't a great man. i'm not even sure he was a great politician. if his last name wasn't kennedy, he'd have been the drunk bum on the corner. he has made his entire career off of his family's and, more specifically, his brother's name.

i certainly don't thank him. i curse his (and bush's) name every time my wife starts complaining about how awful teaching has become since his dear "no child left behind" act passed.


i bet he was a blast to party with back in the day, though. :laugh: just don't accept his offer for a ride home. :evil:

Next time your wife starts complaining about NCLB ask her a couple of simple questions:

How many of her fellow teachers and their union for years have been demanding that the Federal Government get involved in public education?
On what planet have they lived on all these years where they thought that involvement and cash would come without lots of strings and requirements attached?

 

[JDub02]

Originally posted by: Linflas

Next time your wife starts complaining about NCLB ask her a couple of simple questions:

How many of her fellow teachers and their union for years have been demanding that the Federal Government get involved in public education?
On what planet have they lived on all these years where they thought that involvement and cash would come without lots of strings and requirements attached?

I don't disagree on any of your points. Alot of teachers got just what they were asking for, although they won't see it that way.

My wife is of the view that politicians should keep their hands off of education and let the teachers teach.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Linflas

Originally posted by: JDub02

Originally posted by: waggy
great man? hardly.

great politician? sure in the hell was. one of the best actually (did not agree with him often though). BUT the man did a lot (good or bad) for this country and for that i t hank him.

you're right, he wasn't a great man. i'm not even sure he was a great politician. if his last name wasn't kennedy, he'd have been the drunk bum on the corner. he has made his entire career off of his family's and, more specifically, his brother's name.

i certainly don't thank him. i curse his (and bush's) name every time my wife starts complaining about how awful teaching has become since his dear "no child left behind" act passed.


i bet he was a blast to party with back in the day, though. :laugh: just don't accept his offer for a ride home. :evil:

Next time your wife starts complaining about NCLB ask her a couple of simple questions:

How many of her fellow teachers and their union for years have been demanding that the Federal Government get involved in public education?
On what planet have they lived on all these years where they thought that involvement and cash would come without lots of strings and requirements attached?

my wife worked in the school district for 2 years (3rd grade) she was amazed at the Teachers union and the buracracy involved in teaching.

I suspect the teachers union has done more to ruin education then people know. but hell thats another thread.


kennedy may have hung on his brothers coat tails but so what? he still did a lot for the country. I'm not going to knock the guy because i disagree with some of his choices.

 

[KentState]

Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21

Originally posted by: Bateluer
So, will their be a special election to replace him, will Pelosi be appointing a replacement, or will the governor of MA be appointing a replacement?

Governor will appoint a replacement.

And RIP sir. You were a great man.

Edit: I was wrong... special election

Hey fought that so Kerry would not be replaced by a republican senator when Romney was governor and hence the law was changed to a special election. Now that there is a democrat as governor he wants to change it back the other way. Oh how it comes full circle when laws are made for partisanship reasons.

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
Who's going to be the leader of teh Kennedy clan now?

Time to watch for smoke and listen for the bells to know when a new leader has been chosen.

(maybe a better question...who's going to host the party's now? )

R.I.P. TK.

 

[Kirby]

You might be a king, or a little street-sweeper,
But sooner or later, you dance with the Reaper.