Share you thoughts and reflections on the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, who died at his home on Cape Cod early today after a yearlong struggle with brain cancer.
Gus 10/5/2009 4:36:27 PM My mother told me that if I didn't have anything nice to say don't say it.
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There.
Norton 9/23/2009 8:13:27 PM A good man. May God bless him.
Sean McCarthy 9/23/2009 10:43:36 AM I just noticed this in the September 21 issue of Forbes magazine:
In 1991 a reporter [Tim Sebastian] came across a 1983 memo addressed to Yuri Andropov [who was KGB chief and U.S.S.R. leader]. “Subject: Senator Edward Kennedy. On 9 – 10 May, 1983 Sen. Edward Kennedy’s close friend and trusted confidant [John] Tunney was in Moscow. The Senator charged Tunney to convey the following message.” The offer from Kennedy: a quid pro quo. Kennedy would lend Andropov a hand in dealing with President Reagan; in return, the Soviet leader would lend Kennedy a hand in challenging Reagan in the 1984 presidential race.
Aid and comfort to the Soviet Union, which was working to subvert the U.S. Done in secret. The KGB changed its acronym to the FSB after the Berlin Wall came down. But the people are the same, and their goals are the same. It is astonishing [to me, anyway] that any U.S. citizen, much less a Senator, would treacherously sell out his country for personal gain.
Now with Teddy K in good company with the Devil, A great day for the Irish! An embarrassment is now gone.
Mary J 9/20/2009 12:31:03 PM I love where “reality check” wrote “I am an Independent” Ya.. you sound real middle of the road… The immigration act of 1965 sounds so wonderful to people who don’t live on the Mexican border. Can you imagine if George Bush was driving the car in Chappaquiddick he’d be just getting out of prison. Ya gotta love “independent” liberals.
Reality Check 9/2/2009 12:19:31 PM I love how the Republican Right Wing radicals can't recognize the achievements and accomplishments of a Senator who did more than ANY president, Democrat or Republican.
His political accomplishments: The first major bill that Senator Kennedy managed on the Senate floor was the Immigration Act of 1965. It was enacted and stood as a major turning point in immigration and civil rights policy because it eliminated discriminatory immigration quotas which favored European immigration.
Senator Kennedy passed legislation creating the national community health center program. He joined a health center in Columbia Point in Dorchester, Massachusetts, with a center in Mound Bayou, Mississippi as the start of a national program that now includes more that 1200 health centers nationally serving more than 20 million low income patients.
Senator Kennedy amended the Voting Rights Act to lower the voting age to 18, laying the basis for a constitutional amendment moving the voting age from 21 to age 18. He was also a leader in enacting the Occupational Health and Safety Act to protect workers on jobs and the Older American Community Service Employment Act.
Senator Kennedy champions the Meals on Wheels Act, which offers nutritional meals to homebound senior citizens and the Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition Program, known as WIC, which offers food, nutrition counseling, and health services to low-income women, infants, and children. Kennedy was also a key supporter of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which protects women from discrimination in educational institutions and increases opportunities for women to participate in college sports.
After the CIA-backed military coup that toppled democratic government in Chile and brought General Pinochet to power, Senator Kennedy leads the fight to cut off U.S. military aid to Chile. His amendment to the foreign aid bill marked the first time that Congress had ended military aid to another nation.
Senator Kennedy was an original cosponsor of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, which later became the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and requires a free and appropriate public education for children with disabilities in every state.
He was also a principal sponsor of the Civil Rights Commission Act Amendments, which expanded the jurisdiction of the Commission to protect persons with disabilities from discrimination.
Senator Kennedy is the chief sponsor of the Voting Rights Act Amendments, which led to increased minority representation in Congress and state legislatures nationwide. He also sponsors the Job Training Partnership Act to educate and train the nation's front-line workforce and reinstates the Summer Job Program. With Senator Mark Hatfield, he proposed a Nuclear Freeze Resolution to halt the nuclear arms race.
Senator Kennedy won passage of the National Military Child Care Act, which established the Defense Department’s child care system that is still viewed as one of the best in the country today.
On July 26, 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act was enacted into law. Introduced by Senator Kennedy, the Act prohibits discrimination against any qualified individual with a disability in job application procedures, hiring or discharge, compensation, advancement or training.
Senator Kennedy’s leadership brought about the passage of the landmark Family and Medical Leave Act and the School-to-Work Opportunities Act, which provided seed money for local school-to-work programs designed and operated by local business, education, community and labor leaders.
Senator Kennedy was the lead Democratic sponsor of the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Reform Act to strengthen the security of our borders and improve our ability to screen foreign nationals and deter potential terrorists.
Senator Kennedy led an effort to provide funds for additional armored Humvees for our forces in Iraq in response to reports that a quarter of American deaths occurred in unarmored Humvees and that many more soldiers had been injured or disabled for life. Senator Kennedy also led the effort to strengthen law enforcement in case of exploitation or abduction of children. His legislation provided funds for AMBER Alert notification systems along U.S. highways, and grants to states to improve communication.
The mad did more than any other Senator in the history of the United States. I am an Independant and once again the windbags are the Republicans who won't be honest and recognize the political achievements of a great American. Hey Rolf, where is your service to America? Did ir last 50 years?
Paisley 8/29/2009 1:34:21 PM In the Irish community the final measure of a man's life is the length of his funeral procession. Perhaps the hateful among us should look ahead to imagine what their length might be.
Rest In Peace, Senator Kennedy, you are well loved.
Craig 8/29/2009 10:17:55 AM So, Now the democrats want to use His Death as a rallying point to get their health care passed! There is No Low Point to which these people won't crawl to get their agena passed. I'm sure the senator was a good man in some ways, I wish only the best for His surviving family.
Rolf 8/27/2009 2:22:30 AM Now that Ted Kennedy has passed on, maybe that big windmill project in the Atantic off Hyannis Port can finally set sail. I think it would be the most fitting memorial possible for the big windbag, if it was named in his honor.
Fred walker 8/26/2009 10:48:44 AM GROSSLY OVERRATED!
Jess 8/26/2009 9:18:51 AM He was a great advocate for health care coverage for all. I wish he could have waited to see the outcome before he died, but life does not work that way, unfortunately.
Although he has been through some scandals, he was a good politician and Senator.
Rest In Peace, Senator Kennedy.
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10/5/2009 4:36:27 PM
My mother told me that if I didn't have anything nice to say don't say it.
"...."
There.
9/23/2009 8:13:27 PM
A good man. May God bless him.
9/23/2009 10:43:36 AM
I just noticed this in the September 21 issue of Forbes magazine:
In 1991 a reporter [Tim Sebastian] came across a 1983 memo addressed to Yuri Andropov [who was KGB chief and U.S.S.R. leader].
“Subject: Senator Edward Kennedy. On 9 – 10 May, 1983 Sen. Edward Kennedy’s close friend and trusted confidant [John] Tunney was in Moscow. The Senator charged Tunney to convey the following message.” The offer from Kennedy: a quid pro quo. Kennedy would lend Andropov a hand in dealing with President Reagan; in return, the Soviet leader would lend Kennedy a hand in challenging Reagan in the 1984 presidential race.
Aid and comfort to the Soviet Union, which was working to subvert the U.S. Done in secret.
The KGB changed its acronym to the FSB after the Berlin Wall came down. But the people are the same, and their goals are the same. It is astonishing [to me, anyway] that any U.S. citizen, much less a Senator, would treacherously sell out his country for personal gain.
Now with Teddy K in good company with the Devil, A great day for the Irish! An embarrassment is now gone.
9/20/2009 12:31:03 PM
I love where “reality check” wrote “I am an Independent” Ya.. you sound real middle of the road… The immigration act of 1965 sounds so wonderful to people who don’t live on the Mexican border. Can you imagine if George Bush was driving the car in Chappaquiddick he’d be just getting out of prison. Ya gotta love “independent” liberals.
9/2/2009 12:19:31 PM
I love how the Republican Right Wing radicals can't recognize the achievements and accomplishments of a Senator who did more than ANY president, Democrat or Republican.
His political accomplishments:
The first major bill that Senator Kennedy managed on the Senate floor was the Immigration Act of 1965. It was enacted and stood as a major turning point in immigration and civil rights policy because it eliminated discriminatory immigration quotas which favored European immigration.
Senator Kennedy passed legislation creating the national community health center program. He joined a health center in Columbia Point in Dorchester, Massachusetts, with a center in Mound Bayou, Mississippi as the start of a national program that now includes more that 1200 health centers nationally serving more than 20 million low income patients.
Senator Kennedy amended the Voting Rights Act to lower the voting age to 18, laying the basis for a constitutional amendment moving the voting age from 21 to age 18. He was also a leader in enacting the Occupational Health and Safety Act to protect workers on jobs and the Older American Community Service Employment Act.
Senator Kennedy champions the Meals on Wheels Act, which offers nutritional meals to homebound senior citizens and the Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition Program, known as WIC, which offers food, nutrition counseling, and health services to low-income women, infants, and children. Kennedy was also a key supporter of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which protects women from discrimination in educational institutions and increases opportunities for women to participate in college sports.
After the CIA-backed military coup that toppled democratic government in Chile and brought General Pinochet to power, Senator Kennedy leads the fight to cut off U.S. military aid to Chile. His amendment to the foreign aid bill marked the first time that Congress had ended military aid to another nation.
Senator Kennedy was an original cosponsor of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, which later became the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and requires a free and appropriate public education for children with disabilities in every state.
He was also a principal sponsor of the Civil Rights Commission Act Amendments, which expanded the jurisdiction of the Commission to protect persons with disabilities from discrimination.
Senator Kennedy is the chief sponsor of the Voting Rights Act Amendments, which led to increased minority representation in Congress and state legislatures nationwide. He also sponsors the Job Training Partnership Act to educate and train the nation's front-line workforce and reinstates the Summer Job Program. With Senator Mark Hatfield, he proposed a Nuclear Freeze Resolution to halt the nuclear arms race.
Senator Kennedy won passage of the National Military Child Care Act, which established the Defense Department’s child care system that is still viewed as one of the best in the country today.
On July 26, 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act was enacted into law. Introduced by Senator Kennedy, the Act prohibits discrimination against any qualified individual with a disability in job application procedures, hiring or discharge, compensation, advancement or training.
Senator Kennedy’s leadership brought about the passage of the landmark Family and Medical Leave Act and the School-to-Work Opportunities Act, which provided seed money for local school-to-work programs designed and operated by local business, education, community and labor leaders.
Senator Kennedy was the lead Democratic sponsor of the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Reform Act to strengthen the security of our borders and improve our ability to screen foreign nationals and deter potential terrorists.
Senator Kennedy led an effort to provide funds for additional armored Humvees for our forces in Iraq in response to reports that a quarter of American deaths occurred in unarmored Humvees and that many more soldiers had been injured or disabled for life. Senator Kennedy also led the effort to strengthen law enforcement in case of exploitation or abduction of children. His legislation provided funds for AMBER Alert notification systems along U.S. highways, and grants to states to improve communication.
The mad did more than any other Senator in the history of the United States. I am an Independant and once again the windbags are the Republicans who won't be honest and recognize the political achievements of a great American. Hey Rolf, where is your service to America? Did ir last 50 years?
8/29/2009 1:34:21 PM
In the Irish community the final measure of a man's life is the length of his funeral procession. Perhaps the hateful among us should look ahead to imagine what their length might be.
Rest In Peace, Senator Kennedy, you are well loved.
8/29/2009 10:17:55 AM
So, Now the democrats want to use His Death as a rallying point to get their health care passed! There is No Low Point to which these people won't crawl to get their agena passed. I'm sure the senator was a good man in some ways, I wish only the best for His surviving family.
8/27/2009 2:22:30 AM
Now that Ted Kennedy has passed on, maybe that big windmill project in the Atantic off Hyannis Port can finally set sail. I think it would be the most fitting memorial possible for the big windbag, if it was named in his honor.
8/26/2009 10:48:44 AM
GROSSLY OVERRATED!
8/26/2009 9:18:51 AM
He was a great advocate for health care coverage for all. I wish he could have waited to see the outcome before he died, but life does not work that way, unfortunately.
Although he has been through some scandals, he was a good politician and Senator.
Rest In Peace, Senator Kennedy.