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I Come To Bury Edward Kennedy, Not Praise Him

  I did not cheer when Kennedy was diagnosed with brain cancer, nor did I wish him dead. However, his death brings no sorrow to me.  As I've sat and tried to sort out my thoughts on this matter, a lot of conflicting thoughts have gone through my head.  On one hand, convention says that we don't speak ill of the dead. If for nothing else, out of respect for his family, I suppose.  On the other hand, the Kennedy family has done little to earn respect.

In the famous "Friends, Romans, Countrymen" speech in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Mark Antony says this about Caesar:

I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him;
The evil that men do lives after them,
The good is oft interred with their bones,
So let it be with Caesar

And so let it be with Kennedy.  He was no saint. He led the life of a frat boy almost all of his life, never having to be held accountable.  His money and family connections got him out of whatever trouble he managed to get in to.  The Camelot myth was just that, a myth.   A myth whose realm was absurdity, and its crown encrusted with hyperbole.  He believed himself to be American royalty; above the law and the little people he claimed to champion.

Kennedy was a classic reprobate.  He was a drunkard and a womanizer. The definition of a hypocrite is not that of a prostitute in a pew.  It's a priest in a house of ill repute.  The priest will then come back on Sunday and preach against fornication, while the prostitute is seeking forgiveness.  Kennedy is that priest, if you will.  He used his wealth and connections to run over whomever got in his way and would return to the Senate to preach how he was watching out for the little guy.  It's reported that he went to Mass everyday for a year after his mother died - to a church whose positions on abortion and homosexuals are diametrically opposed to his own stated beliefs. 

He does not deserve to be buried in Arlington.  That is hallowed ground where American heroes are laid to rest.  Kennedy was no hero.  The incident at Chappaquiddick  is proof enough of that.

I don't pretend to know Kennedy's ultimate fate.  That's between him and God.  I hope he found redemption.

I hope history judges him a bit more harshly when we look back and survey the wreckage liberalism brings.

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The Kennedy Legacy

In this 410 Billion dollar funding bill is 126 million dollars that benefit the Kennedy name and legacy.

From Yahoo News:

BOSTON – More than one out of every five dollars of the $126 million Massachusetts is receiving in earmarks from a $410 billion federal spending package is going to help preserve the legacy of the Kennedys.

The bill includes $5.8 million for the planning and design of a building to house a new Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the Senate. The funding may also help support an endowment for the institute.

The bill also includes $22 million to expand facilities at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum and $5 million more for a new gateway to the Boston Harbor Islands on the Rose Kennedy Greenway, a park system in downtown Boston named after Kennedy's mother and built on land opened up by the Big Dig highway project.

The article doesn't lie, but it does misrepresent the percentage.  It is more than one out of five (20%) of the total, but it's more like 26%.  Over one fourth, not one fifth. 

Rush joked about the "Kennedy Memorial Healthcare Bill".  Perhaps that wasn't grand enough in scope.  Maybe they should just rename the state after Kennedy.  Call it the Edward M. Kennedy Memorial Commonwealth.  The new motto could be:  The commoners will never get his wealth!

I don't wish the man an earlier demise than the one the Good Lord intended, but this ridiculous.  Don't we have better things to spend our treasure on?

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Sir Teddy The Depraved Of Chappaquiddick

When we think of a knight, we think of some heroic figure in shining steel armor, riding his white stallion and ready to do battle to save the fair maiden in distress.

It's probably the exact opposite of what we think of when we think of Teddy Kennedy who spent most of his womanizing life in an alcoholic fog.  When he found himself with a damsel in distress, he let her drown and saved himself.

Is the British Empire so devoid of worthy individuals to honor, they resort to bestowing honorary knighthoods to people who are the antithesis of the title?

To be honest, unless "Sir Ted" suddenly decides become a British citizen, he can't really use the title.  Still, one woud expect that the Brits would have thought twice about honoring an old reprobate in such a way.

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Satire? Yeah right....

Thanks Instapunk.

THE AMERICANS WITH NO ABILITIES ACT

Washington, DC - Congress is considering sweeping legislation that will provide new benefits for many Americans.

The Americans With No Abilities Act (AWNAA) is being hailed as a major legislative goal by advocates of the millions of Americans who lack any real ambition or skills...

'Roughly 50 percent of Americans do not possess the competence and drive necessary to carve out a meaningful role for themselves in society,' said California Senator Barbara Boxer.

'We can no longer stand by and allow People of Inability to be ridiculed and passed over. With this legislation, employers will no longer be able to grant special favors to a small group of workers, simply because they have some idea of what they are doing.'

In a Capitol Hill press conference, House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pointed to the success of the Transportation Security Administration, which has a long-standing policy of providing opportunity without regard to performance. 

Approximately 74 percent of postal employees lack any job skills, making this agency the single largest U. S. employer of Persons of Inability. Private-sector industries with good records of non-discrimination against the Inept include retail sales (72%), the airline industry (68%), and home improvement 'warehouse' stores (65%).

At the state government level, the Department of Motor Vehicles also has an excellent record of hiring Persons of Inability (63%).

Under the Americans With No Abilities Act, more than 25 million 'middle man' positions will be created, with important-sounding titles but little real responsibility, thus providing an illusory sense of purpose and performance.

Mandatory non-performance-based raises and promotions will be given so as to guarantee upward mobility for even the most unremarkable employees.

The legislation provides substantial tax breaks to corporations that promote a significant number of Persons of Inability into middle-management positions, and gives a tax credit to small and medium-sized businesses that agree to hire one clueless worker for every two talented hires.

Finally, the AWNAA contains tough new measures to make it more difficult to discriminate against the Non-abled, banning, for example, discriminatory interview questions such as, 'Do you have any skills or experience that relate to this job?'

'As a Non-abled person, I can't be expected to keep up with people who have something going for them,' said Mary Lou Gertz, who lost her position as a lug-nut twister at the GM plant in Flint, Michigan, due to her inability to remember righty tighty, lefty loosey. 'This new law should be real good for people like me,' Gertz added. 

With the passage of this bill, Gertz and millions of other untalented citizens will finally see a light at the end of the tunnel.

Said Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL): 'As a Senator with no abilities, I believe the same privileges that elected officials enjoy ought to be extended to every American with no abilities. It is our duty as lawmakers to provide each and every American citizen,   regardless of his or her adequacy, with some sort of space to take up in this great nation and a good salary for doing so.'

Ted Kennedy To Be At Convention

Ted Kennedy will be in Denver and will be able to watch a video tribute to him that evening.  Good for him.  I'm glad he's doing well - I really do not wish him ill.

One thing about that video tribute - Do ya think a certain incident involving a car, a young secretary and water will be mentioned?

Hmmmmmm...me neither.

Mary Jo Kopechne could not be reached for comment.

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Ted Kennedy Has Brain Cancer

Senator Edward Kennedy has a particularly nasty and aggressive form of brain cancer.  As I've stated, the Senator is a despicable old reprobate who should have retired long ago.  That said, I wish him no ill or harm and I certainly wouldn't wish this kind of thing on anyone. 

I hope he is able to beat the odds on this.  My prayers and support go out to him and his family.

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