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Am I still on planet Earth?? Nic 57/15 On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 12:56 AM, Piotr Antkowiak <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > SIR, > > I congratulate you on the fantastic article ! > i would be absolute elated if more people could see this horrible > disease in so real terms. > it can only help but. .nothing worse than cherishing illusions. > > --- On Sat, 8/29/09, rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > From: rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: DYNASTY > To: [log in to unmask] > Received: Saturday, August 29, 2009, 3:08 PM > > > Dear Tonetta: > > I know what Kennedy did wrong because as a Republican until 2001 I also > assailed him for his personal failings. > > In 1996 I was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and it is now 2009. > During the past 13 years I have advocated for embryonic stem cell research, > arguing against people like yourself and conservative legislators. > Parkinson's disease destroys your life....slowly...you do not suddenly turn > to stone. It is very difficult to just exist, let alone fight for a cure. > It is a cruel "life sentence" imposed on innocent people. > > You just can't imagine how helpful it was to have had an important, > effective, powerful senator like Kennedy, on your side. > > Since his death, I have been reminded of how he always worked for people > who had gotten the short stick in life. Civil rights, Medicare, the > Disabled, Veterans, Seniors, Immigrants, Education, Children's Health - > these are all issues I agree with the senator on. What has the Republican > Party or you ever done for these people? > > I was a Republican by birth, not by inclination. I have always been a > progressive/liberal because I believe we should improve the world, not be > the party of "NO". > > I don't think you have to answer for Kennedy's failings and personal > faults, but you are responsible for what happens to your fellow human > beings. > > Ray > > > Rayilyn Brown > Director AZNPF > Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation > [log in to unmask] > > > From: Ray Toulouse > Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 11:15 AM > To: Rayilyn Brown ; Sam and Char Green ; Roger Edney > Subject: FW: DYNASTY > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Subject: Kennedy Dynasty > The Last of The Kennedy > > > > Dynasty > As soon as his cancer was detected, we noticed the immediate > attempt at the "canonization" of old Teddy Kennedy by the mainstream media. > They are saying what a "great American" he is. I say, let's get a couple > things clear & not twist the facts to change the real history. > > 1. He was caught cheating at Harvard when he attended it. He > was expelled twice, once for cheating on a test, and once for paying a > classmate to cheat for him. > > 2. While expelled, Kennedy enlisted in the Army, but mistakenly > signed up for four years instead of two. Oops! The man can't count to > four! His father, Joseph P. Kennedy, former U.S. Ambassador to E ngland (a > step up from bootlegging liquor into the US from Canada during > prohibition), pulled the necessary strings to have his enlistment shortened > to two years, and to ensure that he served in E urope, not Korea , where a > war was raging. No preferential treatment for him! (like he charged that > President Bush received). > > 3. Kennedy was assigned to Paris , never advanced beyond the > rank of Private, and returned to Harvard upon being discharged. Imagine a > person of his "education" N E V E R advancing past the rank of Private! > > 4. While attending law school at the University of Virginia , > he was cited for reckless driving four times, including once when he was > clocked driving 90 miles per hour in a residential neighborhood with his > headlights off after dark. Yet his Virginia driver's license was never > revoked. Coincidentally, he passed the bar exam in 1959. Amazing! > > 5. In 1964, he was seriously injured in a plane crash, and > hospitalized for several months. Test results done by the hospital at the > time he was admitted had shown he was legally intoxicated. The results of > those tests remained a "state secret" until in the 1980's when the report > was unsealed. Didn't hear about that from the unbiased media, did we? > > 6. On July 19, 1969, Kennedy attended a party on > Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts . At about 11:00 PM, he borrowed > his chauffeur's keys to his Oldsmobile limousine, and offered to give a > ride home to Mary Jo Kopechne, a campaign worker. Leaving the island via > an unlit bridge with no guard rail, Kennedy steered the car off the > bridge, flipped, and into Poucha Pond. > 7. He swam to shore and walked back to the party, passing > several houses and a fire station. Two friends then returned with him to > the scene of the accident. According to their later testimony, they told > him what he already knew - that he was required by law to immediately > report the accident to the authorities. Instead Kennedy made his way to > his hotel, called his lawyer, and went to sleep. Kennedy called the police > the next morning and by then the wreck had already been discovered. > Before dying, Kopechne had scratched at the upholstered floor above her > head in the upside-down car. > The Kennedy family began "calling in favors", ensuring that any > inquiry would be contained. Her corpse was whisked out-of-state to her > family, before an autopsy could be conducted. Further details are > uncertain, but after the accident Kennedy says he repeatedly dove under the > water trying to rescue Kopechne and he didn't call police because he was in > a state of shock. It is widely assumed Kennedy was drunk, and he held off > calling police in hopes that his family could fix the problem > overnight. Since the accident, Kennedy's "political enemies" have > referred to him as the distinguished Senator from Chappaquiddick. He pled > guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, and was given a SUSP E ND E D > S E NT E NC E OF TWO MONTHS. Kopechne's family received a small payout > from the Kennedy's insurance policy, and never sued There was later an > effort to have her body exhumed and autopsied, but her > family successfully fought against this in court, and Kennedy's > family paid their attorney's bills.. a "token of friendship"? > > 8. Kennedy has held his Senate seat for more than forty years, > but considering his longevity, his accomplishments seem scant. He authored > or argued for legislation that ensured a variety of civil rights, > increased the minimum wage in 1981, made access to health care easier for > the indigent, and funded Meals on Wheels for fixed-income seniors and is > widely held as the "standard-bearer for liberalism". In his very first > Senate roll, he was the floor manager for the bill that turned U.S. > immigration policy upside down and opened the floodgate for immigrants from > third world countries. > > 9. Since that time, he has been the prime instigator and > author of every expansion of an increase in immigration, up to and > including the latest attempt to grant amnesty to illegal aliens. Not to > mention the pious grilling he gave the last two Bush Supreme Court > nominees, as if he was the standard bearer for the nation in matters of > "what's right". > > 10. He is known around Washington as a public drunk, loud, > boisterous and very disrespectful to ladies. Must be a better description > than "great American". "A blonde in every pond" is his motto. > > Let's not allow the spin doctors make this man a hero -- how > quickly the American public forgets what his real legacy is. Let's keep > this going for truth, justice and the American way! > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > ------ End of Forwarded Message > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Windows Live: Make it easier for your friends to see what you’re up to on > Facebook. 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