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jstan
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Aug 26, 2009 - 02:50am PT
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OK HK.
I got your message.
That's the end of it
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Aug 26, 2009 - 02:50am PT
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RIP Ted
He was one guy who I felt really cared to help people, all the people. THe list of legislation posted above speaks for itself. He was a rich guy indeed but not one to be a pawn.
PEace
Karl
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Ray-J
Social climber
east L.A. vato...
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Aug 26, 2009 - 02:51am PT
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evidence at the time indicating he made no effort to rescue Maryjo...true.
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Russ Walling
Gym climber
Poofter's Froth, Wyoming
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 26, 2009 - 02:52am PT
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At least he reported the accident as quickly as possible.....
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Aug 26, 2009 - 03:05am PT
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Okay so he was the 'Shemp' of the Kennedys, (thank you Sam Kinnison) but he did a lot of good.
Bill Roberts, fa of Best of the Blues, and my good friend was taken by complications from brain cancer. Not a good way to go.
Thanks, Ted.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Aug 26, 2009 - 03:05am PT
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"This all started with the Kennedys;".......(I know I always make fun of the Kennedys and their democratic ways of thinking, and that car crash and all;...made Ted an easy target; plus it's easy to make fun of "big" people...but I was always impressed with the things Ted said about being of service and speaking out for people and representing people fairly and justly;......I'm not too political; I just usually vote for all the pro education candidates....which are usually the candidates that lose;....probably one of the reasons why education is presently in the toilet;...anyways;....rest in peace, Ted;....I will probably keep on making fun of the Kennedys....("Smoking pot in the White House, sleeping with movie stars, and giving all our hard earned money to the crack heads on welfare...").....you got my vote for being a politician who really and truly seemed to care about people and being of service to the public;....I believe a rarity among politicians.....
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Aug 26, 2009 - 03:07am PT
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Russ Walling wrote:
At least he reported the accident as quickly as possible.....
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!1111
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Aug 26, 2009 - 03:34am PT
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"Russ Walling wrote:
At least he reported the accident as quickly as possible..... "
Unlike Dick Cheney after he shot that lawyer in the face while drunk.
Funny how one sin sticks and other is forgotton, perhaps just cause Dick wasn't shooting straight
peace
karl
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Aug 26, 2009 - 03:36am PT
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Karl - you been drinking tonight?
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Nohea
Trad climber
Sunny Aiea,Hi
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Aug 26, 2009 - 05:56am PT
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I respect the man for serving the country and for being honest in areas where others have not. He said socialism was the best government in his mind. Sorry he was born here in the home of the Free, he would have been fantastic in Europe.
Rest in Peace Comrade.
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Prod
Trad climber
A place w/o Avitars apparently
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Aug 26, 2009 - 07:46am PT
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I've never understood the love affair with the Kennedy's. Seems dangerous to me when we Iconize political figures/ families, on both sides of this silly political continuum.
RIP Ted.
Prod.
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Aug 26, 2009 - 08:27am PT
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As far as serving his country, he was a very good politician, who many on the opposing bench said that he was easy to get along with and bipartisan.
Hardman, I do not know what to make of you sometimes. If you hate the Kennedy's that is your choice. Sad though. Of course you have never gotten behind the wheel intoxicated, have you.
The guy f*cked up and a person paid their live for his screw up. But, as said earlier, atonement can be difficult.
And HK, twice on this thread you have tried to ridicule people by saying "have you been drinking" just because you do not agree with them. Look in the mirror pal, and BTW I do not know you but you seem like a good man from your posts and other people's comments. I do not want to get into a flaming war with you, but IMO you sort of stepped over the bounds. Think about it.
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sully
Trad climber
CA
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Aug 26, 2009 - 09:21am PT
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I liked how Ted took John John and Caroline under his wing after JFKs death. I feel for the guy since he was also an Irish Catholic American. He died of alcoholism which eats away at the brain. A shout out to Patrick Sawyer, you lucky dog for living in the old country. Sinn Fein!
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Aug 26, 2009 - 11:14am PT
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RIP Edward. The family really has paid a huge price for public service.
Bobby Kennedy was one of personal heroes....this really is the end of a era for those of us born in the 40's and 50's.
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fluffy
Trad climber
boulder
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Aug 26, 2009 - 11:30am PT
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events like this make it rather easy to figure out what people are all about.
ted kennedy wasn't perfect, he was human. but he spent his life trying to make this country and the world a better place. civil rights, health care, voting rights, advocating for the disabled...just a little of what he accomplished.
and the mouthbreathers can only talk about his drunken (((incident)))
who among us hasn't made a mistake?
and who among us has done more for his fellow human?
RIP
(btw nohea we have many 'socialist' institutions here in the 'land of the free' try to keep up)
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Aug 26, 2009 - 11:31am PT
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We still have our contemporary Maria, Bob. I'd like to think she's working behind the scenes on that recactionary Ahnold.
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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Aug 26, 2009 - 11:42am PT
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"But quality care shouldn't depend on your financial resources, or the type of job you have, or the medical condition you face. Every American should be able to get the same treatment..." Ted Kennedy
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Prod
Trad climber
A place w/o Avitars apparently
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Aug 26, 2009 - 11:44am PT
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Karl etal,
Just because Dick Chaney shot his friend in the face and did not report it promptly does not make it OK for Ted to leave the scene of a crime. Also just because I've driven drunk, does not make it OK for Ted to abandon MJ.
I noticed those 2 arguments in this thread, and do not feel that they are legitimate arguments.
Prod.
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