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Ted Kennedy Dies of Brain Cancer at Age 77

Hatuey said:
I propose we make a D-P-roduction's financed film about Mary Jo & Ted Kennedy. I obviously will play Ted and the Reverend can play Jo. We can do it like the rapture series. Very low budget and maybe try to get a cameo by Kirk Cameron or Obama? What do you say guys? Huh? Huh?

:fueltofir :fueltofir
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I think you'd make a prettier Mary Jo.
 
could one of the mods wake the **** up and put this rancid thread down in the sewer where it belongs?
 
RIP Ted Kennedy

Hatuey said:
At the end of the day we're all complaining about two different dogs who look the same in the dark. I mean I obviously, never met Mary Jo Kopechne. I didn't sleep with her. And if she were alive today I'd probably help her old ass cross the street. All this talk TOJ and some conservatives are making of shedding tears for people NONE of us ever met or would even look at if they were standing next to us in an elevator is ridiculous.
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Perhaps it's just me, but the other side of the coin; people being happy about his death, is just as ridiculous considering that nobody here knew him. I have respect for the dead regardless of who it is. Am I happy he died? No. Am I sad he died? No. Having respect for the dead doesn't necessarily mean that we are shedding tears for someone we don't know.
 
Joe1991 said:
could one of the mods wake the **** up and put this rancid thread down in the sewer where it belongs?
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Why? Just because you don't like the way its going? People are being civil here, there's no need to put it in the sewer just because people are expressing views that you don't agree with.
 
Dr_Patrick said:
RIP Ted Kennedy



Perhaps it's just me, but the other side of the coin; people being happy about his death, is just as ridiculous considering that nobody here knew him. I have respect for the dead regardless of who it is. Am I happy he died? No. Am I sad he died? No. Having respect for the dead doesn't necessarily mean that we are shedding tears for someone we don't know.
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But we did know him as a public figure. His life was pretty much an open book and we all know what he did politically.

What is respect for the dead? He's dead and does not care anymore. He can take nothing with him so what's to respect? His accomplishments? Not many that I would consider worthy. His family? Not really.

So I don't agree. Has nothing to do with anyone knowing him personally. It has to do with his (in my opinion) being a useless waste of human flesh. I did not hate the guy, but respect him because he is dead? Please, we will all attain that one day.
 
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Dr_Patrick said:
Why? Just because you don't like the way its going? People are being civil here, there's no need to put it in the sewer just because people are expressing views that you don't agree with.
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The only reason we on the left are being civil is because we're shocked by how many on the right have shown zero class. :roll:
 
Blackdog said:
But we did know him as a public figure. His life was pretty much an open book and we all know what he did politically.

What is respect for the dead? He's dead and does not care anymore. He can take nothing with him so what's to respect? His accomplishments? Not many that I would consider worthy. His family? Not really.

So I don't agree. Has nothing to do with anyone knowing him personally. It has to do with his (in my opinion) being useless waste of human flesh. I did not hate the guy, but respect him because he is dead? Please, we will all attain that one day.
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Then why criticize people who don't know him yet are saddened by his death? Are their feelings not just as legitimate as those who are happy are? Personally I think both are ridiculous for the same reason that Hatuey does. Nobody here knew him personally. Yes, his life was an open book but that doesn't mean that anyone actually knew him. I'm sure you realize that a person's personality is far more intricate and complex than something that can be written in a book or seen on tv. Nobody here really knows what kind of a guy he is in person. That's my only point.
 
Joe1991 said:
The only reason we on the left are being civil is because we're shocked by how many on the right have shown zero class. :roll:
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Replace "we" with I and "we're" with I am would be more accurate.
 
Joe1991 said:
The only reason we on the left are being civil is because we're shocked by how many on the right have shown zero class. :roll:
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Since when has that ever made many on the left civil? It seems like they are always shocked and outraged by something that the right does. Then again, the same can be said for many on the right.
 
jamesrage said:
It probably wouldn't be anywhere near 30 million if it wasn't for Kennedy and others like him. Amnesty for illegals and Chain migration of relatives other than spouse or minor children basically encouraged the 12-20 million plus illegals we have in this country now.
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YEAH! You've never been to Mexico. Those people would have come over regardless of American policy. Mexico is a dirt ball with chihuahuas and soccer games. It's not a fun place to live in. Mexicans will tell you. Nobody encourages North Africans to come to Europe and they still leave by the thousands on boats and rafts every single day. Why? Because prosperity attracts people REGARDLESS of what the law is. North Africans have to cross dangerous waters, deal with dangerous smugglers and risk being sent into human slavery just for a shot at a better life. Do you honestly think all those dusty ass Mexicans wouldn't have seen the prosperity next door to them when absolutely nothing separates us from them other then a few Federales and fat American cops on the other side? You're naiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive.
 
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Good riddance scumbag; I hope Mary Jo is waiting for you at them pearly gates so that you can be properly judged in lieu of the pass you received from the voters of Massachusettes.

This jackass will not be missed by me. :2wave:
 
Dr_Patrick said:
Then why criticize people who don't know him yet are saddened by his death?
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I am criticizing the people who know him oh so well.

Dr_Patrick said:
Are their feelings not just as legitimate as those who are happy are? Personally I think both are ridiculous for the same reason that Hatuey does. Nobody here knew him personally. Yes, his life was an open book but that doesn't mean that anyone actually knew him. I'm sure you realize that a person's personality is far more intricate and complex than something that can be written in a book or seen on tv. Nobody here really knows what kind of a guy he is in person. That's my only point.
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You don't have to personally know someone to have an opinion especially if it is a public figure.

You are making it much more complicated than it is, or has to be.
 
American said:
Frankly I find these threads rather phoney. If I suddenly died I would expect a much larger thread, and much longer since I was an actual member here. It's almost as though people think the Kennedy will read this.
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:rofl THIS is funny.
 
Truth Detector said:
Good riddance scumbag; I hope Mary Jo is waiting for you at them pearly gates so that you can be properly judged in lieu of the pass you received from the voters of Massachusettes.

This jackass will not be missed by me. :2wave:
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She'll probably give him a blowjob when he gets up there. You know. Just to make up for the one she had to cut short in the 60s.
 
Hatuey said:
She'll probably give him a blowjob when he gets up there. You know. Just to make up for the one she had to cut short in the 60s.
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Man you are on a role today! :lol:
 
Blackdog said:
Man you are on a role today! :lol:
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I got a huge check in the mail. Makes me happy when my bank account increases a few thousand dollars at a time.
 
Zyphlin said:
Sigh. We really should start a pool on how quickly someone from the other side will come into a RIP type thread and **** it up with their hyper partisan idiocy when everyones being respectful in it. Like it'd be so damn hard to make a "Why the man deserves no respect in death" thread or something...but of course not, that'd take them being actually halfway respectful to their fellow posters and god knows people don't give a **** about that. They have to have all the attention on them, they must derail it into a big argument. :roll:

R.I.P. My heart goes out to the family. The man was a legend within American politics, good or bad. I disagreed with him on just about everything and have a number of issues with him, but ultimately he served his country as best as he felt he could and that's at le ast respectable.
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There you go again; you just caint hep yersef. It was merely a matter of time, but inevitable.

Blah blah blah "hyper partisan," blah blah blah blah "hyper partisan nonsense," blah blah blah blah blah blah "hyper partisan", blah blah blah.

It's like a broken record one just cannot turn off. Your selective "hyper partisan" BS is really getting quite old dude; get a new line. :rofl
 
Blackdog said:
I am criticizing the people who know him oh so well.

You don't have to personally know someone to have an opinion especially if it is a public figure.

You are making it much more complicated than it is, or has to be.
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Oh and I neglected to answer your "why have respect for the dead" question. Regardless of who he was in public, he was a loved one to someone else. Just as I would be upset if I lost a loved one I can certainly understand why they would be upset. So yeah, I have respect for the dead, regardless of who it is. Plus, I think it's kind of silly to attack someone who is dead and incapable of defending themselves.

And I realize that I don't have to know him personally to have an opinion. I'm not a fan of Ted Kennedy. Just like everyone here I have an opinion on the man. However, that doesn't mean that I'm not going to have respect for the dead. My personal opinion of him as a person has no bearing on that.
 
Oftencold said:
They're preempting Glenn Beck for this for cryin' out loud! If it were actual news I might not be so unhappy. But this is the same bits of information over, and over and over again!

I curious though, if he was this close to death with a brain tumor, was it really him asking for the change in Massachusetts Law these last few days, or a flunky working in his name. An investigation is certainly in order.
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"preempting Glenn Beck " is actually a public service since it prevents that piece of human garbage from spouting hatred and lies for at least one day.

Whether or not you agrred with The Ted politically or not he was a prominate Senator from a prominate family so yes the news media will be in a hyper mode.
 
Hatuey said:
She'll probably give him a blowjob when he gets up there. You know. Just to make up for the one she had to cut short in the 60s.
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That was funny, I'm glad I wasn't drinking anything or my computer would be coated in it.:rofl
 
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