/dev/null Posted May 17, 2008 Posted May 17, 2008 http://wbztv.com/local/senator.ted.kennedy.2.726409.html 24 hour news channels are in a feeding frenzy over this All politics aside, hope it's nothing serious
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 17, 2008 Posted May 17, 2008 As Sidney Crosby said about Sean Avery busting his spleen: "I think we all wish him well."
Typical TBD Guy Posted May 17, 2008 Posted May 17, 2008 Let's all hope the pilot airlifting him hadn't been drinking beforehand.
Steely Dan Posted May 17, 2008 Posted May 17, 2008 I hope he's ok too. I'm surprised he hasn't had more problems given his intake of alcohol over the years.
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 17, 2008 Posted May 17, 2008 Let's all hope the pilot airlifting him hadn't been drinking beforehand. Ya... For the pilot's sake... Teddy already survived one plane crash where he came out with a broken back.
VABills Posted May 17, 2008 Posted May 17, 2008 Ya... For the pilot's sake... Teddy already survived one plane crash where he came out with a broken back. Don't worry about your liberal, Tenny doesn't fly anymore so that's one less bad pilot to crash.
buckeyemike Posted May 17, 2008 Posted May 17, 2008 Man, I so badly want to insert a Chappaquiddick joke here, but I think that's bad taste. Get well soon, Senator.
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 17, 2008 Posted May 17, 2008 Don't worry about your liberal, Tenny doesn't fly anymore so that's one less bad pilot to crash. Not worried about Teddy... He seems to have survived the "Kennedy Curse?" Plane crash early in life, broken back. Car crash, chick comes up dead. In all seriousness... I think it is the Joe Kennedy thing... As the youngest he was always forced to sink or swim (no pun indended) on his own (within more reason than the other coddled Kennedy's). I guess it really says something about who can literally survive and who can't as "motherment" goes... Motherment which basically had its beginnings in the Kennedy clan and carried on into society and how Americans raise their children. By no means am I a fan of the Kennedys when it comes to these issues!
Wacka Posted May 17, 2008 Posted May 17, 2008 Recover and retire already. No need for him to continue "working".
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 17, 2008 Posted May 17, 2008 Recover and retire already. No need for him to continue "working". That is a classic Wacka... You sound like my Polish grandmother or something she would say! I do agree though... Has any Kennedy really worked a day in their life?
/dev/null Posted May 17, 2008 Author Posted May 17, 2008 That is a classic Wacka... You sound like my Polish grandmother or something she would say! I do agree though... Has any Kennedy really worked a day in their life? Patrick Kennedy, but that was before the Civil War
Wacka Posted May 17, 2008 Posted May 17, 2008 That is a classic Wacka... You sound like my Polish grandmother or something she would say! I do agree though... Has any Kennedy really worked a day in their life? I meant that as do any politicians really work .
blzrul Posted May 17, 2008 Posted May 17, 2008 I do agree though... Has any Kennedy really worked a day in their life? I suppose getting shot down and killed serving your country in WWII doesn't count?
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 18, 2008 Posted May 18, 2008 I suppose getting shot down and killed serving your country in WWII doesn't count? As opposed to be a grunt at Guadalcanal? What is your point? Did they ever see Joe Jr. or even find his wreckage over Europe?... For all we know, he could have pulled a John John... They all served and that is good enough... Joe Jr. and JFK basically served to clear their father's name when Sr. was ambass to England in the late 30's. So, ya... They didn't work as hard.
ConradDobler Posted May 18, 2008 Posted May 18, 2008 A National Lampoon joke from the 1970's: Q: How do you know if it is Spring in Hyannisport? A: When you see Ted Kennedy driving down the sidewalk.
Wacka Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 Volkswagon had a commercial where they drove a beetle into water amd it floated. National Lampoon put a parody ad in the magazine with that picture and the caption "If ted Kennedy drove a Volkswagon, he'd be President today. " They got sued by both Kennedy and Volkswagon.
Lakesider Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 Thankfully he didn't have to go by ambulance across that bridge in Chappaquidick....
DC Tom Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 As opposed to be a grunt at Guadalcanal? What is your point? Did they ever see Joe Jr. or even find his wreckage over Europe?... For all we know, he could have pulled a John John... They all served and that is good enough... Joe Jr. and JFK basically served to clear their father's name when Sr. was ambass to England in the late 30's. So, ya... They didn't work as hard. Joe Jr. was on a worn-out B-24 converted (not an easy plane to fly, by any stretch of the imagination) to a guided bomb, packed with ten tons of explosives. The operational usage, as I recall, was that the pilots would get the plane airborne and sent towards the target, then bail out while a chase plane remotely guided it in to the target. Again, as I recall, Joe Jr's plane blew itself to pieces over the English Channel - in front of witnesses, no 'chutes. I'm pretty sure he didn't pull a John John. (Note: it was shortly afterwards that the USAAF said "Hey, maybe this whole 'bailing out of a 20,000-lb bomb' idea isn't all that hot.'") And Jack Kennedy was in PT Boats in the Solomons (in mid-1943, probably based in Munda or Rendova). That's not far off from being a grunt on Guadalcanal - except that unlike 1903 Springfield rifle, the PT boats armament didn't even !@#$ing work!!! (Seriously...unlike the "but Humvees are unarmored!" bull sh-- a few years ago, the story of US torpedos in WWII is truly criminally negligent). So yeah...I'd say both Kennedys worked pretty hard during the war.
DC Tom Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 Thankfully he didn't have to go by ambulance across that bridge in Chappaquidick.... We can make jokes now? Cool. Because I've been meaning to ask...what'd they airlift him with, a Skycrane?
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