Today is Ted Kennedy's birthday and

[Cha]

I'd like to honor his memory in this small way to thank him for his dedication to helping others in Massachusetts and the whole country.

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"Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party."

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kennedy

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"The Cause of My Life"

"In 1964, I was flying with several companions to the Massachusetts Democratic Convention when our small plane crashed and burned short of the runway. My friend and colleague in the Senate, Birch Bayh, risked his life to pull me from the wreckage. Our pilot, Edwin Zimny, and my administrative assistant, Ed Moss, didn't survive. With crushed vertebrae, broken ribs, and a collapsed lung, I spent months in New England Baptist Hospital in Boston. To prevent paralysis, I was strapped into a special bed that immobilizes a patient between two canvas slings. Nurses would regularly turn me over so my lungs didn't fill with fluid. I knew the care was expensive, but I didn't have to worry about that. I needed the care and I got it."

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http://www.newsweek.com/id/207406


O8) :party:

[quiet.american]

1. Thank you, Cha. As you can most likely tell from my sig, I was/am a great admirer of his. nt

[Cha]

2. Oh yes!

That it does..that it does!

[NYC_SKP]

3. That's a much better sig

...than this other sig I saw a little while ago...

I have no idea what I'm talking about....

;-)

[Cha]

5. It's

still there:( Incredible.

[NYC_SKP]

6. I asked a question.

66 replies, 1 rec.

Not too flaming.

Interesting discussion.

I take it as a personal attack on the president.

It's one thing to attack policy, quite another to attack the president.

I don't think it will go away, but at least it doesn't have overwhelming support.

There really are more of us, and I don't even mean the BOG group, I mean reasonable members generally, than there are of the loud few who would do that.

:grouphug:

[Cha]

7. Yes, there

are more reasonable members and something that's against the rules should be deleted.

:grouphug:

[FrenchieCat]

4. Happy B-Day Dear Senator Kennedy!

We miss you a whole lot! :cry:

[treestar]

8. I did not know that had happened to him

The Kennedys are "good" rich people. He didn't feel entitled to what others could not have.