JFK

On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 13:02:44 -0500, Ron Natalie wrote:

What is it with the US policy about Cuba anyway?

We should have never given it back after the Spanish-American war :-)

At least you have a land-lease there.

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in article , Tom S. at
wrote on 11/15/03 6:56 AM:


"Cecil E. Chapman" wrote in message
om...
Guess again....

From Pres John F. Kennedy's inaugural address delivered in 1961

I would hate to be judged by the behavior of some of my relatives. If
you're going to hate me, hate me for my own actions, not those of
someone
else.

but jeez the apple doesn't fall far from the tree and I haven't even
addressed that other Kennedy who was the rapist..

The Kennedy's are/were rotten to the core. Wealthy to the point that they
didn't belive that the law was for them.

And when you look at where they GOT that wealth....

From bootlegged liquor, right? I've never seen very much wrong with that,
myself. Indeed, if many of the people in here had lived during The Dry
Years, Joseph Kennedy would likely have been their hero.

in article , Tom S. at
wrote on 11/15/03 7:05 AM:


"Michael 182" wrote in message
news:Eqatb.2325$Dw6.16807@attbi_s02...
Not only that, but many people are honest, have integrity, and believe in
morality and still have affairs. Many people would never stand up to the
scrutiny that they impose on others. The Republicans found that out during
the Clinton impeachment as Bob Livingston, Bob Barr, Dan Burton, Helen
Chenoweth all revealed they had affairs. Newt Gingrich was rumored to have
resigned under the same cloud.

But they didn't commit perjury to cover it and offer high paying government
jobs to keep it quiet. Also, Chenoweth didn;t have an "affair" (IMS) as she
was unmarried at the time as was her sexual partner.

Incorrect. Chenoweth was snogging a married man.

This double standard always amuses me. "It's only infidelity if you lie
about it!" Reminds me of the same linguistic gymnastics Clinton himself
engaged in.

in article , C J Campbell at
wrote on 11/14/03 6:01 PM:

He did claim to be a jelly donut (literal translation of "Ich bin ein
Berliner")

The editors of several Berlin newspapers would be surprised to hear that
(Berliner Morgenpost, Berliner Zeitung, etc.). Berliner refers to a resident
of Berlin, just as a Hamburger is a denizen of Hamburg and a Frankfurter
resides in Frankfurt. Generally, these words are only funny to non-Germans
who haven't the slightest idea what they're talking about.

"Tom S." wrote in message
...

Like those two dudes in Europe in the 20's and 30's? How about those that
did likewise from the left...that guy with the _Little Red Book_...


They weren't trying to do what was best for the people of their countries.

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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My choice for a "best" leader would be Abe Lincoln, who lead his country
through a war and a difficult moral struggle with honesty and dignity --
and he wasn't bad in the gift of gab department, either.


Lincoln is revered for preserving the Union. But he didn't take an oath to
preserve the union, he took an oath to "preserve, protect, and defend the
Constitution of the United States." In preserving the Union he trampled the
Constitution.

"Chris Hoffmann" wrote in message
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I've only been reading this group for a few months, so I have to ask - is
this the first time Pete's been mistaken?

Yikes. Even if it were (and it's not), asking a question like that on
Usenet, you might as well just paint a big bullseye on my forehead. If I
had any common sense (and many say I don't) I'd lay low for the next few
months.

Tony Cox wrote:

I thought a "Berliner" was a type of sausage. Anyway, the picture
of an earnest JFK, waffling away in such seriousness, while the
locals tittered and guffawed must be the highpoint of his entire
presidency. Wish I'd been there.

No, it's a pastry, but from the films I've seen of the occasion, any titters
were completely drowned out by the cheers and thunderous applause.

George Patterson
If you're not part of the solution, you can make a lot of money prolonging
the problem.

Philip Sondericker wrote:

The editors of several Berlin newspapers would be surprised to hear that
(Berliner Morgenpost, Berliner Zeitung, etc.). Berliner refers to a resident
of Berlin, just as a Hamburger is a denizen of Hamburg and a Frankfurter
resides in Frankfurt.

"Ich bin Berliner" translates as "I am a Berliner". "Ich bin EIN Berliner"
translates as "I am a jelly doughnut".

George Patterson
They say nothing's certain except death and taxes. The thing is, death
doesn't get worse every time Congress goes into session.

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
...

"Ich bin Berliner" translates as "I am a Berliner". "Ich bin EIN Berliner"
translates as "I am a jelly doughnut".


Wouldn't jelly doughnut be gelee krapfen?