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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 09:45 AM Original message |
Great RFK quote on materialism -- who talks like this today? |
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wake.up.america (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
1. Wish I could write that well. |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. That makes me want to cry |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
3. Heck, I can remember it! |
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sasha031 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
4. that is brilliant |
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atommom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
5. Can't imagine anyone in politics saying that today... |
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Sick_of_Rethuggery (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
6. JK for one. |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
7. Kerry speaks like that - which is why they said he was an "elite", |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 10:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I don't mean grammar and vocabluary. I mean content. Who talks about these |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 06:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
40. Well, just off the top of my head, JK said: |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 10:01 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. shrub talks like the sidekick on "my name is earl" |
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shance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 12:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
33. I don't think so Sydnie. RFK spoke about things we take for granted now. |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 01:18 AM Response to Reply #33 |
47. I don't think he was ahead of his time |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 06:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
41. Yeah, it's pretty sad it gets missed |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 08:26 AM Response to Reply #41 |
48. "I believe we can do better"... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 08:39 AM Response to Reply #48 |
57. It's RFK |
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PurpleChez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
10. Being too young to have experienced the Kennedy mystique firsthand |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 10:13 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. LBJ was ten times wealthier than JFK in 1964. Nobody did more for the poor |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 10:24 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Good points ..... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 10:47 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. What's the title, H20 Man? Funny, I've never read about his life - |
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MN ChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 11:14 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. IIRC, the Schlesinger book is titled |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 11:31 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Thank you. n/t |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 11:03 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. H2OMan, that was the last time a Prez said 'no' to the Military/Industrial |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 02:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
39. Good point/interesting questions. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 06:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
44. Another pivotal experience in RFK's life was going with a Senate |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 10:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. RFK was more progressive in 1967 than we will be for |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 10:53 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Between RFK running for president on progressive issues, and MLK |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 08:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
52. You are correct, but how? Just the "voting machine issue" sinks America |
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PurpleChez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 11:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
29. I did not know until relatively recently that LBJ |
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MN ChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 12:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. LBJ made his fortune |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 12:16 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. In the beginning of the 20th century, oil $ went to Democrats because |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 08:03 PM Response to Reply #30 |
50. Also profitted from Texas Instruments. Big bucks in them there calculators |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 06:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
43. But his "War on Poverty" died in Vietnam |
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MN ChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 10:39 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Correct |
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PurpleChez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 11:51 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. I agree with your overall message, however... |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 10:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
46. If it weren't for his many failings, he'd be dead too. |
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serryjw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 08:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
51. Correct.....They were REAL |
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PurpleChez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 06:57 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Very true. But there's the gist of my ambivalence toward the Kennedys. |
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serryjw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:39 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Just to be labor a point |
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PurpleChez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 06:40 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. 100% True |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
12. Wow |
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TheFarseer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 10:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. I think |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 01:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. Agreed! |
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TheFarseer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 01:41 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Tax breaks for corporations is a bottomless hole |
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Jose Diablo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 09:23 AM Response to Reply #36 |
59. The bottomless money hole that constitutes corporatism in America |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
13. Gross National Happiness - |
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Onlooker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
15. Outstanding |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
22. Could there be a common agenda that has been missed? |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
24. Now there's a leader |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
26. Thank you for posting this. |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 11:55 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. This quote is in the heading for the final chapter of this book: |
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jokerman93 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
32. So THAT's why |
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Golden Raisin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
35. TV "news" today couldn't fit |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
37. Great quote. k/r n/t |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
38. Beautiful! Thanks for posting! |
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stickdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
42. And when it was clear he was going to win ... (nt) |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
45. kick... |
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sundancekid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
49. maybe we need a new GNP - like Gross National Progress (purity, pride ...) |
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xkenx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
53. For those of us who remember, RFK inspired a generation, |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
58. Exactly ! |
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