Recalling the National Lampoon at the time. "If Teddy Kennedy had driven a Volkswagen, he'd be President today."
---And also not a liar and a murderer.
---The festivities around Fat Teddy's funeral last week were delicious to watch. For all the hypocracy.
---Only in America will you find both Democrats and Republicans fawning over the life of somebody so utterly despicable.
---He is finally in the ground and that's a positive thing, because shit is good for the soil.
---It was fun watching all these frauds burying another family member.
---There was Ethel who still looks like she packs a mean punch. And spikes one, too.
---And then there was her son, Joseph Kennedy, who's still trying to work the Vatican red tape to get his first marriage annuled.
---Because he was not mentally capable to enter into a marital union at the time.
---The equivalent of shaking an Etch-a-Sketch over your head so you can draw a new picture whenever you want.
---For the Kennedys, Catholicism is great because it apparently comes with a reset button.
---I hadn't seen his kids in a while. I got re-acquainted with Pegleg Kennedy. And, of the course, the youngest son just got out of rehab.
---He, of course, is the one who went into politics.
---They probably blame his problems on his mother, Joan, who wasn't bright enough not to fall down drunk in the gutter.
---Daddy was smarter. He did his guzzling at the wet bar of his house.
---While his nephew was upstairs raping some chick.
---Good old Uncle Teddy.
---Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi ran amuck last week trying to get the health care bill passed in Teddy's honor.
---Kennedycare.
---I think they missed the boat. His name should have been attached to that other legislation.
---Kennedy Kash for Klunkers. Because the guy sure did know how to get rid of a car.
---There are actually readers to this blog who are offended at the moment.
---So I will continue.
---Teddy's widow was 15 years old when he drove over that bridge in 1969. Talk about robbing the cradle.
---Twice.
---Obama had nice things to say about Teddy Kennedy at the funeral mass. I didn't realize his teleprompter knew the guy.
---Okay, I'll stop now.
---Comic book nuts must be frenzied at the thought that Disney just bought out Marvel Comics.
---Now we get to see what Mickey Mouse is like with superhuman powers.
---And wait till you see how Bambi gets revenge on those hunters.
---So, now I'm wondering if Marvel will get some play at the theme parks. Maybe the Incredible Hulk goes into "It's A Small World" and annihilates some little girls from Holland.
---It's late summer. LA is on fire.
---I love the folks who stay in their homes and think they stop the inferno by hosing down their roof.
---That's like expecting Adam Sandler to make a decent movie.
---Of course, there are probably some folks who are upside down in their mortgages and inviting the fire in. Lining their front walks with some Kingsford.
---And these always start because somebody flicked a cigarette. Shitheads.
---The fires might be another reason to delay Michael Jackson's burial. At this point, let's just stuff him and put him on display.
---At a Rite-Aid.
Dinner last night: Sausage and pepper pizza at the Dodger game.
5 comments:
If you think the Teddy stuff was bad in L.A., you should have been in Boston (Helen and I were taking our daughter back to school). Talk about all Kennedy, all the time. Gruesome. But the topper was the bus running down Commonwealth Ave. and flashing "Thank you, Senator Kennedy."
Pretty vitriolic against someone for something that happened decades ago. And, yes, Catholicism does come with a reset button -- it's called redemption. Teddy's a good example of it.
Casting no aspersions on Catholics. All Christians sin and seek the ultimate redemption. But, the Kennedy family has consistently cut corners in life and then hid it all behind the cloak of a good Catholic family. It's a long, long list of transgressions. And, for some strange reason, I can't overlook such a heinous act just because it happened years ago. It should not have happened at all. I'd like to think that Teddy lived with a guilty conscience the rest of his life. But, the family's arrogance always seemed to win out. THey think they are better than everybody else. And that runs counter to the teachings of the very church they embrace.
Love your comments! I know I've pissed off a good friend by posting the VW Lampoon story... Oh well! She'll get over it. Good bye Teddy! -LT
Apparently, Ted Kennedy became more spiritual as he got older (many of us do; I am among them). I pray for his soul, and I pray for his family. But the media attention, which seemed to completely gloss over the fact that he killed a woman and was not punished for it, made me ill.
Catholicism does come with a reset button -- the sacrament of penance. I pray that Sen. Kennedy used the time he had on earth to make amends with God for his sins (as we all must)and that God will grant him eternal rest.
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