Daily Discussions on Robert F. Kennedy In His Own Words CD | | Did the Kennedy's fund Obama's Education? | | The John F. Kennedy School of Government at[b]Harvard University[/b]* Ash Institute for[b]Democratic Governance[/b] and Innovation* Belfer Center for[b]Science and International Affairs[/b]* Carr Center for[b]Human Rights Policy[/b]* Center for[b]International Development[/b]* Center for[b]Public Leadership[/b]* Hauser Center for[b]Nonprofit Organizations[/b]*[b][u]Institute of Politics[/u][/b]* Edmund J. Safra Foundation[b]Center for Ethics[/b]* Joan Shorenstein Center on the[b]Press, Politics and Public Policy[/b]* Mossavar Rahmani Center for Business and Government* Rappaport Institute for[b]Greater Boston[/b] ([i]home of Ted Kennedy[/i])* Taubman Center for[b]State and Local Government[/b]* Malcolm Wiener Center for[b]Social Policy[/b]* Joint Center for[b]Housing Studies[/b]*[b]Women and Public Policy Program[/b][b]HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL Alumni[/b]:Pete Rouse - Senior Adviser to President Barack Obama; former co-head of the Obama-Biden Transition ProjectRobert Zoellick, President of the World Bank (previously a managing director of Goldman Sachs)Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of Liberia... | |
| | RIP Ted Kennedy has died | | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TedKennedy/story?id=6692022[i]"Sen. Ted Kennedy died shortly before midnight Tuesday at his home in Hyannis Port, Mass., at age 77. The man known as the "liberal lion of the Senate" had fought a more than year-long battle with brain cancer, and according to his son had lived longer with the disease than his doctors expected him to."We've lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the inspiration of his faith, optimism, and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever," the Kennedy family said in a statement. "He loved this country and devoted his life to serving it."Sen. Edward Moore Kennedy, the youngest Kennedy brother who was left to head the family's political dynasty after his brothers President John F. Kennedy and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy were assassinated.Kennedy championed health care reform, working wages and equal rights in his storied career. In August, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom -- the nation's highest civilian honor -- by President Obama. His daughter, Kara Kennedy, accepted the award on his behalf.[/i]this is so sad.. i had... | |
| | Now Here's A Real Waste Of Taxpayer Money | | Not too long ago, one of the famous bridges here in the NYC area was renamed from the Triborough Bridge to the RFK Bridge in honor of Robert F. Kennedy, the brother to President Kennedy and of whom both were assassinated. Well, okay I have no problem with that...a nice way of commemorating someone as important as Robert Kennedy and unfortunately was taken away ruthlessly in the prime of his life by an assassins' bulletBut now it's deemed necessary to change ALL the signs that formerly said Triborough Bridge to RFK Bridge to the tune of $4 Million dollars...like Huh? And of course the $4 million is taxpayer money To me this is so ludicrous. With the economy the way it is, I think there's a lot better means of spending $4 million dollars than changing the names of signs..why not put that money for or toward health care, school/education?? Don't we the citizens get a chance to vote on how taxpayer money is to be spent? For better needs than this?And okay,...this might sound tacky...but there are so many members of the Kennedy clan...like sheesh..why don't they chip in for the costs??Here's an article about... | |
| | Do you dare to achieve? | | I at times haven't dared but at other times I've surprised myself!What about you?xoxoxoxoxoxOnly those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
- Robert F. Kennedy | |
| | Do you remember what you were doing 40 years ago today? | | 40th anniversary of the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy at Los Angeles, CA. I was six years old, but I had a late birthday, so I don't think I was in first grade yet. I vaguely remember the tv (yes, black and white on) and my mom watching the coverage of his funeral.So I honestly, don't remember much from that day. | |
| | I failed.. but it's not the end of it. | | A discussion from moonastrid made me decide to share this thing about my failure in school. On my first semester as a second year college, I failed to pass the course Mathematics on Finance. I must say that I am not a good mathematics student that's why. But the main idea here is I failed because I am too lazy or maybe I lack the patience to learn the topic. And so, I am now here, will go on a summer class starting on monday. My first ever summer class ever since I got into school. I think that failures are not meant to destroy us but to mold us in the way we want to be. The most important thing is not about falling but in rising every time we fall. I gathered some informations about many successful and famous people around the globe and their stories of failures. I hope that you'll get inspired by them also:)Thomas Edison's teachers said he was "too stupid to learn anything." He was fired from his first two jobs for being "non-productive." As an inventor, Edison made 1,000 unsuccessful attempts at inventing the light bulb. When a reporter asked, "How did it feel to fail 1,000 times?" Edison replied, "I didn’t fail 1,000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1,000... | |
| | Famous Addicts | | This isn't so much a question as it is a mini-rant. I've sadly had many addicts in my life. Some who now have sobriety, and some that I wonder/worry if they will ever find inner peace. It seems the average person has this idea of who an addict is, what they look like, act like etc and it's so not the reality of addiction. Not every addict, including active addicts are homeless, dirty, stupid, dangerous or degenerate people. They're in every walk of life, and most often you wouldn't be able to tell by looking at them that they struggle with these demons. So I'm sharing this list of celebrities that have spent time in rehabs in the hopes of opening anyone's eyes as to how this disease can touch anyone's life. If it hasn't touched yours, consider yourself blessed.
http://www.drugalcohol-rehab.com/famous-addicts.htm
A couple names on the list that may surprise you....
Betty Ford, J. Paul Getty, Jr., Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,Ben Affleck,Mary Tyler Moore,Jenna Bush,Prince Harry,D. Cheney- check out the list for more. | |
| | Famous Last Words | | 1. Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.
Francisco ("Pancho") Villa
2.I'll be in Hell before you start breakfast!
"Black Jack" Ketchum, notorious train robber
3.Now, now, my good man, this is no time for making enemies.
Voltaire (attributed), when asked by a priest to renounce Satan
4.Get these fu**ing nuns away from me.
Norman Douglas
5.Don't worry...it's not loaded...
Terry Kath, rock musician in the band Chicago Transit Authority as he put the gun he was cleaning to his head and pulled the trigger.
6.Is someone hurt?
Robert F. Kennedy, to his wife directly after he was shot and seconds before he fell into a coma
7.Die, my dear? Why that's the last thing I'll do!
Groucho Marx
8.Go on, get out! Last words are for fools who haven't said enough!
Karl Marx, asked by his housekeeper what his last words were
9.I have a terrific headache.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who died of a massive cerebral hemorrhage
10.I'd hate to die twice. It's so boring.
Richard Feynman
11.Drink to me!
Pablo Picasso
12.I have not told half of what I saw.
Marco Polo, Venetian traveller and writer
13.Since the day of my birth, my death began its... | |
| | Biopics Are Perennial Oscar Lures | |
Actors playing Truman Capote and June Carter Cash won top honors this year at the Academy Awards. Next year, actors playing Queen Elizabeth II and Idi Amin could do the same. When biopics work, as "Coal Miner's Daughter" director Michael Apted put it, "they work like gangbusters." Many times, though, "they tend to feel like the greatest hits of a famous person's life," said "Secretary" director Steven Shainberg, whose new movie "Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus" is a completely different take on the genre.
For the sake of argument, we're talking about both traditional biopics, like "Frida" (about Frida Kahlo) and "Sylvia" (about Sylvia Plath) which encompass a giant swath of a real person's life, and films with a more specific focus like "Capote" and "Infamous," which both happened to capture the same pivotal point in the diminutive writer's illustrious history: when he was working on his true-crime classic "In Cold Blood." Both approaches have proven themselves powerful come Oscar time. Philip Seymour Hoffman and Reese Witherspoon walked away winners for the 2005 movies "Capote" and "Walk the Line," respectively. The latter film, which... | |
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