Ted Kennedy Shrine

Truth · #1 05-07-2010, 03:41 PM

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"At a time when the American taxpayer is on the hook for trillions in current and future federal spending -- when the Congressional Budget Office warns that the current rate of federal spending is 'unsustainable' -- liberal Democrats in Congress have earmarked over $68 million of taxpayer dollars for a Boston shrine to the late Senator Edward Kennedy. In a detailed report, the Boston Herald describes the planned Edward M. Kennedy Institute as a 'temple for Ted Kennedy built with pork.' According to their account, congressional Democrats -- especially ... John Kerry and Edward Markey -- have been cramming earmarks for the project into various government funding bills. The Herald found that Kerry and Markey even intend to siphon $28.9 million of the institute's funding from the Defense Department budget, with almost $19 million of that amount already signed into law. ... I believe that establishing Teddy's Temple with millions of taxpayer dollars is meant to serve twin purposes. First, it is intended to enshrine the pretense that one's politics is more important than any other aspect of one's personal character. ... Second, Teddy's Temple is a means to an even broader end. That end is to elevate his liberal ideology to the status of an official, government-approved 'ideal.' You can be sure that the 'good citizenship' propagated at his shrine will translate into speeches, writings, video clips, totems, classes, and materials extolling his liberalism generally, and his advocacy of socialized medicine specifically -- all paid for with your hard-earned dollars." --columnist Robert Bidinotto (patriotpost.us)

Anyone here going to defend Ted Kennedy, Kerry and Markey?

Boreas · #2 05-07-2010, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Truth

Anyone here going to defend Ted Kennedy, Kerry and Markey?

People who liked and admired Teddy probably approve. People who didn't probably don't. It's like the $500 Million being spent on the George W. Bush library.

John

Boreas · #3 05-07-2010, 04:06 PM

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Second, Teddy's Temple is a means to an even broader end. That end is to elevate his liberal ideology to the status of an official, government-approved 'ideal.' You can be sure that the 'good citizenship' propagated at his shrine will translate into speeches, writings, video clips, totems, classes, and materials extolling his liberalism generally, and his advocacy of socialized medicine specifically -- all paid for with your hard-earned dollars.

Right wing paranoia and conspiracy theories sure are entertaining.

John

Fast_Eddie · #4 05-07-2010, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Boreas

Right wing paranoia and conspiracy theories sure are entertaining.

John

No kidding. How much crap is named after Reagan?

Truth · #5 05-07-2010, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Boreas

People who liked and admired Teddy probably approve. People who didn't probably don't. It's like the $500 Million being spent on the George W. Bush library.

John

That's obviously true in regards to people who approved of or disapproved of Teddy. Bush's library isn't or wasn't funded by our money by the federal government.

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News reports have noted that the library, to be set up at Southern Methodist University, will cost more than $200 million. The question is, who will pay for it? The tabs for presidential libraries are not covered by the taxpayers. They are picked up by nonprofit foundations, and these foundations have no obligation to disclose their sources of money. Bill Clinton has refused to say who is funding his library through the William J. Clinton Foundation, though the Washington Post reported that the royal family of Saudi Arabia contributed $10 million to the Little Rock facility.

http://motherjones.com/mojo/2008/02/...ng-his-library

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Originally Posted by Boreas
Right wing paranoia and conspiracy theories sure are entertaining.

It's not paranoia or theory, it's the truth, but we know that Left Wingers don't like the truth and some are abnormally afraid that any opposing viewpoints and actions are all conspiracies against them, which is sometimes amusingly entertaining.

Boreas · #6 05-07-2010, 11:31 PM

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It's not paranoia or theory, it's the truth, but we know that Left Wingers don't like the truth and some are abnormally afraid that any opposing viewpoints and actions are all conspiracies against them, which is sometimes amusingly entertaining.

Here you are posting some screed that claims that the Edward M. Kennedy Institute is part of a left wing plot to indoctrinate all of us with liberal poison. Project much?

Every once in a while one of you Freepers shows up here to straighten us all out but, really, we're not worth the trouble. Why not save yourself some needless aggravation and go somewhere where you don't have to deal with us idiots?

John

Fast_Eddie · #7 05-07-2010, 04:11 PM

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Anyone here going to defend Ted Kennedy...

Man, the guy couldn't even get off the hook with you by dying of cancer. Nice.

As others have said, if this kind of divisive BS floats your boat, that's fine. Yeah. If we had that $68M back everything would be fine. That would pay for the useless war in Iraq ten times over.

Seriously, don't let the hacks focus your attention... dunno. Something about speck in his eye, plank in your eye. Whatever. Waste of time. If you took the time to post this crap you won't understand what I'm trying (and failing) to say.

Truth · #8 05-07-2010, 09:07 PM

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Originally posted by Fast Eddie
Man, the guy couldn't even get off the hook with you by dying of cancer. Nice.

(2 posts after that statement) No kidding. How much crap is named after Reagan?

And yet Reagan who is also dead isn't off your hook.

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Originally posted by Fast Eddie
As others have said, if this kind of divisive BS floats your boat, that's fine. Yeah. If we had that $68M back everything would be fine. That would pay for the useless war in Iraq ten times over.

Seriously, don't let the hacks focus your attention... dunno. Something about speck in his eye, plank in your eye. Whatever. Waste of time. If you took the time to post this crap you won't understand what I'm trying (and failing) to say.

If your divisive BS sinks your boat faster, that's fine also. Yes the $68M not spent on Teddy would be a fine thing. So mass murderers such as Saddam Hussein are alright with you and thus should be ignored?

Your remaining statements were a bit hacked up, possibly caused by specks and planks in your eyes which caused you to post your crap.

d-ray657 · #9 05-07-2010, 09:26 PM

Oh yeah! Well you're one too. na na na na na na.

I'm rubber and you're glue. Whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you.

I just love these enlightening discussions.

Regards,

D-Ray

Fast_Eddie · #10 05-07-2010, 09:48 PM

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And yet Reagan who is also dead isn't off your hook.

If your divisive BS sinks your boat faster, that's fine also. Yes the $68M not spent on Teddy would be a fine thing. So mass murderers such as Saddam Hussein are alright with you and thus should be ignored?

Your remaining statements were a bit hacked up, possibly caused by specks and planks in your eyes which caused you to post your crap.

Yeaaaah. I'm done with you. Sorry. We've been over this. You're right. The most important thing on Earth at the time was Saddam Hussein. No other murders out there, thank God. With him out of the way, the world is good again. You have had too much of the Kool Aid to reason with. Everything Bush did is good and everything Obama does is bad. Well done. Why post here at all? You have it all figured out. Must be nice.