(08-28-2021, 09:43 AM)BIAD Wrote:(08-28-2021, 05:08 AM)Ninurta Wrote: I dunno why he even went to prison to begin with. They shoulda pinned a medal on him, made statues of him, and gave him his own national holiday. Regardless of the reason he did it, he took another Useless Kennedy out of the gene pool, and that's pretty damned heroic!
Well, the common scene often painted for the modern public is that the Kennedy brothers were the instigators of
the new 'Camelot' and their forays into questionable liaisons, chemical-use and their father's Prohibition activities
tends to get overlooked.
A deep-dive into the rabbit hole of this would be a good idea.
John got axed as president, Bobby was a sleaze that got too close to the presidency, so he got axed... and it does not escape my attention that Teddy never even tried to run for president after that...
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’