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Ted Kennedy - dead at 77
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| Joss Weatherby |
RIP. :(
I am actually a little teary eyed... 
Thats the bleeding heart liberal in me... |
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| Krypton |
| RIP the great compromiser. Seems like this country is more divided than ever. |
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| DjWhooCares |
SAD NEWS :(
R.I.P Ol' chap |
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| iTranscendence |
| We'll miss you John Madden. |
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| Capitalizt |
| Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment on the senator's death |
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| The17sss |
| quote: | Originally posted by Capitalizt
Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment on the senator's death |
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| Joss Weatherby |
| quote: | Originally posted by Capitalizt
Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment on the senator's death |
Now is not the time for that mate. |
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| Capitalizt |
| just stating a fact..sry. |
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| The17sss |
| Lots of people die every day... and I'd say the same thing if a Republican senator just died that none of us know and has not legitimatelly affected any of us in any positive way: RIP out of respect, but who (amongst us) really gives a ? |
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| Clovis |
| quote: | Originally posted by The17sss
and I'd say the same thing if a Republican senator just died that none of us know and has not legitimatelly affected any of us in any positive way: |
Thats some incredible ignorance right there buddy.
Go look up some of the legislation that bears his imprint. He helped change this country in many many ways for the better.
Extract from LAtimes obiturary just posted:
| quote: | Though his most cherished legislative goal of universal health insurance eluded him, Kennedy helped write a number of laws that ranged from making it easier for workers who change or lose jobs to keep their health insurance, to giving 18-year-olds the right to vote, to deregulating the airlines, which helped lower airfares.
He several times spearheaded legislation to raise the minimum wage and, in the early 1970s, wrote the law creating Meals on Wheels, which delivers meals to seniors. He was influential in reforming immigration laws and in expanding Head Start programs.
In 1982, he helped gain an extension of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and he was a principal sponsor of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, which negated Supreme Court decisions that made it more difficult for minorities to win lawsuits charging job discrimination by employers. In 1990, he worked with then-Sen. Robert J. Dole (R-Kan.) to gain passage of the landmark Americans With Disabilities Act giving disabled Americans greater access to employment, among other things. That same year, he was author of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act providing funds for community healthcare and support services.
And every major education law passed since the 1960s bears Kennedy's imprint, according to the National Education Assn., which gave Kennedy its highest award in 2000. |
Personally I don't hold him in any sort of high regard given the Mary Jo Kopechne incident, but he did do a lot for this country in the senate. |
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