R.I.P. Senator Kennedy

[SmokeyJoe]

I did not agree with him on many points, if any, but I hate to see cancer claim anyone.

May his family be comforted.

[G G]

Originally Posted by SmokeyJoe

I did not agree with him on many points, if any, but I hate to see cancer claim anyone.

May his family be comforted.

Have to second Joe. RIP.

[SeanGAR]

1 vs 4334 ... you wonder what reality some people live in.

[icantbejon]

Originally Posted by SeanGAR

1 vs 4334 ... you wonder what reality some people live in.

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As a flawed individual myself I honor his service to country and find inspiration in his devotion to family.

I went to the polls for the first time when I was 18.
My older brother could not vote when he was 18.

Senator Kennedy was a long proponent of the 18 year old's right to vote. He demonstrated his support in his testimony in front of the Subcommittee for Lowering the Voting Age to 18. During his testimony he stated: "Long ago, according to historians, the age of maturity was fixed at 21, because that was the age at which a young man was thought to be capable of bearing armor. Strange as it may seem, the weight of armor in the 11th century governs the right to vote of Americans in the 20th century." Senator Kennedy continued to support this initiative until it was realized with the signing of the Twenty-sixth Amendment on July 5, 1971.

This legislation made the lyric from the 1965 Barry McGuire song "Eve of Destruction" outdated.

The eastern world, it is exploding
Violence flarin’, bullets loadin’
You’re old enough to kill, but not for votin’
You don’t believe in war, but what’s that gun you’re totin’
And even the Jordan River has bodies floatin’

That third line expressed the inequity of a time when men and women under the age of 21 serving our country did not have a voice on election day.

"…the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."

May God's blessings be upon us all.

[Genetic Defect]

[HK3-]

Met Ted quite a few years back sitting in a box at a Wizards game. Nice guy who liked to drink. RIP old man.

[Tenor CS]

Originally Posted by SeanGAR

1 vs 4334 ... you wonder what reality some people live in.

I don't get it either.

[Tenor CS]

Originally Posted by SeanGAR

1 vs 4334 ... you wonder what reality some people live in.

Ah, I figured it out. I kept trying to figure out the significance of the number 4334. It's the number of US troops killed in the Iraq war so far.

[csbrewfisher]

Originally Posted by SeanGAR

1 vs 4334 ... you wonder what reality some people live in.

1 vs 49,320,000

You wonder what reality some people are not allowed to live in.

[Genetic Defect]

1 vs 3
I escaped reality Long ago