tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post8777517249805935356..comments2024-02-21T08:52:55.878+00:00Comments on Your Freedom and Ours: And another thing ...Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13799545178433498944noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-54387521708037201152009-08-30T11:37:14.000+01:002009-08-30T11:37:14.000+01:00Thanks Mikgen. I am going to put the link up as an...Thanks Mikgen. I am going to put the link up as an update to the story.Helennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-80029540248840096702009-08-30T08:20:03.000+01:002009-08-30T08:20:03.000+01:00A follow up here: Ted Kennedy's Soviet Gambit
...A follow up here: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/27/ted-kennedy-soviet-union-ronald-reagan-opinions-columnists-peter-robinson.html" rel="nofollow">Ted Kennedy's Soviet Gambit</a><br /><br />To be friendly with Gorbatchev is one thing to pal around (to borrow a phrase) with Andropov is quite somthing else again.Mikgennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-65295685727485863962009-08-27T11:11:20.000+01:002009-08-27T11:11:20.000+01:00Oh there has been any amount of treason in the Uni...Oh there has been any amount of treason in the United States, Ginny. Just have a look at the Venona papers. But you have survived and will do so again. Not that it will be easy and you do not need to fight. But that goes for all of us.Helennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-48434677134455613812009-08-27T06:10:21.000+01:002009-08-27T06:10:21.000+01:00Thank you, Helen. Though depressing - it does giv...Thank you, Helen. Though depressing - it does give heart. If we survived this kind of treason, we must be a tougher country than I feared we were. Of course, it is yet another reason to shriek when people complain that the right is always doubting the left's patriotism - now why would that be?Ginnynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-58619720766285788202009-08-27T03:09:22.000+01:002009-08-27T03:09:22.000+01:00The oldest brother, from what I read in the biogra...The oldest brother, from what I read in the biography of a pilot who fought in WW2, died a hero, flying a plane full of explosives to demolish the U boat pens in France, he was supposed to bail out and the plane was remotely controled for the last bit, the plane unexpectedly detonated over the channel (perhaps his dad was protecting his pals boathouse?)chris edwardsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-39503203355839640902009-08-27T02:53:34.000+01:002009-08-27T02:53:34.000+01:00Helen, thanks for the heads-up on this. I did not...Helen, thanks for the heads-up on this. I did not know anything of the Soviet connection -- very interesting.Guestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-19382171091350629532009-08-27T02:13:00.000+01:002009-08-27T02:13:00.000+01:00He was likely way too drunk to allow himself to be...He was likely way too drunk to allow himself to be seen. Coward!Guestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-24978275560115035882009-08-26T21:10:27.000+01:002009-08-26T21:10:27.000+01:00The real character of the Senator was exposed to t...The real character of the Senator was exposed to the world when he walked away from Chappaquiddick as that girl was suffocating in his car; passing the island fire station where an alarm button was provided to summon the volunteer fire department He chose not to stop, but to go on to find his lackeys who would concoct some sort of cover story. <br />Would he not have triumphed as a hero had he summoned the help, then led the attempted rescue?Guestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-56186081985052619382009-08-26T17:59:41.000+01:002009-08-26T17:59:41.000+01:00From the BBC "he was never able to fully over...From the BBC <i>"he was never able to fully overcome a scandal in 1969 when he drove a car off a bridge at Chappaquiddick near his home, killing his female passenger.</i>"<br /><br />No the scandal was leaving her there and his subsequent actions. Accidents do happen. What he did and didn't do afterwards told us everything that we needed to know about his character.<br /><br />Why do we write such glowing obituaries when older "statesmen" die? In his case, the truth needs to be told as a warning.Guestnoreply@blogger.com