These words of JFK spoken in June 1963 are so relevant today...

[texpatriot2004]

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"First: Let us examine our attitude toward peace itself. Too many of us think it is impossible. Too many think it unreal. But that is a dangerous, defeatist belief. It leads to the conclusion that war is inevitable - that mankind is doomed - that we are gripped by forces we cannot control.

"We need not accept that view. Our problems are manmade - therefore, they can be solved by man. And man can be a big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings. Man's reason and spirit have often solved the seemingly unsolvable - and we believe they can do it again.

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http://www.humanity.org/printview.php?page=jfk_at_american§ionName=voices

[acmavm]

1. Next to a real man and a real President like JFK, bush** looks like

pathetic, ignorant, petulant, poorly spoken, vindictive white trash.

[texpatriot2004]

2. Well said. I just find the words and vision of JFK to be so

profound and prophetic.

[1932]

3. I just read yesterday in Richard Parker's Galbraith biography

a memo that Galbraith wrote to Kennedy during the election in '60 which told Kennedy to emphasize during the campaign that Americans should not settle for "tension, conflict and economic distress at home" or for "life under the nuclear terror, to the idenfinite prolongation of the arms race or to war."

Sound familiar? Republican bread and butter is fear and endless war requiring the strong father to whom we sacrifice our happiness and personal well being (while defense contractors get rich). Democrats offer the opposite: hope and opportunity for all and a better tomorrow where we all do better.

[texpatriot2004]

4. We have a choice. It's the fork in the road. Thanks for sharing the

memo info...I will keep that in my mind.

[Karenina]

5. JFK grokked the *MIC threat

and had plans to present his case to the American people. Poppy Bush made certain he didn't get that opportunity.

[texpatriot2004]

6. That's the story I got too n/t

[SaveElmer]

7. At my Alma Mater !!!

Course I was only 2 at the time so hadn't started there yet. :-)

[texpatriot2004]

8. Yeah, I came after him too but I am drawn to him, his story, his

vision, his leadership, his legacy and how he was murdered by his own. That is something that has shaped how I look at my Government.

[donkeyotay]

9. Kennedy stood for reason over superstition and hope over fear

The MIC-intelligence/mob killed him and killed America, IMO.
Today's disaster is just a continuation. Amazing, isn't it that they could kill the American president with hardly a whimper of protest? Think of all the crime and corruption they've pulled off since. No accountability. Why should that change now? We are screwed.

[1932]

10. Americans threw off the monarchy, ended slavery, and defeated fascism in

Europe.

The war in which JFK was a casualty is only the latest against injustice. Like the rest, the people will eventually win it.

[donkeyotay]

11. Thanks for the happy thought

...of course, in the long run we'll all be dead, too. :evilgrin:
Sorry. I'm not feeling very optimistic at the moment. I hope you are right. I hope humanity makes a quantum leap forward soon.

[1932]

12. The leaps have never been quantum and immediate

They've always required a lot of effort, time, talent and patience.

("In the long run, we're all dead" is a Keynes quote about economic analysis. MLK said about social justice that arc of human experience is long, but always bends towards justice.)

[texpatriot2004]

13. JFK made it through the missel crisis, I think, b/c he didn't panic

He didn't cowar in fear. He didn't give in to defeatist, fatalistic thinking. He had a brain and he used it in conjuction with his courage and vision.

Like Al Gore said recently, "where there is no vision, the people perish."

We must summon our inner virtues and do the right thing. If nothing changes, nothing changes.

[snot]

14. Maybe Churchill shd have said, we have nothing to fear but

hopelessness.

[ladylibertee]

Why, after re-reading am I thinking..."We need John Edwards"?

[ladylibertee]

15. Why, after re-reading am I thinking..."We need John Edwards"?