A couple of photos and Kerry sighting this weekend

[Mass]

http://www.news-leader.com/article/20111205/NEWS07/112050360/Cook-Yo-Yo-Ma-Rollins-Obama-Streep-Diamond
http://cmsimg.news-leader.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=DO&Date=20111205&Category=NEWS07&ArtNo=112050360&Ref=V2&MaxW=600&Border=0 (sorry, I donot know how to insert this one).


And, at yale, to illustrate a lecture by Kerry and Blair about faith, a cute photo of the 2004 campaign

http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2011/dec/04/kerry-66-blair-stop-campus/?cross-campus



Let's add this article from the Hill on Friday, just because I cannot make sense of it.

http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/196837-house-republican-targets-sen-kerry-for-yucca-mountain-opposition
House Republican targets Sen. Kerry for Yucca Mountain opposition

Seems kind of weird that he would choose Kerry to target (not enough targets in the House?), and even weirder that it matters to the Hill.

[karynnj]

1. What an elegant couple!

Teresa's dress is beautiful. Is it the same dress she wore to Vanessa Kerry's wedding, without the jacket - http://washingtonscene.thehill.com/in-the-know/36-news/1129-sen-kerrys-christmas-card-wedding-photo-

I wondered where Kerry was when he and McCain were the two not voting on the bills everyone knew would not pass on extending the payroll tax deduction late Thursday. This would be interesting to see - and it actually was live streamed ( http://www.tonyblairfaithfoundation.org/blog/entry/watch-the-live-stream-tony-blair-and-john-kerry-debate-religions-place/ ) - though I didn't see anything about it till today.

Here is a pretty cynic British blog post from the Guardian on it - http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2011/dec/05/tony-blair-john-kerry-tolerance

As to Yucca mountain, I wonder if this is the beginning of some kind of more general attack the Republicans intend to wage arguing that Democrats both hurt the development of good, safe energy from oil, coal and nuclear sources and that our concern for the environment causes things like the BP oil spill, because it meant not drilling closer to the shore - a charge the right has made since it happened. With this they are arguing that Yucca is a safe and secure place to "protect" nuclear waste. They are ignoring the problems with the location and the problems with transporting nuclear waste across the country. This added to making green energy sound as if it is a fraud.

Why Kerry? Kerry is among the most prominent Senators on alternative energy issues. That's my best guess. (The other possibility is to have Brown take it up as an issue - arguing that spent waste, especially near an ocean, risks the catastrophe that Japan had. But, I would doubt that the right really wants to pull Kerry in almost as an opponent to Brown - it likely would not help Brown.)

[MBS]

2. wonderful photos

would love to see the text of Kerry's talk at Yale!
The Senator must have a running tab at Vineyard Vines : )

[karynnj]

3. Here's a link to video

(I saw your post - and thought the same - so I went back to the link which had connected to the live stream, that I missed, It now says "Miss the live stream? Watch Tony Blair and JK .... ")

Will definitely watch tomorrow!
http://www.tonyblairfaithfoundation.org/blog/entry/watch-the-live-stream-tony-blair-and-john-kerry-debate-religions-place

[Luftmensch067]

4. Looking forward to your thoughts and those of others here!

I watched a lot of it today. There's some comedy gold with the coffee service early on and I love the backdrop with Yale stamped all over it a million times (where are they speaking, again? Just kidding!) But I think JK says some things here that he hasn't said in exactly the same way before. He really is an amazingly well-read and thoughtful guy and his comments here seem to me to complement his words on faith at Pepperdine.

[karynnj]

5. It sees a less formal combination of the Pepperdine speech and the Yale interfaith speech

Links to both, if wanted:
Our thread on the Interfaith one - http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=273&topic_id=150866&mesg_id=150988 (it has text and video in various posts)

A link to the Pepperdine one - http://www.pepperdine.edu/pr/releases/2006/september/kerry.htm

I writing this as I listen to Blair.

It is interesting that Kerry says if he had a redo, he would have studied comparative religion and comparative literature and psychology. Now, it would be possible to combine these as degrees are less structured. I would bet that had he gone that way, he would not have been embarrassed by his grades - as he would have been very engaged.

It was also interesting how openly he spoke of how his religion was questioned in 2004 and it seems to still really bother him. At the beginning of his Pepperdine speech, he vowed to speak more on his values - saying his NE reluctance to speak of his faith allowed the Republicans to define hi as not being religious.

He also mentioned wanting to add his own luster - like Reagan and Kennedy - to the concept his ancestor, Governor Winthrop, first spoke of - the shining city on the hill. I kept hoping that he would quote Winthrop crediting just him and watching the right go insane as it is (to them) one of Reagan's best phrases. Obviously, that would have been a cheap use of a valued American theme - and beneath the good Senator.

It is interesting and the student questions very serious. Kerry's answer on Congress not working was very interesting, though what he has said before - he blamed money first.

[karynnj]

6. A nice picture of the Kerry's at the Kennedy Center

http://washingtonscene.thehill.com/party-events-pictures/archive/13237-34th-annual-kennedy-center-honors-

Warning: with the good, there is the bad. The other photo you will see is Newt!

[MBS]

7. but there are good folks there, too

NIce to see Vicki Kennedy looking good
And to see Nancy Pelosi's spouse (handsome guy!)

[karynnj]

8. Absolutely true

I just felt a warning was needed.

[MBS]

9. oh, I did appreciate the warning! Newt is always

a shock to the system. (not to mention his albino wife #3. :scared:)