In Memoriam: John Fitzgerald Kennedy

[doublethink]

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The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

-John F. Kennedy

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage - and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world. Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1,000 days, nor in the life of this administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin. Now the trumpet summons us again - not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need - not as a call to battle, though embattled we are - but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation"- a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease and war itself. And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country . My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.

- John F. Kennedy

[Politicalboi]

1. We probably would be a better country

Had he and his brother RFK lived.

[doublethink]

4. No doubt. n.t.

And a better world. Peace.

[RKP5637]

10. Definitely!!! Those were special times. Despite the problems then, in many

ways the country seemed more bonded together.

[midnight]

2. K&R. He warned us. On this anniversary of this terrible loss I hear about Bush and Blair being

tried for war crimes...

[doublethink]

6. I'll have to go look that up .....

hadn't heard that about Blair and Bush today. I found it kind of blasphemous that the Republicans held a debate today ... lol ... but that's just me. Peace.

[Left Coast2020]

3. How sad that we lost a great man who cared about people.

:cry:

[doublethink]

7. .....

:grouphug:

[RKP5637]

11. He truly did. We cried when his life was taken from him, it was so tragic. It felt

like the whole bottom had fallen out of the country. The charisma was incredible, it just felt like the country was bonded in many ways and moving forward, and then he was suddenly gone forever. It was so sad.

[emilyg]

13. We were at Ft. Dix - not

a dry eye on base.

[AverageJoe90]

5. So sad..........

R.I.P. J.F.K.

[doublethink]

9. He left us with a lot ....

in the short time we had him. I wish more people would learn more about his life and his too soon ended administration. Thanks for caring. Peace. :patriot:

[nineteen50]

8. June 4, 1963, Presidential decree, Executive Order 11110

check it out. 

[Politicalboi]

12. WOW!

JFK was killed for a lot of reasons. It's my understanding that LBJ was going to be impeached following the weekend JFK was killed. And after the assassination, like 9/11 and the 2.3 Trillion reported "misplaced" by the Pentagon all went away. Shock and Awe for Americans by Americans. Also JFK wanted to get rid of the CIA.

[GTurck]

14. Half of Americans...

now alive were not born until years after the Kennedy assassination. It seems that was the beginning of our end. We have had more ideological killings, internal terror, totalitarianism and political decay since that day. Each has built on the previous trauma and has made the country we live in today.

[oldhippydude]

15. most of the folks my age

can tell you where they were when we heard about the assination.. it has been like Pearl Harbor Day was to my parents...my observation this year is that the media has almost entirely ignored the date.. Had i not been paying attention to the alternate media i might have never known that Nov 22, had any special significance.

had i not found a couple of articles on the internet, i would have missed the date entirely.. i am not one who who wrings their hands in mourning, however i found the silence of the media disapointingly disconcerting.. while i expect such selective memory from the right wing media, i would have expected more from some traditional sources (notably MSNBC or current)..

it appears that even the celebrity gossip is now preempted by endless G.O.P, debates.. appartently the 2012 election is a media growth industry, sponsoring the clown car events..

[Stuart G]

16. K and R thanks for posting..nt

[JNelson6563]

17. Absolutely beautiful and heart-breaking.

Thank you for posting that!

[Art_from_Ark]

18. Has anyone here seen my old friend John?

Can you tell me where he's gone?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPdYViBu0is