mnealtx 0 #1 May 17, 2008 *from live newcast* While I don't care for the man or his political views, I wish him a full and speedy recovery.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #2 May 18, 2008 What happened to Senator Kennedy happened to my mother 17 years ago. She had carotid artery surgery and not long after suffered 8 grand mal seizures. She also suffered 3 episodes of cardiac arrest. My mom at the time was only 55. Glad to say, she made a full recovery. Her carotid artery is still in excellent condition and she has never experienced seizure activity since then. She did have to quit smoking and change her diet. She did both successfully. I may want you to resign Mr. Senator, but I do wish you good health. You're in a great hospital and your condition is highly treatable. _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maxmadmax 8 #3 May 19, 2008 Adios Ted. You drowned Mary Jo Kopechne back in '69 due to your cowardly inactions. You will not be missed. Read this below from Wickipedia. On July 18, 1969, Kopechne attended a party on Chappaquiddick Island, off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, held in honor of the "Boiler Room Girls." This affectionate name was given to the six young women who had been vital to the late Robert Kennedy's presidential campaign and who had subsequently closed up his files and campaign office after his assassination. Besides Kopechne, the other women, all single, were Susan Tannenbaum, Maryellen Lyons, Ann Lyons, Rosemary (Cricket) Keough, and Esther Newberg. The men in attendance, all married but present without their wives, were Ted Kennedy, Joe Gargan, U.S. Attorney Paul Markham, Charles Tretter, Raymond La Rosa, and John Crimmins. The festivity was held at Lawrence Cottage, rented for the occasion by Gargan, Kennedy's cousin and lawyer. The 12 attendees gathered at the cottage after two Kennedy boats raced in the Edgartown Regatta earlier in the day. Kopechne left the party at 11:15 p.m. with Kennedy after he allegedly offered to drive her back to the Katama Shores Motor Inn in Edgartown where she was staying. (According to Kennedy, they left the party at 11:15 p.m. to catch the last ferry of the night -- at midnight. However, there is evidence[citation needed] that Kennedy and Kopechne may not have left the party until after midnight, thus suggesting they had no intention of catching the ferry.) According to Kennedy, on his way to the ferry crossing back to Edgartown, he accidentally turned right onto Dike Road - a dirt road - instead of bearing left on Main Street which was a paved road. After proceeding one-half mile, he descended a hill and came upon a narrow bridge set obliquely to the unlit road. Kennedy drove the 1967 Oldsmobile Delmont 88 belonging to his mother, Rose Kennedy, off the side of Dike Bridge, and the car overturned into Poucha Pond. A Reader's Digest investigation estimated that the car was travelling at about 35 miles per hour when it left the bridge. Kennedy extricated himself from the submerged car but Kopechne died. Since her parents' lawyer, Joseph Flanagan, filed a petition barring an autopsy, the cause of death was never medically confirmed. When the car was recovered, all the doors were locked and three of the windows were either open or smashed in. Kennedy said that he dived down several times attempting to free her and, after exhausting himself, rested for 20 minutes, then walked back to the Lawrence Cottage where the party had been held. At the Lawrence Cottage, Kennedy summoned his cousin, Joe Gargan, and another friend, Paul Markham, to return to the scene of the accident. Kennedy sat in the back of a white Plymouth Valiant rental car that Kopechne had used that day. Though there was a working telephone at this location, the group waited 10 hours before they contacted the police. Kennedy then returned to the submerged car with Gargan and Markham who then resumed trying to reach her. The group claimed that the tidal current prevented them from reaching her for fear of being swept out to sea. However tidal records indicated that the tide was running in the opposite direction at the time of the supposed attempted rescue. Don't go away mad....just go away! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #4 May 20, 2008 News: Kennedy has brain cancer. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080520/ap_on_go_co/kennedy Despite my feelings about the guy, this is startling and sad news. I don't wish that sort fo stuff on anyone. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #5 May 20, 2008 Yeah, I saw that tonight when I came in to work - hopefully, it will respond to surgery/chemo.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbrown 26 #6 May 20, 2008 Well, Mass General is the best place for him to be. My dad had surgery there right after Xmas for a tumor that was thankfully ON his brain, and not in it. It wasn't cancerous either.But the surgeons were incredible, really the best. One of them even looked like a twentysomething version of Barack Obama. Boston is a real magnet for some of the best doctors in the world and these tumors are a lot more treatable than they used to be. I imagine that even with a good outcome, this will bring down the curtain on Kennedy's career and he will be missed. He's been a great Senator. As for whatever happened with Mary Jo Kopechne, he may be beyond the reach of the law, but he'll still have to reckon up with God for it. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #7 May 20, 2008 QuoteHe's been a great Senator. We'll agree to disagree on that one, but as I said, I hope it's treatable and he makes a full recovery.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
