Goodbye Mary Jo-
Monday July 18th- 2005
Hello kids!
It’s hard to imagine that on this day in 1969 we almost suffered the lost of another one of our great political minds. What could have easily been twisted into something sorted or illegal was handled much like a dodge ball game with do overs on a playground. We know that had this corpulent leader not done what he did, that he could have ended up just like any other working stiff, in a prison for a half dozen crimes.
36 short years ago, a young Mary Jo Kopechne was in Ted’s car. Ted had been drinking, well, we know this because he was awake, and well, his car, a prelude to the apparent self driving SUV’s turned left instead of staying the course. It was a close call for Ted, though not made for hours, and the drowning was the end of young Mary Jo’s life. It was the beginning of Ted’s excellent adventure and the beginning of the grief of her parents, friends and family. I doubt any of us will see anything in the news today about this anniversary, but what if we were all to start next year with something like the following, and not meant to be disrespectful in any way to Mary Jo, meant so towards Ted:
Order “Chapiquitic Cakes” that are decorated with an upside down car, covered with water next to a bridge. You could just have “Best of luck Ted”, or “Tough break MJ” written on the cake. For those of you who are a bit more creative a small fat figure can be placed at the waters edge walking briskly away stumbling……………………………
What a I am trying to say, is that on this date in history, please remember that 36 years ago to the day, a “man” of title killed someone and was never charged in his crime.
His name- Ted Kennedy
Monday July 18th- 2005
Hello kids!
It’s hard to imagine that on this day in 1969 we almost suffered the lost of another one of our great political minds. What could have easily been twisted into something sorted or illegal was handled much like a dodge ball game with do overs on a playground. We know that had this corpulent leader not done what he did, that he could have ended up just like any other working stiff, in a prison for a half dozen crimes.
36 short years ago, a young Mary Jo Kopechne was in Ted’s car. Ted had been drinking, well, we know this because he was awake, and well, his car, a prelude to the apparent self driving SUV’s turned left instead of staying the course. It was a close call for Ted, though not made for hours, and the drowning was the end of young Mary Jo’s life. It was the beginning of Ted’s excellent adventure and the beginning of the grief of her parents, friends and family. I doubt any of us will see anything in the news today about this anniversary, but what if we were all to start next year with something like the following, and not meant to be disrespectful in any way to Mary Jo, meant so towards Ted:
Order “Chapiquitic Cakes” that are decorated with an upside down car, covered with water next to a bridge. You could just have “Best of luck Ted”, or “Tough break MJ” written on the cake. For those of you who are a bit more creative a small fat figure can be placed at the waters edge walking briskly away stumbling……………………………
What a I am trying to say, is that on this date in history, please remember that 36 years ago to the day, a “man” of title killed someone and was never charged in his crime.
His name- Ted Kennedy
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