Comments on: It Pays to Be a Kennedy

By: eaglewingz08

eaglewingz08 — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:06:41 +0000

I mean it’s not like the Kennedys are billionaires or anything, or would get tax write offs if they funded these projects themselves. Perhaps if Congress had attached a Massachussetts Bay windmill farm condition on the funding (the Kennedys will withdraw their opposition to the windmill energy farm in exchange for the funding) then at least something positive would have come out of this shameless funding. Anyway, I don’t see why the gov’t should be funding the Kennedys when they get such free publicity already, only Harry Byrd has more projects named after him. When Reagan starts getting parity in funding I might change my mind about future projects, but that may be decades.

By: daleyrocks

daleyrocks — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:50:33 +0000

What, no pork for a Hyannisport branch of the Hazelden Center?

By: Techie

Techie — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:23:13 +0000

Somewhere, Daniel Webster and Henry Clay are shaking their heads about this “greatest Senator”.

By: Wesson

Wesson — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:42:25 +0000

“The U.S. Senate is one of our forefathers’ most brilliant democratic inventions,” Kennedy said Tuesday in a statement. “… I believe it is critical to have a place where citizens can go to learn first-hand about the Senate’s important roles in our system of government.”

There is both an Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the Senate, and a Kennedy Senate Institute. This is so beyond stupid!

By: Dmac

Dmac — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:06:47 +0000

Mary Joe Kopechne could not be reached for comment.

By: Dana

Dana — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:55:02 +0000

I find this little disconnect amusing:

“These funds will create jobs that are desperately needed, and will provide lasting benefits for all our citizens long into the future,” Kennedy said in statement accompanying a list of earmarks.

President Barack Obama signed the bill which he described as imperfect. He said it must signal an “end to the old way of doing business.”

By: TC

TC — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:38:27 +0000

I’ll bet they are finally going to put guard rail along side that old bridge, or maybe actually build a real bridge?

Maybe get that wind farm out of the bay? It can be called the big blow hard and dedicated to teddy in remembrance!

By: PCD

PCD — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:49:21 +0000

It doesn’t cost that much to dump an Oldsmobile upside down into a reflecting pool with a service bar serving bootleg liquor from Canada.

By: Perfectsense

Perfectsense — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:01:13 +0000

Kennedy memorial – a large money pit where billions of dollars go to be wasted.

By: 11B40

11B40 — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:58:46 +0000

Greetings:

But not a nickel for Chappaquidick.