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- Sort of like the Welcome Wagon for Weird-Os. Welcome! :o) Soul of a Mermaid within a Mountain loving spirit. I am: Jungian INFP-J. That probably says it all. Creative cooking & working with children move my soul. I like egg salad a lot & love thunderstorms. Did I mention birds? Birds. Love 'em. I aim to please, and am pleased to serve. Quirking in the quarks. I'm surrounded by sibling cops and firefighters! Ahhhhhh!Played catcher on a co-ed softball team. I stunk! lol
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9 comments:
Hi Tink. You know I was thinking there was something familar about today's date. Pretty sad, eh?
I did tape the whole "JFK: As it Happened" about 18 years ago, I think? Still have it.
Yes, very sad.
Happy Thanksgiving Tink :)
44 years. I remember when that happened, though I was only 5 years old. And it's also sad to think that that little boy is gone now too. Life.
Hope your Thanksgiving was a wonderful one. I like your Warhol image!
XO
Zoe
How true, how true, Zoe. (about John Jr.) I had actually forgotten for a moment that he was gone too. I was SOOOoo sad when he died. Unbelievable. I was only a month old when JFK died.
Has it really been that long?
I am not even American, and I still remember where I was when I heard the news...
In my Mum and Dad's bedroom watching the scene on our black and white Zenith television.
...rabbit ears and all.
Well...being the youngster here feels nice for a change. I wasn't around yet so I can't say much. On top of that my parents were very conservative Republicans and hated all Kennedys. I was taught that he was one of the worst Presidents in our life time. It's a toss up for me. He definitely did some stupid blunderous things in his brief time in office and I personally can't stand Ted. His father was a crook as we all know too. Then again, reading from history books or watching the History channel doesn't tell the whole story so I'll just say he was mediocre. Then again, for a President mediocre is considered good isn't it?
Sad...but true.
Yup. Hi Mike! Lucy, Zoe, Dale, Rob I was 7 years old and remember we were sent home from school. People crying and sobbing on the streets. I didn't really understand at the time.
Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving, doing what you like. We had a very nice day, eating and watching Shrek The Third :o)
xo
Tink:
I adore that picture of little Jon-Jon. Everytime I see the live footage of him saluting his Father it brings tears to my eyes, he was so dutiful even at that little tyke age.
I am not into politics at all but I did admire JFK. I think he stood strong against a government that wanted a war that he did not want and he paid the price for swimming upstream, sad but true. Whe I watch the movie JFK I wonder how much stuff was covered up and we will never know the truth about.
I definitely believe that the magic bullet theory is a crock and there is no way in hell that LHO killed Kennedy by himself...
I have never visited that eternal flame but I am sure it is a site that just makes you stand and think about History and corruption and war and hatred and love and family...
Nice post
-Lin
Yeah Lin As Rob pointed out, so much of how we form our opinions, what we believe is based on what we're taught as youngsters. The thing about JFK - whether loved or hated - he represented a kind of hopefulness that the US longed to feel and he represented an invigorated country and people. To have that capped in such a bloody, dramatic way was really devastating to the psychology of a Nation of people. And probably beyond just the U.S. I doubt that we'll ever know what *really* happened (but maybe!)
I did visit that flame back in around 1983 (can't remember the year.) I found D.C. to be stinking city with sick energy. But, that's just my feeling. Standing in front of that flame evoked everything you would imagine and about everything you wrote. It was immensely emotional - moving. Fathers and sons. I'm scared for the current sons of this Nation. I don't know what's happened to our families. yikes.
xo
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