tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post5598332645013793619..comments2024-01-03T21:18:04.198-08:00Comments on In Your Neighborhood: Rembering the Death of an American PrinceHigh School Confidentialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17350238752693393750noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-33403647784788987722008-06-05T16:38:00.000-07:002008-06-05T16:38:00.000-07:00NPR will be featuring a Bobby speech tonight at 8 ...NPR will be featuring a Bobby speech tonight at 8 PM on KUOW, 94.9 FM. I heard a snippet and his words about what was happening here and fighting on the other side of the world sounded as if he were speaking of now.Stephanie Friezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317117338063884811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-74860129612964261392008-06-05T07:53:00.000-07:002008-06-05T07:53:00.000-07:00Awww Kim...your mama was right! I can imagine hav...Awww Kim...your mama was right! I can imagine having a baby to concentrate on and feel hope for would've been a balm that year. It was a tough one to comprehend.<BR/><BR/>I saw Bobby's daughter being interviewed on the Today Show yesterday. She spoke of a letter her father wrote to her, after she visited with him at the Justice Department. In it he wrote that it was a most important day because his daughter came to visit...and that two more negroes had been registered to vote in Mississippi that day. She keeps it on her wall.Lorraine Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01116210981761633646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-78798085406614028362008-06-04T19:22:00.000-07:002008-06-04T19:22:00.000-07:00Sigh. I was born right after RFK died. My mom said...Sigh. <BR/><BR/>I was born right after RFK died. My mom said, I was the hope that helped during these heartbreaking times. That gives me great pride. <BR/><BR/>At least, I could do something, even though I can't remember.Kim Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05256817929710524024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-76049294050956458872008-06-04T04:51:00.000-07:002008-06-04T04:51:00.000-07:00Whether for humanitarian or political reasons, Lin...Whether for humanitarian or political reasons, Lincoln brought the nation through a Civil War that ended slavery and there's no denying that FDR brought us out of the Great Depression and through WWII. Jimmy Carter was probably our most moral president which may be why he was not reelected. He continues to be a force for good. Roosevelt had three terms to put his mark on the nation. So near to the 40th anniversary of Robert Kennedy's death I cannot help but wonder how he might have changed the course of our history.Stephanie Friezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317117338063884811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-89134158499042431912008-06-03T21:42:00.000-07:002008-06-03T21:42:00.000-07:00I was going to list my top ten presidents...Jimmy ...I was going to list my top ten presidents...<BR/>Jimmy Carter came to mind and then I stopped...<BR/>Robert Kennedy had excited me and I still mourn his loss<BR/>I was brought up to believe Abraham Lincoln was a great president... the only reason I regard him well was because, at his funeral, many, many Black people mourned his passing... so I have to think that I really do not know enough about him...<BR/>Without Franklin D Roosevelt's courageous taking charge of the economy most of us would not be here to be writing or reading blogs... that is for sure<BR/> and I guess I am finished with lifting up any of these folks...<BR/><BR/>I do mourn Robert Kennedy's loss...JosephMcGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13059894814761761857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-33871752458372649522008-06-03T21:36:00.000-07:002008-06-03T21:36:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.JosephMcGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13059894814761761857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-40850543745565834522008-06-02T12:57:00.000-07:002008-06-02T12:57:00.000-07:00And even though I am sick to death of the current ...And even though I am sick to death of the current election, I still have hope that we may see a better day, year, era after November.Stephanie Friezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317117338063884811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-66665594932212088192008-06-02T12:56:00.000-07:002008-06-02T12:56:00.000-07:00Despite the American desire to break off from the ...Despite the American desire to break off from the English monarchy, I think we have maintained a facination with the rich & famous and invested them with the trappings of royalty and for us, the Kennedys are royalty. I believe that Bobby had the potential to be the greatest of them which makes his death even more tragic.<BR/><BR/>Until this year, I have not been optomistic regarding the future of this country in the way I had been prior to RFK's assisnation.Stephanie Friezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317117338063884811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-75732125877548837972008-06-02T10:31:00.000-07:002008-06-02T10:31:00.000-07:00I had both goose-bumps and tears as I read your po...I had both goose-bumps and tears as I read your post Stephanie...some great writing, by the way!<BR/><BR/>Ah, the "what ifs" about life, the universe and everything. For one sparkling moment, this past February, it looked like hope and promise all over again...then everyone began to dig their trenches and go back to politics as usual.<BR/><BR/>Bobby Kennedy was a remarkable man (though, take it from a Brit...avoid the royalty bit!) and I would've loved to see where it could've all gone. I've kept a good eye on his pretty incredible son, who works hard for the country too.<BR/><BR/>The Kennedys are woven into the fabric of this country, whether you agree(d)with their politics or not...even though their patriarch, the Big J, was quite the rapscallion. Say what you like about Ted, he's given his life to work for this country in the shadow of his brothers. I wish him well as he is in surgery today.<BR/><BR/>It's good to remember, especially on sad anniversaries of assassinations, that nothing can kill the voice of reason and hope...as long as we continue to carry it in our hearts.Lorraine Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01116210981761633646noreply@blogger.com