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On July 18, 1969, Ted Kennedy attended a party on Chappaquiddick, a small island adjoining Martha's Vineyard and connected to it via a ferry. The party was a reunion for a group of six women, known as the "boiler-room girls", who had served in his brother Robert's 1968 presidential campaign. Also present were Joseph Gargan (Ted Kennedy's cousin), Paul Markham (a school friend of Gargan's who would become United States Attorney for Massachusetts under the patronage of the Kennedys), Charles Tretter (an attorney), and John Crimmins (Ted Kennedy's part-time driver). Kennedy was also competing in the Edgartown Yacht Club Regatta,...

Howie Carr thread. btw on Thu., some of Howie's stations like WRKO will have to cut out at 5:30 pm since Thu. night Sox game has been moved up to 6 pm (pre-game show at 5:30...WCRN doesn't carry pre-game though). The Sox (happy 500th HR, Manny!) are moving their game up an hour so it'll be over before Celtics game starts at 9.

Howie live thread starting off with his Sunday Herald column

Another week of the Howie live thread, starting off with Howie's Sunday Herald column ("Mass. voters to thrill Hill on Moonbat Tues.")

Howie Carr thread week of Jan 13, 2008

Howie Carr thread for week of Dec 30, 2007. Howie's Sunday Herald column to follow.

The very least Ted Kennedy can do is dedicate his autobiography to Mary Jo Kopechne. So the senior senator is getting an $8 million advance for his memoirs - who says crime doesn’t pay? And how about that quote his new publisher included in the press release, with Ted mentioning his lifelong “front row seat at many key events.” Which raises the question, if Ted was in the front seat, who was in the back? Sorry, I can’t help myself. But even if you couldn’t read a Chappaquiddick reference into almost anything he says (water boarding, anybody?), the fact is...

He may be the hero of the environmental movement for his crusade against global warming but Al Gore is about to be targeted by animal rights activists over his carnivorous contribution to greenhouse gases. Citing United Nations research that the meat industry is worse for the environment than driving and flying, animal rights groups are directing a campaign at the former American vice-president's diet. When he delivers a lecture on global warming in Denver next month, protesters will display billboards bearing a cartoon image of Mr Gore eating a drumstick and the message: "Too chicken to go vegetarian? Meat is...

On This Day In History July 18, 1969: Incident on Chappaquiddick Island Shortly after leaving a party on Chappaquiddick Island, Senator Edward "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts drives an Oldsmobile off a wooden bridge into a tide-swept pond. Kennedy escaped the submerged car, but his passenger, 28-year-old Mary Jo Kopechne, did not. The senator did not report the fatal car accident for 10 hours. On the evening of July 18, 1969, while most Americans were home watching television reports on the progress of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission, Kennedy and his cousin Joe Gargan were hosting a cookout and party...

Ted Kennedy pulled an all-nighter last night - how ironic is that? There must be something about Ted Kennedy and all-nighters on July 18, because it was 38 years ago tonight that he pulled another one. At Chappaquiddick. Will Teddy’s Senate office issue a statement today about the anniversary of his 1969 drive off the bridge? They used to. But you know the Kennedy bumkissers would prefer to ignore this day which will live in his infamy. Nothing to see here, folks, move along. After all, Teddy’s got so many big issues on his plate, even after the defeat of...

Dear Maceman, I'm writing today to ask for your vote -- and this time it's to bring the premiere of "The Simpsons Movie" to Springfield, Massachusetts! The famous TV series is set in a city called Springfield, and celebrated its 400th episode this year. The creators of "The Simpsons" are releasing a major movie version on July 27th, and they're holding a nationwide vote on the USA Today website to see which of our nation's Springfields will win the honor of hosting the premiere. Voting begins today and runs through July 9th, and the winner will be announced soon after...

Year after year we’ve had borders that aren’t secure and a system that is broken Year after year we’ve had people dying in the desert because they want a better life for themselves and their families. Year after year we’ve had millions of people living in fear day after day – worrying that they could be deported like the hundreds of people were in New Bedford. Year after year we’ve had an underground economy that hurts American workers and abuses hard working families. Year after year we’ve heard talk about reforming our system. We’ve heard the bumper sticker solutions, the...

Hugo Chavez's power equation is based upon two main components: resources and strategy. For about five years this equation worked well, with both components on the rise. In the last year, however, his power equation has been weakening significantly. His objective of leading a global crusade against the U.S. had proven to be extremely costly. He is said to have spent one billion dollars in trying, unsuccessfully, to gain a seat in the United Nations Security Council. At this moment there are serious food shortages in Venezuela as he has increased government control over production and established unrealistic prices for...

It was a quiet 75th birthday for Ted Kennedy yesterday. No one drowned or overdosed on drugs. There were no arrests for OUI or rape. No girls were crippled in overturned Jeeps, there were no Coast Guard rescues of beached boats. Not so long ago, when Teddy reached this kind of birthday milestone, he’d be treated to a big smooch-fest in the mainstream media. There’d be front-page stories about how he was “turning his life around” - the sort of nonsense you generally read about wannabe rappers gunned down in drive-by shootings. But yesterday, there was next to nothing in...

A look at the Greenpeace activist cum L.A. Times military affairs columnist who's taking after Gen. Jerry Boykin. For starters, he is the scribbler who launched the assault on Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin a week ago by providing NBC with tapes of Boykin speaking in churches, and then followed with a Los Angeles Times op-ed that accused the general of being "an intolerant extremist" and a man "who believes in Christian 'jihad'" (Arkin later admitted on my radio program that Boykin never used the term "jihad"). Arkin also wrote that "Boykin has made it clear that he takes his orders...

Not surprisingly, I have heard NOTHING about this race. You would think that some news agency would at least make mention of this race.

When somebody from the Herald used to get a job at the Globe, we’d always say he was going to the velvet coffin. Now, I guess it would be more accurate to just describe the money-losing rag as the coffin. The New York Times bought the bible of political correctness 15 years ago for $1.1 billion. And now, according to The Wall Street Journal, the Globe has fallen into the red and it can’t get up. And the pompous, pampered poodles in the newsroom can’t blame their financial meltdown solely on Craigslist, Google, or even George W. Bush. It’s finally...

For the first time in 12 years, Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy will debate a political campaign opponent. Senator Kennedy and Republican Kenneth Chase will join Chet for their first and only debate on a special edition of The Chet Curtis Report.

BOSTON --Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will hold his only debate with his Republican challenger, Kenneth Chase, next Tuesday. The Massachusetts Democrat will participate in a half-hour discussion moderated by New England Cable News anchor Chet Curtis, who will ask questions about Iraq, the war on terrorism, health care and education. NECN is barring all other reporters from observing the session. It will be taped at 10 a.m. at the cable station's Newton headquarters update: ...."Our exclusive debate between Senator Edward Kennedy and Republican Ken Chase will air Tuesday October 10th from 8:00p.m - 8:30p.m. "

5 major food companies agree to snack guidelines that would ban Snickers Snacks sold in schools will have less fat, sugar and salt under the latest crackdown on junk food won by former President Clinton. Just five months after a similar agreement targeting the sale of sodas in schools, Clinton and the American Heart Association announced a deal Friday with several major food companies to make school snacks healthier — the latest assault on the nation’s childhood obesity epidemic. “This is voluntary,” Clinton said. “They don’t have to do it. But they recognize the challenge we face, and they are...

Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the 44-year incumbent Democrat, has agreed to participate in his first campaign debate since 1994. Kennedy will face off with Kenneth B. Chase, his Republican challenger, for 30 minutes on a New England Cable News forum hosted by Chet Curtis at a time and date that have yet to be announced.

Talk to Sen. Ted Kennedy Thu Sep 28, 1:51 PM ET This was a last-minute addition to the Talk to Power schedule, so the time for questions and comments is shorter than usual. Sen. Kennedy will be fielding your comments over the next 24 hours and responding, via an interview with host Judy Woodruff, on Friday morning. Thanks in advance to Yahoo! users for your thoughts, and to Sen. Kennedy for agreeing to participate. The question of immigration and immigration reform is likely to loom large in this forum, as it has with previous Talk to Power guests. Sen. Kennedy,...

Americans still remember vividly the scenes from a year ago when Hurricane Katrina swept away entire communities, sent thousands of families for shelter in the Super Dome, and left hundreds of thousands more homeless and jobless. Americans throughout the land were moved to help in any way they could - sending donations and aid and volunteering to meet the needs of our fellow citizens. We responded because that's what Americans do. We care for our country, help our neighbors, and lend a hand to those in need. However, as we all painfully know, the Administration did not live up to...

As far as the Mass. Turnpike goes, it’s “Fat Matt Who?” When it comes to turning someone into a non-person, the old Soviet Union had nothing on the modern Pike. All up and down the hack highway, Fat Matt’s name (and it was everywhere) has been either painted over or covered up with a piece of adhesive plastic. You’ll find more Pilgrim hats with Indian arrows through them on the Pike than signs with Fat Matt’s name. When you’re out, you’re out. Unfortunately, it’s going to be a lot more difficult to pry Fat Matt’s hacks out of the public...

"Five years after 9-11, it is clear that our misguided policies are making America more hated in the world and making the war on terrorism harder to win," Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts said.

I have had the honor of serving on the Senate Judiciary Committee for 43 years, during which I've participated in confirmation hearings for every one of the justices who now sit on the Supreme Court. Over that time, my colleagues and I have asked probing questions and listened attentively to substantive responses. Because we were able to learn a great deal about the nominees from those hearings, the Senate has rarely voted along party lines. I voted, for example, for three of President Ronald Reagan's five Supreme Court nominees... But the careful, bipartisan process of years past -- like so...

Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., has a new ally in his effort to torpedo an environmentally friendly "wind farm” off the coast from the Kennedy compound in Hyannis – the Pentagon. The Defense Department has begun a study to find out if wind turbine projects designed to produce energy could interfere with military radar – even though wind farms are already operating in military radar areas. The study is threatening not only the Cape Wind project off the coast of Massachusetts, but other wind farm projects around the country as well. The study was inserted in the 2006 Defense Authorization Act...

Here is how we could convince our various Senators and Reps that they they are absolutely isolated from the majority of American peoples' experiences and opinions, especially regarding illegal aliens... Remember that old movie, "The Super", with Joe Pesci,... "The judge sentenced slumlord Louie Kritski to six months in his own building. He would have been better off in jail"..."Louie is a New York slum landlord who is given 120 days to repair one of his apartment blocks. The problem for Louie is that he must live in the rundown block until the repairs are complete." We could challenge our...

When there is a new outrage, I have to download some of my existing outrages, to make room. -- Al Gore CANNES, France -- What he wants you to know is that he has not made a political film. Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" tries to move outside politics and focus on the facts of global warming. Gore says those facts are established, the returns are in, there is almost unanimous scientific agreement about them, and we may have about 10 years before the earth reaches a tipping point from which it cannot recover. He has been traveling the world...

Howie Carr has done it again! I'd like to think it's a rare photo...Patches & Fatboy loaded down with coolers, but I'd guess there are more of these than of the Statue of Liberty. Capn' Carr is giving away these magnets in a shameless self promotion of his radio show. Howie, c'mon! The poor guy's got a disease! It's not his fault, and it was a prescription, not like David, or Skakel, or Michael, or the old Patches, or I guess any of them. Cut the victim some slack. As to a free magnet of these models of integrity and...

Teddy’s kids well-represented in police log By Howie Carr Boston Herald Columnist Sunday, April 9, 2006 Who are these illegal aliens who ‘‘play by the rules” that Ted Kennedy keeps talking about? These were his talking points again this week - that illegals ‘‘work hard” and ‘‘pay taxes” and, despite all evidence to the contrary, ‘‘play by the rules.” Does Ted Kennedy deign to dip into the police logs and blotters of his home state’s newspapers? This is not to say that some Americans don’t break every law in the book with impunity - just ask the Hero of Chappaquiddick....

Those of us who enjoy military history usually just switch on the History Channel for our daily fix of guts, gore and armed conflict. But if you’re a serious war buff, and you want to relive one of the most horrifying moments in the deadliest war in human history, an Italian toy maker has just the thing. Brumm recently unveiled miniature models of “Little Boy” and “Fat Man.” Those names may conjure up images of cuddly cartoon characters, but they’re actually the codenames for two atomic bombs that the U.S. military dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the final days...

Democrats confirmed Friday that they will make a last-ditch attempt to slow Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito's momentum by delaying the first vote on his candidacy. Sen. Patrick Leahy (news, bio, voting record), D-Vt., said in the waning minutes of Alito's confirmation hearing that unnamed Democrats will "exercise their rights" to put off next week's scheduled Alito vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee.

U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., will not go unchallenged in his bid for re-election. At least two Republicans intend to seek the GOP nomination to run against the state's senior senator next year. Neither Ken Chase nor Kevin Scott are known statewide, and neither will have the money Kennedy can bring to the race. Chase is from Belmont and ran unsuccessfully against U.S. Rep. Ed Markey last year. Scott is a former Wakefield selectmen. Chase told the Cape Cod Times that despite 44 years in the Senate, Kennedy has failed to solve many of the nation's biggest problems, including its...

Woman, 8 Children Inside As Gunmen Burst Into Home UPDATED: 5:58 pm EDT October 5, 2005 ASHVILLE, Ohio -- Three men were taken into custody early Wednesday after they allegedly broke into a home and held a woman at gunpoint. A woman and eight children were inside the Ashville Pike home when the heavily armed men barged in, NBC 4's Mike Bowersock reported. A 17-year-old girl walked downstairs and discovered a man she didn't know talking to her sister-in-law. She thought something was wrong and called the sheriff's department, Bowersock reported. "One of the children in the house called us...

The issue of abortion is expected to take center stage during the upcoming confirmation hearings for John Roberts, President Bush's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court. And one of the key questioners of Roberts will be Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee. While many today regard the Democrat as a champion for abortion rights, the senator, who is Catholic, apparently held a staunch pro-life view before the Roe v. Wade decision in 1972. In 1971, Tom Dennelly of Great Neck, N.Y., wrote to Kennedy expressing his personal views on abortion. Kennedy responded to Dennelly, writing:...

First time on the internet... A newly found photo of Mary Jo Kopechne has been posted at fatboy.cc This is not the standard "yearbook" photo of Mary Jo.

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HOW MANY MORE MISTAH SPEAKAH? HOW MANY MORE? Did you miss Howie's show today? Never fear, it happens to the best of us! That's why Howie and WRKO stream the show nightly from 1AM to 5AM Eastern That's 10PM to 2AM for the beautiful people on the Left Coast!

Benjaminjones has obtained a copy of a video of the 25th Rememerence of the Chappaquidic killing, broadcast by Howie Carr from the killing ground, we would like to distribute this in DVD format to those interested in this travisty of justice and murder most foul. This would be at no cost to those interested, except mailing. What we need is legal advice as how to proceed, and the needed sign offs to make legal copies of this show.

SECAUCUS, N.J. -- June 24, 2005 -- MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews" heads to the Bible Belt to broadcast live from Two Rivers Baptist Church in Nashville, Tennessee for an in-depth look into the new gospel of American Politics. "The Hardball Church Tour: One Nation Under God" will telecast live, Tuesday, June 28, from 7 to 8 p.m. (ET). "The Hardball Church Tour" brings together in this one-hour program the principals atthe center of the fight for the hearts, souls and as well as the votes of the American people. We will feature three of the people at the center...

Click here at peril of your soul! Ted Kennedy dancing at the Bay State's donkey gathering.

NEW YORK - Former President Clinton announced Tuesday the launch of a 10-year initiative to combat childhood obesity, saying "we've got to change the eating habits of America's young people." Joined by Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who has also battled a weight problem, Clinton said he became concerned in the subject after undergoing heart bypass surgery last year. "The truth is that children are consuming more sugar and fatty foods than ever before. We want to reverse the growth in childhood obesity," Clinton told students and teachers at a Harlem school. "We're going to give this our best shot because...

... In hindsight the country now understands that the Vietnam War was a battle in the larger Cold War. The US stood by the treaties we entered into with countries that were threatened by the advancement of communism. John F. Kennedy, a Democrat, understood and recognized this threat. He recognized it in Cuba in the Russians move to base nuclear missiles just 90 miles from our border. America’s involvement in the Vietnam War was a result of the Kennedy Administration not the Nixon Administration. Contrary to revisionist history, Kennedy and Johnson got us into Vietnam. Nixon got us out. While...

February is the hardest month of the year for me. It’s the month I give up drinking. I think Democrats should join me. Forsaking adult beverages one month each year helps me strengthen my willpower and clear out my noggin. It gives me an opportunity to stand back, reevaluate my little world and set off on a fresh course. That’s exactly what Democrats must do, because I’m convinced they’ve been hitting the sauce a little hard. Just a few days before the historic election in Iraq, Teddy Kennedy spat out his latest blather. He said Iraq was a Bush disaster...

hello all of you ,why you don't accept the fact that usa is an occupation power in irak,what are we doing there:killing innocent people,steeling their oil,distroying their country,burning their houses,they don't tell us to come,usa invade irak without the support of un,neither the support of international community,american soldiers in irak are terrorising children ,men and women killing babies ,throwing heavy bombs on their heads,it is a murder ,it is a genocide ,it is a crime it is not a liberation,it is a colonisation,a destruction of a soverein country,that's why the bush administration is a threat to our word they are...

Just as Paul Daniels and Frank Bruno once threatened to quit the UK if Labour got in, many Americans warned they would flee abroad if George Bush was re-elected. So will they honour their promises? In the run up to the US presidential election last week, Hollywood veteran Robert Redford was asked what he would do were George W Bush to be reinstalled in the White House for four more years. "I'll probably be in England, no Ireland," said Redford. Visiting or living asked the BBC reporter? "Living," replied the Oscar-winning actor. Whether Redford was sincere or not remains to...

FLINT - Former Vice President Al Gore will encourage Democrats to continue working through Election Day in an "Every Vote Counts" rally Sunday. It will be a return to familiar territory for Gore, who visited Genesee County three times in three months leading up to the 2000 election he lost to George Bush. He ended up beating Bush by 62-34 percent in Genesee County. This time, Gore is campaigning on behalf of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, who has come to Genesee County once this year, in February, before the Michigan Democratic caucus. The public is invited to the...