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Kennedy to Be Buried at Arlington, Near Brothers
The Washington Post ^ | 8/26/09 | Paul Kane and Debbi Wilgoren

Posted on 08/26/2009 1:49:10 PM PDT by Former Fetus

Wednesday, August 26, 2009; 4:31 PM

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the political patriarch who died late Tuesday after a 15-month battle with brain cancer, will be buried Saturday at Arlington National Cemetery, close to the famed gravesites of his slain brothers.

As tributes poured in Wednesday from across the country and the world, Washington mourned the Massachusetts Democrat whose outsize personality and political skills continued to drive the health-care debate even in his final days.

Flags were ordered flown at half-staff at the U.S. Capitol, the White House and federal buildings. Across the Potomac River at the nation's military cemetery, photographers and camera crews were escorted to the flickering orange flame and polished marble gravestones that mark the final resting places of John F. Kennedy, assassinated in 1963, in the third year of his presidency, and Robert F. Kennedy, gunned down nearly five years later during his own White House campaign.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arlingtoncemetery; borking; kennedy; maryjokopechne; tedkennedy; traitor; treason; unworthy
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To: SERKIT

Some cities have “Ghost Tours” of all the supposed ghosts of years past that still walk the streets. Maybe now some entrepreneurs can give Arlington Ghost Tours of all the real heroes buried there that have gotten out of their graves so they won’t lay near Teddy.


21 posted on 08/26/2009 1:59:45 PM PDT by Sir Clancelot
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To: Former Fetus

Ya gotta love the NYTimes (okay, so maybe you don’t), their lead story on Kennedy opens by describing him as ‘disciplined’. Or maybe they’re using it as a modifier for ‘liberal’ and a disciplined liberal is the new euphemism for a Leninist liberal...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/us/politics/27kennedy.html?hp


22 posted on 08/26/2009 2:00:41 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Former Fetus

Arlington, eh? I wonder if he EVER thought about the thousands upon thousands of murdered US citizens at the hands of illegal aliens....THAT is Ted’s legacy, the guy who invited and promoted the invasion of this sovereign nation with his first amnesty.

Keyword Aliens
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/aliens/index?tab=articles


23 posted on 08/26/2009 2:01:07 PM PDT by AuntB (First the government cripples you, then it tries to sell you a crutch!)
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To: a fool in paradise

Well, technically it’s not treason because he is a constitutionally protected class....a Democrat.


24 posted on 08/26/2009 2:01:34 PM PDT by roses of sharon (It is not actual suffering but a taste of better things which excites people to revolt: Hoffer)
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To: freedumb2003

JFK on taxes:

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39517


25 posted on 08/26/2009 2:01:38 PM PDT by maggief
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To: Former Fetus

“the lion of the Senate had been able to actively participate. “

A Misspelling. Should be Lyin of the Senate.


26 posted on 08/26/2009 2:01:39 PM PDT by ZULU (God guts and guns made America great. Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.)
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To: Former Fetus

True story! Eminent domain by another name...


27 posted on 08/26/2009 2:02:05 PM PDT by Feline_AIDS (Boop boop hoop yeah!)
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To: Former Fetus

“whose outsize personality “

By at least 300 lbs.


28 posted on 08/26/2009 2:02:20 PM PDT by ZULU (God guts and guns made America great. Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.)
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To: ZULU; goat granny

US Army 1951-1953.


29 posted on 08/26/2009 2:02:31 PM PDT by ansel12 (Romney (guns)"instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people")
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To: ansel12

Oh well.


30 posted on 08/26/2009 2:02:57 PM PDT by ZULU (God guts and guns made America great. Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.)
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To: Former Fetus

Maybe we can all go over there during the freeper convention and pay our respects. /*sarc


31 posted on 08/26/2009 2:02:59 PM PDT by smokingfrog (No man's life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session. I AM JIM THOMPSON)
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To: maggief

Well, that was certainly eye-opening. My estimation of JFK just increased a good bit...


32 posted on 08/26/2009 2:03:44 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: goat granny

2 year hitch in the Army after getting thrown out of Harvard. Rose to the rank of private.


33 posted on 08/26/2009 2:04:16 PM PDT by dancusa (Smile liberals. Welcome to the todays community organizing. We aren't going away or shutting up.)
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To: goat granny

From wiki:

Kennedy enlisted in the United States Army in June 1951.[9] Following basic training at Fort Dix, he requested assignment to Fort Holabird for Army Intelligence training, but was dropped after a few weeks without explanation.[9] He went to Camp Gordon for training in the Military Police Corps.[9] In June 1952, he was assigned to the honor guard at SHAPE headquarters in Paris.[4][9] His father’s political connections ensured he was not deployed to the ongoing Korean War.[4][10] While stationed in Europe he travelled extensively on weekends and climbed the Matterhorn.[11] He was discharged in March 1953 as a private first class.[9][11]


34 posted on 08/26/2009 2:04:42 PM PDT by maggief
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To: King Hawk
Scottish flags were also ordered to half-staff as most expect whiskey sales to dip to an all-time low.

Kramer, in a suprising blind squirrel move, has called the Chivas Regal stock a SELL.

35 posted on 08/26/2009 2:07:04 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (The way to destroy a countercultural movement is to have white people start liking it.)
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To: Former Fetus

Why is he entitled to be buried in Arlington???????? I could feel my head pound when I read this, I think my ears are bleeding.


36 posted on 08/26/2009 2:09:20 PM PDT by Shimmer1 (Navy blue)
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To: maggief

Plus Senators can be buried there also. He qualifies under two criteria.
He is in hell now, but he does qualify for Arlington.


37 posted on 08/26/2009 2:11:17 PM PDT by Wacka
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To: Former Fetus

Teddy was the left-wing equivalent of the holy roller who is secretly a sexual freak and has little boys chained up in his basement, but “atones” for it by screaming at other people about sin and damnation.

Teddy spent almost his entire public career “atoning” for Mary Jo, at our expense.


38 posted on 08/26/2009 2:14:15 PM PDT by denydenydeny ("I'm sure this goes against everything you've been taught, but right and wrong do exist"-Dr House)
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To: dancusa
Rose to the rank of private.

He went past the rank of "private" which is the first two ranks, E-1 and E-2. He became a Private First Class, E-3.

39 posted on 08/26/2009 2:14:49 PM PDT by ansel12 (Romney (guns)"instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people")
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To: Former Fetus

I think saying that Kennedy is “in Hell” is disrespectful to his family. Declaring where he is now is above my pay grade.


40 posted on 08/26/2009 2:16:17 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Yes, we disagree - no, we won't shut up - no, we won't quit.)
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