Comments on: My Ted Kennedy Story http://toonstoonstoons.net/2009/08/my-ted-kennedy-story/ and why shouldn't they? Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:24:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Elizabeth http://toonstoonstoons.net/2009/08/my-ted-kennedy-story/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Elizabeth Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:11:41 +0000 http://toonstoonstoons.net/?p=458#comment-279 PS I would pay big money (ok, figure of speech in light of my above post) to see the cover of that NY Times Magazine. Mike, you are an unending well of surprises! PS I would pay big money (ok, figure of speech in light of my above post) to see the cover of that NY Times Magazine. Mike, you are an unending well of surprises!

]]> By: Elizabeth http://toonstoonstoons.net/2009/08/my-ted-kennedy-story/comment-page-1/#comment-278 Elizabeth Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:10:27 +0000 http://toonstoonstoons.net/?p=458#comment-278 Right now, I'm sitting here with all the bones in my ankle broken, at least one of them in three places. I have been on crutches since June. Every day, I crutch down to my mailbox to discover nothing but bills from the hospital. I am one of the millions of uninsured Americans, and my ankle is now worth over $30,000. Of course, with a broken ankle, I can't really work, which leaves me with no money for these bills or any of the other crap that I have to pay for - tuition, textbooks, rent, food, transportation. Right now, I have a lot of respect for a man who has been yelling about universal healthcare for decades. I would not have wanted to be Ted Kennedy, and I think he was as human and imperfect as anyone else. He made some awfully bad choices, I think maybe he did some ok things, too. Of course, the good news is that the hospital can send as many bills as they want; there's just no way to get blood from a stone. What are they going to do, repossess my ankle? HA! Right now, I’m sitting here with all the bones in my ankle broken, at least one of them in three places. I have been on crutches since June. Every day, I crutch down to my mailbox to discover nothing but bills from the hospital. I am one of the millions of uninsured Americans, and my ankle is now worth over $30,000. Of course, with a broken ankle, I can’t really work, which leaves me with no money for these bills or any of the other crap that I have to pay for – tuition, textbooks, rent, food, transportation.

Right now, I have a lot of respect for a man who has been yelling about universal healthcare for decades. I would not have wanted to be Ted Kennedy, and I think he was as human and imperfect as anyone else. He made some awfully bad choices, I think maybe he did some ok things, too.

Of course, the good news is that the hospital can send as many bills as they want; there’s just no way to get blood from a stone. What are they going to do, repossess my ankle? HA!

]]> By: Tessa http://toonstoonstoons.net/2009/08/my-ted-kennedy-story/comment-page-1/#comment-276 Tessa Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:18:13 +0000 http://toonstoonstoons.net/?p=458#comment-276 I imagine there are words you wish you had found on the spur of that moment! Ted's passing is big news in Australia too. The story is a distraction from the many problems they should be reporting. I imagine there are words you wish you had found on the spur of that moment!

Ted’s passing is big news in Australia too.
The story is a distraction from the many problems they should be reporting.

]]> By: bob bowes http://toonstoonstoons.net/2009/08/my-ted-kennedy-story/comment-page-1/#comment-275 bob bowes Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:12:53 +0000 http://toonstoonstoons.net/?p=458#comment-275 Thanks, Karen Thanks, Karen

]]> By: Karen http://toonstoonstoons.net/2009/08/my-ted-kennedy-story/comment-page-1/#comment-274 Karen Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:31:43 +0000 http://toonstoonstoons.net/?p=458#comment-274 Interesting story. I was truly saddened to hear of his death. Despite many problematic things about the man, he was a voice that I generally agreed with, especially later in his life. His death has some signalled to me the passing of an era in some sense. I'll never forget what JFK said on this birthday at Madison Square Garden as his lover sang him Happy Birthday. "There are about 400 people in the US who are powerful enough to represent their own interests, it's up the President to represent the interests of the others." That sentiment, to me, was the best of what those Irish Boston Brahmins were about. We know the worst, but at this moment I prefer to forget it. After 15 months of battling a brain tumor, he deserves peace. Interesting story. I was truly saddened to hear of his death. Despite many problematic things about the man, he was a voice that I generally agreed with, especially later in his life. His death has some signalled to me the passing of an era in some sense. I’ll never forget what JFK said on this birthday at Madison Square Garden as his lover sang him Happy Birthday. “There are about 400 people in the US who are powerful enough to represent their own interests, it’s up the President to represent the interests of the others.” That sentiment, to me, was the best of what those Irish Boston Brahmins were about. We know the worst, but at this moment I prefer to forget it. After 15 months of battling a brain tumor, he deserves peace.

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