[Peace-discuss] [Fwd: [SuperLiberty] Edward Kennedy 1932-2009]

[E. Wayne Johnson]

The  Rev. Manning is kicking Teddy's butt from hell to breakfast on 
Revolution Broadcasting right now.

"Ted Kennedy is a legend in destroying more dreams than anyone...how 
many would have done Great Things,
were it not for people like Ted Kennedy."

http://www.revolutionbroadcasting.com/

I'll get the audio and post it on my website, but you can hear him live 
for the next 45 minutes.

On 8/26/2009 11:40 AM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> [One of Kennedy's "accomplishments" was substantial deregulation of US 
> industry, notably airline and trucking, with results practically as 
> disastrous as the concurrent Democratic deregulation of banks. 
> Kennedy's aide for much of this nefarious work was Stephen Breyer, 
> later elevated to the Supreme Court. --CGE]
>
> From an editorial in today’s Washington Post:
>
> TED KENNEDY once said that his own legislative record was one he’d 
> love to run against. A number of people tried, of course, and lost. 
> But then, they weren’t Ted Kennedy. Mr. Kennedy spent 46 years in the 
> Senate hewing pretty steadily to his course while others trimmed or 
> just plain bailed out.
>
> He remained committed to a brand of New Deal and postwar liberalism 
> that, even when it had lost some of its luster and had run up against 
> a conservative tide in politics, still had much to offer the country.
>
> —
>
> From the Wiki article on the New Deal:
>
> Roosevelt formed what he called the Brain Trust, a group of academic 
> advisers to assist in his recovery efforts. Their solutions to the 
> economic crisis called for more extensive government regulation of the 
> economy. Donald Richberg, the second head of the NRA, said “A 
> nationally planned economy is the only salvation of our present 
> situation and the only hope for the future.”
>
> —
>
> From Ted Kennedy speech to the 1980 Democratic Party convention:
>
> The task of leadership in 1980 is not to parade scapegoats or to seek 
> refuge in reaction, but to match our power to the possibilities of 
> progress. While others talked of free enterprise, it was the 
> Democratic Party that acted and we ended excessive regulation in the 
> airline and trucking industry, and we restored competition to the 
> marketplace. And I take some satisfaction that this deregulation 
> legislation that I sponsored and passed in the Congress of the United 
> States.
>
> See full article at 
> http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/ted-kennedy-as-new-dealer/
>
> —
>
> E. Wayne Johnson wrote:
>> 'Tis so well put it bears repeating.
>>
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>> Subject:     [SuperLiberty] Edward Kennedy 1932-2009
>> Date:     Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:29:16 -0400
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>> A dynasty has ended, royalty lost a prince, the constitution an enemy.
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