TIGARD — It wasn’t through rain, snow, sleet and hail, but Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took a rocky path to Tigard last week from his home in New York.

Dear RFK Jr. News-Staffers:

 

It’s been a while since I’ve visited the web site but my heart still gets tugged when I read articles like this month’s Vanity Fair. 

I feel the article is totally unfair to RFK Jr. in it’s perception that he is not one of the heirs most likely to be active in this or next generation.  The article goes on to hype Joe Jr & Caroline as being the two new leaders of the Kennedy clan.  They discuss how RFK Jr. has a speech impediment that makes running for office a serious challenge. 

 

I beg to disagree!  He has been out there speaking in public for years, never letting his spasmodic dysphonia stop him from getting the message across. He hosts a weekly radio show on Air America and does numerous television interviews. In my opinion, he’s a better speaker than all the other Kennedy kids put together! 

I have also been aware that he has had to work with a speech impediment, but Bobby is nothing less than an electrifying speaker.  It is a shame what his family is pulling.  They are only hurting our country by their selfish short-sighted behavior.  All of us face some dysfunction in our immediate families and I just chalk this nonsense up to petty jealousies.

 

I hope the members here can convince him that he is beloved by millions.  That there are millions more longing to hear him speak; and that he will be able to sort out his family’s nonsense for what it is.  Just a histronic reaction to the sad scenario of Ted Kennedy’s illness and probable prognosis. 

Bobby Jr; has accomplished so much more in public life than most of his cousins, brothers and sisters put together!  I once did admire Joe Kennedy’s prowess, but he seems to be truly happier working on his energy company.  He has kept a low profile until now.

 

We need to get more letters over to Vanity Fair to set them straight about Bobby Jr’s real promise and qualifications as a real leader for the next generation of Americans! 

 

Thank you,

Susanne

THE GHOST OF JOHN F. KENNEDY

by Ernie Mannix

“Strange…”  he blurted, on feeling that familiar pain in his lower back. “I’m just vapor and thought, and I still need a chiropractor.”

The handsome man instinctively brushed aside the hair barely hanging down on his forehead as he pressed on towards the residence portion of the house.

“Ah… I am here to see Obama” he told the secret service guard inside the residence. The guard did not react at all.  John Fitzgerald Kennedy knew right off that his presence would be seen only by his intended audience and the guard saw nothing. “Fix your tie pal.” Kennedy joked as he walked passed the oblivious sentry.

“You must be President Kennedy”, Obama sheepishly asked the figure now standing above him as he lay in bed.  ”Thesevisits are getting quite regular, are you the last?” 

“Well, Teddy Roosevelt wants to come and see you, but ahh… we talked him out of it… well okay we restrained him.  Well,  I wouldn’t worry too much about that… for now.

Obama turned and looked towards his wife.

“Don’t worry Mr. President, your wife will hear and see nothing… time is standing still.” Kennedy mentioned, as he pointed to then tapped his watch.

Obama moved to get up, and President Kennedy interrupted; “Please don’t get up on my part, what I have to tell you won’t take too long, and you will be needing your rest for the coming months and years my friend.”

“Well, here it is Barack;

 I’m all for social programs that really work, and I know you need money to pay for them, but when you create bureaucracy that can only barely pay for its own fat self with those hard earned tax dollars, burdening the government itself and of course the poor taxpaying citizen, well son, then you are on the road to socialism.

You are creating agencies and bureaus that exist to feed themselves, and how the hell is that going to help a nation that is in deep debt? The state is not always the answer Obama, American know-how, and the unfettered creativity that powers it almost usually is. Yes, tighten the belt on business cheaters and scammers, but don’t choke off the growers and the doers. It’s real simple Barack, if you turn each and every time to bureaucracy, well, let’s just say you’ll be turning our country in the wrong direction.

We aren’t Europe. We aren’t communists. We aren’t socialists. And we sure as hell aren’t in the business of making the latter two of those particular groups stronger.

For you to raise a communist island that enslaves it’s people up to equal our democracy with so called talks is just nuts son. They are rotting away faster than their ‘57 Chevrolets and you want to bring them into a dialogue? You notice how Fidel’s brother said that the prerequisite is that you talk as equals? This guy is now gonna dictate the talks? Instead of trying to ‘understand’ what every other country is about, I suggest you study and understand what we are all about. Not every one on this earth is worth being friends with.

“Mr. Kennedy, you are a Democrat!” Barack exclaimed incredulously.

“Don’t give me that crap Barack. Your party does not even resemble the Democratic party of my day. You’re acting like a teenager that thinks he knows everything there is to know, and all that came before him was so ‘uncool’. Come on, the only ones you won’t talk to are the people in your own country who are hopping mad at you and your policies. For instance, you can ignore that Tea Party all you want, but it sure is a group I’d be talking to, before the seeds they are sowing start taking root. Those are Americans for God’s sake, and you got that Pelosi out there belittling them. That is just silly. I don’t hear her even saying one cross word to the despots and dictators you both are facing.

“President Kennedy, I ‘ve gotta say, on that note sir, you once said: ‘Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.’

“Yes I did Barack, but there must be some kind of a goal there. Cuba? Iran? Chavez?  Unless you are now in the business of helping communists and terrorists, what are we as a democracy to gain from them?  And I think you really need to think about the first part of that quote and search your soul Obama.  You might think you are making it easier to be liked, but what you might just be doing is making it easier for us to be beat. Obama, understanding who your real enemies are is much more important than being nice to everyone. And for goodness sake, start using the word terrorist again. 

Listen, I’ve got to go, but let me leave you with another one of my quotes; ‘The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.’ 

Well, I wish you luck son, .. oh and I’ll try to dissuade Teddy Roosevelt from charging on in here” 

With that he smiled that million dollar smile, turned, and disappeared into the golden light beaming through the bedroom window.

 

Source: http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/emannix/2009/04/21/the-ghost-of-john-f-kennedy/

Interview with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

ABC News’ Brian Ross talks to RFK Jr. on the Issue of Clean Coal

April 14, 2009—

 

ROSS: So what’s going on here then with these extensive campaigns and all the candidates in the presidential election last year endorsing this?

 

KENNEDY: The coal industry and the carbon industry in general are the largest contributors to the political process. So, you know, you have politicians who have essentially become indentured servants to these, and adopt the talking points of these industries. And that’s really, it’s not in the best interest of the American public certainly but it’s one of the sad fallouts of having a lackadaisical campaign finance system in this country, which really compromises, ultimately American democracy. Because you don’t have politicians representing the American public, but rather the people who finance their campaigns. And that’s the coal industry and the oil industry, who are the primary funders.

 

ROSS: So when you watched last fall with all the candidates, including President Obama talking about clean coal, what were you thinking when you watched all that?

 

KENNEDY: Oh, not only was I dismayed to see that, but also, if you looked at the presidential debates, the networks were allowing the coal industry to sponsor the debates. So that every single one of the presidential debates was sponsored by clean coal. So it’s not just that it’s corrupted the political process, but it’s corrupted essentially the American media as well.

 

ROSS: Have you seen the commercials they’re running now with President Obama, “Yes, we can” talking about clean coal? What’s your reaction to that?

 

KENNEDY: Well, again, I think it’s sad when political leaders feel that they are so indebted to these industries that they, and so fearful of them, essentially, that they have to endorse conditions that clearly are wrong.

 

ROSS: And you say that about President Obama?

 

KENNEDY: Yeah.

Anybody who looks at this understands that the term “clean coal” is a dirty lie. That coal is neither cheap nor clean. It’s devastating to our country, it’s bad for our economy, it’s devastating towards our communities, and we have wonderful alternatives in this country if we’d only invest in them.

 

ROSS: And you see in the stimulus package that there’s $3 billion plus for clean coal. When the White House went for that did you raise an objection or do you object now?

KENNEDY: Well, we raised the objection when they were trying to put $17 billion dollars worth of stimulus for so-called “clean coal”. We, so at the end, by the time we got to $3.6 billion it was looking pretty good. But it’s much less than they asked for at the beginning. And I think in truth that this country is going to be moving away from carbon, because carbon, coal simply cannot compete in the marketplace. This morning I cut the ribbon on a new plant by a company called Abound, which is producing solar thermal panels in Colorado. And it’s the largest production of solar, thin filmed solar panels in Colorado. It’s the largest solar panel production in the world today, and it opened today. And they are producing solar panels for people’s roofs at grid parity. That means they are producing it cheaper than you can produce coal.

So even with all of the subsidies that are going to the coal industry, the coal industry receives almost a trillion dollars in subsidies every year from our country, and yet even with those huge subsidies that allow them to sell their energy at 6 cents a kilowatt or 11 cents a kilowatt, we can still beat them in the marketplace. Even though they have all these subsidies, these distorted advantages, we’re still beating them in the marketplace. And so their time, I think, is limited.

 

ROSS: Do you think President Obama’s been hoodwinked or has there been political pressure? What do you think accounts for his continued endorsement of clean coal?

 

KENNEDY: As I said, I think that it’s a sad testament to the impact of campaign contributions in our system and the political clout of this industry that you have very sensible politicians, including great men like Barack Obama, who feel the need to parrot the talking points of this industry that is so destructive to our country, to the communities of Appalachia, to the millions of Americans who’d like to take their kids fishing.

 

You know, we’re living today, truthfully, in a science fiction nightmare. Our country, where my children and the children of most Americans can no longer engage in the seminal primal activity of American youth, which is to go fishing with their father in the local fishing hole and then come home and safely eat the fish. Because somebody gave money to a politician and poisoned more than half of the fish in this country with mercury. And it’s the coal industry, and they are privatizing a public trust resource, the fish of our country, which belong to us, they belong to the people. But now the coal industry owns them and the utilities. Because they poison them so much we can’t use them anymore.

ROSS: But is it unusual for you? You’re speaking out against the leader of your party, the President of the country. That’s not going to help your chance of a job in this administration.

 

KENNEDY: My loyalties are to my country and not to any particular politician. And you know, I’ve been non-partisan. I’ve been 25 years as an environmental advocate, I’ve been non-partisan and bi-partisan. I don’t believe in partisanship. If somebody does something wrong, I’m going to say it whether they’re Democrat or Republican.

 

ROSS: And do you think President Obama should reverse his course on this?

 

KENNEDY: Absolutely. There’s no such thing as clean coal, we’re destroying the Appalachians. And I guarantee you if we could get President Obama to fly over the Cumberland, to fly over the Appalachian mountains and see the destruction that’s occurring there, he would…

ROSS: And what do you think this $3.6 billion will mean to the clean coal push?

KENNEDY: What will $3.6 billion mean? I don’t think it’s really going to make a big difference in terms of a lot of coal plants being built. We’ve been able to shut down 40 proposals for coal plants over the past two and half years. People are understanding that nobody wants a coal plant in their community because they don’t want the autism rates to climb because of the mercury contamination. They don’t want to be getting sick. The University of Texas just published a study that shows that people who live in the plume downwind of a coal burning power plant have much greater, in their schools, they have much greater special education needs because of the damage it’s doing to our children. So nobody wants one of these in their neighborhoods, so I think more and more people across our country are just saying no to coal. They’re saying we want alternative forms of energy, we know they’re out there.

 

We’re building them today, the companies I’m involved with are building them and we don’t have to be hookwinked by the coal industry anymore. And the politicians who are continuing to carry the industry water and to parrot the industry talking points ultimately should be ashamed of themselves.

 

ROSS: Including President Obama?

 

KENNEDY: Everybody.

 

ROSS: This must be one of the great propaganda campaigns of all time.

KENNEDY: Well, there’s a lot of propaganda campaigns by big industry. Look at the tobacco industry which was able to for 50 years, while it was killing one out of every five of its customers that used its product as directed, was able to persuade the political process, the political structure that there was nothing wrong with tobacco. I remember seven years ago that seven heads of the tobacco companies swearing under oath before Congress that they did not believe that tobacco was bad for public health. Well, the tobacco industry is tiny compared to the coal industry. And you saw that the destruction, the lies, the creation of these phony scientists, these tobacco scientists, and the coal industry has its own tobacco scientists. We call them “biostitutes”, and they keep them in these phony think tanks on Capitol Hill and they’ve got their slick PR firms and they’ve got their indentured servants in our political process who, and they’ve got their toadying corporate toadies on talk radio who are mouthing the talking points that there’s such a thing as clean coal.

 

And they’ve got a huge advertising campaign, a propaganda campaign, and we know that propaganda works. You know, It actually works. And that’s unfortunate, but it does, and they will succeed in persuading some members of the American public there’s such a thing as clean coal. And they’ll be able to provide cover for some of their indentured servants in our political process who feel that they need to mouth the talking points of the coal industry. But I think most Americans are not going to be fooled. Nobody wants a coal plant in their backyard, and everybody now I think understands that clean coal is a dirty lie.

 

 

 

Transcript Copyright © 2009 ABC News

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