You wrote abut the Kennedys <<had lobotomized because she was too much of a distraction.... some think he shouldn't have stopped with her, or maybe he didn't.>>
*That* would certainly explain a lot! No wonder Teddy had such problems. But a lobotomey explains a lot - Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net 800-583-8601 Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 11:50 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Doctors, Gun owners, Lawyers and Why I drive an MB Another aspect to it is that old Joe had one of the first long distance telephone lines in Boston. He could get breaking news from his politicians about what votes had been cast, then call up his NY people and buy/sell stocks based on that info, and make lots of money before anyone else knew what was happening. Then there was the retarded daughter he had lobotomized because she was too much of a distraction.... some think he shouldn't have stopped with her, or maybe he didn't. --R LarryT wrote: > I'm sure everyone knows how the Kennedy fortune was made? Running Rum > during prohibition - same way A Capone got his start. But the Kennedy > clan > managed to stay low key and avoid the publicity of illegal activity. ONce > that dies down they > decided politics would be the next neat illegal activity to make a lot of > money in. > > Has T Kennedy *ever* held a real job? course not. > > Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D) > www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts > Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil > PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net > 800-583-8601 > Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mitch Haley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 7:25 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Doctors, Gun owners, Lawyers and Why I drive an MB > > > OK Don wrote: > >> He sent us to the moon -- can't be all bad. >> > > Tell me more, as a Senator or as President? I always wondered why > Cape Canaveral got renamed Cape Kennedy. > Seems like the space race was already well underway by January 20, 1961, > and he died in 1963, long before we reached the moon. > > I can remember when somebody was talking about how The Godfather was > keeping Mikey clean and wanted him to be President someday, and speculated > that someday a guy from a mob family might actually grow up to be > President, > in a life imitating art sort of way. > I told him we'd been there and done that, as of 1-20-1961. Took him > a while to catch on. > > BTW, can you guess who this song is about? > > Eddie > written by James Young, 1979 > > I woke up today, the papers spoke of a man we know > He's made of the stuff they say that first made our country grow > Living in style, traveling to distant lands > Better hang tough, for now it's time to make your stand > Can we ignore the basic facts of history > Or deny what people say is destiny > I think the message is ever so loud and clear > > Eddie, now don't you run > You know you're a bootlegger's son > And you saw just what it's done to the others > Eddie, now don't you run > It's the end of all your fun > And you saw just what they've done > To your brothers > > Can we ignore the basic facts of history > Or deny what people say is destiny > First in the eighties but last of the sons > First in the eyes of his countrymen > I think the message is ever so loud and clear > > Eddie, now don't you run > You know you're a bootlegger's son > And you saw just what it's done to the others > Eddïe, now don't you run > It's the end of all your fun > And you saw just what they've done > To your brothers > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
