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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 10:55 PM Original message |
Intimate pictures hidden for 40 years capture the innocence of the Kennedy era |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Such innocence . . . three months before the Bay of Pigs. |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 11:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I don't understand your comment. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 11:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. There was nothing innocent about the Kennedy Administration. |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 12:13 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Read a little more - the CIA sold him a 'bill of goods' as we say. They |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 12:44 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. And I might add to that |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 08:43 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Swapping Turkish bases for Cuban bases was heroic. |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 09:10 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Kennedy had noting to do with Cuba aligning itself with the USSR |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 09:19 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. He had the ability to reverse course. |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 10:28 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. He did reverse courses - on Cuba and Vietnam. And was taken out. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 12:56 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Dear God, NO NO NO |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:15 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. No, there's a lot of documentation |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:29 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. As I smile at your post, I must ask - who crawls out? |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #32 |
45. You sure do like sticking your fingers in your ears. |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. That was after the missile stand-off - it saved lives. I thought we were on the Bay of Pigs. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
47. Bay of Pigs led to the missiles led to the Embargo led to the Crisis led to the swap. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 08:42 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. That misses the point. |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 10:03 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. I believe the decision to not establish diplomatic relations with Cuba after |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
39. Invading Cuba was the first step |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:33 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Exactly - and it continues - Boliva hot hot hot, Venezuela, Cuba. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 09:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Do you ever get the impression that there was a faction in the CIA who |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 10:26 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. I think the faction in the CIA are people picked to advance the political |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. I know there are good people in the CIA. |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:50 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. The corrupt wing of the CIA came out of WW 2 |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Yossarian. Can you refresh my memory on the CIA part of Catch 22? |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 06:14 PM Response to Reply #34 |
48. No not just the supply Sargent but the CO |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
38. Come on--JFK was a hard line cold warrior--read his inagural speech |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:42 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. Yes, I'll try to reread it. I always thought the hard line was for our enemies and our |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
35. Read "Brothers" by David Talbot |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 11:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Such innocence... |
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Bobbieo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 11:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I sure miss those days!!!! They were good ones. |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
44. See my post 43. |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 12:05 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I think Innocence too |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
43. There's a whole lot of words to use for the Kennedy - |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. Seeing a documentary on ballerina Maria Tallchief just now reminded me of |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 11:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Thanks for that. |
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schrodinger_I (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 11:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Correction |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. President Kennedy kept America out of World War III. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
12. god, she was lovely. |
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Didereaux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
13. Jackies' greatest achievement and legacy...were the two children |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 05:47 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. She married Onassis FOR her children |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 05:41 AM Response to Original message |
15. nice pics but Kennedy was never 48 years old |
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King Coal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 08:26 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Thanks Skittles. I didn't think that sounded quite right. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
25. He looks like a man under an enormous amount of stress. |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 10:37 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I thought this country started to unravel with his assassination by our own. |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 06:34 PM Response to Reply #25 |
49. He was not a well man |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
30. The innocence of what? taking a lot of drugs and nailing an actress? |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. lol - my thoughts exactly. They're great pics but..... |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
36. The 43 year old Kennedy--he never even made it to 48. |
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Beerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
40. Way cool! Thanks for the link, |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
50. Makes me so sad |
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