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From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 8 Sep 2009 22:37
isn't taking the job...

After days of anguished deliberation, Joseph P. Kennedy II said yesterday
that he will not seek the US Senate seat of his uncle, Edward M. Kennedy,
probably ending the family's half-century of political dominance in
Massachusetts and opening up the Democratic primary race.

But those close to him said the lure of a Senate seat and the prospect of
extending his family's political legacy were not enough to draw Kennedy,
who runs an energy firm, back into the spotlight and grueling pace of
national politics.


LOL! "Runs an energy firm." Riight..read on...

Joe Kennedy declined requests for an interview. But a source familiar with
Kennedy's thinking, who asked for anonymity, said Kennedy strongly
considered getting into the race, but was deeply conflicted. He ultimately
concluded that he is happier running Citizens Energy - which supplies
discounted oil to low-income households, and includes a for-profit energy
firm, where his salary has exceeded $500,000 - than being a legislator.



Here's what Joe's afraid of...

http://www.citizensenergy.com/english/pages/OilHeatProgram

What is the Oil Heat Program?
In partnership with CITGO, Citizens Energy works with thousands of oil
heat dealers and local fuel assistance agencies in 24 states to provide
deliveries of home heating oil to those in need. This year the Oil Heat
Program provided eligible families a one-time delivery of 100 gallons of
home heating oil.


Low-income families have little choice but to cut back on food, medicine,
and other life essentials when their home energy costs rise. Bad choices
lead to bad outcomes. When the heating bills of poor families rise,
studies show they often reduce their spending on food by about the same
amount, and it is no surprise that cases of undernourished children
increase by about one-third during winter months.



From the Boston Globe:

As Joseph P. Kennedy II contemplates a race to reclaim the Senate seat
held by his family for nearly half a century, his most formidable obstacle
may not be a Massachusetts politician but a political leader some 2,000
miles away: President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela.

Over the past four years, Citizens Energy Corp., the signature nonprofit
founded by Kennedy in 1979 as a political launching pad, has grown from a
local charity serving 10,000 Massachusetts homes a year into a national
effort delivering free fuel to 200,000 households in 23 states.

And Kennedy, a former US representative, has relied almost exclusively on
Chávez, a vociferous critic of the US government, for that growth.

Since 2005, Citizens' 877-JOE-4-OIL campaign has been sustained by the
oil fields of Venezuela. Chávez, who controls the industry there, has
delivered crude oil at no charge to a Citizens affiliate, which has resold
it and used the money to pay for oil deliveries to America's poor. In
the past two years, Citizens has been given 83 million gallons of crude by
Chávez and sold it for $164 million - money used to fund almost its
entire philanthropic mission.


So? He gets oil from Chavez and redistributes it to the poor. And most of
these people are REALLY needy! They aired a commercial last year about a
family that sold everything they had and bought a mobile home (trailer for
thos of you in Rio Linda...) in order to pay for the cancer treatments for
their 12 year old daughter. Fixed income elderly are eligible, people with
medical problems, etc. If you need oil and can't pay for it, you call
Joe-4-oil.

Teaming with Chavez wasn't exactly what Kennedy wanted to do, but Chavez
generously offers oil every year to the program. And Joe makes the best
use of it. I have been cheering him since the program began. The article
said 4 years, but it has been longer than that, off and on, and the
program was OFF until Chavez stepped up to the plate.

Joe was afraid of the criticism he would take for taking a handout from
Chavez. He won't get any criticism from me. I wish he had taken the office
until the election.


From: JoeSpareBedroom on 8 Sep 2009 23:35
"Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
news:pan.2009.09.09.02.37.23.373046(a)e86.GTS...
> isn't taking the job...
>


"SHOULD have"?? A reliable source says you're still a putz for not
recognizing Ted Kennedy's contributions to this country. Be careful with
your response. This is a trap.


From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 8 Sep 2009 23:41
On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:35:30 -0400, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
> news:pan.2009.09.09.02.37.23.373046(a)e86.GTS...
>> isn't taking the job...
>>
>>
>
> "SHOULD have"?? A reliable source says you're still a putz for not
> recognizing Ted Kennedy's contributions to this country. Be careful with
> your response. This is a trap.

Killing a girl in a car is not a 'contribution'. He should have been
kicked out of the Senate immediately.
Massholes are weaklings.

As far as 'contributions', he was one of the people fighting for unions
(UGH!), SinglePayer healthcare, and every Liberal idea that came down the
pike, no matter how K00Ky. He was a drunkard and a womanizer.

All things Liberals look for in a Senator. No, thanks.



From: JoeSpareBedroom on 8 Sep 2009 23:47
"Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
news:pan.2009.09.09.03.41.17.642792(a)e86.GTS...
> On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:35:30 -0400, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>
>> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
>> news:pan.2009.09.09.02.37.23.373046(a)e86.GTS...
>>> isn't taking the job...
>>>
>>>
>>
>> "SHOULD have"?? A reliable source says you're still a putz for not
>> recognizing Ted Kennedy's contributions to this country. Be careful with
>> your response. This is a trap.
>
> Killing a girl in a car is not a 'contribution'.

Have you ever heard the saying "When you live in a glass house, don't throw
stones." ?

Do you know what the saying means?


> As far as 'contributions', he was one of the people fighting for unions
> (UGH!), SinglePayer healthcare, and every Liberal idea that came down the
> pike, no matter how K00Ky. He was a drunkard and a womanizer.
>
> All things Liberals look for in a Senator. No, thanks.


The reliable source says he did some good things. This is a trap.


From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 9 Sep 2009 00:02
On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:47:15 -0400, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
> news:pan.2009.09.09.03.41.17.642792(a)e86.GTS...
>> On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:35:30 -0400, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>>
>>> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
>>> news:pan.2009.09.09.02.37.23.373046(a)e86.GTS...
>>>> isn't taking the job...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> "SHOULD have"?? A reliable source says you're still a putz for not
>>> recognizing Ted Kennedy's contributions to this country. Be careful
>>> with your response. This is a trap.
>>
>> Killing a girl in a car is not a 'contribution'.
>
> Have you ever heard the saying "When you live in a glass house, don't
> throw stones." ?
>
> Do you know what the saying means?

I committed a crime.
My father wasn't politically connected.
I was not a member of a governing body.
I stole software for my own use and went to jail for it.

Comparing that to someone WHO KILLED SOMEBODY indicates just how off base
you really are. And the sad state of Democrats. You know, you guys who are
supposed to be, "Well, he did the crime, he did the time, and now he's
rehablilitated."

And you're defending someone who got from the cops, "Sorry to have
inconvenienced you, Mr. Kennedy."

Wow. Are you lost.


>
>
>> As far as 'contributions', he was one of the people fighting for unions
>> (UGH!), SinglePayer healthcare, and every Liberal idea that came down
>> the pike, no matter how K00Ky. He was a drunkard and a womanizer.
>>
>> All things Liberals look for in a Senator. No, thanks.
>
>
> The reliable source says he did some good things. This is a trap.

I have it from a reliable source he did a LOT of good things. Yes, he did.
Probably trying to make up for what he should have gone to jail for. We
had him, the people used him, and he did a lot of good.

But he should have been in jail.


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