Ted needs to sit down, shut up and have another scotch.
Laurie --- Charles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Kennedy lambasts Bush > > > Senator tells Austin group the war in Iraq is wrong > > > <http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/06/01/14/image_14016.gif> > > > <http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/06/01/14/image_14016.gif> > <http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/06/01/14/image_14016.gif> > ADVERTISEMENT > <http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/06/01/14/image_14016.gif> > <http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/06/01/14/image_14016.gif> > > > <http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/06/01/14/image_14016.gif> > <http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/06/01/14/image_14016.gif> > <http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/06/01/14/image_14016.gif> > > > <http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/06/01/14/image_14016.gif> > <http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/06/01/14/image_14016.gif> > <http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/06/01/14/image_14016.gif> > <http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/06/01/14/image_14016.gif> > > > <http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/06/01/14/image_14016.gif> > <http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/06/01/14/image_14016.gif> > <http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/06/01/14/image_14016.gif> > > > <http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/06/01/14/image_14016.gif> > > > <http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/06/01/14/image_14016.gif> > > > By Dick Stanley > > AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF > > Saturday, December 13, 2003 > > U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy on Friday excoriated President > Bush for "squandering" > the good will of America's European allies after the > Sept. 11 terrorist > attacks and invading Iraq, a move that Kennedy > contended is only "breeding > more terrorists" to attack the country. > > "It is enough to make the Statue of Liberty weep," > the Massachusetts > Democrat said in a speech to the annual fund-raising > dinner for the Texas > Civil Rights Project. > > Several speakers at the event at the Four Seasons > Hotel in downtown Austin > drew rousing applause from the hundreds in > attendance when they said they > wished they could wave a magic wand and make Kennedy > president instead of > Bush. > > Kennedy is "the statesman of the century . . . in > these very difficult > times," said former Texas Democratic Lt. Gov. Ben > Barnes. > > The Texas Civil Rights Project is a group of lawyers > who pursue civil rights > cases around the state. University of Texas > constitutional lawyer Michael > Tiger hailed the group's director, Jim Harrington, > for taking cases that > "are a finger in the eye of power and privilege." > > Harrington thanked Kennedy for "your very many years > of heroic leadership," > and said the senator was continuing the civil rights > legacy of his > assassinated brothers, President John Kennedy and > former U.S. Attorney > General Robert Kennedy. > > But Sen. Kennedy, who Barnes noted has been in the > U.S. Senate since 1962, > contended that the work of such groups as the Texas > Civil Rights Project was > necessary because of "a quiet erosion . . . taking > place" in the progress of > civil rights in America. > > He spoke of the Latino poor's continued lack of > equal access to health care, > and he said the judiciary has denied Congress' > intent in passing laws to > give the disabled equal opportunities. He also > citedthe existence of a large > and growing work force of undocumented immigrants > who labor at low wages > without equal opportunity. > > He said it was also "time for Congress to do its > part" in expanding the > rights of gay and lesbian Americans. > > "We must be vigilant, not compliant," Kennedy said. > "The struggle for civil > rights is never, never in vain. All of us must go > all out. Failure is not an > option." > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 445-3629 > > > Charles Mims > http://www.the-sandbox.org > <http://www.the-sandbox.org/> > > > > ATTACHMENT part 1.2 image/gif name=image_14016.gif > _______________________________________________ > Sndbox mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://a8.mewebdns-a8.com/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net > ===== Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there? ~Richard Bach~ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree _______________________________________________ Sndbox mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://a8.mewebdns-a8.com/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net
