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Bullshit!I'm sure there will be some sort of right wing opposition to it, even though it doesn't really matter. We could make Flava Flav ambassador to Japan, and I'm not sure it would affect our relations much.
There would be right wing opposition if Obama nominated Mitt Romney for the position. Their opposition has nothing to do with the person nominated, and everything to do with Obama. The right just naturally opposes ANYTHING he does and can NEVER give him credit, even when he's right.
No shit....Can you just imagine?
Because the post of Ambassador to Japan is not a token post, it should actually go to someone with a basic understanding of international relations.
"OMG, it's like, that tree is so pretty. Is that, like, one of those Chia Pets?.....You Japanese people are soooooo little, it's like, O....M....G!, you like, must be soooooo good at playing hide and seek, and like, that game where you like, walk under the pole.....And, i'm sooooo impressed by how you all can like, cook that Sushi stuff. And, O...M...G, like, how do you people see?...Anyhow, like, my BFF and I would like, well, you know, like, would like to thank you on behalf of the like, american people, like, for fighting alongside us after, like, those Chinese bombed that Pearl Harbor place in California, and like, sunk all the lil' boats and stuff.....It was really really awesome, and like, can you make me one of those paper birds,....you know, like, one of those orgyami thingy's?.....And, well, like, O...M...G, how do you lil' people keep from burning, like, the Top Ramen, 'cause, well, how can you see, and how come, like, O...M....G, you like never ever ever open your eyes?"
You really don't know anything about the Kennedys do you? But it is consistent with your ignorance of every topic.
The Kennedys have always been devoted to social justice. Bobby and Ted were champions of the poor, the disenfranchised and the oppressed. Eunice devoted her life to the mentally handicapped. And Bobby's son Joe II created Citizen's Energy to offer free heating oil to the poor and elderly.
It is really easy for a rich person to talk about social justice. Tell me something, when was the last time they opened thier house to let homeless people stay there? When was the last time they sold everything they owned and gave it to the poor. I suggest that, if you really want to hold someone up as believing in social justice, you go find someone who, despite his wealth and power, took the bus to work every day, and prefers to live in a small apartment rather than stay in the Papal Enclave in the Vatican.
Want to tell me again about what I don't know?
You don't know SHIT.
Camp Shriver - the Beginnings of a Movement
When people speak of Camp Shriver - the origin of Special Olympics, they look no farther than Eunice Kennedy Shriver. They talk of one woman's dream that started in her own backyard. They speak of her vision that through sport, the lives of people with intellectual disabilities would be transformed and public perception would be changed.
Back in 1960, a woman from Bethesda, Md. called up Eunice and told her that she was having trouble finding a summer camp for her child with intellectual disability. The child wouldn't be accepted into a mainstream camp, and, at that time, the public education system couldn't figure out what to do with special-needs children never mind supply them with summer activities. Then another woman told her almost the same thing.
"Enough," said Eunice.
In Eunice's world, "enough" has always meant "do something about it."
Thus was born Camp Shriver, which she started at her Maryland farm, Timberlawn. Eunice asked special schools and clinics in her area to provide names of special-needs children who might be interested. Then she recruited high school and college students to act as counselors. It was almost a one-on-one situation--34 children, 26 counselors.
To almost everyone's surprise--the exception being Eunice--it was an instant success. The children swam, kicked soccer balls, shot baskets and rode horses under the summer sun. Perhaps most importantly, the young counselors, wary at first, began to see, as Eunice already had, that these children were not "difficult," "unteachable," "belligerent" and all those other stereotypes that had been ascribed to them. They merely wanted to have fun ... just like every other kid.
As the camp continued and flourished, people from the community came out to watch, and they were followed by representatives of the parks department and public-school system. "That's when it really began to catch on," Eunice said.
One of the most important aspects of Camp Shriver was Eunice's insistence there be an interaction between children with special needs and typical children. One of the latter was Tim, her son, just three years old when the camp began. Tim was paired with a young boy with intellectual disabilities named Wendell. They swam together, ate together, ran together and sometimes got in trouble together.
"The thing about Camp Shriver was that it was fun," says Tim. "That's what my parents are good at it--making important things fun."
As the number of campers grew over the years, reaching about 100, so did the number of counselors. Special-needs grow and thrive with attention, and at Camp Shriver there were never kids moping around alone. They were engaged. "My mother always believed that one-on-one relationships can change people's lives," says Maria Shriver.
They were going to try and make hera Senator in New York until she opened her mouth.
She simply isn't very bright.
It is really easy for a rich person to talk about social justice. Tell me something, when was the last time they opened thier house to let homeless people stay there? When was the last time they sold everything they owned and gave it to the poor. I suggest that, if you really want to hold someone up as believing in social justice, you go find someone who, despite his wealth and power, took the bus to work every day, and prefers to live in a small apartment rather than stay in the Papal Enclave in the Vatican.
Want to tell me again about what I don't know?
You don't know SHIT.
Camp Shriver - the Beginnings of a Movement
When people speak of Camp Shriver - the origin of Special Olympics, they look no farther than Eunice Kennedy Shriver. They talk of one woman's dream that started in her own backyard. They speak of her vision that through sport, the lives of people with intellectual disabilities would be transformed and public perception would be changed.
Back in 1960, a woman from Bethesda, Md. called up Eunice and told her that she was having trouble finding a summer camp for her child with intellectual disability. The child wouldn't be accepted into a mainstream camp, and, at that time, the public education system couldn't figure out what to do with special-needs children never mind supply them with summer activities. Then another woman told her almost the same thing.
"Enough," said Eunice.
In Eunice's world, "enough" has always meant "do something about it."
Thus was born Camp Shriver, which she started at her Maryland farm, Timberlawn. Eunice asked special schools and clinics in her area to provide names of special-needs children who might be interested. Then she recruited high school and college students to act as counselors. It was almost a one-on-one situation--34 children, 26 counselors.
To almost everyone's surprise--the exception being Eunice--it was an instant success. The children swam, kicked soccer balls, shot baskets and rode horses under the summer sun. Perhaps most importantly, the young counselors, wary at first, began to see, as Eunice already had, that these children were not "difficult," "unteachable," "belligerent" and all those other stereotypes that had been ascribed to them. They merely wanted to have fun ... just like every other kid.
As the camp continued and flourished, people from the community came out to watch, and they were followed by representatives of the parks department and public-school system. "That's when it really began to catch on," Eunice said.
One of the most important aspects of Camp Shriver was Eunice's insistence there be an interaction between children with special needs and typical children. One of the latter was Tim, her son, just three years old when the camp began. Tim was paired with a young boy with intellectual disabilities named Wendell. They swam together, ate together, ran together and sometimes got in trouble together.
"The thing about Camp Shriver was that it was fun," says Tim. "That's what my parents are good at it--making important things fun."
As the number of campers grew over the years, reaching about 100, so did the number of counselors. Special-needs grow and thrive with attention, and at Camp Shriver there were never kids moping around alone. They were engaged. "My mother always believed that one-on-one relationships can change people's lives," says Maria Shriver.
Wow, she shuffled some poor people off to a farm she doesn't actually live in, I am so not impressed.
Sounds like a good gig to me.
She will not have to worry about protection there at least.
Because under this administration she wouldn't get it.
They were going to try and make hera Senator in New York until she opened her mouth.
She simply isn't very bright.
The poor Liberals just don't have an intelligent Kennedy to keep their dreams of a monarchy alive.
They were going to try and make hera Senator in New York until she opened her mouth.
She simply isn't very bright.
The poor Liberals just don't have an intelligent Kennedy to keep their dreams of a monarchy alive.
Where would they be if they had taught her how to fly??????
An Ambassador is nothing more than a figurehead, someone to attend social functions. The REAL work is done by the Attache'. So, as someone else posted - why not?
The poor Liberals just don't have an intelligent Kennedy to keep their dreams of a monarchy alive.
Where would they be if they had taught her how to fly??????
Maybe you can come up with something lower than that. There is nothing funnier than tragic deaths.
Where would they be if they had taught her how to fly??????
Maybe you can come up with something lower than that. There is nothing funnier than tragic deaths.
The Kennedys reap what they sow.
Where would they be if they had taught her how to fly??????
Maybe you can come up with something lower than that. There is nothing funnier than tragic deaths.
The Kennedys reap what they sow.
