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2009-08-27 -Obits-

Ted Kennedy's death heralds Camelot's end

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Posted by mom 2009-08-27 09:16|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Offshore windmills anyone?

Posted by Besoeker 2009-08-27 09:44|| 2009-08-27 09:44|| Front Page Top

#2 He was
less than he should have been. However, no good comes from any Senator until he stops running for President. We may owe MaryJo more than we know.

Posted by whatadeal 2009-08-27 11:21|| 2009-08-27 11:21|| Front Page Top

#3

http://www.theonion.com/content/from_print/kennedy_curse_claims_life_of

Posted by DoDo 2009-08-27 11:35|| 2009-08-27 11:35|| Front Page Top

#4 "If Ted Kennedy drove a Volkswagen, he'd be President today,"

Posted by tipper 2009-08-27 11:48|| 2009-08-27 11:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Yeah, I don't claim to be a Christian, but the concept of Hell's a useful one. Perhaps self-described Christians ought to reclaim it. Modern Christianity need more fire-and-brimstone Kierkegaardian fear-and-trembling, if you ask me. It's all watered down turn-the-other-cheek milquetoast blatherskitery and *understanding* and I rather feel like I want to hurl.

Teddy Kennedy's greatest curse was that no-one around him was willing to subject him to judgment, and thus he never knew shame. Throughout his adult life, he was talented swine, gifted and cosseted and monstrous.

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2009-08-27 13:53|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2009-08-27 13:53|| Front Page Top

#6 Well put, Mitch.

Though I'd leave out the "talented" part....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-08-27 14:39|| 2009-08-27 14:39|| Front Page Top

#7 On second thought, let's not go to Camelot. It is a silly place.

Posted by Mike 2009-08-27 15:19|| 2009-08-27 15:19|| Front Page Top

#8 Meh. He was the families beta male.

Posted by Mike N. 2009-08-27 17:44|| 2009-08-27 17:44|| Front Page Top

#9 Actually, he was the delta male. Joe Jr was the alpha - groomed to be president, until he volunteered for a dangerous mission (to counter the publicity that JFK got for saving his men on PT109) and ended up getting blown up in the process. JFK stepped up and became president. Bobby was running for president when he was assassinated. Ted would have run for president except for Mary Jo Kopechne.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia">Rambler in Virginia 2009-08-27 19:22|| 2009-08-27 19:22|| Front Page Top

#10 Ted ran for President in spite of MJK. Even the donks weren't dumb enough to nominate him.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2009-08-27 19:35|| 2009-08-27 19:35|| Front Page Top

#11 Jim Treacher said that "if they bring up Camelot, we get to bring up the 'lady in the lake'".

Posted by WTF 2009-08-27 20:15|| 2009-08-27 20:15|| Front Page Top

#12 but the concept of Hell's a useful one.
Maybe time to bring up an email that is doing the rounds.
The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid term.
The answer by one student was so 'profound' that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well :

Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.

One student, however, wrote the following:

First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today.

Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.

This gives two possibilities:

1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.

2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.

So which is it?

If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, 'It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you,' and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct...leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting 'Oh my God.'

THIS STUDENT RECEIVED AN A+.

Posted by tipper 2009-08-27 21:01|| 2009-08-27 21:01|| Front Page Top

#13 Not sure If you're still around Rambler, but I say beta male based on this definition from Urban Dictionary.

An unremarkable, careful man who avoids risk and confrontation. Beta males lack the physical presence, charisma and confidence of the Alpha male.

Posted by Mike N. 2009-08-27 23:10|| 2009-08-27 23:10|| Front Page Top

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