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President Barack Obama and Senator Ted Kennedy participate in a national service event at The SEED School of Washington, D.C., where H.R. 1388, the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act was signed April 21, 2009. The legislation tripled the size of AmeriCorps and provides new service opportunities for millions of Americans at all stages of their lives. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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Arpad Lukacs Photography says:

nice one!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Stella's eye says:

Two Great men, one great image, Thank you!!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

matthewcgallagher says:

Excellent image, as usual.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Catskills Grrl says:

Yes, and Ted looked more and more like Rose Kennedy as he got older, didn't he? I send out good vibes in his memory and to his loved ones.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

THROUGH_HAWAIIAN_EYES says:

~God touched his head, and he slept.~
You will never be forgotten.

Aloha from Hawaii,
Moana :)

♪♫♫ IZ ♪♫♫
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

joecrowaz (Shooting Week!!!) says:

If politics was the music biz...The Kennedy's would be The Beatles.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

lat454205 / Lisa says:

He does look a lot like Rose Kennedy, his dear Mother.

This is an interesting shot.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

CameliaTWU (now in Manchester) says:

Great moment
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

natsncats says:

RIP Senator Kennedy, we will never forget you and we honor your memory.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

*Rosemea says:

Wonderful smile!!!
He gave his all!!
XOXOXOXO
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

ready aim click :-) says:

RIP!! Obama please step it up and get health care for us and in the memory of Ted!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

deb90566 says:

At last Senator Kennedy has been reunited with all the family members who went on before him: his parents Joe and Rose; his brothers Joe, Jr., President Kennedy, and Robert; his sisters Rosemary, Kathleen, Patricia, and Eunice; his sister-in-law Jacqueline, nephews David, Michael, and John-John, and niece-in-law Carolyn.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Catskills Grrl says:

After [Caroline's] wedding, Jackie wrote Ted a thank you letter - a token of gratitude for what he’d meant to all the Kennedys over the years.

The letter read, "There have been 17 children besides your own - Bobby's, Pat's, Jack's and mine, for whom you have always been there. Every graduation, every big decision, every trouble, every sad and even every happy day. On you, the carefree youngest brother, fell a burden a hero would beg to be spared. Sick parents, lost children, desolate wives. You are a hero. Everyone is going to make it, because you are always there with your love. Jackie."

After hearing the letter read out loud, Kennedy took a long pause. His voice cracked as he said, "It's about as nice as you can get."

www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/26/national/m ain5267991_p...
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Mona Loldwoman (Look for the good) says:

I was there for all the Kennedy campaigns.
A sad day. A sad week.
Goodbye Teddy. We will miss you.

Catskills Girl, Thank You for posting that. !!!!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Belgian Sun Flower says:

Thank you Catskills Girl for sharing this great letter....
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

爱幻想的怀旧分子 says:

逝者如斯夫！不舍昼夜。
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

banksterbill says:

Oh look, it's RACKETEER IN CHIEF being breathed on by Teddy.

Hey, do you folks know how much Obama has helped the bankers steal? The total is reaching $23 trillion and is going to get larger.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Regular Citizen says:

@banksterbill says:Obamas far worse than Bush ever was.
____________________________________________ ____

Please enlighten me why President Obama far worse than President Bush when

Bushes 8 Years 2000-2008
- 3, 500 American lose their life September 2001 during his watched
- 2 Wars with no win insight
- 4,000 American troops killed in Iraq because of his phony "WMD"
- 100,000 innocent Iraqis life, lose
- Blew ups every single financial vessel in America during his watched (September 2008) and drags the global economy along with it
- Owed every single Americans who loss their job, their home, their saving, every single penny he owned
- Broke the law, Torture
- American image tarnished the globe, American flags burned, walked on, disrespect
- Left the oval office with $ 1.3 Trillion deficit, economy at the blink of depression, 2 wars wrap in a gift box on the table waiting for Obama

President Obama 7 Months in the office
- Economy stop bleeding and slowly improving
- Housing sales rise
- Stocks slowly getting better
- Iraq war is ending, Troops is coming home
- Consumer confidence rising
- American image once again flourish around the world
- Finally you can see the light at the end of the tunnel
- The only reason that is dragging him down is because of health care but so President Clinton during this time and yet he ended up 8 years in the office

Enlighten me!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

rainbowphoenixprisms says:

Yes! Let us be enlightened.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ngvIP0Za9M
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

gabagoo says:

RIP Teddy!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

SLH Photography 2009 says:

Between the expressions on each of their faces, to the looks in theirs eyes, this is a classic shot of two honorable political figures. Nice work Pete !!!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

DCRedQueen says:

Great photo! thanks for sharing. Teddy Kennedy is a great man and will be sorely missed.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Regular Citizen says:

What we can do is to live out our lives as best we can with purpose, and love, and joy.
We can use each day to show those who are closest to us how much we care about them, and treat others with the kindness and respect that we wish for ourselves and if we are blessed with the chance to look back on our time here, we can know that we spent it well; that we made a difference; that our fleeting presence had a lasting impact on the lives of other human beings.

Thank you

R.I.P Senator Kennedy!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Mona Loldwoman (Look for the good) says:

6:42pm est He is burried with his brothers now.

SHAME ON ALL OF YOU ARGUING HERE ..
ON THESE PICTURES OF TEDDY !!!
NEVER SHOWING AN OUNCE OF RESPECT TO HIM.
YOU ARE DISGUSTING.
SHAME ON YOU!!!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

tralain says:

Thanks, Teddy, for dedicating a life to public good.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

WinaVD says:

awwwwwww...fabulous candid!!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Unalienable Rights by our Creator- not congress says:

We are BORG

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTQawLBC59g&NR=1
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Unalienable Rights by our Creator- not congress says:

The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag: "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.", should be rendered by standing at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart. When not in uniform men should remove any non-religious headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. Persons in uniform should remain silent, face the flag, and render the military salute."
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Mona Loldwoman (Look for the good) says:

Well, I'm gonna step in for a minute.
Anyone know when the Pledge of allegiance was changed?
(Yes, It was changed!!!)
Anyone know who pushed for the change?
Know Why the change was pushed through?

Read up on McCarthyism and get back to me here.
As artists it applies to all of us.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

gabagoo says:

Orig 1892 pledge: "I Pledge Allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all."

Later that same year the word 'to' was added: "I Pledge Allegiance to my Flag and TO the Republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all."

In 1923: Changed to, "the Flag of the United States "
1924: "the Flag of the United States of America. "

The pledge was officially recognized by Congressas the official national pledge on June 22, 1942.

"Under God" was officially incorporated into the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Mona Loldwoman (Look for the good) says:

Very Good.

Now the Who and Why?
Thats the scary part.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Unalienable Rights by our Creator- not congress says:

GW was a great proponent of the poor.

www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/15/georgebu sh.usa

They may not be George Bush's natural constituency but Rwanda's prostitutes have good things to say about him. So do poor South Africans abandoned by their quixotic government, and doctors across Africa who otherwise regard the American president as a walking crime against humanity.

As Bush arrives in Africa today at the start of a five-country tour he will be welcomed chiefly for an initiative which has gone largely unnoticed outside the continent but which has saved the lives of more than a million people with HIV.

The $15bn (£7.6bn) President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar) is in its fifth year and has been hailed as a "revolution" that is transforming healthcare in Africa and has been praised as the most significant aid programme since the end of colonialism.

Bill Clinton's legacy in Africa was the debacle of Somalia and the abandonment of Rwanda's Tutsis to the 1994 genocide. But with Pepfar, Bush's primary contribution will be greatly extending millions of lives even though the programme has been criticised for emphasising abstinence in Aids education and using religious organisations to deliver care.

"This is the best thing that ever happened to the poor people I work with," said Edward Phillips, a Catholic priest overseeing the distribution of life-saving antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) in Nairobi, Kenya. "It's one of the few times I've seen US government money really reach down to the poorest of the poor. It's kept a hell of a lot of people alive."
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

Haroldo Kennedy says:

My uncle.
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

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