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"Jane was firm where she felt herself to be right." -Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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I'm also a usually quiet, reserved Lady, who enjoys books, tea, baking, and movies! I spend most of my time reading one of my favorite books or wishing I was reading my favorite books. My Grand Passion is history, particularly the Regency Period in England, when Jane Austen wrote, Lord Nelson defeated the French Fleet at Trafalgar, the Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon, and men were Gentlemen and women Ladies. I cherish the thought of being a Lady and love manners, being proper, and having proper tea. My favorite tea is Twinings, especially Earl Grey or Prince of Wales. My specialty to make is Scones with Devon Cream. I am a Catholic and a Conservative.


Monday, October 24, 2005

Can we do the same with Teddy Kennedy?

AP: United Pilot Removed for Alcohol Smell

Look at that red face.
And before Teddy fans criticize me for making fun of him, it should be acknowledged that Teddy Kennedy is a big drinker.

Just look at this from a 1999 Washington Post article:

He has sought periodic refuge over the years in grotesquely flamboyant womanizing and in drinking binges of frightening and highly public intensity.
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His 1982 divorce from Joan was followed by increasingly erratic personal behavior. The latter should have reached some sort of nadir in 1987 when, in a much celebrated incident, he was interrupted in flagrante delicto with a female lobbyist on the floor of a Capitol Hill restaurant after a wine-soaked lunch.

But things got worse. In 1991 he was highly criticized for wandering around the lawn of the Kennedy’s Palm Beach mansion in his nightshirt, rousting his son Patrick and nephew William Kennedy Smith from their beds for several hours of late-night bar-and-bimbo hopping. This would lead to Smith’s trial – and eventual messy acquittal – on a charge of rape.
He's no saint, you know.