Now that we have been treated to several days' worth of endless praise from the talking morons of the mainstream media concerning the virtues of Ted Kennedy, it's time to get back to reality.
The funeral is over.
True, Kennedy was masterful at 'the personal touch' when it came to public relations. Perhaps this was his greatest strength. But the record shows that his political ideology was the exact opposite to that of the majority of the American people--sometimes dangerously so.
Information has been uncovered which shows that Kennedy should have been arrested for treason. And, in spite of several publications that reported the following facts, the media totally ignored them.
This information has actually been around ever since 1991. The fact that only now is it being made public says a lot about the sorry condition of journalism in America today. We are simply not being told the truth about many of the 'chosen ones' of our representatives who have found unmerited favor with the mainstream media.
And it just so happens that all of the 'chosen ones' are liberal Democrats.
Back to 1991.
After the demise of the old Communist Soviet Union, Russian President Boris Yeltsin ordered that all top secret archives from the regime be opened to the public. London Times reporter Tim Sebastian poured through those documents in 1991 and discovered, much to his surprise, a memorandum from the head of the KGB to then-Soviet President Yuri Andropov, dated 1983. The subject of the memorandum was U.S. Senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy.
From the top secret document:
On 9-10 May of this year," the May 14 memorandum explained, "Sen. Edward Kennedy's close friend and trusted confidant [John] Tunney was in Moscow." (Tunney was Kennedy's law school roommate and a former Democratic senator from California.) "The senator charged Tunney to convey the following message, through confidential contacts, to the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Y. Andropov." (Source: Forbes.com).
The message that Kennedy sent to Andropov was startling at the very least. Kennedy had offered to help the Communist President fight the American President, Ronald Wilson Reagan.
A bit of historical perspective is in order. For at least 2 decades, beginning in the early 1960s, the United States had pursued a relationship with the Soviets based upon the concept of 'detente'--an acknowledgment that both the U.S. and the Soviets had the nuclear capability to destroy each other completely, and that therefore both sides should simply decide to 'coexist' as equals. Neither side should attempt to gain military or nuclear superiority.
The concept of detente was highly flawed in at least two specific areas. First, the principle was based solely upon the premise that the only thing preventing nuclear annihilation was the fact that if one side fired the first rocket, the other side would respond in kind, leading to mutually-assured destruction. Second, detente presumed that neither side had any claim to moral or ethical authority over the other. The worldview of the Soviet Communists was just as valid and respectable as that of the U.S., or so the notion goes.
The only problem was that the Soviets' worldview was one of world domination.
This has been the gigantic flaw of all totalitarian regimes throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, whether they be Communist, Nazi, Fascist, Islamo-Fascist, or Marxist. Ultimately the goal of totalitarians is the domination of the entire population of the world under the authority of an all-powerful government.
Conservatives in the United States had long decried detente as a prescription for eventual disaster. The Soviets had no intention of backing away from their march toward world domination, and they knew that under 'detente' the Americans would do very little to stop them except for an occasional military skirmish using conventional weapons.
Ronald Wilson Reagan had been one of the 'voices crying in the wilderness' about the dangers of detente for years. And when he became the GOP candidate for President in 1980, Reagan made both the economy and the need for U.S. military and nuclear superiority his top priorities.
When Reagan was elected in 1980, he immediately set about to correct the disastrous years of Jimmy Carter both economically and militarily. By 1983 Reagan was making significant progress on both counts.
Liberals, however, fought him every single step of the way.
And Senator Ted Kennedy was one of the main critics of the Reagan plan.
Kennedy had become so disillusioned by the fact that Reagan was actually finding success in rebuilding the U.S. military and fighting the propaganda war with the Soviets that he went a step further beyond being a mere critic.
Treason is the only crime specifically defined in the U.S. Constitution, and it involves the act of waging war against the United States or 'adhering to' the enemies of the U.S., giving them 'aid and comfort.'
The thing that Ted Kennedy proposed to Soviet President Yuri Andropov was to lend the Soviets aid in opposing the foreign policy initiatives of President Ronald Reagan. In return, the Soviets were to help the Democratic Party in a propaganda war against Reagan during the upcoming 1984 Presidential election in the U.S.
It is key to remember that this was the Cold War. The United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in a battle for the hearts and minds of people all over the world. One represented oppression, domination, and poverty. The other, freedom, hope, and the opportunity to succeed.
It is also key to remember that the Soviets had vowed, one way or another, to destroy the United States.
Kennedy made 2 specific offers to 'aid America's enemy':
First he offered to visit Moscow. "The main purpose of the meeting, according to the senator, would be to arm Soviet officials with explanations regarding problems of nuclear disarmament so they may be better prepared and more convincing during appearances in the USA." Kennedy would help the Soviets deal with Reagan by telling them how to brush up their propaganda.
Then he offered to make it possible for Andropov to sit down for a few interviews on American television. "A direct appeal ... to the American people will, without a doubt, attract a great deal of attention and interest in the country. ... If the proposal is recognized as worthy, then Kennedy and his friends will bring about suitable steps to have representatives of the largest television companies in the USA contact Y.V. Andropov for an invitation to Moscow for the interviews. ... The senator underlined the importance that this initiative should be seen as coming from the American side." (Source: Forbes.com).
So here was a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts attempting to collaborate with a dangerous enemy of the United States in the midst of the Cold War in order to prevent the U.S. President from gaining the upper hand on that enemy when nuclear annihilation was an ever-present threat.
And what about Yuri Andropov? This is the man who attempted to have Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn assassinated in 1971. This is also the man who had been head of the much-feared KGB and who had crushed the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 and had suppressed the 1968 Prague Spring.
It was also Andropov who ordered the barbaric attack on a Korean civilian airliner--KAL-007--in 1983, killing all 269 people aboard. President Reagan took to the airwaves in a speech carried from the Oval Office, condemning the attack as 'an act of barbarism.'
But within a few short months Andropov would be dead from unknown causes, and the Soviet Union would be held in the death-grip of a financial meltdown as a result of attempting to keep up with Reagan's massive buildup of American military forces.
And Reagan would sail to a 2nd term in a landslide in 1984, winning every single state in the union except Minnesota.
History sometimes has a way of taking care of the most sinister of evil plots. Rather than the U.S. and the Soviets continuing with the dangerous path of detente, as Kennedy would have preferred, Ronald Reagan was standing at the Berlin Wall demanding, 'Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!' Rather than having to contend with an enemy on a quest for world domination, the U.S. watched as the Soviet Union disintegrated and elected its first President in a democratic election--Boris Yeltsin.
In that sense, history was very kind to us. The only thing missing from the record is a glaring lack of justice in one crucial area--in spite of the fact that Andropov never acted on Kennedy's request, the Senator committed treason and should have been arrested, imprisoned, and placed on trial.
(Hat tips to Billy Beck, and National Review).
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Comments
I told everyone I knew about this info when it became public, but I always got the same repsonses, "if that's true why haven't I heard aboput it?", or "If that were true he would be arrested." Of course few people knew about it. It wasn't covered by the media. I would have been amazed at the lack of media attention this received, if not for the knowledge that the main stream media loves the libs and will do everything they can to protect them. Kennedy should have been charged with treason. There was plenty of evidence to convict him. The GOP bears a lot of the responsibility for allowing him to escape jusctice as well. They were reluctant to press the matter, a decision that was purely political. Kennedy was a disgrace, despite his popularity among the liberal left.
Reagan committed treason with Iran Contra.
You're right! And good at spelling! If that God-forsaken Ted Kennedy would never have been born I would never have been force fed children's health insurance and would have died at the age of six in a South Boston tenement. If only that had happened my parents could have been rid of me and been able to fight big government effectively. Alas for them, their son lived and they would seem quite hypocritical to decry government health care and Ted Kennedy. It is a shame for the movement. Treasonous Ted was also tapped by the illustrious champion of the people, Richard Nixon, in the 70s. It was well known then as it is now, he never found anything. Again, alas for the social champions. Tricky Teddy won again. But let us take this time to really highlight the evils of the liberals. This is not a time to acknowledge humanity. This is a chance to show the differences between us and them. If we are good enough, the hopes of Nixon will rise again and the dream will live on.
Iran Contra was a prisoner exchange, a common practice of civilized parties in warfare. As for the drugs, Americans should get over their prudishness already.
You only quote from the memorandum to the extent that it addresses the desire for contact. After that, you give your characterization or someone else's characterization of the memorandum. I guess summarization is the last refuge of scoundrels.
Ted kennedy was a highly flawed man, and it will be up to God to judge. Yet for me, he and his brothers were passionate fot those who were the least, the last and the discriminated. Their caring hearts infuritated the bigots, the haters and the racists whose mindsets darken the nations of this earth To the members of the right wing a word of advice. Mix love, respect and kindness with your doctrines. Maybe more people will listen to you.
Ted Kennedy, burn in hell... I for one have NO sympathy for the man. He acted in ways, as a senator and a man, that are un-excuseable. May his pain have swallowed him whole in his final days.
Lindsey--why? We aided those who were pro-American in the Iran-Contra deal, AGAINST anti-American communists! You people never cease to amaze me with your anti-logic.
Timothy, Anon, Prufrock, and Michael--the drivel that drips from your putrid lips is only exceeded by your muddled minds. Why don't you start back at the 1st grade.
CORRECTION--Anon, I didn't mean to lump you in with the group I just blasted. Sorry.
Anthony,
Does the Examiner know you make a habit of personally insulting your readers? It's beyond unprofessional.
Lindsey, when you come here and post what is obviously flawed info, as well as flawed logic, I will point it out. After all, this is what you Libs do on a regular basis. Do you know how often I have been insulted by some of you here? I won't stand for it.
You can argue much more intelligently without using phrases like, "the drivel that drips from your putrid lips is only exceeded by your muddled minds. Why don't you start back at the 1st grade."
It diminishes the credibility of your argument, your writing and of the Examiner. If you want to have this sort of discourse, I suggest you start a blog.
You can argue much more intelligently without using phrases like, "the drivel that drips from your putrid lips is only exceeded by your muddled minds. Why don't you start back at the 1st grade."
It diminishes the credibility of your argument, your writing and of the Examiner. If you want to have this sort of discourse, I suggest you start a blog.
Bitch, bitch , bitch... republican, democrat, why is it that you all sound the same? I'm right and you're wrong! No, I'm right and you're wrong! Your noise all sounds the same to those of us who live beyond America's boarders: Blah, blah, blah!!
Lindsey, since that comment wasn't directed at you, then why make it your concern? I think you would love for me to be gone from Examiner so that you Libs could get rid of my voice. Ulterior motives. And I already have a blog--had one for years. The comments here are not in the article itself but in response to people who have been known to deliver quite personal attacks and insults against me in the past.
I think it is post-mortem.
Oh man! I've never had the author of a real article comment on his own article! This is great Anthony, now I can explain myself. You misunderstand me and this is the burden of my life. Because Teddy the Terrible's policies saved my life I can only leak drivel from my putrid lips. What else could I do? I haven't been able to look myself in the mirror since before my illness, when I was completely free and unburdened by the callous policies of this man who ruined my life. If I had died, I would never be able to seethe this horrific language of hypocrisy. For that I am eternally bitter to Killer Kennedy and I understand your bitterness towards me, Mr. Martin. Thus is the burden of my life. But again I must thank you, the author, for your response. Like I said, I've never seen a real writer comment on a real article before. You sir, should be having the state funeral for your service to journalism! Until then, I can only hope my illness returns and I will unburden the world of hypocrisy.
"[The] drivel that drips from [my] putrid lips is only exceeded by [my] muddled mind[]." It is now drivel to simply point out that you characterize actions instead of quoting the relevant text directly. If the text itself supports your position, then you will have convinced me of your position. If you simply give me your spin on it, then you will convince no one other than those who desperately want to believe you. Having said that, I withdraw the "scoundrel" comment on the condition you offer direct proof of your point. If you can't, then you deserve the title I previously assigned. Since we now know you read these comments, you have your opportunity to truly make your case. Good luck.
Fail. Sorry, but the only thing I get from your piece is that Ted Kennedy was keeping channels open. He wasn't consorting with the enemy or giving away state secrets. He was establishing that in spite of all the saber rattling and the Reagan hardline that bordered on irrespondible ("We begin bombing in five minutes.), there were more moderate voices in the U.S. government. That's just good tactics. Basic good cop, bad cop stuff. Your interpretation of that as "treason" is your own self-righteous projection stemming from your obvious loathing for liberals. Reagan himself established a good relationship with Gorbachev. Is that treason? Anyhow, I want to commend you on your excellent spelling and the classy way you go after a dead man, who's body is barely cold. That speaks volumes about you, Sir.
Amen, Darren.
Peter, noone gives a damn what you think. Go troll on your lib friend's sites.
Ted Kennedy was a murderer and a traitor and the US is better off today than it was a week ago because of his demise.
Amazing. I could actually feel myself getting stupider as I read your article.
Excuse me, I need to grab my M-16; I'm late for the health care rally.
"Conservatives in the United States had long decried detente as a prescription for eventual disaster."
NIXON started detente
It was also Andropov who ordered the barbaric attack on a Korean civilian airliner--KAL-007--in 1983,
Simply not true. Shootdown was ordered by the Soviet regional commander; the decision never reached the Kremlin. Easy to make your case if you make stuff up...
Justin Passing--Nixon was NOT a conservative, FYI. Neither was George W. Bush. You see, that's what you muddleheads never seem to get through your thick skulls.
And as for who gave the order to shoot down KAL-007, if you think Andropov wasn't behind it no matter who actually gave the specific order to shoot, then you need to buy my nice swamp land in Florida.
Anthony, arguing like you is with arguing with a you know what. Convenient the way you wash you hands of the two most repellent presidents of the post-war period. One a liar and a crook who thought he was above the law and the other an incompetent buffoon whose disastrous policies were dictated by a sociopath VP that worships the aforementioned liar and cr
Don't you have a Town Hall you need to disrupt with nonsensical BS about Nazi's and birth certificates?
See your problem is that you're a Goddamn bully and you think your entitled to it because...well just because you're more American than the rest of the "scum" who're ruining this fine country for you. And really, you are your own worse enemy and your own reward as a human being. Hope you enjoy the buzz you get from being such an ignorant a**hole.
* chuckles*
Anthony leaves these ridiculous comments for the purpose of exposing the serious mental defects of liberals...
The shootdown of KAL 007 probably did go all the way up to the civilian echelon and possibly through Dmitri Ustinov to Andropov. See number 13 of the the article "Korean Airlines Flight 007" on Conservapedia.com
How dare someone criticize an esteemed member of Camelot. After all, everyone knows that Kennedy sh|t doesn't smell.
You don't have to be literate to be a journalist....it IS "post-mortem"....you just have to have thoughts on a myriad of wide-ranging subjects!
Hey Anthony,
Do you know why it was a closed casket? To keep the people who didn't need your article to tell them he was a traitor from spitting on him.
I also now know why someone wrote the children's book, "The King's New Clothes." It was to teach children not to throw rocks at pathological liars and delusional drunken slobs like Teddy. All jokes aside, besides Article 3, Section 3, Comrade Kennedy violated Article IV, Section 4, and the 14th Amendment, Sections 3 & 4 with such regularity, he personified what a "domestic enemy" to Constitution looked like. His actions directly caused the largest invasion in world history, (across our southern border with Mexico), which has resulted in the deaths of more Americans on American soil at the hands of illegal alien insurgents just since 9/11/2001 than died in the entire Vietnam War. His treasonous career began 3 months after I was born, and I must say one of the best birthday presents in 47 years was his burial on my birthday. Thank Go
Anthony, Anthony, Anthony, are you out there? I'm still patiently waiting for the proof I asked you for yesterday, I'm starting to think you don't have any proof and you made the whole thing up. You've read posts since mine and responded to them, but all you did was offer inane insults. Please show me the proof, even a link to the documents you are talking about so I can see for myself. Something....anything...Your silence is deafening.
Ted Kennedy was no loss to the USA. We are probably better off without the self centered drunk.
Right! No big loss!
Ted was a wacky tax and spend Democrat whose character flaws as a human being were massive to the point of being a scum bag. Remember the “Tyrannosaurus Sex” event by a drunken Ted? A drunken Ted in Chappaquiddick? Remember visitors of his home saying he walks around without pants drunk? How did this man stay a senator so long? Oh well, he’ll be forgotten by next year. History doesn’t really track senators anyway.
Good riddance!
Thank you so much for this. I posted your link on Facebook today and it created such a stir that I wrote my own article about it, and linked to you here.
I'd be honored if you'd read it, but can't post the link here. How may I contact you? You could search for my page at Associated Content.
The Soviet Union wanted to dominate the world. How long did it take to figure that one out? Genius! What did you think the US was fighting them for, a plate of cookies? The US won and in turn gets to dominate, pretty much, every aspect of the lives of most people in the "free" world. And when it can't control those peoples lives and actions the government retaliates with people like yourself running to the end of your leash and barking like a rabid dog. You know the thing about a rabid animal is that it has no judgement and knows not it's condition or the efects of it's actions. It has no moral compass or conscience. That is it's excuse. What is yours?
Anthony, having been given a sufficient amount of time to back up your story, and you having not done so, will you at least be man enough to admit you have no proof. I'd suggest you go back to kindergarten, but my 5 year old is in kindergarten and I don't want them to have to dumb down the lessons so you can keep up.
Prufrock: I really wish you would stop putting so much pressure on Anthony to have to find facts and supporting sources that aren't available to him from Faux news or through Beck or Limbaugh and it takes a very long time for him to screw things up enough in his head to properly spout off such a limited and warped worldview.
Wow - I don't understand why someone keeps asking you for proof of this...you've got plenty links in your article. I went thru something like this with one of my articles elsewhere. You can't prove enough to some people. Funny, how this was all covered up and ironic that people call President Bush a traitor for trying to PROTECT America.
I checked the links, they don't help. Nice try though. BTW, I don't believe GWB is a traitor either. I believe he loves his country as much as I do. I just don't believe he was a good President. You see, adults are able to disagree with other adults and not believe they are evil. You should join the rest of us in the adult, fact based universe. It will mean leaving Anthony behind though.
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