I had all these interesting thoughts today that I planned to write about and now I can’t remember any of them. That should explain how long my day was.
Millions of people have already linked to this 13 Myths About the Results of the 2000 Election story that Derek originally linked to at MetaFilter but in case you haven’t seen it, I wanted to make sure to point it out. One of the most interesting points, to me, was the 13th. I never really thought of that and it’s an interesting point. The entire piece is quite thought provoking actually.
I’m still reading the political issue of the New Yorker from a few weeks ago. Today, I read the Joseph P. Kennedy letters. They were beautiful. The two I found most touching were the ones relating to the deaths of Joe Kennedy, Jr.and Kathleen Kennedy Hartington. It seems he was quite religious. Even though I’m not, I liked his strong emotions and eloquent wording. Here’s the one he wrote to Kick (Kathleen) 30 minutes after he found out about her death:
No one who ever knew her didn’t feel that life was much better that minute. And [ the word probably with a slash mark through it] we know so little about the next world that we must think that they wanted just such a wonderful girl for themselves. We must not feel sorry for her but for ourselves.
Here’s another part from a letter to Cissy Patterson, editor and publisher of the Wahington Times-Herald about Joe’s death.
He also has a humorous letter to Teddy, correcting his broken English.
All in all, a very interesting read.
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