"Ich bin ein Berliner!"
--JFK
I may have to rename 'Miscellaneous Monday' soon, because I think we might be stretching the bounds of what actually counts as Miscellaneous.
I think everybody knows the famous JFK quote, where he referred to himself as a breakfast confection while (successfully) attempting to reassure West Berlin after the building of the Berlin Wall. If you've somehow missed this little moment in history, there's a Wikipedia article here that sums it up pretty well (although I don't know that I trust it on when the story started).
I have mixed feelings about Kennedy. It's hard to clearly view any well loved historical figure, particularly one who was assassinated young. Not just JFK, but his entire family had a wide, strange effect on American History. And that's only if you count the good things.
My Monday Night Peeples were talking about Jelly Donut quotes, and I was searching around for blog inspiration and it made me think. For me, JFK is forever linked with my mother's commitment to voter responsibility. JFK was the first person she ever got to vote for, and it's made her a life-long democrat when I'm never sure she would have been, otherwise. I can't conceive of that dedication to party, but maybe that's because my first ballot wasn't followed by an assassination.
I wonder what people my generation whose opinions on JFK aren't colored by what their parents think of him?
Photo at the top from here under this license.
I think everybody knows the famous JFK quote, where he referred to himself as a breakfast confection while (successfully) attempting to reassure West Berlin after the building of the Berlin Wall. If you've somehow missed this little moment in history, there's a Wikipedia article here that sums it up pretty well (although I don't know that I trust it on when the story started).
I have mixed feelings about Kennedy. It's hard to clearly view any well loved historical figure, particularly one who was assassinated young. Not just JFK, but his entire family had a wide, strange effect on American History. And that's only if you count the good things.
My Monday Night Peeples were talking about Jelly Donut quotes, and I was searching around for blog inspiration and it made me think. For me, JFK is forever linked with my mother's commitment to voter responsibility. JFK was the first person she ever got to vote for, and it's made her a life-long democrat when I'm never sure she would have been, otherwise. I can't conceive of that dedication to party, but maybe that's because my first ballot wasn't followed by an assassination.
I wonder what people my generation whose opinions on JFK aren't colored by what their parents think of him?
Photo at the top from here under this license.
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