Real-time thoughts on the funeral

finally I get a stream. I never did get video, I'm listening on NPR.

Liturgy:

I was hungry and thirsty and sick and in prison or a stranger - and you comforted me.

I say to you whatever you do to the least of this, you did to me.

Depart from me, you accursed.

What did you did not do for these least ones, you did not do for me.

All powerful stuff.

Gospel of Matthew.

Oh for gods sake, I don't care who's there. Just let the thing play. I know it's radio. I know they're there. Shut the hell up, NPR. I'm only listening to you because CSPAN was unavailable.

Explanation of Christian Burial Mass

I wonder how the liberals ≠ christians are handling this. All that talk of God.

ooooh, the test to enter the kingdom. Ok, justifires, have at it.

The leader of the family, supported at the end.

Cue family values overreaction. didn't he take care of his brothers' kids? How many? 14?

Principles of perfectionism. Keep trying, no matter how you might fail.

Quoting him at his brother's funeral

Tying his service to the old testament prophets. Fantastic.

Luke - gospel of the poor. It was a few other things, must look up later.

God is preparing a world of justice. We don't know the time of the consumation of the earth. Oh, let the post-trib folks get at this.

NO, STOP WITH THE COMMENTARY. DO IT LATER. STOP THIS NONSENSE. YES, IT WAS A GREAT SERMON. SHUSH.

Prayers of the faithful, done by the kids. This one sounds young. Very clear voice. Is this a relative or what? Introducing being done by who?

Wow, powerful intercessions. Any "call to arms" eulogy by Obama would be superfulous.

OH, SHUT UP, COMMENTATOR.

I'm smiling, imagining W praying for universal healthcare as a right. Lord, hear our prayers.

Oh, man. Older one, who knows what's going on. before

Kim Smith: peace

Anthony Shriver: keep on going

Rory Kennedy praying for a welcome home and a family united

Teddy M Kennedy II the works begins anew, the dream lives on.

SHUT UP, I WARNED YOU.

Liturgy of the Eucharist I can hear the howls

Explanation of the offeratory. Introducing Yo Yo Ma. Is there an offeratory going on? Baskets and all? I can only imagine.

It always sounds like there are two of him playing. Beautiful.

I haven't heard the offering referred to as a sacrifice...

Sign of peace? Guess not, skipping right to the hossana.

Coming up to the transubstantiation. Will there be bells? YES, BELLS!

BELLS AGAIN!

We gots us the magic bread n' wine, now.

How many preists does it take to do this? 7, according to the program.

Communion. Commentator, you may now speak.

That was short. Grant us peace, indeed.

Oh, they haven't done it yet. No wonder they had 7 priests.

More music.

Beautiful music

Player cut out, wtf?

Oh great, here's the commercial again.

Ave Maria. One of my favorites.

Junior:

"I don't mind being president; I just mind someone else is?" ok

"Family vacations left us all injured and exhausted." That sounds about right.

Redemption. Never surrendered.

"I know you can do it. There is nothing that you can't do. We're going to climb that hill together, even if it takes us all day." Damn.

It is what we do with loss...transforming the event, is what we must do.

Missed the rest, small kid needed attention.

Oh, the santa story.

Again with the boats. Ways around the rules? A politician? Never! Aw, refused to leave him behind.

This guy's a good story teller.

And now the president.

Grand fromage!

"individual faults and frailties are no excuses to give in." Foo, strong stuff.

Happy warrior. Interesting.

The accomplishments outside the family. Pundits will be reeling with this one. It's a great eulogy, but it's full of juice for critics. I wish it weren't so. I think people are going to focus on this last part most of all.

Very good. His disagreements were never personal.

He's from a time when adversaries considered each other patriots. So there.

Envelopes of cigars. That's cute.

Heh. "luck of the irish". Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.

"What did Webster do?" cute.

Mentioned taking care of his brothers' children. Brothers' keeper.

The note from Jackie. wow.

Finish with his own quote.

Dayum. He called all the Mass. 9/11 families. And kept in touch. And kept helping.

That was really good.

Ask not what your country can do for you...

[He]need not be idealized, or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life; to be remembered simply as a good and decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it.

Edward Kennedy, speaking at Robert Kennedy's funeral in 1968.

In lieu of flowers, pass meaningful healthcare reform.

Oh, look, it's 2010 already

And NewsMax is ready to rumble.

1. Poll: Majority Leader Reid Vulnerable in 2010
2. Gingrich: GOP Could Take House in 2010
3. Congressional Junkets 'Rival Club Med'
4. Hugo Chavez Targets 'Bourgeois' Golf
5. Club for Growth: Democrats 'Fail Miserably' on Pork
6. Imus in Talks With Fox Business Network

I disagree with what you say, Jackass.

But I'll defend your right to say it, asshole.

If 'socialism' and LOL-OBAMA-JOKER is the best you can come up with as a rebuttal, fool, then you really are a tool of the rich and so-called 'right'.

It's mean-spirited, yeah, but I'm not wimpy enough to think it's dangerous. I suppose if enough idiots are convinced that HEALTHCARE=BAD by that poster, then yeah, I guess I am in danger going bankrupt if hit by a medical disaster. I guess more people will become and stay uninsurable because 'anti-tax' fools think that magic fairy dust is going to keep them safe while someone else's (read: rich people - not tea-partiers - talk about useful idiots) taxes are lowered. I suppose the country is in danger of suffering through a major epidemic because someone or a lot of some ones don't get to a doctor earlier rather than later because they need to buy food.

I'll be back later with more links. I'm just disgusted that people are this despearate and acting without thinking. 'Bush derangement syndrome' is turning out to mean that yeah, Bush was deranged. It seems so derivative to call this 'Obama derangement syndrome', so I'll just call it stupid, juvenille, petty, ignorant, lazy, unthinking, dull, assinine, dim, weak, cloddish, dopey, and just generally childish.

THE SUMMER SMASH!

HEAR how the insurance industry THREATENED helpless Democrats and FORCED them to ACQUIESE to their evil plans!

SEE how Republicans SPOKE AS ONE from a single memo authored by an insurance lobbyist!

WONDER at the easy way former government employees become lobbyists and go right back into the fray as paid shills.

EXPERIENCE the HORROR of executive compensation being directly tied to denying health insurance coverage!

WATCH as a former insurance executive EXPOSES the ugly truth behind the "naked" consumer!

Or just watch the video or read the transcript of a Bill Moyers interview with Wendell Potter.

Ugly stuff.

Health reform starts with campaign finance reform. Money. Is. Not. Speech.

Welcome! And Thanks!

This was the scene in Iraq, where Vice President Joe Biden swore in new citizens who have been serving in the military.

Nobody Likes Me, Everybody Hates Me, I'm Gonna Go On Tour

It's all about the benjamins, really. Soon to be ex-governor Palin is bored with obtaining actual executive experience, and is "going broke" defending herself against evil...somethings. Oh, yes. All those nasty bloggers questioning her questionable doings.

I seem to recall that the Clintons were in a similar bind after Mr. Clinton's term finished (no quitters, they). They set up a fund that had its fits and starts, they wrote books and eventually pulled it off. As I recall, they were millions of dollars down, no exaggeration.

I heard (or thought I heard) that Sarah Palin's defense fund garnered an overnight haul of big bucks the day after she announced her coming resignation. There are bunches of people raising oodles of money for her to be "defended" or run for president in 2012.

So, absent any "actual responsibilities", she's going to tour the "lower 48". She'll be a hit down south, and maybe some in the west. If she can avoid losing, she might be able to pull off a nomination. Not a win, but a nomination.

There's lots to ignore in Palin herself, but not in her following. Americanism is strong in the South and West, where incomes are low and faith is high. Howard Dean said it, John Edwards said it, but nobody listened (well, voters did, media didn't). They talked about the poverty, but the faith, not so much. People can endure physical poverty as long as they feel spiritually enriched. This has nothing to do with church or a particular faith, really, but with a feeling of community - shared values, shared experiences, whether real or imagined.

This is why the local optometrist is pulling in cash hand over fist selling glasses "as worn by Sarah Palin". This is why people still have on their McCain/Palin stickers on after pulling off the W ovals (you can see the spots). These are the people that Beck and Bachman are trying to woo, and the ones everyone else is trying to ignore, perhaps with good reason.

Hopefully, as the economy improves, the rising tide really will lift all boats, and soon to be ex-governor Palin will be more of an entertaining realitysideshow - you'll watch, but you won't vote.