The Clintons, the Dubyas, the Obamas, the Bidens, and the Carters sat together at today’s memorial for Sen. Ted Kennedy. The elder Bushes elected not to attend, which seems odd. Subscribe to Joe.My.God. Social Bookmarking

President Obama delivered a moving tribute to Sen. Ted Kennedy at Kennedy’s memorial in Massachusetts today. Subscribe to Joe.My.God. Social Bookmarking

Filed under: Ted Kennedy At eight p.m. under a setting August sun, Edward Kennedy joined his brothers John and Robert at rest in Arlington National Cemetery. In that hallowed place, the flame burns eternally, as it does in the hearts of the millions who loved him. Their hope now is that the great American senator, orator, icon, politician, and patriarch will find his reward with the angels, and that his legacy – his tireless work to make this[...]

Filed under: Religion, Ted Kennedy As if Ted Kennedy didn’t have enough Catholic mojo going his way after today’s funeral mass in Boston, the burial at Arlington this evening held another surprise: The contents of a moving exchange of letters between Kennedy and Pope Benedict XVI — correspondence that touched on Kennedy’s deep faith as well as public policy battles including abortion and universal health care. It was known[...]

Filed under: Ted Kennedy Teddy Kennedy was memorialized at a solemn funeral Mass on Saturday in Boston in a service reminiscent of the way Kennedy spent his days on Earth: bringing together disparate elements of the America’s political and social worlds, flummoxing his foes and inspiring his more numerous admirers – and, albeit through surrogates this time, tirelessly working the room on behalf of his latest legislative project. This was[...]

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Filed under: Barack Obama, Ted Kennedy, The Capitolist Below is the full text of Barack Obama’s eulogy for Senator Edward Kennedy: Your Eminence, Vicki, Kara, Edward, Patrick, Curran, Caroline, members of the Kennedy family, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens: Today we say goodbye to the youngest child of Rose and Joseph Kennedy. The world will long remember their son Edward as the heir to a weighty legacy; a champion for those who[...]

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Hip hop artists over the past decades have had an affinity for showing their wealth in increasingly odd, outlandish, and absurd methods. These rappers made their money, and immediately decided they needed to show this to the world — be it through diamonds, chrome, gold, platinum, or any other loud and obnoxious way. The following are some of the most ridiculous hip hop artists and some of the most obnoxious displays of their newfound wealth. Lil[...]

The Foo Fighters will celebrate their 15th anniversary with the release of the cleverly-titled Foo Fighters Greatest Hits on Nov. 3, the band’s first ever greatest hits compilation. Dave Grohl and the boys are even including two new songs with the hits collection – “Wheels” and “Word Forward.” No official track-list is out, but “The Pretender,” “All My Life,” “Learn To Fly,” “Best Of You,” “Times Like[...]