Vito wrote:
You just flunked K-history 101.

OK. Does that mean I can skip the rest of the semester?


... Remember how many soldiers
lacked warm cloths and blankets, even froze to death, thanks to Papa Joe?

"Papa Joe" usually refers to Stalin. Is that who you mean? Certainly a
heck of a lot more soldier froze to death on the Eastern Front than in
Europe, but very very few of them were American.

Anyway, I'd balance Joe Kennedy Sr's involvement in WW2 contracting with
Prescott Bush's. At least Kennedy wasn't selling war material to the Nazis.

... I'm not sure he ever "risked his life repeatedly to
save men under his command". He was an even better swimmer than his kid
brother Teddy

Try swimming a couple of miles of open sea between small Pacific
islands, with tidal currents, sharks, coral reefs... and do it while
injured. Now do it several times, including at night.

It's a walk in the park, right?


... who swam back to the mainland abandoning Mary Jo K to drown,
right?

The two events are very closely connected aren't they?

DSK

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Vito wrote:
You just flunked K-history 101.

OK. Does that mean I can skip the rest of the semester?

Sure, if you go sailing.


... Remember how many soldiers
lacked warm cloths and blankets, even froze to death, thanks to Papa
Joe?

"Papa Joe" usually refers to Stalin. Is that who you mean?

Naw, IIRC some of the Camalot Crowd called Joe K Sr that.

a heck of a lot more soldier froze to death on the Eastern Front than in
Europe, but very very few of them were American.

Sorry I didn't mention them - the US sent them wool coats and blankets under
lend lease but Joe Sr diverted them to the black market too.

Anyway, I'd balance Joe Kennedy Sr's involvement in WW2 contracting with
Prescott Bush's. At least Kennedy wasn't selling war material to the
Nazis.

Two rats don't make a cat ...

Try swimming a couple of miles ... It's a walk in the park, right?

Not for me but it'd be a cakewalk for young men like JFK who grew up like
fish it the water. As a teen in So Cal I had friends who'd swim 5 and more
miles in the "shark infested" water off Redondo Beach just for fun. I
preferred diving with an inner tube close at hand cuz I'm a "sinker", which
made diving easy but swimming too much like work. Used to amaze 'chicks' by
walking on the bottom without weights.

... who swam back to the mainland abandoning Mary Jo K to drown, right?

The two events are very closely connected aren't they?

In the context of illustrating the boys swimming abilities, yes. Point is
Teddy thot nothing of swimming to the mainland (had to, too drunk to walk)
and IIRC he was the least athletic of the two brothers.