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Pastimes : JFK Jr., Is this an assasination? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (113)	7/22/1999 8:45:00 AM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 542

Starting a magazine is risky for a Kennedy?????!!!! You've GOT to be kidding! The family is worth hundreds of millions! I think starting a national magazine or relatively large business is risky no matter who you are. It takes a massive amount of money (which didn't come from the family) and one risks the disgrace of public failure. That's partly why more don't start businesses of their own. Ever notice the rate of entrepreneurship is higher among emigrants - who are likely less risk averse as shown by being willing to uproot themselves and leave their home? And what do you say of (probably) getting drunk, leaving a party with a woman not your wife with most (likely dishonorable) intentions, driving off a bridge, resulting in her death, leaving the scene, not reporting the accident for many hours, then using your family's power and influence to not only avoid jail, but not even lose your license! This is not arrogant use of power? Yep, sure is. In fact I think you are being charitable but legally correct by throwing in the "probably" and "likely dishonorable". Are you by chance a lawyer? Or how about having an affair with a world-famous actress while you're President? How about cheating to pass the bar exam? Well, in addition to these things being wrong morally, they are good examples of risky behavior. Or using your family's influence to get you into UC-Berkeley with grades that would be laughed at if your name was not Kennedy? This I would call not that unusual nor risk-taking either. Pretty much like exploiting the Bush name as an entry into business deals with billionaires that ordinary folks would never have an opportunity to get into. Would you or I be able to start an oil company and attract big bucks investors? Would we be able to buy a part interest in a sports franchise when our personal net worth was in the hundreds of thousands? How likely is it that a small domestic oil company you or I invested in would win a significant contract from a middle Eastern emirate like Harken did? BTW, none of these things or the Berkeley admission really bothers me very much. Life isn't fair as JFK said. How about sex with your underage babysitter? Well, that's pretty bad. The incidents go on and on. When you put it all together, the family is not a national treasure, it's a national scandal! Comparing to the British royal family really does seem appropriate. Well, there's been plenty of scandal in both families all right. Whether they are nevertheless also national treasures is a matter of opinion. JFK's presidency was a mixture of good and bad and success and failure - like most. RFK showed promise before his too-early death. JFK, Jr. was to my knowledge not involved in anything scandalous and seemed to be the most level-headed of the family. He could EASILY have been President someday if he wanted. The Kennedy's were and are well-loved. This popularity confounds those of different political persuasions, not unlike the popularity of Ronald Reagan. Bruce