tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709723.post4768781871567166915..comments2024-01-02T06:46:03.449-05:00Comments on Nick's Bytes: REMEMBERING: June 6, 1968Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16939152657551690867noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709723.post-39515760898522325942008-06-14T01:14:00.000-04:002008-06-14T01:14:00.000-04:00My choir just sang this song recently. I've always...My choir just sang this song recently. I've always loved it. Bobby's death and the significance of the era in which we now walk almost feels like a mirror in time.<BR/>I'm praying that the right people rise up in peace and leadership to take this country where it needs to go. <BR/>Rest in peace, Bobby. <BR/>His words still stir a ripple of hope in me.Mimi Lenoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616635898420835541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709723.post-14671737051471179482008-06-08T20:06:00.000-04:002008-06-08T20:06:00.000-04:00Sad. I understand he was a very good person.Sad. I understand he was a very good person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709723.post-68811593809658723602008-06-08T00:39:00.000-04:002008-06-08T00:39:00.000-04:001968 was one hell of a year, Rev Saint. There was ...1968 was one hell of a year, Rev Saint. There was so much hope and promise, justice and peace activism, interspersed with pure evil and horror. Are you going to post something about the ’68 Democratic Convention in Chicago? I hope you do, for you are able to touch and show the essence of such events,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709723.post-89615451281299447762008-06-07T12:14:00.001-04:002008-06-07T12:14:00.001-04:00I remember that day much too well.I remember that day much too well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709723.post-65276947391834576272008-06-07T12:14:00.000-04:002008-06-07T12:14:00.000-04:00I met Bobby Kennedy a few months before he was ass...I met Bobby Kennedy a few months before he was assassinated. That was when I was chairman of the state Democratic Party. His death was a shock. We were in so much mourning that I believe we could not get into the presidential election.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709723.post-46012524556667468182008-06-07T05:11:00.000-04:002008-06-07T05:11:00.000-04:00I was 15 and oh so remember just how sad people we...I was 15 and oh so remember just how sad people were about the violence at the tat time with the Kennedys and MLK.<BR/><BR/>Compare to today, where violence is all over the place and people seem to be so indifferent to it.<BR/><BR/>I simply don't get it! ; (Coffee Messiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16908162048706236634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709723.post-56975372972638800832008-06-06T23:48:00.000-04:002008-06-06T23:48:00.000-04:00Even though I was only three at the time, to this ...Even though I was only three at the time, to this day, his assasination, to be brutal and simplistic about it, still pisses me off. Cheers Nick!!Schmoophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01758200133537951854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709723.post-90779664099373750172008-06-06T23:47:00.000-04:002008-06-06T23:47:00.000-04:00I appreciate the Kennedy family being Irish.I appreciate the Kennedy family being Irish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709723.post-44532090499245181332008-06-06T23:27:00.000-04:002008-06-06T23:27:00.000-04:00Simple and compelling. Fine work.Simple and compelling. Fine work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709723.post-64216814619790988952008-06-06T21:58:00.000-04:002008-06-06T21:58:00.000-04:00this makes my heart hurt.this makes my heart hurt.The Mighty Belugahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486711672803839292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709723.post-1518723699260819382008-06-06T18:54:00.000-04:002008-06-06T18:54:00.000-04:00I was 13 and I remember. That moment was sad beyo...I was 13 and I remember. That moment was sad beyond words.<BR/><BR/>Still makes my stomach sink...<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the nice tribute to a great man.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05996426286997454518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709723.post-20791138573953858402008-06-06T11:50:00.000-04:002008-06-06T11:50:00.000-04:00This is another splendid post!I, too, want to than...This is another splendid post!<BR/><BR/>I, too, want to thank you for your sidebar songs. They are always meaningful to me, just like your words and pictures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709723.post-49081098220668642332008-06-06T09:30:00.000-04:002008-06-06T09:30:00.000-04:00I wonder why such terrible things have to happen. ...I wonder why such terrible things have to happen. He looks so very young.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709723.post-82330514583367512302008-06-06T08:49:00.000-04:002008-06-06T08:49:00.000-04:00Touching tribute, Nick.Enjoy your weekend!Touching tribute, Nick.<BR/><BR/>Enjoy your weekend!Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709723.post-79966921839270158292008-06-06T08:43:00.000-04:002008-06-06T08:43:00.000-04:00Again, Nick, you have created a moving post. 1968 ...Again, Nick, you have created a moving post. 1968 was before I was born, but I feel your emotion now, even 40 years later.<BR/><BR/>Also I want to thank you for your sidebar songs. They are always meaningful to me, just like your words and pictures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709723.post-70493897901021138522008-06-06T08:42:00.000-04:002008-06-06T08:42:00.000-04:00Hi Nick ~~ Great tribute to Bobby Kennedy ~ that w...Hi Nick ~~ Great tribute to Bobby Kennedy ~ that was such a tragedy.<BR/>Thanks for your comment, glad you liked the poem. Take care, my friend<BR/>Very best wishes, Merle.Merlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763778255535640633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709723.post-34948757992864793152008-06-06T08:32:00.000-04:002008-06-06T08:32:00.000-04:00Just the idea that people could have faith in a po...Just the idea that people could have faith in a politician is so alien now...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com