the whole Kenndy anniversary- I was never a fan of his and while I don’t think particularly ill of him, I’m irritated by the whole family, bunch of criminals that they are.

My ex and I visited DC toward the end of the Reagan years; we were both big fans of THAT administration, he was the first president we’d had a chance to vote for and we were damned proud of him. I often wish I had some of the pictures I took then.

Anyway, we visited Arlington. We saw the civil war headstones, the confederate soldier’s headstones are peaked so no damned yankees can sit on them. We saw the changing of the guard, I stood in rapt attention until my feet ached. And in an out of the way area, we came on a little round stone set in the ground with a little flame burning at it’s center. Nobody was around, and I didn’t realize the significance until I saw “John F Kennedy”.

I wasn’t, as I said, a particular fan. But I wasn’t a total dick, either. In any event, I bent down and lit a pall mall off the “Eternal flame”. So I can honestly say JFK was useful to me, even after his death. The Ex called him “President Ronson” therafter.