As I wake up this morning to CNN's coverage of Senator Ted Kennedy's stroke-like symptoms with journalism-like activities, it occurs to me that I can recall very few famous groups who have lived in a compound:
- The Kennedys
- The Branch Davidians
- that is all
Interesting. After 30 minutes of watching this coverage, these are the questions I've had answered and the trivia I've had thrust at me:
Senator Kennedy graduated from Harvard University in 1956.
Kennedy is the 2nd longest serving U.S. Senator.
Kennedy had surgery last year to clear blockage in his left carotid artery.
Senator Kennedy has endorsed Barack Obama.
The Barack Obama campaign has not yet commented on this morning's events.
Moments of lucidity from Kennedy were observed earlier this morning (this may have been unrelated to the stroke coverage.)
The Barack Obama campaign has now issued a statement confirming the presence of Kennedys in the Barack Obama campaign's thoughts and prayers.
A minor setback was dealt to Kennedy when Barack Obama failed to win Massachusetts primary.
Barack Obama has been in contact in with the Kennedy family.
John McCain has now claimed to be awaiting word of Kennedy's condition.
Hillary Clinton's response to these events was reported last, but she was likely very busy this morning voting to start various wars and subverting the democratic process with her participation in the Democratic primary.
Out of curiosity I looked up exactly what some of these stroke warning signs are. These details come from the dubiously-named www.hope4stroke.com:
- crooked smile
- inability to raise both arms to the same height
- garbled speech or inability to form a coherent sentence with correct words
Well. If you should ever see this man struggle with his speech, call 911 immediately.
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