posted on August 3, 2004 09:51:09 AM new
You can bless her heart all you want. Here is her Bio.
Following is a brief backround on Mrs. John Kerry . She hates being called > that, by the way: > Maria Teresa Thiersten Simoes-Ferreira Heinz Kerry. Married Senator Kerry > in 1995. She only took his name eighteen months ago and she is an > "interesting" paradox of conflicts. If you thought John Kerry was scary, > he doesn't hold a candle to his wife! Maria Teresa Thiersten Simoes-Ferreira > Heinz Kerry was born in Mozambique, the daughter of a Portuguese > physician, was educated in Switzerland and South Africa. > > Fluent in five languages, she was working as a United Nations > interpreter in Geneva in the mid-60's when she met a "handsome" young > American, H. John Heinz, III, who worked at a bank in Geneva. He told her > his family was "in the food business." > > They were married in 1966 and returned to Pittsburgh where his family ran > the giant H. J. Heinz food company. He was elected to the US House of > Representatives in 1971, and in 1976 he was elected to the first of three > terms in the United States Senate. A Republican, he wrote a burning > diatribe against some of the causes backed by young House member John > Kerry.) > > Several years later, in 1991, he was killed when his plane collided with a > Sun Oil Company helicopter over a Philadelphia suburb. The senator, his > pilot and copilot, and both of Sun's helicopter pilots were killed. He was > survived by his wife, Teresa, and their three young sons. Four years > later, having inherited Heinz's $500 million fortune, she married Senator > John Forbes Kerry, the liberal then-junior senator from Massachusetts. She > became a registered Democrat and the process of her radicalization was set > in motion. Heinz Kerry is not shy about telling people that she required > Kerry to sign a prenuptial agreement before they were married. John Kerry > may not have check writing privileges on the Heinz catsup and pickle > fortune, but he is certainly a willing and uncomplaining beneficiary of it. > A lot of hard-earned money, made through many years of hawking catsup, > mustard, and pickles has fallen into the hands of two people who despise > successful entrepreneurship and who believe in the confiscatory > redistribution of wealth. > > So how does Mrs. Heinz Kerry spend John Heinz's money? Just one example: > According to the G2 Bulletin, an online intelligence newsletter of > WorldNetDaily, in the years between 1995-2001 she gave more than $4 million > to an organization called the Tides Foundation. And what does the Tides > Foundation do with John Heinz's money? They support numerous antiwar groups, > including Ramsey Clark's International Action Center. Clark has offered to > defend Saddam Hussein when he's tried. > > They support the Democratic Justice Fund, a joint venture of the Tides > Foundation and billionaire hate-monger George Soros. The Democratic Justice > Fund seeks to ase restrictions on Muslim immigration from "terrorist" > states. > > They support the Council for American-Islamic Relations, whose leaders are > known to have close ties to the terrorist group, Hamas. They support the > National Lawyers Guild, organized as a communist front during the Cold War > era. One of their attorneys, Lynne Stewart, has been arrested for helping > a client, Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, communicate with terror cells in Egypt. > He is the convicted mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. > > They support the "Barrio Warriors," a radical Hispanic group whose primary > goal is to return all of Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas to > Mexico. > > These are but a few of the radical groups that benefit, through the > anonymity provided by the Tides Foundation, from the generosity of our > would-be first lady, the wealthy widow of Republican senator John Heinz, > and now the wife of the Democratic senator who aspires to be the 44th > President of the United States. > > Aiding and supporting our enemies is not good for America, regardless of > your political views. > > I f voters will open their eyes, educate themselves and see the real > Teresa Heinz Kerry, they will not appreciate her position as ultra rich > fairy godmother of the radical left. They will not want to imagine her > laying her head on a pillow each night inches away from the President of > the United States. Hopefully they love this country enough to decide that > the only way these two will ever be allowed into the White House is with an > engraved invitation in hand. > >
posted on August 3, 2004 10:18:38 AM new
Teresa Heinz Kerry brings extraordinary ability, experience, and accomplishment, to her husband’s campaign for President. Her extensive philanthropic work finding solutions to many of the most pressing challenges facing our nation, demonstrates she will be a leader helping our nation explore these issues, such as protecting the environment, our children, and the rights of women. She has been a fighter for human rights, and a strong supporter of the arts.
Born in Mozambique, fluent in several languages, she has combined compassion and common sense to become a force for innovation and social progress as leader of one of the nation's large private foundations. After studying at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and the University of Geneva, she moved to the United States and got a job working for the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations. In 1966, she married Senator John Heinz whom she met when they were graduate students and with whom she had three sons. Shortly after celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary in 1991, she lost her husband in a plane crash.
Turning down offers to seek election to her husband's Senate seat to take care of her sons, family and professional responsibilities, she became chairman of The Howard Heinz Endowment and the Heinz Family Philanthropies. Under her leadership, the Heinz foundations are widely known for developing innovative strategies to protect the environment, improve education and the lives of young children, reduce the cost of prescription drugs, promote the arts and help women achieve financial economic security. She established the Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement in 1996 to educate women about pensions, savings, and retirement security.
Their mutual interest in environmental issues brought Teresa and John together. She was first introduced to John Kerry by Senator Heinz at an Earth Day rally in 1990. In 1992, she met Kerry again at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro when President George H. W. Bush appointed her as part of a State Department Delegation representing U.S. non-governmental organizations. She and Sen. Kerry were married in the presence of her three sons and his two daughters on Memorial Day weekend in 1995. Teresa has received numerous awards and 10 honorary degrees for her many works. In September of last year, she was presented with the Albert Schweitzer Gold Medal for Humanitarianism, for her work protecting the environment, promoting health care and education and uplifting women and children throughout the world. She was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001.
In addition to her three sons and two step-daughters, Teresa is the almost inordinately (but understandably) proud grandmother of one grandchild.
posted on August 3, 2004 10:19:21 AM new
Libra, you have to admit it's refreshing to see somebody in politics say exactly whats on their mind regardless of strategy or political correctness. I like her. She's got spunk and thats usually an indication of a willingness to fight for what you believe in! (*which differs entirely from vicious rancor, imo.)
- I could never see Laura doing that as she has a completely different personality and approach.
posted on August 3, 2004 03:40:42 PM new
Theresa Heinz Kerry is not running for office. All she is is the wife of John Kerry.
No I don't find her refreshing and maybe because I have morals and I feel she doesn't. Neroter do you find using bad language refreshing. Well maybe you do since there is a lot of that in this RT. You can say all the foul words you want but that doesn't get my vote. I would even say that if she was a republican. She is not a strong women in my eyes but hell bent on electing a man so that she can be in the white house. Tell me why haven't we heard anything from her sons? If the liberals are proud of her and her ways in which she approches things, well we are in for a rough 4 years if Kerry is elected. People thought Hillary was pushy well think about her. Can you imagine her out talking with women's groups. I can't image John Edwards Wife and her being friends. What a combination.
Hey Crow you didn't mention the Tides Foundation? You seem to skirt around that. Do you think that is the proper place for her to spend her millions helping the enemy?
What extrodinary ability does she have? Money? Donates a bunch to that foundation. She sure has spunk but remember she is not the president which I am sure she would like to be. But the only way she has a voice is because of John Kerry. She can never be president. If he looses the election he can blame her for part of that.
[ edited by Libra63 on Aug 3, 2004 03:44 PM ]
posted on August 3, 2004 03:52:33 PM new
I too have grave concerns in her connections to The Tides Foundation and those they support. I'm hopeful more of her involvement in these organizations will be mentioned before the elections.
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And on her 'guts' about saying what's on her mind....her ease in doing so has many democrats worried it might be detrimental to his campaign.
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posted on August 3, 2004 04:04:11 PM new
lol libra. What can I tell you? In the grand scheme of things maybe telling somebody to go to helz is worse that saying f/off??? I dont know. If you feel she doesnt have morals, and you do, then almost anything she says will be offensive to you.
Linda, I like her for the very same reason I like you. The guts to stand up and say what you think despite what ever backlash may come of it. :-0) I dont know much about the Tides foundation, but it was an interesting read that libra posted. (But how much of it do we know is really true?)
edited to add: I dont think it should have the democrats all that worried. She is who she is. I'd be more worried if she was trying to be something false that she is not.
I think it unnerves the republicans more than the democrats. They're used it. Remember Hillary on national tv claiming there was a right wing conspiracy against her husband with the monica lewinskwy thing? She spoke with all the force and fervent energy of her soul that was the truth. I could have believed her too.
. But she and the party survived it.
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[ edited by neroter12 on Aug 3, 2004 04:50 PM ]
Tides Foundation and Tides Center have come under attack in several opinion pieces recently appearing in media such as the The New York Post, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Times, among others. The articles make false allegations relating specifically to Tides and the funding it receives from The Heinz Endowments, as well as Tides' support of a group called "September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows." The allegations are without merit, consisting entirely of errors and innuendo.
Here are the facts: The Heinz Endowments have granted Tides Foundation $230,000 dispensed between 1994 and 1998. These grants were used solely to support a pollution prevention initiative and other environmentally friendly practices by industries in Western Pennsylvania. Tides Center, an independent organization providing administrative and financial services to hundreds of projects across the country, has received additional support from The Heinz Endowments specifically to support projects in Pennsylvania. The vast majority of the projects funded through these endowments were related to either environmental protection or youth education. No Heinz- related money has gone to fund September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows. Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of Senator John Kerry, chairs The Howard Heinz Endowment and sits on Vira I. Heinz Endowment's board.
posted on August 3, 2004 04:30:19 PM new
Libra, what do you expect to hear from her sons? Actually all three spoke at the DNC. They too are not running for office, but they did publicly support their stepfather. If they had a big role - people would probably complain that the Heinz' were trying to take over the country.
posted on August 3, 2004 05:16:46 PM new
I like her a lot and find her very refreshing. I'm not convinced that she's excited about being the First Lady, with all the hoo-ha that that entails. She has a wonderful life without adding that to it. I admire her sense of fashion, I like her sons, and I appreciate her philanthropic spirit.
Just because she's a strong woman does not mean she has unbridled ambition to be in the White House.
She has class. So does Laura Bush--but without the courage.
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posted on August 3, 2004 06:29:30 PM new
Roadsmith, I think Laura Bush is extremely intelligent has alot of gracefulness. I dont think she lacks courage, but approaches things differently. She cares very much about literacy and teaching children to read. Imo,she's been formidable in her opinions without appearing terse or cocky, though. (I guess she leaves that part to George )
posted on August 3, 2004 07:02:12 PM new
I was surprised that Laura would be responsible for disinviting poets to the White House when she found that some might read anti-war poems. It was certainly an ungratious act on her part and surprising since she is a former librarian. It caused me to lose some respect for her. Theresa would have had better sense.
"So much for democracy, free speech, vigorous discussion. In this most insulated and choreographed of administrations, the "American voice"--note the singular--is welcome only when it says what the White House wants to hear. And yet, as so often, censorship backfired. "They did us an extraordinary favor," Hamill told me. "They revealed that there are many, many poets opposed to the Bush regime. And they demonstrated their fear of the carefully chosen word--their fear of poetry."
posted on August 3, 2004 07:29:37 PM new
And the other side of the Teresa Heinz-kerry funding of all sorts of radical, left wing groups....such as CAIR...some of whose officials have supported terrorism.
Yes, please read all about it [click on and read all the links in the article] and see if it doesn't concern you that someone like teresa, being involved in funding these different organizations might end up being 1st lady. It makes me shudder.
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posted on August 3, 2004 08:47:55 PM new
Linda, that article begins by referring to Drudge's now discredited story about Kerry's alleged affair with an intern. It refers to it as if it actually happened. How accurate could the rest of the article be?
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posted on August 3, 2004 08:53:24 PM new
The Tides Foundation's response to the inaccuracies posted above: Not exactly 4 million dollars, and not exactly to the organizations mentioned. Horowitz, jeez
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASe
Tides Foundation and Tides Center Statement Regarding Recent Scrutiny over Heinz Endowments
Date: March 11, 2004
Tides Foundation and Tides Center have come under attack in several opinion pieces recently appearing in media such as the The New York Post, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Times, among others. The articles make false allegations relating specifically to Tides and the funding it receives from The Heinz Endowments, as well as Tides' support of a group called "September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows." The allegations are without merit, consisting entirely of errors and innuendo.
Here are the facts: The Heinz Endowments have granted Tides Foundation $230,000 dispensed between 1994 and 1998. These grants were used solely to support a pollution prevention initiative and other environmentally friendly practices by industries in Western Pennsylvania. Tides Center, an independent organization providing administrative and financial services to hundreds of projects across the country, has received additional support from The Heinz Endowments specifically to support projects in Pennsylvania. The vast majority of the projects funded through these endowments were related to either environmental protection or youth education. No Heinz- related money has gone to fund September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows. Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of Senator John Kerry, chairs The Howard Heinz Endowment and sits on Vira I. Heinz Endowment's board.
For the record, the Tides family of organizations is proud to provide support and services to Peaceful Tomorrows - a grassroots organization whose activities revolve around nonviolence and peaceful resolutions - through Tides Foundation, Tides Center, and Groundspring.org, an organization that provides training and web-based services for online fundraising. Tides Foundation has made four grants in 2002 and 2003 for a combined total of $34,665 to Peaceful Tomorrows. Peaceful Tomorrows has raised $19,097 through Groundspring.org since August, 2002.
Tides Foundation employs donor advised funds, the same financial vehicle administered in precisely the same way as the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund and similar programs operated by Schwab, Vanguard, and more than 600 community foundations across the country. Tides works under the rigors of fund accounting, restricted grants, and annual audits, ensuring that all monies released by Tides are properly distributed and accounted for. Tides Center projects each raise funds for their individual program activities, with these funds being separately accounted for and administered. These funds are limited for the specific purposes for which they were given.
At Tides, our goal is a society based on fairness, equally shared economic opportunities, engaged and active citizens and environmental sustainability. In 2002 and 2003, Tides Foundation made more than 6,000 separate grants to nonprofit organizations totaling more than $100 million and Tides Center provides over 250 emerging projects with support services. Our work speaks for itself in the range of program activities that supports a diverse array of organizations working on projects from human rights to disaster relief and youth education.
posted on August 3, 2004 10:24:56 PM new
If you think you have been living in "Hell" the last four years then of course vote for Kerry. But truly think of your life and your life only. What have you accomplished. What were you denighed? Did your quality of life improve? Now I am not talking about anyone else but you, not your neighbor so be honest and tell us what your last 4 years have been like.
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posted on August 3, 2004 11:42:06 PM new
Libra your post is SO Republican....all about me, myself and I, so selfish.......no thoughtfulness, no care, no compassion, no generosity of spirit, no "love thy neighbor", no charity, no consideration, no love, no decency. If your stomach's full and you have 225 channels all's right with the world....and screw everybody else.
You people have no shame, what an immoral attitude!
posted on August 4, 2004 12:30:15 AM new
But you wanted to know about my life in the last four years.
Well, it goes like this....
I had a 9% pay cut with no end in sight and certainly no raises for a long long time even though the cost of living increases.
Electric bill has sky rocketed
Butter is $5.96 a pound
Price of gas is so high I can no longer drive unnecessarily and plot my weekly "errand" drive better than the war in Iraq was planned (which is easy)
I have 2 bothers-in-law, 2 friends, a niece, and significant other who don't have jobs and haven't been able to find jobs. They're all "professionals".
My heart aches for all the people who have lost loved ones in a war that could've been avoided
I feel terible for the women who were screwed over by Walmart's corporate pigs (and all the other people screwed over by all the other corporate pigs like Enron and Haliburton)
I'm disturbed by budget cuts that hurt the elderly (like losing their Meals-on-Wheels)
I feel so sorry for families that have a terrible time making ends meet even when they have 2 and 3 jobs
It bothers me terribly that pollution has gotten so much worse under a president that doesn't want to bother the major polluters because it might disturb their profits.
I find it heartbreaking that some very poor children cannot now get a good meal at school, probably their one meal of the day
I abhor the many many tax loopholes for the rich while middle income and lower families have such a heavy tax burden
Yup, I should be happy that I still have enough money to buy gas to get to work, heat my house, and buy food. I'm OK so the rest of the world should be, too! Or there's something "wrong" with them!
posted on August 4, 2004 04:34:54 AM newIt bothers me terribly that pollution has gotten... Crow you sound like a dam8 politician, yourself. Your list reads like your trying to hit all the bases. She asked 'personally'.
Libra, its has not been the best last four years for us. But I honestly dont know how much of it has to do with politics. For Americans as a whole, tho, I think even if Bush gets re-elected, he's got to do some work on economic isssues because it does seem to be affecting many people's ability to live a right life, which he claims he desires for us. Businesses do not even want to stay here and give Americans jobs. If he cant see it from the working class, at least he should work it from the businesses perspective and give them tax incentives or something to stay here.
Linda, I did read the article and I dont know what to think about the Tides foundation. One thing struck me as odd is clumping in enviromentalists as the radical left. To me a lot of these people do not make much money - but what they are doing, is out of a belief we are ruining our good earth. I personally think there is a lot of solid evidence towards that.
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posted on August 4, 2004 07:31:38 AM new
Well crow I see you stay - strayed off the subject. As you always do. It is not a republican thing I just asked a few questions and you gave me the whole world.
I don't know where you got the idea Meals the on Wheels thing. Not here where I live. Butter has always been expensive. Children in our city get two meals a day at school. So they are not up to your standards, well parents need to be responsible also. Your statement "You People" Get with it crow this is not a government run country and if you want that move to where is there is one with no freedoms.
So you want to tax the Rich to give to the poor and middle class. Isn't that a Robin Hood Thing. Maybe Teresa could give some of her Millions instead of giving to the tides foundation. Or maybe she can give up some of her homes. BTW they did sell the home in Italy, for 7 million dollars. Now maybe they only have 6.
If I remember correctly gas is always higher in the summer time. It has been that way for years.
And as for jobs there aren't very many American Companies any more. All the car companies have sold out to foreign companies because american auto workers salaries are so high they can't afford them. People go into a business to make money not to give it away to the people who don't want to work.
posted on August 4, 2004 08:52:13 AM new
neroter, could you let me know how you exist without breathing AIR. Pollution doesn't affect you personally ????....then you must not breath!
Libra, Yes, I gave you the whole world because whether the Republicans like it or not THAT'S where we live!
YES, I want the rich to start paying their FAIR share so the lower and middle income people don't bear the entire burden!
You say,"People go into a business to make money not to give it away to the people who don't want to work."
You REALLY think MILLIONS of people have LOST their jobs because they don't want to work ? What ...they laid themselves off ? What a stupid idea.
I'll tell that to my friend who lost his job ..HE DIDN'T QUIT...after 38 YEARS of ten hour days!
YOU said, "this isn't a government run country and if you want that move to where is there is one with no freedoms."
OK braintrust, what IS the purpose of the government??
And NO, I'm not accepting your typical neocon response of "love it or leave it"....the simplistic brain dead neocon answer to people who dare to use their right of FREE SPEECH to due their DUTY to try to make America better instead of putting their heads in the sand because THEY have it good!
AND, Theresa Kerry is known for her generosity and charity work and has received awards for it WORLDWIDE!
What have YOU done for anybody besides yourself?
posted on August 4, 2004 09:00:21 AM new
neroter said, "It bothers me terribly that pollution has gotten... Crow you sound like a dam8 politician, yourself. Your list reads like your trying to hit all the bases. She asked 'personally'."
This is such an incredible statement I have to ask again.....
neroter , do you breath air?
Have you seen smog? Not that you need to see pollution, it's there even if you can't see it.
Have you heard of cities posting "Air Quality Alerts"?
Have you ever fished where there are signs warning people about the amount of fish that is SAFE to eat.
Do you eat fish from the sea?
Even deep water fish are contaminated.
Have you never seen signs posted telling people the water is too polluted to swim?
Have you ever read the statistics on asthma in children increasing?
Go to Robert Kennedy's website and he'll let you know if pollution affects you personally.
posted on August 4, 2004 09:28:26 AM new
...and I bet you cant breath well enough that you're coughing up gobs of sputum every minute from all the pollution - yeah, you personally. so do we assume you must be in need of an oxygen tank any minute now with the amount of pollution that is harming you?!
oh brother...see?>politcal agenda pushing Go to Robert Kennedy's website .....
Hey, everybody, neroter doesn't believe we have pollution ....what do YOU think....????
Robert Kennedy is a lawyer dedicated to improving the quality of life in America by fighting polluters. He holds many positions. He is not in public office.
posted on August 4, 2004 09:51:25 AM new
"I was surprised that Laura would be responsible for disinviting poets to the White House when she found that some might read anti-war poems. It was certainly an ungratious act on her part"
Laura Bush is acting as host. To be invited to the White House to honor or celebrate a profession or person is an honor. To use it to promote your own personal agenda is boorish and she probably does not feel the need to sponsor it.
posted on August 4, 2004 10:05:02 AM new
Wow Crow do you ever have a chip on your shoulder. I notice you have changed your language but you are still insulting and upset that your democratic governor is voting Republican. Well get over it.
People have been losing their jobs and I did lose mine after 40 years, but I bounced back and got another one in 2 months. See it can be done. I did not get upset I fought back found another job just as good as the one I had but with less travel time. I didn't sit around and cry I got the Sunday Paper and there is was. Opportunity knocking.
I did lose my job during the Clinton era but I didn't blame him. I didn't blame anyone and yes it happened just before Christmas. I received NO severance pay, nothing just a goodbye and good luck and that was 18 years I had worked for the same hospital. Gave them 18 years of my life and yes I mean that. I was on call most of those years and spent probably the majority of the time there. I am not complaining as I liked my job, enjoyed every minute. Now you know my story but I will not blame the government for anything. We live in America where we are free.
Do you feel sorry for the family that dress their children in $150 Jackets and $100.00 tennis shoes but don't have jobs, then ask for handouts. Do you feel sorry for the families that buy the world out but want government to feed their child lunch at school? Are these the people you want to support?
You want to hand this country over to a women who hates. I don't believe John Kerry hates his country but I do think his wife does. The reason I don't know but the longer they let her speak the sooner the people in America will vote republican. She is a detriment to the democratic party. JMHO
God Bless Her! She's got more guts than any of them put together!
