Steve

I was recently party to a conversation involving a veteran's exception and disdain for John Kerry's Senate Testimony and Anti-War activities. Another's counter-argument to exhonerate Kerry blamed Eisenhower for disallowing a unification election in 1954 that continued the whole Viet Nam debacle. Under puzzled auspices the conversation segued to orange jell-o and slivered carrots or something like that.

Frankly, I did not remember Eisenhower's involvement in Viet Nam. I did find out that, indeed, his administration did not agree to support the Final Declaration of the Geneva Accords, helping to quash elections. But what was not stated in the above defense of Kerry was that the South Vietnamese government also did not approve the Final Declaration.

Another reality that was overlooked while perusing the time capsule was that the Communist Chinese was assisting the North and that Khrushchev had just taken over the U.S.S.R. from a recently deceased Stalin.

I can remember Khrushchev pounding his shoe on a table at the U.N. shouting, "We will Burri you!" Somehow, Eisenhower is losing some of his evil luster. Hungary, anyone? I hear there's a great new cafe in Tiananmen Square called the 'Gate of Heavenly Peace'.

Henry Aaron hit 755 home runs. Statistically, that was pretty good. Along with his other contributions to the game of baseball he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. John Kerry has also contributed abundantly within his sphere and was similarly honored.