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Saturday's appearance by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Fresno triggered a flood of emotions in Michael Levine.

Levine took both photos with this post: the younger Kennedy outside Barack Obama's local headquarters on Shaw Avenue and his father before he was assassinated in 1968.

Writes Levine: "Shaking Kennedy's hand 40 years after seeing his father at the Ambassador Hotel [in Los Angeles] five minutes before he was shot was an inspiring and hopeful note for a healthy future.

"[Bobby] was going down the back elevator and I was about to follow when I realized I had no more film. My backup film was in the car right below the room we were in. I went out a back door down an outside staircase to my car picked up my film and went to the room he
was going to next where he would speak to a group of supporters.

"Needless to say when I got there something was wrong. The time span was at most 15 minutes from the time I left the room went to my car and then to the next meeting room.

"At this point, like everyone else, my emotions were so shaken that I couldn't take anymore pictures and was there to the early hours of the morning when the police allowed us to leave. The best way to describe my emotions and those around me was a river of tears and deep sadness at our loss and the country's loss."

Thanks, Michael, for the pictures and for sharing your memories.

Craig Scharton, left in the above photo, says the city's decision to allow a Mixed Martial Arts "cage match" promotion in Woodward Park was a travesty.

Here is Scharton's on-the-mark commentary about the latest silliness from the final days -- thank goodness! -- of Mayor Alan Autry's failed administration:

"It started out kind of funny. The juxtaposition of Shakespeare in the park with the mixed martial arts rumble in the park. It kind of felt like that Fresno Sitcom that many of us feel like we're caught in. But the humor wore off quickly.

"The disrespect starts when a man named Woodward leaves money for a park, a park that is to be a non-commercial and a bird sanctuary. There are many gray areas about the definition of non-commercial. But Rumble in the Park was definitely out of bounds. For those of you who believe in things like honoring people's wills, tonight was a travesty. The powers that be who approved this event should hope that bad karma is just a concept, not a reality.

"The people who put on Shakespeare in the Park seem to be a good-natured group, a group who obviously receives little support from anyone with the keys to the treasury to bring entertainment to our community. Tonight's play was their 100th. It should have been a celebration. Instead it was bombarded by AC/DC, Ozzie Osbourne and System of a Down. All good bands, but not in a bird sanctuary and not on a night when the local Shakespeare company was putting their collective hearts into a performance.

"Don't get me wrong about this...I'm not against MMA, cage fighting, boxing or any other form of violent entertainment. I've been to heavyweight boxing matches and even trained in a boxing gym. I've hunted and done any number of activities that would make my liberal friends cringe. That is not the point. Cage fights in a casino or Selland Arena or Save Mart Center would be fine. Knock yourselves out (as they say).

"The police helicopter repeatedly circling, the Harleys endlessly revving and the "f**k you Hamlet" from the departing MMA crowd were disgusting. They show a lack of respect for people who are performing for our community and the people who came out to enjoy a play.

"Our parks director [Randall Cooper] should hand the net proceeds from tonight's event to the Woodward Park Shakespeare Festival out of shame and ask for their forgiveness. He might also want to read or see the play Hamlet, to get a glimpse of the chaos a ghost can cause, before he desecrates O.J. Woodward's gift to our city any further.

Right on, Craig!

On the net: John McCain's campaign hit back at Madonna after the pop diva kicked off her world tour with a concert that bracketed the Republican presidential candidate with Adolf Hitler.

Laugh of the Day: "Upon hearing Russia invaded Georgia, Obama supporters became concerned about the security of Alabama." -- posted on MSNBC
message board.

Quote of the Day: "There's a good police presence here. I think it's deterring any activity that might have occurred." -- Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer, who sat ringside with Mayor Alan Autry and Pastor H. Spees at the MMA show at Woodward Park.