and my grandmother used to tell stories about how she would pass signs as a little girl that said, no irish need apply. you should never underestimate the i ll show you motive in history. joe kennedy s insecurity about being anrish catholic fed his drive and his ambitn that he was going to prove to people that he was as good as they thought that he wasn t. joe was a marvelous, a master businessman, dealmaker, stock manipulator. my mother in honor of his birthday made this wonderful flag of a bear because he was the bear of wait. he shorted wall street. he was such a force. he s a rogue, he s a little dodgy. he s a bit of a bad boy. and he s terrifically successful. joseph kennedy tells his children and tells rose over and