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Post by lew on Nov 22, 2008 22:51:51 GMT -6
During the 1960 Democratic Presidential Primary, John F. Kennedy visited my small town in West Virginia. He was the most famous person to have ever stopped by my hometown. People still remember him standing on the steps of 'the Smokehouse" shaking hands.On November 22 1963, I had just turned six years old and was in the First Grade. Every year the kids from grade school would walk about 1 mile to the Junior High and put on a variety show. I remember it as a warm day. During the show the Principal of the Junior High stopped the show to announce to all present that our President had just been assassinated in Dallas, Texas. As I recall the show ended and we walked back to the grade school. I think I will always remember this day in history. Very interesting series in 3 parts, 'Texas School Book Depository Employees' www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL9u-ED6ftY&feature=related
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Post by Mike Powell on Nov 24, 2008 13:38:24 GMT -6
I remember learning of the assassination very clearly. I was fairly fresh out of Parris Island and we were on some field exercise in infantry training at Camp Lejuene. The word was passed in the afternoon and we were brought back to barracks at once, where our nco's informed us we'd be shipping out for Cuba sooner than later. I sat on my bunk and listened to a pair of Cajun twins from Louisiana discussing the event on the next bunk over. "Hate to see any man shot in the back, but he just had to be gotten rid of. " was the concluding comment.
It was the first ill comment I'd heard of JFK and a splash of cold water to the face of an eighteen year old who thought everybody pretty much saw things the way he did. Strange day all the way around.
Yours,
Mike Powell
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Post by Diane Merkel on Nov 26, 2008 0:56:19 GMT -6
I was in sixth grade when a teacher came running into our classroom, saying Kennedy had been shot. As we lined up for Safety Patrol duty, we were joking about it. We had no clue of the magnitude of the event. I was sitting in my parents' car in the church parking lot when I heard Oswald was shot. It was a very confusing time for an 11 year old. I heard E. Howard Hunt's son on the radio this weekend, claiming that LBJ was behind the assassination. www.saintjohnhunt.com/testament.htmlThere's a new version of the Warren Report with a forward by President Ford. "Ford admits the CIA destroyed documents connected to the 1963 assassination of President Kennedy. [Publisher Tim] Miller also said he believes Ford promised members of the Commission that he would keep to the lone gunman story, 'even though it has become obvious there was a conspiracy.'" Source: www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2008/11/22.htmlWill we ever know the truth?
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Post by BrokenSword on Nov 26, 2008 8:03:36 GMT -6
Sigh….
We have known the ‘truth’ for quite some time now. The only conspiracy is to keep the conspiracy industry alive and lucrative.
Again, The 5 Great Truths according to BrokenSword.
1. There is no hole in the ozone. 2. Animals do not have rights. 3. Men and women are different. 4. Oswald acted alone 5. Elvis is dead.
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Post by crzhrs on Nov 26, 2008 8:51:15 GMT -6
<2. Animals do not have rights> From the look on the cat's face I don't think he would agree . . .
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Post by biggordie on Nov 26, 2008 9:37:11 GMT -6
What was it that the Nicholson character exclaimed in that Marine Corps movie - you know, the one with a wasted Demi Moore and Kevin Bacon [they must have cut a lot of that film]? It's the clip you keep seeing whenever that film is mentioned.
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Post by BrokenSword on Nov 26, 2008 9:50:34 GMT -6
"I want you to hold the chicken salad."
That one? Maybe that was a different movie.
M
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Post by Mike Powell on Nov 26, 2008 10:52:00 GMT -6
Reading this board, priceless.
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Post by biggordie on Nov 26, 2008 10:55:42 GMT -6
Yeah - Hold it between your knees and bring me five pieces of wheat toast, and make them easy pieces.
Gordie
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Post by BrokenSword on Nov 26, 2008 11:58:41 GMT -6
...but can you name the 'five easy pieces'?
Seriously... like the rest of you, and everyone else living, and old enough to be minimally aware, I can remember exactly where I was when I heard the news of JFK's assassination. Just as others never or will never forget where they were when they heard of the Pearl Harbor attack, the 9-11 attacks and perhaps the Moon Landing.
An interesting side bar. John Kennedy, initially, had a special affinity for, and concern over the economic plight of those in Appalachia and the social plight of those on the Indian Reservations. He had hoped (according to a few of his closest confidants) that among the achievements of his administration would be to effect great improvements within both of those communities. As happens with most presidents, world events led off into other directions and consumed most of his administration's actual energy and efforts.
Robert Kennedy, on the other hand, had a soft spot for the American Negro and after John's death, he and LBJ moved in that Civil Rights direction almost exclusively.
I'm not one given to think or say, 'If only so-and-so had lived... or, "If only so-and-so had won the election instead... the world would now be gum-drop gardens and lollipop forests." Never-the-less, I sometimes wonder what format the Civil Rights movement might have taken, given John's continued influence.
M
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Post by crzhrs on Nov 26, 2008 12:37:04 GMT -6
Ah yes . . . what might have been.
We could say that about many individuals and events throughout history.
Anybody have a time machine?
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Post by bc on Nov 26, 2008 13:31:13 GMT -6
You want the truth! You can't handle the truth!!
bs now has 5 strikes against him. Luckily the umpire is his brother-in-law so he's still at bat.
Oswald's cronies still email me all the time. I'm getting tired of covering for them. We have an occasional reunion at a grassy knoll with a big monument on it with a fence and markers around it. Crazy Horse was at the grassy knoll also. He was using one of Clair's bow and arrows. His arrow went all the way through JFK but its path was covered up by the bullet path. If you look closely at the Zapruder film you can see JFK's arrow shirt but that evidence has mysteriously disappeared.
Elvis sends out a video every so often. He talks melodically to the rythem of Blue Suade Shoes. As long as he stays in his cave on the Pakistan side of the border, you guys will never catch him. I'm getting tired of covering for him too.
Told ya you couldn't handle the truth!!
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Post by crzhrs on Nov 26, 2008 14:46:28 GMT -6
<Crazy Horse was at the grassy knoll also. He was using one of Clair's bow and arrows. His arrow went all the way through JFK but its path was covered up by the bullet path>
You mean the car was not "trained" to avoid arrows?
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Post by lew on Nov 30, 2008 16:20:39 GMT -6
Diane, Next to the Civil War, I own more books on the Kennedy Assassination than any other topic. Over the years I've read every book or article I can find. Years ago I was working as a Carpenter trainee for Union Carbide Chemical Corp, in the construction Department. One winter the weather was so bad that about 8 of us was holed up in a small supply shed for about two weeks. We all started doing our own research (we called it the Carbide Commission on the Kennedy Assassination) and we went over every book we could find discussing the different conspiracy theories. One guy had assassins everywhere. My trainer really got into the subject and was convinced a conspiracy existed. Finally the weather broke for the better and we had to wrap up our investigation. A lot of people waited for our report,Iron workers,Riggers,electricians. Anyway my trainer announced to the dismay of all that he believed that a single assassin firing three shots from behind was the sole shooter. Dumbfounded I asked him why--he said "Larry, its like this I don't know who did it-and I don't want to know!'
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Post by Diane Merkel on Nov 30, 2008 21:36:52 GMT -6
Great story, Larry! I've believed the Oswald-was-the-lone-gunman theory for most of the past 45 years, principally for the same reason I trusted the federal government for all of those years. I have to believe there are people who are smarter than I am and know more than I do writing reports, running the government, etc. If not, we are in BIG trouble! My faith in those smarter, more-knowing people has been cracking as I get older, so I'm starting to question more. Since you've read a lot about the assassination (I haven't): Did the motorcade change its route? Diane P.S. to B.S. I think my avatar photo proves your #5 is wrong!
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