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The assassination for President John Kennedy is coming up, soon it will be the 50th anniversary of his death.
Where do you fall on the conspiracy spectrum?
I am a believer that it's likely there was no Single Shooter. I peg my belief on the scale at: 40% likely there was more than one shooter.
I am not generally a conspiracy theorist--I'm too naive and gullible, BUT I have never been able to make sense of Jack Ruby's shooting of Oswald. You can't tell me he was overcome by patriotism or any of that other bunk.
Also, I'm inclined to think that John and Robert Kennedy's assasinations are connected somehow. They did make a lot of enemies.
I think it was a different shooter and Oswald took the blame. I think it got bunked up and so they tried to quickly cover it. I can only imagine if this happened today, with all the eyes and technology around, it would be solved. I don't know who or why but that is my take. : )
Where do you fall on the conspiracy spectrum?
... I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe ...
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Grassy Knoll..Dallas..I thought it was eerily quiet that day we went 4 years ago.
iris lily
3-12-13, 11:14pm
... I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe ...
Ok, I could be pegged at 30%. Ok--maybe 28%. I can be convinced by the rational conviction of others.
I don't understand your reference to Astroturf. If you want me to get that, you'll have to 'splain.
I'm skeptical; I think Oswald was right when he declared himself a patsy. I watched a long deconstruction of the Zapruder film, gunshots, grassy knoll photographs, etc. not long ago and--not for the first time--came away unimpressed with the single bullet theory. But I was wrong once before... http://www.kolobok.us/smiles/artists/just_cuz/JC_duh.gif
rodeosweetheart
3-13-13, 5:12am
I was 7 when he was shot. I remember thinking at the time, "We are being told that Oswald's living in the Soviet Union doesn't mean anything," but even at 7, thinking this was very bizarre and had to relate somehow. I was watching tv when Ruby shot Oswald. Even at 7, I thought he looked very sketchy.
I thought the Stone film was pretty interesting.
I don't buy a lone shooter given the "magic bullet" problem.
Don't think we will ever know, although I think we already know, if that makes sense.
I'm in the single shooter group, but think Ruby and possibly Oswald were motivated by organized crime, the Ruskies, or both.
It almost seems like the question, "Where were you when Kennedy was shot?" defines the baby boomer group. I was in grade school, but remember the day pretty well.
goldensmom
3-13-13, 8:28am
Single shooter but conspiracy theories intrigue me.
I believe Madeleine Duncan Brown's account in her book,Texas in the Morning and on U-TUE interview. Growing up in Dallas and knowing grandkids of some of those involved, it made perfect sense to me from the first moment that this happened in Dallas--it was typical oil-business Dallas stuff only more high profile than any other. I love what LBJ did for Civil Rights, but on the assassination am with Bobby Kennedy who said to LBJ, Why did you have to KILL him?
I don't understand your reference to Astroturf. If you want me to get that, you'll have to 'splain.
NSFW-ish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKO8pmzU1Lk
Haven't made up my mind yet, but Oswald would have had to be awfully good to do what he supposedly did solo (and I don't know that he was that good).
Haven't made up my mind yet, but Oswald would have had to be awfully good to do what he supposedly did solo (and I don't know that he was that good).
I'm a fair hand with a rifle, and don't think the shots involved were particularly difficult. Oswald was a Marine, in an era where they taught Marines to make 500+ yard shots with iron sights. Oswald qualified on the Marine course as a Sharpshooter at one point, which is several steps up from "noob".
I'm a fair hand with a rifle, and don't think the shots involved were particularly difficult. Oswald was a Marine, in an era where they taught Marines to make 500+ yard shots with iron sights. Oswald qualified on the Marine course as a Sharpshooter at one point, which is several steps up from "noob".
I agree. I spent an afternoon at the scene last year and had a chance for a first hand look at the distance and level of difficulty involved (the X's in the street showed exact location of each shot). There are a couple of good sized trees between the building and the target area now, but take those out of the equation and it doesn't seem all that difficult.
Much of my knowledge comes from Steven King's book, 11/22/63. Not only some interesting fiction based on fact portrayals of Oswald and his commie pals, but wonderful romp in time travel. He poses the the question, how might the world have turned out if the assassination were prevented? If I remember King's conclusion, it was single shooter, no conspiracy, but a very fine line between Oswald and a Russian conspiracy. I actually think King did a fair amount of research on the facts before spinning his yarn and is as reputable as the next guy.
Oswald's rifle was purchased mail order for 19.95 with scope, plus shipping and handling from the American Rifleman magazine using a clip out coupon from an ad. Which triggered some 1960's style gun control laws on mail order weapons.
100% convinced we were not told the truth about the assasination.
90% convinced a coup d'etat took place.
90% convinced Oswald never fired a shot.
75% convinced multiple shooters.
The big Dallas mysteries to me are why was officer Tippits killed; and how was Jack Ruby coerced into killing Oswald?
The JFK assasination has been a lifelong hobby of mine.
Clearly, the Unitarians were behind it. They had been stockpiling Kennedy memorabilia for years, and used the vast wealth they generated from marketing it to secretly control the Federal Reserve System on behalf of their alien overlords to fix the 1968 World Series.
Clearly, the Unitarians were behind it. They had been stockpiling Kennedy memorabilia for years, and used the vast wealth they generated from marketing it to secretly control the Federal Reserve System on behalf of their alien overlords to fix the 1968 World Series.
hahahah. Well, having been dragged to Unitarian church during my early teens and hating it, sure I am game to blame them!
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