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In reply to the discussion: GHW Bush, JFK's assassination, the CIA and drugs [View all]cpwm17
(3,829 posts)130. Actually, WTC1 & WTC2 didn't collapse into themselves – not even close.
I suggest you watch a video of the towers collapsing.
WTC7 was heavily engulfed in flames for seven hours due to the falling debris from WTC1. Engineers put fire proofing materials on steel framed structures to prevent them from collapsing. The long, unfought fires were more than WTC7 could handle.
Here's an appropriate Creative Speculation thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/11351853
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But, but life is so much easier w/o complications. Denial is sooo nice sometimes. nm
rhett o rick
Dec 2012
#4
Back in early 1970's, published in, of all places, Computer World, was a very detailed discussion
kelliekat44
Dec 2012
#228
Vincent Bugliosi, in "Reclaiming History," examines this issue (of
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#262
"RH" should win a Pulitzer, imho, not that most Americans will ever bother
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#267
Speaking of entertaining, have you read the novel 'The Tears of Autumn' by
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#271
And here's a link to a (not complete) list of witnesses/connected individuals who died,
Mc Mike
Jan 2013
#294
@johnsimkin: Harold Feldman published an important article on the JFK assassination in The Nation...
MinM
Dec 2012
#258
I honestly don't think he believed it after Bobby Kennedy made it clear that he knew what happened..
MrMickeysMom
Dec 2012
#34
And you obviously believe Arlen Specter's bogus "Single Bullet Theory". Enough said. nt.
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#83
dballance in post #1 made a particular claim concerning the direction of the shot
cpwm17
Dec 2012
#199
You're correct, but don't expect the JFK CTists to bother viewing the evidence.
stopbush
Dec 2012
#158
Well perhaps if the government allowed all the evidence to be public it could be reviewed.
dballance
Dec 2012
#194
CIA assigned 1963 Oswald minder George Joannides the 1977 job of liaison with HSCA.
Octafish
Dec 2012
#206
I don't believe LHO acted alone, either. And I also believe the CIA was involved...
Cooley Hurd
Dec 2012
#207
It is most troubling, seeing the way history has unfolded since that terrible day.
Octafish
Dec 2012
#211
A friend of mine, who was in the Korean War, said that the "jerk backwards" that JFK did...
Cooley Hurd
Dec 2012
#200
If fact, had your friend been able to do a frame-by-frame film analysis, such
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#204
I don't believe Oswald acted alone. Certainly, the congressional Commission on Assassinations didn't
Cooley Hurd
Dec 2012
#70
The Business Coup has been known for decades (and is irrelevant in this discussion)...
Cooley Hurd
Dec 2012
#136
Those kinds of accusations are meaningless on a handled internet forum. You could be CIA or
stevenleser
Dec 2012
#264
Have you read Vincent Bugliosi's "Reclaiming History" yet? If not, I strongly
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#80
I'm on the final chapter ("Conclusion of No Conspiracy") now and hope to
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#148
The thought has occurred to me over the years: What if he disclosed everything,
NBachers
Dec 2012
#2
I think that is why they are insisting on so much "privacy" don't want anyone catching a stray word.
rwsanders
Dec 2012
#160
how about the October Surprise. Plus the strategy of minority tools like Clarence THOMAS
UTUSN
Dec 2012
#79
Wasn't he also in the plot to overthrow FDR, the one they tried to recruit Mj. Gen Smedley Butler?
rwsanders
Dec 2012
#161
Read "Blood, Money and Power, how LBJ killed JFK" by Barr McClellan for additional information
Samantha
Dec 2012
#7
Those who think LBJ had a role in the assassination of JFK have a very high hurdle to
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#96
You really need to read Vincent Bugliosi's "Reclaiming History". Bugliosi
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#149
While I would never have described myself previously as a "CTer," I suppose I
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#155
Thank you for posting. As a brother who has a (younger) brother who
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#268
Your syntax is so garbled that I'm having trouble discerning exactly what's got
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#255
I don't think all members of the Warren Commission were 'enemies of Kennedy'. Perhaps
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#182
And I highly recommend Blood, Money & Power simply for the evidence the author produced
Samantha
Dec 2012
#164
When facts are lacking, everything is a CT. Your theory is nothing more than
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#224
Um, perhaps you missed the fact that both WTC1 and WTC2 collapsed into themselves?
dballance
Dec 2012
#121
You still have not explained why common building fires might have brought down WTC7
dballance
Dec 2012
#132
Google it. John Kerry was recorded stating that it was brought down in a 'controlled
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#99
C'mon! It's PERFECTLY SAFE to go into a tilting building-on-fire with explosives!
Cooley Hurd
Dec 2012
#241
Perhaps your reading comprehension skills prevented you from properly following the thread:
Cooley Hurd
Dec 2012
#237
Are you trying to discredit this post by referencing a completely unrelated event
Ian62
Dec 2012
#87
Yes, and he cleverly shaved small portions of his head so his hairline would appear similar -- but
MADem
Dec 2012
#202
Well, Congress voted to go to war with Iraq over evidence inferior to this
MannyGoldstein
Dec 2012
#75
LHO was also indisputably a committed Marxist who admired Castro and one who took serious
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#86
How much do you know about the meeting that took place the night before JFK's murder....
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#18
John McAdams is a professional debunker who has made a career of espousing the lone-nut line.
Octafish
Dec 2012
#110
You asked me that last time you attempted to divert discussion of the JFK assassination.
Octafish
Dec 2012
#265
Questions? Your puerile demands? Your straw men? Why don't you ever criticize the BFEE, zappamaman?
Octafish
Dec 2012
#274
NO - the evidence is that only three of the bullets could have come from Oswald
Taverner
Dec 2012
#284
Um, Vincent Bugliosi also makes an incredibly substantive case that LHO
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#89
Why did you disagree? And on what grounds specifically? I'm just starting
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#181
Thanks for that link. I would hardly conclude from it, though, that Bugliosi's book
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#179
Thanks again for the additional links. I'm somewhat new to the back alleys and
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#205
Nixon also claimed that he wasn't in Dallas that day until an investigative reporter....
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#53
LHO's fingerprints and palm prints were found on the Mannlicher-Carcano
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#91
The Mauser and M-C both have a similar appearance to non-experts, according
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#183
The man who found the gun, Deputy Eugene Boone, signed a sworn affidavit....
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#189
"JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters" is the best book
Peace Patriot
Dec 2012
#100
Thank you for this very informative post -- another reputable book I have on my list to read
Samantha
Dec 2012
#174
I still have doubts about LBJ, too, which Douglass does not put to rest.
Peace Patriot
Dec 2012
#191
James Douglass' book is an excellent resource, and not just about the assassination!
LongTomH
Dec 2012
#186
I find it interesting that some assert that conspiracies never happen. Or just not in the USA.
KittyWampus
Dec 2012
#131
Yep....no conspiracy involved in the assassination of Lincoln, or the attempted coup.....
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#140
No one, including Bugliosi and his defenders here myself included, denies that
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#209
Yeah...I guess the House Select Committee on Assassinations got it all wrong in 1978....
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#217
Because the Warren Commission apologists have no answer to Hunt's confession, and....
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#138
There are a series of claims in the OP (which is copied from an entry on
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#208
Yes, blaming the innocent and excusing the guilty is all the rage for some in this thread. n/t
cpwm17
Dec 2012
#215
EHH's deathbed confession is plausible, since it came from a 1st hand acct...
Cooley Hurd
Dec 2012
#242