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In reply to the discussion: CNN Tonight: The Assassination of JFK [View all]stopbush
(24,396 posts)90. Oh, sorry. Yes, I thought it was good that it was brought up and just added my 2¢.
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Nothing weird at all. Ellsberg gained classified status. The others in the digital era did, too.
ancianita
Nov 2013
#94
Not a single person with classified status could uncover missing physical evidence or interview
ancianita
Nov 2013
#97
Not the CT's of that time. There's no "obsession" going on. There's the abiding knowledge that truth
ancianita
Nov 2013
#96
When I said it was bullshit, I was referring to the CT "magic" aspect. Not the single bullet theory.
Gravitycollapse
Nov 2013
#44
Yeah. So then why was someone impersonating him on the phone to the Soviets and Cubans?
Warren DeMontague
Nov 2013
#122
Please don't confuse habitual rejection of reality with questioning authority
Gravitycollapse
Nov 2013
#42
Is it OK to totally ignore evidence and embrace fantasy just because you feel like it?
stopbush
Nov 2013
#52
Mopping up the scene of the crime doesn't take competence. Steering a commission to make
ancianita
Nov 2013
#100
I wasn't there and I didn't see it. I would like to delve into it. 50 years ago, all I could gather
ancianita
Nov 2013
#108
It might help to stop acting as though it's impossible to prove you're right.
nyquil_man
Nov 2013
#121
There is. Opening the National Archives. Re-opening this cold case and allowing digital sleuths to
ancianita
Nov 2013
#123
Setting up classified parameters above their pay grade. It's not as if the commission had
ancianita
Nov 2013
#127
Well, when you get to restate other people's arguments in such a facile way,
Bolo Boffin
Nov 2013
#27
The problem CT's have is with the evidence processing and lack of transparency and archiving
ancianita
Nov 2013
#99
You realize that the Warren Commission didn't just produce a single volume report, yes?
nyquil_man
Nov 2013
#130
Much later I learned that, yes, while involved in single parent and job struggles.
ancianita
Nov 2013
#131
Then I forgot. I was in high school that year, but got a single summary volume when at FSU
ancianita
Nov 2013
#134
Darby's Affidavit pertaining to the print match is an exhibit in the book Blood, Money & Power
Samantha
Nov 2013
#63
Oh, sorry. Yes, I thought it was good that it was brought up and just added my 2¢.
stopbush
Nov 2013
#90
JFK escalated our involvement in Nam from 400 military advisers to over 16,000.
stopbush
Nov 2013
#54
This is a discussion about JFK's assassination, not the Vietnam war, but to address your point
Samantha
Nov 2013
#55
I am 59 years old and was subject to the draft, even though the war was winding down.
stopbush
Nov 2013
#56
For a person who has no qualms about accusing LBJ of planning to have JFK killed,
stopbush
Nov 2013
#75
There is a HUGE difference between stating an opinion and making a public accusation of guilt
Samantha
Nov 2013
#85
I have just reread the entire Wikipedia page on the HSCA. Nowhere does it say the HSCA retracted
stopbush
Nov 2013
#86
Speaking of quotes, here's one from JFK's Ft Worth speech the day he was killed:
stopbush
Nov 2013
#145
Perhaps you think this reflection on past policy negates what I have posted. I don't see how. n/t
mattclearing
Nov 2013
#146
The fact LBJ put together a blue ribbon commission to investigate is all I need to know...
Drunken Irishman
Nov 2013
#76
It was, as expected, an MSM promotion of the 'Official Story' which is the real CT.
sabrina 1
Nov 2013
#62
The same Corporate MSM who are pushing the Warren Report also pushed the official
sabrina 1
Nov 2013
#82
Guess it's true if the world's largest media conglomerate and their talking heads say it is, then.
ancianita
Nov 2013
#92
Yes. The evidence. Living through an event like that and knowing that not all the evidence was made
ancianita
Nov 2013
#112
Heh heh. Sure. Profit allows for a lot of play. They don't have to make up their minds
ancianita
Nov 2013
#128
When you have the time Google "where was George H. W. Bush when JFK was murdered.
Booster
Nov 2013
#101
Really? A letter from Arlen Specter? Your right, I am not going to read more about Arlen Specter.
GoneFishin
Nov 2013
#132
Your logic is circular. Arlen Specter was involved in developing the magic bullet theory.
GoneFishin
Nov 2013
#140