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If I wanted to discredit a theory, I'd have nutjobs promote it. Scuba Nov 2013 #1
Maybe. But then where are the non-nutjobs? DanTex Nov 2013 #4
Someone once told me to trust in one who seeks the truth, and avoid any who claim to have found it. Scuba Nov 2013 #10
Not me. It is SOP for those convinced of the 'lone gunman' CT. Rex Nov 2013 #15
I've no idea what happened in Dallas that day .... Scuba Nov 2013 #16
That is why I catagorize it as a CT in and by itself. Rex Nov 2013 #21
Please show me why the USSR would want JFK dead. JackRiddler Nov 2013 #58
Oh sure, they just nearly walked into nuclear war Rex Nov 2013 #81
The Kremlin knew JFK was the one... JackRiddler Nov 2013 #82
Well maybe people should say a lone marxist killed the U.S. POTUS. Rex Nov 2013 #86
Other than that he was an intel asset JackRiddler Nov 2013 #89
How do we know he was a fake? Brainwashing Rex Nov 2013 #91
Lather, rinse, repeat. JackRiddler Nov 2013 #93
The Kremlin was the enemy back then, so we are supposed to take their word on it? Rex Nov 2013 #94
Oswald returned from Russia fairly distraught at the Soviet system. stopbush Nov 2013 #103
You have amazing psychic powers. JackRiddler Nov 2013 #106
Sigh... His passport was never taken away because he never returned to the Embassy to officially stopbush Nov 2013 #109
Congratulations for answering JackRiddler Nov 2013 #118
Yes, it's true. Who knows what a person is actually thinking? stopbush Nov 2013 #120
Non-nutjobs don't believe in conspiracy theories. Spider Jerusalem Nov 2013 #60
what did oswald do in the texas theater before he was arrested tiny elvis Nov 2013 #75
You mean after he ducked in without buying a ticket? Despite having $13 in bills and some change? Spider Jerusalem Nov 2013 #80
You know that repeating and repeating a blanket statement doesn't make it true, right? GoneFishin Nov 2013 #92
Anything to contradict that? Spider Jerusalem Nov 2013 #97
They had to fake the evidence to support the lone gunman theory. GoneFishin Nov 2013 #100
No, there are autopsy photos. Spider Jerusalem Nov 2013 #105
All film including unexposed rolls were confiscated by the FBI from everyone at the autopsy. n/t GoneFishin Nov 2013 #143
No, it wasn't Spider Jerusalem Nov 2013 #145
This proves your job is not about finding the truth. GoneFishin Nov 2013 #146
This is in the records of the HSCA investigation. It's quite easily confirmed. Spider Jerusalem Nov 2013 #147
Not very discriminating if you think it supports your preconceived view. GoneFishin Nov 2013 #148
My view is based on the evidence. Not the other way round. Spider Jerusalem Nov 2013 #149
One of the doctors at Parkland Hospital pangaia Nov 2013 #151
And he's not a forensic pathologist. Spider Jerusalem Nov 2013 #152
Yeah. But he wasn't "interviewed" so he doesn't count. GoneFishin Nov 2013 #153
Let me try it and see if it works. GoneFishin Nov 2013 #95
you have discarded evidence tiny elvis Nov 2013 #98
Bullets, plural Spider Jerusalem Nov 2013 #101
Yeah, because no conspiracy ever happened. JackRiddler Nov 2013 #83
If they did they'd be supported by evidence, not contradicted by it. Spider Jerusalem Nov 2013 #90
Yeah, because a group organized enough to kill the leader of the most powerful country in the GoneFishin Nov 2013 #96
Actually, they left plenty of trail. JackRiddler Nov 2013 #108
Agreed. But people who are constitutionally incapable of acknowledging that rich white guys with GoneFishin Nov 2013 #142
Mantra mantra mantra JackRiddler Nov 2013 #107
Conspiracies that happened: Spider Jerusalem Nov 2013 #110
Actually, among automotive historians... JackRiddler Nov 2013 #115
"hegemonic position" Spider Jerusalem Nov 2013 #116
That was fast and slick. JackRiddler Nov 2013 #119
I'd take you seriously if you could supply any evidence that supports your contentions. Spider Jerusalem Nov 2013 #121
Constant invocations of "evidence" JackRiddler Nov 2013 #126
Evidence... DanTex Nov 2013 #128
Sure I do. Spider Jerusalem Nov 2013 #133
DU REC! zappaman Nov 2013 #2
I have it, haven't finished it. It's very long. DanTex Nov 2013 #6
What was amazing to me is that I was told by all the books zappaman Nov 2013 #12
There seems to be some truth to the claim that the CIA and FBI weren't fully forthcoming. DanTex Nov 2013 #19
Not just because they like secrecy... zappaman Nov 2013 #20
"CYA had to have been the mandate." JackRiddler Nov 2013 #127
Who said Oswald was not the shooter? I believe he was. That is not the question, that is merely a sabrina 1 Nov 2013 #48
Uh huh. zappaman Nov 2013 #56
What they mostly got wrong was claiming Oswald acted alone according to the opinion of a majority sabrina 1 Nov 2013 #78
Not only do some think Oswald wasn't the shooter.... HooptieWagon Nov 2013 #66
Allow me to disabuse you easily: WinkyDink Nov 2013 #3
Except that conclusion was based on acoustical evidence that everyone knows was false. zappaman Nov 2013 #5
Right, but the acoustic evidence was later refuted. DanTex Nov 2013 #7
Just a little info on why I feel there was/is a cover-up at play zbdent Nov 2013 #8
Oh, didn't you know? Art_from_Ark Nov 2013 #26
If Nixon was talking about being involved in any way in the assassination of Kennedy ... zbdent Nov 2013 #27
Whatever Nixon was talking about during those 18 1/2 minutes, Art_from_Ark Nov 2013 #30
Interesting that you'd mention Nixon. nyquil_man Nov 2013 #74
Watergate also shows how journalism got into the ring better equipped than it was during the Kennedy ancianita Nov 2013 #111
Here's a few quotes from Nixon. roamer65 Nov 2013 #154
More Americans believe that Global Warming is not real than believe the WCR. KurtNYC Nov 2013 #9
I agree that most Americans believe in a conspiracy. DanTex Nov 2013 #13
Studies have shown that people seek out news and information they already agree with KurtNYC Nov 2013 #35
Sure, the majority is usually correct. DanTex Nov 2013 #51
A majority of Americans believe in a guardian angel that watches over them and keeps them safe. zappaman Nov 2013 #14
Are these the ones who doubt the WCR? JackRiddler Nov 2013 #84
Great answer! pacalo Nov 2013 #40
Are these the same Americans who are publicly JackRiddler Nov 2013 #61
Most Americans are completely ignorant of the evidence in the Kennedy assassinaton. Spider Jerusalem Nov 2013 #63
Here are questions I don't think are answered much upaloopa Nov 2013 #11
Evidence they achieved their ends? JackRiddler Nov 2013 #85
Historians will tell you that history's evidence gets killed and buried all the time, or else we ancianita Nov 2013 #17
You're a denier. I have no patience with people afraid to face the truth. duffyduff Nov 2013 #25
You're right about me, Stone and others being deniers. So be it. The truth will out. ancianita Nov 2013 #29
I didn't mean to imply that anyone who believes in a conspiracy was a nut. DanTex Nov 2013 #31
No harm no foul. However...All overturned evidence in any human arena is relevant. ancianita Nov 2013 #33
Fair Enough. And like I said in the OP, I've been reading about this for only a few weeks. DanTex Nov 2013 #49
No,we can't reject existing evidence. But it's not the whole truth.Thus, disputes that get dismissed ancianita Nov 2013 #68
Tell it, my sibling! JackRiddler Nov 2013 #87
Yup! The forensic evidence is fairly unequivocal. longship Nov 2013 #18
I have compared them with the creationists WRT evolution. duffyduff Nov 2013 #23
Yup! I was a Detroit News paperboy at the time. longship Nov 2013 #28
So who impersonated Oswald in the Mexico City phone call? Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #88
Mark Lane has done a lot of damage to the country. duffyduff Nov 2013 #22
Oswald.... RagAss Nov 2013 #24
Everything you have said is true. DanTex Nov 2013 #42
True. There is no evidence that he received support in any of the "stops" he had.... RagAss Nov 2013 #65
Everything you said also applies to the Warren Comm Conspiracy Theory BlueStreak Nov 2013 #32
The word "conspiracy" it is in wide use in this situation. DanTex Nov 2013 #34
He sure was the sole shooter...read my post above.... RagAss Nov 2013 #36
Even more reason why it is offensive BlueStreak Nov 2013 #37
I agree with you. The Warren Commission's mission was to come up with "official theory." ancianita Nov 2013 #39
Well, I didn't mean it to be offensive, only descriptive. DanTex Nov 2013 #41
I haven't seen anything I would call balanced BlueStreak Nov 2013 #70
There were no competing investigators to fight the evidence scrubbers of that analog time. There ancianita Nov 2013 #38
And considering that most of the principals are dead BlueStreak Nov 2013 #71
You're right. Vetting takes time, what with all the disinformation bot system at work digitally. ancianita Nov 2013 #72
You have only been looking at the assiassination for two weeks ... former9thward Nov 2013 #43
I don't claim to be an expert, but I have done some reading. DanTex Nov 2013 #47
Mark Lane has a fine history in the Civil Rights movement. former9thward Nov 2013 #54
It's not that just he was a lawyer for People's Temple, it's that he alleged that DanTex Nov 2013 #59
I didn't make the charge. former9thward Nov 2013 #62
Believing in a government conspiracy against the paradise of People's Temple makes a person a nut. DanTex Nov 2013 #64
Where is that Warren quote coming from? former9thward Nov 2013 #67
That Warren passage is in Chapter 20 of the book. DanTex Nov 2013 #69
With your mind frame any author who questions the WC is a nut. former9thward Nov 2013 #130
That's not true at all, and misrepresenting my argument doesn't help your case. DanTex Nov 2013 #131
JFK Conspiracy and the Case of Jim Garrison (1967) duffyduff Nov 2013 #44
Your ignoring Robbins Nov 2013 #144
Last night Newton Minow was on TV frazzled Nov 2013 #45
I wish I had seen it too. zappaman Nov 2013 #46
I just found the video of the interview! frazzled Nov 2013 #53
Bookmarked for later. zappaman Nov 2013 #57
K&R The Midway Rebel Nov 2013 #50
This is pretty much exactly how I feel. DanTex Nov 2013 #52
Yes, that leap of faith is akin to religion IMHO. The Midway Rebel Nov 2013 #55
I agree completely with your first sentence. However, there is plenty of room on the jerkwad train ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #76
I hate the term 'conspiracy theory'. A 'conspiracy guess' does not a theory make. Captain Stern Nov 2013 #73
then there is no good reason not to release all docs, unredacted scheming daemons Nov 2013 #102
Amen. That is something I've never expected to see in my lifetime. ancianita Nov 2013 #104
Maybe. Maybe not. Captain Stern Nov 2013 #132
if the CIA did illegal stuff 50 years ago, so what? scheming daemons Nov 2013 #134
I have spent fifty years following this. JimboBillyBubbaBob Nov 2013 #77
If you were objective about it, then how did you resolve all the inconsistencies? GoneFishin Nov 2013 #99
Honestly, there don't seem to be all that many inconsistencies. DanTex Nov 2013 #129
You accept the Warren Report. Oh well. A lot of your information is wrong though. n/t GoneFishin Nov 2013 #141
then explain the shit with Oswald and Mexico. Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #79
Oswald went to Mexico City to try and get a visa to go to Cuba. DanTex Nov 2013 #122
And who impersonated him on the phone to the Cuban & Soviet embassies? Why did the CIA cover it up? Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #137
From what I've read, the impersonation theory has been pretty soundly disproved. DanTex Nov 2013 #138
I think Oswald's story is bizarre, to say the least. Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #139
I agree completely. Bizarre is putting it mildly. DanTex Nov 2013 #140
Any public deprived of citizens' right to information of public concern is not in any way CT. This ancianita Nov 2013 #112
rev'rent tiny elvis Nov 2013 #114
So The House Committee Was Wrong I Guess colsohlibgal Nov 2013 #113
LBJ, Nixon, Gary Hart, William Cohen... JackRiddler Nov 2013 #117
The HSCA basically agreed with the WC about everything except the audio evidence. DanTex Nov 2013 #124
then releasing all docs, unredacted, should be no issue scheming daemons Nov 2013 #135
I would love to have the docs released. DanTex Nov 2013 #136
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Well, not me. DanTex Nov 2013 #125
My Big Problem With Conspiracy Theories is This Wolf Frankula Nov 2013 #150
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