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Octafish

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16. ''...government coming out of manhole covers...''

Reply to bobthedrummer (Reply #15)

Thu Dec 12, 2013, 07:21 PM

Dec 2013

It's almost poem-like.

"And I find it almost obscene to continue these fantasies of grassy knolls and government coming out of manhole covers, of double Oswalds sent back from the Soviet Union. Some of these defamatory so-called conspiracy theories have even said the Secret Service shot the President that day. It’s an outrage. It’s a defamatory outrage. Every one of those men would sacrifice his life to save the President or Jackie. Of course they would do that." -- James L. Swanson

Nov. 22, 1963

Have things changed in 50 years?

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JFK Remembered: Dan Rather and James Swanson talk at The Henry Ford [View all] Octafish Dec 2013 OP

No one wants to question the Full Spectrum Dominance of The Fourth Estate here, or so it seems. n/t bobthedrummer Dec 2013 #1

The BFEE Octopus - - Spanning the Globe Since November 22, 1963. Octafish Dec 2013 #4

Mark Lane recently revisited the 5.6 seconds that the Secret Service had to react KurtNYC Dec 2013 #2

''Mr. Bolden. I see you made it here.'' Octafish Dec 2013 #6

Speaking of Abraham Bolden and the Secret Service MinM Dec 2013 #9

"fake" sign language interpreter claims he was hallucinating MinM Dec 2013 #10

Then there are the nice people who just happen to show up without a ticket... Octafish Dec 2013 #12

Man who faked sign language at Mandela memorial has faced murder, other charges Octafish Dec 2013 #17

Holy hell--The bogus Mandela signer allegedly helped burn men to death: MinM Dec 2013 #22

Necklacing! Octafish Dec 2013 #23

Incredible! Octafish Dec 2013 #11

I wonder if DiEugenio or someone at CTKA will review Swanson's book. robertpaulsen Dec 2013 #3

Poor Swanson wouldn't know what hit him. And he's chums with Ed Meese. Octafish Dec 2013 #7

Now I understand the whole thing. Waiting For Everyman Dec 2013 #5

They're trying to put an ''End of Days'' on liberal ideas and the New Deal... Octafish Dec 2013 #8

Rather's description of the headshot was a baldface lie deutsey Dec 2013 #13

Dan Rather reports... Octafish Dec 2013 #14

You posted a couple of informative sub-threads in your o.p. s Mc Mike Dec 2013 #20

Great memory, yours, Mc Mike! Octafish Dec 2013 #21

Thanks for the Lord Russell link. Mc Mike Dec 2013 #24

Bertrand Russell got inspired by Mark Lane... Octafish Dec 2013 #25

Your post # 460, last Jan 22 (in your o.p. of Jan 15), had info on an alternate route. Mc Mike Dec 2013 #26

I think Lenny Bruce was right about what happened with Jackie there. Nt. Mc Mike Dec 2013 #27

5:30 pm news time-kick n/t bobthedrummer Dec 2013 #15

''...government coming out of manhole covers...'' Octafish Dec 2013 #16

Yawn... Archae Dec 2013 #18

You compare discussing the assassination of President Kennedy to beating a dead horse? Octafish Dec 2013 #19