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So sad, 52 years later Politicalboi Nov 2015 #1
Secret Service got ordered OFF the bumper at Love Field. Octafish Nov 2015 #4
Don't turn a nice post into some CT shit. Just keep it like it was. I knew you started it for this. Logical Nov 2015 #13
Nothing says 'Democracy' like 'Shutup.' Octafish Nov 2015 #15
Oswald did it. Give up the make believe. nt Logical Nov 2015 #16
So, when you can't show where I'm wrong, you smear me. Nice. Octafish Nov 2015 #21
LOL "umbrella man"!!!! Logical Nov 2015 #24
The video taken minutes before the assassination shows the agents ordered OFF the bumper. Octafish Nov 2015 #47
Somebody should, indeed, give up the make-believe. nt villager Nov 2015 #25
If logical questions unanswered all these years bother you, change your name MrMickeysMom Nov 2015 #78
Horseshit he did. He was a patsy. A dupe. A throw-away. trof Nov 2015 #89
That Oswald was a low-level CIA asset is NOT hifiguy Nov 2015 #97
What if it's true though? PatrickforO Nov 2015 #27
You fooled me!! :-) Logical Nov 2015 #28
We have lots of know-it-alls today Waiting For Everyman Nov 2015 #2
JFK was a Democrat of the New Deal. Octafish Nov 2015 #8
To be a Kennedy Democrat is high praise. Waiting For Everyman Nov 2015 #10
You may enjoy David Talbot's new history, ''The Devil's Chessboard'' Octafish Nov 2015 #11
I read the excerpt of this book on Salon ellie Nov 2015 #14
Thank you, Ellie. I heard him speak in 2013... Octafish Nov 2015 #17
I will definitely ellie Nov 2015 #23
It is essential reading. hifiguy Nov 2015 #59
I caught a little bit of a program today that was running clips of the actual coverage from dflprincess Nov 2015 #34
What I find extremely curious Art_from_Ark Nov 2015 #72
Nixon was an asshole, Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #74
What I find bizarre Art_from_Ark Nov 2015 #75
It was the 60s, a volatile time. Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #76
Yeah, it was a volatile time Art_from_Ark Nov 2015 #77
You did not address my other point. Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #80
Why would Nixon have MLK and Malcolm X bumped off? Art_from_Ark Nov 2015 #81
You're proving my point. Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #83
How am I proving your point? Art_from_Ark Nov 2015 #84
There were at least five political assassinations in the 1960s. Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #85
One more thing Art_from_Ark Nov 2015 #82
What a beautiful song! n/t BuelahWitch Nov 2015 #57
Thanks, Octafish! JFK and his story are really more complicated than his admirers or detractors.... LongTomH Nov 2015 #3
Great nations build great civilizations. Empires make wars for profit. Octafish Nov 2015 #30
A big, fat K&R! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2015 #5
Thank you, CaliforniaPeggy! Did you read what Prescott Bush wrote to Clover Dulles? Octafish Nov 2015 #31
Thank you, my dear octafish--I had not read this. Pretty interesting stuff! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2015 #35
Phil Shenon on Coast To Coast last night claims Poppy had no connection to the assassination librechik Nov 2015 #49
Prescott Bush was the CIA's bagman in the Senate. hifiguy Nov 2015 #60
Guy is working to divert discussion of conspiracy involving secret US agencies. Octafish Nov 2015 #69
thank you, Octafish librechik Nov 2015 #86
People still love JFK and project their hopes on him decades later. In truth he was moderate. craigmatic Nov 2015 #6
hoo boy. ucrdem Nov 2015 #7
Ok name one initiative he got put in place to help the poor in this country? craigmatic Nov 2015 #12
The Cuban Missile Crisis. H2O Man Nov 2015 #19
Plus Peace Corps, space program, nuclear test ban treaty, and the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ucrdem Nov 2015 #32
Recording of JFK telling Sargent Shriver not to let CIA infiltrate the Peace Corps [audio] MinM Nov 2015 #56
MinM! ucrdem Nov 2015 #68
The truth about how close we came to annihilating each other wasn't known for 30 years. Major Hogwash Nov 2015 #52
New Frontier legislation: ucrdem Nov 2015 #29
Universal Health Care. Octafish Nov 2015 #55
President John F. Kennedy's Civil Rights Address ucrdem Nov 2015 #67
Transcript link and highlights: ucrdem Nov 2015 #90
Turns out he's proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964: ucrdem Nov 2015 #91
Even after so many years, Blue_In_AK Nov 2015 #9
I was six, Blue_In_AK. Octafish Nov 2015 #53
Recommended. H2O Man Nov 2015 #18
And all were men of the Left, to varying degrees. hifiguy Nov 2015 #61
I was 11 years old and they stopped school to tell us what happened. JEB Nov 2015 #20
Economically, JEB, much different, based on the suppressed record. Octafish Nov 2015 #96
Thank you, Octafish JEB Nov 2015 #100
never. held. to. account. nashville_brook Nov 2015 #22
Interview with blacklisted comedian, Mort Sahl, 1968 quotes and warnings after JFK's death. Octafish Nov 2015 #98
Gerald Posner said it right. longship Nov 2015 #26
That's what the House Select Committee apparently concluded. ucrdem Nov 2015 #33
Well, all the forensics say one shooter. longship Nov 2015 #39
Depends on who you ask I suppose. ucrdem Nov 2015 #40
Produce forensic evidence that says there was another shooter, then. longship Nov 2015 #41
The doctors at Parkland have repeatedly said hifiguy Nov 2015 #62
Absolute Rubbish longship Nov 2015 #64
There Are No Forensics Supporting One Gun ProfessorGAC Nov 2015 #43
Do you mean other than the spent bullets retrieved? longship Nov 2015 #44
Yes, I Mean Those ProfessorGAC Nov 2015 #45
Two. They found two, as far as I can remember. longship Nov 2015 #46
Posner the plagiarist? n/t deutsey Nov 2015 #51
Plagiarist Posner MinM Nov 2015 #54
Knew you would have something interesting today! Thank you, Sir! Mnemosyne Nov 2015 #36
JFK selected Abraham Bolden to integrate White House Secret Service detail. Octafish Nov 2015 #101
the 1880s weren't feudal! MisterP Nov 2015 #37
DURec leftstreet Nov 2015 #38
Oliver Stone: JFK conspiracy deniers are in denial Octafish Nov 2015 #104
Kicking... CanSocDem Nov 2015 #42
CIA Dulles hired MAFIA to kill Castro in 1960, yet US media continue to misreport it as JFK's idea. Octafish Nov 2015 #106
When they release all the government documents about the assassination Generic Other Nov 2015 #48
''All of them together will observe the law of silence...They don't want to know.'' Octafish Nov 2015 #107
Thanks, as always deutsey Nov 2015 #50
The New York Daily News of Nov. 23, 1963 Octafish Nov 2015 #88
Except for 'advisors' in South Vietnam and that Bay of Pigs thing.... Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #58
The Bay of Pigs was a CIA/Mafia operation hifiguy Nov 2015 #63
Thanks for the clarification. Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #66
Regarding Vietnam: JFK ordered withdrawal. LBJ reversed it. Octafish Nov 2015 #70
Regarding Bay of Pigs: Dulles and CIA did not tell JFK security mission was compromised. Octafish Nov 2015 #71
"This little light of mine..." kick and recommend n/t bobthedrummer Nov 2015 #65
JFK personally selected Abraham Bolden to integrate WH Secret Service detail. Octafish Nov 2015 #73
No, television didn't bring it up... MrMickeysMom Nov 2015 #79
Bertrand Russell asked that central question in 1964. Octafish Nov 2015 #87
Recced. Thanks for the o.p. info, and for making a space for the info provided by other good Mc Mike Nov 2015 #92
JFK's death changed government policy in matters of war and peace. Octafish Nov 2015 #95
That was a radically big policy reversal, within a few days of 11/22. Mc Mike Nov 2015 #110
President Carter did too. craigmatic Nov 2015 #93
BFEE Safari Club did unto President James Earl "Jimmy" Carter bad things. Octafish Nov 2015 #94
Stephanie's 2-22-2006 UAE and BCCI thread reposted for those that love the truth bobthedrummer Nov 2015 #99
We've learned a lot about money and power since BCCI... Octafish Nov 2015 #108
Who could imagine "our" goverment would actively seek to move jobs overseas. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #102
Lt. Cmdr. Terri Pike, USN, was relieved of duty for doing her duty re JFK assassination records. Octafish Nov 2015 #109
Wow! Thanks, Octafish. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #111
Kicked and recommended to the Max! Enthusiast Nov 2015 #103
Needs another kick!! (eom) CanSocDem Nov 2015 #105
Listen in on LBJ and Hoover talk about Oswald and ''Rubenstein'' Octafish Dec 2015 #112
I'm reading the book now, and it's a real American horror show nikto Jan 2016 #113
Money trumps peace. So does power. Octafish Jan 2016 #114
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