Came back from Lunch and Lunch recess to crying teachers. Got home from school, went to my after school job only to be told we would be at least two hours late even getting started. It was nearly 06:30p.m. before we started towards our routes to deliver the no longer current details of what had happened in Dallas.
People still have strong reactions to the event. But it seems that the CIA and FBI can only redact to it. My question is why? Most of the people involved are dead. Who are they protecting?
Although I was only 10, I recall clearly that some people were glad he was dead. JFK was elected with a razor-thin margin, and many hated him with the same passion that some people today hate Obama and Trump.
@NOSIRROM et.al. Apply Occam’s razor. Oswald did it. For unclear and unknowable reasons. The three-letter-acronym outfits gathered a library load of information during the investigation – most of which didn’t apply to the actual event. I.e., give it a rest.
And then there’s the Family Guy theory – Oswald saw from his window that there was someone on the other side of the grassy knoll with a gun. He took out his rifle to try and shoot the assassin, but missed.
The simple fact is, secrets cannot be kept perpetually. If it was a conspiracy with others involved, by now someone would have spilled the beans. When Jack Ruby went to prison for killing Oswald, it was assumed he was part of the conspiracy. But he died in prison without ever implicating anyone else. Why would he go to the grave with that secret? He shot Oswald for the same reason Oswald shot JFK… he was deranged.
Concerning the heavy hand of “secrecy” in the government – I had an ‘acquaintance’ that worked in the communications area of the federal government in the ‘70s who told me of ’acquiring a “U-Matic” videotape labeled “Classified – Top Secret”, from a friend stationed at a military installation in Virginia with instructions to ONLY view the tape in private. Hush-hush! Turns out it was a fairly decent copy of “Star Wars”! This was when Lucas was vowing that the movie would NEVER BE RELEASED on tape to the public, I might add. “Secret” is government-speak for either “I might get the Nation in trouble if exposed” or “I might get my butt in a sling” if I get caught. I might also add that the most insidious type of “Secret” classification is, I am ’classifying’ this just because I CAN! Neyh, neyh! The fatal misapprehension we all have is that all parties capable of ‘classifying’ documents are, in fact, adults. Donnie should have disabused us all of that notion, by now!
I checked 3 or 4 news websites this morning and not a single one had any mention of November 22, 1963. Guess JFK is in the same classification as the flag and anthem, forgotten about. If so, 3 cheers for the future of America.
I was in 5th grade in Sister Alfred’s English class when our principle Sister Dominica came on intercom crying with announcement…I was 10…we all started crying and I turned to my buddy sitting next to me, Steve, and said “It was the Mafia”……it was
Robin Harwood over 6 years ago
And if the CIA have their way, the files will confirm that.
tammyspeakslife Premium Member over 6 years ago
JFK?
alasko over 6 years ago
I remember that day, like it was yesterday, very sad and confusing.
KenTheCoffinDweller over 6 years ago
Came back from Lunch and Lunch recess to crying teachers. Got home from school, went to my after school job only to be told we would be at least two hours late even getting started. It was nearly 06:30p.m. before we started towards our routes to deliver the no longer current details of what had happened in Dallas.
nosirrom over 6 years ago
People still have strong reactions to the event. But it seems that the CIA and FBI can only redact to it. My question is why? Most of the people involved are dead. Who are they protecting?
Pharmakeus Ubik over 6 years ago
They are heavily redacted to spare the Bush Crime Family.
jarvisloop over 6 years ago
Although I was only 10, I recall clearly that some people were glad he was dead. JFK was elected with a razor-thin margin, and many hated him with the same passion that some people today hate Obama and Trump.
Aubrey Dacus over 6 years ago
Treason doth never prosper, what’s the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it Treason.
13shark77 over 6 years ago
There still people in the late 70s or more possibility alive so got wait another few years or decades.
13shark77 over 6 years ago
Or maybe we can’t handle the truth. That being said has more logic then anything else.
sbwertz over 6 years ago
Everyone old enough to remember can tell you exactly where they were an what they were doing 59 years ago.
Tyge Premium Member over 6 years ago
@NOSIRROM et.al. Apply Occam’s razor. Oswald did it. For unclear and unknowable reasons. The three-letter-acronym outfits gathered a library load of information during the investigation – most of which didn’t apply to the actual event. I.e., give it a rest.
Emperor Rick over 6 years ago
We love our secrets, as meaningless as they might be.
The Pro from Dover over 6 years ago
They don’t think that we are mature enough to handle the truth.. Now where did I put that bottle?
shamino over 6 years ago
And then there’s the Family Guy theory – Oswald saw from his window that there was someone on the other side of the grassy knoll with a gun. He took out his rifle to try and shoot the assassin, but missed.
bsqnbay over 6 years ago
No way Oswald acted alone.
Flossie Mud Duck over 6 years ago
I love reading these comments. Conspiracy theorists rise!
360guy Premium Member over 6 years ago
Jimmy Johnson/Lyndon Baines Johnson — coincidence? I think not!
jeffiekins over 6 years ago
@fivestring65 >> The real truth will never be known.
…about anything.
Bill D. Kat Premium Member over 6 years ago
The simple fact is, secrets cannot be kept perpetually. If it was a conspiracy with others involved, by now someone would have spilled the beans. When Jack Ruby went to prison for killing Oswald, it was assumed he was part of the conspiracy. But he died in prison without ever implicating anyone else. Why would he go to the grave with that secret? He shot Oswald for the same reason Oswald shot JFK… he was deranged.
wcorvi over 6 years ago
So, does anybody know about the Denver Airport?
wellis1947 Premium Member over 6 years ago
Concerning the heavy hand of “secrecy” in the government – I had an ‘acquaintance’ that worked in the communications area of the federal government in the ‘70s who told me of ’acquiring a “U-Matic” videotape labeled “Classified – Top Secret”, from a friend stationed at a military installation in Virginia with instructions to ONLY view the tape in private. Hush-hush! Turns out it was a fairly decent copy of “Star Wars”! This was when Lucas was vowing that the movie would NEVER BE RELEASED on tape to the public, I might add. “Secret” is government-speak for either “I might get the Nation in trouble if exposed” or “I might get my butt in a sling” if I get caught. I might also add that the most insidious type of “Secret” classification is, I am ’classifying’ this just because I CAN! Neyh, neyh! The fatal misapprehension we all have is that all parties capable of ‘classifying’ documents are, in fact, adults. Donnie should have disabused us all of that notion, by now!
William Taylor over 6 years ago
I checked 3 or 4 news websites this morning and not a single one had any mention of November 22, 1963. Guess JFK is in the same classification as the flag and anthem, forgotten about. If so, 3 cheers for the future of America.
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault over 6 years ago
Trust your government. THEY are watching and will know if you don’t.
oakie817 over 6 years ago
I was in 5th grade in Sister Alfred’s English class when our principle Sister Dominica came on intercom crying with announcement…I was 10…we all started crying and I turned to my buddy sitting next to me, Steve, and said “It was the Mafia”……it was
cosman over 6 years ago
Mafia wanted him dead because his brother Bobby was on them hard
CIA wanted him dead because he wanted to break up the alphabet agencies
LBJ hated him and wanted him dead so he can be President.
Ceeg22 Premium Member over 6 years ago
No, I was born in 61 , so the important event was 56 years ago