kennedy assassination

[plang]

Gotta agree with you there Doc, despite our differences.
The only 'raw deal' Tyson got was an uncooked ear.

[jimarilyn]

Hi

Methinks you need to get back on track. What on earth have any of the last 13 or 14 postings got to do with the JFK assassination ?

[Doctor X]

Check the Obama thread.

Threads wander as threads will.

Meditate upon this wisdom now. . . .

Yours omnisciently,

--J.D.

[jimarilyn]

Thou hast what thou knowest, be it futile or not. (Billy Shakespeare, the nervous javelin thrower)

[plang]

Hi jimarilyn. All of the Kennedy's were assassinated by the mafia, either directly or indirectly.
Thou has Google. Be futile or not.

[Doctor X]

Thou hast what thou knowest, be it futile or not. (Billy Shakespeare, the nervous javelin thrower)

"Out foul jelly! Where is thy luster now!"

--J.D.

[Roy Corduroy]

Hello everyone,

Finding all kinds of nooks and crannies on this board.


Lee Oswald killed President Kennedy acting alone.

Sirhan Sirhan killed Robert F. Kennedy acting alone.

Jimmy Ray killed Reverend Martin Luther King acting alone.

Sincerely,
Roy

[Doctor X]

Basically, that is it, Roy.

I agree with those who study conspiracy theories that one is basically dealing with a sense of "unfair" or "no balance." It does not seem "right" that increasingly mythic figures such as JFK and especially RFK were killed . . . by . . . losers! At least James Earl Ray was an avowed racist. Still, I think since time has passed it is easier to "imagine" "darker forces" behind King's assassination. To be fair, J. Edgar "Mary" Hoover's campaign against King probably provides a lot of ammunition.

Yours truly,

--J.D.

[dougie]

Was Hoovers nickname really Mary?
regards

[sdreid]

As I said, I suspect that Oswald might have had some minor help but no grassy knoll stuff.

I think Sirhan acted alone although the security guard might have discharged a round by accident.

It's hard to believe that there wasn't a conspiracy with King though. I don't see Ray as sophisticated enough to do that runner but maybe he was smarter than he seemed.

[dougie]

Isnt one of the biggest problems "armchair detectives" like ourselves face when trying to form an opinion on these cases,the mass of misleading and sometimes fabricated "evidence"and half truths we find ourselves presented with?When the conspiracy motivated author sets off on his mission to enlighten us all,generally he or she has scant regard for the truth,its book sales that count...the truth takes second place unfortunately.Most of the popular mysteries arent mysteries at all,they become mysteries because we,the general public are far too gullible,and too eager to believe the sensational version ,rather than the common sense,probabley boring,but nonetheless for that sensible realistic version.
regards

[Roy Corduroy]

Dougie,

Congratulations on finishing the book what started it all!

Roy

[Doctor X]

Was Hoovers nickname really Mary?
regards

If you believe some recent stuff he . . . well . . . was a transvestite.

Seriously. He lived with a man and protected him for decades. Some feel this explains why he ignored and denied the existence of the Mafia for . . . well . . . decades. They had the goods on him.

Yours truly,

--J.D.

[Doctor X]

So no one thinks I am pulling that out of my fundament, Clyde Tolson was Hoover's long-time roommate. Hover promoted him up to Assistant Director. The charge comes from a 1993 biography--which I have not read but is referenced in that venerable text The Big Book of Weirdos--which notes that at the home of Joe "COMMIES!" McCarthy's former attorney Roy Cohn, Hoover made an appearance as "Mary Hoover." The author noted that Hoover had enough dirt on just about everyone . . . but the Mafia could have ruined him on that.

Yours truly,

--J.D.

Principle Reference:

Summers A. Official and Confidential: The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover. New York: G.P. Putnam & Sons, 1993.

[sdreid]

Roy Cohn was gay but Hoover wasn't necessarily. He could have been but it could all have been a smear too. A lot of people hated him and that would have certainly given them motive to reorder his desired reputation so to speak. He was a bit odd which doesn't have anything to do with his sexual orientation. His denial of the Mafia is very weird so perhaps they did have something on him like that if not something really bad. I saw one program that speculated that he sheltered the Mafia because he used them for his gambling passions. He did have his "long time traveling companion" so I say all-in-all the the jury is still out. The supposed pictures of him in a dress have never surfaced and there's no reason to fear him now.

Maybe Hoover was another Billy Tipton and old Clyde was laying her the pipe every night.