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11/24/2004

JFK Proof for the Novices...
My own commenting on the last post got me all riled up, so here you go. This isn't the actual logical proof because that's too much typing.
Disclaimer: This is in brief and I'm both sick, tired and at work while I slam this out all from memory with no materials to look back at.
Premise #1: Every piece of evidence used for the below conclusions is universally accepted by all parties.
Premise #2: The 'you must' conclusions postulated are 100% logical necessities.

To believe the lone gunmen theory, you must believe that...
-A bullet entered JFK's back at a downward angle (5+ inches down from the top of the shirt collar), turned and traveled up, then turned down again so that it could exit between the Adam's apple and collar bones at a downward angle. It then went through a second man's torso, shattering a rib on its way out. Then it cracked the right wrist bone of that man, changing direction to pierce the opposite thigh.
-This bullet can then look like the magic bullet (no real deformation).
-A bullet of the same type, fired from the same gun through COTTON WADDING and never changing direction can be much more physically damaged than the one just described. -Same goes for ones fired though an assortment of gelatin like materials meant to simulate flesh.
-That same bullet rests in a thigh wound it created during the five minute ride to the hospital, but ends up with no blood on it.
-The famous backwards head snap of JFK is due to a 'rocket effect' of brains exiting his head despite that meaning a bullet had to enter the head at a downward angle (in the direction of the mouth, away from the knoll) then left one portion of itself exactly where it was, in perfect shape and position (it measures exactly the width of a fresh bullet on the X-Ray). Meanwhile, the other part of the bullet changed direction not just up, but towards the knoll (e away from the mouth) and took enough brains with it to create the rocket effect.
-That same bullet fragment(s) went on to crack the windshield on the OUTSIDE of the car, create a large dent on a chrome strip in the inside of the car, and deposit assorted pieces of itself on the car floor.
-The Zapruder film still sequence sent to the Warren Commission (they didn't get to see the actual footage) by the FBI had frames rearranged by *accident.* The new arrangement reversed the head movement so that it looked like it snapped to the front, not the back. When this was discovered, the FBI claimed it was a mistake and re-sequenced the frames.
-A young Dan Rather was either *completely* mistaken or lying when he said that on the Zapruder film JFK was turned around and facing the rear of the car when he was shot. He was one of the only people on earth to actually see the footage at the time and nobody thought it would ever be seen by the public. His statement has never been explained.
-The Dallas doctors mistook a bullet entrance wound (throat) for an exit wound despite the fact that they were infinitely (seriously) more experienced with bullet wounds than the men WHO PERFORMED THE PRESIDENT'S AUTOPSY.
-These same doctors were mistaken when they said the back of the president's head was blown out.
-Either the Secret Service lied about having agents on the ground that day or people were imitating Secret Service agents on the ground that day. If the former, why would they need to lie about that? If the latter, you've got conspiracy
-An unaffiliated nobody killed the president without any help but the gov't has to keep evidence hidden (admittedly) for "national security."
-The chief doctor at the autopsy burned all of his original notes in his fireplace and then rewrote the autopsy because... uh, there's actually no logical conclusion for that one.
-Lee Harvey Oswald pulled off a shooting feat that has never been duplicated with a rifle who's scope had to be readjusted with metal shims by the FBI *just* so they could hit a stationary target!
-He also got out of the snipers nest (which would have been directly in his path since it was designed to block anyone's view of him) ran from one side of a building to another, stashed the rifle, then went down four flights of stairs, into a break room, opened a Coke and sat down within 90 seconds.
-He chose to take his fist shot when his view of the president was completely obscured by trees. -Despite it being a simple crime, with the perpetrator, bullet, weapon and body found, you would not be able to convict Oswald in a court of law today (The American Bar Association held a mock trial in the 90's and came up with a hung jury).
-Oswald's fingerprints couldn't be found on the gun the first time they tested, but then could be when the FBI, instead of the Dallas police, tried.
I could actually keep going but that's enough I suppose. Wow, that was fun. I'm exhausted after typing that up.

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11/23/2004

Another Year on the Grassy Knoll...

With some rock stupid planning, Jonathon and I made it to the spot and back despite crappy weather (the first either of us can recall on the anniversary) and a limited window.
Always a day for reflection.
-What does it say about our society when the painfully obvious truth about a hugely important event can be so easily obscured by a small group of powerful people?
To me it says one thing more than any other. Propaganda Rules. In the old days you needed a good goon squad to keep the peasants in line (or nowadays if you're a throwback like Saddam). Now it's much more subtle. You convince the masses of a certain point of view. Even better, you convince them to instantly dismiss anyone who says different. Isn't that the nature of power in an modern country like ours? Can that explain the political polarization that many a talking head is currently going on and on about?
Case in point: Last year was the 40th so there was a huge swell of media attention. Not surprisingly, it was by far the biggest year for lone gunmen theories I've ever seen. Peter Jennings stood on the knoll and said 'if after this unprecedented info, you still believe in conspiracy, you are crazy.' Then the special regurgitated all the same garbage I've seen before. Next day the morning DJ's were discussing how great that special was and how it debunked all the theories... right on cue. Crazy would be to think Jennings and the DJ's were in on it. Reality is that they're obliviously riding the historical tide. We live in a time and place where the people traded power for comfort and convenience. And it’s a non-refundable deal.

To the nuts and bolts:Saw the History Channel special last night. It was amusing to see the current hot forensic scientist (Dr. Lee) say, "I could solve this easily if I saw the original autopsy documents, the windshield, the interior of the car and the brain." Wow, too bad all those things are MISSING OR DESTROYED.Knock, knock History Channel. Who's there? Common F-ing sense, that's who!
To their credit they did pretty much admit that the official x-rays of JFK's head are obvious forgeries. Gee, I wonder what that could mean (rolls eyes). Like everything else, that one kernel is enough to conclude that clearly there was a cover-up. Would a cover-up be needed if the official story were remotely true? Uh, no. Ding Dong! Oh look, its Common F-ing sense again. Wow, he just won't leave, will he? Maybe Jennings will nicely escort him away.

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11/22/2004

Belated Birthday Post...

(Conspiracy Post will be tomorrow after I see tonight's propaganda)
-First, thanks to everyone for coming by. I don't see friends nearly enough so thanks for braving the rain. I love my presents. Lots of fun goodies to keep me busy in all sorts of ways. I had a lot of fun. Plenty of talk, drink and even a little martial arts.
Hope everyone had a good time. I don't know how the hardcore's managed to drive home. I was in bed before you hit 635 in that pre-dawn fog. Sleep was immediately needed to fight off the impending headache that did plague me Sunday (but was well worth it).
Something cool happened on my birthday that I forgot to tell people about. Driving back from getting a birthday coffee, I see a large hawk sitting in the on ramp of 635 just before the merge. I end up coming to a dead stop as the silly bird (literally) did not move. Did I risk an accident? Kind of since there was small bus behind me but I just didn't feel like killing a magnificent creature like that on my birthday. Now, I want to help but don't want my eyes clawed out by this predator who's head would come up to mid-thigh. Finally another car stops to help. I divert traffic while he (bravely) wraps the thing up in a blanket. It must have been sick but looked alert and normal as it stared me in the eye while I talked with the guy on the side of the road. There's something almost mystical about being locked eye to eye with a wild creature. I cautiously petted him on the back (over the blanket). The guy drove away with the beast, at which point I felt really good about being able to save it on my BD. Kind of God's present to me. Incidentally, I was also super jealous that he got to take it instead of me now that I knew it wasn't going to rip the first person that walked up to it to shreds. How cool to have him at my house for a day before taking him to the vet! Oh well, at least Laura was saved a minor heart attack by not coming home and seeing it in the house.
-Added bonus. Despite their many faults, Rolling Stone magazine named Like a Rolling Stone the greatest rock song of all time. Now, I hate all these dumb 'best this, worst that' lists but all the positive press helped add to the day's festivities.

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11/19/2004

To Be There or Not Be There, That is the... Something

Anyway, I think we're about set for Saturday. Just come on over and have a good time. I didn't clean like a freaking scullery maid for nothing you know. We'll likely go with a Mexican theme (but nothing spicy) for some grub. I wanted to have a fire in the backyard but it looks like Mother Nature didn't like that idea. The wetlands that make up our yard will probably still be watery tomorrow given this weather.
In some really strange way, I feel like this is my 30th birthday (12 months late). I can't really describe that but it's true. Very odd.

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11/15/2004

I Hope You People Know How Much House Cleaning This Is Costing Me...

God, why can't stuff just... stay clean! F-ing dust. I thought dust was 75% dead skin and dust mites ate dead skin. If so, we need more dust mites, not less! We should be breeding them. And clutter, how does it manage to just form all by itself? I thought matter could neither be created nor destroyed. Another stupid myth. There's no way we bring home enough mail to account for all this crap. I shredded junk mail and ended up with a garbage bag full. A whole freaking garbage bag. Somewhere in all this (yuck) cleaning I also have to figure out what food to order now that cooking is rapidly vanishing as an option. This will be a hectic week as I have lots to do for my, what do you call those things again... ah yes, job (see previous post).

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11/11/2004

Hunk A Hunk A Burnin' Procrastination...

The good thing about working for a bank (I'm finding) is that they have lots of holidays. Pretty cool. I actually prefer them to extra personal days because it forces you to take a breather every couple of months and you don't come back to work from a day off already in the e-mail/meeting hole. As lazy as I am, and I am lazy, days off aren't worth taking for me unless it's a big trip because I despise having to catch up upon returning.
Anyway, here I am at home working feverishly to do all those "I'm never home during business hours to do X, Y & Z" tasks. Going pretty well so far I must say although the time is going by much quicker than I'd like.
Ugh. The worst part is I have real work to do today. I have a legal agreement to read and understand so that I can give a Go/No Go verdict on it tomorrow. This is a brand new project so I know absolutely nothing about this crap ("Lockbox"... what the hell, is this an Al Gore project?).
Anyway, the thing is at least half a foot thick. The odds of me understanding everything I read are... let's say slim. Dammit Jim, I'm a procrastinator, not a lawyer!

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11/08/2004

The Incredibles and the Star Wars Teaser Trailer are both Awesome...

First, the movie. Funny as all get out but what else do you expect from Pixar? It was the typical "Adults will laugh as hard as the kids" fare that Warner Bros. started all those years ago with the great Looney Tunes.
Perhaps best of all though, the Pixar folks went for a super cool, old school Retro-Super-Hero look and feel. IMO, that made for such a better product than if they'd just set it in today's world.
As for a great little bonus, the master of cool - Sam Jackson, is in it. He has the funniest part in the whole movie.
Now, for another great bonus:
The 1st trailer for Revenge of the Sith is attached to this flick and it rocks. If this trailer doesn't get you pumped, then YOU ARE DEAD ON THE INSIDE! Everything looks awesome. As always, proper credit will not be given to just how visually deep a Lucas movie is. Granted, it's nice when you can devote the gold standard in FX companies to slave away for your movie. The color palette is still far and away the richest you'll see in any movie.
There's a villain that gets all of a two second shot in this thing and he looks so cool (I'm spoiler free so I don't know who he is) that they must have spent a month just deciding on his look, much less creating it.
All in all, a good time at the old movie house.

p.s. Stonebriar Mall is one cool place. They have a movie theater, Dave and Busters, Cheesecake Factory and B&N's all in one area. That's one big wallet drain of a good time right there.

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11/03/2004

Hope I'm Wrong...

I'm finding it hard to articulate what I want to in this post without sounding all "because I disagree, we're heading in the wrong direction."
Honest to God, I had a true sense of foreboding last night as I left work. One I haven't felt since just after 9-11 when I predicted things online that, in my opinion, came to pass (no, not this election). Bin Laden being free, us being bogged down militarily and no progress on fighting the cause of terrorism as opposed to it's effects. Not, "What if Bush wins" or anything like that. As you know, I thought they were two bad choices. It was more like the course we've been on was being set without the country ever really questioning it. We just fought over who got to be captain. The handle to the rudder is being lashed down and we'll know what's ahead when we get there.
My problem isn't that the incumbent won, it's that he won on "We've made no mistakes and we won't make any." That's a flatly dangerous mind-set.
Believe it or not, I really feel that...
Bin Laden was more honest and logical in one video taped address than either candidate has been in month's of campaigning. I find that very frightening. Bush with his "Iraq is great, everything's on the rebound" denial fest and Kerry with his "I can solve every problem facing our society and the world" fantasy. Most especially though, both of them with their complete refusal to see the cyclical nature of terrorism (as I see it anyway). Neither one offered one unique idea on dealing with a unique threat.
What I'm trying to say is that a critical time in our history, with choppy waters to face, we decided to sail forward convinced that there were only two choices, don't shift a degree or be directionless. At this point in our country's journey we should be capable of much, much more.




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11/01/2004

New Lows By The Minute...

Sorry, it's hard to avoid political posts these weeks, even for me and I try to purposefully stay away from them. You don't know how lucky you were that I fought the urge for Polidori.
Anyway, this one will slant to the left, no attempt at 'equal' hating in this one.
Minority voters are being intimidated by some republicans (I'll refrain from blaming the party) in an effort to keep them from voting. I don't know how much simpler I can state it. Letters went out saying, "Be warned, if you show up to vote, we will challenge you." among many other dirty tricks.
Now, I understand the excuses:
-what do they have to fear if they're eligible anyway?
-we just want to make sure ineligible people don't vote, we're not targeting anyone
and don't buy them for a fucking heart beat. This is crass bullying of the lowest order. Let's make a wager... think rich, white neighborhoods will have lots of these 'concerned citizens' challenging everyone they see? Hmm, Probably not. Oh wait, make that DEFINITELY NOT.
If the issue doesn't seem like a big deal to you then it might come from not being overly familiar with what recent immigrant families can be like. There's a deep seated mistrust of authority, bordering on fear. Living south of the border, you try to avoid entanglements with the PTB at all costs, even when you did nothing wrong. That mind-set means the letters and warnings, from partisan politicos, are very likely to keep that person from going to the polls. If you don't think that's be design, I salute your faith in humanity. Cheating by fudging the numbers (which I expect on both sides) is less offensive somehow. Maybe because Johnny whitebread is as vulnerable to it as anyone else, maybe because there's no personal intimidation involved. More likely it's because I know people who would read one of those letters or face of one of those challengers and instantly feel a real fear in their heart. People who weren't afraid to risk life and limb to come here for the chance of doing better by their families. We can be such a banana republic under the hood.
In Central and South America, they do it on the street with bats. Here, we do it on fancy letter head with words. A little more civilized, but just as disgusting.


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