Kennedy Assassinated: 42 Years Ago Today

Kennedy Assassination Waters Pretty Muddy ~ Lisa Pease May Clear Some of That Up

Personally, being a fairly libertarian person (more in the anarchic, not the laissez-faire capitalist sense), I am not a fan of Kennedy. No, not so much. Not any president. Not any government. He did have a gorgeous wife and a stunning mistress (you know, Ms. Monroe?). And I think Boston accents sound cool. But no, I don't have a picture of Kennedy on the wall and I don't think that Liberal hope was killed that day too, along with John. I don't pine for Camelot.

I do think there is something seriously wrong with the official story of the Kennedy assassination. I think it is very strange, some sort of weird American luck, that all of our assassinations and high-profile deaths and deaths are the work of lone-nuts and mere happenstance. How come we're so lucky? (Remember Senator Paul Wellstone of Minnesota? A pain in the ass to the Bushies, killed in a plane crash in October 2002.  Remember Senator Mel Carnahan of Missouri? A pain in the ass to the Bushies, killed in a plane crash 2 years earlier. Remember John Kennedy Jr?? Oh, never mind...)

As with 9-11 and many other events in American history, there is with the Kennedy assassination all of the usual: Conventional theories and explanations that, in many ways, just don't stand up to scrutiny, as well as the kind of counter-theories that don't hold water very well either, or are just completely wacky. The Kennedy assassination as a cultural category is so complex and muddied at this point it is hard to say if it will ever be resolved satisfactorily, or what mix of conventional and unconventional elements it will contain. But if the matter approaches resolution, Lisa Pease's work will likely be a big part of discovering the answer. I suggest reading her piece, The Enduring JFK Mystery, over at Consortium News. (Note: Remember Iran-Contra? Consortium News was started by Robert Parry, the journalist that broke many of the  stories about that scandal in the U.S. in the 1980s.)

Comments

[nolocontendere]

Wellstone was from Minnesota, Ron. But he was most certainly murdered to put Coleman in and get rid of a firm voice against the proposed Iraq obscenity.

[Lone Gunman]

Ask the questions that have never been asked.

Learn who benefited from the grisly task.

Point the finger at those who are above blame.

What was Jack Ruby's real name?

[Ron Leighton]

Nolocontendre,

You are of course correct. Wellstone was from Minnesota! My mistake. Guess I had Iowa on the brain on that one. Thanks.

Lone Gunman,

Who do you think benefited from the assassination? And what was Jack Ruby's real name? Was it Rubenstein or something? Please elaborate.

Thanks for reading,
Ron

[Nestor]

The Kennedy situation isn’t complex. It’s quite simple. When you threaten to break and organization up into a thousand pieces, fire that organization’s director who happens to be part of the visible American ruling class and then that director goes on to head your assassination’s committee, I’d say that case was clear as the day. Dulles, Harriman, Bush, Nixon all interlinked through GOP cronyism and the war machine. It’s a very simple matter. Kennedy was not playing by the rules and most likely would have ended the Vietnam fiasco. The ruling class and their CIA enforcers would have none of that. In this case 2 + 2 = 4 why make things more complicated than they really are?

[Ron Leighton]

Hello Nestor,

I meant that it is complex in terms of so many conflicting and competing theories.

But I understand and appreciate your point.

Take care,