"People are suckers for truth."
God help this country if there’s ever someone sitting in this chair who knows less about the military than I do.
--Ike
What kind of peace do I mean? What kind of peace do we seek? Not a Pax Americana enforced on the world by American weapons of war. Not the peace of the grave or the security of the slave. I am talking about genuine peace, the kind of peace that makes life on earth worth living, the kind that enables men and nations to grow and to hope and to build a better life for their children--not merely peace for Americans but peace for all men and women--not merely peace in our time but peace for all time . . .
--JFK
It's funny, the things people won't believe.
--Jeff Wells
Of all the Johnny Cash songs America could have become, it had to be this one.
--Jeff Wells
The great calamity of America is too big now for just analysis and rational thought.
--Jeff Wells
I don't know what the occasion is, but the History Channel showed Oliver Stone's JFK last night--twice, back-to-back. Of course it also took thirty seconds, as the end credits were rolling (at fast speed), to dismiss it. Some historian was given the time to say that "most historians" believe in the official story about the lone nut assassin. Let's look at that phrase "most historians." Most "historians" has to mean the majority of all historians on earth. We're talking about historians of the Roman Empire, of Medieval England, of the French Revolution, of the Ming Dynasty of China, of the Meiji Restoration of Japan, of Xerxes of Persia, of Tut of Egypt. In other words of historians whose expertise is not the Kennedy presidency, whose only opinion on that issue is the opinion of a private citizen. The title "historian" gives their opinion on the matter no more, or less, credibility than the opinion of anybody else. How about "most" historians? Does that mean 50.1 percent, or 50.01 percent? That leaves 49.9 percent or 49.99 percent in the "not-most" category. That's a pretty slim margin. The term "most" does not add any more credibility to the opinion than does the term "historian." Most important of all, how does anyone know what "most historians" believe? Have historians been given a questionnaire? Did they answer? I've never heard of that happening. The belief in the lone nut assassin story was simply the opinion of the person being given air time by the History Channel. He should have just said that. At least Oliver Stone did that. The movie is his opinion. It is also mine.
--Ike
What kind of peace do I mean? What kind of peace do we seek? Not a Pax Americana enforced on the world by American weapons of war. Not the peace of the grave or the security of the slave. I am talking about genuine peace, the kind of peace that makes life on earth worth living, the kind that enables men and nations to grow and to hope and to build a better life for their children--not merely peace for Americans but peace for all men and women--not merely peace in our time but peace for all time . . .
--JFK
It's funny, the things people won't believe.
--Jeff Wells
Of all the Johnny Cash songs America could have become, it had to be this one.
--Jeff Wells
The great calamity of America is too big now for just analysis and rational thought.
--Jeff Wells
I don't know what the occasion is, but the History Channel showed Oliver Stone's JFK last night--twice, back-to-back. Of course it also took thirty seconds, as the end credits were rolling (at fast speed), to dismiss it. Some historian was given the time to say that "most historians" believe in the official story about the lone nut assassin. Let's look at that phrase "most historians." Most "historians" has to mean the majority of all historians on earth. We're talking about historians of the Roman Empire, of Medieval England, of the French Revolution, of the Ming Dynasty of China, of the Meiji Restoration of Japan, of Xerxes of Persia, of Tut of Egypt. In other words of historians whose expertise is not the Kennedy presidency, whose only opinion on that issue is the opinion of a private citizen. The title "historian" gives their opinion on the matter no more, or less, credibility than the opinion of anybody else. How about "most" historians? Does that mean 50.1 percent, or 50.01 percent? That leaves 49.9 percent or 49.99 percent in the "not-most" category. That's a pretty slim margin. The term "most" does not add any more credibility to the opinion than does the term "historian." Most important of all, how does anyone know what "most historians" believe? Have historians been given a questionnaire? Did they answer? I've never heard of that happening. The belief in the lone nut assassin story was simply the opinion of the person being given air time by the History Channel. He should have just said that. At least Oliver Stone did that. The movie is his opinion. It is also mine.