Recommended: "JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters," by James Douglass (circa 2007).
Best book on JFK's murder, in every respect, from untangling all of the coverup mysteries to addressing the sickness in our secret agencies and "military-industrial complex" that spawned such a horror.
It is still with us.
So ironic that NOVA, whose episodes on life elsewhere (above) are so brilliant and moving, should end the series with the words that, as to life elsewhere, this is "a turning point in history," while continuing the damnable lies about who murdered JFK, the man whose vision started the space program and made all of these wondrous discoveries possible.
The ancient view of tragedy attributed tragedy to a tragic hero's "tragic flaw" or blind spot. We are looking at the "tragic flaw" of our entire society, our country, our democracy--our "blind spot"--or, rather, the "blind spot" of the corporate media--on JFK's murder, which affects so many of our people. IF we understood this murder--and James Douglass' book contains all the keys to understanding it--we would long ago have curbed the "military-industrial complex" and its secret agencies, and would not have experienced the coup d'etat that started with Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, that continued with Reagan and was greatly expanded by Bush, Cheney & Rumsfeld, and 'TRADE SECRET' voting machines, and is not over yet.
The question is: Will the ancient tragic prediction of the downfall of the singular tragic hero, due to his or her "tragic flaw," hold true for an entire civilization?
Maybe not. Democracy is nothing if not resilient, even when it has been so screwed up as ours has been. The IDEA persists. It is native to the human species, and probably to all of Nature, in that Nature loves variety. Perhaps we posit democracy and struggle for democracy because somehow we know that, the more people who are involved in vital decision-making, the better the society becomes.
But if there is a psychological pathology for entire civilizations--if the lessons of individual human life apply to all, in a collective way--then we had better turn our heads and LOOK AT our "tragic flaw"--our blind spot--JFK's murder--if we want our democracy back and if we want to spread to other worlds the best that the human race has to offer. I hate to think of what Monsanto would do with life on Enceladus--or our other corporate rulers or their pals in the Pentagon and the CIA. Is THAT who we want making decisions about life elsewhere (not to mention here)? Is THAT who we ARE--corrupt, predatory, "military-industrial" fascists?
Absolutely not! Yet we've allowed them to run rampant. Time to call them to account, starting with the murder of President John F. Kennedy!
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