CNN Tonight: The Assassination of JFK

[ancianita]

129. This is the first time in decades that I've given that event any attention.

After reading thepublic's first edition of the Warren Report, I put the event and my questions away, as many who've been through these things might do. My politics became motivated by vigilance. Every year on this date we may confront ourselves with the country's internal issue of presidential security, along with the trustworthiness of the press and government sources to keep the public truthfully informed about events of national concern. Or not.

Learned helplessness has to have teachers. People drive toward agency most of their lives or until confronted with threats to their activities. Some heroically move on in spite of official cease and desist-style threats, e.g., Ellsberg; others hunker down, maybe go about community organizing or other work that improves human capacities to think and communicate.

If I sound as if I lament, I'll spare you.