Noah's Ark - Nov. 22, 1963 [View all]

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"Noah's Ark" is a play by Ginny Cunningham, based on the book "JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters" by James Douglass. The book makes an excellent case that individuals within the United States national security apparatus were, literally, at war with JFK and carried out his assassination in order to maintain political, military, and economic power.

The play's title is from a letter from Soviet Premier Nikita Krushchev to President Kennedy in which he described the miracle of existence on earth -- a vessel traveling through space like Noah's Ark traveled the waters of the Flood and protected the fragile life it carried. It was performed two weeks ago at Oakland Community College -- Royal Oak campus. The play was performed yesterday in Dallas by a group that included Martin Sheen and last week in Birmingham, Alabama, where Mr. Douglass works.



Ms. Cunningham, pictured on the far left of the photo above, was in the Detroit area community to hear a staged reading of her work. She discussed the play, which brought to life much of the history of Kennedy's struggles with the Pentagon and CIA, with the audience after the reading. Mr. Douglass is on the far right side of of the photo. He spoke earlier in the day about his book and was present for the reading. He also answered questions from the audience, many of whom were students of an OCC history class on the Kennedy administration.

The odds are there would very likely have been a different outcome had Richard Nixon been in office during the Bay of Pigs, the Berlin Wall crisis, or the Cuban Missile Crisis. Perhaps a President Nixon in 1962 would have listened to Gen. Lemnitzer and CIA Director Dulles when they counseled all-out nuclear sneak attack on the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China. If there had been a nuclear war, something that the warmongers considered a win "if only one American survives," perhaps life would not have survived. I know the world would be a very different place had he not served as president those 1,037 days.

So, I just wanted to say "thank you" to President John F. Kennedy. He's a big reason why we are all here today to enjoy our lives.