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In reply to the discussion: A short post for the conspiracy naysayers. [View all]Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)243. "posterior" doesn't mean "back"
it means "behind the midline", and the wound in JFK's head was mostly "posterior" in that it was mostly behind the midline. However it wasn't in the back.
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Good point-I tend to forget about Johnson because he seems too obvious a benficiary to mention,
Raksha
Nov 2013
#273
I don't know for sure. We know that LBJ was NOT a JFK supporter, and he named the panel
BlueStreak
Nov 2013
#284
I am not insensitive to that at all. It's why I don't call people that.
ScreamingMeemie
Nov 2013
#62
I don't think that people like you who honestly have come to the conclusion you have, are who the OP
sabrina 1
Nov 2013
#150
I'm with you, sabrina 1. It isn't that I believed the Warren Commission report--
Raksha
Nov 2013
#276
Most of the vituperation, ridicule and demeaning I've seen comes from conspiracy theorists, sorry.
Spider Jerusalem
Nov 2013
#21
Explain how to get on Stemmons from Main without turning onto Houston and then Elm.
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2013
#114
Nice backpedal. You can't get there from Main, so the route was never 'changed'.
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2013
#123
I recall being aware on 9/11, or maybe the day after that fighters were scrambled.
SheilaT
Nov 2013
#81
For the first week after 9/11, the Pentagon claimed that no fighters had been scrambled at all.
Ace Acme
Nov 2013
#316
It simply is true, but since historycommons seems to be down, I can't get the refs. nt
Ace Acme
Nov 2013
#324
Well, DUH! The secrets didn't stay secret forever. Eventually many of them came out,
Raksha
Nov 2013
#278
The ejected material went up and forward. not back and to the left. look at the image.
Spider Jerusalem
Nov 2013
#239
That's rich, coming from a person who just branded those with other views as "conspiracy theorists"
BlueStreak
Nov 2013
#159
Anyone who belives the Kennedy assassination was a conspiracy is by definition...
Spider Jerusalem
Nov 2013
#219
When your nuts.. trying to stop a Locomotive with your body can seem realistic...
busterbrown
Nov 2013
#303
Anyone who believes their government would never lie to them, has either been asleep for most of
sabrina 1
Nov 2013
#311
JFK was assasinated. Regardless of who did it and how it had to be a singular means
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2013
#22
Right, because anyone who kills another person and is apprehended for the crime within hours
stopbush
Nov 2013
#197
Do you believe that Oswald shot and killed Officer Tippet? If so, why would he have done so?
Flatulo
Nov 2013
#318
I dislike the people that make money selling book's, speaking tours, movies off peoples
Johonny
Nov 2013
#26
A memo that lays it out? You mean, like the memo instructing the 9/11 hijackers
Ace Acme
Nov 2013
#73
Respectfully doc, I am not sure what JFK threads you have been reading
The Midway Rebel
Nov 2013
#31
You seem to be unfamiliar with Betrand Russell's celestial teapot. Grow up. nt
Ace Acme
Nov 2013
#116
I get it just fine. You think that the major engine of cynicism that is destroying this democracy
Ace Acme
Nov 2013
#119
It would be nice if you could properly apply the Burden of Proof in all cases.
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2013
#186
His claims are siubstantiated by the photos and the scientific tests he conducted.
Ace Acme
Nov 2013
#208
Right, which is why I'm asking you to demonstrate that Dr. Jones can not substantiate his claims.
Ace Acme
Nov 2013
#299
and the anti-conspiracy crowd forgets that Congress itself decided their was a conspiracy
yurbud
Nov 2013
#39
Under Congressional rules, their evidence is sealed until 2028, 50 years after the report. nt
DRoseDARs
Nov 2013
#214
How did Oswald manage to get the parade route changed so it passed by his worlplace?
Ace Acme
Nov 2013
#89
Also, one might reasonably conclude that Oswald was a sharp enough cookie to figure out that
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2013
#124
So you think it's a total coincidence that the JFK shooter just happened to be employed
Ace Acme
Nov 2013
#142
Oswald was apparently seeking people to kill. Kennedy could have been a matter of simple opportunity
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2013
#143
I missed the part where I denied any of those groups may have wanted him dead.
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2013
#184
That was in reference specifically to Oswald, not the world, but you knew that.
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2013
#192
Like the note Oswald wrote to Marina telling her what to do if he was arrested for shooting Walker?
stopbush
Nov 2013
#298
The note did not mention Walker, and was determined to be of dubious authenticity.
Ace Acme
Nov 2013
#300
So the question is: would a bullet that had no problem penetrating 36" of pine boards
stopbush
Nov 2013
#312
There's still the problem that Gen. Walker said the bullet they offered in evidence
Ace Acme
Nov 2013
#313
You can find it as easily as I. It was in a letter to the Attorney General. nt
Ace Acme
Nov 2013
#319
Walker told the HSCA that their projectile bore no resemlance to the one he saw. nt
Ace Acme
Nov 2013
#328
Oh, I've read that claim at jfkfacts and other sites, but I've never seen a copy
stopbush
Nov 2013
#331
Nothing unreasonable about asking you to supply a source when you make a claim.
Spider Jerusalem
Nov 2013
#339
You've made it pretty clear that you're incapable of reasoned debate.
Spider Jerusalem
Nov 2013
#342
I see you haven't addressed all of the points of evidence I listed, then.
Spider Jerusalem
Nov 2013
#347
It was positive for the palms--consistent with handling weapons or--surprise!--printed material.
Ace Acme
Nov 2013
#353
Why are you so anxious to ignore, misrepresent, and distort evidence?
Spider Jerusalem
Nov 2013
#363
It does matter that the witness who turned over the evidence to the authorities
Ace Acme
Nov 2013
#351
Wait wait wait. The real question is how did Oswald get the road built that way decades prior.
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2013
#113
Show that Oswald 'wanted to kill JFK' prior to the announcement in the paper of the parade
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2013
#179
I have little doubt that most prominent news personalities have received late-night phone calls
Ace Acme
Nov 2013
#309
If the conspiracy involved Oswald as a patsy, why would the conspiracy aid his escape?
Ace Acme
Nov 2013
#96
If Oswald was holy unconnected to the shooting and an uninformed 'patsy' then what accounts
grantcart
Nov 2013
#148
There are no evidence that Ruby could keep confidences. He was well known to reporters as a guy
grantcart
Nov 2013
#112
How can you demand incontrovertible evidence before there's even been an honest investigation? nt
Ace Acme
Nov 2013
#92
It was my trip to Dealey Plaza and the museum when I first moved here to Texas
ScreamingMeemie
Nov 2013
#121
I think it's more of a case of CTer's getting angry 'cause people don't agree with them.
Kaleva
Nov 2013
#63
Respectful question: Do you feel the same for those who question the official 911 story? nt
Demo_Chris
Nov 2013
#67
As you well know, an evidence-free speculation (orbiting teapot) can not be proven wrong.
Ace Acme
Nov 2013
#94
Except that when someone proves your 'evidence' wrong, you simply pack up your goalposts and relocat
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2013
#125
If CTs would agree on some of the obvious pieces....it would enhance their overall argument.
cbdo2007
Nov 2013
#133
I just have some lingering doubts that all of the pertinent info has been revealed.
northoftheborder
Nov 2013
#155
Because it is vitally important that no one ask any questions about this, ever.
Warren DeMontague
Nov 2013
#193
I'm sorry, but I just can't take the word of a man who would sell out Humanity to the Combine...
DRoseDARs
Nov 2013
#216
There exists an insufficent amount of lemon juice for me to even consider that.
DRoseDARs
Nov 2013
#218
Nailed it, yes. Your bogus attempts to paint justifiable skepticism as pathological. nt
Ace Acme
Nov 2013
#288
Oh yes, you are the paragon of rationality in these threads. Here, for you...
The Midway Rebel
Nov 2013
#294
Empty assertion, no substantiation, smilies. Thanks for showing where you're coming from. nt
Ace Acme
Nov 2013
#295