On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:06:51 -0500, Jeff Wisnia
wrote:

SteveF wrote:

"Gunner" wrote in message
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4582488.stm

JFK assassination 'was Cuba plot'

A new documentary exploring the death of John F Kennedy claims his
assassin was directed and paid by Cuba.


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What is it with Kennedy anyway? He was killed by a nut case who was a good
shot with a rifle. End of story. Just like Ford would have been killed by a
nut case if she was smart enough to chamber a round in her 1911 before
pointing it at him and pulling the trigger. Just like Reagan would have
been killed by a nut case if he was smart enough to use a larger caliber
weapon. Same for Lincoln, McKinley, et al.

Speaking of Lincoln, and the conspiracy to assassinate* him, I was
recently informed that expressions like, "You do that and your name will
be mud." Stem from a doctor named Mudd who was involved with John Wilkes
Booth, and who patched up the leg Booth damaged jumping down in Ford's
theater.

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/proj...racy/mudd.html

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Jeff

You just now learning this?

Sigh..kids these days..outcome based education and pass alongs...sigh

Gunner


* Say, how important do you have to be so that you die by assassination
rather than just murder?

The aim of untold millions is to be free to do exactly as they choose
and for someone else to pay when things go wrong.

In the past few decades, a peculiar and distinctive psychology
has emerged in England. Gone are the civility, sturdy independence,
and admirable stoicism that carried the English through the war years
.. It has been replaced by a constant whine of excuses, complaints,
and special pleading. The collapse of the British character has been
as swift and complete as the collapse of British power.

Theodore Dalrymple,