26-02-2009, 07:08 PM
All,
As I've stated elsewhere, George Michael Evica and I dined with Mary and Oliver Curme during the Lancer conference at which Mary told us of the deal.
I am not breaking a confidence when I report that the price mentioned at the time was $1 million plus considerations for Mary's family and the funding of her stays at the health care/assisted living facilities of her choice.
Curme's story was this: As a venture capitalist, he had a proprietary interest in certain computer applications which could be put through their paces by using them to digitize and otherwise preserve the Ferrell holdings.
He evinced not the slightest knowledge of or interest in the subject of the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
It is my understanding that Mary's original materials are stored in simple containers on a Curme property. Principals at the Ferrell Foundation have publicly assured interested parties that this archive is fully protected from the elements and from human predation. They also made it clear that access by anyone other than those currently allowed in would not be permitted.
While I do not question Ferrell Foundation honcho Rex Bradford's character or motives -- in my opinion he is an honorable and gifted historian -- I find the entire Curme affair to be ... how shall I phrase this to avoid a lawsuit ... stinky.
As I've stated elsewhere, George Michael Evica and I dined with Mary and Oliver Curme during the Lancer conference at which Mary told us of the deal.
I am not breaking a confidence when I report that the price mentioned at the time was $1 million plus considerations for Mary's family and the funding of her stays at the health care/assisted living facilities of her choice.
Curme's story was this: As a venture capitalist, he had a proprietary interest in certain computer applications which could be put through their paces by using them to digitize and otherwise preserve the Ferrell holdings.
He evinced not the slightest knowledge of or interest in the subject of the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
It is my understanding that Mary's original materials are stored in simple containers on a Curme property. Principals at the Ferrell Foundation have publicly assured interested parties that this archive is fully protected from the elements and from human predation. They also made it clear that access by anyone other than those currently allowed in would not be permitted.
While I do not question Ferrell Foundation honcho Rex Bradford's character or motives -- in my opinion he is an honorable and gifted historian -- I find the entire Curme affair to be ... how shall I phrase this to avoid a lawsuit ... stinky.
Charles Drago
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene