11-08-2011, 02:45 AM
Gary,
To bestow upon reaction to the "secret societies" speech -- a relatively obscure speech compared to that delivered at American University on 6/10/63 -- the power to haunt Sorensen is to elevate its significance.
I simply cannot imagine that individuals whose opinions mattered to or were heard by Sorensen would have misinterpreted "secret societies" and/or given such gravitas to lesser lights, so to speak, who were ranting and raving about nothing.
The American University speech, however, was well known and, among the cognoscenti aware of the forces that likely brought down JFK, appreciated for the manner in which it advocated for a paradigm shift which the Unspeakable would not be able to survive.
But let's eliminate all doubt: Are you claiming that Ted Sorensen, speaking to you, referenced the "secret societies" speech specifically and unambiguously as the speech that was being described as, in essence, JFK's death warrant?
To bestow upon reaction to the "secret societies" speech -- a relatively obscure speech compared to that delivered at American University on 6/10/63 -- the power to haunt Sorensen is to elevate its significance.
I simply cannot imagine that individuals whose opinions mattered to or were heard by Sorensen would have misinterpreted "secret societies" and/or given such gravitas to lesser lights, so to speak, who were ranting and raving about nothing.
The American University speech, however, was well known and, among the cognoscenti aware of the forces that likely brought down JFK, appreciated for the manner in which it advocated for a paradigm shift which the Unspeakable would not be able to survive.
But let's eliminate all doubt: Are you claiming that Ted Sorensen, speaking to you, referenced the "secret societies" speech specifically and unambiguously as the speech that was being described as, in essence, JFK's death warrant?
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