General Question

[Lauren Johnson]

Not to be too argumentative, Lauren, but I can't help to wonder how it is that you came to the conclusion that "Unspeakable" was such a great book? Had you already done tremendous amounts of research PRIOR to reading it so that you were in a position to make an informed judgment as to its value?

Better yet: If you fancy yourself as being qualified to render such a favorable judgment with regards to "Unspeakable" -- upon what "research" do you rely to judge yourself as qualified? If you have never read any other JFK assassination books...well, what "research" did you actually conduct? Mike Ragu claims to be a terrific researcher, but admits to never reading any books on the subject. How does one become a terrific un-read researcher?

Strange, and here I thought you really wanted help to get an answer to your question.

The reference to McAdams' website was my attempt at humor --failed again. I have read one book on JFK -- Unspeakable -- three times. I'll probably read it again. I listened to Jim D destroy McAdams at Black Op Radio. McAdams is a shill. His dismissal of the death of Rose Cheramie, a heroin addict and prostitute and yet one who still had the ability to summon moral outrage and passionate caring is at the bottom.

EDIT: Adele, Thanks for being so kind to answer in a polite way. Ironically, he is a source of Marrs' list in table form (accurate representation?) and dismisses every one on the list as WRONG AGAIN, FOOL. (That's humor, too.)

Unspeakable is really amazing... great one as your first one...

If I can recommend... Manchester's book - while still an "Oswald did it alone" type book has an amazing wealth of behind the scenes info that helps put things into persepctive... and ANY of the Russell books but especially The Man Who Knew Too Much...

Hancock's Someone Would Have Talked, Lifton's Best Evidence, and EVERYTHING Salandria wrote, False Mystery is a collection o fhis and related works....

Cheers
DJ

I'd pay sepcial attention to the number of those on that list that "die" just days/weeks before their scheduled testimony appearances... THAT is an eerie number and list of people including Ferrie, DeMoren, and a whole slew of Mafia....

Unspeakable might well be the only JFK book I read. I view it as a settled issue. Certainly there is much to learn and to find out. But the basics are in Douglass. For example, I think 9/11 matters more. We need to get past Archetects and Engineers asking for a new and better investigation. 'Hey, let's get Jamie Gorelick in on this one. She knows a lot.' Won't and can't happen.

Getting back to the number of dead, do you have a number? Sounds like 80 something is the low end and over 200 is the upper end.

Greg,
Easy question. I am not a researcher and I don't pretend to be one. I am not an expert on the JFK assassination as a whole or in part. I have paid attention to the field by reading my one book and lurking at Education Forum, CTKA, Black Op Radio, and here at DPF. So when I say what I say about Unspeakable, I am quoting a large number people who I have come to respect. It seems to answer the questions I have. I stay on the fringe of the field to see if I develop new questions. Has the extant Z-film been edited? Probably from what I can tell from the debates. Can I defend that assertion? No. Nevertheless, I don't think the issue as far as my interests go is not crucial.

EDIT: I have been poking through A Certain Arrogance by Evica. I guess I am up to two books now.