18-09-2013, 02:32 PM
Charles, the American empire existed long before JFK was even born. Just ask the Filipinos or the Native Americans or the Mexicans.
Joseph, I'm about halfway through your book. I was moved by your personal accounts of being an adolescent Kennedy supporter from a political family, the trauma and disillusionment following his assassination, and your slow awakening from the Cold War mindset to a more radical awareness. That was very effective. I laughed out loud when one of your classmates had the sudden epiphany, "Oh no, this means Lyndon Johnson is president!" It's one of those things that seems absurdly funny 50 years later.
You also do a nice job summing up the media/government attempt to put everyone back to sleep, lulling people into a passive state of acceptance of the official story.
The chapters on the Tippit murder are good, but that case is still a mess, and we may never solve it.
Joseph, I'm about halfway through your book. I was moved by your personal accounts of being an adolescent Kennedy supporter from a political family, the trauma and disillusionment following his assassination, and your slow awakening from the Cold War mindset to a more radical awareness. That was very effective. I laughed out loud when one of your classmates had the sudden epiphany, "Oh no, this means Lyndon Johnson is president!" It's one of those things that seems absurdly funny 50 years later.
You also do a nice job summing up the media/government attempt to put everyone back to sleep, lulling people into a passive state of acceptance of the official story.
The chapters on the Tippit murder are good, but that case is still a mess, and we may never solve it.