I've long believed that Lee Harvey Oswald intended to assassinate John Connally, former Secretary of the Navy, because the Navy would not revoke his dishonorable discharge because of his defection to the Soviet Union. Was his aim bad or did he think the man in the back seat was Connally?
Consider that when apprehended he denied shooting the president. Was he lying or did he believe that he had killed Connally. Jack Ruby cut short any investigation by assassinating Oswald. That action also has a long swirl of speculation.
Given all the possible interpretations of events, is it any wonder that there is so much speculation about what really happened. It sure makes the day for conspiracy hypotheses. (I won't bless these hypotheses with the term "theory"; a theory has to have basis in proven facts, not speculation.)
See “Op-Ed Lee Harvey Oswald’s little green book show JFK wasn’t the real target”, James Reston Jr., Los Angeles Times, 2016-11-22 for many more details
Showing posts with label John F. Kennedy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John F. Kennedy. Show all posts
Friday, October 27, 2017
Tuesday, October 08, 2013
Quote of the day: Negotiating
"You cannot negotiate with people who say what's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable." - John F. Kennedy
I cannot verify this with an original source. The only find I made in the John F. Kennedy Library is in 1960 press releases. However, it is very difficult to read. I couldn't find the quote but the title is "The fight on crime". See http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKCAMP1960-1036-012.aspx#
Whoever wrote it came up with a good observation. My variant is:
A: "You owe me a hundred dollars."
B: "I owe you nothing."
A: "OK, let's compromise. You owe me fifty dollars."
I cannot verify this with an original source. The only find I made in the John F. Kennedy Library is in 1960 press releases. However, it is very difficult to read. I couldn't find the quote but the title is "The fight on crime". See http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKCAMP1960-1036-012.aspx#
Whoever wrote it came up with a good observation. My variant is:
A: "You owe me a hundred dollars."
B: "I owe you nothing."
A: "OK, let's compromise. You owe me fifty dollars."
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Pres. Thomas Jefferson on the Inauguration of Pres. Barack Obama
Today on the way to and from our cabin I listened to two episodes of the "Thomas Jefferson Hour", both were on the inaugural address of President Barack Obama.
In the first, Clay Jenkinson, acting as President Thomas Jefferson, gave his take on Obama's address. In the second, Jenkinson gave his own view of the address. As Thomas Jefferson he gave a pretty good review of the address. As Jenkinson he gave the address a B-minus. Jenkinson did not consider it one of the great inaugural addresses. He credited Abraham Lincoln with giving the best address at his second inaugural. He also ranked George Washington's first address and John Kennedy's address among the top.
The reason that he ranked Obama's address so low was that it lacked "poetry" and was too obviously the work of a committee.
However, Jenkinson rated the inauguration, which he attended, very highly. It was the coming together of people that impressed him.
The Jefferson Hour can be wordy, but Jenkinson and his interviewer often have some interesting insights.
These two episodes are "Jeffersons Review" (755) and "A Day in Washington" (756). You can get them from iTunes or listen to them at
http://www.jeffersonhour.org
Click on "Download the Show" or "Listen to the Show" on the left side bar.
In the first, Clay Jenkinson, acting as President Thomas Jefferson, gave his take on Obama's address. In the second, Jenkinson gave his own view of the address. As Thomas Jefferson he gave a pretty good review of the address. As Jenkinson he gave the address a B-minus. Jenkinson did not consider it one of the great inaugural addresses. He credited Abraham Lincoln with giving the best address at his second inaugural. He also ranked George Washington's first address and John Kennedy's address among the top.
The reason that he ranked Obama's address so low was that it lacked "poetry" and was too obviously the work of a committee.
However, Jenkinson rated the inauguration, which he attended, very highly. It was the coming together of people that impressed him.
The Jefferson Hour can be wordy, but Jenkinson and his interviewer often have some interesting insights.
These two episodes are "Jeffersons Review" (755) and "A Day in Washington" (756). You can get them from iTunes or listen to them at
http://www.jeffersonhour.org
Click on "Download the Show" or "Listen to the Show" on the left side bar.
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