Just when you thought nothing further could be written about JFK's assassination

[JR]

Along comes Vincent Bugliosi with a 1,612 page tome which is due out tomorrow.

Vincent Bugliosi, whose prosecution of Charles Manson in 1970 led him to write one of the best-selling true-crime books of all time, “Helter Skelter,” has now turned his attention to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

And that is his full attention: 20 years of research, more than one million words, hundreds of interviews, thousands of documents and more than 10,000 citations. The result, “Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy” (W. W. Norton), is due out tomorrow. His conclusion: Lee Harvey Oswald killed Kennedy, and acted alone.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/14/books/14jfk.html?pagewanted=1&ref=arts

And he wrote the whole damn thing in longhand on yellow legal pads.

 

[93Devil]

If anyone has ever been to the Plaza and seen the multiple escape routs Oswald "chose" to ignore cannot even think for a second that a man with military training would have chosen the building he was inside of to do the act.

Forget everyting else.

Common sense say a man with military training never chooses his vantage point.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

1600 pages?
Thank you, no.

 

[JR]

1600 pages?
Thank you, no.

Well, it also comes with a CD rom that has an additional 1,000 pages of endnotes.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

I come with a somewhat limited lifespan.

 

[finishthehat]

Re: Just when you thought nothing further could be written about JFK's assassina

What's funny is that after writing 1,600 pages, he will be hit with a tidal wave of conspiracy critics pointing to supposedly vital information he never mentioned.

 

[Killick]

If anyone has ever been to the Plaza and seen the multiple escape routs Oswald "chose" to ignore cannot even think for a second that a man with military training would have chosen the building he was inside of to do the act.

Forget everyting else.

Common sense say a man with military training never chooses his vantage point.

93 -- not for nuthin' -- but even guys who go through "military training" can be dip****s. Not all of them come out all Rambo'd up. And by most accounts I've read, LHO wasn't the sharpest tack in the board.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

He also wasn't much of a shot.
However...

 

[Rough Mix]

I guess Vince wasn't able to get the Maris theory past the lawyers. Just as well.

 

[boots]

**** Vinnie and Arlen Specter with his single bullet theory.
Look, here's a fact that has been overlooked. At the time of the assassination, Dealey Plaza was undergoing sewer construction. I've always believed that the shooter took the fatal shot from a sewer duct and was able to escape undetected through the sewers.

 

[93Devil]

If anyone has ever been to the Plaza and seen the multiple escape routs Oswald "chose" to ignore cannot even think for a second that a man with military training would have chosen the building he was inside of to do the act.

Forget everyting else.

Common sense say a man with military training never chooses his vantage point.

93 -- not for nuthin' -- but even guys who go through "military training" can be dip****s. Not all of them come out all Rambo'd up. And by most accounts I've read, LHO wasn't the sharpest tack in the board.

He was an idiot then who was the greatest rifle shooter in the history of the armed services is you go with the single shoter theory.

 

[Killick]

One not necessarily related to the other, 93. That's all I'm saying.

 

[93Devil]

One not necessarily related to the other, 93. That's all I'm saying.

Oh I agree. Some of them are just smart enough to take a bullet. The military just wont tell them that.

 

[Double J]

He also wasn't much of a shot.
However...

"All right, Lee, time to become an American hero!"



:D

 

[RedSmithClone]

Any mention of LBJ and the mafia? The true group behind JFK's assasination.

Boots isn't far off either. The answer is beneath the manhole covers.

 

[Double J]

And no thread about LHO would be complete without a picture of the farewell performance of the Lee Harvey Oswald Band...

"THANK YOU DALLAS!! You slay me!"

 

[markvid]

Still my all-time favorite photoshop.

 

[tyler durden 71351]

Richard Posner's "Case Closed" - that's the one JFK assassination book you need to read.

 

[ADifferentOkie]

If anyone has ever been to the Plaza and seen the multiple escape routs Oswald "chose" to ignore cannot even think for a second that a man with military training would have chosen the building he was inside of to do the act.

Forget everyting else.

Common sense say a man with military training never chooses his vantage point.

When I went to the museum, the one thing that amazed me is how Oswald passed up plenty of opportunity to cap Kennedy when he had a straight shot and instead elected to fire when the limo was going away from him, down a winding road, with limited opportunities.
I'm not saying he wasn't involved at all, but if what is claimed as the official story is the best Oswald could come up with, then we're talking about one of the dumbest human beings ever.
He would have needed to wear a helmet just to keep from banging his head on the floor as he walked.

 

[Billy Monday]

Helter Skelter is a great book. Bugliosi also did a great book on O.J. called "Outrage," which proved that O.J. was guilty based on the evidence. If he had tried the case, O.J. would be in prison now.

If it's said to be a good narrative, I just might read this one.