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  1. No. He did not enter business until 1962, according to his bio: Jack you misunderstood the question I understood the question. Until 1962 Perot was just a local IBM salesman. Few except customers had ever heard of him. Nobody cared what he thought about anything. He was not rich nor influential, and not involved in politics. He was a longtime military man, so was very patriotic, but beyond that little is known about any political beliefs. His presidential run showed that he was FED UP WITH POLITICAL PARTIES AS THEY EXIST, so he started an INDEPENDENT party. I voted for him because he was the only sensible voice in the election. I do recall that he was very anti-Bush. And as I recall he got about a third of the vote and decided the outcome. Please quit telling me what I understand and do not understand. Jack Good Lord, facts are stubborn and inconvenient. Perot did not come close to "a third of the vote"; he received about 19%, as documented here: http://www.answers.com/topic/united-states...l-election-1992. And he was a complete non-factor in the outcome, making the difference in no state. Clinton won in the Electoral College going away.
  2. Robert, perhaps not a Forum member, but may I suggest a member of JFK Lancer, Jerry Dealey? Jerry lives in Dallas, and I believe the Plaza was named after his uncle. From my experience, he is a go-to authority on anything Dallas based relating to JFK's murder. In my experience, Jerry is gracious, friendly, and knowledgeable. He also is normal. You might consider contacting him.
  3. I believe that the reviewer, Mr. Lipscomb, is the Z-film alterationist who spoke at the Willard news conference in Washington a couple of months ago. These written words are far more cogent than his spoken ones that day. Interestingly, this piece ends on a pessimistic note, citing Gary Cornwell. that is at odds with the tone Mr. Lipscomb struck at the Willard. I could not find any "recent" statements made on the subject by Mr. Cornwell. I did find this interview, which seems to be about 8 years old:http://www.thecelebritycafe.com/interviews/gary_cornwell.html
  4. I suspect the answers are "no" and "no" respectively. This indeed occurred per the orders of RFK. I believe documents pertaining to the mechanics of the disposal were released by the AARB. We are not talking about the Titanic here. We are talking about a bronze casket dropped by a USAF plane somewhere over the Atlantic. I doubt Ballard has either the interest or know how.
  5. Steve, I do not know whether "declassified" is the right term, as he was a private author. I do know that Jackie confided certain things to Manchester with the understanding that they would remain private for 100 years, or until her children are deceasd, or something like that. What she confided has fascinated me.
  6. This story is playing very badly with the UK media. Once again Blair is seen as Bush’s poodle. Political commentators have argued that the words of Blair in this recorded meeting suggests he is head of a client rather than a sovereign state. I've wondered from time to time about the course of history if two individuals, Colin Powell and Tony Blair, had demonstrated more fortitude regarding the Iraq War -- i.e., if the former had resigned on principle and the latter had sided with France and Germany
  7. Undoubtedly much to the chagrin of our British cousins, lap dogs like Blair do not pose challenging questions. [/quote The Brits' chagrin is now manifest. Lap dog, poodle, close enough: By Adrian Croft LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair was roundly mocked as a U.S. poodle on Tuesday after an off-the-cuff chat with President George W. Bush was accidentally broadcast. Bush and Blair enjoyed a gossip over lunch at the Group of Eight summit in St. Petersburg on Monday, unaware that a microphone in front of them was switched on and their words would be relayed around the world. Breaking with diplomatic formalities, Bush hailed Blair, his closest European ally, with the words "Yo, Blair". His solution to the Middle East crisis was that Syria should press Hizbollah to "stop doing this xxxx". The British media pored over the text of the conversation, saying it cast Blair in a subservient role and showed the unequal nature of Britain's much-vaunted "special relationship" with the United States. "Yo, Bush! Start treating our prime minister with respect," the popular tabloid Daily Mirror said, joining others in seeing the U.S. president's greeting as disrespectful. The broadcast chat "reinforces the damaging public image of Blair as the U.S. president's poodle", it said. But most damaging to Blair was what commentators saw as his plea -- rebuffed by Bush -- to be allowed to visit the Middle East to try to stop fighting between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas...
  8. Undoubtedly much to the chagrin of our British cousins, lap dogs like Blair do not pose challenging questions.
  9. "Face it, ya like pissing people off at night because you kiss their ass all day." Now THAT is very, very funny.
  10. Good Lord, with the notable exception of Jack, who merely presented personal story, all of you are embarrassing yourselves -- and each other. Unless ALL of this is tongue-in-cheek, in which it has gone clealy and quickly over my insufficently subtle American head.
  11. Not a bit suprised. Let's see ... US does it, Brits do it, Russians do it, Israelis do it ... we could list the countries all night
  12. Well Happy Birthday, Jack, on this the 50th birday of my first life (or at least the first of which I'm now aware). We are all delighted that you are here especially, perhaps, Brendan. Very best wishes to you, Bruce
  13. Truth be told, Brendan probably harbors ssubstantial reservations about what really went down on 11/22, as most of the purposes could be served easily in threads dedicated to much more timely topics and the two that could not hardly seem to justify setting up permanent residence here (Jack's humorous and often charming responses to Brendan's baiting notwithstanding) That's ok, Brendan, to have doubts. Most thoughtful and sensible people do. The folks to be wary of, on every side of this issue, are those who are quite convinced they know precisely what happened and make their life's work attempting to beat their certitude into everyone else.
  14. This appears to be a longer version of the same memo: http://www.historymatters.com/essays/jfkme...10400-10123.pdf
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