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Remembering Jack Kennedy<\/b><\/div>\n
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by Stephen Lendman<\/div>\n
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Killing Kennedy mattered. It changed America’s direction. Things might have been different had he lived.<\/div>\n
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November 22, 1963 remains a stain on America’s legacy. It was Friday. A light rain fell. <\/div>\n
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Kennedy spent the night at the Texas Hotel. A platform was set up outside. He came out. He made some brief remarks.<\/div>\n
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“There are no faint hearts in Fort Worth,” he said. “I appreciate your being here this morning. Mrs. Kennedy is organizing herself. It takes longer, but, of course, she looks better than we do when she does it.”<\/div>\n
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He addressed “the willingness of citizens of the United States to assume the burdens of leadership.”<\/div>\n
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His motorcade traveled to Carswell Air Force Base. He took a 13 minute flight to Dallas. Rain ended. <\/div>\n
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The plastic bubble atop his car was left off. Lyndon and Mrs. Johnson accompanied him in a separate car.<\/div>\n
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The procession headed downtown. It wound through Dallas en route to the Trade Mart. Kennedy was scheduled to speak at a luncheon.<\/div>\n
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Crowds along the route waved. His car turned off Main Street at Dealey Plaza. It was around 12:30PM. The procession passed the Texas School Book Depository.<\/div>\n
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Gunfire was heard. Kennedy was struck. His car sped to Parkland Memorial Hospital. It was a few minutes away. It was too late. He was given his last rites. Around 1PM, he was pronounced dead.<\/div>\n
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The New York Times<\/span><\/a> headlined in bold type across the top of its front page: “KENNEDY IS KILLED BY SNIPER AS HE RIDES IN CAR TO DALLAS; JOHNSON SWOWN IN ON PLANE”<\/div>\n
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“Gov. Connally Shot; Mrs. Kennedy Safe”<\/div>\n
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“President is Struck Down by a Rifle Shot From Building on Motorcade Route – Johnson, Riding Behind, Is Unhurt”<\/div>\n
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Less than an hour earlier, police arrested Lee Harvey Oswald. He was a convenient patsy. He had nothing to do with killing Kennedy.<\/div>\n
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He alone remains officially blamed. The Big Lie persists. Lots of evidence refutes it. <\/div>\n
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Plato once said:<\/div>\n
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“Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught falsehoods in school.”<\/div>\n
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“And the person that dares to tell the truth is called at once a lunatic and fool.”<\/div>\n
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On November 29, 1963, Lyndon Johnson established the Warren Commission. On September 24, 1964, it delivered its 888-page report. <\/div>\n
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Three days later, it released it publicly. It pronounced a bald-faced lie. It said Oswald acted alone.<\/div>\n
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It later published 26 volumes of supporting documents. They included testimonies or depositions of 552 witnesses.<\/div>\n
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Its distortions included over 3,100 exhibits. It went all out to conceal truth and full disclosure.<\/div>\n
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All records are in the National Archives. Included are unpublished reports. They’re sealed until 2039.<\/div>\n
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They’re no longer applicable under the 1966 Freedom of Information Act and 1992 JFK Records Act.<\/div>\n
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Nothing released ahead will change the official story. The Big Lie persists. It remain etched in stone. It’s for others to challenge it.<\/div>\n
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The Commission’s job was suppressing truth. It was coverup. It was stacked with insiders. They included:<\/div>\n
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