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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Helmer Reenberg: House Minority Leader Gerald Ford & NO District Attorney Jim Garrison (1967)

Source:Helmer Reenberg- New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison in 1967.

Source:The FreeState 

“Warren Commission member Gerald Ford on the JFK assassination plot: “We made a very massive effort through the total cooperation of the federal investigating authorities and local authorities to interrogate everybody that we could find who allegedly had any information concerning Oswald’s appearance or the time that he spent in New Orleans." 


Gerald Ford was already the House Minority Leader by the time these interviews were done. And was put on the Warren Commission by President Lyndon Johnson because he was trusted by Congressional Democrats and Republicans and seen as a responsible, intelligent, Republican, who would seek the truth and not try to score political points from the investigation.

But looking back now, I think these conspiracy theories especially centering around Lee Harvey Oswald not being either the sole assassin, or the only person involved in the JFK assassination, doesn’t look so crazy fifty-years later. And I believe Jim Garrison looks like a more credible figure now. And that it looks possible, reasonable, that someone else long with Lee Harvey Oswald was behind the JFK assassination.

Monday, July 22, 2013

Conky Joe: ‘The Don Shula Show, Super Bowl VIII, January 14, 1974’

Source:Conky Joe- The Don Shula Show from 1974.

Source:The Daily Post

“Back to back Super Bowl wins. Joe Croghan hosts. Assistant Coach Bill Arnsparger guests with Head Coach Don Shula. The only copy in existence.”

From Conky Joe

Obviously a Miami Dolphins local TV show with the so-called host of it not there to ask Head Coach Don Shula any tough or critical questions. But having said that, forget about the score of Super 8 between the Miami Dolphins and Minnesota Vikings, 23-7. The game looked like a 28-0 or 35-10 game, where one team could basically did everything they wanted to do on offense and dominate the first half. And play keep away in the second half, as well as shut down the other team’s offense in the first half at least.

Sometimes the final score in football games are misleading. Because you could have one team dominate the other really badly without the score indicating that. And making the game look a lot closer than it actually was. Which is what the Dolphins did, completely dominate the Vikings in Super Bowl 8 to the point that the Vikings were never actually in the football game with a real chance of winning. The Vikings fell behind early and never got into the game.

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Tom Woods: 'War: Big Government's Best Friend'


Source:Tom Woods- is a so-called Libertarian radio talk show host.

Source:The FreeState

"Bestselling author Tom Woods speaks at the Mises Institute's seminar at Furman University, "War: Big Government's Best Friend." Sponsored by the Conservative Students for a Better Tomorrow. Tom Woods

From Tom Woods

"War is big government's best friend" because it gives statists the ultimate excuse to limit individuals freedom. Because they can say: "Look, we are at war and we have to limit your freedom for your own good and for the country’s own good. So we can track down people who are working for the enemy. And we can see whose speaking for the other side. Who are the patriots and the traitors.” 

War is an excuse that authoritarians use in the Middle East like in Egypt and Syria. Instead of the so-called Christian-Right saying that the 1960s, especially the Baby Boom Generation, have ruined America especially in traditional America, (which they do anyway) they can appeal to America’s patriotic sense and roots and say: "We’re at war and will always be at war until the enemy is defeated. And because of this, individual freedom, especially personal freedom needs to be limited. So we stamp out the enemy and separate the real Americans from the American traitors."