Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/13

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] Re: Lee Harvey Oswald
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Fri Oct 13 13:23:58 2006
References: <C155684A.16DEB%bd@bdcolenphoto.com>

Yes, magic or not, a spent round doesn't fall on the ground looking as 
if it were left by the tooth fairy.

B. D. Colen wrote:

>I was a paranoid conspiracy theorist about Dallas until a couple of years
>back when I saw the special ABC did with a reexamination of the sound tapes
>from the shooting. The show didn't really deal with whether Oswald acted
>"alone" or whether he was a patsy - still leaves open 'was it a mob it? Was
>it a commie plot? Was it Castro? Or was it just a lone wack job? But, it
>sure demolished all the 'magic bullet' nonsense, and the contentions re the
>amount of time between shots and whether someone could get them off. I'm not
>saying 'yeah' or 'nay,' just don't write off the Oswald did it theory until
>you've seen this thing.
>
>Last comment on this subject. Honest. :-)
>
>
>On 10/13/06 3:51 PM, "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>He also brought up Charles Whitman, the UT sniper who killed a bunch of 
>>people
>>in the 60's (also an ex-marine).
>>--
>>Jeffery
>>
>>---- Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>On Oct 13, 2006, at 3:23 PM, Walt wrote:
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>>Yes, I was in the Marines when that happened. If Jesus showed up
>>>>>at my
>>>>>font door and said "Walt, trust me, Oswald did it alone" I'd have to
>>>>>call him a liar.
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>What was that line from "Full Metal Jacket"? I paraphrase here
>>>because my memory is a bit fuzzy but I recall the marine rifle
>>>instructor informing his trainees that:
>>>
>>>"Lee Harvey Oswald got off two shots in a second and a half and hit
>>>President Kennedy at a distance of two hundred yards. AND HE WAS A
>>>MARINE!"
>>>
>>>Larry Z
>>>
>>>
>>>_______________________________________________
>>>Leica Users Group.
>>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>>>      
>>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>Leica Users Group.
>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>>    
>>
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Leica Users Group.
>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>
>  
>

In reply to: Message from bd at bdcolenphoto.com (B. D. Colen) ([Leica] Re: Lee Harvey Oswald)