America’s November Coup d’etat November 22, 2007
Posted by Paul Edwards in Coup d'etat, Kennedy, Nixon.trackback
Forty-four years ago today President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. I lived in the Dallas area from 1996 to 1999. During that time I visited the site of the assassination several times. For several months during those three years I made a project out of getting to the bottom of the conspiracy theories around the assassination.
Bottom line: the assassination of John F. Kennedy was a violent overthrow of a constitutionally elected president of the United States coordinated by the CIA with the full consent and involvement of Lyndon Johnson.
It is not an overstatement to suggest that America would be a much different country today had John F. Kennedy lived. The murder of JFK opened the door for LBJ to introduce his social welfare agenda which destroyed the social fabric that made America the great country it was until 1964.
Eleven years after the violent coup of 1963 political strategists in the United States Senate would execute a seemingly peaceful coup in overthrowing the constitutionally elected administration of Richard Nixon, replacing it with an administration the American people never once voted for. That puts “hanging chads” in perspective, doesn’t it? If the Supreme Court gave us George W. Bush (which it didn’t), then the United States Senate gave us an unelected president in Gerald R. Ford.
It is nice to see that I’m not alone in recognizing the significance of yesterday. I agree w/ your theory about LBJ being behind the Kennedy assassination, but I’m puzzled as to what you meant about the Ford Presidency. Is it just the means of him obtaining the office that bothers you are are you not a fan of Ford’s tenure in office in general? If not, why?
Gerald Ford (a Michigan congressman by the way) was appointed by the Senate to fill the vacancy in the vice-presidency when Spiro Agnew resigned. He then assumed the presidency upon the resignation of Richard Nixon. At no time was Gerald Ford ever on a ballot for vote by the people of the United States for election to the vice-presidency or the presidency. He was appointed by a Senate intent on removing Nixon, not because Nixon was a crook (and I am not suggesting he wasn’t). The overriding concern of the United States Senate in 1974 was Nixon’s foreign policy. Ford was selected as Veep by the Senate with the full knowledge of the Senate that he would in all liklihood succeed to the presidency.
So yes, I have problems with the way Ford was put into the presidency, which seems much more suspicious than what the Supreme Court did in 2000 to put an end to Al Gore’s endless appeals. And I have a major problem with Ford’s politics. He was most definitely left of Nixon and left of the nation that voted Nixon to a second term in office by a landslide in 1972. The resignation of Richard Nixon was a politic coup without question.
As one who enjoys studying political history, particularly that of our presidents, I like to understand why someone thinks what they do about a particular President. You are the second person I’ve talked to who has said that he did not like Ford’s term, however their reasoning was that he was no good for pardoning Nixon. Can you briefly give me some examples of where Ford did not do what maybe you thought would have been best for the nation? Where he took a left wing position during his time in office? Most people seem to look favorably upon the Ford Presidency, Republicans and Democrats alike. I’m intrigued to know why you did not.
For the most part, I have not studied in depth the Ford Presidency but from what I have read and seen he was a decent guy who never wanted the office and did the best with what was laid upon him, and generally he did a fair job.
paul,
was that a black helicopter I saw hovering over by your house yesterday?
Do you think they actually know where I live? :-0
“If the Supreme Court gave us George W. Bush (which it didn’t)” It was their ruling that denied a recount in one of most democratic counties in the country, to say that didn’t give us Bush is absurd. Gore was appealing because he thought he had a case. I am not a democrat, but I think the 2000 election was given to Bush by the rule of the bench not the vote of the people.
I find it interesting your comments on Nixon, they seem favorable. I am reading a book right now by John W. Dean called Broken Government and part of it details the similarities between the Nixon Administration and the Bush Administration. Both have adopted a very authoritarian nature to them, fbypassing congressional oversight, excessive secrecy, illegal spying on Americans, torture of prisoners, etc. He points out that after Nixon resigned there was a lot of Act(s) created to hopefully prevent another administration from doing this again. Bush/Chaney and Co. with a republican house and senate have been able to run roughshod over the constitution and the limits it places on the executive branch the first 6 years. Hopefully, we can once again, correct this abuse in the coming years.
Your bottom line statement is also really interesting to me. Since I have tuned you in on the radio a few months back I have heard you rail against any theory other than what the official story is. This includes Kennedy, 9/11 theories, it seems like any of them are not acceptable in your eyes. In fact, I thought you had a guy on the radio a few months back that “laid to rest” the conspiracies of Kennedy and backed up the official story. I didn’t hear you challenge him on his stances, so I assumed you bought the 1 shooter from the warehouse story.
Pixelmaster,
You mentioned 9/11, do you think that 9/11 was an inside job? I have been looking into this and have a hard time believing that our government killed 3000 of it’s own. However, when I look at things like how building 7 fell and the fact that the 911 commission report totally ignored this fact it really seems odd.
Odd, there was a post from Pixelmaster and when I clicked “say it!” it disappeared.
Pixelmaster,
How is my statement regarding LBJ and the CIAs involvement in the assassination of JFK inconsistent with “the 1 shooter from the warehouse story”?
oh, so you don’t bye the person behind the grassy knoll? Sorry, I made an assumption there. “Back and to the left, Back and to the left” to quote Kosner in JFK…..
Iggy,
I am not sure what to take of 911 also; I do know that there is a whole lot to the story that is unanswered. I have also heard people say that there is no way anyone would have killed 3,000 of its own people. 1. People in power generally don’t care much for the common man. 2. With the way the firefighters radios worked on 911, no thanks to Giuliani, maybe the goal was to get most of the people out(If it was an inside job). Point is, people in power will do whatever they can to get done what ever they need to, for the greater good (Their greater good). Do I think 911 was an inside job? I don’t know, I do know that the current administration put a damper on a lot of the investigative process that was supposed to happen in the 911 commission report. Just like the Warren commission of JFK, a lot was left out. You are right about building 7, the way it came down should make everyone question why there is little said about it.
Pixelmaster,
Great thoughts, I don’t know if you have seen the movie Loose Change but they came out with a second release, I have only seen parts of it but it seems more like more of a detailed documentatry than the previous release. The advent of Google video and Youtube are great resources to recall information on what people said and how they said it. I makes it harder to deny claims in this information age. Google Loose Change Final Cut to see it if you have fast internet.
Iggy,
I have seen loose change and will check out the new release, but let’s not stray from the topic. I do agree that the information age has opened up a host of ways to research topics. On this topic of JFK I has seen a few video documentaries on the internet that have convinced me that the official story of the assassination was fabricated. a fair look at history will show that sinful people will do anything for money and power. JFK was such an incident.