{"id":6021,"date":"2016-11-22T04:33:07","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T04:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/11\/22\/he-was-a-friend-of-mine\/"},"modified":"2016-11-22T04:33:07","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T04:33:07","slug":"he-was-a-friend-of-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/11\/22\/he-was-a-friend-of-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"He Was a Friend of Mine"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JFK\"<\/a>John F. Kennedy was assassinated 53 years ago today. Here<\/a> is The Byrds' tribute to the slain leader. They took a traditional song and redid the lyrics. Here<\/a> Willie Nelson does a great job with the traditional song.  You Dylan aficionados will want to give a listen to young Bob's rendition<\/a> of the old song.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was in the eighth grade when Kennedy was gunned down. We were assembled in an auditorium for some reason when the principal came in and announced that the president had been shot. The date was November 22, 1963. I remember it like it was yesterday. I was seated behind my quondam inamorata, Christine W. My love for her was from afar, like that of Don Quixote for the fair Dulcinea, but at the moment I was in close physical proximity to her, studying the back of her blouse through which I could make out the strap of her training bra . . . .<\/span><\/p>\n

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Since those far-off and fabulous days of 'Camelot,' we have learned a lot about Kennedy's dark side. But every man has his 'wobble,' and who among us would want to be exposed to the full light of day?  He was a boyhood hero of mine, "the intrepid skipper of the PT 109," as I described him in a school essay.  My assessment of him has been dialed downward over the years, but there were traces of greatness about him.  He was a resolute commie fighter and a lifetime member<\/a> of the NRA and Second Amendment defender.   In those days, a decent, patriotic American could be a Democrat.  <\/span><\/p>\n

And if it weren't for his inspiration we wouldn't have beaten the Evil Empire in the space race.<\/span><\/p>\n

By the way, if you want to read a thorough<\/em> (1,612 pages with notes on a separate CD!) takedown of all the JFK conspiracy speculation, I recommend Vincent Bugliosi, Reclaiming History: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was a tale of two nonentities, Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby. Both were little men who wanted to be big men. Oswald, acting alone, shot Kennedy. Ruby, acting alone, shot Oswald. That is the long and the short of it. For details, I refer you to Bugliosi.<\/span><\/p>\n

And let's not forget that it was a commie<\/em> who murdered Kennedy.  <\/span><\/p>\n

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John F. Kennedy was assassinated 53 years ago today. Here is The Byrds' tribute to the slain leader. They took a traditional song and redid the lyrics. Here Willie Nelson does a great job with the traditional song.  You Dylan aficionados will want to give a listen to young Bob's rendition of the old song. I … Continue reading “He Was a Friend of Mine”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[199,18,145,198],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-music","category-obituaries","category-tributes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6021\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}