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    what reasons? Some believe the conspiracy that Kennedy was involved with Mafia, which ultimately lead to his demise. Others believe that the CIA was the direct cause, both theories hold rational and plausible arguments to affirm the truth. Maybe Lee Harvey Oswald was a lone wolf that acted out of his own insanity. Regardless of what anybody may believe, the unfortunate truth is there has never been any real justice. Before any trial could occur the main suspect was murdered preventing any…

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    Pratchett - Thinking, Impulses, Actions, and Consequences In the book Jingo written by Terry Pratchett, Pratchett uses characters to provide insight on issues in society, more specially how Kennedy’s assassination relates to issues in society. The main commentary that Jingo makes is an insight on problem solving. The majority of the time solving problems people jump to conclusions and have naive opinions. This can lead to reckless and negligent fighting. Often times people have hindsight of…

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    Case name: Rankin v. McPherson, 483 U.S. 378 (1987) Facts: Ardith McPherson was appointed a deputy in the Constable’s office of Harris County, Texas, on January 12, 1981. Her duties were only clerical. On March 30, 1981, McPherson discussed with her boyfriend, and fellow employee, a report about an attempt to assassinate the President of the United States. She made the remark “If they go for him again, I hope they get him”. Her remark was reported to Constable Rankin, who fired McPherson, even…

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    Communities are not defined by whether they have good or bad morals. Communities are people with a common interest coming together for the same purpose. This incorporates secret societies such as the Skull and Bones to be considered a community. The Skull and Bones are only found at Yale University. 15 male juniors are chosen each year to replace the seniors for the next year. According to Kris Millegan,¨The story begins at Yale, where three threads of American social history -- espionage,…

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    Fifty two years ago President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, TX. Still today people wonder did Lee Harvey Oswald act alone? I believe that it was lone assassin. Oswald was a former US Marine and had been accused of having illegal weapons and displaying violent manner. Towards the end of his service he went on a trip to Moscow where he told the Russian authorities he wanted to move to the Soviet Union. Oswald seems to have perfectly matched profile of a psychopathic killer. Besides being a…

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    Oswald These are reasons and facts on my understanding that Oswald was not the lone assassin, how he was part of a larger conspiracy, and how he was not completely innocent. According to The JFK Assassination, “The FBI told a man to keep quiet about one man, and the other with a gun.” I do not think that Oswald was the lone assassin because in the text a man saw two men, one a railroad worker, and one that looked like a person in a police outfit, and the FBI told that man who…

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    Lee Harvey Oswald sat in the Texas School Book Depository on the sixth floor with his Mannlicher-Carcano rifle out the window awaiting the President's motorcade to round the corner. Oswald supposedly fired three shots in anywhere from four to seven seconds, "However, FBI tests revealed that Oswald’s rifle could be fired no faster than once every 2.25 seconds—which, on Zapruder’s camera, translated, to 40 or 41 frames" (Holland). By applying this information, Oswald could not have acted as a lone…

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    The assassination of John F. Kennedy was November 22, 1963. He was in a parade in Dallas, TexasX. He was there to get support for Democratic Party before the 1964 election. He was riding in a car that had three rows of seats and was a convertible. His wife, Jackie Kennedy, was sitting right next to him. John F. Kennedy was shot at three times. The first one missed and the second one hit his neck and the third one finally hit him in the head. Also the second shot hit the guy in front of…

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    John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November twenty-second, 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald may have pulled the trigger, but he did not act alone in the carrying out of JFK´s murder, JFK´s death very much affected the nation.Lyndon Baines Johnson was the mastermind behind this malicious plot, Malcolm Wallace, and Lee Harvey Oswald had been puppets, that could be manipulated. Lyndon Baines Johnson, with the assistance of Lee Harvey Oswald, and Malcolm Wallace had Kennedy assassinated. The year…

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    Assassination November 22, 1963 is a day carved into many Americans memory. This day will never be forgotten by most American citizens. This was the day John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK) was assassinated. JFK’s assassin was Lee Harvey Oswald and he acted alone in this assassination. Lee Harvey Oswald was one man with a grudge and a gun. It is reported that Oswald fired three shots from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository (Ziegler). The shot that fatally wounded the president…

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