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JFK Speech on Secret Societies
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Hey Coonsey, good find. Great rhetoric although his admin was not quite in line with its sentiments.
But can you imagine cheney saying anything like this?
I would like to hear it from our New President however.
June 8, 2009 2:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wow - great speech and as DD said above, would I love to hear it from Obama. What a different country this might have been if these thoughts were followed through on in so many adminstrations, especially the last.
Thanks Coonsey!
June 8, 2009 3:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks for the great find...I'd like to know how you came across this poignant message.
We need to be reminded that America stands for:
"elections" instead of subversion,
"free choice" instead of intimidation.
Carey Rowland, author of Glass half-Full
June 8, 2009 5:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Holy Hand Grenade! That packs a punch.
I have never heard this before. I was struck by the emotion in his voice when he said the part about 'not covering up our mistakes'.
Wow! I hope this gets widely circulated. Thanks!
June 8, 2009 6:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
Very much related, and it includes that clip!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4330031689287456187&ei=RrctSo7-OIeergKxzfG1Cg&q=JFK+2&hl=en
June 8, 2009 9:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
Powerful stuff Bill. I saw a lot of the History Channel's stuff, but this seems to draw a different conclusion. Looks like I have homework to do.
June 9, 2009 2:55 AM | Reply | Permalink
Off-topic meta, I'm not really sure I understand why you're doing so many posts, especially with so little of your own writing.
If you think there are lots of things to interest people, why not put together a Coonsey summary-of-the-day, things found interesting, and insert quotes between the different sections. I'm sitting here looking at 5 of 10 TPMDC selections as "Coonsey", with several far-from-urgent topics (to be fair, for the Empathy post you did write a fair bit).
June 9, 2009 3:00 AM | Reply | Permalink
Why are you all a-flutter about this speech? It's a call by JFK for the press to engage in Cold War self-censorship.
June 9, 2009 1:35 PM | Reply | Permalink