I subscribe to a nice service called, "On this day" which sends me via e-mail a list of historical events that took place on that particular day in the past. Today's list had me shaking my head:
1963 - Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, in the Dallas police station in a scene captured on live television. (In 1979, the House Assassination's Committee concludes that Kennedy likely was killed as part of a larger conspiracy that may have included members of organized crime.)
Clearly we know the list's author's theory on the assassination of President Kennedy. However,
as Dean points out:
I look at the Kennedy Assassination like instant replay in football. The call was made with the Warren Commission. It was looked at again by the House Select Committee on Assassinations who found evidence of a conspiracy but eliminated all the popular conspirators. They couldn't identify anyone in the conspiracy. That to me is inconclusive evidence that would not overturn a pro football call and does not overturn the original conclusion for me.
I know all the theories. I've heard every possible conspiracy theory. And as hard as it is for some people to swallow, President Kennedy was killed by a small man with a leftist background and a little rifle training. No wishful thinking or paranoid delusion is going to change the fact that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone gunman and did not belong to any conspiracy.
