[sozo]

sinkspur - do not criticize the John Birch Society - had the John Birch Society not so valiantly exposed and fought - in a very real, grassroots way - --- to expose the Soviet threat in the Federal government and in other circles - - we may have gone down as a satellite for the sickle and hammer. Read the history on it --- and not the "New York Times" version. your prejudices are ridiculously uneducated - almost too stupid - as if you are being paid to act stupid. Oswald was a patsy - he said it - he didnt agree to be any fall guy for the cadre that killed JFK. he got hoodwinked.

What is your problem. Go read some books. What are you, some bitter, old lefty throwback who gets his kicks being the contrarian clown of FR? dont make me throw up. you're part of the problem in our country --- people who embrace ignorance as a hobby. buh-bye.

[Prince Caspian]

Don't bother with sinkspur. He's past his prime. He's unwilling to engage an honest debate without resorting to rhetoric and name-calling. He has nothing of value to offer.

[sinkspur]

The John Birch Society has a well-deserved reputation as a haven for kooks and conspiracy nuts. The same publishing house which put out this McClellan book also pushes the Roswell "Area 51" nonsense.

The JBS has found its sweet spot in the paranoids who read and follow its palaver.

[leadpenny]

Something else about the John Birch Society:

One of the first things JFK did after taking office was to approve the firing and forced retirement of MG Edwin A. Walker as the CG of the 24th ID in Augsburg. That happened in April 61. The story is well documented in the Army Times of the period and other publications. Walker was in line for his third star and a Corps Command in Texas when he was relieved of command for "preaching pro-blue" (anti-Red). Supposedly, what was going on in the command was that he was requiring all officers and non-coms to review John Birch Society material. The story first broke in the tabloid The Overseas Weekly.
Eventually, Walker ended up in the Dallas area and so hating JFK that he refused to accept his retirement check for a year. Almost exactly two years after he was relieved, a bullet missed his head by about a foot as he was doing his taxes in April 63. The official story is that Oswald fired the shot to prove something. Some believe his "handlers" were testing his trustworthiness. I've read some accounts that puts Walker and Oswald (or someone with an Oswald ID) at the same meetings or gatherings in the months leading up to Nov 22nd.