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Jim Thompson
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Posted on 07/14/2009 8:22:19 PM PDT by ETL

Jim Thompson, born March 21st, 1906 in Greenville, Delaware, was an American architect who helped revitalize Thailand's silk and textile industry in the 1950s and 1960s.

Thompson, previously a member of the CIA, disappeared mysteriously after going for an afternoon walk on Easter Sunday in Cameron Highlands on March 26th, 1967.

Jim Thompson was on a quiet sojourn to the highlands to visit some friends and the fact that he left his cigarettes and a small silver 'jungle box' on the chair outside Moonlight Cottage where he was staying suggests that he had not planned to be gone for long.

Thompson was never seen again, and the theories for his disappearance are many, some plausible and others complex and far-fetched.

Many believe that he was kidnapped for his previous involvement in spying activities. However it is more likely that he was eaten by a tiger, murdered in a botched robbery or fell into an aboriginal animal trap (a pit with a spike) and buried by the Orang Asli when they discovered what had happened. Many hypotheses have been put forward to explain Thompson's disappearance, and there were some reported sightings of him after his disappearance, but what happened to him still remains one of the greater unsolved mysteries of Southeast Asia.

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To: CedarDave

shhhh...... His spook past is supposed to be secret. We wouldn’t want Nazi Pelosi to come after him.


21 posted on 07/14/2009 8:33:56 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: tet68

That was Hunter Thompson.


22 posted on 07/14/2009 8:34:27 PM PDT by arthurus ("If you don't believe in shooting abortionists, don't shoot an abortionist." -Ann C.)
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To: RummyChick

http://www.usa-people-search.com/?i=jim+thompson&aegis_tid=78518849&aegis_cid=2555993046&aegis_pid=1


23 posted on 07/14/2009 8:34:30 PM PDT by ETL (ALL the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: txroadkill

I heard he shot J.R. Ewing.


24 posted on 07/14/2009 8:34:35 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: ETL

Don’t know if it’s true or not, but I’ve heard it told that before the Boogieman goes to sleep, he checks under his bed for Jim Thompson.


25 posted on 07/14/2009 8:35:37 PM PDT by Sylvester McMonkey McBean
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To: ETL
Jim Thompson Shrugged
26 posted on 07/14/2009 8:36:17 PM PDT by NewJerseyJoe (Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
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To: Pontiac
Are they brothers


27 posted on 07/14/2009 8:36:19 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: ETL

Jim Thompson, Fred’s bigger and badder brother.


28 posted on 07/14/2009 8:37:20 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: Sylvester McMonkey McBean

Chuck Norris wears Jim Thompson PJs.

Jesus says three hail Jim Thompsons before bed.

The Buddha says the path to enlightenment is Jim Thompson.


29 posted on 07/14/2009 8:37:32 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: NewJerseyJoe

LOL, I think a new meme has been created.


30 posted on 07/14/2009 8:38:04 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: ETL
He was in Hollywood during the 1950's however:


31 posted on 07/14/2009 8:38:06 PM PDT by matt1234
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To: windcliff

ping


32 posted on 07/14/2009 8:38:12 PM PDT by stylecouncilor (The black man is keeping me down!)
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To: CedarDave

“I thought he was the founder of Free Republic.”

No, that guy is named Thom Robinson.


33 posted on 07/14/2009 8:39:53 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (I agree with Rick..)
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To: matt1234

but he was soooo misunderstood in Hollywood. Some say this was the start of the move to his conservate activism and the germ of the idea for Free Republic.


34 posted on 07/14/2009 8:41:31 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: ETL
You can always stop here and pick yourself up a couple of Jim Thompsons.


35 posted on 07/14/2009 8:42:09 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: matt1234

Great find! Lol!


36 posted on 07/14/2009 8:42:09 PM PDT by ETL (ALL the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: arthurus

No, I think it was deeper than that.


37 posted on 07/14/2009 8:44:18 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: RummyChick

And then he bought this boat and ran FR from and undisclosed ofshore location........


38 posted on 07/14/2009 8:44:48 PM PDT by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: Ben Hecks

Shhh, michael isn’t dead either. Didn’t you hear about his body moving in the helicopter??? Or the photoshopped THIS IS IT picture where you can’t see the S between his legs?

He may be hiding in Thailand, too. All part of some CIA/Mossad/Illuminati/MagicalMysteryTour.


39 posted on 07/14/2009 8:45:31 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: tet68

But If I had to explain I’d have to kill you or at least
erase part of the cartoon.


40 posted on 07/14/2009 8:45:43 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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