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50 years ago today...

  • vball10set
  • Sonofanump
    Only Belly, Tiernan and the dude with the train for an avatar was alive then.
  • TedSheckler
    vball10set;1541007 wrote:
    FAIL! That paper be from 50 years ago tomorrow.
  • BRF
    Sonofanump;1541009 wrote:Only Belly, Tiernan and the dude with the train for an avatar was alive then.
    Fifth grade, sonny. Teachers huddled together, crying, sent all the kids out to the playground, not too longer after, everyone sent home. Everyone glued to the TV for the next three days.
  • Tiernan
    You got it Sonny...I was sitting in Sister Mary Pat's 3rd grade class and another nun came in and motioned for her to step out in the hall. Couple of minutes later she comes back in crying and tells us all to pray for President Kennedy and his family. About 10 min later a Priest comes on the speaker and tells everyone the President has died and we all start praying again. Nobody says anything about him being shot and most of us are sitting there thinking he just rolled over and died. We finally learn the truth walking home when one the older public school kids yells "ha ha they shot YOUR president".
  • Sonofanump
    Tiernan;1541024 wrote:We finally learn the truth walking home when one the older public school kids yells "ha ha they shot YOUR president".
    Holy fuck, I would be ROTFL if it weren't too soon.
  • Sonofanump
    BRF;1541020 wrote:Fifth grade, sonny. Teachers huddled together, crying, sent all the kids out to the playground, not too longer after, everyone sent home. Everyone glued to the TV for the next three days.
    Sorry, I remembered you were three letters with B & R involved.
  • Fab4Runner
    This was the first thing I read when I got this issue of Esquire. Chris Jones is an excellent writer and it's a great piece.

    http://www.esquire.com/features/flight-from-dallas-1013?click=main_sr
  • Tiernan
    Most people don't know that they buried JFK 5 days later on Caroline's 8th birthday...same day as mine.
  • Heretic
    Tiernan;1541024 wrote:We finally learn the truth walking home when one the older public school kids yells "ha ha they shot YOUR president".
    Trolling in the pre-Internet days = WINNING!
  • said_aouita
    Kennedy being slain is one of the more believable conspiracies.
  • vball10set
    Sonofanump;1541025 wrote:Holy fuck, I would be ROTFL if it weren't too soon.
    It's been 50 years, so you're good :RpS_razz:
  • BRF
    Sonofanump;1541026 wrote:Sorry, I remembered you were three letters with B & R involved.
    I thought it was funny.....the guy with the train avatar!

    on the topic: I don't recall hearing derogatory remarks about the assassination by anyone.
  • Fab4Runner
    If you're on Twitter, be sure to check out the History Channel's feed today. Very cool.

    https://twitter.com/HISTORY
  • thavoice
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SeXmjenH_g
  • thavoice
    Fab4Runner;1541131 wrote:If you're on Twitter, be sure to check out the History Channel's feed today. Very cool.

    https://twitter.com/HISTORY
    I prefer the seinfeld version....
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SeXmjenH_g
  • Tiernan
    If you were alive then you remember exactly where your were when you first heard the Prez had been shot...but over the years I've found out not so many of us remember what they were doing when Oswald got shot. I was having a birthday party and it was unseasonably warm for Nov in Ohio. The kids were outside with a couple of the Dads and my Mom yells out the back door "They just shot Oswald!" Everyone runs inside and we see the replay over and over.
  • Big_Mirg_ZHS
    http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/jfk-assassination/

    live stream of cbs coverage 50 years ago.. down to the minute
  • chicago510
    Fab4Runner;1541131 wrote:If you're on Twitter, be sure to check out the History Channel's feed today. Very cool.

    https://twitter.com/HISTORY
    This was fascinating. I can't even imagine something like this or 9/11 happening in the social media age. Boston Marathon was pretty crazy, but these were world-changers.
  • Mohican00
    said_aouita;1541035 wrote:Kennedy being slain is one of the more believable conspiracies.
    more of a fan of the mortal error theory

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Error:_The_Shot_That_Killed_JFK
  • Tiernan
    Jesus Christ it really pisses me off when some lunatic gets some credibility because he was able to find a cut rate publishing house willing to print his delusional ramblings. The mortal error theory is not only beyond stupid it's a shameful personal attack on a good man. Fuk u Mohican.
  • LJ
    Mohican00;1541391 wrote:more of a fan of the mortal error theory

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Error:_The_Shot_That_Killed_JFK
    That's one of the dumber theories
  • Mohican00
    Tiernan;1541626 wrote:Jesus Christ it really pisses me off when some lunatic gets some credibility because he was able to find a cut rate publishing house willing to print his delusional ramblings. The mortal error theory is not only beyond stupid it's a shameful personal attack on a good man. Fuk u Mohican.


    lulz
  • Mohican00
    LJ;1541630 wrote:That's one of the dumber theories
    it's an alternative idea......and I don't see how an accident is any dumber than a Soviet-CIA-Costra Nostra-Zionist plot
  • Tiernan
    Mohican00;1541632 wrote:

    lulz

    Not Mad...just 1000x smarter than you.