01-01-2011, 04:48 PM
Given the intensity of Charles' assaults on Phil Nelson and his book from the beginning of this thread, it is hardly surprising that I would entertain the conjecture that Phil's inability to post here just might be due to Charles' opposition to allowing that. I am glad to know that is not the case and I certainly hope that Charles will be more moderate and rational in dealing with the issues involved here. Certainly, his performance so far does not justify any self-righteous attitude that I would raise such an obvious and reasonable question.
BLOOD, MONEY & POWER is a very flawed book, but it does point in the right direction, as I and many others, including Madeleine Duncan Brown, Billy Sol Estes, E. Howard Hunt, Nigel Turner, and others among us attest. The very idea that Jim DiEugenio can concede that he does not know Johnson's character because he was never that close, on the one hand, while dismissing what those who knew him best have to tell us, on the other, strikes me as hypocritical in the extreme and irresponsible as JFK research.
Even Walt Brown expressed enthusiasm over the book: "It's hard not to read this work and not shout 'Guilty as hell'." -- Walt Brown, editor of JFK / Deep Politics Magazine. Which suggests that it can't be as bad as Drago/DiEugenio contend. The book has many flaws, of course. I agree that Lee probably did not fire a shot at Gen. Walker, certainly did not kill Officer Tippit, was framed with a mail-order weapon that could not have fired the bullets that killed JFK and was not even on the 6th floor at the time. And I don't claim this list is exhaustive.
So we know that Barr McClellan is not an assassination expert. But the fingerprint suggests that Mac Wallace was involved in staging the "sniper's lair". He offers many reasons to believe that Ed Clark was involved, which is fascinating in its own right. And he is also on the right side of history in supporting the occurrence of the "ratification meeting", as I tend to describe it, at the home of Clint Murchison the night before, where those present appear to have included H.L. Hunt, J. Edgar Hoover, Richard Nixon, John J. McCloy, George Brown and, of course, the last to arrive, Lyndon Baines Johnson.
While it deals with only a very narrow slice of the pie (a very small piece of the puzzle), therefore, it still makes a valuable contribution when cast in the context of what else we know about all of this. Jan has observed that some here believe that LBJ has been used as a "false sponsor" of the assassination, which I can appreciate. But we must remain open-minded about new evidence and new hypotheses or surrender our status as rational with regard to our beliefs. I am sure that every member of this forum joins me in the optimistic expectation that we can do better from here on out.
BLOOD, MONEY & POWER is a very flawed book, but it does point in the right direction, as I and many others, including Madeleine Duncan Brown, Billy Sol Estes, E. Howard Hunt, Nigel Turner, and others among us attest. The very idea that Jim DiEugenio can concede that he does not know Johnson's character because he was never that close, on the one hand, while dismissing what those who knew him best have to tell us, on the other, strikes me as hypocritical in the extreme and irresponsible as JFK research.
Even Walt Brown expressed enthusiasm over the book: "It's hard not to read this work and not shout 'Guilty as hell'." -- Walt Brown, editor of JFK / Deep Politics Magazine. Which suggests that it can't be as bad as Drago/DiEugenio contend. The book has many flaws, of course. I agree that Lee probably did not fire a shot at Gen. Walker, certainly did not kill Officer Tippit, was framed with a mail-order weapon that could not have fired the bullets that killed JFK and was not even on the 6th floor at the time. And I don't claim this list is exhaustive.
So we know that Barr McClellan is not an assassination expert. But the fingerprint suggests that Mac Wallace was involved in staging the "sniper's lair". He offers many reasons to believe that Ed Clark was involved, which is fascinating in its own right. And he is also on the right side of history in supporting the occurrence of the "ratification meeting", as I tend to describe it, at the home of Clint Murchison the night before, where those present appear to have included H.L. Hunt, J. Edgar Hoover, Richard Nixon, John J. McCloy, George Brown and, of course, the last to arrive, Lyndon Baines Johnson.
While it deals with only a very narrow slice of the pie (a very small piece of the puzzle), therefore, it still makes a valuable contribution when cast in the context of what else we know about all of this. Jan has observed that some here believe that LBJ has been used as a "false sponsor" of the assassination, which I can appreciate. But we must remain open-minded about new evidence and new hypotheses or surrender our status as rational with regard to our beliefs. I am sure that every member of this forum joins me in the optimistic expectation that we can do better from here on out.
Dawn Meredith Wrote:The name is Barr McClellan guys. (CD and JIm Fetzer). Barr is an old friend and I like him a great deal. However when I read his book I was just stunned at all the errors. I immediately wrote a three page single spaced email to him pointing out the errors.
I learned that Walt Brown had spent hours on the phone with him correcting these errors. But the corrections did not make it into the book. THe best part of this book is the Mac Wallace information, and the fingerprint match.
LBJ was a "stone cold killer" who utilized Malcolm "Mac" Wallace on many occassions to take care of those who would attempt to bring down LBJ.
But was Wallace really on the 6th floor? I do not know. I know the fingerprint evidence is solid because Nathan Darby was the best and he was also honest to a fault. He took not a dime for his work and, when on October 25, 2003 at a joint birthday party I had here for Nathan and myself he explained the match point by point to myself and Richard Bartholomew.
Could someone have planted Wallace's print on the 6th floor? Quite likely. Or he was there. Either way this does NOT make LBJ the mastermind.
Barr wrote his book sans any knowledge of the true facts about the assassination of JFK. He simply made things up: like Mac Wallace and LHO target practicing together. Good God. And many more equally troubling falsehoods.
However there is proof that LBJ was seeing a psychiatrist and that he had a mental breakdown. Barr has spent years trying to obtain these records. With no success, as can be imagined.
With all that is known about the assassination of our 35th President a person setting out to write a book about any aspect of this case must first take sufficient time to acquaint him or herself with the evidence that has stood the test of time.
My friend Barr did not do this and it appears that Mr. Nelson erred in the same manner.
Dawn