Pinpointing the Shadowy Figures Behind the JFK Conspiracy ... the Other Conspiracy, That Is

• Gee Jim. This reads just like your last article. Nothing like milking an event that's two years away. Jim, you're supposed to be an investigating reporter, right? In your next article why don't you write  exactly how Oswald murdered JFK and stop this annual nonsense from the shysters. This annual freakshow can finally draw down it's curtain. No more carnys with bullhorns. No more tourists yanking up sewer covers. No more shysters shouting down the least little different opinion. No more tourists laughing it up while standing on an X where a person's brains were blown out. Do your damn job and put an end to this nonsense.

• It was in the 80's,  November 22nd,  12:30p,  into Dealy Plaza drives a Lincoln convertible with Larry Flynt,  having been shot and paralyzed,  on the back seat.  Flynt is wearing a huge white diaper,  and nothing else.  Dumps a bottle of ketchup on his head,  screaming 'GET ME TO PARKLAND!" Grampa always said,  if you wanna know what the Lord thinks of money,   look at who he gave it to.

• The Shadow Over Dallas One shadow that hangs over Dallas, Los Angeles and Memphis to this day is their failure respectively 48 and 43 years ago to protect threatened national leaders and figures with adequate security and the failure of their law enforcement authorities, penetrated as they were by military intelligence and FBI, and their press, similarly penetrated, to properly investigate these cases, preserve and examine the forensic and autopsy evidence, and to hold a trial or even a hearing sufficient to the name or to protect the innocent and punish the guilty. This is the true shame of those cities, not the fact that a crime was committed in their boundaries that changed the nation. Since 1964, one independent journalist from nearby Modlothian, Texas who did investigate and seek the dark truths that surround the assassination of President Kennedy on November 22, 1963, held a Moment of Silence on the Grassy Knoll at Dealey Plaza. A field-appointed Brigadier General in WWII, who helped to liberate the Nazi concentration camps and hated lies and injustice, named Penn Jones, Jr. I had the honor to know him and his work to expose the truth (Forgive My Grief, and see his papers at Poague Library, Baylor University in Waco), and to join him in standing in silence on the Grassy Knoll before he would expound on the bullets, the dead witnesses and the lies in the case. For Penn, President Kennedy represented the last, best hope for world peace and social justice in the White House and also saw the rising Military Industrial Complex President Eisenhower warned against as the culprit in his murder. Almost 50 years later research, medical evidence, Comgressional committees and the released files have borne out his suspicions and the case made by D.A. Jim Garrison in New Orleans against the Joint Chiefs, military intelligence and the mechanics under the control of shadowy agencies of government. Oswald was intentionally framed as a patsy to lay blame on Fidel Castro. The federal level of investigation was worse than the local. Penn held his Moment of Silence annually to end the official silence and challenge the lie, lest we forget what was done to America and democracy that day. As he fell I'll, he asked me to continue the tradition which I have done all these decades. After the JFK film wakened a new generation we got most of the files loose and the crowds at Dealey grew beyond our small band of truth tellers. The Sixth Floor Museum arose to preserve the official lies and the reputation of Dallas. The press and movies continue each year to try to defend and bolster the impossible scenario and exonerate anyone but Oswald. But history and events since have not absolved the perpetrators only strengthened their grip. Since the mid 90s I have directed the national Coalition on Political Assassinations, a natwork of medical, forensic and ballistics experts, historians and academics, and serious researchers into these murders. We have presented the most recent and best evidence at yearly conferences in Dallas (www.politicalassassinatins.com). I have included a Moment of Silence on the Grassy Knoll in our events every November 22 at 12:30 pm, the moment of the murder. We hold up banners and, without sound amplification, speak truth to power. We do not intend to be silent until some justice is done to history and to this assassination. We have secured a non-exclusive permit annually for this event fro Dallas Parks & Recreation. We have been asking for a permit for 2013 for some years now, only to be told recently that we cannot have a permit because the city and the Sixth Floor Museum want to have exclusive use of Dealey Plaza to prevent a "circus" which is being blamed on anyone suggesting there was a conspiracy to kill President Kennedy, and to eclude such "disrespect" from the 50th anniversary events on the Grassy Knoll. I would suggest that keeping alive the memory of that act, it's repercussions, and the unsolved murder of the victim is the only real respect we can show. A Sixth Floor Museum representative was quoted saying they might have a Moment of Silence instead. What a novel idea! However, if the officials in Dallas limit the debate on this matter to one side in a public park on 2013, their moment of silence will only perpetuate the half century of official and press silence about the truth in this assassination. And given their statements to date, they want that moment to stretch out into eternity. There, the last whisper of hope for democracy dies. We consider this an issue of repression of the First Amendent right to freedom of speech, expression, dissent and debate in a public space and a public forum. The JFK, MLK and RFK assassinations are open questions and unsolved crimes that raise deeper questions about our freedom and our country that will mark our own demise if we let them die.

• I, along with Lancer N.I.D., both held President John F. Kennedy Memorials in Dealey Plaza. One on November 20 and the other on November 22, niether of which wrere anything but respectful, honoring the memory of J.F.K. and how his death has changed our lives today. I personally feel very threatened that anyone would  trample on my constitutional rights by trying to stifle my free speech! Dealy Plaza is a PUBLIC place, for all of the people, All of the time. I tried to get a permit to do our Memorial Service this year and was told by the gentleman in the Parks and Recreation Department, ( when they finally chose to get back to me,) that they did not issue permits for Dealy Plaza; that none were needed. So can someone please explain to me why onw is neede and issued for the fiftieth?? Thank You, Beverly Oliver Massegee

• Everyone throughout the years should be allowed in the Plaza, especially on the fiftieth anniversary. Maybe keeping any radical or gross display's might need some scrutiny. But generally taking control by the sixth floor when usually they are not even represented in years past would not be fair or just to those faithful souls there every year come rain, come shine... I have been blessed with giving the JFK remembrance and prayer every year and would like that to continue.. Please let me know what I can do to protect tis right and honor.. Respectfully, Bob Cochran.... :) (316) 729-1615

• And yet, no mention of a giant ferris wheel.

• perhaps the occupy dallas group could scrape together and take over dealey!

• Thank you for your reporting on this. http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20111102-editorial-50th-anniversary-of-jfk-assassination-deserves-a-silent-dignity.ece In this article, my picture appears, we were performing a tribute to JFK entitled "The Torch Is Passed". This song can be heard along with accompanying video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3E6CULedW8. If there is any irreverance in it, I challenge anyone to find it. "The Vincent" wasn't a part of our ceremony, he was just in the shot. I got to speak with him this year, actually a nice guy. I just want to say that I appreciate your commentary and your belief in free speech. Again, thank you. I've shared your articles with several members of the JFK research community.

• can they sublet?

• Interesting that the permit to use Dealey Plaza every day all day for a full week was granted so quickly even though the claimed use was "TBD" and the application was not even signed.

• I think I have a solution for the folks that want to sell their JFK stuff in Dealey Plaza. Lease it for the low, low price of $110 per week! Heck, I bet you could get an even better monthly rate if you asked nicely. No need for permits when you control the whole park 51 weeks a year. Problem solved.

• That seems strange.... what kind of event that would require the use of the plaza for an entire week wouldn't also require clear access from at least one of the surrounding streets?

• Has anyone asked Gordon Keith about his plans yet? Seems like a good place to start.

• I see on the form, the "Hooded Parking Meters" option was not checked.  So at least the parking meters won't be 'shadowy'...

• I put on Rockers vs Mods, I am going to send an email to Parks & Rec stating I want to use Dealey Plaza for next years' event at that rate. This is going to be awesome!

• looks like the total was $310 including the deposit, which is unbelievably cheap.  Cant imagine they would rent that to the local peasants!

• However it works out, they'll figure out a way to sock Bob Groden in jail that week.

• The amazing part is you can lease Dealey Plaza for about $110.00 per week.

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