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by john boland
Sat Aug 15, 2009 2:04 pm
Forum: JFK Assassination
Topic: Woodstock
Replies: 25
Views: 730

Re: Woodstock

I was two years old in 1969 so it was a long way from rural SC to NY, however, in my adult life I have seen The Who, the Grateful Dead with Jerry Garcia, and John Fogerty from CCR from the performers that day. My top three who I have never seen who performed would include Jimi Hendrix, The Band, and...
by john boland
Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:08 pm
Forum: JFK Assassination
Topic: What Would JFK DO?
Replies: 1
Views: 124

What Would JFK DO?

An interesting question to ponder with this Cold War situation now being or has the potential to be worse of a threat than the precarious predicament the American people found themselves in the early sixties, what would JFK now do in our modern world to neutralize the global threat? Krushechev then,...
by john boland
Wed Jul 02, 2008 3:55 pm
Forum: JFK Assassination
Topic: Diem Coup
Replies: 6
Views: 191

Re: Diem Coup

Wow. What a stacked deck to have to play against. Such an important and critical time (JFK and Vietnam Era) in our countries history. It is therefore not suprising that the attitudes, sterotypes, and influences of the peolple (good guys as well as bad guys) who lived through that turbulent time have...
by john boland
Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:04 pm
Forum: JFK Assassination
Topic: Diem Coup
Replies: 6
Views: 191

Diem Coup

From my reading, President Kennedy sactioned the overthrow of the Diem Resime in South Vietnam. He never gave a direct order for assassination. Henry Cabot Lodge the Ambassador to South Vietnam at that time assured the ARVN Generals that the United States would not interfer in the Coup d'ete. After ...
by john boland
Fri Jun 06, 2008 3:45 pm
Forum: JFK Assassination
Topic: American Relations With Cuba
Replies: 3
Views: 150

American Relations With Cuba

I have tried to understand America's policies toward Cuba in the past and I fully understand their Record on Human Rights and the Threat of Communism in our hemisphere, taking orders form the Mighty Kremlin, Bay of Pigs, Missle crisis and the general overall paranoia that was going on in the country...
by john boland
Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:27 pm
Forum: JFK Assassination
Topic: Operations Northwoods
Replies: 5
Views: 154

Operations Northwoods

I looked Operation Northwoods in Wikepedia last night to get a better understanding of just what it exactly included. I always knew our government played dirty pool, but I was really floored by some of the examples they used in the article. A false, violent and diversionary event would take place, a...
by john boland
Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:55 am
Forum: JFK Assassination
Topic: DRUGS, SEX, AND MONEY
Replies: 2
Views: 102

DRUGS, SEX, AND MONEY

Hello, my name is John Boland and I am forty years old, a graduate of Clemson University and USMC Veteran. I live in Lyman SC. I have been fascinated by the Presential murder since chilhood listening to my mother, grandmother and uncle all give accouts of their whereabouts on the Day in Dealy Plaza....