On 4/18/2013 2:59 PM, timstter wrote:
> On Apr 17, 11:49 pm, Ralph Cinque <
budab...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The inability to think, to prioritize, is a terrible malady. When it comes to evidence, there is a hierarchy, where some things matter more than others. The photo of Oswald standing outside the TSBD during the shooting trumps any and all lip-flapping, and that includes Oswald's.
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>> The Doorway Man of the Altgens photo is wearing Oswald's distinctive clothing: the loose-fitting, unbuttoned outer shirt over the exposed white t-shirt. And when you examine his clothing in detail, you see the same unique collar and lapel as on Oswald and the same notch or vee in the t-shirt. These details are too specific and too perfectly matched for it to be anyone but him. It is impossible for it not to be him. It's Oswald in the doorway as sure it's Jesus on the Cross, Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial, or Custer at the Last Stand. It is beyond doubt.
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>> So, it doesn't matter what Oswald said. But, in considering what he said, we need to look at the context. He wasn't asked where he was. It wasn't that the reporter asked him, "Where were you at the time of the shooting?" The reporter framed the question. The reporter asked him if he was inside the building at the time.
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>> What if the reporter had asked, "Were you standing outside with the others at the time?" How would Oswald have responded? I don't know, but neither does anyone else. 75 people worked at the TSBD and most of them had gone outside. The vast majority. The building was mostly empty. And most of the few remaining inside were perched at windows watching the motorcade from that vantage point, and we know Oswald wasn't doing that.
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>> Furthermore, it is apparent that later on, when answering questions to police, not reporters, Oswald told Detective Fritz that he was "out with Bill Shelley in front". That was hugely exonerating. How did Oswald know that Bill Shelley was out front? And by that I mean: how did Oswald know that Shelley was in the doorway unless he saw him there? Shelley was there, but he didn't have to be there. That doorway is and was small. Most of the employees were scattered on the street, either on Elm or Houston or the extension. The fact that Oswald named someone who actually was in the doorway is very significant.
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>> Furthermore, we know from comparing the Altgens photo to the Wiegman film that Oswald left the doorway early. It was the only way he could get to the 2nd floor lunchroom before Baker, who was running. Oswald may have left the doorway before the fatal head shot, and that would mean that he WAS in the building during the assassination, that is, part of it.
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>> The other thing about Oswald mentioning Shelley is that it rules out any possibility he was referring to a time other than the time of the shots. Some have tried to say that he was referring to after the shots, implying that Oswald saw Shelley outside in front as he left the building to make his way home. But, that is impossible because Shelley wasn't out there at that time. According to both Shelley and Lovelady, they left the entranceway right away- before Baker even reached the steps, and when they returned, the re-entered the building through the back door, and then they were in there for a long time. So, there is no possibility that Shelley was milling around out in front when Oswald was leaving. Oswald could only have meant that he saw Shelley out front DURING the assassination and not AFTER.
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>> But, we are past the point of relying on lip-flapping. The matching points between Oswald and Doorman are too numerous for it to be anyone but him. It's cinched; it's over; and you people are shovelling sand to stop the tide.
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> Well then why aren't we reading about it in the press?
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