http://groups.google.com/group/alt.assassination.jfk/browse_thread/thread/f142f661ff0417f4/dd43d48936fc52c9?#dd43d48936fc52c9
>>> "[Lee Oswald's trip to Irving, Texas, on Thurs., November 21, 1963, was] Not so unusual." <<<
Name one other time when Oswald went to Irving on a Thursday.
You can't do it. Because it never happened (except for the day before
JFK's assassination).
>>> "You want kooks to propose easy to shoot down arguments to make you look like the hero." <<<
No. I'm challenging the "kooks" to propose just one reasonable and
believable "Oswald Is Innocent" scenario for Oswald's Thursday-night
trip to Irving and his "curtain rod" tale and his taking a package to
work on 11/22. That's all.
>>> "What I have proposed many times is that this was the last ditch effort to convince Marina to move back in with him and if successful he would have the whole weekend to find an apartment big enough for his growing family." <<<
Yes, I think Oswald did want to get back together quickly with Marina.
But this is only PART of the scenario. He used the "curtain rod" lie
for a reason. And that reason was so that he could use the same
curtain rod lie AGAIN on Friday morning, should he decide he wanted to
go ahead with his plan to bring his rifle to work and shoot the
President, which (of course) he ultimately did decide to do.
Per Buell Frazier, Oswald also said that Marina had made him some
curtains for his rented room. But as far as I am aware, Marina had
made no curtains for her husband at any time. So that was part of the
lie too. (Unless you want to call Wesley Frazier a liar, instead of
calling Oswald one, which is just silly under the circumstances.)
>>> "OK, they told Oswald that it was take your rifle to work week and they wanted to see his rifle. Someone offered to buy his rifle so he went to Irving to get the rifle to sell at the TSBD. Oswald couldn't sleep because the curtains were so flimsy in his room so he went out to the Paines to steal a pair of curtain rods and some room darkening curtains. There, is that enough to keep you busy for a while? Glad to help." <<<
Naturally, any CTer can just start making up goofy "alternate"
theories to explain away Oswald's incriminating actions and lies -- as
we can see with the above goofy explanation just now provided by
Anthony Marsh above.
But is it REASONABLE and BELIEVABLE under the circumstances and after
we examine the REST of the evidence pertaining to the assassination on
November 22nd?
1.) Oswald's gun is found in the Depository.
2.) Shells from Oswald's gun are found under the sniper's window.
3.) Bullet fragments from Oswald's gun are found in JFK's limousine.
4.) Oswald's prints are all over the place DEEP within the Sniper's
Nest.
5.) Oswald's gun turns up missing from Ruth Paine's garage.
Therefore, given the above facts, is Tony Marsh's explanation a
reasonable one to explain why Oswald went to Irving on Thursday,
11/21/63, and for the "curtain rod" tale that Oswald told Wesley
Frazier?
If anybody answers: "Yes, Dave, Tony's scenario is perfectly
reasonable and believable under the circumstances", then that person
needs a reality check asap.
>>> "You don't know for a fact what Oswald told Frazier. You weren't there. You only have hearsay." <<<
Well, duh!
Of course all I have is Frazier's "hearsay". But it's "hearsay" that
Buell Frazier has never (ever) recanted or backed away from. Every
time he tells his story, we always hear about how Oswald told Frazier
about the curtain rods.
Tony, are you REALLY willing to call Frazier a liar? Or just mistaken
about hearing the words "curtain rods" come out of Oswald's mouth? Do
you really think Wes Frazier was wrong about that? I doubt you do.
>>> "And who said that Oswald was a totally innocent patsy regarding everything that happened in Dallas on Nov. 22?" <<<
A lot of conspiracy theorists think Oswald was totally innocent of
shooting the two men that Oswald obviously shot and killed. THAT'S
what I mean when I say that many CTers think Oswald was a "totally
innocent patsy". I'm talking about Oswald being a GUNMAN/KILLER. And
you know that, of course. You just want to argue, which I knew you
would when I first posted this thread at the aaj newsgroup.
>>> "I don't remember anyone claiming that Oswald was ordered to kill Tippit or that the killing of Tippit was part of the master plan." <<<
You'd better go talk to Jim Garrison's ghost then. Because Kook
Garrison most certainly thought (in 1967 anyway) that the murder of
J.D. Tippit was, indeed, part of the "master plan". Here's exactly
what Garrison told Playboy Magazine in 1967:
"The murder of Tippit, which I am convinced Oswald didn't
commit, was clearly designed to set the stage for Oswald's liquidation
in the Texas Theater after another anonymous tip-off. .... The
clincher, as far as I'm concerned, is that four cartridges were found
at the scene of the [Tippit] slaying. .... We suspect that cartridges
had been previously obtained from Oswald's .38 revolver and left at
the murder site by the real killers as part of the setup to
incriminate Oswald." -- Jim Garrison; 1967
http://jfk-archives.blogspot.com/2010/06/jim-garrison-part-1.html
>>> "They didn't find his [Oswald's] jacket for several days either." <<<
Yes, but they DID eventually find that blue jacket, didn't they Tony?
So, logically, if Oswald had really had curtain rods in that package
on Nov. 22, then some rods would have turned up inside the TSBD after
the assassination. But none did, per CE2640 and Roy Truly:
http://history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh25/html/WC_Vol25_0465a.htm
>>> "There are curtain rods in the National Archives." <<<
So? Those are Ruth Paine's rods. They certainly aren't rods that were
found in the Book Depository. But, of course, you know this already,
Tony. You just thought it would be nice to throw up that "strawman"
about rods being in the National Archives....even though you know full
well that those are the exact same rods that were still wrapped in
Paine's garage after the assassination. So why even mention those
rods? Just for the fun of it?
>>> "Why should Oswald mention curtain rods? We don't know what Oswald told the police. The police are empowered to lie about the evidence and what a suspect said." <<<
"Empowered to lie about the evidence", Tony? You're unbelievable.
>>> "Did Oswald tell them that he ate lunch that day?" <<<
He sure did.
But, naturally, a conspiracy theorist like you feels compelled to
point the blame at the cops, instead of pointing it at the guilty
party (Oswald).
To a CTer like Marsh, apparently the POLICE have a much bigger reason
to tell a bunch of lies than does the accused double-killer named
Oswald. Tony, you're unbelievable.
>>> "What if we don't want to fall for your lame construction[?] Can we just skip your silly questions?" <<<
I guess not, Tony, since you feel compelled to answer each and every
one.
But since you brought up "lame construction", I'd like to offer up a
response I received from another "out in left field" conspiracist
named Walt Cakebread. Walt was answering my initial question, which
was: How did those amazing plotters get Oswald to go to Irving on
11/21/63?
Here is Walt's brilliant reply:
"Answer....They didn't. You're either displaying your dishonesty
or your stupidity by asking this rhetorical question. Oswald's FBI
manipulator had told him that if things happened as the FBI thought
they would during JFK's visit on Friday the stage would be set for him
(LHO) to "flee" to Cuba under suspiction [sic] as "the leader of a
small band of communists' (FPFCC) who had plotted to shoot JFK. His
FBI manipulator told him that if he wanted to see his wife and kids
one last time before "fleeing" on Friday he should use the pretext of
needing curtain rods for his room." -- Walt; 9/29/11
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.conspiracy.jfk/browse_thread/thread/d9e8de38a2eabbfd
>>> "What if some conspiracy believers agree with the HSCA that Oswald was one of the shooters? Will you still attack them with such venom?" <<<
Of course not. But most Internet CTers believe Oswald was NOT a
shooter. Therefore, those CTers are flat-out nuts, and I won't
hesitate to call them that.
>>> "One possibility is that he was covering up for someone else. Another is that he knew it was a conspiracy, but he was assigned to take the fall." <<<
And another (more reasonable) possibility is that Oswald acted alone
in killing Kennedy and Tippit. (Which is the scenario the evidence
favors, of course.)
Never thought of that possibility, did you Tony?
>>> "What is your preoccupation with saying that Oswald must be completely innocent of all crimes forever[?] No one thinks that." <<<
Huh?
>>> "Many agree that Oswald shot and killed Tippit." <<<
You won't find many of those CTers prowling the online forums,
however.
>>> "Only a few kooks claim that Oswald did not shoot at Walker." <<<
Nonsense. Almost every CTer I've ever talked to thinks Oswald was
completely innocent of the Walker shooting too.
The Anybody-But-Oswald kooks almost have to believe that Oswald was
innocent of shooting at Walker too -- because if they were to actually
admit that Oswald had MURDER IN HIS VEINS (which the Walker shooting
attempt most certainly proves), then it would be a much more difficult
task for those same ABO conspiracy theorists to prop up their fantasy
about Oswald being snow-white innocent of the JFK and Tippit murders
too.
>>> "So, in your perfect world no person is ever framed for murder and such a thing is impossible." <<<
When did I ever say any such thing?
Decided to end your post with a "strawman", eh Tony? Nice.
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