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vball10set

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Nov 22, 2013 10:09 AM
Nov 22, 2013 10:09am
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Sonofanump

Nov 22, 2013 10:11 AM
Only Belly, Tiernan and the dude with the train for an avatar was alive then.
Nov 22, 2013 10:11am
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TedSheckler

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Nov 22, 2013 10:13 AM
vball10set;1541007 wrote:
FAIL! That paper be from 50 years ago tomorrow.
Nov 22, 2013 10:13am
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Nov 22, 2013 10:21 AM
Sonofanump;1541009 wrote:Only Belly, Tiernan and the dude with the train for an avatar was alive then.
Fifth grade, sonny. Teachers huddled together, crying, sent all the kids out to the playground, not too longer after, everyone sent home. Everyone glued to the TV for the next three days.
Nov 22, 2013 10:21am
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Tiernan

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Nov 22, 2013 10:24 AM
You got it Sonny...I was sitting in Sister Mary Pat's 3rd grade class and another nun came in and motioned for her to step out in the hall. Couple of minutes later she comes back in crying and tells us all to pray for President Kennedy and his family. About 10 min later a Priest comes on the speaker and tells everyone the President has died and we all start praying again. Nobody says anything about him being shot and most of us are sitting there thinking he just rolled over and died. We finally learn the truth walking home when one the older public school kids yells "ha ha they shot YOUR president".
Nov 22, 2013 10:24am
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Sonofanump

Nov 22, 2013 10:26 AM
Tiernan;1541024 wrote:We finally learn the truth walking home when one the older public school kids yells "ha ha they shot YOUR president".
Holy fuck, I would be ROTFL if it weren't too soon.
Nov 22, 2013 10:26am
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Sonofanump

Nov 22, 2013 10:27 AM
BRF;1541020 wrote:Fifth grade, sonny. Teachers huddled together, crying, sent all the kids out to the playground, not too longer after, everyone sent home. Everyone glued to the TV for the next three days.
Sorry, I remembered you were three letters with B & R involved.
Nov 22, 2013 10:27am
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Tiernan

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Nov 22, 2013 10:36 AM
Most people don't know that they buried JFK 5 days later on Caroline's 8th birthday...same day as mine.
Nov 22, 2013 10:36am
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Heretic

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Nov 22, 2013 10:36 AM
Tiernan;1541024 wrote:We finally learn the truth walking home when one the older public school kids yells "ha ha they shot YOUR president".
Trolling in the pre-Internet days = WINNING!
Nov 22, 2013 10:36am
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said_aouita

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Nov 22, 2013 10:49 AM
Kennedy being slain is one of the more believable conspiracies.
Nov 22, 2013 10:49am
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vball10set

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Nov 22, 2013 10:50 AM
Sonofanump;1541025 wrote:Holy fuck, I would be ROTFL if it weren't too soon.
It's been 50 years, so you're good :RpS_razz:
Nov 22, 2013 10:50am
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BRF

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Nov 22, 2013 11:18 AM
Sonofanump;1541026 wrote:Sorry, I remembered you were three letters with B & R involved.
I thought it was funny.....the guy with the train avatar!

on the topic: I don't recall hearing derogatory remarks about the assassination by anyone.
Nov 22, 2013 11:18am
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Nov 22, 2013 12:48 PM
If you're on Twitter, be sure to check out the History Channel's feed today. Very cool.

https://twitter.com/HISTORY
Nov 22, 2013 12:48pm
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Nov 22, 2013 1:04 PM
Fab4Runner;1541131 wrote:If you're on Twitter, be sure to check out the History Channel's feed today. Very cool.

https://twitter.com/HISTORY
I prefer the seinfeld version....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SeXmjenH_g
Nov 22, 2013 1:04pm
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Tiernan

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Nov 22, 2013 1:32 PM
If you were alive then you remember exactly where your were when you first heard the Prez had been shot...but over the years I've found out not so many of us remember what they were doing when Oswald got shot. I was having a birthday party and it was unseasonably warm for Nov in Ohio. The kids were outside with a couple of the Dads and my Mom yells out the back door "They just shot Oswald!" Everyone runs inside and we see the replay over and over.
Nov 22, 2013 1:32pm
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Big_Mirg_ZHS

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Nov 22, 2013 1:49 PM
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/jfk-assassination/

live stream of cbs coverage 50 years ago.. down to the minute
Nov 22, 2013 1:49pm
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Nov 22, 2013 3:41 PM
Fab4Runner;1541131 wrote:If you're on Twitter, be sure to check out the History Channel's feed today. Very cool.

https://twitter.com/HISTORY
This was fascinating. I can't even imagine something like this or 9/11 happening in the social media age. Boston Marathon was pretty crazy, but these were world-changers.
Nov 22, 2013 3:41pm
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Nov 22, 2013 6:42 PM
said_aouita;1541035 wrote:Kennedy being slain is one of the more believable conspiracies.
more of a fan of the mortal error theory

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Error:_The_Shot_That_Killed_JFK
Nov 22, 2013 6:42pm
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Tiernan

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Nov 23, 2013 1:16 PM
Jesus Christ it really pisses me off when some lunatic gets some credibility because he was able to find a cut rate publishing house willing to print his delusional ramblings. The mortal error theory is not only beyond stupid it's a shameful personal attack on a good man. Fuk u Mohican.
Nov 23, 2013 1:16pm
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Mohican00

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Nov 23, 2013 1:32 PM
Tiernan;1541626 wrote:Jesus Christ it really pisses me off when some lunatic gets some credibility because he was able to find a cut rate publishing house willing to print his delusional ramblings. The mortal error theory is not only beyond stupid it's a shameful personal attack on a good man. Fuk u Mohican.


lulz
Nov 23, 2013 1:32pm
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Mohican00

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Nov 23, 2013 1:38 PM
LJ;1541630 wrote:That's one of the dumber theories
it's an alternative idea......and I don't see how an accident is any dumber than a Soviet-CIA-Costra Nostra-Zionist plot
Nov 23, 2013 1:38pm
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Tiernan

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Nov 23, 2013 6:23 PM
Mohican00;1541632 wrote:

lulz

Not Mad...just 1000x smarter than you.
Nov 23, 2013 6:23pm