by Donald Jeffries, ”I Protest”:
George Orwell wrote, “During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” Our present era is certainly full of deceit, along with corruption, incompetence, and insanity. When you’re lied to often enough, you lose perspective on what the truth really is. We are lied to continuously.
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The recent, all too brief congressional hearing chaired by the lovely Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, on the JFK assassination, brought home this point once again. Only a handful of representatives even bothered to attend the hearing, let alone ask questions. And none of their questions demonstrated a cursory knowledge of the case. Jasmine Crockett, who seems to be front and center of everything now in Congress, basically insinuated that Americans should be happy that the CIA didn’t destroy all the evidence. Another Democrat kept trying to get Jefferson Morley to admit that Oswald was firing shots that day. And Loren Bobert, bless her cute little empty head, confused Oliver Stone with Roger Stone. She must have quite the conscientious staff. Rep. Luna did a commendable job, but is very young and not informed enough to confidently debate anyone on the subject.
Luna said publicly that there were two shooters. Okay, that’s certainly more accurate than saying there was one. Especially when you’re claiming the one was Lee Harvey Oswald, who didn’t fire a weapon that day. Luna, for unknown reasons, highlighted a film being withheld by NBC News, that reveals Oswald “near the vehicle,” in her words. Apparently, she was referring to footage that shows a grainy figure in the corner of the doorway of the Texas School Book Depository building, which some in the research community claim is Oswald. It was an awkward choice of words to say “near the vehicle,” but certainly if the figure was Oswald, that alone exculpates him, because it was taken as shots were being fired, allegedly by Oswald on the sixth floor of the same building. I don’t think one can even determine conclusively if the figure is male or female, but perhaps an enhanced version of the withheld original film would.
Several people told me that Luna should call me to testify. I have been at this for longer than almost anyone still alive, and that includes the three experts who did testify; Oliver Stone, Jim DiEugenio, and Jefferson Morley. I’ve interviewed DiEugenio and we’ve had numerous exchanges on forums over the years. Morley appeared with me on a Travel Channel special about the assassination, and more recently was a panelist alongside me on the Union of the Unwanted podcast. He has become the go-to guy for big platforms, with a resume that includes working for The Washington Post for quite some time. Oliver Stone knows who I am. He has my books, because we have the same publisher, and they send all their books to their big name authors. He even has a signed copy of The Unreals, which I gave to his son Sean Stone, when I appeared on his RT show.
It is frustrating to watch elected officials grapple with the basic facts about such a momentous event, and rely on the absurd disinformation of the court historians. The number of Americans who believe JFK was killed by a conspiracy is still a majority, but has dipped significantly since peaking in the 1970s-1980s at close to 90 percent. This makes sense, since most Americans are now historically illiterate. Now, the ones who are awake obviously know Oswald didn’t do it, but we all know that we’re outnumbered by the “Woke,” the unthinking followers, and the disinterested. Smarmy Ben Shapiro further destroyed whatever audience he had left by questioning why anyone should care who killed JFK at this point. After all, it was over sixty years ago. I wonder if Little Ben thinks we should care about another part of history, something that happened over eighty years ago. I’m guessing he feels a bit differently about that.
Back when I was writing lots of poetry, and immersing myself in the old romantic poets, I came across a fascinating poem written by Sir Walter Raleigh around 1592, while he was imprisoned in the notorious Tower of London. Raleigh was eventually executed, and appears to have been a radical man after my own heart. He refers to telling the truth as a “thankless errand.” With everyone determined to “give the world the lie,” Here are a few salient lines from this remarkable poem:
Say to the court, it glows and shines like rotten wood;
Say to the church, it shows what’s good, and doth no good.
If church and court reply, then give them both the lie.
Tell men of high condition, that manage the estate,
Their purpose is ambition, their practice only hate.
And if they once reply, then give them all the lie.
“The Lie” had a profound impact on me as a youth. I was already seeing how pervasive dishonesty was in our society, even in our families. The Devil’s Dictionary was always at my fingertips, and I could understand why Ambrose Bierce called honest men and faithful women the rarest of rarities. I had, of course, discovered the lie of the JFK assassination official story. I would quickly determine this was not an anomaly, and that in fact we had been lied to about everything. The court historians lie to us about history. The highly paid “journalists” lie to us about current events. Even the sports I loved so much all my life were filled with “the lie,” as I am learning more with each word I write of my new book exposing the corruption in that world. I saw first hand how “the lie” permeated the workplace. Corporations and the government both seem to be fueled by “the lie.” There doesn’t appear to be a meritocracy anywhere.
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