Pilawt
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I just like saying 'grassy knoll'
Will you all just STFU, please!!!
I didn't get a birthday cake on my 4th birthday because the family was sitting around the TV crying.
WTF? I'm four-years f***ing old and it's my f***ing birthday! I didn't shoot the MF'er! Where's my f'ing birthday cake, *******?!?!
And here I thought I'd never have to hear about it again after the 50th anniversary...ohhhh...but f*** nooooooooo!!!
(I'm not bitter, no)
FTFYsaying 'hairy knoll'
Will you all just STFU, please!!!
I didn't get a birthday cake on my 4th birthday because the family was sitting around the TV crying.
WTF? I'm four-years f***ing old and it's my f***ing birthday! I didn't shoot the MF'er! Where's my f'ing birthday cake, *******?!?!
And here I thought I'd never have to hear about it again after the 50th anniversary...ohhhh...but f*** nooooooooo!!!
(I'm not bitter, no)
Will you all just STFU, please!!!
I didn't get a birthday cake on my 4th birthday because the family was sitting around the TV crying.
WTF? I'm four-years f***ing old and it's my f***ing birthday! I didn't shoot the MF'er! Where's my f'ing birthday cake, *******?!?!
And here I thought I'd never have to hear about it again after the 50th anniversary...ohhhh...but f*** nooooooooo!!!
(I'm not bitter, no)
I was just a bun in the oven at the time
Good picture.
I've taken a few work groups there after dinner. One of the things I like to do with them is to go to the column where Zapruder made his movie, pull up a stabilized version of it from YouTube and then overlay the phone on the background and watch the history. It's pretty impactful for us young'ems who weren't alive then.
I just like saying 'grassy knoll'
I agree that every freakin’ year they make too big of a deal about it. How often do they mention the anniversary of Lincoln’s, McKinley’s, or Garfield’s assassinations?
How many of those were any of you alive for?
There are distinctions between Kennedy and McKinley (for example) that explain, if not justify, the ongoing fascination with JFK. His actual merits and accomplishments aside, JFK's "Camelot" aura had become a part of pop culture unlike any POTUS before him, and the controversies over the assassination only added to the drama.While I do think it’s important for young people to learn about his death as well as the others in history class, it is far past time for it to cease as a national obsession.
Of course I was only alive for Kennedy but that really isn’t the point. I once asked my mom about annual coverage of McKinley’s death which was in 1901. She was born in 1927. She said that she knew about his assassination from school history class but did not recall any mention of it each year in the media or from other people. The 50th anniversary of his death would have been in 1951 when she was 24 so if there were annual news stories or any sort of continuing gnashing of teeth over McKinley’s death during her life, she would have recalled it. So it didn’t happen. However, people continue to be obsessed with JFK’s death. While I do think it’s important for young people to learn about his death as well as the others in history class, it is far past time for it to cease as a national obsession.