Originally posted by MrVertigo
I know there can be a tendency to idealize JFK, but I think it's fair to say that a lot of things would have turned out different had he not been
killed.
You are setting us up with your opening line.
You create a
slightly negative idea about JFK to draw in your audience, and then you flip them with the second part which is a
hopefully
positive idea and is going to lead up to a presentation of what you hope will turn Americans off of their government, economy and
self-preservation.
Originally posted by MrVertigo
The Fed, as has already been mentioned, and certainly Vietnam would have looked very, very different.
So here you are insinuating that the Fed is somehow bad. I'll ask if not the Fed then who? If you don't like the Federal Reserve then what bank do
you like? Or do you hate banking? Do you hate capitalism? Do you wish that America would simply lay down her arms and give in to your external desire?
Originally posted by MrVertigo
I'm also quite fascinated by the reports that Kennedy approached Khrustjev with a suggestion for going to the moon together.
That might have ended the Cold War 20 years earlier and meant a totally different approach to the exploration of space.
And now this madness.
This is insidious folly.
You would have America share her technology with a what? A friend? A peer? A superior? Please let me know.
And again you try disarming with the ''Cold War is over'' tactic.
Originally posted by MrVertigo
But maybe you would care to elaborate on why it was a good thing he got killed?
Why do you think he was such a bad president?
Here is your invitation for
fair play and an opening for additional opportunity to pummel the audience with clever retort.
Originally posted by MrVertigo
Oh and in case you hadn't been keeping up, America is not all that rockin' right now. Mainly because too many people go around chanting "USA, USA"
and "We Rock" instead of actually looking at the problems...
Finally, like a well-written late night talk show, the zinger! The gotcha!
You set us up again by poking us with a sharp stick and then offering to help us make changes.
Dude, I see it every day on my television.