"I'm
haunted by history and often lie awake at night wondering how different
the world
would be today if President John F. Kennedy would have lived,"
- Ralph Thomas
November
22nd @ 12:30 marks the 47th Anniversary of the assassination of
John F. Kennedy. President Kennedy was only in office 1000 days. I'm
haunted by history and
often lie awake at night wondering how different the world would be
today if President John F. Kennedy
would have lived. There are 58,195 names on The Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
If John Kennedy would
have lived, this would not have become history as Kennedy had secret
plans to pull out. Many people
do not understand this but during the Cuban Missile Crisis, I believe
that President Kennedy
saved the world from nuclear annihlation. When the photos of evidence
of nuclear missiles in Cuba had
been brought to the President and he had his first meetings on this,
every one of his advisors wanted to
attack as soon as possible to take them out. What we did not know
at the time is that portable nuclear
weapons where already in operation in Cuba and orders had already
been given to launch them should the
United States attack Cuba. If it had not been for the President, it
is now clear that we would have started
a nuclear war which likely would have annihilated the world as we
know it. Kennedy started the race to land a
man on the moon and return him safely to earth and if it was not for
him we might not have done that because he
was able to unify America in a common goal. He never lived to see
this American goal achieved.
Remember it was JFK who first came up with the idea of placing all
of the law enforcement and intelligence
agencies of the federal government under one command so they could
not run amuke and not conflict with
each other. He was right about that but it took another 25 plus years
before that happened.
Kennedy brought to the forefront the civil rights movement, wanted
a minimum wage,
Created the Peace Corps, started the Food Stamp program and was the
first
president to create aid to the elderly.
Many
now believe that President Kennedy was going to drop Lyndon Johnson
from the ticket
during his run for his second term in office, retire J. Edgar Hoover
as Director of the FBI, end our
innvolement in the Vietnam war, reorgainze federal law enforcement
and intelligence agencies in a way
that oversight could be maintained, bring forward civil rights issues,
raise the minimum wage,
bring forward his brother's fight against organized crime, and end
the income oil depletion allowance deductions.
-Ralph
Thomas
John Kennedy-Meet The Press, Dec. 2,
1951
JFK's first appearance on Meet the Press.
John Kennedy- On Meet The Press -January
3, 1960
One day after announcing his candidacy for president
in 1960, John F. Kennedy appears on Meet the Press
John F Kennedy In His Own Words-
From NBC News Brian
Williams with highlights from rare interviews with John F. Kennedy
from the NBC News archives - as covered by NBC News.
John
Kennedy Inauguration- From NBC News Waiting for President Kennedy's complete inaugural
address and ceremony to get underway,
Huntley & Brinkley broadcast bits of the day's news -- including,
Castro's executions and an a
pproaching east coast snow storm. as covered by NBC News.
"
I read this book in High School and considered it one of the
very best books on American history," Ralph Thomas
The orginial
ad copy of the book reads:
" In this remarkable book, the Junior Senator from Massachusetts
writes brilliantly
about a handful of American statesman who, at crucial times in our
history, risked their personal
and public lives to do the one thing that seemed in itself right.
"
You
can still find Profiles In Courage by the man of courage in most book
stores today.
How Did
JFK Approach A Stimulation Of The Economy?
Income Tax Cut, JFK Hopes To Spur Economy 1962/8/13
"Every
Dollar released from taxation that is spent or
invested will help create a new job and a new salary." John Kennedy
Thirteen-Days-Movie
Trailer-"I Recommend All Americans See This Movie!" -Ralph
Thomas
Kennedy
addresses the nation on the Cuban Missile Crisis
In Book
Stores Now!
The Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence
"I read a lot of books and this is the best book I have read
for a very long time," - Ralph Thomas
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