What bugs me about it isn't Oswald, it's Ruby.
I can accept on the face of it that Oswald was a lone nut. It fits well enough. But the lone nut is taken out by another lone nut?
Okay, that's plausible right up to the point where you research his history and contacts.
Sold horse racing tip sheets in Chicago. Acted as a business agent for a local refuse collectors union that later became part of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Implicated in the fatal shooting of the union's president, attorney Leon Cooke, but was cleared of any wrongdoing.
Frequented race tracks in Illinois and California.
Gets drafted and moves to Dallas upon return to civillian life. Manages several strip clubs and night clubs wherein he developed close ties to many Dallas police officers, who frequented his nightclubs where Ruby showered them with large quantities of liquor and other favors. Goes to Cuba in 1959, ostensibly to visit a friend, influential Dallas gambler Lewis McWillie, an associate of Mafia boss Santo Trafficante.
And that's right in the Warren report too; "Ruby was at least serving as a kind of courier on behalf of gambling interests in Cuba" They also knew that he spent a good deal of time hanging out with Sam and Joe Campisi, who according to the Warren report
"While Campisi's technical characterization in Federal law enforcement records as an organized crime member has ranged from definite to suspected to negative, it is clear that he was an associate or friend of many Dallas-based organized crime members, particularly Joseph Civello during the time he was the head of the Dallas organization. There was no indication that Campisi had engaged in any specific organized crime-related activities."
And I'm supposed to believe that this guy was operating on his own? And even he can't articulate why he did it? I can be had, but even *I'm* not that gullible!
The only rational conclusion is that Ruby was acting at the behest of the Mafia, which raises the question "why". And if Oswald was truly a lone nut, there's no reason for the Mafia to want him dead, is there?
The simple, obvious answer is that Oswald wasn't acting on his own, but rather at the behest of the Mafia and it was Ruby's job to tie up the loose end. I've never seen anything to convince me that the official story is true or that this one is false.
I can accept on the face of it that Oswald was a lone nut. It fits well enough. But the lone nut is taken out by another lone nut?
Okay, that's plausible right up to the point where you research his history and contacts.
Sold horse racing tip sheets in Chicago. Acted as a business agent for a local refuse collectors union that later became part of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Implicated in the fatal shooting of the union's president, attorney Leon Cooke, but was cleared of any wrongdoing.
Frequented race tracks in Illinois and California.
Gets drafted and moves to Dallas upon return to civillian life. Manages several strip clubs and night clubs wherein he developed close ties to many Dallas police officers, who frequented his nightclubs where Ruby showered them with large quantities of liquor and other favors. Goes to Cuba in 1959, ostensibly to visit a friend, influential Dallas gambler Lewis McWillie, an associate of Mafia boss Santo Trafficante.
And that's right in the Warren report too; "Ruby was at least serving as a kind of courier on behalf of gambling interests in Cuba" They also knew that he spent a good deal of time hanging out with Sam and Joe Campisi, who according to the Warren report
"While Campisi's technical characterization in Federal law enforcement records as an organized crime member has ranged from definite to suspected to negative, it is clear that he was an associate or friend of many Dallas-based organized crime members, particularly Joseph Civello during the time he was the head of the Dallas organization. There was no indication that Campisi had engaged in any specific organized crime-related activities."
And I'm supposed to believe that this guy was operating on his own? And even he can't articulate why he did it? I can be had, but even *I'm* not that gullible!
The only rational conclusion is that Ruby was acting at the behest of the Mafia, which raises the question "why". And if Oswald was truly a lone nut, there's no reason for the Mafia to want him dead, is there?
The simple, obvious answer is that Oswald wasn't acting on his own, but rather at the behest of the Mafia and it was Ruby's job to tie up the loose end. I've never seen anything to convince me that the official story is true or that this one is false.