Oswald in the doorway: the blog of the Oswald Innocence Campaign, by Ralph Cinque

bpete has gone back to blogging, but what a blithering idiot he remains.

First, he accuses me of lying when I said that I could easily see Kennedy's limo from the doorway landing without leaning or straining. We conducted the whole reenactment on the premise that Doorman was looking at the limo. We knew where the limo was; it's marked on the street. And we knew where Altgens was: across from the pergola- pretty much even with Zapruder except on the south side of Elm. Plus, he was in the street, not on the grass. It was necessary to walk about 18 inches out onto Elm.  

And it was a straight line from the doorway to where the limo was to where Altgens was, or in this case, my photographer. I had them in sight. 

   
Above, I am looking at something. What do you think I'm looking at? I am looking down at area of JFK's limo and straight through to my Altgens proxy. And I am doing it without straining or leaning or bending. My shoulders are even. My head is vertical, but it's turned slightly to my right. You can't see it, but my hands are clasped in front of my body- just like Oswald's were in the doorway.

Next, bpete quotes Buell Frazier, a guy who said repeatedly that he was one step down from the top, but then, when he was asked to explain why he couldn't be seen in the Altgens photo, he said it was because he was standing back in the shadows. It's a glaring self- contradiction, but Joseph Ball didn't call him on it.  

But remember, we have another source: the Wiegman film. And there, you can see that Doorman is standing in the center of the doorway, and he is standing in a neutral, comfortable position. 

That was so close in time to the Altgens photo that there is a debate as to which came first. 

Returning to this old picture below, bpete says the woman isn't holding on to the door. Oh really? Try taking it away and see what happens to her.

Then, he shows a picture of me in which I was standing in the doorway in an extreme position of reaching far forward with my left arm. I was actually making fun of the forum people who said that Doorman was reaching for the vertical bar of the handrail in front of him. It was not what I advocated; it was what they advocated. You know what I advocate: that Doorman was was clasping his hands in front of his body, just as Oswald liked to do. 

But, yes, when you're reaching and stretching with your arm, it is going to affect your shoulders. But so what?

I've got my right arm behind, my left arm reaching far forward with a lot of stretching going on, so of course my shoulders were affected.  And there what you're seeing is mainly a forward motion of the shoulder; it's following the arm. They are connected, after all.  
Next, bpete resorts to portrait poses: where someone was posing for a photographer. 

There are lots of things that people can do that are not biomechanically sound. For instance, they do a lot of things in ballet that are not biomechanically sound and which have no relation to normal, functional activities in life. And that is certainly true for poses one might assume for a photographer. It says above that they were trying to exaggerate her feminine S curve. He must have meant her hourglass curve. That's dandy, but what does it have to do with how a person would watch a parade? 

Above, it's likely that her right foot is resting on something that is elevated.  Her hands are at different levels, while from the base of her spine, she is leaning to her right. She is sticking out her left hip. But then at the top, she is torquing her neck the other way and moving her head with it. Again, it's all an attempt to create sexy curves for the photographer. But outside of that, it is totally dysfunctional and non-postural. And it has no bearing on how anyone would watch a parade, including Doorman. 

In the above image, the artist has grossly exaggerated the degree of spinal curvature that is going on. She has her head tweaked, but notice that her shoulders are nearly level, and that's because her hands are placed at nearly the same corresponding place on her pelvic bones. There's a twist created by the fact that her legs are not astride: rather, one is forward and the other is back. Also, her right knee is relatively bent, while her left knee is relatively straight. All of that is having an effect, but what does it have to do with a man who is watching a parade? 

Finally, bpete takes delight in the unevenness of Oswald's shoulders in the new crisp, clear image I found:

But, Oswald was in handcuffs, and he had cops holding each of his arms. Plus, they were all in motion: walking. If your arm gets raised- whether you do it yourself or if someone else does it- it's going to raise your shoulder on that side. Here's me doing it:

At that particular moment, Oswald was NOT an independent, autonomous human being, directing and integrating and coordinating his own activity. He had two other beings who were pulling on him, guiding him, and affecting him. 

But, instead of worrying about that, look at the likeness between Oswald and Doorman.

bpete didn't say one word about it, but look how the shirts and the whole wardrobes match. You think Billy Lovelady got up that morning and put on the exact same outfit? That's insane! 

And look how well the right ears match. You can see it better below.

Jesus Fucking H. Christ, that is the same ear. What, do you think they all come that way? Believe me; they don't! Lovelady's didn't. 

Lovelady had a much more prominent lobule, which is the fleshy portion where the ear ring goes. His ears also flared out more at a wider angle. The match is between Oswald and Doorman, and it is really good.  

The only thing that matches between Lovelady on Doorman is the hairline which is the one thing they transferred of Lovelady's to Doorman. 

When we make the comparison to the first alleged image of Lovelady after the assassination, the results are terrible for the Lovelady claim. 

Which two ears are you going to say match there? On Lovelady it's the left ear showing instead of the right, but hey, that doesn't matter because ears tend to be very symmetrical. 

Lovelady has no exposed t-shirt. Lovelady has no grainy outer shirt; his is plaid (although the real Lovelady wore a striped shirt). Look how different the shape of his Neanderthal head is compared to Oswald and Doorman. Notice how well-matched their necks are in length and in verticality compared to the Lovelady figure. (Psst: he wasn't really Lovelady. How could he be? Look at him in comparison to Lovelady.)

If we were talking about this stuff in any other context but the JFK assassination, we wouldn't be talking about it at all. Nobody would ever begin to allege any of this bull crap. It's only because the world of JFK is a Bizarro World- thanks to Ops like bpete- that we have to deal with these bizarro claims and shoot them down. And why do they do it? It's because many of them are paid to do it, and I'm sure bpete is one of those being paid. Notice that he never talks about having an occupation other than this. Yet, he says he can afford $1500 suits. No Men's Wearhouse for him, although I don't know if they have those in the UK. 

But, the reality is that every time bpete takes a deep breath and thinks he's ready to get back in the ring with me, the result is that I get to expound; I get to elaborate, and I get to further explain the facts of the case. And I always come out ahead. He never wins a point. 

This is like the guy who asked for the score of the basketball game and was told it was "72". So, he asked, "72 to what?" And then he was told, "No, it's 70 to 2; we got 70, and they got 2."

Except, in this case, it's more like I have 500 and bpete has 0. Seriously, he hasn't won a single point. He hasn't landed a single blow. Not one.   

So, keep it up, bpete. Keep those attacks coming. And don't be so tardy about it, you lazy mudder-rucker. Dr. Cinque doesn't like to be kept waiting.