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

I am thinking about History, in general, the study of the past. I was watching the Olympics yesterday, the female aerial skiing, and the commentator said that this one American skier is in college studying History, and she wants to teach History.  My first thought was: Why doesn't she teach skiing? At least that's clean. It's uncorrupted.  History is so strewn with State propaganda... it's bad enough we have to learn it, but to teach it?   

Take the JFK assassination. History says that Lee Harvey Oswald, a lone gunman, "without confederates," killed JFK.  But, we have a photograph of Oswald standing in the doorway during the shooting, and we can see that it's him wearing his clothes. For it not to be him, someone else had to, not only look like him, but dress exactly like him too. 

Forget History; this is about Mathematics. What is the probability that someone at the TSBD looked and dressed that much like Oswald on November 22, 1963?  

And it's not just Mathematics talking; Physics also says no (the Single Bullet Theory) and so does Chemistry (lack of nitrates on Oswald's face).  Then, the trek of that money order, in getting to Chicago, is equally implausible and untenable. The list goes on and on. The bogus evidence; the planted evidence; the altered evidence (altered films and photos) scream that Oswald was framed and innocent. 

This is about delusion, including self-delusion. The decision to believe that Oswald was guilty was made instantly by many people. Obviously, there were some who knew better because they were involved in it. But, among those who were not involved in it, who only got involved afterwards, there was a warped psychological process that was akin to religious fervor that Oswald did it. It was stoked by loyalty, patriotism, self-interest, and a tsunami of "group think" that swept away all rational thought, turning grown men into Stepford Wives.

The process continues today, and the History teachers are the ministers of the State religion. The history of the JFK assassination is such a foul swamp of phony evidence, altered evidence, and obstructed justice that a History teacher has to tip-toe through it, holding her nose, and covering her eyes, as she coughs ups the talking points like a regurgitated hairball.

Why would anyone want to do that in their work-a-day life? I know everyone has to eat, but aren't there other things they can do?