D English III May 19, 2000 The JFK Assignation: An American ConspiracyOn a clear sunny day in Dallas Texas, November 22, 1963 to be exact, at about 12:30pm, the President’s car rounded the curve in front of the Texas School Book Depository building and proceeded on to Main Street throughout Dally plaza. Shots rang out and the President was rushed to the nearby hospital and was declared dead at 1pm. The Vice President took the oath of office and flew back to Washington with the slain leader. The accused assassin was arrested, charged and then executed on national television in front of millions. Three days latter, the Texas officials in charge of the investigation declared the case closed and the new President set up a hand picked committee to investigate. The committee, which reported directly to the new President, concluded that the assassin was a lone nut with no motive for killing the President.While it may seem that this is all wrapped up and that this is ancient history with no real meaning. There are still many questions one of which you maybe thinking is, "Why is this so important?" “ Why does it even matter, it was over 36 years ago so why do people still obsess over it?” Well, there may really be nothing here worthy of all this but if the President was killed by a conspiracy plot against him, if that is the case. Than yes, it does become very important, because it shows just how much power our government has to cover up something of this proportion that maybe it shouldn’t have. It still matters because no one should have that much power, to be out side the realm of the law. This reminds me of a few years ago when our current President’s “friends” who were associated with the white water scandal were dropping like flies. No one likes to lose faith in their government and we all wish to just believe that this was just coincident and maybe it was, but ...
