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View Poll Results: Was the Reagan shooting a gov't conspiracy?
Yes 2 6.45%
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Old 17th October 2006, 11:17 AM   #1
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Was the Reagan shooting a gov't conspiracy?

Since this was mentioned today, I’d thought I’d see what people's thought are about this here (I’m sure I can guess).

Here’s a couple little snippets:

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"Bush Son Had Dinner Plans With Hinckley Brother Before Shooting"
-Associated Press (March 31, 1981)

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"...it was the most paralyzing pain. I've described it as if someone had hit you with a hammer.

But that sensation...came after I was in the car.
" - Reagan

And the bullet trajectory you are probably not aware of (yes, it was supposedly Hinckley’s very last shot that ricocheted 90deg around the limo’s door to hit Reagan in his left armpit while his arms were being pinned down by his Secret Service agent):




You can view the rest of the evidence here:

http://killtown.911review.org/assass...ns/reagan.html


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Old 17th October 2006, 11:19 AM   #2
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Jody Foster ordered the hit
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Old 17th October 2006, 11:19 AM   #3
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Killtown:

You're definately within the 25%.
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Old 17th October 2006, 11:20 AM   #4
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I've never heard of the idea that Reagan's shooting could have been an inside job. Is there any evidence for that?
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Old 17th October 2006, 11:20 AM   #5
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I've never heard of the idea that Reagan's shooting could have been an inside job. Is there any evidence for that?
Ofcourse it wasn't an inside job. It happened outside, on the street.
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The anti-gun freaks? Brady did , once he could, speak out against handguns!
Not buying that for a dollar, though.
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Old 17th October 2006, 11:25 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by CurtC View Post
Is there any evidence for that?
What part of this did you not read?...

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You can view the rest of the evidence here:

http://killtown.911review.org/assass...ns/reagan.html
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Old 17th October 2006, 11:25 AM   #8
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Wich of Reagan´s movies is he talking about?
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Old 17th October 2006, 11:27 AM   #9
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Evidence <> opinion.

Evidence <> speculation.

Evidence <> possibilities.

Evidence <> unverifiable anecdote.

Evidence <> gut feeling.

Have I missed any?
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Old 17th October 2006, 11:34 AM   #10
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Wich of Reagan´s movies is he talking about?
The eight year long one, where he played the Pres.OTUS! Long one...but a goody.
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Old 17th October 2006, 11:36 AM   #11
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I wonder how many of you who already voted "no" reviewed all the evidence on my website? Gee, let me guess.
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Apparently Killtown hasn't heard of shock.
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Killtown, when will you apologize to Val McClatchey?
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Apparently Killtown hasn't heard of shock.
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I wonder how many of you who already voted "no" reviewed all the evidence on my website? Gee, let me guess.
What did the police say?
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Originally Posted by Pardalis View Post
Killtown, when will you apologize to Val McClatchey?
If you want to start a separate thread about that, feel free. Otherwise stay on topic.
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If you want to start a separate thread about that, feel free. Otherwise stay on topic.
Says Killtown.
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If true, it's kind of an interesting story. At best, someone in Hinkley's family knew someone in George Bush's family. At worst, the Bush family found a crazy person to shoot Ronald Reagan. However, there's not even a hint of a government conspiracy in those stories.
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What did the police say?
I don't know, what?
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Old 17th October 2006, 11:40 AM   #20
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I wonder how many of you who already voted "no" reviewed all the evidence on my website? Gee, let me guess.

You are a stupid idiot. Honestly, the fact that you would put so much work into something so ridiculous truly enlightens me to the naivette surrounding the Conspiracy Theory population.

You deserve to be beheaded by a terrorist to wake your stupid ass up to reality.

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I wonder how many of you who already voted "no" reviewed all the evidence on my website? Gee, let me guess.
I reviewed it and I even noticed how you had the same story at least twice. Please don't waste our time reading *everything* on your pages when you don't even bother to clean up your cut and pasting.
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At worst, the Bush family found a crazy person to shoot Ronald Reagan. However, there's not even a hint of a government conspiracy in those stories.
What??? How can you say no hint of a government conspiracy? You do know Bush was V.P and ex-CIA director, right?
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Old 17th October 2006, 11:44 AM   #23
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Your cartoon has convinced me. Larry Flynt did it at the behest of George H. W. Bush and Tip O'Neill.
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What??? How can you say no hint of a government conspiracy? You do know Bush was V.P and ex-CIA director, right?
But Reagan was his meal ticket, and you know what they say. "No tickey no eatey"!
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You are a stupid idiot. Honestly, the fact that you would put so much work into something so ridiculous truly enlightens me to the naivette surrounding the Conspiracy Theory population.

You deserve to be beheaded by a terrorist to wake your stupid ass up to reality.
Your comment is so sad that I feel sorry for you.


And I'm sure the moderators here will start cracking down on all these rule breakers as they did with me?
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You are a stupid idiot. Honestly, the fact that you would put so much work into something so ridiculous truly enlightens me to the naivette surrounding the Conspiracy Theory population.

Oh there's plenty out there.

In fact, several months ago I was 'introduced' to the website of another whacked out individual, this one with an unhealthy obsession with bill clinton.

http://www.alamo-girl.com/

She's a doozy! lol
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I don't know, what?
You mean you haven't taken all of your evidence to the police? Don't you want the perpetrators to get punnished?
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Jody Order Fostered the idea.
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You mean you haven't taken all of your evidence to the police? Don't you want the perpetrators to get punnished?
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What??? How can you say no hint of a government conspiracy? You do know Bush was V.P and ex-CIA director, right?
So what? He was also an ex-Navy pilot. By your logic, the Navy tried to kill Ronald Reagan. You are better offl accusing Al Haig of trying to kill Reagan, since he's the one who claimed 'to be in control' after Reagan was shot. At the time, a lot of people thought it was suspicious. Besides, if Bush Sr. was behind it, he would have made sure to be in Washington to take over from Reagan.

You need to show that Bush's evil plot involved some cooperation from the US government for this to qualify as a government conspiracy. So far, you have the Hinkley family, who have no government ties whatsoever. It's a very poor attempt at a government conspiracy, even by conspiracy theorists standards.
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Don't but answer the question.

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After extensive consideration of the material on Killtown's website, I've come to the obvious conclusion:



Bonzo did it... to impress Jody Foster.
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You are a stupid idiot. Honestly, the fact that you would put so much work into something so ridiculous truly enlightens me to the naivette surrounding the Conspiracy Theory population.

You deserve to be beheaded by a terrorist to wake your stupid ass up to reality.

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Maybe Killtown is just running out of good CT´s since he read in here.



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Oh yeah, I forgot to mention the #1 reason why George H. Bush could not have ordered the assassination. He was too much of a wimp!
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So what? He was also an ex-Navy pilot. By your logic, the Navy tried to kill Ronald Reagan. You are better offl accusing Al Haig of trying to kill Reagan, since he's the one who claimed 'to be in control' after Reagan was shot. At the time, a lot of people thought it was suspicious. Besides, if Bush Sr. was behind it, he would have made sure to be in Washington to take over from Reagan.

You need to show that Bush's evil plot involved some cooperation from the US government for this to qualify as a government conspiracy. So far, you have the Hinkley family, who have no government ties whatsoever. It's a very poor attempt at a government conspiracy, even by conspiracy theorists standards.
So you think if Bush had Reagan shot it didn't involved the gov't? Should I amend my poll?
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Maybe Killtown is just running out of good CT´s since he read in here.



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Don't but answer the question.
he did, to the best of his intellectual capability anyway.

KT is intellectually dishonest. I'm not sure he's smart enough to even know it.
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Don't but answer the question.
Should I email it to them?
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Here's the conspiracy theory. I'm not saying I believe in it, but I do know many Conspiracy theories. So don't chop off my head. Ronald Reagan was shot so George HW Bush could become President -- to achieve goals re the New World Order. Fortunately, it didn't work. A photo exists of a guy crouching down on a screened-in terrace to Hinckley's right and up a flight. He was shooting too. I hope I can locate the picture. It doesn't matter to the oil barons who else gets killed. I feel so sorry for the others who were shot. That's the theory as to why. It was a serious attempt on his life with the neurotic patsy found shooting nearby.

Dick Gregory maintains that they took a mentally ill man who was in love with a movie star, have him shoot a President who was an actor on Academy Awards Day. Just reporting.

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Just a warning, the mods do NOT like it when you play with their toys.

So, I wouldn't plan on adding a mod tag yourself anywhere.
Toys? You mean there are more Tags like the "mod"-tag?
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