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The Real History of Gerald Ford, Watergate, and the CIA | 33 comments (33 topical, editorial, 1 hidden)

Re: The Real History of Gerald Ford .... (4.00 / 2)

How much of this was new to me? I'm ashamed to admit it, but a good 90 percent of it was new to me.Lots of "aha" moments though, connecting the little I knew and recent actions.

I'm going to have to read it again, though because there are just so many layers.

Most EXCELLENT work. Thank you.

Can't hear ya, Peach!

by AP on Wed Jan 3rd, 2007 at 11:17:11 AM EST
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Re: The Real History of Gerald Ford .... (4.00 / 2)

It's both heartening and disappointing to be able to surprise people. The mainstream media should have been giving us this information, and its importance. But given the CIA's control of the media (that single issue nearly caused the shutting down of the Pike Commission because they asked for names, and the CIA wouldn't budge - some oversight, right?) it's sadly to be expected.

I do hope others follow this path. You meet the most amazing people when you pursue our REAL history. But it feels like a burden, at times. I knew if I didn't write this probably no one on the planet would, you know? And there's so much more to tell.

Thanks again for the feedback!

"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes

by Real History Lisa (lpeaseRemoveThis@gte.net) on Wed Jan 3rd, 2007 at 11:32:48 AM EST
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Re: The Real History of Gerald Ford .... (none / 1)

And the real kicker is that I consider myself informed, or at least trying to stay on top of it all. Ha!

I think it's accurate to say that I had "surface" knowledge of things. It's almost like trivia, in that these pieces of knowledge stand alone in the mind but aren't connected.

E.g., I knew when the CIA was formed, but not how and certainly not why--beyond the ostensible reasons given. I knew about Hoover's reign at the FBI, how he undermined and crippled the civil rights movement and of his own secrets but I didn't know just why he did what he did beyond holding power for his own sake. Some things, like the Warren Commission, I have always been skeptical about, simply because the "facts" as publicly presented don't pass the smell test.

But some things I didn't know and/or forgot, e.g. Ford's membership on the Commission. And Ford's concern about revealing assassinations. WTF? That was never taught! How the hell else would any of us know anything? Is one just expected to be alive at the time or just remember? I was an infant at the time--I know, I date myself.

Anyway, I always thought the oft-heard "I hate history" complaint from students was more of a learned trait. How odd--how can you hate learning about yourself, right, unless what lies beneath calls into question all that you are? So learn the national myth and hate all else.

(Oh--sorry no segue--I know it's difficult, but is there an independent press that could publish you, or would that still be too little money for the labor? Clearly, you need resources and need to eat like everyone else.)

Can't hear ya, Peach!

by AP on Wed Jan 3rd, 2007 at 01:58:49 PM EST
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Re: The Real History of Gerald Ford .... (none / 1)

When we published Probe magazine, it was about 6 weeks of work out of every night. I worked days to pay the rent, and then worked nights and weekends to try to make the world a more educated, and therefore better, place. After our bi-monthly issue went out, we'd take a two week break of so, and then start up again. It was okay for a while, but it wore on me and Jim DiEugenio. While we had guest contributors for some of the articles, we still had to edit, lay out, and proof everything too. I loved the research and the writing, but it was a pretty awful price to pay.

For years I fantasized about a fulltime job doing this kind of reporting, but the last real rag to do this was Ramparts, and the CIA infiltrated and destroyed it. And look what happend to Mike Ruppert and his "From the Wilderness" empire he was building?

Now, I just want to make a decent living, enjoy life - GET a life, in fact....

"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes

by Real History Lisa (lpeaseRemoveThis@gte.net) on Wed Jan 3rd, 2007 at 02:55:11 PM EST
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Re: The Real History of Gerald Ford .... (none / 1)

I too didn't know a lot of the history of Ford, although I did know he was on the Warren Commish.

Is it strange that the most shocking part of the whole story for me was that Geraldo was the first one to air the Zapruder film?

by spiderleaf (spiderleaf at gmail dot com) on Wed Jan 3rd, 2007 at 03:41:03 PM EST
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Re: The Real History of Gerald Ford .... (none / 0)

I know - it's pretty hilarious to picture Geraldo as the guardian of democracy! ;-)

"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes

by Real History Lisa (lpeaseRemoveThis@gte.net) on Wed Jan 3rd, 2007 at 04:10:14 PM EST
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The Real History of Gerald Ford, Watergate, and the CIA | 33 comments (33 topical, 0 editorial, 1 hidden)

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