The Man Who Killed Kennedy: The Case Against Lyndon Baines Johnson

Hardcover: 424 pages
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing; 1 edition (November 6, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1626363137
ISBN-13: 978-1626363137
Product Dimensions: 6 x 6 x 9 inches

The author of this dark chronicle Roger Stone is a political strategist who had a key role in the elections of Ronald Regan, Richard Nixon, and George H.W. Bush. He also is known for his personal style writing a column for the Huffington Post and his annual "Ten Best & Worst Dressed Men & Women in the World."

How & Why

Stone gets into the why and how of the JFK assassination and picks apart the other conspiracy theories to the bone. The other theories had no motive but LBJ had the biggest motive of all to become President and help his supporters in Bell helicopter get rich.

Lays Out the Case

LBJ not only cowboy-ed his way into the White House he was also avoiding up close and personal destruction at the hands of John and Bobby Kennedy. Stone points the finger at LBJ who scattered eight other murders to cover up his role along the way to seize power in a coup de tat unprecedented in modern times.

Richard Nixon Knew

Nixon was absolutely convinced that LBJ was the mastermind in this bloody episode of American history because he recognized Jack Ruby as LBJ's hired help committing yet another Johnson directed murder when Oswald was gunned down.

Stone Indicts

Roger Stone indicts J. Edgar Hoover, Gerald Ford, Arlen Specter for their roles in the cover-up. He also goes into great detail about why George H.W. Bush lied about being in the CIA and said he was not in Dallas the day JFK was blown away when the truth is he was!

Many Avenues Investigated

Roger Stone's excellent insight into LBJ the man, why he was called Landslide Lyndon, and his fixated hate for Bobby & Jack Kennedy is beyond reproach. He delves into the Kennedy curse, their hated enemy LBJ, the role J. Edgar Hoover plays in the rubber stamped cover-up, and the road to Watergate who was involved and why. He even fingers the man who had the kill shot at point blank range with an American made dumb dumb bullet.

Conclusion

This detailed book into who knew what when, the people involved in the bloody coup, and why LBJ had the most to gain if Kennedy was killed points the finger at the CIA, the Chicago & Dixie mob, LBJ's henchmen, and J. Edgar Hoover big-time. Stone weaves a pattern of betrayal and deceit among the elite bringing us to the realization the powers that be will do anything to advance their agenda at any cost the nation be damned. Stone does a good job at showing who the linchpin is in this massive betrayal of presidential trust and what they stood to gain.

I believe the cover-up continued for these many years because the elite did not want the public to know it was a Democrat that murdered another Democrat just to advance his own agenda. This is sad but very revealing about human nature, why people do what they do to gain fame and power at any cost. Stone puts the hammer down leaving nothing to the imagination. This is an insight into the war mongers that existed then and now in the military industrial complex that will not be happy until the whole world worships at its feet.

About the Author :

• Roger Stone is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Man Who Killed Kennedy: The Case Against LBJ. He is a legendary political operative who served as a senior campaign aide to Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and Senator Bob Dole. Stone would parlay being the youngest staff member of the Committee to Re-Elect the President in 1972 into being a conduit of secret memos from Ex-President Nixon to President Ronald Reagan throughout the 80s. A veteran of eight national presidential campaigns, Stone would spend hours talking politics with Nixon as confidant and adviser in his post-presidential years. Stone is known for his hardball tactics, deep opposition research, biting candor, and love of English custom tailoring. Stone serves as mens fashion correspondent for the Daily Caller.
• Mike Colapietro is an investigative journalist and researcher who received his bachelors from Eastern Connecticut State and is studying for Masters from the University of South Florida. His work has appeared in the Tampa Bay Times, Smoke Magazine, and Yahoo.com.

Judul Buku : Lahir dari Rahim

Penulis : P Mutiara Andalas SJ

Penerbit : Kanisius Yogyakarta

Cetakan : I/2009

Tebal Buku : 320 Halaman

Membahas permasalahan gender adalah menganalisis hubungan peran laki-laki dan perempuan dalam kehidupan sosialnya. Bukan permasalahan kodrat laki-laki yang memproduksi sperma dan perempuan melahirkan. Sebagai manusia keduanya memiliki hak dan kewajiban yang sama dalam menjalankan perannya sebagai makhluk soaial. Akan tetapi yang menjadi permasalahan adalah struktur soaial yang timpang, bias gender yang menyebar luas dan mempengaruhi pola pikir, tindakan dan bentuk kehidupan sosial di negeri ini.

Menjadi perempuan atau laki-laki merupakan bentuk yang diciptakan oleh struktur masyarakat. Hal ini tidaklah paten, melainkan dapat diubah apabila didalamnya

terdapat ketidak adilan bagi salah satu gender. Salah satu hasil dari ciptaan struktur soaial yang memasung perempuan adalah stereotype yang menindas dan menimbulkan ketidak adilan bagi perempuan dalam kehidupan sosial. Akan tetapi sering terabaikan oleh banyak kalangan karena sudah diangap menjadi sebuah hal yang lazim oleh masyarakat.

Akibat dari penciptaan stereotype ini muncul penindasan. Penindasan pada perempuan ini terjadi secara berkelanjutan tanpa adanya kesadaran bahwa kegiatan-kegiatan kekerasan simbolik ini sebagai sebuah ketidak adilan. Ironisnya, hal ini seringkali dianggap sebagai kelaziman.

Apakah karya P Mutiara Andalas SJ menghadapi kondisi perempuan seperti wacana di atas? Andalas adalah seorang teolog humania dan seorang laki-laki profemnis. Melalui karyanya ini ia membidik wacana perempuan Asia melalui pendekatan teolog profeminis.

Ajakan Andalas melalui buku ini merupakan upaya rekonstruksi stereotype perempuan dalam struktur sosial secara kolektif. Para tokoh intelektual, agama, pendidikan, politik dan semua kalangan masyarakat untuk menyadari gejala-gejala ketidak adilan di sekitarnya dan melakukan pembebasan dengan bertindak dan berpikir secara kritis dan peka.

Karya ini ditlis sangat akademis serta menggunakan gaya bahasa metafor dan pemilihan bahasa yang netral dan lembut tanpa harus menyentuh bias gender. Disinilah kekuatan buku ini. Sebab menurut Mary Joe Frug, bahasa merupakan kekuatan yang membentuk realita dan realitas gender merupakan system of meaning. Susunan bahasa yang dipilih untuk menggambarkan suatu makna menentukan bagaimana pengetahuan atau common opinion terbentuk. Makna gender juga dipertaruhkan jika dalam penggunaan bahasa jusru menggambarkan adanya ketidak seimbangan komunikasi soaial antara wanita dan pria.

Sebuah karya yang layak untuk mendapatkan perhatian dunia akademik, teologis dan sosial sebagai referensi bacaan pengembangan pengetahuan. Karya ini membuka mata publik tentang sesuatu yang terlipat, sesuatu yang tersembunyi. Padahal ia sebenarnya tampak jelas dalam ruang publik, dengan disertai berbagai studi kasus dan kisah nyata ketertindasan kaum perempuan dalam dunia sosialnya. Sebuah karya hasil dari kecerdasan intelektual dan keimanan yang disajikan dalam bahasa yang lembut dan memberikan ruang kebebasan berpikir bagi para pembaca.

(Direferensi oleh : Abda'iyah Alhadi, Pascasarjana Fakultas Filsafat UGM)