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One time several years ago in graduate school, I simply could not remember the word "syrup", so I called it "pancake gravy". That title was already taken(!), so I added "cane" because when I was a child in the Panhandle of Florida (aka Lower Alabama), my family grew sugar cane and made our own cane syrup.

Saturday, January 19, 2013

John Wilkes Booth, This Guy Ain't

Surely I'm not the only one who thinks this was all an act?


Am I to believe that the 25 year old would-be assassin makes it this far -- past the guards, up onto the platform, within inches of his target's head -- only to be overcome by the Kung Fu of a 58 year old politician?  Or that while getting the gun and working his way through security, he never really thought ahead to what he would do if he got a clear shot?  Assassination ain't brain surgery, folks -- at least, not very tidy brain surgery.

Add to this the fact that the gun he used, though dangerous at very short range, is designed to be non-lethal, and this begins to look as phony as Te'o's girlfriend. 

1 comment:

  1. It is sort of funny in a very odd, disturbing way. I agree it is a fake.

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