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31. Oswald scored 212 in 1956 - earned a Sharpshooter rating.

Reply to former9thward (Reply #30)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 06:25 PM

Aug 2016

Why didn't you mention that?

Do you deny that fact?

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Just great. Another "based on a true story" made by Oliver Stone. [View all] Archae Aug 2016 OP

I liked JFK. probably wrecked the real truth but it was still an interesting flick. havent seen msongs Aug 2016 #1

Yea was a fun movie Egnever Aug 2016 #2

Yes I liked JFK too. But I've never believed JFK's death was a conspiracy. Just saw applegrove Aug 2016 #3

Stone called his JFK movie a fiction, and boy, is it ever! stopbush Aug 2016 #4

I used to believe all the conspiracy stuff until.. MicaelS Aug 2016 #5

"Nova" on PBS just had a show about the science, regarding the shooting of Kennedy. Archae Aug 2016 #7

Historical Consultants: John McAdams & Gerald Posner MinM Aug 2016 #9

I guess we need you to show us how it was done. former9thward Aug 2016 #28

Absolute bullshit. stopbush Aug 2016 #29

Bullshit back at you. former9thward Aug 2016 #30

Oswald scored 212 in 1956 - earned a Sharpshooter rating. stopbush Aug 2016 #31

That was after 3 weeks of intensive training. former9thward Aug 2016 #33

You can search the DU archives. I've provided chapter and verse stopbush Aug 2016 #34

Again no links former9thward Aug 2016 #38

Sorry, but I long ago grew tired of arguing with CTists who ignore science stopbush Aug 2016 #39

LOL former9thward Aug 2016 #41

Er, the link I provided IS the testimony from the WC. stopbush Aug 2016 #42

has the intertubes told you who did it then? snooper2 Aug 2016 #45

Salvador, Platoon, Born on the 4th of July, JFK... MinM Aug 2016 #6

"Spot-on" in fantasyland. Archae Aug 2016 #8

Yeah, like when Reagan said the Contras were the moral equivalent of our Founding Fathers. Octafish Aug 2016 #11

Oliver Stone is a liar, and an anti-Semite. Archae Aug 2016 #14

I can condemn his anti-semitic crap and still recognize his right to make art cali Aug 2016 #18

I don't think he's an anti-Semite as his father was Jewish. Octafish Aug 2016 #23

I saw Stone's "apology." Even Trump put more into his. Archae Aug 2016 #25

And in real life Jim Garrison, the DA hero of JFK, was a raging homophobe. thucythucy Aug 2016 #27

Yup. He thought Shaw was part of a "homosexual thrill kill club." Archae Aug 2016 #37

Periodically, everyone at the NSA stops working to trick enemies ;-) Jeffersons Ghost Aug 2016 #22

Except in Born on the 4th of July that whistler162 Aug 2016 #32

He's a talented film maker. I want to see it. I'm able to parse fact from fiction. cali Aug 2016 #10

Being a talented film maker doesn't say anything about the truth. Archae Aug 2016 #13

He's a movie director. He makes art. Artists interpret what they see. This is simple shit. cali Aug 2016 #15

Stone can use the 1rst as much as he wants. Archae Aug 2016 #20

I fully support your right to crap all over Stone. I don't find him an appealing figure cali Aug 2016 #21

LOL! Rex Aug 2016 #12

that really is the best response cali Aug 2016 #16

It is just a credible as the Rex Aug 2016 #40

This story deserves to be told. Orrex Aug 2016 #17

Never liked his movies joeybee12 Aug 2016 #19

Lazy-ass has-been who can't come up with anything original. randome Aug 2016 #24

Most of us here condemned Michael Bay and his movie "13 Hours." Archae Aug 2016 #26

The Parallax View: a JFK conspiracy film that gets it right MinM Aug 2016 #35

The sad part is this is only the first Hollywood biopic Blue_Tires Aug 2016 #36

You don't like Oliver Stone? oberliner Aug 2016 #43

I loved is early stuff up to Nixon on a purely movie making stand point Johonny Aug 2016 #44