President Kennedy and Medicare

The military industrial complex of which President Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke is one and the same threat noted by President Kennedy in his speech regarding secret societies. It is the private control of government by covert means, by secret influence and unaccountable hands. […]

“The very word ‘secrecy’ is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it. Even today, there is little value in opposing the threat of a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions. Even today, there is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment… […]

He had his head blown off, his skull exploding into a pink mist…. it replays in my mind constantly, so many years later.  I saw that the authorities not only allowed it to happen but facilitated it. I saw that "Bonesmen" had done obscene and unspeakable things to his body. I saw his killers gloat openly on national television that no one would ever find out what happen, but so many of us knew. […]