Mellotronists

I don't normally share stuff I receive from time to time but this was just to 
good to ignore and pass on to our friends in the good old USofA. If you've 
seen it before I apologise, but it's new to me and thought provoking.....
Andy K

This is quite an interesting history lesson!

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>A HISTORY LESSON
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>Look what happens when a President gets elected in a year
>With a "0" at the end.
>Also notice it goes in increments of 20 years.
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>1840: William Henry Harrison (died in office)
>1860: Abraham Lincoln (assassinated)
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>1880: James A. Garfield (assassinated)
>1900: William McKinley (assassinated)
>1920: Warren G. Harding (died in office)
>1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (died in office)
>1960: John F. Kennedy (assassinated)
>1980: Ronald Reagan (survived assassination attempt)
>2000: George W. Bush ????????????
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>And to think that we had two guys fighting it out in the courts to be the
>one elected in 2000.
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>You might also be interested in this.
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>Have a history teacher explain this----- if they can.
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>Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
>John F. Kennedy ! was elected to Congress in 1946.
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>Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
>John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
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>Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
>Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.
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>Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
>Both Presidents were shot in the head.
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>Now it gets really weird.
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>Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
>Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.
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>Both were assassinated by Southerners.
>Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.
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>Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
>Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
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>John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
>Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.
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>Both assassins were known by their three names.
>Both names are composed of fifteen letters.
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>Now hang on to your seat.
>Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford'.
>Kennedy was shot in a car called 'Lincoln' made by 'Ford'.
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>Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
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>And here's the kicker . . . . .
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>A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.
>A week before Kennedy was shot, he was in Marilyn Monroe.
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>Creepy, huh? Send this to as many people as you can, cause:
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>Hey, this is one history lesson people don't mind reading!!!


I dont know how much of this is factually correct. Doubltless there are those 
here who will iron out any discrepancies..

In a message dated 10/10/03 7:11:18 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
kinchmusic@... writes:


> If you've seen it before I apologise, but it's new to me and thought 
> provoking.....
> 

Hi, Andy.

No apology necessary, and yes it is thought provoking.  I'm one of those who 
remember JFK's assassination very well.  Suggestion: read comedian Richard 
Belzer's book, JFK, UFO's and Elvis, very informative and, of course, very funny.

Frank Samagaio
San Diego CA

> From: kinchmusic@...
   > Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:02:42 EDT
   >
   > I don't normally share stuff I receive from time to time but this
   > was just to good to ignore and pass on to our friends in the good
   > old USofA. If you've seen it before I apologise, but it's new to
   > me and thought provoking.....

This has been around for a very long time.  

Snopes, the urban legends site, covers it here:
  http://www.snopes.com/history/american/linckenn.htm

   > >And here's the kicker . . . . .
   > >
   > >A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.
   > >A week before Kennedy was shot, he was in Marilyn Monroe.

According to Yahoo maps, there is no Monroe, Maryland.
And according to the Snopes site, Marilyn Monroe died over a
year before Kennedy was killed.

   > >Creepy, huh? Send this to as many people as you can, cause:

Any document that asks you to send it to as many people as you can is
surely suspect.

  -- Don

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Don Tillman
Palo Alto, California
don@...
http://www.till.com