INKUIETANTI COINCIDENZE

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.
Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost a son while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both were shot behind the head.

Here is an interesting one…
Lincoln’s secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy’s secretary was named Lincoln.

Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners.

Both successors were named Johnson.
Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are made of fifteen letters.

Mr. Booth shot Lincoln in a Theatre called “Ford”.
Lee Harvey Oswald, shot Kennedy in a car called “Ford” Lincoln.

Booth ran from a theater and was caught in a warehouse.
Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

And last but not least,
A month before Lincoln was shot he was in Monroe, Maryland.
A month before Kennedy was shot he was with Marilyn Monroe.

Le vite dei due ex-presidenti degli Stati Uniti sembrano essere misteriosamente intrecciate: il profondo parallelismo fra questi due personaggi storici ha ispirato, nel tempo, numerosi libri ed ha alimentato l’alone di mistero che li circonda. Nonostante le numerose smentite che si sono subito formulate, per sminuire queste somiglianze come pure  occasionali coincidenze, la mole impressionante di corrispondenze risulta inquietante ed inattaccabile.

L'elenco è piuttosto lungo:

1. Lincoln fu eletto al Congresso degli Stati Uniti nel 1846; Kennedy nel 1946.
2. Lincoln fu eletto presidente nel 1860, Kennedy esattamente cento anni più tardi, nel 1960.
3. La moglie del presidente Lincoln perse un figlio duranta la presidenza del marito; stessa cosa accadde alla moglie di Kennedy.
4. Una settimana prima dell’attentato Abraham Lincoln era in vacanza a Monroe, una cittadina del Maryland. Una settimana prima del suo assassinio Kennedy, invece, era in compagnia di Marylin Monroe.
5. Lincoln fu assassinato di venerdì in presenza della moglie. Kennedy fu assassinato di venerdì durante un corteo con la moglie a fianco. In ambedue i casi furono usate armi da fuoco.
6. Lincoln fu ucciso con un colpo di pistola alla nuca, come accadde anche a J.F.K. 
7. Il vicepresidente di Abraham Lincoln si chiamava Johnson che nacque nel 1808. Anche il vicepresidente di Kennedy si chiamava Johnson ed era nato nel 1908, esattamente cento anni dopo.
8. Entrambi gli assassini dei due ex presidenti avevano due nomi: John Wilkes Booth assassinò Lincoln, mentre Lee Harvey Osvald uccise Kennedy; inoltre il primo nacque nel 1839, l’omicida di Kennedy nel 1939.
9. Alla morte di Lincoln successe il vicepresidente Andrew Johnson, mentre il posto di Kennedy venne preso dall’allora vicepresidente Lindon Johnoson.
10. La somma delle lettere del nome dell’assassino di Lincoln è uguale a 15. Stessa cifra per l’assassino di John Kennedy.
11. L'ora della morte di assassino e presidente assassinato coincidono: John Wilkes Booth e Lincoln spirarono alle sette e mezza. Lee Harvey Osvald e John Kennedy morirono entrambi alle tredici. 
12. J.F.K. durante il corteo a Dallas, era bordo di una Ford Lincoln.
13. Al momento dell’uccisione sia Lincoln che Kennedy avevano avuto 4 figli di cui solo 2 ancora vivi.
14. Al momento dell’attentato Lincoln era insieme alla moglie che fu la prima a soccorrerlo. Kennedy al momento dell’assassinio era insieme alla moglie Jacqueline che fu la prima persona a soccorrere il marito morente.

Inoltre si mormora che Lincoln appaia in sogno alla vigilia della morte di un altro presidente e pare che John Kennedy lo avesse sognato il giorno prima dell’attentato. 

Inquietante.

Gettysburg Address

FOUR SCORE AND SEVEN YEARS AGO OUR FATHERS BROUGHT FORTH ON THIS CONTINENT A NEW NATION CONCEIVED IN LIBERTY AND DEDICATED TO THE PROPOSITION THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL •

NOW WE ARE ENGAGED IN A GREAT CIVIL WAR TESTING WHETHER THAT NATION OR ANY NATION SO CONCEIVED AND SO DEDICATED CAN LONG ENDURE • WE ARE MET ON A GREAT BATTLEFIELD OF THAT WAR • WE HAVE COME TO DEDICATE A PORTION OF THAT FIELD AS A FINAL RESTING PLACE FOR THOSE WHO HERE GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT THAT NATION MIGHT LIVE • IT IS ALTOGETHER FITTING AND PROPER THAT WE SHOULD DO THIS • BUT IN A LARGER SENSE WE CAN NOT DEDICATE~WE CAN NOT CONSECRATE~WE CAN NOT HALLOW~THIS GROUND • THE BRAVE MEN LIVING AND DEAD WHO STRUGGLED HERE HAVE CONSECRATED IT FAR ABOVE OUR POOR POWER TO ADD OR DETRACT • THE WORLD WILL LITTLE NOTE NOR LONG REMEMBER WHAT WE SAY HERE BUT IT CAN NEVER FORGET WHAT THEY DID HERE • IT IS FOR US THE LIVING RATHER TO BE DEDICATED HERE TO THE UNFINISHED WORK WHICH THEY WHO FOUGHT HERE HAVE THUS FAR SO NOBLY ADVANCED • IT IS RATHER FOR US TO BE HERE DEDICATED TO THE GREAT TASK REMAINING BEFORE US~THAT FROM THESE HONORED DEAD WE TAKE INCREASED DEVOTION TO THAT CAUSE FOR WHICH THEY GAVE THE LAST FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION~THAT WE HERE HIGHLY RESOLVE THAT THESE DEAD SHALL NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN~THAT THIS NATION UNDER GOD SHALL HAVE A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM~AND THAT GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE SHALL NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH •

Part of the speech of U,S, President Abraham Lincoln

on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863

engraved on the Lincoln Memorial Monument

in Washington D.C.

In un momento di massimo pericolo per la Nazione, un

grande Uomo, un vero Presidente ha saputo riassumere in

un discorso di circa due minuti tutti i concetti di Uguaglianza,

Libertà e Democrazia su cui si basa la formazione e la 

conservazione dello Stato.

Noi, invece, in Italia, abbiamo gli uomini che ci 

meritiamo (li abbiamo votati, no?), che non meritano 

di vedere il proprio nome scritto e ricordato, neppure 

qui, in un semplice blog qualunque...

"Cappero Canadese" Vince Oscar

Come pre-annunciato il 25 gennaio scorso - quindi con un mese di anticipo  su pubblico e critica italiani -  'Argo' ha vinto l'Oscar per il miglior film.

"Lincoln" è molto arrabbiato.

Anche Ulisse ha reagito male: "Dopo l'Odissea che ho dovuto attraversare, hanno dato il premio al mio cane!".

Grazie al film "Lincoln"

Il Mississippi è 

l'ultimo stato a 

ratificare il 13° 

emendamento 

contro la schiavitù

(con un po' di ritardo!)

A middle-aged recent immigrant from India recently set into

 motion a series of events that eventually led to Mississippi 

finally ratifying the Constitutional amendment banning 

slavery. The rousing finale of the movie Lincoln served as 

inspiration. It sounds like a joke, but it's true. And even

 though it's been nearly 150 years since that fateful day in the

 Capitol in 1864, Mississippi's becoming the final state to 

officially ratify the Thirteenth Amendment serves as the final 

punctuation mark on a dark chapter in American history. 

The circumstances for Dr. Ranjan Batra almost inadvertently 

inserting himself into Mississippi state history are accidental

 at best. After seeing Lincoln in theaters last 

November, he went home and did a little bit of Internet

 research only to discover the Mississippi never got 

around to actually ratifying the amendement. The

 state did vote to ratify the amendment back in 1995, nearly 

20 years after Kentucky, the second-to-last state to ratify the 

amendment, held its vote. However, through an apparent 

clerical error, Mississippi never officially notified the

 United States Archivist of the ratification, meaning 

that they've officially been on the side of slavery for a 

century-and-a-half. 


(That sounds kind of sensational when

 you put it like that, but heck, you'd think the state would 

double check on an issue as big as this.) Batra and his friend 

Ken Sullivan reported the mistake up the chain of command,

 and this month, Mississippi finally sent in the paperwork to

 complete its belated ratification of the Thirteen Amendment.

When all was said and done, Mississippi state officials were 

pretty humble about their government's little blunder. Said 

Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, whose office filed the 

final papers this year, "It was long overdue."