A Powerless President Taking back what he Won.

What is government? In the dictionary it says this: 
a : the organization, machinery, or agency through which a political unit exercises authority and performs functions and which is usually classified according to the distribution of power within it
b : the complex of political institutions, laws, and customs through which the function of governing is carried out

Honestly why would a President do things he originally opposed of doing in the first place? What makes him do such a thing? What makes a President break the promises he made to his people? Maybe we shouldn't be asking what, maybe we should be asking who? 

There have been many discussions about other powerful organizations being held responsible for what and why a the President of the States does. Some say that the presidential candidates are selected and groomed by non-government organizations. I agree on this. An example of this would be: Richard Nixon; He on the fall of 1969, said he didn't want the war. He wanted peace and unity. Well if he wanted that, why didn't he put his plans and thoughts in action instantly? The Vietnamese didn't want the war. Well if both opponents opposed this, then why did it go on for so long? The organizations wanted it to continue, so America could gain profits and glory, some say. Well if the most powerful man in United States and the one of the most powerful on Earth, the President of the U.S.A. can't do what he wants then what's the point of being president? What good or fame do you get if you are powerless? If you are a puppet to others?

JFK was a man who fought for what he believed in and what he wanted to achieve as president. He did things that made people raise their eyebrows. Even at the beginning he says he wants peace and good relations with others. So just because he is set out to achieve that, he gets killed? He contradicted many things those organizations and people he worked with said. He wasn't going to be another same old president. He was going for change, for a better, new, different America. Because of this he is hated and threatened. 

JFK's decision to back off from Cuba and the lie from the C.I.A. caused a major commotion. He (JFK) was infuriated with the lie. This made the C.I.A.'s attempts for the Bay of Pigs Invasion unsuccessful. Thus leading to a tarnished reputation of the C.I.A. and the Kennedy Administration. John F. Kennedy's decision to back of from all wars, such as th Cold War and Vietnamese war was driving the government and other organizations nuts. They were very unimpressed with Kennedy. If Kennedy went through with this then we as a strong, powerful country would lose our reputation and glory. We would have had many losses and no profit gains. These were probably some thoughts what enemies and organizations that controlled and hated the president thought. Kennedy wanted out on all this conflict. Was that such a bad thing? I don't think so. 

One thing that was very controversial in U.S.A. then was Kennedy giving more rights to African-Americans. This made racists and Kennedy enemies to brew up more frustration, anger, and hate against the president. If these rights to African-Americans weren't given by JFK, Abraham Lincoln, and many other presidents, America would have been a completely different world. Those people who are racist, honestly think, would a place be better if we had the same kind of people in one place? No variety. No opportunity. We might not have what we have if there wasn't any variety in culture and contributions.

Kennedy wasn't supposed to be making friends with the enemy. The Soviets. JFK's superiors (organizations and others) deeply hated the thought of such a thing. To be Communist. To make truce. The certain glimmer of those thoughts was repulsive and certainly not acceptable. But again Kennedy does it. He befriends and makes peace with the Soviets. He was turning his back towards friends and going to the enemy. Citizens, government, and organizations are aghast by this. This had never happened before. Even if it had in American history not to such a great degree of extent. Forgetting what your enemies have done and just shaking hands? Impossible. This is what would be running in my mind if I lived in U.S.A. then. JFK did this again because he wanted peace. Everything he did went back to what he originally was trying to achieve. His main goal: A peaceful, new, changed, different United States. 

This is what made Kennedy unique. He wasn't going to be that puppet president, that many had been throughout the years. He was going to take a stand and actually do what he came to do. This is why Kennedy was legendary, infamous, known, and assassinated. If others had agreed with what Kennedy thought, he might have still been alive today. 

What makes JFK so famous?

The Kennedy years have been a very historical and influential era of American history. Kennedy was a new kind of president for America. First of all he was Roman Catholic, the first of many presidents. His decisions as President of the United States raised many eyebrows. During his time as president it is seen as JFK playing the 'good cop, bad cop' role. This added to his character and infamous style.  His speeches, the way he spoke, his charm, youth (being the youngest President of the United States and he still is), and so much more made him unique and ideal. His life in the media was very interesting too. His choice of women was impeccable: Jacqueline Kennedy (wife), Marilyn Monroe (affair), and Judith Campbell Exner (mistress). His wife was one of the most beautiful women in the world. She was graceful, smart, and had an amazing sense of style and decor. The feelings of doubt, interest, and joy towards Kennedy add to his famous persona. His religion caused an uproar and support towards him and his campaign. United States was mostly Protestant and the chances of having a Catholic president were very low. But Kennedy proved everybody wrong. That characteristic of Kennedy, sometimes doing the impossible made him even more special. A big decision that made him unique, gain friends, votes, and enemies was he was going against the military-industrial complex. No president had done that before. Kennedy's vision, power, courage, and strength make him infamous and controversial. 

Happy Birthday Mr. President

Wow! If I was Jackie I would have been so jelly.

Happy Birthday Mr. President

The Conversation between LBJ and Jackie

This is sweet and strange in a way.
This phone call is just a few days before Jackie was leaving the White House.
Have a look:
The phone call between LBJ and Jackie

Transcript of President John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address (1961)

One of the most famous and best political speeches of all time. By John F. Kennedy.

"Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, President Truman, Reverend Clergy, fellow citizens:

We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom--symbolizing an end as well as a beginning--signifying renewal as well as change. For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forbears prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago.

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe--the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.

We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans--born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage--and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

This much we pledge--and more.

To those old allies whose cultural and spiritual origins we share, we pledge the loyalty of faithful friends. United there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided there is little we can do--for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder.

To those new states whom we welcome to the ranks of the free, we pledge our word that one form of colonial control shall not have passed away merely to be replaced by a far more iron tyranny. We shall not always expect to find them supporting our view. But we shall always hope to find them strongly supporting their own freedom--and to remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.

To those people in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required--not because the communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

To our sister republics south of our border, we offer a special pledge--to convert our good words into good deeds--in a new alliance for progress--to assist free men and free governments in casting off the chains of poverty. But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers. Let all our neighbors know that we shall join with them to oppose aggression or subversion anywhere in the Americas. And let every other power know that this Hemisphere intends to remain the master of its own house.

To that world assembly of sovereign states, the United Nations, our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of peace, we renew our pledge of support--to prevent it from becoming merely a forum for invective--to strengthen its shield of the new and the weak--and to enlarge the area in which its writ may run.

Finally, to those nations who would make themselves our adversary, we offer not a pledge but a request: that both sides begin anew the quest for peace, before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction.

We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.

But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from our present course--both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons, both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind's final war.

So let us begin anew--remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof. Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us.

Let both sides, for the first time, formulate serious and precise proposals for the inspection and control of arms--and bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of all nations.

Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths and encourage the arts and commerce.

Let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah--to "undo the heavy burdens . . . (and) let the oppressed go free."

And if a beachhead of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspicion, let both sides join in creating a new endeavor, not a new balance of power, but a new world of law, where the strong are just and the weak secure and the peace preserved.

All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.

In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course. Since this country was founded, each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty. The graves of young Americans who answered the call to service surround the globe.

Now the trumpet summons us again--not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need--not as a call to battle, though embattled we are-- but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation"--a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease and war itself.

Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance, North and South, East and West, that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind? Will you join in that historic effort?

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility--I welcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it--and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.

And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country.

My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.

Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world, ask of us here the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own."

Transcription courtesy of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

This man, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, has absolutely fascinated me with his life.  His life is extremely unique. I am one of those people who support John F. Kennedy and his legacy. Otherwise this blog wouldn't be here. I am very young and this former President of the United States of America has really affected me. I have never met or seen JFK in person but I have read quite about him. As you can see JFK was a very influential man. When he won the elections for presidency on January 20th, 1961 you could see the world go wild. He made friends instantly and at the same time made enemies instantly. Several events have made the man Kennedy was. The Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Cuban Missile crisis, the construction of the Berlin Wall, the Space Race, the African American Civil Rights Movement, and the early stages of the Vietnam war are the main highlights of Kennedy's presidency. He was a man of peace and power thus leading to controversy. It is said in the documentary Virtual JFK: Vietnam if Kennedy had lived, 6 times the topic of war against Vietnam was raised and each of the times he successfully got out of going through with it. What a man of skill do achieve such great things. JFK wanted change, a new way of thinking from the government, peace, no involvements in war, and to be on good terms and forgive enemies. Because of those and many more reasons John F. Kennedy was assassinated. I really don't know what wrong during that period of time. Why did it have to happen? Why was that Lee Harvey Oswald, other people, and other organizations involved in the murder? He is referred to sometimes by people who dislike Kennedy as a communist. He was heading towards revolution. If you look at what he was trying to achieve wasn't bad at all. He was a good man. Many presidents before JFK have wanted and achieved change. Through the efforts, their lives in danger but never such a brutal and gruesome assassination as Kennedy's. Why did Kennedy die, because of his efforts of change, and the president's before him, who also did the same, did not? Why just Kennedy? Why so brutally too? There have been many theories of his death. One of which is the conspiracy theory, which I believe in. Anyway I am not here to go on and on about the death of John F. Kennedy. I am here to talk about him, his life, his social circle, and just a bit of his assassination. John F. Kennedy is a monumental man and president. I just want to talk, hear, and share views about him.

Thanks,
The Known Secret.