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Pastimes : The Truth about Waco

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To: Les H who wrote (513)9/4/1999 5:11:00 PM
From: James F. Hopkins   of 1449
 
THanx Les; I can see RICKs is still trying to spin things,
it's not just the cover up it's all the spins they
put on it that continues to move it along and actually helps
bring it into and under scrutiny of the public eye.

It can take time but in time the public wises up to spins,
so spins add fuel to the publics desire to know just what
did happen.
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In one post I said I was once trying to mitigate this thing, and
offered Reno my help and some solid advice.
( Like I know if you stir a pot of S*it you make it Stink,
and if it's your S*it it's going to look even worse if your
the one stirring it, and that's what spins do )
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In one Letter to Reno ASAP after the fire, I cautioned.
Do not say the Dividians set the fire, under no circumstances
should you say this, you will be doing your self a favor if
you write it off as being an accident cause by the lamps and
such, mass suicide wont float, it will backfire on you


And I was right it will never float..they screwed up big time
and RICKs was the start of that screw up.


They should have known not to make any statements that they could
not prove beyond any shadow of a doubt, and the stupid tapes
they came up with after the fact were a joke, not even the jury
would lend them any credibility.
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Ricks screwed up big time when right after the Fire got started
he went in front of a camera and started over a loud speaker
"David don't do this," and looked at the camera and said in his
best form I can't believe they are burning themselves up, o my god
why are they burning themselves up , David don't do this "

(para phrased from my not perfect memory, I can look it
up exact but being I didn't I feel I need to be gentle at this point,
hmmm was it Rick, or Sessions who did that ? Damm there is so much
I've looked at I need to do a complete review. )

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Well any people who were keyed in on that shot could see it looked
more than a little staged, ( first off all the news cameras were kept off miles away , and this was an in house close up ) why ?
His lines seemed a little too premeditated, he whole thing of him chomping at the bit "they are burning themselves up" for the camera just as the fire got started good just had "Spin" written all over it.

I said to myself even if that isn't pure 100% spin, and if it's just damage control it's is about as smart as the wart on my arse.

I rushed the letter to RENO..hoping they would back off, I could
see the tack they were taking and knew that even in their own
best interest it was going to hurt them if they pushed the
mass suicide thing, ( even if it was true ) it would still be
the worst tack to take. I knew the Dividains couldn't do
this thing deliberately, but maybe he didn't.

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Of course since that time and with all the research I've done
I'm 200% positive the Davidians could not have set themselves on fire,
the religious beliefs they held were too strong and
in their minds suicides condemned they to a ever lasting
hell ( this obsession if you want to call it that,)
it was an unshakable part of their belief, they could not
ever deliberately kill themselves, it was out of the question,
as they saw suicide as a mortal sin that could not be forgiven.
an absolute fear of eternal hell lived in these people, it's
the one most basic glue they had in common, the two things
that were not forgivable and would most certainly send them to
hell, was
(1) Saying that evil came from God ,
(2) Suicide

as to them it's not only a mortal sin, but the death
rendered it happening to late to be forgiven.
In their mind a person had to ask for forgiveness, and
that this forgiveness had to be rendered before death.

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I'm not a Davidian but I understand their beliefs all to well,
as I use to share many of the same, and I can damm sure tell
you they still had those beliefs, and when you have it no
single event can shake it , heck it was as strong with them
as the Jehovah Witnesses were/are..

Did you know the J.W. lined up for Hitler's Killing squads, and
would be singing and rejoicing as they were shot down, well
it's a fact, they would march out to be shot with glee
and they were so set in their faith it caused many an SS & SD
man to feel very disturbed about killing them.
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The Davidains could not have taken their own lives, not with
the beliefs they held. It's to bad Reno didn't give my letters more
consideration.

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For the record the last Registered ones were mailed APR 5 1994
two on the same day , JR# 140-157-881
Clinton #140-157-882
Prior to that time I was very active and in ways I haven't yet
talked about, but I kept a very low profile and said nothing
in public as I was using a code name and trying hard to help
steer things in a way I thought would be best not only for
the victims, but for the Country, and the World.

I did not want to toss more oil on this fire, and can prove it
I acted with extreme restraint and in the best of faith.

The tactics I used with my code name are not bad, nor were they
to dodge anything; but I knew it got my untraceable letters read.
And I knew at some point in time I would let them
Who I was, but with the mystery of the coded letters, that
had some "loaded Questions" and questions to points they knew
only insiders knew about ,and with copies going to major news media
sources , also coded and anonymous, their phones had to be ringing.
And the thought "where is the leak" had to be on their mind.

With these last two letters I finally told them
who I was. Then my phone got tapped , and my ISP started
sending copies of all my e-mail in and out to someone.
I switched ISPs, and also got some privet mail boxes.

Anyway they know who I am, They don't see me as a
threat now , and that was never what I really wanted.
I just wanted them to read my letters.
My largest focus was on the fact this thing was giving
fuel to any tyrant in the world, right or wrong the
whole world was looking at us using those tanks on civilians
I could not see why they couldn't see the amount of fall out
and how this would be used and that the collateral damage
to the U.S. image was, we were taking a hit beyond any way
to measure..but it was bound to be such a Huge Hit that our
ability to set some example or talk human rights with out being
laughed at was going to suffer and these tanks were going
to undo Billions and Billions of dollars worth of propaganda
we had for so long piped into communist countries via voice of
America.

Were they really blind to all that, is only
an inarticulate high school drop out ( cursed with to much IQ
to match his skills in expression ) able to see this ?
Jim

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