Concordia University Books

David Zersen has compiled a great and wonderful collection of people who were given a foundation at the wonderful jewel campus also known as Concordia. From Concordia prep school to Concordia College and into the future of Concordia University this is a must read if you want to know about the values of a wonderful institution. This is also a wonderful example of oridinary students becoming extraordinary leaders. Thank you David Zersen this might be your greatest legacy as President.

This is part iv of the "Concordia" written by Luis de Molina and translated by Alfred J. Freddoso (Notre Dame). This is the primary text for the philosophy known as Molinism. In this text, not only does Freddoso write a wonderful introduction which explains the background and history in which Molina wrote the "Concordia," but it also helps the reader to understand Molina's position on Divine foreknowledge and future contingents. In addition to this excellent intro, Fredosso provides his reader with notes (a type of commentary) throughout the actual text of the "Concordia." If you are wanting to gain a better understanding of Molinism as it relates to Divine foreknowledge and future contingents, then this is the best primary text available.

Wukasch's A Rock Against Alien Waves is the only comprehensive current European history of the Sorbs/Wends in English. Other works are out of print. It's interesting to scholars and students of American diversity because the Sorbs/Wends comprise the smallest Slavonic nation in Europe, yet provided a significant immigration of slightly under 600 to Texas in 1854, the impact of which continues. This work reviews the historical and cultural significance of the Sorbs/Wends from 631 CE to the present.

I ordered this over two months ago - - - haven't even received it yet! Can't review!!!

A whole bunch of conspiracy theorists ("CTers"), including "High Treason 2" author Harrison E. Livingstone, believe that President John Kennedy was killed as a result of a multiple-shooter ambush on November 22nd, 1963, in Dallas, Texas.

The main problem that these conspiracy theorists need to overcome, of course, is the fact that absolutely NONE of the physical evidence supports the idea that JFK was hit by bullets from more than just a single rifle in Dealey Plaza.

But the fact that there are no guns, or bullets, or bullet shells other than Lee Harvey Oswald's doesn't seem to dissuade the hardline conspiracy promoters one bit. They're going to believe in that multi-shooter conspiracy despite all the evidence that says they are 100% wrong.

"It must have all been 'planted' to frame only Oswald" is the proverbial response by CTers when confronted with the total lack of physical evidence to support the idea of multiple assassins. A nice and convenient "blanket" cover-up that neatly explains everything for the theorists.

I just wonder, though, in what court of law such logic could be taken (and believed by a jury)? CT logic that is essentially saying: "Since All Of The Evidence Says Oswald Did It; It MUST Mean Just The Opposite; And Oswald, Therefore, Is Innocent". That's turning logic and common sense totally upside-down.

Many conspiracists think Oswald was "set up" as a dupe or a "Patsy" by evil forces prior to the assassination. But this "Patsy" business is always spoken of by the "Let's Free Oswald" CT Brigade in very vague terms, with little to no thought given to the actual "mechanics" of just exactly HOW Oswald was set up to take the fall in the JFK murder (and in the killing of policeman J.D. Tippit as well, per many theorists, which only elevates the "Patsy" plot to insanely-difficult-to-pull-off levels of complexity, in that the plotters would need to frame him for not just one murder on 11/22/63 -- but TWO).

But ask a CTer to actually look at the ridiculously-reckless "Patsy Frame-Up" plot from a Pre-November 22nd point-of-view, and you're likely to get the brush-off. No conspiracy buff wants to talk about that aspect of the Patsy plan (because the plot sounds so hopelessly-harebrained and implausible from that POV).

If a theorist were to actually perform that little bit of time travel in their pro-CT heads, they would have no choice but to realize that such a loony "Patsy Plot" was, is, and always shall be a totally-unworkable and untenable assassination plan.

And, even if (somehow) such a stupid Multi-Shooter, One-Patsy plot was to miraculously succeed, it still would not make that silly scheme any MORE secure and non-reckless from a pre-11/22 standpoint. (If it succeeded, it would only mean that the Lord Jesus Christ intervened for some reason and helped out these inane people who wanted to frame just one guy but used a plethora of guns all over Dealey Plaza to kill the one almost-stationary target.)

Conspiracy theorists refuse to discuss any of the pre-planning aspects from the "Why on Earth would they have planned it THIS silly way?" POV. Because to do that would mean for CTers to readily admit what has been obvious to me for many years -- i.e.:

You don't try to frame a lone Patsy by shooting up the joint with 2 to 5 gunmen! And, moreover, you don't attempt to frame a guy with his own gun and then NOT USE SAID GUN AT ALL IN THE MURDER ATTEMPT! That's yet another layer of stupidity exhibited by these so-called plotters (a layer of the PRE-PLANNED PATSY PLOT that is widely believed to be "fact" by many a-CTer; when, in reality, it's just plain dumb).

And, furthermore, you don't NEED to frame a lone gunman by using multiple shooters. A "professional hit man" is just that -- a PRO -- he doesn't need back-ups all over the friggin' place. It's just flat-out stupid. And, in the type of "Frame The One Patsy" plot believed in by most CTers, it's not just stupid....it's a suicidal plot....which is bound to collapse the moment JFK is wheeled into Parkland Hospital...or possibly even sooner.

CTers, in short, don't seem to want to realize that if a multi-gun patsy plot did occur on November 22nd, then some group of conspirators (who are never named by conspiracy buffs of course...their identities are as murky as "Badge Man") had to have sat themselves down prior to 11/22 and mapped out the best way to frame Lee Oswald. And, incredibly, CTers think that these pre-planners came up with this brainstorm of a plan.......

"Hey, guys....why don't we put three or maybe even FOUR riflemen in Dealey Plaza, in the front and the rear of JFK's vehicle, and then start popping away at the exact same time at the one target.....all the while we'll just let our one Patsy run around loose on the first or second floor of the Depository Building (even though he's supposed to be upstairs with a gun).....or, maybe, we'll even let him GO OUTSIDE THE BUILDING WHERE HE'S SURE TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED BY CAMERAMEN! Yeah....that's what we'll do on 11/22. Anybody object to this plan??"

And, per CTers, evidently there wasn't a single person in this "Mystery Group Of 11/22 Pre-Planners" who thought that that Patsy frame-up idea was not an excellent one.


Three simple questions for Conspiracy Believers:

1.) Where does ALL of the physical evidence lead in the JFK and Tippit murder cases?

2.) Is it even remotely possible (or doable) -- in the "real" world where girls named Jeannie don't simply fold their arms and blink to accomplish the impossible tasks that CTers want to have accomplished -- that EVERY single piece of physical evidence in both the JFK and J.D. Tippit murder investigations could have been "Faked" so that all of it became neatly (and immediately) stacked up into a perfect "It Was Oswald" pile?

3.) Who amongst the current "CTer population" of millions and millions of people worldwide would have actually "set up" Lee Harvey Oswald as the patsy by utilizing a MULTI-GUN frame-up plot on 11/22/63?

The only conceivable answers to the above inquiries are, of course:

1.) To Lee Harvey Oswald.
2.) No, it is not.
3.) Nobody.

I'd thoroughly enjoy seeing just one conspiracist answer the above three questions in a pro-CT fashion, and do so in a BELIEVABLE manner, while using common sense and reasoned thinking along the way. However, I fear that being able to do that would be even more problematic than the task that was facing the after-the-shooting "Fake Everything In Sight" conspiracy crew on November 22nd.


More on the "Absurdities Of The Patsy Plot"........

www.jfklancerforum.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=3&topic_id=30215

While I thought this book was worthwhile in many respects, ULTIMATE SACRIFICE is simply the best book ever on the JFK assassination.Still, worth your time.

Vince Palamara-JFK/ Secret Service expert (History Channel, author of two books, in over 30 other author's books, etc.)
Pittsburgh, PA

BEST JFK ASSASSINATION BOOK: ULTIMATE SACRIFICE
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Harrison Livingstone is one of the assassination investigators who only write books to stabilize his cash flow. His new work High Treason 2, does not stay on the track and is a dead end. I will not recommend this book to anyone...Instead buy HIS FORMER co-author Robert Groden's book THE KILLING OF A PRESIDENT. ...

I felt that the first "High Treason" book, which Livingstone co-authored with Robert Groden, was moderately interesting. At least, the tone and writing kind of held together, even if all the arguments didn't. This second installment shows just how much Livingstone needed Groden's skills. The tone here is at times shrill, at other times non-chalant. The arguments do not flow; they announce themselves and then go away. I don't know how much Groden was involved in the editing of the first book, but this book is screaming for an editor, a proofreader, and someone to check some of Livingstone's "facts".

High Treason 2 basically covers the same ground as other conspiracy books, including High Treason One. There is absolutely nothing new here. Let me repeat that: THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING NEW HERE. The only surprises you might find are some vague comments (what the Warren Report would call "Rumors and Innuendoes") that seem to suggest things, and then are quickly dropped once the feeble evidence crumbles. There was a conspiracy to kill JFK. This book will not help anyone solve it.