Who Killed JFK?

Just this past week I visited the JFK 6th floor museum in downtown Dallas. My dad was briefly in town, and we decided to visit the infamous spot of the JFK assassination. I’d always read about “The Grassy Knoll” and Dealey Plaza, but seeing it with my own eyes was more frightening than I’d expected.

Driving the historical route that JFK drove that dark November day was beyond eerie. Coming around the corner onto Elm St, I felt strange. I saw the huge grassy knoll that everyone talks about, and when I looked up I saw the window that Lee Harvey Oswald shot from.

Before I walked into the museum I saw countless visitors retracing JFK’s steps, with countless books on his death. After about an hour walking through the museum I left feeling confused. While books say that Lee Harvey Oswald killed JFK, I couldn’t help but think he didn’t do it alone. Yes, I’m not the first one to think this, but the museum had several different theories presented.

I find it strange that Jack Ruby killed Oswald, before he was ever put on trial. Coincidence? I think not. Also, multiple shots killed Kennedy- from multiple angles. Oswald may have killed JFK, but he most certainly didn’t act alone.

Overall, I think that this conspiracy will never be figured out, but I’m curious what your thoughts are on who killed JFK.

Rehab: The New Trend

If you’re anything like me, you’re obsessed with Hollywood gossip. I watch Entertainment Tonight almost every day, buy the latest tabloids, and even have a favorite gossip website I go to multiple times a day (http://www.thesuperficial.com). I love reading everything from the newest trend in shoes, to whose breaking up and hooking up.

However, it seems that for the past year, everything I read has some tidbit or article about another celebrity entering rehab. It all started with Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, Mary-Kate Olsen etc. And now in the past week Amy Winehouse, Eva Mendes and thankfully Britney Spears.

In my opinion celebrities are supposed to be role models, but clearly they don’t get this. I’m not saying that entering rehab is entirely their faults. Take Britney for example. While I believe that she has made some poor decisions, I don’t really blame the girl for going insane. She has photographers and reporters following her 24/7, with little room to breathe. This is a girl who has grown up in the spotlight, and has had her entire life under scrutiny. Where I do think she is at fault is by not taking care of herself. For a while I was upset at how the media was treating her, but now I’m just waiting for her to realize what a mess she is. Hopefully, being taken to the hospital last week via a motorcade wakes her up.

I also feel that rehab isn’t as big a deal as it used to be. Countless celebs enter it for a month or so to “collect their thoughts, and find peace”. Then they come out as if nothing was ever wrong with them. I think that rehab needs to be taken seriously. Younger people are probably watching their favorite celebs and thinking, “oh well, I can experiment with drugs, and if I get addicted there’s always rehab!” Also, there is now a show called "Celebrity Rehab". The media is not only partly at fault for making celebrities enter rehab, but they are not making money off of it.

Celebrities need to be cautious of their actions, and realize that everything they do is going to get to the public. I can’t help but think they’re abusing their fame. They are given so much, and do such great things, why should they turn to drugs/alcohol?