-Caveat Lector- Weird Presidential Coincidentials? This offering is an idea that springs from a bull session among us computer programmers at the University of Texas Data Processing Department. Ann Landers had just reprinted, for the zillionth time, a list of chilling parallels between the assassinations of Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. We wondered aloud why no one talks about similarities between William McKinley and James Garfield. Well, the joke took on a life of its own. Before long, we thought of common themes in the lives of Zachary Taylor and William Henry Harrison. In fact, Thomas Jefferson and Richard Nixon seemed to have as much in common as Lincoln with Kennedy. Coincidence? You Decide. * William McKinley and James Garfield were both Republicans. * McKinley and Garfield were both born and raised in Ohio. * McKinley and Garfield were both Civil War veterans. * McKinley and Garfield both served in the House of Representatives. * McKinley and Garfield both supported the gold standard and tariffs for protection of American industry. * “McKinley” and “Garfield” both have eight letters. * McKinley and Garfield were both replaced by vice-presidents from New York City (Theodore Roosevelt and Chester Alan Arthur). * Both of their vice-presidents wore moustaches. * McKinley and Garfield were both shot in September, in the first year of their current terms. * “Chester Alan Arthur” and “Theodore Roosevelt” have seventeen letters each. * Both of their assassins, Charles Guiteau and Leon Czolgosz, had foreign-sounding names. * Garfield had a cat named McKinley; McKinley had a cat named Garfield. (Okay, okay, so I made this one up.) You get the idea. Finding spooky parallels is easy. I figure that with minimal effort, anyone should be able to think of five or six eerie similarities between any two presidents. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
