Selling My Books on the Streets of Brooklyn 11/12 - Conspiracy

I watched Antiques Roadshow last night and a gentleman brought in this painting of General Eisenhower. Guess who the artist was. Answer at the end of the blog.

I just heard on Rita Cosby's radio show on WOR-AM in NYC that the death toll in the Philippines has been revised down to 2500. It seems every time there is a disaster the media uses 10,000. Why not say "thousands feared dead"?
Also on Cosby's show: political hack Ron Stone claims there is new evidence implicating LBJ in JFK's assassination. I'm no fan of Lyndon Johnson, but I don't believe it.

I used to kid a broker at work who always tried to get my goat that he, as the indians used to say about white men in westerns: "Speaks with fork tongue." This is what went through my mind today when I heard that Bill Clinton has urged the President to delay ObamaCare and reverse the lies he told the American people. His real motivation is to distance Hillary from the legislation. If it remains a debacle, she will seem clean. If it goes on to become a wash or a better deal for many, the majority will love Democrats again and disregard or forget what he said.

The nasty weather put the kibosh on the floating book shop today. Fortunately, I've had an idea for a short story floating in my head for several weeks. Lately, I've heard conspiracy theories on Benghazi, 9/11, the death of two authors and now on LBJ. I did a portrait of a man who has bought into it all. I've already finished the first draft, which is less than four hand-written pages. It was so easy I'm skeptical about its worth, but it's best to get it out of the way and out of the head. At least I'll have something to fill the hours tomorrow if I punk out and don't open the shop.

The artist is: Ike himself. Like Churchill, the President dabbled. The highest auction value one of his paintings have fetched is $7500. I'm surprised it is not a lot more.
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Vic's Short Story Collection (Print or Kindle): http://www.tiny.cc/Oycgb
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Vic's Screenplay on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/cyckn3
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