Posted on 05/15/2013 8:12:39 AM PDT by bgill
Billie Sol Estes, a flamboyant Texas huckster who became one of the most notorious men in America in 1962 when he was accused of looting a federal crop subsidy program, has died. He was 88... One of the strangest episodes in his life involved the death of a U.S. Department of Agriculture official who was investigating Estes just before he was accused in the fertilizer tank case.
Henry Marshall's 1961 death was initially ruled a suicide even though he had five bullet wounds. But in 1984, Estes told a grand jury that Johnson had ordered the official killed to prevent him from exposing Estes' fraudulent business dealings and ties with the vice president.
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ROFL
It’s an old law, put into effect under the Dems. No drilling is allowed anywhere in the state. Who knows? If the Republicans can hold on to powere here, and we avoid any more costly recalls, perhaps the law can be changed. It’s just one of many crazy ideas that need to be addressed.
The screwy thing is is that a couple of years ago (under the Dems) they were pushing a string of wind turbines offshore down the Lake from the UP to Milwaukee. Frankly, I’d rather have a few “grasshopper” pumpers on shore — obscured by boulders, or bushes — than rows of huge wind turbines out in the Lake.
Thank God that better sense prevailed. No water based turbines yet.
The source of many Texas legends, real or imagined. RIP
Billie Sol was born in Abilene, TX and grew up in Clyde.
(I am 60 miles from Abilene)
He was a member of the Church of Christ, but swindled some of his own from what I have read about him. By and large the Church of Christ around here are straight arrows, he was not the normal member.
Anybody who was connected with Landslide Lyndon Johnson was most certainly a crook.
Billie Sol Estes, the ‘king of Texas wheeler-dealers,’ dies
http://http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/05/14/4849063/bille-sol-estes-the-king-of-texas.html
I join in prayer for his loved ones and family.
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