Posted on 04/20/2007 7:53:22 PM PDT by 11th_VA
Did y’all see THIS....she is one FEISTY LADY.....
“Briefs from Eubank, Lexington, Somerset, Russell Springs, Burnbaugh
Jump to full article: Akron (OH) Beacon Journal, 1999-04-08
Intro:
Former Miss America Venus Ramey is taking on the U.S. government over its tobacco policy.
Acting as her own lawyer and seeking $300 billion in damages, Ramey filed a federal lawsuit last Friday against the U.S. Justice Department.
Ramey, who was Miss America 1944, is now 74 and living on a farm north of Eubank. She wants to save the tobacco industry from possible extinction and get farmers back on their feet. . . Ramey, who represented the District of Columbia in the Miss America pageant, said her family has grown tobacco for 350 years and she has been a tobacco farmer for 50 years. . . The lawsuit accuses the government and President Clinton of trying ``to destroy a successful, lucrative American industry.’’
She also called Vanessa Williams a “slut”, and was none too happy at all about Miss America ‘98 Kate Shindle’s support of condom distribution in schools...sounds like she’s one of us!;)
“I’m trying to live a quiet, peaceful life and stay out of trouble, and all it is, is one thing after another.”
Gotta love that.
Granny Clampett ain’t got NUTHIN’ on this ol’ gal!
She had to balance on her walker as she pulled out a snub-nosed .38-caliber handgun.
***That’s the way, Ma’am.
“I said, ‘Oh, no you won’t,’ and I shot their tires so they couldn’t leave,” Ramey said.
After winning the pageant with her singing, dancing and comedic talents...
“I’m trying to live a quiet, peaceful life and stay out of trouble, and all it is, is one thing after another,” she said.
Sounds like she hasn’t lost any of her comedic talent!
Ahh, if only I was forty years older...
Gotta Love her Spunk!
I don’t think she’s a granny, one had to have children and then grandchildren to be a granny, but she is one neat sounding lady!
A roll model for me when I get that age!
Her image was on a B17G it’s tail # was 43-38492. If any one can find a pic we’d all love to see it.
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=8492%20(-VE)&distinct_entry=true
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