Howie Carr list ping
Trivia: When Shaquille O’Neill came to Boston to play for the Celtics, he dubbed himself with the nickname “Blackie Bulger”. After some people including perhaps relatives of the victims said it was not such a good idea, he backtracked.
Lehr and O’Neill wrote Black Mass which was recently re-issued with a slightly changed subtitle to highlight Whitey. Howie has written Brothers Bulger, Hitman, and Hard Knocks (the latter a fiction novel though characters clearly inspired by many in the Boston mob scene). Howie’s new book is called Rifleman, probably centering on Steve Flemmi—it will be out in a few months. Howie said on air he is putting it out now (lots of pictures too) with a publisher who can get it out quickly rather than going to another where it would come out long after the Whitey trial.
“Blackie Bulger”. I thought that said Blackie Burger.
One time in Chicago, I got a burger at a restaurant called BostonBlackies and it was nicknamed the Blackie Burger.
http://www.bostonblackies.com/
Wait, what?
(quick trip to google)
Ah ok, Gerard O'Neill. I was starting to think "Black Mass" was another one of Shaquille's back-up nicknames.
Especially consider the great Irish/Italian Family Feud, which apparently continues unabated despite 5 generations of intense intermarriage. Whitey? His annointed role, to work with the (then)Irish Catholic FBI to rub out the Italian Mob, of course. In this three-way ass-kicking contest, no one seemed to notice the Cali Cartel!
Both sides in the all-Catholic feud have managed to overlook the fact that a coalition of African/Americans, wealthy Liberals, many Jewish, and huge numbers of legal and illegal Hispanics have left them in the dust, and as the easy election of Princess Fauxcahontas might illustrate, are the people who actually run the state, with the cheap Catholic crooks cut out of the real action, probably still running numbers!
The Bulgers, like any smart family in civil disputes, had a man in each camp. Now, about Mennino.....