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2006-11-06 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Korora 2006-11-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This bastard was originally no-billed in the Dahmer case and spent the next 32 years enjoying life and building a prosperous business. This was known as "Sambo Amusements" (I shite you not). It provided pinball machines and the like to low-class saloons, reputable watering holes wouldn't do business with him.
I saw video of Sam enjoying himself in one of these establishments, a beer in one hand and a sleazy looking honky-tonk girl on each arm. Among Klansmen, he was something of a legend. One current Klan leader called him "the greatest Klan leader of all time" for his uncompromising devotion to "bullets, bombs and blood" as instruments of persuasion.
Roast in peace, Sam.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2006-11-06 00:50|| 2006-11-06 00:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Is this the A-hole they made that movie about? You know, the one that had Whoppie Goldberg in it?

Posted by Secret Master 2006-11-06 02:02|| 2006-11-06 02:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Good riddance to bad trash.

Too bad it took the sob so long to kick off. I can at least hope his lst few years were filled with pain.

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2006-11-06 02:52|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2006-11-06 02:52|| Front Page Top

#4 Secret Master,
That was Byron de la Beckwith, a different scumbag. He died in prison a few years ago. His story was similar to Bowers' in many ways. He was tried for the assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers back in the 60s and acquitted despite overwhelming evidence. A crusading prosecutor re-opened the case many years later and got a new trial. "Delay" was convicted and put away for good. He wasn't as active in the Klan as Bowers but he did become a kind of folk hero to Klansmen and even boasted of his guilt at a public meeting.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2006-11-06 03:33|| 2006-11-06 03:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Secret Master: Would that be as 'Death', in the movie "Monkeybone", or "Ghost"?

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-11-06 08:38|| 2006-11-06 08:38|| Front Page Top

#6 I wonder if Bobby Byrd will attend the funeral...

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2006-11-06 12:02|| 2006-11-06 12:02|| Front Page Top

#7 Too bad it took the sob so long to kick off. I can at least hope his lst few years were filled with pain.

Don't worry. I'm sure his next billion years or so won't be very pleasant either.

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer, and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 1 Jn. 3:15

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-11-06 12:59|| 2006-11-06 12:59|| Front Page Top

#8 Personally, Anon, I think her finest roll was in Jumping Jack Flash. Drove me to tears, it did.

Posted by Secret Master 2006-11-06 21:21|| 2006-11-06 21:21|| Front Page Top

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