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 Billy the Kid (1859)Billy the Kid, whose real name was Henry McCarty, was an infamous outlaw and murderer who roamed the American West from his teenage years until his death at the age of 21. The young fugitive successfully escaped from prison several times before being killed by his friend Pat Garrett, a local sheriff. Although rooted in history, the story of Billy the Kid has developed into a popular legend. Why is his gravesite enclosed by a steel cage? More...
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I like Larry McMurtry's book on Billy the Kid - Anything for Billy.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DIFiHqNkt0&feature=player_embedded
"Supposin' I was to go to work and learn how to... to read writin'. Well, how'd I know that the feller that... that wrote the writin' was a writin' the writin' right? See it could be that he wrote the writin' all wrong. Here I'd be just a readin' wrong writin', don't ya see? You probably been doin' it your whole life, just a readin' wrong writin' and not even knowin‘ it." Festus
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It's amazing that someone who died at the age of 21 was able to amass such dubious notoriety.
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If Billy were alive today he would be a Patriots fan, complete with an underdeveloped prefrontal lobe and a tendency to moan and groan in the Indianapolis area.
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Hupomone wrote:If Billy were alive today he would be a Patriots fan, complete with an underdeveloped prefrontal lobe and a tendency to moan and groan in the Indianapolis area. Yes, but would he go for it on 4th down? 
"Those who give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin
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He looks more like a Phillys fan.
Hey, he was born on Allen Street on the lower east side of Manhattan Island, New York. That explains everything... city slicker in the west with a gun!
"Supposin' I was to go to work and learn how to... to read writin'. Well, how'd I know that the feller that... that wrote the writin' was a writin' the writin' right? See it could be that he wrote the writin' all wrong. Here I'd be just a readin' wrong writin', don't ya see? You probably been doin' it your whole life, just a readin' wrong writin' and not even knowin‘ it." Festus
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I'm sure he would have stood tall in Philly, New York, Boston & Indy as long as he had a gun on his hip.
He would have went for it and the refs would have given him a first down whether he earned it or not.
" I am easily satisfied with the very best" Winston Churchill
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