Who was LBJ Crony Billie Sol Estes?
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- čas přidán 17. 04. 2023
- In the world of politics, alliances can be crucial to success. And in the 1960s, few alliances were as powerful as that between President Lyndon B. Johnson and his crony, Billie Sol Estes. But who was Billie Sol Estes, and what did he do that made him such a key figure in Johnson's inner circle? Estes was a self-made millionaire who rose to prominence in the 1950s and 60s. He made his fortune in the cotton industry, but his success was marred by a series of scandals that would eventually bring him down. Estes was accused of numerous crimes, including fraud, bribery, and even murder.
Despite his checkered past, Estes remained close to President Johnson throughout his time in office. The two men had a long-standing relationship that went back to Johnson's days in the Senate. Johnson was known for his ability to cultivate relationships with powerful businessmen and politicians, and Estes was no exception.
Estes was a master of the political game, using his wealth and influence to curry favor with those in power. He was instrumental in helping Johnson win the presidency in 1960, and he continued to play a key role in Johnson's administration throughout the 1960s.
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In 1964, my dad voted for Billie Sol Estes as a write-in candidate, rather than vote for Lyndon Johnson. He figured, what the Hell, why not elect a real criminal. My dad was from Texas and knew all about Johnson. My parents told me about the 1948 election treachery in 1962. In the summer of 1965, my mom and I had dinner at the Petroleum Club in Houston, Texas. We were guests of oil man John Orgain. John married an old friend of my parents, Marvel Weeks. In the decades since then, I have often wondered how many of the men mentioned in this episode, and others about LBJ, were sitting in the room that night.
Your dad was smart.
@@alwayslernin4400 Thank you. Dad was smart about some things. I miss him.
@@lemorab1 like him, I'd rather see the real mob running things than the thugs in office. At least you know what you got. It's sickening as taxpayers how much we have to pay for their after presidency life at least when it comes to one's like LBJ.
I binged the JFK/LBJ episodes the first weekend I found you and haven’t missed an episode since. Love the chemistry and interplay between Eric and Mark. And Mark’s storytelling is unparalleled. Thank you!!! I subscribed.
Welcome aboard!
@@AmericasUntoldStories awwww thank you! I am honored!
Check out the lindig, family ranch and my uncle Otto Lindig. Next-door neighbors. Uncle Otto was like a mentor to LBJ. There is documents online, telling his story, LBJ library.
He played Russo !
I grew up in Abilene, TX (15 miles from Clyde). The Estes family was very prominent in the area.. doctors, dentists, etc.I went to college with BSE Jr. Very nice boy. He must have had the same rare disease. Good show… didn’t know a lot of the info.
As a boy in El paso in the early 1960's, I saw the story of empty fertilizer tanks on the local nightly news for at least two years, but none of these details were ever mentioned. Now I realize what was really going on. Incredible!
Mr. Bolden deserves attention and recognition for his bravery, service and sacrifice.
FFA , 4H, and church camp, he was an all american boy loved by the community, said my college mate who was from Clyde and Baird. His daughter stressed the same point in her book. This experience started me thinking about the non reality of news. He was portrayed as a villain in our local West Texas stations from Abilene, on to Lubbock, and to Midland/ Odessa, yet I could see genuine respect for Billie Sol in the young coeds face as she told me about his family. It never rested in my spirit-thanks. To close you guys are great at connecting the dots: you could not have made this stuff up. Enjoyed and informed.
This guy was an icon. The fact they wouldn’t grant him immunity to testify is more proof of a conspiracy.
Loads of respect for Abraham bolden he knew from day one as he said and then they framed him ❤
Great statement I don't know what the hell went on I was 7 years old when this happened but know alot more now because I been doing my on little look at the evidence SOMETHING UP FOR SURE IT'S CRAZY isn't it?😊
I met Billie Sol Estes 30 years ago at a gun show in Dallas. He had a table at the show selling odd collectables. Poor guy.
I hope Sol is persecuting LBJ's soul in the other realm for eternity.
One of the best episodes of the show. This is the third time I've watched it, and I'm still finding new pieces of information. Absolutely fascinating. Bravo.
I knew you'd get to Billy Sol sooner or later!!! I'm anticipating another great piece of work.
A great broadcast. I sure wasn't disappointed!!!!!
I was 10 years old living with my parents in Wichita Falls, TX in 1963. I heard the name "Billie Sol Estes" more times than LBJ and JFK combined. I've come here today to learn what the hell the guy did.
Mark this is a fascinating story I could listen to you and Eric for hours Keep it up.
I've been watching and subscribed to this channel since January. Love the content, especially the JFK/LBJ untold stories. Mark, you really outdid yourself today.....BEST EPISODE SO FAR!!!
Welcome aboard!😊
I love the JFK/LBJ stuff too, just starting the episode now and am even more excited after reading this comment 🎉
@@AmericasUntoldStories super work guys! IMAGINE, if LBJ pilots had not crashed before he went to Pecos, TX to meet Estes..LBJ would have died in Pecos, and saved this country.
@@AmericasUntoldStories Henry Marshall, is the AG agent that LBJ and Estes had to kill because he wouldn't play ball.
@@ThatGirl17777 😅
Mark have a real Troling soul! Love the energy and the knowledge of the guy. Of course without the skill of Eric it wouldn't be that good! Great show!
This is now my favourite channel on CZcams! I'm listening to four or five every day.
I was also born and raised in Texas and in our public school, they didn’t teach doodly squat about Lyndon Johnson (except that he was president at one time) or Billie Sol Estes either. All this history, I consider important to know, especially as a Texan.
What a fascinating man Bilie Sol Estes was. Wish I had half his intelligence, drive and ideas. Thank you GENTLEMEN. $$$ 💗💖❤🐑🐑🐑 such a shame Politics is a Dirty Busines. Dirty Pool in Dallas.
This should be general knowledge in Public & Private Schools. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Let Freedom ring
Great untold story. No surprise to me that LBJ was involved. I was an adolescent during that era and always felt that Oswald was plucked to be the fall guy.
Great show. Mark you are a wonderful soul. Keep on laughing
What a way to get sucked into things, the man started out as a well meaning charity type person. It happens
Love watching you guys! All your shows are so interesting. Keep up the great work.
Great job and a tough piece of reality to share now that you make it so well presented. I use the transcripts to move around faster. I’ll pass it on and we need to know more than ever with RFK Jr. running for president on a platform of truth
🥇You guys are doing great work! Thank you.
Awesome show……keep ‘‘em coming Mark
I have viewed all of the JFK videos more than twice.
Y'all provide amazing information and knowledge.
God Bless Y'all.
I’ve never had a problem with Mark’s sound !!!!!!!!! He always sounds good to me.
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He is good except for his dentures🤣😂🤣
Lol!
Great content, especially Bolden’s memory of LBJ’s cursing and threatening Pres. Kennedy.
I just watched this 3 days ago so I shouldn’t be surprised that Mark got that on the show. Superb information regarding Trump initiated Mr Bolden’s pardon.
I agree that he didn’t mind it happening in order to elevate his status as he did hate the Kennedys, but let’s be real, he just stood back and let Marcello do the dirty work while leading JFK “down the whirly dirly!”
I just wanted to tell you guys you definitely become my favorite channel, thank yall
One hell of a show. I knew LBJ was dirty since I was a young boy and my father and grandfather telling me the local legends. But to get the details is mind blowing.
Lol my volume, my hearing, or my focus must not be good enough! I do not hear creeks from your chair, or too many audio glitches. Once I heard an echo with Eric, a JFK or 2 ago, but overall, sounds good to me! Thanks for sharing. I love this series. Once I finish it, I’ll watch some of your others. ❤️
Iremember when Billie Sol Estes was being held in the Smith County jail in Tyler,Texas . It was a big deal back then
This is one of the best programs I've seen from you two. That is quite a compliment from me because I've watched almost all your YT uploads. Great job showing how Billie Sol Estes got screwed and who did it. He was no scumbag gofer for LBJ, was told to keep quiet and he would be taken care of. His friends and associates were gotten rid of and he got stuck in Leavenworth on top of all the loss of hundreds of millions. LBJ was the worst POS trash pervert pig to ever enter the White House. And that's being kind.... BSE was a jewel that JLB ended up owning, or at least controlling. And Vietnam... he was the reason we lost 60,000 men and women over there. Not one death was necessary. He wanted to be POTUS so much he let the Chiefs of Staff "have your little war" after he got into the seat in the Oval Office. JFK did send about 1,000 "advisors" to SVN, but they were to leave and we were not to get involved. His VP, after the murder of JFK provoked the North Viet Nam into attacking U.S. Navy Destroyers. The U.S. ships were less than 8 miles from the shore, well inside the 12 mile limit. On and on LBJ continued until.... well, LBJ caused the death of thousands of Americans, North and South Vietnamese people were murdered, tortured or maimed because LBJ wanted to be Boss. How many Billie Sol Estes of varying incomes were victims of this pig?
I just instinctively knew that LBJ was a vile, disgusting pig of a man, but never knew until during the last few years just how corrupt and psychopathic he really was.
LBJ wasn't just the worst character to enter the Oval Office, but one of the most evil, deceitful, disgusting humans to ever walk the earth.
I will visit the LBJ library for the sole pupose of pissing on his grave.
Billy Sol Estes was no choir boy. He was up to his eyeballs in corruption.
Howdy from Billings Montana...Those were MY Dentures Squeeekinggg!!!! LmAo
Thank you guys. You are here for such a time as this. Please America, wake up and listen to truth.
I have recently found your channel and subscribed. Love these stories. And Mark has a mind like a steel trap. Wish I had 1/4 of the memory he has. Amazing. And all the people he knows.
I grew up and still live about 35 miles from Pecos Tx and I personally know Billy Sol Estes’ nephew Andrew Harper Estes attorney for Lynch, Chappell, and Alsop in Midland Texas. My late husbands family who were local ranchers in West Texas and came to the area in the late 1880’s also knew Billie Sol Estes and his brother Frank and their families well. The gov man who had lost his life by another’s hands recently had his case reopened. Billie Sol Estes was a friend and business partner of LBJ. Watch Adam Ruins Everything where he speaks about LBJ. Thank you! You should hear what his attorney nephew did to me! There is no longer a conscionable fee in Texas because of what happened to me. I would love to tell you here but it is a very long story and I can prove 100% everything I can tell you about the many wrongs done! My nephew has Legg Calve Perthes Disease and had hip surgery at age 7.
Thanks guys, your expo connects a lot of dots. I still am in search for the Breeze expo that I had and lost…the Breeze family were terrified rightfully by the government to never put it out again. I talked to Breeze’ widow some 15 years ago, she’s probably passed on by now, and wouldn’t sell or give a copy out to me. That camera was next to Zurgruda’s and in color. Breeze got away and went to DC to film, in color, the funeral. One of the big dot connection is Kennedy working with Ike on his Vietnam-French problem in the 1950’s. Both different parties, they realized the high possibility of Vietnam turning into another Korea, thus Ike’ commencement speech. Kennedy meet with Hochi Minn and proposed our form of government and found the leader interested. This diplomacy is why Kennedy was moving our troops out, and infuriated the Rockefeller gang of banker thugs, and by the way got Kennedy’s brains blown all over the Dallas streets. Kennedy wasn’t soft on communism as f____ing Hoover professed, and according to Kennedy aids, he wasn’t the fillandera that queer-boy made him out to be, having children changed him, and with the PT 109 four ruptured vertebrae’s Kennedy would had severe pain in proforming sex. This is why the truth journalists like Kilgallen had to go. After Trump’s release of JFK documents the lineup of federal agents opening up on what happened on that November day, like G Gordon Liddy’ murdering Tibet’s, and that the drunken nite before party started with a, no checks and balances, CIA swearing in, to all agencies, and yes I belief the guy leaning against the building picture, was ‘golden boy’ George H, why he quickly created an alibi. But that problem is just another example of our phony ‘nation building’. Our problems have multiplied since then and the JFK murder shows the US blossoming of these ‘last days’ corruption.
Trump didn't release all the documents as he was supposed to in 2017. Neither did Biden.
Personally, I love your kibbitzing. Those who complain don't understand the art of storytelling.
@@harleylawdude I defer to you as my exposure to Yiddish is limited to attending a Jewish summer camp.😁
Always an amazing amount of research and putting together of the puzzle! Hats off to Mark & Eric!!!
*MARK* ... The pocket square is FABULOUS!!! Totally KEEN on a nicely dressed MAN... GREAT SHOW!!! 🇺🇸
Excellent episode!
You guys are the absolute best and so much fun! I hope you get a million subs ✌️
I met his daughter at an antiquue/militaria show in the 90's.Nicest lady
I had an uncle who was kinda like Billie Sol, just in a much smaller way... he ran a small Western Auto store in a tiny rural town on the southern East Coast, and he lived like an absolute king in that town, biggest house in town, new Cadillac for the wife every other year, new pickups or Lincoln Continentals for himself, new sports cars for his kids, new appliances in the house, and when one went out, say the washing machine died, he'd send the boys down to the store and just grab one off the sales floor and bring it back and install it in the house... built a new house for his mother in the backyard on the corner of his property for her to live in til she passed away, they owned several other rent houses around town that they kept up and rented out, etc. He did all this off the income of one dinky Western Auto store in a tiny dirt poor rural town in a poor Southern state... It wasn't until after he passed away suddenly that they found out how... he had TWO sets of books-- one for the bankers that "looked good" and everything in it made the business look positively glowing, and another set of books that told the real story... how he was borrowing from Peter to pay Paul and keeping a fee off both, so to speak, which was how he was REALLY financing their high lifestyle (which incidentally they never failed to rub our noses in it, given that his wife's parents, my grandparents, were just small Texas farmers and ranchers, along with my Dad and me). Anyway, after his sudden passing, it all came crashing down-- none of his kids nor his wife, my aunt, had the business acumen to keep the schemes going, and keep the juggling act up so they could maintain their lifestyle... within a year or so they'd lost virtually everything and had creditors and bankers and lawyers knocking on every door and window... My aunt even jumped up and came racing back to Texas and married some dude she hardly knew within hours of landing back in Texas just to change her name and get out from under it all. Her two boys fought like cats and dogs and didn't have sense to come in out of the rain, and so they fumbled the business away and couldn't keep up the juggling act with the books. Her daughter had gotten married in a HUGE ostentatious wedding that my uncle bragged had cost $25,000 back in the late 70's, which was BIG money then (you could buy a house for that back then) and he'd even invited Senator Strom Thurmond to the wedding (though he didn't attend) and I remember my Grandparents were not at all complimentary on wasting that much money on essentially a "big show for the rich folks". We attended and wished my cousin well but didn't stay long before we drove back to Texas. My aunt used to rub her mother's nose in their wealth, "You work all year for a $2.98 dress" while she had a diamond ring on every finger and pearls and closets full of fine clothes and a big southern mansion full of fancy stuff... Needless to say my grandparents weren't impressed.
Well, my cousin and her husband, who according to my uncle hung the moon and was going to set the world on fire, were living the life of Riley too... he worked for a cafeteria company as an sales accounts guy, and was making big bucks or so it seemed-- kept my cousin in a fine brick home in an upscale neighborhood, they had a maid, a huge new RV in the driveway beside the big boat they had, kids in private school and everything they could ever want, new BMW's etc. Well, until the company started wondering where some of their money had went, and started investigating, and then started wondering how a mid-level sales guy could afford all this fine stuff, and started digging and investigating and found out that there was a lot of phony billing going on-- bills for nonexistent products and services were being sent to companies for stuff they'd never received, like hospitals and other businesses and institutions, and their accounts payable people were sending checks to a fictitious PO Box he'd taken out... he was collecting the money, cashing the checks, and shredding the bills, plus skimming off the company as well, which is how they caught him. He ended up in the federal joint for about 15 years or so, and of course it was a big come down for my cousin and his spoiled kids after they lost everything, a used Chevy instead of new Beemers, public school instead of private, and my cousin having to take a menial job to put food on the table... Course the apple don't fall far from the tree-- my aunt cozied up to my grandmother (who said she was 'finally getting her daughter back" after all those years apart) and then convinced her to give her power of attorney over her affairs as she was getting older, and then she tried to take everything over and throw my grandmother into a nursing home, so she could make off with everything she had and sell it. I managed to take my grandmother out to lunch, since she had her cloistered in her home, but my aunt went on a riverboat cruise with her new husband and left my grandmother in the care of a maid while she was gone. Grandma had no idea that my aunt had closed all her business accounts in town, told my brother who was living with my grandmother he'd have to move because she was cutting the power off to the house, had a meeting with my Dad to which I was NOT invited and told him that we could keep farming the farm as long as we paid the bills and "sent her her half", which we basically farmed the place for my Grandmother, after all she owned the farms and we got paid a share of the crops for labor, and she paid the bills to put her own crops in and feed her cattle, so NO WAY that was going to happen as we weren't going into debt to grow crops and livestock only to have to "pay her her half" in the end. Grandma was shocked and amazed when I told her what all was going on, and I told her flat out, she was in her late 70's and if she wanted to retire and was okay with everything her daughter was doing, fine-- I was getting married and moving out of state at least temporarily anyway, though that could become permanent if I wasn't running her farms anymore. If she wanted to retire, so be it, but if not, if she didn't want to end up in the nursing home (since it was obvious they'd planned to shut her household down permanently by cutting off the power and everything) that she better get to a lawyer and rescind the power of attorney and put my Dad or me in charge of it, since we'd been running her business for her for decades anyway. She had me drive her to the lawyer that afternoon and he drew up the papers, and had her presented with them when she got back. Turns out my aunt had made off with my Grandmother's mom's jewelry, and all her business papers, and the fancy recliner they bought Grandma while she was "recuperating" at my aunt and her second husband's home, that Grandma bragged they "bought for her" had been paid for by a check out of her own checkbook on her own account... all without her knowledge or permission... She REALLY got hot about that!
After being discovered and "outed" my aunt basically never spoke to my grandmother again... she would send a fancy spray of flowers to her every mother's day and a poinsettia at Christmas, usually with a sugary card, but she never apologized and never made amends with grandma before she died six years later. She never spoke to my Dad again either before he died in 2015. She considered me the devil himself since I upset the applecart of what she had planned. Grandma didn't leave her out, though, she gave her half the mineral rights on the farms and a building in town, which she refused to take the building-- she threw the deed back at the judge and he was shocked as he'd never had a refused bequest before, so he ended up researching the law and gave it to Dad. She COULD have walked into any real estate office, threw the deed on the desk and said, "Sell this for whatever you can get for it, don't call me again until you have a check for me" and left it at that, and just took the money. Instead Dad sold it for about 40 grand IIRC. Oh well her loss. Just stupid. Well, the old witch finally kicked out at about 85 years old a few months ago... she smoked like a chimney for decades and drank nothing but tea with that pink death powder stuff every day of her life, and she lived to a ripe old age, and the old buzzard's last act was to have herself planted beside the mother she wouldn't speak to for the last six years of her life...just crazy... but that's the sort of folks you have to deal with sometime...
@@dlg48081 and yet you wasted part of your life to tell me this... ROFL
Wow. Great story.
Thanks for your comment. Yes, for a “venue” like a CZcams comment section it is best to keep it as short as you can for others to share their stories also. But look at the brighter side! Your relative’s schemes and traits were limited compared to those described in this segment. The “deals” these Texans made infected darn near 5 “degrees of freedom” of people around them!! Like some child of the wife of the lover whose wife’s father’s business partner’s brother is a crook paying off the puppet master of the “Loony Star” State. They all get burned by Mr. LB “Master”, the bastard. I never even knew this stuff. Call it “Russia throws them out of windows. Texas just rubs them out as half the justice system is in on the joke and the other half is “half” - asleep and rubbing its eyes…duh.”
Your story should be a movie 👍
@@mikelgeren149 kind of like a bad episode of "Dallas" lol
Gentlemen, I love the content. Please keep the shows coming.
I never heard any of the aforementioned complaints! Just proves people can find anything to complain about....I never heard chair squeaking, etc. Keep up the great telling of untold history, Mark and Eric!
Story starts at 9:09
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Extraordinary information. Tragically entertaining.👍
love your kibitz and love you guys💥
All roads lead to LBJ.
And to the Jesuits !!!!!🙌🏻👏🏻☝🏻🧐
I have this old DVD where Billy Sol Estes is being interviewed….And supposedly it’s not long before he died. He does the whole interview laying down on his couch, apparently still freaked out by LBJ’s ghosts.. You can’t make this up..
Power to the People my friend's, Power to the PEOPLE.
You should do an episode on George R Brown, LBJ wouldn’t be anything without Brown. It really is an untold story. Brown and Root got a no bid contact to build hundreds of millions of dollars in Vietnam.
Estes talks about Brown in his book. He describes Brown as Johnson's earliest and biggest backer. It also goes into how their business association started, as well as the affair you mention above.
@@asmith3601 Brown and Root had to partner with Morrison Knudsen in Vietnam because they had no idea how to perform all the work they were given. Browns and Root was a small Texas road contractor when they got the contract in Vietnam. They built major highways in Vietnam, air force bases, army bases, the world's largest refrigerated harbor complex and many other projects. Not bad for a contractor whose biggest job before this was a dam.
@@waltcrawford6153 Ah, interesting! Estes just mentions Brown and Root, and says they got a very big contract to do with air and army bases in Vietnam- I didn't know about the rest. That's some serious, serious money and a huge leap up for the company. Thank you for the insight!
In his book, Estes mentions very high stakes poker games that high up Texans would attend and apparently a lot of business would get done at these games. He mentions people like Cliff Carter, H.L Hunt, and other !prominent Texans as being at the games. He also, oddly, mentions Roscoe White as being at at least one!
Legg-Calve-Perthes (LEG-kahl-VAY-PER-tuz) disease is a childhood condition that occurs when blood supply to the ball part (femoral head) of the hip joint is temporarily interrupted and the bone begins to die.
This weakened bone gradually breaks apart and can lose its round shape. The body eventually restores blood supply to the ball, and the ball heals. But if the ball is no longer round after it heals, it can cause pain and stiffness. The complete process of bone death, fracture and renewal can take several years.
To keep the ball part of the joint as round as possible, doctors use a variety of treatments that keep it snug in the socket portion of the joint. The socket acts as a mold for the fragmented femoral head as it heals.
It is a problem affecting the growth center (the epiphysis) of the upper femur. Some think that mechanical trauma is the cause of the loss of circulation to it. If the ball separates from the top of the femur it is deformity with a person having a shorter leg and that side of the pelvis drops. They used to put kids in leg casts at that time, maybe.
Pencils writing on paper is like nails on chalk boards for me.😅
Another incredible episode…. Thank You
You guys are very good. I have been trying to tell people and they have no clue.
Like the ice, never noticed the bell, can’t hear denture noise, like the kibutzing 🤣🤣🤣❤
I second that Huey P. Long request. We have a bridge over the Mississippi River named for him and I need to know if I should stop driving it. LOL
I don't find it hard to believe at all. Just looking at that man you can see the criminal gears spinning
Yeah Billie Sol was probably the archetype for the character of JR Ewing on the TV show "Dallas" which started in 1979, at the beginning of the "greed is good" era of the 80's... Billie Sol was a business genius, but his deals were always on the gray edge of legality and complicated, and he almost always made a ton of money where a lot of guys failed, and that engendered a lot of jealousy and animosity towards him, plus his liberal Democratic politics of the time (being supportive of integration and other such social issues) along with his ostentatious lifestyle (having a limousine and driver, who took his kids to school and drove his wife and daughters on shopping trips to Dallas in the finest stores, and flying about in his private planes with his own private pilot, etc) didn't exactly endear him to those who were prone to jealousy. Billie Sol didn't just live the jet-set life, though, he gave back, bailing friends out of soured business deals or failed projects, putting Latino and black kids through college free of charge, etc. He liked to "spread the wealth" and "pay it forward" while still living a very pleasant lifestyle.
Plus, at that time, the democrat party was racist, Jim Crow, Klu Klux Clan, and segregationist.
I don't think that the John Birch Society was racist or anti-black. JBS was mainly anticommunist.
We need a series of Trading Cards for LBJ crooked cronies -
I knew Billie Sol, He was a character, He love to tell story.
In 9th grade, about 14ish yrs old, there was a “boy” in my class, who had to have been 6 ft or taller, hard to tell since I’m 5’2, and it was so long ago, now. Nonetheless, outside of being tall, he was hairy. Fair skinned with black hair. Everywhere. All over his legs, arms, and face. When I 1st saw him, I assumed he must’ve been a senior, in need of a credit or something. Nope, he was my age. Currently, at the age of 39, I can only imagine how much older he appears. Very interesting how that works.
Awesome show guys, thanks to both!!!
Has someone written a book on all of LBJs cronies--it might turn out to be an Encyclopedia of who's who.
Mark Groubert's soon-to-be published book.
Estes wrote his own book called, 'Billy Sol Estes: A Texas Legend'. A lot of it is uninteresting, but there are some very interesting and intriguing parts also. He goes into some of the people in Texas around Johnson, links between them, the JFK assassination, etc.
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Thanks!
Unbelievable story.
Yeah the head of the local paper was a staunch member of the John Birch Society, which was supporting segregationist causes and policies at the time. Billie Sol ran for the school board, and when the local newspaper refused to sell him ad space (IIRC) Billie Sol just bought up another small newspaper in the area that was about out of business, and used his substantial funds to build it up as a competitor to the existing newspaper, and of course running his ads and stories and stuff that was not only uncomplimentary of the local John Birch society and segregationists, but also was a competitor to the local newspaper, so it basically created a vendetta by this newspaper man against Billie Sol, who then started digging for the "dirt" on Billie Sol, and he stumbled upon the fertiizer tank deal and managed to construe it as fraud and "break the story" which then started the investigations that led to Billie Sol's downfall...
I believe Mark covered all that in this episode.
Watch it and learn.
That isn't how it really happened. Estes didn't try to buy advertising space. He wanted the paper to formally endorse him. He offered them money donations in return. The paper declined and then the editor called him out on it in the paper. Estes then tried to burn the paper down but the fire didn't take. Then he bought the competing paper, selling subscriptions at a loss, to run the Independent out of business. This was a tactic he also used against other businesses that wouldn't work with him. The newsman didn't stumble across the story about the tanks. It was a solid lead based on farmers who had been bankrupted. It took time and effort to track down the paper records and decipher the scheme.
What does "IIRC" stand for ??
Live your show. Discovered you guys on YT, not sure how, but thats how the YT algorithm works.
Yeah, it's all the blues and I thank you for that walk down memory lane celebrating a classic bluesman. It ain't nothin' but tha blues doncha no.
As a mid-teen I heard that name constantly on the news but previously I never quite understood his “game”. Now it all makes sense and of course LBJ was involved…
And BTW the ice clinking was the charm of the show!
Billy once told me “son you can’t catch a fish that don’t open his mouth”
I can deal with ice and chairs just don't be chewing gum..... Great vids fellas, nice one
This jfk video and some others are not in the jfk assignation series playlist on your CZcams home page. It would be nice if you could get them all on this playlist.
I am gobsmacked at the info of the criminal LBJ. I WAS 16 when Kennedy was killed, and terror we went through was bad. But then to find out about LBJ, is pure evil. My Dad was a die hard Democrat. You could not talk to him……I really wish he could have heard this.
It looks to me that the CIA had enough dirt on LBJ to get him to play ball and help take out Jack
I've got to be honest I feel like you missed a chapter of getting from Billie's early career to his connection to LBJ.
It's like you jumped some years and forgot about how they got hooked up
Anyone with Sol's money and ag. business dominance wld ultimately have to go through the criminal ties of the evil LBJ tentacles.
This needs to be on the JFK playlist and have the awesome coin logo added to the thumbnail.
I want to complain about the age of my iPad. What are you guys gonna do about it.
Great show ....and glad to hear Mark is going to volunteer to help RFK Jr's campaign....does Mark have any suggestions as how a canadian can help RFK Jr's campaign?
by check to his website is probably best
@@AmericasUntoldStoriesNo chance of defeating Trump
Trump is who we need for intr'l relations and to jail the evil criminal Democrats.
I'm surprised you'd campaign for RFK, Jr.
Maybe the only thing I don't like about you now.
This aged well. 😊
Easy come down and vote early and often. HELL EVERYBODY else DOES as long as you vote for the right person or they won't count your vote.😊
My grandmother was born in Johnson Ciry1926,and then moved to Temple/2nd gen Cotton picketsLBJ-Farms.,I still remember walking through her hallway with A LG painting JFK in the entry area!!
The statement by Bolden is astonishing…
This episode is 1 of the best sound wise. But they do drive myself crazy with their up & down inconsistent volumes levels on some shows. Well too I am lucky to hear anything as of 37+ years Operating, Diesel Mechanic & Cert Welder on some of the biggest heavy equipment on earth semi-retired.
Now here’s somebody I would trust to sell me a custom made shirt. That suit is BEAUTIFUL
"Cocaine Bear" Movie rules.....
Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD) is a childhood hip disorder initiated by a disruption of blood flow to the head of the femur. Due to the lack of blood flow, the bone dies (osteonecrosis or avascular necrosis) and stops growing
Nitrogen (ammonia) fertilizer is derived from natural gas which was also used to drive the pumps. Natural gas is plentiful in Texas. Genius
Another fascinating and informative talk. Thankyou from The Emeraldd Isle ☘.
Good to hear from you guys again. On my 8th tall Molson Canadian. Keep up the good work.
8?!!! 🍻
You 2 and your channel are so good... You should have more subs.. 🤔 or are The cannel supressed maybe ?
Excuse me, please Mr. Groubert, when you mentioned that Clyde, Texas was integrated, "like many Texas towns in the 1940's", did you not intend to say "segregated"?!
❤ Loved this story Eric & Mark
I hope youtube hasn't changed your broadcast because Mark is talking non stop as he drinks & hunley talks without any lip movement ..
Could you tell me when Mark's feature film "RFK Must Die" will be released, please?
Interesting video
Are all former US President Libraries as unforthcoming as the LBJ library?
We know obama's is... 🇺🇸
Yep Nara screwing over Trump for holding boxes whilst it’s been over 6 years and Obama still has his boxes in a storage unit somewhere.
This for Rob Morrow. The best thing about my 21st birthday was not being able to buy a legal drink in my home state of Texas. It was the death of that SOB LBJ.
🍻 Cheers to that!
Leavenworth is a TOUGH place to do time, one of the worse federal penitentiary in the US that's insane he went their for white collar crime! Their is club fed, then federal prisons,then 13 ( rough)for federal penitentiary's of which Leavenworth is one of the worse( along w Atlanta and up until 1962 Alcatraz) again for a white collar crime that is insane