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Posted: 6/30/2022 5:53:12 AM EDT
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/19045919/who-sonny-barger-cause-of-death-hells-angels/
Former outlaw biker Sonny Barger, dead from cancer. The prototype of the biker gang biker. |
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Surprised he lived as long as he did. When they did all of the motorcycle gang shows 10 years or so, he didn’t look all that well then.
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That had to be one of the most poorly written, uninteresting articles I've read recently.
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His stator quit on him in Oklahoma in '04 or '05, and we went out and picked him up and brought him to the shop in Joplin. The shops in OK didn't want colors in their shops and wouldn't help him. We had a stator in stock and had him going pretty quick.
He was a super nice guy, was very respectful to all of us, and they sent us a box of HA tee shirts as a gift when they got back to AZ. I still have mine, somewhere (There were only smalls by the time I got to the box, and I'm 6'2"). His bike was a very plain turquoise Road King, with a plaque on the dash. A gift from the Angels, it said, IIRC. RIP. Super stand-up guy. Didn't expect anything special. |
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Oh yeah I forget it’s ok to fucking worship “some gangs” around here. Can we go ahead and pay tribute to the founders of the bloods or crips, or how about the Mexican mafia, you know criminals, oh I forget bikers aren’t criminal pieces of trash around here
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Quoted: Oh yeah I forget it’s ok to fucking worship “some gangs” around here. Can we go ahead and pay tribute to the founders of the bloods or crips, or how about the Mexican mafia, you know criminals, oh I forget bikers aren’t criminal pieces of trash around here View Quote Easy to be a saint in paradise, it’s even easier to be a sinner in Hell. Bikers do break the law, but they don’t commit 1/10th the violent barbaric shit those people do. Never seen the crips raise many for kids with cancer, have you? Yeah it might be all a smoke screen but many a kid got help thanks to bikers. |
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Arfcom has always had a weird soft spot for OMGs. Tag for more funny stories trying to make them seem like good guys.
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Quoted: Oh yeah I forget it's ok to fucking worship "some gangs" around here. Can we go ahead and pay tribute to the founders of the bloods or crips, or how about the Mexican mafia, you know criminals, oh I forget bikers aren't criminal pieces of trash around here View Quote |
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Why was he banned again? I always forget. His posts never seemed ban-worthy from what I remember. |
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Quoted: Easy to be a saint in paradise, it’s even easier to be a sinner in Hell. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Oh yeah I forget it’s ok to fucking worship “some gangs” around here. Can we go ahead and pay tribute to the founders of the bloods or crips, or how about the Mexican mafia, you know criminals, oh I forget bikers aren’t criminal pieces of trash around here Easy to be a saint in paradise, it’s even easier to be a sinner in Hell. I heard that once you become a patched member of the HA, you have to get that quote tatted on your lower back, in cursive, to show allegiance. |
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Quoted: Why was he banned again? I always forget. His posts never seemed ban-worthy from what I remember. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Why was he banned again? I always forget. His posts never seemed ban-worthy from what I remember. |
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Quoted: I heard that once you become a patched member of the HA, you have to get that quote tatted on your lower back, in cursive, to show allegiance. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Oh yeah I forget it’s ok to fucking worship “some gangs” around here. Can we go ahead and pay tribute to the founders of the bloods or crips, or how about the Mexican mafia, you know criminals, oh I forget bikers aren’t criminal pieces of trash around here Easy to be a saint in paradise, it’s even easier to be a sinner in Hell. I heard that once you become a patched member of the HA, you have to get that quote tatted on your lower back, in cursive, to show allegiance. My club gave us more leeway, so I had a Navy ship tatted on my package. Then across the top it says “All aboard”. |
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Quoted: They never seemed worthy because they were unintelligible. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Why was he banned again? I always forget. His posts never seemed ban-worthy from what I remember. True. But that’s what made him hilarious. |
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Quoted: Easy to be a saint in paradise, it’s even easier to be a sinner in Hell. Bikers do break the law, but they don’t commit 1/10th the violent barbaric shit those people do. Never seen the crips raise many for kids with cancer, have you? Yeah it might be all a smoke screen but many a kid got help thanks to bikers. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Oh yeah I forget it’s ok to fucking worship “some gangs” around here. Can we go ahead and pay tribute to the founders of the bloods or crips, or how about the Mexican mafia, you know criminals, oh I forget bikers aren’t criminal pieces of trash around here Easy to be a saint in paradise, it’s even easier to be a sinner in Hell. Bikers do break the law, but they don’t commit 1/10th the violent barbaric shit those people do. Never seen the crips raise many for kids with cancer, have you? Yeah it might be all a smoke screen but many a kid got help thanks to bikers. lol. Rape, murder, arson, robbery, trafficking, theft and rape are cool as long as you give toys to kids. |
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Quoted: My club gave us more leeway, so I had a Navy ship tatted on my package. Then across the top it says “All aboard”. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Oh yeah I forget it’s ok to fucking worship “some gangs” around here. Can we go ahead and pay tribute to the founders of the bloods or crips, or how about the Mexican mafia, you know criminals, oh I forget bikers aren’t criminal pieces of trash around here Easy to be a saint in paradise, it’s even easier to be a sinner in Hell. I heard that once you become a patched member of the HA, you have to get that quote tatted on your lower back, in cursive, to show allegiance. My club gave us more leeway, so I had a Navy ship tatted on my package. Then across the top it says “All aboard”. |
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Quoted: Easy to be a saint in paradise, it’s even easier to be a sinner in Hell. Bikers do break the law, but they don’t commit 1/10th the violent barbaric shit those people do. Never seen the crips raise many for kids with cancer, have you? Yeah it might be all a smoke screen but many a kid got help thanks to bikers. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Oh yeah I forget it’s ok to fucking worship “some gangs” around here. Can we go ahead and pay tribute to the founders of the bloods or crips, or how about the Mexican mafia, you know criminals, oh I forget bikers aren’t criminal pieces of trash around here Easy to be a saint in paradise, it’s even easier to be a sinner in Hell. Bikers do break the law, but they don’t commit 1/10th the violent barbaric shit those people do. Never seen the crips raise many for kids with cancer, have you? Yeah it might be all a smoke screen but many a kid got help thanks to bikers. Oh fucking please, typical response, let’s just be honest, nevermind I’ll get another ban warning around here for being bluntly honest. |
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Quoted: Oh yeah I forget it’s ok to fucking worship “some gangs” around here. Can we go ahead and pay tribute to the founders of the bloods or crips, or how about the Mexican mafia, you know criminals, oh I forget bikers aren’t criminal pieces of trash around here View Quote Attached File |
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I read his book. It was an interesting read. I get the sense, like many men, he mellowed with age.
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For anyone who ever rode a motorcycle and dreamed of the open road, the chief was the archetypical prototype. See, for those of us who ride, he represented the thing that we all desired. There's not many of us who wishes he had a house, a car, and a mortgage. We all dream of riding the open road, and basically pretend for 5 days a week in our suit and tie. We dream of simpler times.
Sonny, we'll miss you. For those of us who were around for the days of living in a hole in the wall, hiding from the citizens, and scrounging for a piece of toast, to being the thing that millions of men dreamt they were, was a spectacle with no equal. I can't speak for the mothership, but 40 years of prosperity and eventual acceptance of bikers as actual people is something we'll always be indebted to you and others like you for; guys who paved the way and gave us a chance to be more than an outcast and a second class citizen. Guys who sometimes made huge sacrifices, risked prison, and worse, to show the walking dead out there that it was ok to live, to be free, and be something more than the denizens of society that we were portrayed as. We got a chance to do something for the kids too. People less fortunate than we were. We raised millions for the cause, and gave the kids a christmas because we remembered when we, as kids, didn't have one. Although people who never did anything to help were always quick to judge, and to say it was nothing more than a stunt, we all knew better, and frankly, didn't care what anyone else thought. We did some good for people who needed and appreciated the help, without ever demanding anything in return. May you find an open road and keep two fists in the wind. Ride good. |
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Quoted: His stator quit on him in Oklahoma in '04 or '05, and we went out and picked him up and brought him to the shop in Joplin. The shops in OK didn't want colors in their shops and wouldn't help him. We had a stator in stock and had him going pretty quick. He was a super nice guy, was very respectful to all of us, and they sent us a box of HA tee shirts as a gift when they got back to AZ. I still have mine, somewhere (There were only smalls by the time I got to the box, and I'm 6'2"). His bike was a very plain turquoise Road King, with a plaque on the dash. A gift from the Angels, it said, IIRC. RIP. Super stand-up guy. Didn't expect anything special. View Quote Damn, lucky bastard to have met him. Honestly do t know why so many bike shops have that rule. |
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Quoted: Oh yeah I forget it's ok to fucking worship "some gangs" around here. Can we go ahead and pay tribute to the founders of the bloods or crips, or how about the Mexican mafia, you know criminals, oh I forget bikers aren't criminal pieces of trash around here View Quote |
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I dunno...hes a criminal, yeah. But our society worships all kinds of criminals....
I'll just say I enjoy the stories and lifestyle out of this segment of society, but outside observation is all I'm interested in. |
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Quoted: lol. Rape, murder, arson, robbery, trafficking, theft and rape are cool as long as you give toys to kids. View Quote Antifa did all of those things, except the part about giving toys to kids. Why aren't they in prison again? Oh yeah, because they're communists, 'workers' who never worked a day in their lives. Choose your battles wisely. |
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Quoted: I dunno...hes a criminal, yeah. But our society worships all kinds of criminals.... I'll just say I enjoy the stories and lifestyle out of this segment of society, but outside observation is all I'm interested in. View Quote Well, we have had and still do have criminals in elected office……….during Prohibition people like Capone and his kind were seen as Robin Hood so it stands to reason…….one man’s hood is another man’s hero |
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Quoted: For anyone who ever rode a motorcycle and dreamed of the open road, the chief was the archetypical prototype. See, for those of us who ride, he represented the thing that we all desired. There's not many of us who wishes he had a house, a car, and a mortgage. We all dream of riding the open road, and basically pretend for 5 days a week in our suit and tie. We dream of simpler times. Sonny, we'll miss you. For those of us who were around for the days of living in a hole in the wall, hiding from the citizens, and scrounging for a piece of toast, to being the thing that millions of men dreamt they were, was a spectacle with no equal. I can't speak for the mothership, but 40 years of prosperity and eventual acceptance of bikers as actual people is something we'll always be indebted to you and others like you for; guys who paved the way and gave us a chance to be more than an outcast and a second class citizen. Guys who sometimes made huge sacrifices, risked prison, and worse, to show the walking dead out there that it was ok to live, to be free, and be something more than the denizens of society that we were portrayed as. We got a chance to do something for the kids too. People less fortunate than we were. We raised millions for the cause, and gave the kids a christmas because we remembered when we, as kids, didn't have one. Although people who never did anything to help were always quick to judge, and to say it was nothing more than a stunt, we all knew better, and frankly, didn't care what anyone else thought. We did some good for people who needed and appreciated the help, without ever demanding anything in return. May you find an open road and keep two fists in the wind. Ride good. View Quote At various times through his illustrious career, Barger was charged with: - Assault with a deadly weapon - Possession of narcotics - RICO - Weapons - Explosives - Conspiracy - Attempted murder - Murder - Kidnapping Sounds like a great dude millions of men should aspire to |
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Got to meet him in Cave Creek AZ. I’m not foolish enough to think he and his fellows are always as nice as they were that day, but he was still an interesting man who lead a fascinating and different life.
The funeral will probably be one hell of a send-off. |
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Quoted: Arfcom has always had a weird soft spot for OMGs. Tag for more funny stories trying to make them seem like good guys. View Quote Did they bust some grandfather and grandson building 80% in their garage and ruin their lives? Did they help commit massive voter fraud and put a pant shitting, child molesting, nation wrecking geriatric into office? Did they raid a bunch of Christians who wanted to be left alone based on bullshit, lies, then after the raid went south and they were made to look like the trigger happy, sadistic, lawless fucks they clear we’re and still are, decided to murder them all on national TV, lie their asses off and got aware with it Scott fucking free? No the was the “brave” boys in blue in CT, the Democrat Party/MSM with Republican help, and the always trustworthy people” at the ATF and Federal Bureau of Incineration. They may not be White Knights but they never made a career ruining the lives of people who just minded their own business, and wanted to live free, can’t say the same about the Government and the Hells Angels have left a lot less bodies in their fucking wake. Never seen the Hells Angles try and shut down a gun store for selling a pre 1899 with a background check, or shut down someone selling 80%s or solvent trap kits, how many government thugs on the other have it would gladly do so? Never seen the Hells Angles harass parents who spread out at PTA meets and label them “terrorists” for not hating themselves? Cant say the same about the aged, vindictive, mutant who runs the DOJ now can we? |
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Quoted: Easy to be a saint in paradise, it’s even easier to be a sinner in Hell. Bikers do break the law, but they don’t commit 1/10th the violent barbaric shit those people do. Never seen the crips raise many for kids with cancer, have you? Yeah it might be all a smoke screen but many a kid got help thanks to bikers. View Quote Sooooooooooo... Murder, drug and human trafficking and racketeering is ok as long as you have a fundraiser for sick kids from time to time. Got it. |
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Quoted: At various times through his illustrious career, Barger was charged with: - Assault with a deadly weapon - Possession of narcotics - RICO - Weapons - Explosives - Conspiracy - Attempted murder - Murder - Kidnapping Sounds like a great dude millions of men should aspire to View Quote I'm not a big HA fan or even MC's in general but let's be honest here. Do you actually believe that the Fed GOV isn't capable of setting someone up? The first thing I do lately when I read federal charges against someone is wonder if they're a political liability of someone in power. Barger certainly was. |
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Quoted: Did they bust some grandfather and grandson building 80% in their garage and ruin their lives? Did they help commit massive voter fraud and put a pant shitting, child molesting, nation wrecking geriatric into office? Did they raid a bunch of Christians who wanted to be left alone based on bullshit, lies, then after the raid went south and they were made to look like the trigger happy, sadistic, lawless fucks they clear we’re and still are, decided to murder them all on national TV, lie their asses off and got aware with it Scott fucking free? No the was the “brave” boys in blue in CT, the Democrat Party/MSM with Republican help, and the always trustworthy people” at the ATF and Federal Bureau of Incineration. They may not be White Knights but they never made a career ruining the lives of people who just minded their own business, and wanted to live free, can’t say the same about the Government and the Hells Angels have left a lot less bodies in their fucking wake. Never seen the Hells Angles try and shut down a gun store for selling a pre 1899 with a background check, or shut down someone selling 80%s or solvent trap kits, how many government thugs on the other have it would gladly do so? Never seen the Hells Angles harass parents who spread out at PTA meets and label them “terrorists” for not hating themselves? Cant say the same about the aged, vindictive, mutant who runs the DOJ now can we? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Arfcom has always had a weird soft spot for OMGs. Tag for more funny stories trying to make them seem like good guys. Did they bust some grandfather and grandson building 80% in their garage and ruin their lives? Did they help commit massive voter fraud and put a pant shitting, child molesting, nation wrecking geriatric into office? Did they raid a bunch of Christians who wanted to be left alone based on bullshit, lies, then after the raid went south and they were made to look like the trigger happy, sadistic, lawless fucks they clear we’re and still are, decided to murder them all on national TV, lie their asses off and got aware with it Scott fucking free? No the was the “brave” boys in blue in CT, the Democrat Party/MSM with Republican help, and the always trustworthy people” at the ATF and Federal Bureau of Incineration. They may not be White Knights but they never made a career ruining the lives of people who just minded their own business, and wanted to live free, can’t say the same about the Government and the Hells Angels have left a lot less bodies in their fucking wake. Never seen the Hells Angles try and shut down a gun store for selling a pre 1899 with a background check, or shut down someone selling 80%s or solvent trap kits, how many government thugs on the other have it would gladly do so? Never seen the Hells Angles harass parents who spread out at PTA meets and label them “terrorists” for not hating themselves? Cant say the same about the aged, vindictive, mutant who runs the DOJ now can we? "There are other bad guys too so it's okay" Attached File |
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Dude has been dying from cancer for the last 20 years.
Guess it finally got him. |
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Quoted: For anyone who ever rode a motorcycle and dreamed of the open road, the chief was the archetypical prototype. See, for those of us who ride, he represented the thing that we all desired. There's not many of us who wishes he had a house, a car, and a mortgage. We all dream of riding the open road, and basically pretend for 5 days a week in our suit and tie. We dream of simpler times. Sonny, we'll miss you. For those of us who were around for the days of living in a hole in the wall, hiding from the citizens, and scrounging for a piece of toast, to being the thing that millions of men dreamt they were, was a spectacle with no equal. I can't speak for the mothership, but 40 years of prosperity and eventual acceptance of bikers as actual people is something we'll always be indebted to you and others like you for; guys who paved the way and gave us a chance to be more than an outcast and a second class citizen. Guys who sometimes made huge sacrifices, risked prison, and worse, to show the walking dead out there that it was ok to live, to be free, and be something more than the denizens of society that we were portrayed as. We got a chance to do something for the kids too. People less fortunate than we were. We raised millions for the cause, and gave the kids a christmas because we remembered when we, as kids, didn't have one. Although people who never did anything to help were always quick to judge, and to say it was nothing more than a stunt, we all knew better, and frankly, didn't care what anyone else thought. We did some good for people who needed and appreciated the help, without ever demanding anything in return. May you find an open road and keep two fists in the wind. Ride good. View Quote @Stretchman If your ever near Vegas, beers are on me. Beautiful post. |
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Quoted: Oh yeah I forget it's ok to fucking worship "some gangs" around here. Can we go ahead and pay tribute to the founders of the bloods or crips, or how about the Mexican mafia, you know criminals, oh I forget bikers aren't criminal pieces of trash around here View Quote |
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Quoted: I'm not a big HA fan or even MC's in general but let's be honest here. Do you actually believe that the Fed GOV isn't capable of setting someone up? The first thing I do lately when I read federal charges against someone is wonder if they're a political liability of someone in power. Barger certainly was. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: At various times through his illustrious career, Barger was charged with: - Assault with a deadly weapon - Possession of narcotics - RICO - Weapons - Explosives - Conspiracy - Attempted murder - Murder - Kidnapping Sounds like a great dude millions of men should aspire to I'm not a big HA fan or even MC's in general but let's be honest here. Do you actually believe that the Fed GOV isn't capable of setting someone up? The first thing I do lately when I read federal charges against someone is wonder if they're a political liability of someone in power. Barger certainly was. I'm going to go with "get both" - you can't trust the gov and motorcycle gangs are not the "good guys." |
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Quoted: Oh fucking please, typical response, let's just be honest, nevermind I'll get another ban warning around here for being bluntly honest. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Oh yeah I forget it's ok to fucking worship "some gangs" around here. Can we go ahead and pay tribute to the founders of the bloods or crips, or how about the Mexican mafia, you know criminals, oh I forget bikers aren't criminal pieces of trash around here Easy to be a saint in paradise, it's even easier to be a sinner in Hell. Bikers do break the law, but they don't commit 1/10th the violent barbaric shit those people do. Never seen the crips raise many for kids with cancer, have you? Yeah it might be all a smoke screen but many a kid got help thanks to bikers. Oh fucking please, typical response, let's just be honest, nevermind I'll get another ban warning around here for being bluntly honest. |
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Quoted: Damn, lucky bastard to have met him. Honestly do t know why so many bike shops have that rule. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: His stator quit on him in Oklahoma in '04 or '05, and we went out and picked him up and brought him to the shop in Joplin. The shops in OK didn't want colors in their shops and wouldn't help him. We had a stator in stock and had him going pretty quick. He was a super nice guy, was very respectful to all of us, and they sent us a box of HA tee shirts as a gift when they got back to AZ. I still have mine, somewhere (There were only smalls by the time I got to the box, and I'm 6'2"). His bike was a very plain turquoise Road King, with a plaque on the dash. A gift from the Angels, it said, IIRC. RIP. Super stand-up guy. Didn't expect anything special. Damn, lucky bastard to have met him. Honestly do t know why so many bike shops have that rule. You don't know why a shop wouldn't want a bunch of scumbag gang members in their place of business? Seriously? |
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Quoted: Quoted: Oh yeah I forget it's ok to fucking worship "some gangs" around here. Can we go ahead and pay tribute to the founders of the bloods or crips, or how about the Mexican mafia, you know criminals, oh I forget bikers aren't criminal pieces of trash around here /media/mediaFiles/sharedAlbum/Triggered-143.gif |
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Quoted: At various times through his illustrious career, Barger was charged with: - Assault with a deadly weapon - Possession of narcotics - RICO - Weapons - Explosives - Conspiracy - Attempted murder - Murder - Kidnapping Sounds like a great dude millions of men should aspire to View Quote Free men don’t ask permission. Don’t let your chains weigh you down too much. |
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