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Part Two: Jim Bowie: The Worst Texan

Behind the Bastards

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The Story of Jim Bowie

I think my favorite part is just how everyone in his family capitalized on his fame. Such an American thing too. Yeah, we probably should have a weapon named after Henry Kissinger but I don't think there's any weapons system that's killed as many people as Henry Kissinger. So yeah, I guess so war crimes. Isn't that what it is?Yeah. We could just name the concept of bombing people, the Kissinger. It would have been hard for him to have done much fighting with the yellow fever. That's the story of old Jim Bowie. Not a lot of, not a lot of peaceful lives wind up with weapons named after them.

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