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The Greatest: Floating like a Butterfly, Stinging like a Bee!

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I was never really into boxing.  But when I was a kid, there was one iconic figure who stood out in boxing, even after he was no longer the heavyweight champion.  And that was  MUHAMMAD ALI. 1860s--Abe Grady immigrates to the Unites States from Ireland. He was the great grandfather of Cassius Clay. 1912--Birth of Cassius Marcellus Clay, Sr., father of Cassius Clay. 1917--Birth of Odessa O'Grady Clay, mother of Cassius Clay. January 17, 1942--Birth of Cassius Clay. 1954--Cassius Clay begins training as a boxer. 1955--The death of Emmett Till leads Cassius Clay to vandalize a local railyard. 1958--Cassius Clay graduates from high school. Summer 1960--Cassius Clay wins a gold medal in the Olympics. October 29, 1960--Cassius Clay makes his professional debut. 1964-- DC: THE NEW FRONTIER--Ted Grant defends his heavyweight title against a young Cassius Clay. In the comic, this is set eight years earlier in 1956. Of course in the real world, it ...

The city by the Bay. No the other one: Bay City in the TVCU

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1934 to 1959--   Raymond Chandler's  Philip Marlowe Stories-- P. I.  Philip Marlowe   Solves Crimes in Bay City. 1959-- Destroy All Humans!-- Furon   Cryptosporidium-137 and    Orthopox 13   Travel to Earth to Rescue   Cryptosporidium-136 and ends up Battling the American Branch of   Majestic  1964 to 1999--Another World--A soap opera about the lives of the Citizens of Bay city  1969-- Destroy All Humans 2--While trying to Stop he KGB and the Sworn enemies of the  Furons the Blisk   Cryptosporidium-138 must Save Bay City at one ponit during this adventure  1970 to 1976--Somerset--A Spin off of  Another World about  Missy Palmer Matthews, Lahoma Vane Lucas,and   Sam Lucas moving form Bay city to the  fictional town of Somerset  Michigan 1974-- The Rockford Files "Exit Prentiss Carr" P.I Jim Rockford Trave...

THE DUKES OF HAZZARD

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Just'a good ol' boys Never meanin' no harm. Beats all you never saw Been in trouble with the law Since the day they was born Staightnin' the curves Flatnin the hills Someday the mountain might get 'em But the law never will Makin' their way The only way they know how That's just a little bit more Than the law will allow. Makin' their way The only way they know how That's just a little bit more Than the law will allow. I'm a good ol' boy You know my momma loves me But she don't understand They keep a showin my hands and not my face on TV OH YEA So let's get this over with first.  As a kid,  I loved the Dukes of Hazzard.  My friends and I would ride our bikes pretending to be driving the General Lee and making jumps.  It was a fun show. I get that the Confederate flag in itself is now considered to be offensive.  I indeed personally agree with that.  However, when I see it atop the roof of an o...