The Curious Life of H.L. Hunt

[mesmith31]

I had been doing some reading on the early supporters of Pat Robertson's 700 club and found some notable contributors that included Holly Coors, wife of the beer magnate and H.L. Hunt, father of Lamar Hunt.

Doing a quick search on H.L. via Wikipedia you find some really interesting factoids. Here are some of the high points:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Hunt

1.) After his cotton plantation was flooded, he turned his last $100 into more than $100,000, gambling in New Orleans.

2.) He secured secured title to what was then the largest known oil deposit in the world (the East Texas Oil Field) , by purchasing it from 'charlatan' Columbus Marion "Dad" Joiner by agreeing to pay him $1,000,000 and protect him from legal entanglements due to how he acquired the land.

3.) Their home to the north of White Rock Lake in Dallas was an exact model of Mount Vernon.

4.) His first son, Hassie, who was expected to succeed him in control of the family business, was lobotomized in response to increasingly erratic behavior. He outlived his father, and was known, for decades following the procedure, to wander the shores of White Rock Lake cloaked in white sheets, as a ghost.

5.) Two other children, William and Bunker, are famous for having purchased much of the world's silver, in an attempt to corner the market. They ultimately owned more silver than any government in the world, before their scheme was discovered and undone. Bunker Hunt was briefly one of the wealthiest men in the world, having discovered and taken title to the Libyan oil fields, before Muammar Gaddafi nationalized the properties.

6.) While still married to Lyda, H. L. Hunt is said to have married Frania Tye of Tampa, Florida in November 1925, using the name Franklin Hunt. Frania claimed to have discovered the bigamous nature of her marriage in 1934, and in a legal settlement in 1941.

7.) Hunt supported and had children by Ruth Ray of Shreveport, Louisiana, whom he met when she was a secretary in his Shreveport office.

[texaschiefsfan]

Google JFK and HL Hunt.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by texaschiefsfan

Google JFK and HL Hunt.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

I had no idea what a shitbag family this is. Holy shit reading wikipedia, and some of the non cookoo sites that talk about how they came into their money and some of the things they've done with it, Jesus. Oil gangsters. That's pretty much what they are.

[Titty Meat]

The hunts have stole money for decades

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Rausch

Very.

Then re-read the post; it's pretty self-explanatory.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Then re-read the post; it's pretty self-explanatory.

I still don't get what your point is...

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Stewie

OK, I give up. What the hell are you talking about.

The stupidity of conflating what I said about Nelson Hunt w/ the Obama administrations lack of bank prosecutions for one, and your history of inserting idiotic non-sequiturs to my replies for another.

Read the first page of this thread:

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showt...ght=mother****

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Rausch

I still don't get what your point is...

1) I make a post about Nelson Hunt'

2)Stewie replies to me with idiocy saying that at least Reagan prosecuted fraudulent bankers

3) I reply mentioning the idiocy of making this an Obama thread and assuming that I have a viewpoint that is actually the exact opposite of the one I have, I consistent Stewie problem.

I don't see what is so unclear about that post.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

The stupidity of conflating what I said about Nelson Hunt w/ the Obama administrations lack of bank prosecutions for one, and your history of inserting idiotic non-sequiturs to my replies for another.

Read the first page of this thread:

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showt...ght=mother****

So the Hunts are reeruned rich and treat their franchise like a hobby?

Because they're so reeruned rich that's what it is to them?

DUH...

Is that the point or are you bringing some sideways-Alex-Smith-they're-all-snake-people angle to it?...

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['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Rausch

So the Hunts are reeruned rich and treat their franchise like a hobby?

Because they're so reeruned rich that's what it is to them?

DUH...

Is that the point or are you bringing some sideways-Alex-Smith-they're-all-snake-people angle to it?...

That's not what I said or implied at all. I don't know if you're drunk or trolling at this point, but I'll reply one last time:

This is a thread about the scumbaggery of HL Hunt.

I added an anecdote about one of his sons. He was a scumbag.

*Makes claim of scumbaggery. Supports claim with evidence. Moves on*

Freud once said sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Stop looking for an oblique meaning and read my actual posts for their literal content. Don't try and imbue some kind of figurative narrative that's not there.

[scho63]

So many of the early fortunes and great family old money wealth in this country was acquired by nefarious means. The stories of some of the old timers and what scum bags they were are incredible.

People like Rockefeller and Kennedy were mean. cheap, and criminals

[beach tribe]

Originally Posted by scho63

So many of the early fortunes and great family old money wealth in this country was acquired by nefarious means. The stories of some of the old timers and what scum bags they were are incredible.

People like Rockefeller and Kennedy were mean. cheap, and criminals

This. Most everyone with ridiculous wealth had ancestors that did something inhuman to get it.