good talk

Billy Cannon won the Heisman Trophy in 1959 while at LSU.  Billy didn't come from much, his father was a one-armed guy who LSU gave a job as a janitor so they could get his son on their football team.  An excellent student Billy became an orthodontist in Baton Rouge after an illustrious and lengthy pro career once scoring 5 touchdowns in a single game for the Houston Oilers.  People couldn't get enough of Billy and he was earning 300 thou a year from his practice but due to bad investments and gambling Billy partook in counterfeiting and in 1983 was sent to prison for two and a half years.  After being released Billy was a pariah amongst the same people who had once worshipped him, a deranged woman was witnessed screaming at Billy "Jailbird, Jailbird," Dr. Cannon noted "Does she think that I don't know that I was in jail?"  I would watch Paula Deen for maybe 10 seconds during her long stay on TV I knew who she was.  Paula Deen was thought to have used a racial slur, why would anyone care about this triviality I've heard Blacks using the term quite a bit.  Besides I guess one held a gun on her this would lead to umbrage in anyone.  Those who Crushed Paula Deen and for no good reason must not like themselves very much if they would unload on someone for this trifle all they accomplished was to lessen themselves.