Jatka Bandi Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 Kashta jeevulam.... Srama jeevulam.... [b] 7 Badass Things You Should Not Forget About Harry Reid[/b] [b] The senate majority leader had a long week levying the [url="http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/senate-filibustering-as-explained-by-mean-girls"]Nuclear Option[/url] against Republican’s who are filibustering Obama’s nominations.[/b] [img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr01/2013/7/17/13/anigif_enhanced-buzz-31901-1374083728-34.gif[/img] [b] But before anyone thinks messing with Reid will be easy, here are seven thing y’all best remember.[/b] [img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr02/2013/7/18/9/enhanced-buzz-29788-1374153916-3.jpg[/img] [b] [size=6][background=transparent]1.[/background][/size] Reid had a tougher childhood than you.[/b] [img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr05/2013/7/17/14/enhanced-buzz-9815-1374086217-20.jpg[/img][color=#111111][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][background=rgb(255, 255, 255)] [b] Harry Reid was born in the middle of the desert.[/b] [size=3][background=transparent] [img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr03/2013/7/17/17/enhanced-buzz-26700-1374095153-30.jpg[/img][/background][/size][color=#222222][font=ProximaNovaRegular, arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=4][background=transparent] The town was called Searchlight, Nev.[/background][/size][/font][/color][/background][/size][/font][/color][color=#111111][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][background=rgb(255, 255, 255)] [b] He was the third son in an incredibly poor family that lived in a shack one step up from Lincoln’s log cabin.[/b] [size=3][background=transparent] [img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr03/2013/7/17/17/enhanced-buzz-26910-1374094844-8.jpg[/img][/background][/size][/background][/size][/font][/color][color=#111111][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][background=rgb(255, 255, 255)] [b] Reid’s father was a poor miner. At age 11, Reid worked in the mine with his dad wearing a lantern on his head, mucking and panning for gold.[/b] [size=3][background=transparent] [img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/7/17/15/anigif_enhanced-buzz-22888-1374089532-0.gif[/img][/background][/size][/background][/size][/font][/color][color=#111111][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][background=rgb(255, 255, 255)] [b] The town he was raised in had no high school, so Reid hitchhiked 60 miles per week to the town with the nearest school.[/b] [size=3][background=transparent] [img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr03/2013/7/17/17/enhanced-buzz-7694-1374095496-3.jpg[/img][/background][/size][/background][/size][/font][/color][color=#111111][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][background=rgb(255, 255, 255)] [b] [size=6][background=transparent]2.[/background][/size] Harry Reid can kick your ass.[/b] [size=3][background=transparent] [img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/7/17/19/enhanced-buzz-22459-1374102793-3.jpg[/img][/background][/size][color=#222222][font=ProximaNovaRegular, arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=4][background=transparent] Reid was an amateur lightweight boxer and fought 20 fights between Utah and Vegas.[/background][/size][/font][/color][/background][/size][/font][/color] [b] “The black eyes and soreness to me were badges of honor to wear the next day, and I’d fight every chance I got.”[/b] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jatka Bandi Posted July 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 [color=#111111][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][background=rgb(255, 255, 255)] [b] See the resemblance?[/b] [size=3][background=transparent] [size=3][background=transparent] [size=3][background=transparent] [img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr03/2013/7/17/16/grid-cell-25808-1374093866-34.jpg[/img][/background][/size][/background][/size][size=3][background=transparent] [size=3][background=transparent] [img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr03/2013/7/17/16/grid-cell-25808-1374093867-36.jpg[/img][/background][/size][/background][/size][/background][/size] [/background][/size][/font][/color][color=#111111][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][background=rgb(255, 255, 255)] [size=3][background=transparent] [img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr01/2013/7/18/0/enhanced-buzz-11589-1374120778-23.jpg[/img][/background][/size][/background][/size][/font][/color][color=#111111][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][background=rgb(255, 255, 255)] [b] [size=6][background=transparent]3.[/background][/size] Reid will fight you in a bar.[/b] [size=3][background=transparent] [img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr05/2013/7/17/16/anigif_enhanced-buzz-21245-1374092333-34.gif[/img][/background][/size][/background][/size][/font][/color][color=#111111][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][background=rgb(255, 255, 255)] [b] Reid admits to getting “called out” from bars in his youth for fights. “I was raised where you settled your differences physically, and I still have a little of that in me and I’m fighting that all the time.”[/b] [size=3][background=transparent] [img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/7/17/16/anigif_enhanced-buzz-10099-1374094292-1.gif[/img][/background][/size][/background][/size][/font][/color][color=#111111][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][background=rgb(255, 255, 255)] [b] [size=6][background=transparent]4.[/background][/size] Reid punched his future father-in-law in the face.[/b] [size=3][background=transparent] [img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr02/2013/7/17/23/anigif_enhanced-buzz-10176-1374118919-0.gif[/img][/background][/size][color=#222222][font=ProximaNovaRegular, arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=4][background=transparent] The father would not let Reid marry his daughter, Landra Gould, because the Gould’s were Jewish and Reid was not. Landra and Harry eloped to Utah and are still married to this day.[/background][/size][/font][/color][/background][/size][/font][/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jatka Bandi Posted July 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 [color=#111111][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][background=rgb(255, 255, 255)] [b] [size=6][background=transparent]5.[/background][/size] Reid protected the U.S. Capitol with a gun.[/b] [size=3][background=transparent] [img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr03/2013/7/17/16/enhanced-buzz-25857-1374092968-45.jpg[/img][/background][/size][color=#999999 !important][font=ProximaNovaRegular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=2][i][background=transparent] Image by Kevin Lamarque / Reuters[/background][/i][/size][/font][/color][/background][/size][/font][/color][color=#111111][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][background=rgb(255, 255, 255)] [b] When a young Harry Reid attended Law school at George Washington University he found it very hard to pay his bills.[/b] [size=3][background=transparent] [img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr05/2013/7/17/16/enhanced-buzz-21247-1374092141-2.jpg[/img][/background][/size][color=#999999 !important][font=ProximaNovaRegular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=2][i][background=transparent] Source: [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rivarix/6229911147/"]flickr.com[/url][/background][/i][/size][/font][/color][/background][/size][/font][/color][color=#111111][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][background=rgb(255, 255, 255)] [b] So he signed on as a Capitol Police Officer and served on night shift after class.[/b] [size=3][background=transparent] [img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/7/17/16/enhanced-buzz-4319-1374094625-51.jpg[/img][/background][/size][color=#999999 !important][font=ProximaNovaRegular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=2][i][background=transparent] Source: [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rivarix/6229911147/"]flickr.com[/url][/background][/i][/size][/font][/color][/background][/size][/font][/color][color=#111111][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][background=rgb(255, 255, 255)] [b] This meant Reid spent a few years of his young adult life protecting the building where he would eventually lead the upper chamber.[/b] [size=3][background=transparent] [img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/7/18/0/enhanced-buzz-18839-1374120186-2.jpg[/img][/background][/size][/background][/size][/font][/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jatka Bandi Posted July 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 [color=#111111][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][background=rgb(255, 255, 255)] [b] [size=6][background=transparent]6.[/background][/size] Reid choked a son of a bitch.[/b] [size=3][background=transparent] [img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/7/17/16/enhanced-buzz-4319-1374093014-33.jpg[/img][/background][/size][color=#999999 !important][font=ProximaNovaRegular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=2][i][background=transparent] Image by J. Scott Applewhite / AP[/background][/i][/size][/font][/color][/background][/size][/font][/color][color=#111111][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][background=rgb(255, 255, 255)] [b] When Reid was offered a bribe as Nevada gaming commissioner in 1978, he called in the FBI to set up a sting. During the sting operation, Reid lunged across the table and attempted to choke the briber while yelling:[/b] [size=3][background=transparent] [img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr03/2013/7/17/18/anigif_enhanced-buzz-17220-1374098524-0.gif[/img][/background][/size][color=#222222][font=ProximaNovaRegular, arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=4][background=transparent] Startled FBI agents pulled him off. “I was so angry with him for thinking he could bribe me,” Reid said, explaining his theatrical outburst.[/background][/size][/font][/color][color=#999999 !important][font=ProximaNovaRegular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=2][i][background=transparent] Via: [url="http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/08/08/050808fa_fact?printable=true"]newyorker.com[/url][/background][/i][/size][/font][/color][/background][/size][/font][/color][color=#111111][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][background=rgb(255, 255, 255)] [b] Reid’s time as the Nevada gaming commissioner was the eventual inspiration for a number of scenes from the movie [i]Casino[/i].[/b] [size=3][background=transparent] [img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr03/2013/7/17/17/enhanced-buzz-8961-1374098046-18.jpg[/img][/background][/size][color=#999999 !important][font=ProximaNovaRegular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=2][i][background=transparent] Via: [url="http://www.ldsfilm.com/movies/Casino.html"]ldsfilm.com[/url][/background][/i][/size][/font][/color][/background][/size][/font][/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jatka Bandi Posted July 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 [b] Here is a two-minute idea of what Reid inspired (almost [url="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/ballot_box/2004/12/harry_reid_is_not_boring.html"]word for word[/url]).[/b] http://youtu.be/i1KDmG4bxXY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jatka Bandi Posted July 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 [color=#111111][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][background=rgb(255, 255, 255)] [b] Harry Reid had another Hollywood moment in the movie [i]Traffic[/i]. This was Reid’s raw line about what the public wants to see happen to drug dealers:[/b] [size=3][background=transparent] [img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr01/2013/7/17/13/anigif_enhanced-buzz-31945-1374083727-38.gif[/img][/background][/size][/background][/size][/font][/color][color=#111111][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][background=rgb(255, 255, 255)] [b] [size=6][background=transparent]7.[/background][/size] Reid survived a car bomb that might have been set up by the mafia.[/b] [size=3][background=transparent] [img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr02/2013/7/17/16/enhanced-buzz-14858-1374093109-27.jpg[/img][/background][/size][color=#999999 !important][font=ProximaNovaRegular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=2][i][background=transparent] Image by Molly Riley/MCT[/background][/i][/size][/font][/color][/background][/size][/font][/color][color=#111111][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][background=rgb(255, 255, 255)] [b] Reid’s wife discovered a car bomb wired to her gas tank in 1981.[/b] [size=3][background=transparent] [img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/7/17/18/anigif_enhanced-buzz-6748-1374100034-37.gif[/img][/background][/size][color=#222222][font=ProximaNovaRegular, arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=4][background=transparent] The bomb was crude and did not go off, but Reid suspected that his run-ins with the mob had something to do with it.[/background][/size][/font][/color][/background][/size][/font][/color][color=#111111][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][background=rgb(255, 255, 255)] [b] So no matter what you think politically of old, quiet Harry Reid, just remember: He is kind of a badass.[/b] [size=3][background=transparent] [img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr05/2013/7/17/16/enhanced-buzz-21247-1374093187-24.jpg[/img][/background][/size][color=#999999 !important][font=ProximaNovaRegular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=2][i][background=transparent] Image by Alex Wong / Getty Images[/background][/i][/size][/font][/color][/background][/size][/font][/color][color=#111111][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][background=rgb(255, 255, 255)] [b] And he will find you.[/b] [size=3][background=transparent] [img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr01/2013/7/18/0/enhanced-buzz-13640-1374120359-15.jpg[/img][/background][/size][color=#999999 !important][font=ProximaNovaRegular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=2][i][background=transparent] Image by Julie Jacobson / AP[/background][/i][/size][/font][/color][/background][/size][/font][/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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