41 - Blood and Glory: True Tales of the Texas Rangers

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

Dan Cummins

True Crime, Society & Culture, Religion, Conspiracies, History, Biographies, Education, Adult Humor, Comedy, Dark Humor, Conspiracy, Cults

4.7 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2017

⏱️ 96 minutes

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If it weren't for the Texas Rangers, Texas probably wouldn't be a state today. These wild, eccentric frontiersman rode into battle on crippled legs, gun wound shortened arms, shot horseshoes out of cannons and did whatever it took to get the job done and win independence from Mexico. Meet the real Walker, Texas Ranger, meet the man who brought down Bonnie and Clyde, and learn some gritty Texas history along the way. Timesuck goes deep in the heart of Texas to tell Texas-sized tales of it's first and fierce lawmen. Today's timesuck sponsors! ApplicationNinja.com Get one month of the most affordable, customizable, and user friendly Application Management Software on the market for free and hire the best employees for your business with ease. Simlisafe! Powerful window and door sensors, 105 decibel sirens, 24/7 security professionals waiting to send police to your home, and more for only $15 a month! Get 10% off of the best home security system on the market and slip easy by going to Simplisafe.com/listen Own the best luggage on the market when you buy from Away! Stylish and virtually indestructible, with amazing features like a carry on with a USB charger capable of charging an iPhone five times over! Get $20 off by using the promo code TIMESUCK after heading to awaytravel.com/timesuck

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0:00.0	Who are the Texas Rangers?
0:02.0	Well, in this episode, they're not the Arlington, Texas-based baseball team that originated
0:06.0	as a Washington Senators in 1961 after the original Washington Senators moved to Minnesota
0:11.3	and became a twins.
0:12.3	And then the new Senators moved from Washington, D.C. to Texas in 1972.
0:16.7	Uh-uh.
0:17.7	Today, the Texas Rangers we're going to be talking about is not the team that professional
0:21.9	flamethrower, Nolan, I have no problem putting Robin Ventura in a headlock and punch in his
0:26.6	noggin repeatedly, Ryan, through 301 strikeouts for 1989 and only 239 innings of work at the
0:33.9	age of 42.
0:35.6	When he can still throw 97 miles an hour of heat like a goddamn cyborg created by SkyNet,
0:41.5	we're not talking about those Rangers.
0:43.7	We're talking about the original Texas Rangers before the baseball team, before the lone
0:47.8	Ranger, before Chuck Norris, Walker, Texas Ranger.
0:52.3	Think Chuck Norris is tough?
0:53.7	Well, he is.
0:54.7	He's very tough.
0:55.7	I don't know for myself.
0:56.8	He was Black Belt magazine's 1969 fighter of the year and six time world karate champion
1:01.4	for fuck's sake, Dude held his own with Bruce Lee.
1:05.3	But he's not as tough as the real Walker Texas Ranger, Samuel Hamilton Walker, a man who
1:10.7	escaped from the Mexican military to join the Texas Rangers and designed, along with gunmaker,
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