# William F. Buckley Jr. passed away **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 27, 2008, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/william-f-buckley-jr-passed-away/44104 "2008-02-27T12:08:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/william-f-buckley-jr-passed-away/44104/1 "2008-02-27T12:08:32Z")
RIP Bill. We will miss you. [http://www.nationalreview.com/](http://www.nationalreview.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/william-f-buckley-jr-passed-away/44104/2 "2008-02-27T12:09:40Z")
So did he ever live down letting that grounder go between his legs? ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/william-f-buckley-jr-passed-away/44104/3 "2008-02-27T12:23:25Z")
:picard: You are thinking of Buckner. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/william-f-buckley-jr-passed-away/44104/4 "2008-02-27T12:45:31Z")
:picard: I know. But I did have to google who William Buckley is. πŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/william-f-buckley-jr-passed-away/44104/5 "2008-02-27T12:48:11Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > :picard: > > I know. > > But I did have to google who William Buckley is. > > πŸ˜› I knew you were kidding in your first post but now I am not sure about your google comment. I hope you were kidding.:rx3: ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 1:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/william-f-buckley-jr-passed-away/44104/6 "2008-02-27T13:12:32Z")
Naw I actually don’t know who he is. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/william-f-buckley-jr-passed-away/44104/7 "2008-02-27T13:15:03Z")
πŸ‘‹ ---
**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/william-f-buckley-jr-passed-away/44104/8 "2008-02-27T14:27:04Z")
> [@wiki](#): > > He was a practicing Roman Catholic, often attending the traditional Latin Mass in Connecticut thats scary ---
**Author:** ![forthekicks385](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/forthekicks385/32/7484_2.png) [@forthekicks385](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/forthekicks385)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/william-f-buckley-jr-passed-away/44104/9 "2008-02-27T19:44:59Z")
rip! the world is worse off with out him. ---
**Author:** ![RedrRocket](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redrrocket/32/7193_2.png) [@RedrRocket](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedrRocket)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 5:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/william-f-buckley-jr-passed-away/44104/10 "2008-02-28T05:17:53Z")
oh. so he was one of the crazy over religious conservative freaks. no wonder i have no idea who he was. ktksbie ---
**Author:** ![I\_3SHOtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/76d3ee/32.png) [@I\_3SHOtime](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/I_3SHOtime)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 5:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/william-f-buckley-jr-passed-away/44104/11 "2008-02-28T05:34:54Z")
He founded the conservative movement. Probably his best accomplishment. ---
**Author:** ![JoesTypeS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joestypes/32/7190_2.png) [@JoesTypeS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JoesTypeS)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 5:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/william-f-buckley-jr-passed-away/44104/12 "2008-02-28T05:57:07Z")
He wrote a lot. Great debater also.