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Marilyn Buck

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The Resume

    (December 13, 1947-August 3, 2010)
    Born in Midland, Texas
    Left-wing activist
    Joined Students for a Democratic Society (1967)
    Became 'quartermaster' for the Black Liberation Army (BLA)
    Received a 50-year sentence (1988) after being convicted of taking part in the 1981 BLA-Weather Underground robbery of a Brink's armored car
    Received an additional 10 years for having participated in a series of bombings while a fugitive (1990)
    Died of uterine cancer one month after being released from prison on health grounds

Why she might be annoying:

    She called herself an 'anti-imperialist freedom fighter.'
    While serving time for illegally buying ammo with a fake ID, she was allowed out on furlough and became a fugitive (1977).
    She helped BLA member/cop killer Assata Shakur break out of prison (1979).
    She obtained a safe house and weapons and drove the getaway car for the Brinks robbery, in which two policemen and a Brinks guard were killed (1981).
    During the Brinks robbery, she shot herself in the leg.
    She was a member of the 'Armed Resistance Unit' that set off bombs at the US Capitol, three military installations in the Washington DC area and four sites in New York City (1983-85).

Why she might not be annoying:

    When her minister father desegregated his congregation, crosses were burned on their lawn.
    She was an honor student.
    The Armed Resistance Unit bombings were intended to inflict property damage only: warning phone calls were made and no one was injured.
    She became a published poet, winning several honors from PEN American Center's prison writing program.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 528 Votes: 69.70% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 30 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 91.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 253 Votes: 53.75% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 662 Votes: 52.72% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 675 Votes: 57.19% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 570 Votes: 61.93% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 110 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 600 Votes: 61.33% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 413 Votes: 51.57% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 499 Votes: 59.92% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 27 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 160 Votes: 73.75% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 232 Votes: 69.83% Annoying