Why?
For those of you that don't know, Jimmy Hoffa was the corrupt Teamsters president from the 1960s who was convicted of fraud and bribery. He served several years in federal prison until his sentence was commuted in 1971 by President Richard Nixon. Upon his release from prison, he was given a one-time $1,700,000.00 pension payout from the Teamsters as a "welcome home Jimmy" present and he immediately began the process of attempting to get reelected as the Teamsters president.
During his first presidency, Mr. Hoffa had a lot of ties to what was known back then as "the mob". His fraud conviction stemmed from illegal loans he made to various mafia types from the Teamsters pension fund.
During his attempt to get reelected, he made it clear to the mod that he didn't want anything to do with the mob and he began to distance himself from them.
The mob did not take this very well because they liked the idea of having a huge pool of money (the pension fund) they could draw from whenever they wanted.
And this is where things get fuzzy....
The best bet at this point is that a bunch of large men with mustaches and last names that ended in a vowel got together in a small room in Detroit and decided that perhaps Mr. Hoffa might need a good firm talkin' to, if you catch my drift. Within a few days of this meeting, Mr. Hoffa told his wife that he was going to have a sit down with "Tony Pro" and "Tony Jack" at a small restaurant in Bloomfield, Michigan and not to worry, he would be back soon.
He was never seen again.
This was back in 1975.
Let me do the math for you: 2013 - 1975 = 38 years.
The federal government has been searching for Jimmy Hoffa for 38 years.
They search for him by flying 20 or 30 highly paid FBI agents out to Michigan or Indiana or Illinois or someplace like that, on a private jet. That's right, a private jet. None of that "economy-class with the peasants" stuff for our federal employees, no sir. Nothing but the best for our G-Men.
Immediately upon arrival they collect their gear and hit the ground running by checking into some five-star hotel and having a four hour meeting in the bar to strategize the upcoming search.
The very next day, or maybe the day after that, depending on how bad their strategizing hangover is, they hire a few heavy equipment operators, rent a couple of large party tents and start the process of digging up some field or farm that is probably owned by the same senile ex-mob guy that gave them the tip in the first place.
If, during this search, they happen to run across a barn or a house, they don't stop, they keep right on "searching" by tearing down the house or the barn or the swimming pool etc... that is in their way because nothing will stay those gallant FBI agents from their appointed task.
After a few days or weeks of paying all these agents their high salaries, paying the contractors their inflated fees and paying the rent for those giant party tents, they declare the search over, pay the land owner (ex-mob guy) a huge amount of money to rebuild the barn or house or pool etc... and they all go back to Washington, meet in some bar and write lengthy, rambling reports on what they accomplished.
The cost for these searches has been averaging just over $1,000,000.00 each time and they have been doing them for 38 years.
Can someone tell me why they are searching for a thug who stole millions from hard working people? What are they going to do if they find him? Dig him up and bury him someplace else?
You gotta love our government...
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I guess I was a little "ranty" there. I'll stop now and give you a few links:
- Slim Whitman, our best defense in the event of a martian attack, died today.
- Apparently British politicians are just as crazy as ours.
- I don't see any problem with this commercial.
- Only in Russia.
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