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March 9, 2004
Blakey says this organization is run like the Mafia
By QBlog in
G. Robert Blakey has opinions and he's usually not afraid to express them. We've learned from The Blakey Report that he sees similarities between Amway and Organized Crime. While some have argued that his opinions about Amway should be kept secret we can still find examples of Blakey sharing his opinions about other organizations.
From a PBS Frontline interview we learn Blakey's opinions about the Tobacco Industry. The following are excerpts from that interview:
The tobacco industry morphed in 1953 from a legitimate industry to an illegitimate industry and it became a front for the selling of a drug, not cocaine, not heroin, but nicotine...Now, after reading that interview I must say that I don't quite understand the fuss surrounding Blakey's report on Amway. They both pretty much say the same thing. It's just one guy's opinion. Is there anything wrong with sharing your opinion? I have read several opinions stating that George Bush orchestrated the 9/11 attacks to boost his poll numbers. Does that make it true? Should those opinions be silenced?...In the early 1930s, the families of le Cosa Nostra, the mob, put together a national organization to coordinate their illegal and legal activities. In 1953, the cigarette industry put together a similar organization, headed by the lawyers, headed by a bogus scientific research group and a public relations group and if you just look at the structure of the national syndicate of organized crime and look at the structure of the national syndicate of the tobacco industry, you'll see how they are the same, hand in glove...
...If in fact, an industry systematically misrepresents the nature of its product in an effort to sell that product to a child and that product is addictive and lethal, that's a federal felony...
...Get the documents. And parallel them out. This is what they're saying publicly. This is what the documents are saying privately. Is there a difference? Why is there a difference? If there is a substantial difference between what you say publicly and what you say private, that's an [inditia] of an attempt to defraud...
...In fact, it's not a legitimate industry. This is an outline of the Rico statute. You have to have a corporations up here, that's the first thing. The second thing you have to have is an enterprise. And what you saw previously, was the organization of organized crime...
I have one question for Blakey or anyone who may know. What happens if PBS Frontline does another interview with Blakey and asks for his opinions about Amway?
Comments
For those who find this entry interesting reading--just go to google and type in "Blakey RICO mafia testimony" or something similar. You can find several more articles which read very similar to this.
Nice article from PBS, it's much appreciated. It would be interesting to see if FRAUD could be proven, yes?
Posted by: Doug | March 9, 2004 7:47 PM