Maggie's Farm

We lived in So. California and the concern about mobsters, teamsters, etc. had already become commonplace. When Kennedy was killed almost immediately the response was mobsters. But, when the supposed assassin was also shot then we truly believed it was J.Edgar Hoover!

There is a new film on Netflix that is quite good. The Irishman has noted as fairly accurate in it's depiction of the relationship between teamsters, mobsters, Vegas, etc. It was good to see the entire chronology again. Too bad today's generation has not been taught the details of our most recent history. Does anyone here remember Geraldine Ferraro? She ran as vp with Walter Mondale. The night before the election the two of them had to run to Lake Tahoe for a "meeting". Everyone in California understood that to mean have a conversation with the Nevada mob. They lost that election, but Mondale returned as Governor of WI. He then went on to become the first state to allow casinos on Indian Reservations-- a sham of an excuse to allow gambling to leave the confines of Nevada. These were democrats directly connected to the mob. Today when I see Hillary, Nancy, and Diane I understand very clearly who runs this country. There used to be much talk about the old time Chicago mobsters--who had built up Nevada, were retiring. Their kids who took over the mob--Nancy, Hillary, Diane, etc. had their advanced degrees in business and were smart enough to run both the teamsters and the Nevada enterprises and the mobs like the large corporations they were/are. That generation--Geraldine's, Nancy's, Hillary's generation were among the "first daughters" to fit in this "third generation category". Do a search for information about Hillary's father/mother. Only one news report shows up and that was early in Bill Clinton's campaign. There was a mention that her father was "connected", but what he did was run a curtain making/re-upholstery business. You will be interested to note when that shows up in the film.