Greg Johnson: Raid on Pilot Flying J strikes familiar chord

knoxnews.com ^ | April 17, 2013 at 4 a.m. | Greg Johnson

[cva66snipe]

Police officers at the Pilot store at the corner of Park Road and the Parkway in Sevierville were intensely engaged with an employee Tuesday afternoon.

[cva66snipe]

Read the article. It will jog some memories and shed some light possibly.

[NoLibZone]

“Something bad must be going on there if both the FBI and the IRS showed up” was a common reaction. The show of force by the Department of Justice seemed to indicate such.

But the show of force elicited another response.

“This is the kind of stuff that goes on in Russia,” a conservative friend said, labeling the shutdown politically motivated.

[NoLibZone]

Its 1939 again.

Socialists don’t change their tactics.

[cva66snipe]

A couple of years ago another Tennessee business was raided over a rather odd reason. Remember the Gibson Company raids as in the guitar maker?

[SeminoleCounty]

Pilot is one of the biggest sellers of fuel in America.....and I wonder which one of their rivals bribed the Obama Admin to go after them?

If Pilot is forced to shut down or downsize .....the price of everything goes up. They keep fuel prices as low as possible

[cva66snipe]

The Republican governor of Tennessee’s family owns Pilot Oil. It’s a private owned company. He recently turned down expansion of Obamacare in the state through expansion of Medicaid. I think that happened last week.

[Vendome]

PA II

No one can talk about the case.

How’s that Bill of Rights?

[meyer]

Could this be related to Tennessee Governor Haslam NOT embracing Obamacare?

[cva66snipe]

The CEO Jimmy Haslam {governors brother} said yesterday the investigation seem to be about rebates offered to truckers. That would seem odd even questionable till you consider that Gibson got raided over an imported wood other guitar makers in the U.S. were also using. Here's some other threads on the raid on Pilot Oil.

FBI Locks Down Pilot Flying J Headquarters

Browns owner: (Haslam)Family company under criminal probe

[cva66snipe]

Could this be related to Tennessee Governor Haslam NOT embracing Obamacare?

Timing was rather odd wasn't it? And which party did Gibson donate too? Which party did Gibson's competition donate too? Tennessee GOP has both state house with a huge majority plus the governors office. DEM's up till recently had controlled the state legislature for decades.

[ltc8k6]

Gibson finally admitted guilt, though...

[wolfman23601]

I have seen too much fraud in the business world to be surprised of whatever comes of this.

[Arm_Bears]

So where are Tennessee’s two intrepid GOP Senators in all of this?

[762X51]

Gibson finally admitted guilt, though.

Actually they paid a $300,000 "penalty" to avoid criminal charges. Just your typical Leftist shakedown of a producer. It was cheaper to pay the fine than fight the charges. And as an added bonus Uncle Sugar got to keep all the exotic wood they seized. I wonder who ended up with that???

[MrB]

Where was the Sheriff?

It’s his duty to protect the people of his county.

[deoetdoctrinae]

So where are Tennessee’s two intrepid GOP Senators in all of this?

Probably either at a White House dinner with Obama, or meeting with Democrat senators planning further 2nd amendment restrictions.

[TYVets]

It was a shakedown.

Gibson did not contribute to 0bama's election fund so a message was delivered that you better donate or else.

It is the Chicagoland way.

[pnz1]

I’ve heard Haslam’s name floated out there as a possible Presidential candidate..

[Arm_Bears]

I was going to say “hiding under their desks,” but what you suggested works, too.