Jimmy Hoffa
The
search for Hoffa's remains at Michigan farm continues. So why is this important? I think it is important because
Jimmy Hoffa was once one of the most influential people in the US and he was clearly a crook and if not a mobster himself so closely tied to the mob that the unions were nothing more than a sub-set of the mob. His disappearance and presumed murder were the source of many conversations and jokes during my lifetime. I also think it shows that we won't rest in finding the truth, at least about some things. A lesson in perserverance if you will, perhaps they'll be able to re-aquaint a new generation with the corruption of the mob on the unions.
If you are so young that you either have no memory of or doubt that Jimmy Hoffa has become some sort of icon of the disappeared mobster you should read all you can about this man and how he used the Teamsters to his (?) own ends.
Court TV,
Cover-ups,
The Smoking Gun and a
memorial page are all available on line.
