Open Letter Dept: To Hamilton, Dykstra, Burr and Cokely

[Capn Jimbo]

This will be brief and merciful...


1. As should be abundantly obvious, Sue Sea and I and most of our friends support the Caribbean people, their rum and their culture. It seems that most of you do as well.

2. The issue of the rum wars and the massive subsidies to the USVI is worldwide and has been repeatedly addressed by all the world's major and minor media.

3. If anything I and The Rum Project have been late to the game, but thanks to da'rum who first fought for the issue and especially against Diageo. Almost all of the other rum websites were mostly missing in action.

4. Accordingly a small group of rum lovers came together with the result of the Petition to Save Caribbean Rum (SCR), which stalled after an initial burst of support from most of you, and all of our personal efforts, family and friends.

5. The big break came when author Davin de Kergommeaux - with whom I've had a long and lively dialogue - received SCR's Press Kit from me. He admitted his skepticism but then called his good friend Dave Broom who confirmed that the Press Kit was entirely accurate.

Amazingly, both Davin and Dave signed the petition (Dave is #52)! This was huge.

6. The petition then took off and the signatures quickly tripled. At this point SCR established a web presence of its own, with an SCR gmail, Facebook and Twitter account. Although I worked very hard to drive traffic to the Petition, SCR not once mentioned moi or this website.

7. Meanwhile a small band of merry men made an appearance at Ed Hamilton's Ministry of Rum and vigorously promoted the issue, citing the NY Times, Hamilton's interview on NPR and many more national authorities. The monkeys stayed silent, and Hamilton himself uncharacteristically did not comment on a thread that ran 7 pages.

8. Meanwhile the signatures were mounting from other rum sites: the Rum Dood (Matt), Inu a Kena (Josh), A Mountain of Ice (Tiare), the Bilgemunky, Lance of Liquorature et al. Almost all the leading rum authors signed: Broom, de Kergommeaux, Beachbum Berry, Rene van Hoven and Ian Williams - together the Who's Who of rum. Private support was expressed by author Luis Ayala. Ron de Jeremy signed, and far from least, so did Carl Kanto of El Dorado Rum, who also publicly expressed his fears.

There are many more, but the point is made. This is broad and important support for a very real issue that truly threatens Caribbean rum.


Commercial Turncoats

9. The few holdouts remained the promoters and commercial sites: Hamilton stood silent, but later went completely bonkers (below). Although Robin Burr "friended" SCR, made her support directly known to SCR and hubby Robert retweeted the petition, they soon retreated, "unfriended" SCR and much worse (see below). Chip Dykstra claimed ignorance and refused to discuss the issue or petition at all. Forrest Cokely came out and made a powerful statement, calling the subsidies "evil" and stating that the rums "must SUCK", and publicly signed the petition. He later tried to disavow his words and signature, then stating that affiliation would "hurt my reputation". With who, Diageo?

All the rest whose commercial interests are clear operated on the notion of early but tepid support while the petition was small and weak, but somehow - at about the same time - had a massive change of heart (almost as massive as the subsidies) when the petition actually took off. In the course of a day or two, all publicly ran away from the issue, made bizarre and false accusations and attempted to divert the issue to a public stoning of The Rum Project.

According to them, this whole issue and petition was a vast conspiracy by "Capt Jimbo" (sp) in an obviously sick and twisted attempt to promote The Rum Project. Like a new radio format "All Jimbo, All the Time!", lol. Yup, to them the issue is now invisible: ...move along folks, nothing to see here ...it's all good.", looking forward to a fun (and really, really profitable) festival.

It goes without saying that commercial interests are highly dependent on the Big Three to sell tables, for promotional freebies, or to fill their Big Three dominated rum and spirits retail shelves.


The Big Questions?

1. What part did the Big Three play in changing their minds?

2. Were their nearly simultaneous turnarounds coordinated?

3. And last, what will they say when Sir Ronald Sanders predictions come true?

"The reduction of sales in the US market, and the EU due to this legislation will have an adverse effect on Caribbean CARICOM distillers financial capacity to survive, let alone continue to manufacture rum at a competitive price.”

Link: http://sirronaldsanders.com/viewarticle.aspx?ID=336

Good people, the issue is not about any one of us. It is a human issue, with real and painful consequence for the wonderful people of the Caribbean, whose livelihoods and cultures are on the chopping block as you read.


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Next - Moi addresses the liars, libelers and turncoats directly. Stay tuned...

[Dai]

One thing came across abundantly clear to me in the MOR forum was that the ordinary guy who buys his rum for his own drinking pleasure could see the implications of this tax deal for what it is. These people get it and they are quite pissed off about it because they know it means more expensive rum or the loss of the rums they enjoy through scrupulous shady back room dealing of the big three and the politicians.

On the other hand the freebie crowd don't want to rock the boat.

[Capn Jimbo]

Let's start with Ed Hamilton...


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A little background.

On January 5th (a bit over a month ago) a surprising thread appeared at the Ministry of Rum, "Opinions on the tax breaks given to USVI and Puerto Rico?", posted by a gentleman I'd never seen before. This was very unusual as the Ministry monekys are of the sycophantic simian subset. Hamilton's official position on rum is that "... it'a all good", and that his favorite rum "...is the one in my glass". This is not unexpected for a rum rep whose income was/is dependent less on the few tiny, hard-to-find rums he represents - which are Caribbean I'd add - - but more on paid appearances, tastings and commercial rum "competitions", all of which are heavily dependent on maintaining good relations with the Big Three and their distributors.

Like all such promoters he must defer to the Big Three, and their influence on the big distributors who buy tables and goody bags at such "events". So clearly this thread was very unusual. More unusual was when the thread went on for 6 pages, driven mostly by posters named 1%, Spinner and Dai, not known to me but thankfully who supported Caribbean rum and the Petition to Save Caribbean Rum, as do I and most of the leading rum authors and rum websites in the world. Missing only were the Diageo driven Hamilton and his commercial butt buddies Burr, Cokely, Dykstra and the Ambassador of Rum Ian.

At a point it became clear that Hamilton's monkeys were simply not going to express an opinion until their Great White Leader posted so as to indicate what position they were supposed to mimic. Hamilton stayed silent; thus so did his monkey minions. Typical. But then the 2nd of March arrived!


So what's special about March 2nd?

I'm deeming March 2nd "Diageo Dump Day", aka DD-Day, and for a reason that will become clear to you as you read this amazing story of lies, deception, disinformation and diversion. When this handful of promoters act on the same day, it is anything but coincidence. More on this later. For now note these...

1. On March 2nd the long thread of January 5th livened up. Chip Dykstra, the "Arctic Wolf" came loping in to complain of a "well-known troll" who he claimed, had tried to invade his website. You see, the words "Capn" and "Jimbo" are verboten to the monkeys, who are permitted to speak only indirectly, so statements like this are perfectly understood.

2. 1% took it to Dykstra and challenged him as as to why the "Arctic Wolf" - as a self-proclaimed reviewer of rum and practically anything else - as to why the Wuff had chosen to stay silent in the face of worldwide concern over the financial crisis threatening to put Caribbean rums out of business. 1% pointed out that even Mr. Dkystra's close associates supported the petition, namely Canadian author Davin de Kergommeaux, and Carl Kanto of El Dorado Rums, not to mention many of his "Rum XP" fellow "experts" over at Burr's joint.

3. A respectful dustup then occured with Lance of Liquorature (Ruminsky), 1%, Dkystra and Dai participating in a minor brouhaha with Lance and Dkystra professing horror at 1%'s challenge, and both Dai and 1% defending it as part of a the respectful give and take of a good website.

The stage is now set. DD-Day - March 2nd - had arrived with a vengence in the form of a coordinated attack designed to disinform, deceive and divert. Within hours Ed Hamilton jumped into the fray, deleted the thread and rid the Ministry of Rum of 1%, Spinner and Dai - and then said this in a "member's only" private thread:

Ed Hamilton:

1%, Dai and Spinner

It appears that the above mentioned members were found to be masquerading another attempt by Capt Jimbo (sp)to hijack this forum for his own purpose. In as much as the self-proclaimed Capt confirms on his website that he is a compleat idiot and has been previously banned on this forum after using several other usernames, I have banned the above members.

I apologize that it took so long for me to take action this time as he has gotten better at masking his ip address.

Thank you for helping me monitor this forum for what I can only consider to be malicious posts that attack the integrity of other forum members.
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Edward Hamilton
Ambassador of Rum

There's three problems with this...

First and foremost, it's simply and unequivocally untrue. Mr. Hamilton apparently believes his banana and rum-sotted audience are so dense as to accept any load of crap that falls off his "...it's all good" dump truck. Let me be clear. I didn't know who 1%, Spinner and Dai were, but they were/are not me, nor were they my invention. Mr. Hamilton has no proof because there isn't any.

This is disinformation, otherwise known as mooseshit, whose sole intent seems to be to deceive his readers, and to divert their attention from a good cause, to focus instead on moi and my alleged dishonorable and false motivations. The real malice lies at the feet of the creator of these paranoid falsehoods. Caribbean rum crisis? Capn Jimbo. Afghanistan war? Capn Jimbo. Global warming anyone? And the few monkeys who still post just eat it up, but elsewhere? Not so much.

Second, on the basis of what at best may have been a malicious fantasy, and at worst an outright and hurtful lie, Mr. Hamilton then deleted a long and well established thread, and banished three innocent parties whose only crime was to attempt to openly discuss the Caribbean rum crisis and to draw others into the thread. Hamilton apparently lacked the cajones to join in that discussion for over a month, but only after after deleting it, then hid his actions and strange rationale in a "member's only" thread. What courage! What openess! Like the guy who slips out a ripe one at your party and quickly leaves the room.

And third and last, it seems obvious that Mr. Hamilton was not alone, as you will see, as March 2nd turned out to be...


March 2nd, aka Diageo Dump Day aka DD-Day...

It appears March 2nd was the day of "D's": Diageo, disinformation and deception, and diversion and denial. Friends, what you have seen now seems a planned, coordinated and nearly simultaneous attack by a literal handful off promoters: Hamilton - and as you will see - also by Messrs. Burr, Dkystra and Cokely.

It was my original fervent intention and plea that all lovers of Caribbean rum ought to set their usual and petty differences aside, and to unite in a support our Caribbean friends, rum and culture[/u]. Most did...

From authors Dave Broom, Ian Williams, Beachbum Berry, Davin de Kergommeaux and Rene van Hoven, to distillers like Carl Kanto and his El Dorado Rums, to bottlers like Ron de Jeremy, to most rum webmasters and to literally hundreds of rum lovers from around the world - we have all joined together and publicly signed and supported the Petition to Save Caribbean Rum.

Only four loner holdouts - all of whom depend on Caribbean rums for their personal profit - lacked the courage and honesty to do so. They proceeded in unison with a campaign of disinformation, deception, diversion and/or denial. They should be deeply ashamed. Their hope is to divert attention from the issue and their failure to properly address it. Instead, they have hidden behind vicious lies, punishing four innocents in the process, and misleading thousands of readers.

It was/is truly amazing! It takes me back to the Senate hearings where the cigarette executives engaged in similar tactics of total denial and diversion. In this case the cancer being denied are the tactics of the Big Three, particularly Diageo, si? You decide.

In closing, Ed I challenge you to back up your sickening spew. You won't because you can't. Either put up, or shut up. Better yet, why don't you post your own thread on the Caribbean rum crisis and finally state your own opinion?


Next up, Robert Burr...

[Capn Jimbo]

Let's add another "D" for Robert Burr - Disavowal...

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In this post, you will learn how Clan Burr supported, then disavowed their support for the Petition based on their dislike of one of the messengers.

First as always, a bit of background.

I remember when Burr was just a big, kinda jolly guy trying to make a few bucks doing PR work, and putting on a series of small, local tastings in Coral Gables. He was an active insider at the MOR, which he used to scare up interest in his family run tastings. These were held in a small party room at a local hotel, maybe $25 a head. Nicely done.

Product was provided by the distributors and distillers, and occasionally featuring a speaker like Richard Seale. Burr held forth while his wife Robin (Burr) coordinated a cheese and cracker table. I still remember the time when they ran out of those cheepo plastic mini-shot glasses, and actually had to collect and rewash them inbetween samples. Eeeuuuh! A start. In the meanwhile, Burr made sure to attend Rum Queen Dori Bryant's huge Tampa rumfest, and also those of Hamilton in Chicago. I watched him work the distributors and tables along with his son Robert, apparently in preparation for creating his own festival.

Needless to say Burr's efforts were not well received by either of them. When we were invited to attend as judges in Tampa, Dori couldn't stop complaining about both, and Burr's relationship with Hamilton ended very suddenly in Chicago - with allegations that Burr had threatened his life. Fat chance (pun intended). The only thing that should feel threatened by the Burrs are the jellies at Dunkin Donuts, lol...

The Miami festival was born and thence grew, along with a seeming dependence on the Big Three conglomerates, and with continued bad blood between the promoters. I personally thought Robert was the kindest of the three (he offers a 1/4 shot of rum in between beatings), not a bad guy - at least to your face. The rest of clan Burr, not so much.

Burr was quite friendly to us in the beginning, but this ended when I posted a gentle critique of his Coral Gable's tastings as "great fun, well worth the cover charge" but not particularly effective in really understanding rum. This is true of all such tastings - no one will come to understand any wine, beer or spirit in a loud and crowded room and especially from a mini-shot glass. This is also true of rum festivals: great, great fun and a chance to mingle, laugh, smoke cigars and ogle massively awesome pourers at the tables. Fair enough? Sure, but not for clan Burr.

After that, I was a bad guy, even though I made clear these were great fun and introductory events and continued to post and promote his Miami event. What would typically happen after that was...

1. Robert Sr. would thank me and unsolicited, would also offer Sue Sea and I tickets. I'd thank him.

2. Robert Jr. would then fail to confirm or provide the tickets (without which we'd not attend).

Frankly, after you've been to a rumfest or two, they get rather repetitive. Same vendors, mostly the same product, jostling through crowded lines and venues to finally get a 1/3 oz. of rum. Not to mention simply outrageous Miami Beach traffic, parking, long walks ad infinitum. For the insiders it's great - it's networking time. It's really about a huge paid event that provides future marketing claims like "Triple Platinum at the Intergalactic Rumfest". How do you spell b-o-r-i-n-g?

But a great event for Canadians and others who've never seen a real string bikini on yet another of our amazing Caribbean and South American women or who don't get enough sun and rum.


Back to DD-Day, March 2nd and Burr's big mouth...

On this Day of Diageo here was Robert Burr's contribution on Facebook...

Burr: "Jimbo is abusing my reputation and my name by suggesting I support "his cause." I do not. He's also bragging about support from many of my fellow Rum Expert Panel members who care deeply about this issue, but do not wish to follow this disturbed leader into a fight with two American territories and several large rum companies. Be advised, we are very upset that he chooses to drag our names into his little arena to promote himself. This is typical behavior for this very troubled, disturbed and disreputable man."

He was immediately answered by..

Marcus Lewer, in reply

"@Robert A. Burr, I haven't seen him abuse your reputation, you do a good enough job of that yourself with your bend over backwards for a buck attitude, god forbid you offend the big money that your rum festival relies on eh?. Jimbo may be flawed but his heart is in the right place, he may be even a bit mad but he does what he does out of the love of rum and a sense of fair play, sure sometimes he gets carried away but when someone is passionate about a cause that tends to happen. There isn't a dollar in it for him, how about you Robert?"

Thanks to Marcus, now let's parse this:


"Jimbo is abusing my reputation and my name by suggesting I support "his cause."

The cause is hardly mine. Nearly all the major international media, including the NY Times and National Public Radio have discussed this "cause" for many months. As verbal as I am, I am but one of many, many thousands of supporters who are aware of it, and of the hundreds of leading rum authors, rum websites, distillers, bottlers and just plain rum lovers - from all over the globe - who read, signed and/or linked the Petition to Save Caribbean Rum (happily linked below). They represent the Who's Who of the world of rum.

As far as Burr's reputation, he has one as best described by Mr. Lewer far better than I. Next as far as supporting "my" cause, Burr states simply "I do not". And guess what? He doesn't, but did he? Does this sound like support...

1. If a member of Clan Burr signed the petition, wouldn't that be support? Of course.

2. If a member of Clan Burr "friended" Save Caribbean Rum, wouldn't that be support? Of course, and finally...

3. If a member of Clan Burr retweeted a Save Caribbean Rum tweet to read and sign the Petition, wouldn't that also be support? Of course. All told, the answers are yes, yes and yes.

Clan Burr obviously got a talking to, and in coordination "unfriended" Save Caribbean Rum and disavowed their initial support. The horror, the horror, lol...


"He's also bragging about support from many of my fellow Rum Expert Panel members who care deeply ... but do not wish to follow this disturbed leader into a fight with two American territories and several large rum companies."

I've got news for Mr. Burr. There is already a fight, but it's not with me. CARICOM has already petitioned the World Trade Organization to turn back these subsidies. A U.S. Congressional Representative has publicly complained and intends to introduce legislation reversing the subsidies in question. And many of Burr's own "RumXP" panel publicly proclaimed their support - not for me - but of the issue by signing the petition. These "XP's" include Dave Broom, Ian Williams, Rene van Hoven, the Rum Dood, Beachbum Berry and others. It doesn't take a Compleat Idiot to understand that "joining the fight" and "publicly signing" are synonymous.

If Mr. Burr is referring to the other members of his casual XP panel members who did not sign, he should name them, and stand publicly with them against Caribbean rum. He won't because (a) they really understand and support the issue but (b) many are scared to death of offending Mr. Burr's "two American territories and several large rum companies".

That'd be Bacardi, Cruzan (Fortune) and especially Diageo, Robert. They may own your cajones, but not those of the many better known signatories and untold thousands of supporters of Caribbean rum.


"This is typical behavior for this very troubled, disturbed and disreputable man."

If I said this about you, some of you would be lawyering up. If typical behavior is attempting to determine the facts and the truth, and to join and promote a fair cause - then I am entirely guilty. Frankly, Mr. Burr's insulting statement is both projective and projectile... vomiting that is.



Bottom Line: What Really Happened!

Simple. When the petition first hit the net Clan Burr did in fact support the petition. When he later caught a smidgeon of gentle criticism by a couple Facebook posters, Clan Burr then disavowed their support and decided to defer to "two American territories and several large rum companies". What courage for an event that makes huge profits on the backs of Caribbean rum, but fails to support them in their WTO fight against the USVI subsidies! Sad but true...

I guess we know where Clan Burr has stood for years - and still stands...

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Next up: Forrest Gump...

[Capn Jimbo]

Life is like a box of chocolates - you never know what you're going to get... Forrest Gump

Note: in this fascinating post you will see what Forrest Cokely did on March 2nd. He'd earlier expressed strong support and actually signed the petition, so he had a much harder time denying it...

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Truth be told, of the fabulous four holdouts, I have always had a great deal of affection for Forrest (alliteration intended). He's almost always found with a huge smile on his face and it's clear he loves people as much as I do think he loves good rum. Yet Forrest too is a turncoat, no doubt under coordinate pressure from his butt buddies Hamilton, Burr and Dykstra - the Diageo boyz. After all he's on Burr's "XP" panel, and has a very long relationship with all three of them.

Addressing Forrest will be easy, as he actually admits he supports the issue and the petition, and signed it. In fact, he was a HUGE supporter (yes, I know). Here's how it cam to be: in about the middle of 1%'s seven page thread at Hamilton's Misery of Rum, the poster named 1% had respectfully attempted to shame webmasters like Forrest and the Artic Wolf to come forth:

1%: "Forrest, you seem well enough informed to realize the seriousness and immediacy of the threat to Caribbean rums, as your post makes clear. But when I went to your website I didn't see a word."

Are you going to write an article?
Did you sign the petition?

Forest finally submitted and came out with both sides of his mouth blazing:

Forrest, in frothing support: "Normally, I don't mix alcohol and politics . . . but this subsidy is silly--at best . . and unfortunately evil is a better description".

You would think that the marketing budget of these multi-nationals would be enough of 'sway-factor' but apparently-apart from huge marketing budgets, they need govenment subsidies to actually be profitable...Wow, that rum must SUCK!

Wow! Forrest made clear he not only thought the subsidies were bad, but actually "evil", and that the subsidized rum "must SUCK!". Strong stuff, and he even capitalized his "i's". He was SERIOUS. Better yet, he actually signed the petition (#178) at:

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/sto ... -page3.htm

But that was on February 15th, and the petition kept growing by leaps and bounds. Then a funny thing happened on the way to 1000 signatures: Diageo Dump Day aka DD-DAY on March 2nd. Along with his butt buddies Hamilton, Burr and Dykstra, Cokely attempted to tap dance away from his own dramatic support and signature. Like Burr, he chose Facebook to do so...

Forrest Cokely, March 2:

"As for the promoters of rum festivals, who’s your daddy? Better not be the USVI subsidies and the huge conglomerates that threaten Caribbean rums’ financial survival. Time to step up and show your support…" It is comments like this that make you look like an asshole Jimbo. Do you want to "Save Caribbean Rum" or make a pathetic, obtuse demonstration of what a jerk you are? I want to "SAVE CARIBBEAN RUM!" Ego and bullshit aside--do not make me resend (rescind) my support of this noble cause because you are obsessed with being a jerk."

The easy and best answer was posted in reply by Save Caribbean Rum:

SCR in reply:

"The effort to Save Caribbean rum was and remains a mutual one, developed by a few true lovers of rum in a spirit of love and unity. It has been widely supported publicly and to the benefit of all who who believed strongly enough - including leading rum authors, writers, reviewers, webmasters and distillers - all of whom signed proudly and publicly. The focus properly remains the wonderful Caribbean people and their rums, and culture.

Your public support of the issue and signature #178 on the petition were welcomed. Noted too was your rant at the Ministry of Rum where you so dramatically stated "this subsidy is silly--at best . . and unfortunately evil is a better description. . that rum must SUCK!". We won't go there; rather, it is a simple truth that without Caribbean rums, the festivals would have little to celebrate. Those who profit directly on the backs of our beloved Caribbean rums should be the first in line to publicly promote and support the rums from whom they profit.

"Who's your Daddy?" is a calm and rational question that all who profess to love rum should ask themselves. This is a time for calm, strong and public unity - not for emotional petty potshots at other supporters, or at "evil" subsidies to Diageo or "sucky" rums. As so well said by our English supporters, stay calm and carry on..."

I'll bet the questions the Caribbean distillers are asking are a lot less gentle than "Who's your daddy?". Indeed they are no doubt using language more like your ""jerks" and "assholes" but referring to the real McCoy's - the USVI, Diageo, Cruzan and Bacardi. Your anger my friend, is misdirected. Kill the messenger. And speaking of "Who's your Daddy?", why aren't you calling out Dave Broom or Davin Kergommeaux out? After all, it was Davin's article who first quoted both me, the Save Caribbean Rum Press Kit and Dave Broom.

And how about you?

You're a peddler whose rum shelves are dominated by the Big Three. Are you kidding me? Being called a "jerk" and "asshole" by a vacillating liquor salesman has about as much impact as that same salesman calling the subsidies "evil" and their rums "SUCKY". The sad truth is that Diageo is indeed your daddy. I really believe you do value the petition and support the issue - strongly - but that you value your rectum just a little bit more. A hard decision (if you'll pardon the pun). Let's mark you down as...

Desperate, dancing and confused.

[Capn Jimbo]

Last and least...


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There's really no need to counter Chip Dykstra, aka the "Arctic Wolf" as he does that well enough himself. Clan Burr orginally claimed they intended to stay neutral, and so did Dystra. On his "review" of Pyrat XO, a poster named "Gunther" asked a simple but direct question:

Gunther:

"Surely you are aware of the pressure that Caribbean distillers are now under due to the USVI subsidies that have been in the news. I have read that Guyana is especially affected due to their dependence on bulk rum sales. This would put the Pyrat at risk, no?

Since you have had the opportunity to visit Guyana, what do you know about this competitive threat which I have read about on the Ministry of Rum?"

Having scored a free trip to Guyana, which Dykstra called a "Rum Expedition" which "...would also include two days of touring this tropical country to learn about the history and culture of Guyana[", you would think he'd be fairly conversant about the fact that Guyana is at special risk from the subsidies. This is due to the fact that DDL is a major supplier of bulk rum.

Further, Dykstra is quite close to Davin Kergommeaux (Canadianwhisky.org) and Carl Kanto of El Dorado rum, both of whom are very clear supporters of the issue, and who both signed the petition. But noooooooooooooo!


Dkystra claimed unwilling ignorance...

In answer to Gunther's direct question, Dykstra - a seeming ball-less wolf - rapidly loped away with his tail where his balls used to be:

Dykstra:

That’s quite the segue Gunther into an area of US politic of which I know precious little about and which, as a Canadian citizen, I feel rather reluctant to comment upon in any significant manner. It is perhaps best if us Canadians who are not especially knowledgeable about US tax policy refrain from jumping into a debate which may or may not be any of our business in the first place. I am not saying I am not concerned about what I have read, just that public comment from a non participant who understands that he does not have all the facts, is perhaps not the best course of action.

As for my trip to Guyana, our group talked at length about politics both internal and external to Guyana during my stay with the good folks at DDL. The topic of the USVI subsidies came up as a concern, although there seemed to be a wait and see attitude with respect to what was developing. I do not know if the concern level has changed significantly in Guyana as I have had very little contact with Demerara Distillers since the trip.

Mind you, this is the guy who "researched" and posted his lengthy interpretations of the US rum regulations and held forth at length about them. Who actually visited Guyana, knows Carl Kanto, and who simply adores El Dorado rums. I could go on. Dkystra loves to research trivia and constantly finds and reproduces factoids on distiller marketing information. To claim that he is "unaware" and that "it's not his Canadian business" is farcical. It fails to pass the stench test.


And what did the ball-less Artic Wolf do on March 2nd?

After repeated prodding by 1% on the Ministry of Rum thread, he finally joined the DD-Day coordinated shout out and posted. About the issue? No. About the petition? Nope again. No, no, no. No, instead he mimicked the same lies and deceptions of Hamilton, Burr and Cokely. But unlike them, the ball-less Wolf refused to name me (really, it's all right Chip), but instead spoke of the "well-known troll" who also tried to invade his site who "...like those old style cartoon villains, just when you think they are gone for good, they manage to appear out of the blue again to wreak havoc in another episode". And just like his leader Hamilton...

With no proof or explanation. Yet another ball-less claim by a guy who obviously eats lots and lots of spay-ghetti. No doubt with mari-nada sauce, lol...

[da'rum]

Good posts, clear and restrained. They are duplicitous people. The bastards.

[Capn Jimbo]

Oh yes....


Restrained? Yes, and it only took about 5000 revisions to delete all the "fack you right back, you lying Diageo-sucking, motherhumping sons of diseased wolf bitches". To be kind, lol...