I often see posts by ABC talking about the "truth" and the need for everyone to tell it. Of course, that leaves people wondering, "How can we know when something is true or not?"
Well, here's one way: to learn the truth about what an article says, just ask the author!
ABC recently sent a memo to a bunch of people describing an article in a certain way to help the bail bond industry. Later, the actual author of that article sent a letter to those same people refuting the memo and saying, essentially, that ABC is full of it. So what was truth? The memo's take on the article, or the author's own take on the article? I'm going to go out on a limb here and say ABC didn't tell the truth about an article, and the author did.
And it doesn't really matter what I think. What do you suppose the group of people who initially got the memo think? Right. The think that ABC is so oily that it can't tell the truth even when it might be easy to do so. It cites an article and actually gets admonished by the author! How often does that happen?
I once heard a lobbyist for the bail industry say, "I can't vouch for the truth of the statements I make on behalf of others." And man, he was right. These guys can't even vouch for the truth of what they say on their own behalf.
The lobbyists for ABC are hired guns, told to say anything to keep bringing in the money -- even if it means a ton of people have to suffer for it. So we really can't expect the truth. There's too much money at stake.
And so here are the real culprits, the bail insurance companies telling those lobbyists to write about how much they care about the truth -- but not necessarily to tell it.
AIA Surety
American Surety Company
Bankers Surety
Black Diamond Insurance Company
Palmetto Surety Corporation
Sun Surety Insurance Company
Universal Fire and Casualty Insurance Company
Whitecap Surety
And . . . because saying an article says something when it really doesn't say what you say it says is a weasel move . . . you get the weasel pic!
