Originally Posted by Smarty

You are right about an addict, they cannot pick up that first drug/ or alcoholic that first drink...

As far as the polularity of offshore boat racing/and Cigarette type boats, Miami Vice helped with that, no question, but it did not, and never did build the sport. Betty Cook, Pepe Nunez, Wally Harper, ..... legend racers, not criminals, and that type of racer helped build the sport; but in all fairness to your point, George Morales was a great offshore racer too, and he was a colorful character. So I do understand your position.

With repsect to your question, "do I understand that Magluta was not a street level dealer", the answer is YES. I am a criminal defense attorney. I know what went when on here with respects to the charges and dispositon from genereal reading... drug distribution and drug wholesaling....that is still being a drug dealer in court in a court of law, no need to flower up the desciption of what they did, call it what it is, and what it amounts to is a greater length of prison sentence. That sums it up. I am up to speed now. I represent drug dealers, murderers (just once), DWI and other criminal defendants..so I do know a little about the judicial system (in New Jersey).

Are you T. Rafael Cimino, the novelist? Author of the novel Mid Ocean? That would certainly explain your positon and thought pattern in regards to this topic. From the reviews online about the novel, Mid Ocean does sound like a good read.

Originally Posted by MidOcean

Yes, that would be me. Thanks for the kind words... Now available on Kindle... had to elaborate on the plug.

Originally Posted by MARK BENTLEY

Does anyone remember the big name Georgia Boat Builder that paid about 30-50Mil to the feds to settle old questionable dealings? (and stay out of jail) Probably 10-15 years ago.