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revalations have surfaced of how ultra-rich people have been oiling SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas up like a rusty bike chain. Yup, it's more of the same: Thomas gadding about the planet and getting “bestowed an array of benefits” on more than a few billionaire’s dime.
It turns out, it's not just weirdo Harlan Crow who likes display Nazi memorabilia in his house that Thomas was gadding around with - it's multiple billionaires.
Is it so odd that the nation’s wealthiest people would seek out a lowly civil servant’s company, like Clarence Thomas, because he is that much fun to be with - especially with half a $10,000 bottle of French champagne in him? Yes it is!
It is also hard to believe these billionaires would treasure his friendship so much even though his civil servant's work did not help them amass and grow and never pay taxes on their obscene wealth. Billionaires like Peter Sokol and Tony Novelly and now deceased H. Wayne Huizenga.
These billionaires have showered Clarence Thomas with benefits such as flying Thomas around in private luxurious 737s, providing Thomas with a lifetime membership at a private golf club with its course designed by Gary Player with its own private marina. Inviting Clarence to a few Nebraska football games in billionaire Tom Osborne’s private suite while sipping Chilean wine and catered food.
All of these benefits contrast with Thomas' self-made image as a salt-of-the-earth RV-loving American - a RV that is a custom-built ultra-luxury "bougie" model that another billionaire, Anthony Welters, "loaned" money to Thomas to pay $267,230 for in 1999. ABA Journal
writes, "Thomas would likely have been unable to obtain a bank loan for the vehicle because he was carrying a large amount of debt, and it is difficult to value customized RVs like the Marathon RV." Now, imagine Clarence and Ginny Thomas pulling into a WalMart parking lot in THAT ritzy of a motor coach, and kicking-it with everyday simple folks "who don’t recognize them" as Clarence likes
to tell anyone who will listen.These same billionaires have financed hagiographic documentaries about Thomas' life and funding library wings in his name and generally built Thomas up as some sort of god-king who should be revered as the greatest Supreme Court justice to ever sit on the bench. Is not a god-king of such stature entitled to be treated to all-expenses paid deep-sea fishing expeditions in the Bahamas every now and then?
A special counsel should be created to look into Thomas' undeclared benefits from IRS filed returns.
