GEORGE BRIKHO

Whenever something is going right in America, it seems like the usual special interests arrive to mess things up. On the issue of medical marijuana, it’s no different.

The battle is currently being waged in Lansing. Rep. Callton’s “medical marihuana provisioning center regulation act” passed the House and is now in the Senate. The language in the bill presently would allow the industry to function and flourish without any unreasonable restrictions. However, lobbyists such as Ron Boji and Mazen Samonas are working to change all of that.

“I hate seeing corporate raiders use government to take money out of the pockets of good, honest, hard-working people,” George Brikho of EverGreen Management said. “I hate seeing vultures like these guys plot and scheme to take money away from the sick, the poor, the needy, the little guy. That’s why I helped form EverGreen Management, to fight people like Ron Boji and his corrupt cronies.”

EverGreen Management was founded by Brikho and his partners earlier this year to make sure that the medical marijuana industry wasn’t overrun or destroyed by corporate lobbyists and heavy-handed government bureaucrats. They have fought on behalf of Rep. Callton’s important legislation to make sure that its integrity is not jeopardized as it moves through Lansing.

Under new proposed amendments to Rep. Callton’s bill which are still in the works, special interests could pocket up to 10 percent of the revenue from the medical marijuana industry because of a state-mandated monopoly on the transportation services related to medical marijuana. These are the rules that EverGreen is working diligently to keep out of the legislation.

Brikho says that he knows this information to be correct because his management group was informed by an insider source, Ron Boji himself.

“We have put the heat on Boji for quite sometime, and we have made it clear to him that he will not push us around in Lansing,” Brikho said. “He admitted to one of EverGreen’s directors that he is working on behalf of the beer, wine, gas, tobacco industries in pushing these regulations. They aren’t written to help patients, but rather powerful special interests.”

“Let’s not toy around here. These merchants kill people. They make money selling death,” Brikho said. “I don’t want them to taint this industry. I will fight these lowlifes tooth and nail, and never get in bed with them under any circumstances.”

Because of these arbitrary distribution rules that don’t appear in other states’ medical marijuana laws, these established distributors would get a government-mandated cut from the marijuana industry. This needless middleman position would ultimately drive the price of medicine upward, and hurt the patients who desperately need this medicine to survive.

Making matters worse, it is also strongly suspected that Boji and his associates are not just planning to create a monopoly for transportation services related to marijuana. That is just the tip of the iceberg. This transportation monopoly could open Pandora’s Box toward the limiting of growers and provisioning centers, which would severely limit the access of patients to the medicine they desperately need.

“This is a take over as far as I am concerned,” Brikho said. “All of these big interests saw marijuana as competition, and they fought against it. Now that it’s taking off, they want to use their power to squeeze all of us who worked to make the industry what it is. This is highway robbery, and it’s primarily hurting the most vulnerable in our society. It’s an incredible outrage.”

EverGreen is concerned about the effect of corporate lobbying on our politics. They believe it is an epidemic throughout the country, and it has permeated every layer of government. Whether it’s the federal level, the state level or the local level, rules and regulations are not crafted to ensure the public interest and the greater good of society. Instead, they are crafted to ensure that the lobbyists and the corporate interests they represent rake in the cash, while their smaller competitors are crushed.

Brikho believes Ron Boji and Mazen Samonas are emblematic of this nationwide problem.

“The bottom line is they cannot compete in the marketplace like a decent men. They have to use government like their own personal piggy bank to make their ill-gotten gains,” Brikho said. “They represent everything that the Founding Fathers fought a revolution to get away from.”

“If they or anyone else ran a superior enterprise than me and they took my business that way, more power to them. That is how a healthy competition should work, and it creates a benefit for the consumer,” Brikho said. “But the way these goons manipulate the system to line their own pockets is despicable, and that’s exactly what they are up to in the medical marijuana industry. And I am putting them on notice for their reprehensible behavior.”

George Brikho and EverGreen Management will do everything in their power to keep Rep. Callton’s “medical marihuana provisioning center regulation act” in tact without any substantial changes to the legislation.

“We must let our voices be known,” Brikho said. “Spread the word. Call your state senator. Demand that they refuse to kowtow to special interests. Demand that they put patients and caregivers first, and leave Rep. Callton’s bill alone.”

You can find your legislator’s information at the following link: http://openstates.org/find_your_legislator/

Another entrepreneur bites the dust. This time, the founder of ‘Happy’s Pizza’ is taking it good and hard from Uncle Sam. He is going to serve hard time, due to supposed crime of tax evasion.

According to a Forbes.com report, Happy Asker, the founder of the Detroit-based restaurant chain Happy’s Pizza, was convicted of “3 counts of filing false returns, 28 counts of aiding and assisting the filing of false returns for Happy’s Pizza franchises, and one count of engaging in a corrupt endeavor to obstruct and impede the administration of the Internal Revenue Code.”

Now it is time to pay the piper for Happy Asker. For merely wanting to live peacefully with the fruits of his own labor, federal goons will be caging him and committing armed robbery against him. Happy was sentenced to 50 months in prison, and will have to fork over $2.5 million to the Internal Revenue Service. Former 9th District Republican Congressional Candidate George Brikho sees this as a colossal injustice.

“I never met Happy personally, but this successful entrepreneur brought nothing but value to his community. He helped thousands of families make ends meet while providing goods and services that many found rewarding,” Brikho said. “That is why he is being punished. A message is clearly being sent. It’s apart of a war on those who provide a prosperity that is the life-blood of America.”

Brikho believes this is especially outrageous because of the unfair and capricious way the tax laws are enforced. Selective enforcement allows individuals to be targeted if they don’t have the right political connection. If an individual is politically connected, they are allowed to openly flout the law.

“This isn’t about taxes,” Brikho said. “Scumbags like Al Sharpton, who divide the races for profit, owe millions in taxes. It’s widely known that he owes a ton of loot to the feds. But he’s allowed to strut around without any repercussions. If Sharpton was a business owner like Happy or myself, he would be persecuted. But since he’s a leech and a race pimp and a piece of filth, he is above the law. This is the upside-down twilight zone that America has become under Obama and the globalists.”

A New York Times investigation uncovered last year that Reverand Al Sharpton owes more than $4.5 million in back taxes. But while Happy Asker is punished for his lack of payment, Rev. Sharpton is celebrated as a national community leader and given a seemingly endless numbers of platforms in the mainstream media to spread his divisive message of racial hatred.

This type of injustice is what made Brikho into a political activist in the first place. He runs for office to return normalcy to this once great country. A full restoration of America to its Constitutional principles including limited government and a respect for property rights are his ultimate goal.

“This country was founded by tax-hating revolutionaries who despised government tyranny,” Brikho said. “Many people act like Happy Asker is some kind of tax cheat or villain. They couldn’t be more wrong. He just wanted to keep the fruits of his labor, and he shouldn’t be demonized for that. It’s a wholly American idea.

“As a matter of fact, if nobody paid their taxes, the government wouldn’t be able to fund overseas terror groups, illegal spying, business-crippling regulations, bankster bailouts, trillions in corporate welfare, senseless marijuana prohibition, and other atrocities. It’s time that people adopt the mindset of the Founding Fathers rather than groveling beneath lowly bureaucrats. It might be high time for a tax revolt, or something even more extreme than that to take place!”

To Brikho, the case of Happy Asker is a tragedy that must not be forgotten. It represents that the American dream has been destroyed and twisted around into a cruel nightmare.

“When you are a man like Happy who is providing a good or service to the community, that is the debt you are paying back to society,” Brikho said. “Economic freedom is important. Nobody should have to give criminal thugs in Washington D.C. a piece of the action in order to provide jobs and goods and services to the community. It is nonsensical, and people who think they ‘pay their fair share’ when they fork over their taxes have been duped.”

“The good news though is that more people loathe these federal robbers and murderers than ever before,” Brikho said. “And that is the revolution that I am proud to organize and give a voice to within the political system. We aren’t going away, and God as my witness, we will succeed.”

Friends,

I hope you are enjoying Memorial Day and not forgetting what it’s truly about – honoring our nation’s veterans. Millions of veterans have given their lives fighting for our freedom, and I cannot thank them enough. But we must not confuse honoring their service with honoring the endless wars that they are sent to fight and die in needlessly.

Our troops’ lives have been needlessly squandered by government officials in Washington DC, and it is a national tragedy. They were sold a bill of goods by our government. Thousands have died, and we are not safer as a result. There is a PTSD epidemic amongst our soldiers and their suicide rate is off the charts. Soldiers have a hard time getting decent health care, and are profiled as potential terrorist threats by the feds after they return home from service. This is the dark side of our foreign policy that the warmongers want to sweep under the rug.

United States’ foreign policy guru Henry Kissinger once famously said, “Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.” That is the mentality of the vast majority of our politicians in Washington D.C. They look down at the troops, and they sit high on the hog as they send the troops to die based on lies. Do you know how we can really honor the troops? By dishonoring the treasonous devils in Washington D.C. who put the troops’ lives in needless danger to line their own pockets.

Our soldiers are in pain, and my heart goes out to them. They showed so much courage signing up to defend the homeland, and God bless them for that. But the real threat against our homeland is our own federal government. Our federal government will not stop until we stand up against them. They have violated the Constitution in a million different ways. They don’t have the troops’ best interests in mind. Our troops must realize this and resist unlawful orders. Moving forward, this is what our freedom will ultimately hinge upon.

Our troops must not be afraid to say NO to the terrorist Obama and his psychopathic agenda. We all know what he thinks of America. We all know what this maniac who occupies the White House wants to do to our freedoms. Look at what’s happening with Jade Helm. It was even revealed that the United States sided with and provided aid to ISIS and Al Queda in the Middle East under Obama’s rule! The writing is on the wall. The day is coming when the troops will have to either resist and stand down or enforce a Soviet-style tyranny in the United States – and it’s coming very soon.

I support these brave men and women in our Armed Forces, and believe that they will make the right decision when the rubber meets the road. They will have the conscience to uphold their oath to the Constitution against our criminal federal government. Our freedom depends on them more than most could even imagine, and I will proudly stand beside them until the end. I will do my part to spread the message of freedom and liberty that they put their lives on the line to defend. However, I will never stand with the charlatans in Washington D.C. who are turning the world into an apocalyptic nightmare and using the troops as pawns to do so.

God Bless,
George Brikho
Former 9th District Republican Congressional Candidate

The Double-Dealing Chairman is Amongst the GOP’s Worst Scoundrels

The news recently broke that Bobby Schostak would not be seeking another term as the Chairman of the Michigan Republican Party. Nobody is happier about this news than the 2014 Republican 9th District Congressional Nominee, George Brikho.

After running as a Republican for Congress in the 9th District this past year, prominent freedom activist George Brikho was outraged at the shocking level of disrespect he received from officials in his own party. And the one of culprits of this culture of disrespect and corruption was Chairman Schostak.

“Schostak did not even have the respect to return my calls. ,” He would not even announce my name at special events. Brikho said. “I did better than candidates who the establishment did promote and spent lots of money on. His lack of character is shameful to the Republican Party and this great country, what are his true objectives for the Republican party and the Unsited States?”

“We are in a battle for freedom to keep our Constitutional liberties, and I joined the party to fight Obama and the Democrats in Washington DC,” Brikho said. “I never thought that my worst opponents would come from the establishment of my own party.”

As the MIGOP was spouting its unity rhetoric, the party refused to practice what it preached. After attempting to railroad Rep. Justin Amash with slimy well-funded primary challengers, the party offered zero support to Brikho who brought fresh ideas into the fold to grow the GOP.

“In my first run for office, I received 37 percent of the vote without the Michigan Republican Party lifting a finger to help me. They wouldn’t help me because I am not a corporate-bought villain like so many of their candidates,” Brikho said. “I am a man of the people, and I refuse to play ball with the evil interests responsible for destroying America.”

Brikho fared better than all other Michigan Republican Congressional candidates running in conventionally blue districts. The candidates in the 5th, 12th, 13th, 14th districts received a smaller percentage of the vote than Brikho in spite of party brass giving his campaign the cold shoulder. With a significant amount of resources directed toward growing the party in the 9th district, Brikho may have been able to close the gap with Sander Levin.

“It isn’t about me,” Brikho said. “It is about the message of freedom. The masses are starved for this message. I was happy to inspire so many people by talking about the real issues that are affecting them, not just the garbage they are used to hearing on TV. With adequate help from the state party, I could have reached so many more people, woke them up, got them more active and involved.”

However, the support never came. This happened because the policies of Sander Levin are much more similar to the MIGOP’s agenda than Brikho’s policies. Brikho boldly stands against illegal wars, corporate welfare, bankster bailouts, crony capitalism, rampant illegal immigration and the outsourcing of jobs. These are the types of policies that the Schostak-wing of the GOP has been supporting, to the detriment of American freedom, for decades.

Schostak’s reign at the helm of the MIGOP has been tumultuous, to say the least. He was nearly canned in Feb. 2013, defeating conservative activist and incoming State House Representative Todd Courser by the skin of his teeth. Schostak had a tremendous funding advantage, and it was barely enough to keep him around.

“Schostak’s leadership has shamed us all,” Brikho said. “It is past time for our party to have some accountability and standards. Our next chairman must take the party in a different direction. Schostak’s arrogance, elitism and cronyism hurt the party immeasurably.”

Brikho is not exaggerating. Schostak’s tarnished legacy speaks for itself. He was infamous for being tone-deaf to the concerns of grassroots conservatives, and had a laundry list of scandals that plagued his tenure as MIGOP chairman.

Schostak was caught supporting Democratic candidates for office, behavior clearly unfitting of a Republican Party chairman. In 2007, he contributed two eery $666 donations to extreme liberal politicians Nancy Pelosi and Mark Udall, according to records publicly available at CampaignMoney.com. He contributed $500 to Pres. Obama’s underling John Kerry in the same year. This is apart of a greater overall trend of double-dealing that became the hallmark of the Schostak regime.

In addition, Schostak was one of the primary cheerleaders for the ‘Healthy Michigan’ program that was little more than a hollow propaganda campaign for the implementation of Obamacare. Schostak has been a prime mover in ‘reinventing’ the Michigan Republican Party so it caters to unconstitutional federal power, rather than fighting it. Under Schostak’s stewardship, the Party of Lincoln has become the Party of Buying Voters with Obama’s blood money, at least in the Wolverine State.

To make matters even worse, Schostak’s family directly benefitted from controversial legislation rammed through by the GOP-dominated state legislature. An anti-free market bill that retroactively altered property contracts was pushed through the state legislature and signed into law in 2012. It was claimed that this bill was urgently needed to avert economic disaster. It is unclear how the bill accomplished this goal, but Schostak’s brother was able to welsh on a $2 million debt that he owed as a direct result of the law.

The Schostak-wing of the GOP calls courageous individuals like George Brikho an embarrassment while subsequently engaging in corruption at every turn. The reason Schostak and others act this way is because the presence of Brikho gives the GOP voters an option to be led by someone who is a principled champion of liberty, rather a known crook.

“The country club is just hoping that I will go away, but this experience has inspired me. I am just getting started,” Brikho said. “This is not the last you’ve heard of me. Schostak may be running from office with his tail between his legs, but I am going to be around in the Michigan Republican Party spreading the message and growing the movement for a very long time.”

The MIGOP resists Brikho’s presence at its own peril. His views on many key issues are in line with mainstream Americans. The country now overwhelmingly supports legal medical marijuana, and a clear majority supports legal marijuana. America is becoming fatigued with endless war overseas as well. The era of big government is coming to an end, and Brikho will be around to put the final nails in the coffin.

“I am ready to end big government for good. This is just the beginning. I will never stop until I secure a free America for my children. I will not leave them with this debt and without Constitutional rights. This is war, and I will not quit until I am victorious,” Brikho said.