..........now he made a difference in America!!!

Scooter Libby, who wants to talk about Scooter Libby? I know all the bloggers are posting galore on the Scooter Libby trial verdict today. Scooter Libby is nothing but a mere Storm Trooper in the dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Cheney's clone army. Why take responsibility for your own actions when you have hundreds of clones to take the heat for you? Here at Beware of the Elephant in Tall Grass I choose to discuss more important people like this person.........Who is it, you say? Why of course, it's Ernest Gallo; who , along with his brother Julio, founded E&J Gallo Winery in 1933. Mr. Gallo died yesterday afternoon, and was listed on the Forbes magazine list of the 400 richest Americans with a family worth of $1.3 billion. This is a true American success story. Gallo was born just east of Modesto, California. He and his late brother, Julio, grew up working in the vineyard owned by their immigrant father who came to America from Italy. Using $5,900 they borrowed and a wine recipe from the Modesto Public Library, Ernest and Julio rented a modest building, and everyone in the family worked together to make ordinary wine for $.50 per gallon - half the going price in 1933. It grew to become the world's largest wine company by volume. He and his brother pledged to create wines that all Americans could afford to put on their dinner tables. Gallo demanded respect and complete loyalty from his employees. In 1986, he learned that two longtime Gallo executives were secretly planning to buy a winery of their own - he fired them on the spot and gave them that opportunity. Gallo was a man of honor that held true to his Old World manners. He and his brother shunned publicity. Mr. Gallo would have been 98 years old on March 18. What a great story of success through hard work, determination, and the freedom to prosper - all this provided to you and to everyone by the United States of America!!!