The Rolling Stones
Bobbi Gentry
And a ton more, including Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Jonny Cash, Otis Redding, Percy Sledge, etc...
Posted on 11/18/2023 10:01:38 AM PST by Alas Babylon!
An electric vehicle manufacturer with alleged ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) tried to locate in Alabama before local economic development officials turned down the project over national security concerns.
According to Fox News Digital, California-based firm Gotion Inc. approached the Shoals Economic Development Authority in 2022 to gauge interest in developing a factory on the site of the shuttered FreightCar America factory in Muscle Shoals.
According to the outlet, unnamed local officials decided against the project after learning more about Gotion. Gotion eventually took the plan elsewhere to Michigan to develop a battery component facility and Illinois for a battery cell factory.
Kevin Jackson, the president of the Shoals Economic Development Authority, declined to comment to Fox News Digital on the Muscle Shoals proposal, saying the organization entered into a nondisclosure agreement with Gotion to discuss the potential facility. According to Jackson, the agreement lasts for three years after the termination of the project.
Gotion has defended its development plans in the United States, saying its parent company is publicly owned, and that the CCP has no influence in its operations, according to Fox News.
U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) told Fox News Digital, "The Chinese Communist Party is our country's greatest national security and geopolitical threat, and we must remember everything they do is as our adversary."
"There is no doubt that the CCP wants to plant their flag in the American heartland, including right here in Alabama," Britt said. "As Communist China continues to attempt to buy up critical industries, supply chains, and land across the United States, it's imperative that we remain vigilant and exercise all due caution to protect our interests and safeguard America's future."
Indeed. On peaceful waters as well. Very firmly entrenched in music history. All of those music groups chose that location, truly amazing! All of that was recorded there, in little old rural Alabama.
Ed King, who co-wrote “Sweet Home Alabama” was a former guitarist for “Strawberry Alarm Clock”, an LA-based psychedelic band from the 60s.
Strawberry Alarm Clock - “Incense and Peppermints” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RghL1rViX34
Really. Get this on prime and watch it
If you allow a CCP EV or battery plant to go up, there is nothing to stop them from importing Chinese employees and getting them green cards.
Yep, Prato, Italy, is a prime example of what is to come.
"As many as 50,000 Chinese live and work in the area, making clothes bearing the prized "Made in Italy" label which sets them apart from garments produced in China itself, even at the lower end of the fashion business. "
I got that line completely wrong (now that I’ve actually looked up the lyrics)..but it still came from a great era of music.
Cool pic! Roger Hawkins the drummer in glasses and striped shirt, heard here doing his thing on a Staples Singers classic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY3vgBzgYn4
So when Ronnie Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd responded to Neil Young's multiple rant songs against Alabama, Ronnie had to especially give a shout out to his musician brethren in Alabama.
They won’t need to import slave labor to America.
The FEMA camps full of white supremacists will supply all the bodies the CCP needs.
Here he was as a kid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGoVNl851LQ
Here he was at a concert a few years ago (I saw him to this drum and bass part in a similar concert for the band David and the Giants LOL): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXYEeQHrdL0
Now we all did what we could do.
Ballad of Curtis Lowe.
5.56mm
I know! I was reading the wiki. Incredible.
Hebert Hoover started this Uncinstitutional boondoggle.
The Rolling Stones
Bobbi Gentry
And a ton more, including Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Jonny Cash, Otis Redding, Percy Sledge, etc...
Duane Allman and Wilson Pickett.
Wow, he sounded surprisingly good for a kid and not just a kid but a very young kid. Also interesting that he switched from traditional grip to matched grip somewhere along the line.
Child prodigy most likely. Not a fan of 60 minutes but this one was quite good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5esTad3S9o
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