Artfest International, Inc (fka ARTS)

[Kool Aid Man]

Great post

You sum up Eddie and Vladimir perfectly. They sold their souls to the "root of all evil" years ago.

Eddie touts himself as being a "Christian" but --as with most con men-- that's merely a marketing ploy. Saying you're a 'Christian' gains you instant access and credibility to a huge number of gullible saps. Politicians know this and repeatedly manipulate and exploit these people.

Eddie has repeatedly tried to replicate a bankrupt 'product based pyramid scheme' disguised as a network marketing MLM that sells canvas art prints. The company he worshipped (and was a member of)was International Galleries, Inc. (The President and CEO dropped dead about 6 months ago while attempting a comeback called Art Reach Worldwide). IGI was founded by a guy who's currently rotting in prison for also running a Ponzi scheme called MEGAFUND that targeted and defrauded pastors. Both scams were later revealed to be the "assets" of a much larger 'prime bank' scam that ran into the hundreds of millions.

These are Eddie's heros, models and mentors. He brings those same ethics to Artfest.

http://www.justice.gov/usao/txn/PressRel08/leitner_sen_pr.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2006/02/20/story7.html
http://www.haysconsulting.net/correllhorizon/01-23-06%201st%20Interim%20Report.pdf (see page 26)