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Well the Feds are at it again. Except this time it ain't drug dealers or gun runners. It's something much more insidious.. guitar makers. The Feds, with automatic weapons drawn and gestapo boots on, raided the Gibson companies in Nashville and Memphis. They confiscated hard drives, guitars and pallets of wood. They shut down operations and have told Gibson to cease making guitars and anyone who buys a Gibson guitar will also be a criminal.
Why? Because they claim Gibson violated an obscure law in India, where their ebony wood comes from. A law that the Indian government isn't even upset over. But under the Lacey Act makes the wood bought from India just as illegal as if it had been smuggled from an endangered forest.
Come on. Really???? You invade the work place of an American Icon and treat the employees like Colombian cocaine dealers over wood that they legally purchased??? LOL is that all the Feds have to worry about now-a-days. They killed Asama so now they need a new target and there currently is no Ruby Ridges or Wacos to attack. Oh and by the way, Gibson is a Republican orientated company. While other guitar manufacturers who use the same wood and have not been attacked are Obama supporters? Hmmmm.. smells a little don't it.
What ever happened to the FBI knocking on the door and politely asking to see your records. I know it has happened because I worked for a company in the seventies that did business with a guy that embezzled from his company. The FBI showed up at our door and politely informed us of their investigation and would we allow them to look over our sales records. They didn't run into my office with guns drawn and treat me like a suspect on Americas Most Wanted.
In a day and age where American companies are fleeing over seas like rats leaving a sinking ship it is hard to believe that the government would treat an business that still employees American citizens and makes an all American product in such a heavy handed manner. Or then again taking in account who's in the White House maybe I can.
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Why? Because they claim Gibson violated an obscure law in India, where their ebony wood comes from. A law that the Indian government isn't even upset over. But under the Lacey Act makes the wood bought from India just as illegal as if it had been smuggled from an endangered forest.
Come on. Really???? You invade the work place of an American Icon and treat the employees like Colombian cocaine dealers over wood that they legally purchased??? LOL is that all the Feds have to worry about now-a-days. They killed Asama so now they need a new target and there currently is no Ruby Ridges or Wacos to attack. Oh and by the way, Gibson is a Republican orientated company. While other guitar manufacturers who use the same wood and have not been attacked are Obama supporters? Hmmmm.. smells a little don't it.
What ever happened to the FBI knocking on the door and politely asking to see your records. I know it has happened because I worked for a company in the seventies that did business with a guy that embezzled from his company. The FBI showed up at our door and politely informed us of their investigation and would we allow them to look over our sales records. They didn't run into my office with guns drawn and treat me like a suspect on Americas Most Wanted.
In a day and age where American companies are fleeing over seas like rats leaving a sinking ship it is hard to believe that the government would treat an business that still employees American citizens and makes an all American product in such a heavy handed manner. Or then again taking in account who's in the White House maybe I can.
A couple of links:
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