Why didn't the simple fact that this man was coming straight out of the Chicago machine make all of this the obvious tactical result of this administration? On May 24, 2013 9:50 PM, "Jerry Barnes" <critic...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Now The Gibson Guitar Raids Make Sense > > The inexplicable raid nearly two years ago on a guitar maker for using > allegedly illegal wood that its competitors also used was another targeting > by this administration of its political enemies. > > On Aug. 24, 2011, federal agents executed four search warrants on Gibson > Guitar Corp. facilities in Nashville and Memphis, Tenn., and seized several > pallets of wood, electronic files and guitars. One of the top makers of > acoustic and electric guitars, including the iconic Les Paul introduced in > 1952, Gibson was accused of using wood illegally obtained in violation of > the century-old Lacey Act, which outlaws trafficking in flora and fauna the > harvesting of which had broken foreign laws. > > In one raid, the feds hauled away ebony fingerboards, alleging they > violated Madagascar law. Gibson responded by obtaining the sworn word of > the African island's government that no law had been broken. > > In another raid, the feds found materials imported from India, claiming > they too moved across the globe in violation of Indian law. Gibson's > response was that the feds had simply misinterpreted Indian law. > > Interestingly, one of Gibson's leading competitors is C.F. Martin & Co. > According to C.F. Martin's catalog, several of their guitars contain "East > Indian Rosewood," which is the exact same wood in at least 10 of Gibson's > guitars. So why were they not also raided and their inventory of foreign > wood seized? > > Grossly underreported at the time was the fact that Gibson's chief > executive, Henry Juszkiewicz, contributed to Republican politicians. Recent > donations have included $2,000 to Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and > $1,500 to Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn. > > By contrast, Chris Martin IV, the Martin & Co. CEO, is a long-time > Democratic supporter, with $35,400 in contributions to Democratic > candidates and the Democratic National Committee over the past couple of > election cycles. > > > > http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/052313-657569-gibson-guitar-raid-like-tea-party-intimidation.htm?p=full > > J > > - > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. > - Henry Kissinger > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, > go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton > > > On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 9:25 PM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > "The blind belief and obedience of the die hard party bots on both sides > > has been sickening. Watching one corrupt man question another corrupt > > man does nothing for me....." > > > > Let me now warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful > > effects of the spirit of party generally. This spirit, unfortunately, is > > inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of > > the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more > > or less stifled, controlled, or repressed; but, in those of the popular > > form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst > enemy. > > The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the > > spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages > and > > countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a > frightful > > despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent > > despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the > > minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an > > individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, > more > > able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to > the > > purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty. - George > > Washington > > > > J > > > > - > > > > I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody. - > > Barack Obama > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:363876 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
