Little-Acorn
Well-Known Member
Yep, hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens carryng everything from diseases to bombs can cross our borders, hey no problem.
But, excuse me, Sir... is that an ebony fretboard on that Les Paul? OKAY, FEET BACK AND SPREAD 'EM!!!
Gawd, I'm glad the Feds are working so hard to protect the rights we have that REALLY matter.....!
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904787404576530520471223268.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Guitar Frets: Environmental Enforcement Leaves Musicians in Fear
by ERIC FELTEN
The Commercial Appeal/Zuma Press
AUGUST 26, 2011.
Federal agents swooped in on Gibson Guitar Wednesday, raiding factories and offices in Memphis and Nashville, seizing several pallets of wood, electronic files and guitars. The Feds are keeping mum, but in a statement yesterday Gibson's chairman and CEO, Henry Juszkiewicz, defended his company's manufacturing policies, accusing the Justice Department of bullying the company. "The wood the government seized Wednesday is from a Forest Stewardship Council certified supplier," he said, suggesting the Feds are using the aggressive enforcement of overly broad laws to make the company cry uncle.
It isn't the first time that agents of the Fish and Wildlife Service have come knocking at the storied maker of such iconic instruments as the Les Paul electric guitar, the J-160E acoustic-electric John Lennon played, and essential jazz-boxes such as Charlie Christian's ES-150. In 2009 the Feds seized several guitars and pallets of wood from a Gibson factory, and both sides have been wrangling over the goods in a case with the delightful name "United States of America v. Ebony Wood in Various Forms."
But, excuse me, Sir... is that an ebony fretboard on that Les Paul? OKAY, FEET BACK AND SPREAD 'EM!!!
Gawd, I'm glad the Feds are working so hard to protect the rights we have that REALLY matter.....!
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904787404576530520471223268.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Guitar Frets: Environmental Enforcement Leaves Musicians in Fear
by ERIC FELTEN
The Commercial Appeal/Zuma Press
AUGUST 26, 2011.
Federal agents swooped in on Gibson Guitar Wednesday, raiding factories and offices in Memphis and Nashville, seizing several pallets of wood, electronic files and guitars. The Feds are keeping mum, but in a statement yesterday Gibson's chairman and CEO, Henry Juszkiewicz, defended his company's manufacturing policies, accusing the Justice Department of bullying the company. "The wood the government seized Wednesday is from a Forest Stewardship Council certified supplier," he said, suggesting the Feds are using the aggressive enforcement of overly broad laws to make the company cry uncle.
It isn't the first time that agents of the Fish and Wildlife Service have come knocking at the storied maker of such iconic instruments as the Les Paul electric guitar, the J-160E acoustic-electric John Lennon played, and essential jazz-boxes such as Charlie Christian's ES-150. In 2009 the Feds seized several guitars and pallets of wood from a Gibson factory, and both sides have been wrangling over the goods in a case with the delightful name "United States of America v. Ebony Wood in Various Forms."
