Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted April 5, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted April 5, 2018 Oops again. 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. 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. The Gibson Guitar raid, the IRS intimidation of Tea Party groups and the fraudulently obtained warrant naming Fox News reporter James Rosen as an “aider, abettor, co-conspirator” in stealing government secrets are but a few examples of the abuse of power by the Obama administration to intimidate those on its enemies list. http://www.aei.org/publication/now-the-gibson-guitar-raids-make-sense-it-was-on-the-political-enemies-list/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oleroule Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 is there anything the kenyan warlord did that wasn't politically motivated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted April 5, 2018 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted April 5, 2018 8 minutes ago, oleroule said: is there anything the kenyan warlord did that wasn't politically motivated? Don't forget the whole IRS debacle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momorider Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 11 minutes ago, oleroule said: is there anything the kenyan warlord did that wasn't politically motivated? No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICEMAN! Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Lolllllll Raided for $3000 in political donations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momorider Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 4 minutes ago, ICEMAN! said: Lolllllll Raided for $3000 in political donations? Raid the big contributers competition would be what a brain dead moron would miss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 The evidence that the government had against Gibson was irrefutable. Gibson knew it was using illegal wood. They settled by paying a fine because they know that in court they’d lose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 8 minutes ago, ICEMAN! said: Lolllllll Raided for $3000 in political donations? It makes sense to dummies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted April 5, 2018 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted April 5, 2018 4 minutes ago, spin_dry said: The evidence that the government had against Gibson was irrefutable. Gibson knew it was using illegal wood. They settled by paying a fine because they know that in court they’d lose. Two months before the raid, lobbyists slipped some arcane supply-chain reporting provisions into an extension of the Lacey Act of 1900 that changed the technical definition of “fingerboard blanks,” which are legal to import. With no clear legal standards, a sealed warrant the company has not been allowed to see too this day, no formal charges filed, and the threat of a prison term hanging over any executive who does not take “due care” to abide by this absurdly vague law, Gibson settled. “You’re fighting a very well organized political machine in the unions,” Juszkiewicz concluded. “And the conservation guys have sort of gone along.” Hey, what’s not to like about $50,000? The good news is that Gibson Guitars eventually got back all the hardwood confiscated from it by the government. They used it to make the Government Series II Les Paul guitar, which is stamped with this logo: http://humanevents.com/2014/05/30/the-true-villains-behind-the-gibson-guitar-raid-are-revealed/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 16 minutes ago, ICEMAN! said: Lolllllll Raided for $3000 in political donations? 22 minutes ago, Highmark said: Don't forget the whole IRS debacle. He couldn't follw A to B if you walked it with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 2 minutes ago, Highmark said: Two months before the raid, lobbyists slipped some arcane supply-chain reporting provisions into an extension of the Lacey Act of 1900 that changed the technical definition of “fingerboard blanks,” which are legal to import. With no clear legal standards, a sealed warrant the company has not been allowed to see too this day, no formal charges filed, and the threat of a prison term hanging over any executive who does not take “due care” to abide by this absurdly vague law, Gibson settled. “You’re fighting a very well organized political machine in the unions,” Juszkiewicz concluded. “And the conservation guys have sort of gone along.” Hey, what’s not to like about $50,000? The good news is that Gibson Guitars eventually got back all the hardwood confiscated from it by the government. They used it to make the Government Series II Les Paul guitar, which is stamped with this logo: http://humanevents.com/2014/05/30/the-true-villains-behind-the-gibson-guitar-raid-are-revealed/ The evidence is very clear that Gibson knew the wood was illegal. It’s all right there on internet searches. Very easy to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Just now, spin_dry said: The evidence is very clear that Gibson knew the wood was illegal. It’s all right there on internet searches. Very easy to find. Well since the internet said so..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICEMAN! Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 6 hours ago, Snake said: He couldn't follw A to B if you walked it with him. You super sleuths would have led us all into Comet Ping Pong’s non-existent basement.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoslinger Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 (edited) Jesus Christ I’m almost embarrassed for skidmark Edited April 6, 2018 by Snoslinger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DriftBusta Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 2 minutes ago, Snoslinger said: Jesus Christ I’m almost embarrassed for skidmark You're awfully cocky for someone who was off in left field without a clue during the last election and still is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momorider Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 2 minutes ago, Snoslinger said: Jesus Christ I’m almost embarrassed for skidmark Specially the part were they got the wood back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Henry was also pretty vocal about his political feelings before and after the election pretty much up till the raid . lots of people on the irs list were Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer254 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Gotta love how the resident liberals act like this was nothing...... PATHETIC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mileage Psycho Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 7 hours ago, ICEMAN! said: Lolllllll Raided for $3000 in political donations? Uhhhhhh duhhhhh uhhhh treee grand is a lot of fuckin money man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 7 hours ago, ICEMAN! said: Lolllllll Raided for $3000 in political donations? Yeah...lmfao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoslinger Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 still laughing about this. curious if skidmark did this "research" on his own to come up with this extremely lame comp, or if he saw it somewhere else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 35 minutes ago, Snoslinger said: still laughing about this. curious if skidmark did this "research" on his own to come up with this extremely lame comp, or if he saw it somewhere else This is a story that flatearther would post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momorider Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 17 hours ago, Mainecat said: Yeah...lmfao $35,400 you senile pants shitting FUCK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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