DOJ raids Gibson Factory

[johnemac]

Are you kidding me? They have raided the factory looking for illegal wood not authorized from India. Maybe this is the case, but am I the only one that thinks the Department of Justice has their priorities completely screwed up?

Here's a link to the AP story:



DOJ Raids Gibson Guitars Looking for Illegal Wood - Department Of Justice - Fox Nation

 

[lespaul339]

http://www.marshallforum.com/backstage/31985-gibson-factory-memphis-nashville-raided.html

 

[MonstersOfTheMidway]

I guess we need protection from dangerous wood, wood of mass destruction, dirty wood. I feel safe and will be able to sleep better at night.

 

[sccloser]

Holder needs to resign right now. I am so irritated over this crap. I will just hold my thoughts right now...I am already on the "list." :Ohno:

 

[diesect20022000]

I don't know what to think. I just hope we get more on the story soon.

 

[twitchylizard]

Due to price increases on Gibsons guitars, I am now a Fender man. I do think that the Feds are wasting their time tho.

 

[JayCM800]

Due to price increases on Gibsons guitars, I am now a Fender man. I do think that the Feds are wasting their time tho.

+1,000

 

[Moose Coghill]

Hey johnemac - there's another ongoing discussion of this here too:
http://www.marshallforum.com/backstage/31985-gibson-factory-memphis-nashville-raided.html

 

[eljeffebrown]

when I read the title of the post I saw this..............



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNKqJiMfkUs]DJO - Star Trek - I'm a Big Chocolate Slut - YouTube[/ame]

 

[eljeffebrown]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnXnmeuEJfk]DJO F**ks with the ROYAL WEDDING - YouTube[/ame]

 

[johnemac]

Hey johnemac - there's another ongoing discussion of this here too:
http://www.marshallforum.com/backstage/31985-gibson-factory-memphis-nashville-raided.html

Man, I hate it when a second thread gets started...my bad...sorry guys. Guess I need to hang out backstage more often.

 

[yladrd61]

Anyone who knowingly uses wood that was cut in an area that is off limits to logging should be prosecuted to the fullest extant of the law

 

[rjohns1]

Anyone who knowingly uses wood that was cut in an area that is off limits to logging should be prosecuted to the fullest extant of the law

And you don't read do you? THe case this time is based on the US interpreting a law in India that says that wood cut down in India needs to be finished by Indians. The fact that the US is now enforcing the laws of another nation is pretty frightening to me. THis has nothing to do with harvesting wood illigally from an off limits area.

 

[scirocco guy]

Gots mine. Fuck the DOJ. Come to my Homestead and check out what I'm made of, tax wasting cocksuckers.

 

[impetus maximus]

when I read the title of the post I saw this..............



DJO - Star Trek - I'm a Big Chocolate Slut - YouTube

LMAO... way to lighten the mood eljeffebrown

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xcZnl5kI94"]Star Trek - Acid Drive - YouTube[/ame]

 

[trobdcso]

The DOJ and Eric Holder is out of control. Gibson guitars are one of the few things left made in this country that people are willing to pay (Made in USA) prices for. Yet the DOJ is fucking with American jobs while unemployment is up the ass. Fuck you Holder.

 

[luekemeyer]

I would like to personally thank all of the people that voted Obama into power.. I guess it was a good decision if you are or want to be on welfare.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_-taqM5Sk0]Gibson Guitar Corp. Responds to Federal Raid - YouTube[/ame]

 

[stax]

I would like to personally thank all of the people that voted Obama into power.. I guess it was a good decision if you are or want to be on welfare.

Gibson Guitar Corp. Responds to Federal Raid - YouTube

What happened to "Hope" and "Change"?

 

[Michael1987xl]

Anyone who knowingly uses wood that was cut in an area that is off limits to logging should be prosecuted to the fullest extant of the law

I agree, completely. I'm hardly a tree hugger, but I don't think we should be destroying the environment willy-nilly, either.

Seeing as we agree on this point and since the potential charges here are indeed criminal, and although not even DOJ has mentioned illegal logging in connection with this latest invasion of a large number of people's Constitutional rights and keeping in mind that;

1. After 2 raids, two years apart no charges have been filed by DOJ;
2. No Federal Grand Jury has even been convened to investigate the case, and;
3. Gibson's suit (to regain the possession of it's property and lift the restraints) against the Fed's is now the subject of a motion filed by the DOJ to stay the proceedings because they can't get their act together;

Please show me:
A. Any and all evidence that tends to indicate that any crime was probably committed and that Gibson USA probably committed it, thereby giving rise to cause for the raid and a subsequent indictment, and;
B. Any and all of the evidence that establishes, beyond a reasonable doubt that Gibson, to use your words, "knowingly uses wood that was cut in an area that is off limits to logging" and therefore "should be prosecuted to the fullest extant of the law".

Finally, please, on a personal note, also let me know what the hell an "extant" is.

I'm guessing that right about now you're hearing your mother's voice ringing in your head: "Don't talk about things you don't know anything about and don't use words you don't know the meaning of".

Yeah, you should have listened to her, right?

 

[Adwex]

when I read the title of the post I saw this..............



DJO - Star Trek - I'm a Big Chocolate Slut - YouTube

That was hilarious.