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Offline ABX

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Does that Gibson Guitar raid make more sense now?
« on: May 26, 2013, 04:17:39 pm »
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An editorial at Investors Business Daily may wind up being filed under how did I miss this one? Following the recent revelations of cases where the administration appears to have used the muscle of the federal government to go after its political enemies, IBD takes a walk down memory lane to the strange case of Gibson Guitars and the federal raids on their facilities for alleged illegal importing of exotic woods used in their products. They reach one provocative conclusion.

    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…

http://hotair.com/archives/2013/05/26/does-that-gibson-guitar-raid-make-more-sense-now/


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Re: Does that Gibson Guitar raid make more sense now?
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2013, 05:23:29 pm »

They should sue.

How else do we fight back against an oppressive government?


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Re: Does that Gibson Guitar raid make more sense now?
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2013, 09:16:07 pm »
They should sue.

How else do we fight back against an oppressive government?

I thought they did sue.  The other guitar manufacturers donated to Obama and were left alone IIRC.
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