WTF? Now they're going after using the wrong wood?????

[Bayoupiper]

Jeez!

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904787404576530520471223268.html




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[IfItFliesItDies]

From the same people that brought you Operation Fast and Furious....

 

[CEHollier]

Talk about government over reaching it's power. Wow!

 

[bravo3]

Wow. I don't even know what to say about the stupidity of this.

 

[Leonidas]

I don't think its stupid. Its brilliant! They are making the point that there are enough laws on the books that every breathing person in this country IS a FELON. Get out of line, speak out, disobey or just **** somebody off and your life can be ruined in an instant, with no recourse.

 

[Witiku]

Gibson is a Republican donor . Martin, his competition, is a democrat donor. Both use the same woods in their guitars. No raids on Martin. There is some persecution going on here.

 

[stormrider54]

That is very stupid but........will the price of my Fender American Standard Strat go up? What about my 30yr old Alvarez? What about my 2 year old Guild? If so I'll probably STILL KEEP EM unless pricing goes through the roof!

 

[SpeedRacer]

The trash pile in the back of our woodshop would make Al Gore weep. Sure hope they don't come knocking...

 

[BIGGREEN]

What's really screwy is that the 09 case has been closed and they can't get the wood back. And this case is not involving U.S. laws being broken. It is about Indian labor laws "possibly" being infringed upon and the U.S. Justice Dept. is enforcing that here on our soil. It has been done many times before but it usually nvolves artifacts or national/government possessions. The problem with the wood is that it may have been handled by non-union workers.

 

[Takuan]

Fearful musicians shouldn't be musicians.

 

[jimdana1942]

I think that too many of Hitlers' followers made it to the U.S. after the war and their offspring and followers are alive and well and enjoy their jobs as employees of the fed. government.

 

[Witiku]

I was trying to compose a comment on 1942's response. One word, Naziism. These .gov foot soldiers probably sleep well after this persecution too. Seriously; over wood?