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Iowahawk: New Scandal at DoJ as Illegal Guitars End Up In Hands of Mexican Drug Lords
Iowahawk | August 26, 2011 | David Burge

Posted on 08/27/2011 7:37:15 PM PDT by EveningStar

WASHINGTON - Today's uncovering of secret multi-agency program for shipping illegal Gibson guitars to Mexican drug cartels left red-faced officials of the U.S. Department of Justice scrambling for an explanation amid angry calls for a Congressional investigation.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: bloggersandpersonal; gibsonguitars; iowahawk
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To: EveningStar

Pickee, Pickee, Pickee.....


21 posted on 08/27/2011 8:22:15 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: martin_fierro; TomServo; Liberty Valance; EveningStar

22 posted on 08/27/2011 8:24:30 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: Liberty Valance

http://nation.foxnews.com/department-justice/2011/08/26/doj-raids-gibson-guitars-looking-illegal-wood


23 posted on 08/27/2011 8:25:51 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Tax-chick

bttt


24 posted on 08/27/2011 8:36:25 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Paleo Conservative

The day the music died?


25 posted on 08/27/2011 8:51:55 PM PDT by Gil4 (Sometimes it's not low self-esteem - it's just accurate self-assessment.)
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To: EveningStar

Those guitars belong to Big Brother and the Holder Company.


26 posted on 08/27/2011 8:52:25 PM PDT by Rocky (REPEAL IT!)
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To: Liberty Valance

Exibit B:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok-CvnzzxPg&feature=player_embedded
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals “One Short Night”


27 posted on 08/27/2011 8:52:28 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Rocky

*


28 posted on 08/27/2011 8:53:37 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Paleo Conservative

Naaaah. That’s a Telecaster.


29 posted on 08/27/2011 8:58:07 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Paleo Conservative

That’s a Fender Telecaster.


30 posted on 08/27/2011 8:58:16 PM PDT by wastedyears (Of course you realize, this means war.)
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To: martin_fierro

Beat me by seconds. :p


31 posted on 08/27/2011 9:10:19 PM PDT by wastedyears (Of course you realize, this means war.)
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To: martin_fierro
One of the best - if not the best album he ever released. Trivia - the album cover was originally used in OUI magazine. Ted liked it and was use for his next AC. Don't ask me how I know about the OUI connection. (It was a great article) ;-)
32 posted on 08/27/2011 9:11:57 PM PDT by TomServo
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To: molson209
you need guitar permits now ?

The only exception is Delaware. The Feds were going to confiscate George Thoroughgood's guitar, but they let him slide.

33 posted on 08/27/2011 9:18:57 PM PDT by ARepublicanForAllReasons (The world will be a better place when humanity learns not to try to make it a perfect place)
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To: EveningStar

Interview with Gibson Guitar spokesman:

http://recording.freeconferencecalling.com/mp3/1020767/191447/IA1205_08252011171433250_1153225.mp3


34 posted on 08/27/2011 9:29:13 PM PDT by Darnright (There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive. - Tacitus)
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To: EveningStar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkFcQRiFL68
WHY WORRY (1986) The Everly Brothers, Mark Knopfler, Chet Atkins, Michael McDonald


35 posted on 08/27/2011 9:35:52 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Liberty Valance

36 posted on 08/27/2011 9:41:58 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Liberty Valance

37 posted on 08/27/2011 9:44:22 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Tax-chick
"...attracted the attention of nearby U.S. Border Patrol agents, who arrived at the scene just as Los Zetas broke into Led Zeppelin's 'Immigrant Song.'"

Snorted a Monster. Everywhere.

38 posted on 08/27/2011 9:45:52 PM PDT by Anoreth (Land sakes alive, we are cooking with petrol now!)
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To: ARepublicanForAllReasons

39 posted on 08/27/2011 9:57:34 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Darnright
Our Homeland Security at Work: arresting American craftsmen on spurious charges not related in any way to Homeland Security.

First I've heard about this, so THANKS for the link. I've got to link this to my Facebook.

40 posted on 08/27/2011 10:23:12 PM PDT by ARepublicanForAllReasons (The world will be a better place when humanity learns not to try to make it a perfect place)
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