[Force of Truth]

The wood that is used here is used by many other US companies, and not just guitar companies. Furniture companies use this wood, for example.

The thugs who did this are murderous thieves and should all be thrown in jail. Obama should be impeached and thrown in prison for this type of thuggish activity. I will pray and I hope all God-fear FReepers will pray for justice against the thugs who run this current regime.

Why aren’t Republican leaders howling about this?

[Scoutmaster]

The wood that is used here is used by many other US companies, and not just guitar companies.

Yes, it is.

But that's not the point.

The point is whether the wood used by those other companies was obtained through the proper channels using the proper paperwork.

Let's put it this way: It gets leaked to the press that Rachel Maddow's cigarettes are provided to her by Camel before the cigarette taxes are paid, and before the tax stamps are applied. Ten cartons of cigarettes are seized.

Wouldn't it be silly if MSNBC ran a news story with the headline "John Boehner smokes the same brand of cigarettes as Rachel Maddow, and his cigarettes weren't confiscated!"

We would all be sitting here screaming: The brand of cigarettes isn't the issue! The issue is that Rachel Maddow cut corners and didn't get her cigarettes legally!