*Laughing*
Amen, brother.
You may not know that I've been called everything but a Child of God for continuing to post information from Federal Agent affidavits, the pleadings in the ongoing civil case, internal Gibson emails, and problems with Gibson's Press Releases, Juszkiewicz's statements, and blogger posts ("Gibson is the only guitar manufacturer in a right-to-work state", I read, as I play one of the two made-in-Texas Collings guitars I've purchased this year alone).
From the beginning, I've been trying to tell people NOT to believe Gibson's Press Releases or Henry's speeches. They contain misleading statements and leave out key facts.
Am I saying the government is right? No (I think the government is wrong on its East Indian Rosewood interpretation, although I wonder why Gibson had to use the complicated process of using a proxy ultimate consignee on the Dallas and Canadian shipments).
I'm just saying: don't trust Gibson. What Gibson and Juszkiewicz say is not The Gospel. Doesn't anyone realize what Juszkiewicz's reputation was for ego and veracity was before these incidents? Do they understand why Gibson was ranked the #1 Worst Place to Work in the U.S. out of 11,000 companies (hint: the CEO)?
Do not trust bloggers. They know very little about guitars or the guitar industry and do little or no research.
And Juszkiewicz has never produced that "pleading" in which the government "told Gibson that its problems would go away if it used Madagascar labor" because that pleading doesn't exist. I have all the pleadings.
The truth is in the middle, but given the atmosphere that Obama and his DOJ have created, Juszkiewicz is playing the conservative public and the "research? we don't need no stinkin' research" media like a violin.
Does Collins make acoustic baritone guitars?
I read through your posts on this subject, but not convinced there is not a price being paid here for not going along. Sorry, this administration is thug all the way.