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Flashback: President Obama Targeted Gibson Guitars, Boeing on Ideological Grounds
www.breitbart.com ^ | May 15 2013 | breitbart.com

Posted on 05/15/2013 1:53:10 PM PDT by NoLibZone

Even mainstream media outlets are running story upon story about President Barack Obama's possible ties to the government grabbing a wire service's phone records and the IRS bullying conservative groups.

Those who have been paying attention to the New Media shouldn't be surprised by these headlines. In fact, here are two examples where the Obama administration appeared to use an ideological cudgel to bash both conservatives and free market principles.

On Aug. 24, 2011, the Department of Justice sent armed agents into the Gibson Guitar factor in Memphis "confiscating half a million dollars worth of guitar making material is an alleged violation of environmental standards."

Gibson CEO Henry Juszkiewicz is a conservative, and his company eventually settled rather than take matters to court.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News
KEYWORDS: 20086election; 2008election; election2010; gibsonguitar; impeachnow; irs; obamacrimes; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; sourcetitlenoturl

1 posted on 05/15/2013 1:53:10 PM PDT by NoLibZone
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To: NoLibZone

What a loser this Obama president is.


2 posted on 05/15/2013 1:56:29 PM PDT by NowApproachingMidnight (Civilizations die from suicide, not murder.)
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To: NoLibZone

Thuggy is as thuggy does...


3 posted on 05/15/2013 1:58:10 PM PDT by GOPJ (Jesus said, Give your money to the poor. NOT 'Give your neighbor's money to the poor' freeper kevao)
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To: NoLibZone

Department of Justice sent armed agents.

So, this is not isolated to just the IRS? It’s, It’s the entire government!


4 posted on 05/15/2013 2:05:03 PM PDT by READINABLUESTATE (“I will not participate in a broken, untrustworthy system.”)
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5 posted on 05/15/2013 2:09:27 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (My faith and politics cannot be separated)
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To: NoLibZone

If Rush wasn’t so popular, they would have confiscated his microphone by now.


6 posted on 05/15/2013 2:26:07 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono (NRA)
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