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Gibson Guitar Corp. Strikes Deal with Justice Dept. to Avoid Prosecution
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| 8-6-12
| Bridget Johnson
Posted on 08/06/2012 10:38:28 AM PDT by kingattax
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posted on
08/06/2012 10:38:34 AM PDT
by
kingattax
To: left that other site
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posted on
08/06/2012 10:39:30 AM PDT
by
kingattax
(99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
To: kingattax
More underhanded Big Government extortion to fund socialist wealth redistribution.
They use any pretense at all to control, tax, extort.
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posted on
08/06/2012 10:41:54 AM PDT
by
Iron Munro
("Jiggle the Handle for Barry!")
To: All
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posted on
08/06/2012 10:43:52 AM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: Iron Munro
Meanwhile, the more they drive companies out of business, the less funding they’ll get. It’s like they’re possessed with a zeal to destroy this country as strong as the zeal that possesses the Iranian Twelver elite to destroy the planet . . .
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posted on
08/06/2012 10:43:54 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: kingattax
Nothing more than armed robbery by government.
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posted on
08/06/2012 10:46:56 AM PDT
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
Eat more chicken, buy another Gibson.
Overzealous, regulatory overreach.
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posted on
08/06/2012 10:47:08 AM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Demoralization is a weapon of the enemy. Don't get it, don't spread it!)
To: kingattax
DOJ and Musical Instrument maker reach a chord?
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posted on
08/06/2012 10:47:22 AM PDT
by
married21
(As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
To: kingattax
An horrific act of extortion by the Government.
It’s like those show trials in Mao’s China where people were forced to incriminate themselves - except that today’s Maoists also insist on extracting about half a billion dollars in tribute (I’m including the cost of the wood here).
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posted on
08/06/2012 10:47:54 AM PDT
by
agere_contra
(Vote ABO. Don't choose the Greater Evil and then boast about how principled you are)
To: kingattax
Gibson Guitar Corp. agreed to settle charges that it illegally purchased and imported ebony wood from Madagascar and rosewood and ebony from India, the Justice Department said today. (gasp) Does this make ME a criminal???
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posted on
08/06/2012 10:47:54 AM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: kingattax
Government theft.
Gibson knows it is cheaper to pay the bribe than to fight them in court.
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posted on
08/06/2012 10:48:19 AM PDT
by
Venturer
To: kingattax
Government intimidation and extortion. Gibson had purchaced the wood in question long before it became illegal to purchace the Brazilian rosewood. There was no mandate to return purchaced wood. Martin was not attacked because the Martin owners ponied up money to the obama candidacy. Gibson was extorted. They paid the fine just to stop the legal fees from bleeding them into backrupcy.
To: kingattax
An ethical and honest journalist (there aren’t any anymore, I’m afraid) would find out the principals in the company and find out what they’ve been forced to contribute [voluntarily] to Obama’s Re-election campaign.
We all know there aren’t any real journalists left so this episode in Americana Musicality will remain a mystery, I guess.
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posted on
08/06/2012 10:49:58 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: kingattax
You need to re-do that graphic, and label every guitar an “AK-47”.
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posted on
08/06/2012 10:50:39 AM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: kingattax
to retrieve $261,844 worth of Madagascar ebony seized in a raid. So... what happens to that wood now?
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posted on
08/06/2012 10:51:27 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: kingattax
If anyone doesn’t despise the central socialist government raise your hand!
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posted on
08/06/2012 10:54:20 AM PDT
by
IbJensen
(If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed)
To: EGPWS
I have a Les Paul Custom, 1980 vintage.
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posted on
08/06/2012 10:54:46 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: Izzy Dunne
So... what happens to that wood now?Gets burned and the heat wasted so it's never used?
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posted on
08/06/2012 10:54:49 AM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: Iron Munro
I was rooting for Gibson, based on their claims of government bullying, but this consent decree sounds completely one sided in favor of the government. And if Gibson really did admit as claimed, it sounds like Gibson really was at fault.
Gibson doesn't have the best reputation in town for treating it's employees right. So it's possible Gibson was knowingly violating the law.
"As a result of this investigation and criminal enforcement agreement, Gibson has acknowledged that it failed to act on information that the Madagascar ebony it was purchasing may have violated laws"
Gibson gave up the consficated inventory, and paid a fine rather than continue to fight? Why? What information did the government have?
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posted on
08/06/2012 10:57:01 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: Izzy Dunne
I have a Les Paul Custom, 1980 vintage.I bought the SG brand new in '73 for $325.00. : )
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posted on
08/06/2012 10:57:10 AM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
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