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This will be interesting...

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/15327 ... le-memphis

So how exactly will the feds prove the wood came from the Dreamworks studios?

What is going on over there?

Is something going on, or did they just get someone in the government mad at them? Seems like it would be phenomenally stupid of them to keep doing this sort of thing after the last time, but you never know...

"Phenomenally stupid"? Gibson?

Nahhhhhh...couldn't be...

cjj wrote:Is something going on, or did they just get someone in the government mad at them? Seems like it would be phenomenally stupid of them to keep doing this sort of thing after the last time, but you never know...

Someone in government has shares in Fender.....

emac.

weemac wrote: Someone in government has shares in Fender.....

emac.

Or maybe someone in Gibson forgot to make sufficient campaign contributions ....

8mileshigh wrote:So how exactly will the feds prove the wood came from the Dreamworks studios?

The Zebra gave them a Flying V finger salute...

As far as I know, Gibson is still trying to recover the wood that was confiscated a few years ago by the feds as they claim it is legal.

Also, in other reports, it is stated that this raid was linked to a case in Texas, but does not elaborate. There was also some mention in a story about 'Only Indian workers being allowed to work on Indian wood'?



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When guitars are outlawed, only outlaws will have guitars.

Makes sense, when you think about it.

I will only buy pierogis made by Polish people...

We used to go to a Chinese restaurant in Santa Monica where all the cooks were Mexican............

Oh, well that makes perfect sense...

Somebody should raid the goverment and bang them for all the illegal and corupt stuff they do on a daily basis, they are the most sleazy and corupt people on the planet..

jps wrote:We used to go to a Chinese restaurant in Santa Monica where all the cooks were Mexican............

I went to a Mexican restaurant in China and the cooks were all Chinese. I went to an Italian restaurant in Japan and the cooks were all Japanese. Oh wait- you forgot that California was Mexico not so long ago.

Gibson made the national news tonight with this. Judging from what the media is saying, I think perhaps this time the feds are probably after a wood importer in Texas and Gibson is collateral damage. Anyway, I'm sure we'll all know what's going on soon enough.

There's a video clip and a press release here :

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/N ... 0825-2011/

Henry mentions that in the past 2 years Gibson has hired 580 American workers; I wonder how many of those were hired to expand their workforce vs. replacements for others who have left in the past 2 years?