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Location: Texas | Gibson Guitars Raided by FBI for Illegal Importation of Rosewood.
http://blogs.nashvillescene.com/nashvillecream/2009/11/gibson_guita...
http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/2009/11/17/gibson_guitars_raided_...
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091117/BUSINESS/91117075/Fish+&... |
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Location: closely held secret | Monkey lovin' tree huggers. |
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| Originally posted by PsychoBunny:
Monkey lovin' tree huggers. Yeah, but as one of my friends might say, "Couldn't happen to a nicer person." |
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Location: SoCal | The "plausible deniability" defense...
Gibson said that it is “a chain of custody certified buyer who purchases wood from legal suppliers who are to follow all standards.”
yep... that's what we'll say if we ever get busted |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by noah:
The "plausible deniability" defense...
Gibson said that it is “a chain of custody certified buyer who purchases wood from legal suppliers who are to follow all standards.”
yep... that's what we'll say if we ever get busted Hell, I say that to my wife on an almost weekly basis..... |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by PsychoBunny:
Monkey lovin' tree huggers. George Carlin - Save the Planet! :p |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | BRILLIANT ! |
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Location: closely held secret | He always was a master of common sense. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | what G8R said |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Gee now they will be getting unwanted legal fees
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Location: Flahdaw | I heard the cardboard used in the Estaban guitars was manufactured in illegal Chinese sweatshops, but no one's raiding THEM. |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Kathie Lee must be handing out favors in China Esteban shops again... |
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Location: Flahdaw | Kathie Lee was manufactured in a Chinese sweatshop. |
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Location: nashville | I wonder how many "Dove and Hummingbirds" the Fish and Wildlife Agency took into protective custy. Maybe they will put them up for adoption. |
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Location: Whitecourt, Ab | What do Lemurs taste like, anyway? |
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| Originally posted by rededdie:
What do Lemurs taste like, anyway? Chicken.
(C'mon, somebody had to say it...) |
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Location: closely held secret | More like grilled spotted owl. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | they should be charged with pricing their guitars too high. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Originally posted by G8r:
Originally posted by rededdie:
What do Lemurs taste like, anyway? Chicken.
(C'mon, somebody had to say it...) |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | You would THINK that the FBI would have more important things to spend their time and efforts (and our tax dollars) on these days ... Like perhaps keeping us all safe from terrorism! For some reason I just don't feel more secure today, knowing that there's less illegally-imported rosewood in the country. |
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Location: out there | The way the CEO of Gibson treats people and competitors and customers he is a terrorist. |
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Location: NW of Philadelphia | They will get a fine, and their prices will go up to cover it.
It was the Fish & Wildlife Feds... you know, the ones that sell fishing and hunting licenses. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by Auriemma:
It was the Fish & Wildlife Feds... you know, the ones that sell fishing and hunting licenses. Those guys! Always pushing their weight around just because they're at the top of the law enforcement food chain. :mad: |
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Location: NW of Philadelphia | Originally posted by darkbarguitar:
Originally posted by Auriemma:
It was the Fish & Wildlife Feds... you know, the ones that sell fishing and hunting licenses. Those guys! Always pushing their weight around just because they're at the top of the law enforcement food chain. :mad: |
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| Didn't I read somewhere that the rainforest was being bulldozed clear to make room for more profitable endeavors, and since it was illegal to sell the lumber, it was being burned ? So goodbye trees anyway ....
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Federal agents raid Gibson Guitars
