Posted: 8/28/2011 2:50:24 AM EDT
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The Wall Street Journal and other media outlets are reporting the Department of Justice has raided Gibson Guitars. Why? Because Gibson uses wood from India in its guitars. That wood is from a sustainable crop of wood that is industry certified. But Gibson takes the wood and finishes it here in the United States, providing Americans with jobs.
The Department of Justice believes it is illegal for Gibson to finish its guitars in the United States. According to the Department of Justice's interpretation of an Indian law that India itself does not interpret in the same way, wood taken from India must be finished in India. Never mind that the Indian government does not see it that way and has not requested American intervention against Gibson. It does not get any better than tihs. |
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The Wall Street Journal and other media outlets are reporting the Department of Justice has raided Gibson Guitars. Why? Because Gibson uses wood from India in its guitars. That wood is from a sustainable crop of wood that is industry certified. But Gibson takes the wood and finishes it here in the United States, providing Americans with jobs. The Department of Justice believes it is illegal for Gibson to finish its guitars in the United States. According to the Department of Justice's interpretation of an Indian law that India itself does not interpret in the same way, wood taken from India must be finished in India. Never mind that the Indian government does not see it that way and has not requested American intervention against Gibson. It does not get any better than tihs. That might have been true if you were one of the first three people to post this story. |
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A few days ago it was US Fish and Wildlife searching for wood from Madagascar. Now DOJ searching for Indian wood. Just over- regulate them so they ship all of their jobs off-shore. I'm sure the game wardens and the 3rd rate lawyers from DOJ are all experts on wood. I hope some guitar playing Congressmen cut their funding to these two departments. Drastically. |