Obama Regime Extorts $350,000 From Gibson Guitars
The goons running Obama’s “Justice” Department have finally agreed to leave Gibson Guitars alone for awhile — in exchange for $350,000:
The federal government will not charge Gibson, but the company has apparently agreed to pay a $300,000 penalty, pay $50,000 to a federal conservation fund and withdraw claims to the valuable fingerboards that were seized in a series of federal raids.
The fingerboards are allegedly made of politically incorrect wood — incorrect because American labor was used to finish it. Again we see that when everything is hyper-regulated, everyone is vulnerable to government bullying.
The Obama Regime didn’t go to these lengths to pick on Gibson Guitars just because it is an all-American icon. Gibson CEO Henry Juszkiewicz donates to Republicans. The moonbats at competitor C.F. Martin & Company don’t have problems with the Injustice Department despite using the same wood, because CEO Chris Martin IV donates to Democrats.
That’s the kind of country we have been “fundamentally transformed” into.
On tips from Spider, G. Fox, wingmann, and J.
If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem.
If you vote for either of the two criminal establishment gangs, you are the problem.
In 2012, who could believe there is a difference between a Crip and a Blood??
A gang is a gang right??
But you people love to flash your gang signs…Don’t ya!
You make me sick!
A page ripped out of the Jackson/Sharpton Shakedown playbook. The mob does things like this too. It’s called extortion, and it used to be a crime.
Communist russia at it’s heart was exactly like this, the Party proclaims to fight for equality and everyone pays their fair share, while the inner party members enrich themselves and their families as the “People” wait on lines for toilet paper for hours.
This is what Communism Looks Like. No due process, a bureaucracy that arbitrarily strangles you, extorts you and eventually murders you.
Hooray Gibson–Phuck CF Martin and Oh Obama as well!
They were told (and I have this from a source that was there) that there would be no problem if they moved their operation to (I believe it was) Madagascar.
GOT THAT? The U.S. government would be just fine with Gibson if they out-sourced their operation to some third-world shit hole.
I’m buying a Les Paul just to give the finger to Obama and his “global” governance.
PS I bet it didn’t help Gibson’s case that Uncle Ted plays and promotes their product.
As their company slogan goes, “Only A Gibson [made in the USA] is good enough!”
As for Martin guitars, every leftist fuck-wad “protest” singer from Woody “Stalin’s Alright With Me” Guthrie to Joan “I’m Almost As Treasonous As Jane Fonda” Baez has played one.
Nice guitars, but my wallet won’t be helping their cause any longer.
“A page ripped out of the Jackson/Sharpton Shakedown playbook. The mob does things like this too. It’s called extortion, and it used to be a crime”.
Q: And what would you call ROMNEYCARE?
A: This is what Communism Looks Like. No due process, a bureaucracy that arbitrarily strangles you, extorts you and eventually murders you.
GANG ACTIVITY.
LEFT=RIGHT=COLLECTIVISM
SOCIALISM=FACSISM=COLLECTIVISM.
Q: Where are the real Americans??
A: Right Facist and Left Communists need not reply. The rest of us are watching…waiting…preparing.
And they call me a Moonbat.
Hey, moonbat, you’ve convinced me, since Romney’s part of the same old political establishment…I’m gonna vote for Obama instead in protest…that’ll change things!! Jack-ass.
What your rant had to do with an American company being shaken down by the Gay Kenyan regime…I’ll never know.
Hey moonbat, why don’t you and Goat Ogler so off into the sunset holding hands and skipping? It’s Hitler’s birthday today!
Republicans are just as evil as Democrats. Can you grasp that?
I’m a guitar player and I find Martin acoustic guitars superior to Gibson.
Does that make me “evil”?
It’s simply about nuance.
It’s all about the fretboard and tone.
Ignorant people do not understand tone.
I for one can’t stand the Establishments fretboard or tone.
It’s completely dissonant.
NOTE: For the uneducated CounterMoonBats, you may wanna look up the definition of “Dissonant”.
Here’s a hint: “A state of mental conflict; Out of harmony.
“There are none so blind who will not see”.
moonbat
Nice little rant I would call “Cacophony.”
Hey Dave…You have the creme of the creme posting to Comments.
It’s truly inspiring.
America is on the “Right” track.
The Facists/Collectivist track.
Heil WILLARD!!
Post Script: For all you morons out there, I’ll throw you a bone. WILLARD is better than Barry but not enough for me to support/vote for him.
I’d rather sit home than sell OUT!!
Obama must play Fender strats. Figures.
Please note that moony is full of bitching, but zero solutions. Go back and hit the geetar sum more. Leave the adult discussions to adults. Kids table is over at DU.
Yes both parties are a problem. But voting for a third party that will not break 5% in voting is not a solution either.
Yes it is a choice of two evils. Yes either is a vote for evil. Neither choice fixes it, but one choice is life support, the other immediate death.
FrankW
“Ignorant people do not understand tone.”
Seems to me like a logical reason not to vote.
Moonbat:
Up Yours. Now go back to your kindergarten play-time back at HuffPo and let the adults speak. Thanks
FrankW says:
“Yes it is a choice of two evils. Yes either is a vote for evil. Neither choice fixes it, but one choice is life support, the other immediate death”.
Frank admits your vote is a vote for evil.
Frank says “Neither choice fixes it”.
Frank says a vote for Barry will KILL you but a vote for Willard will KILL YOU LATER.
What kind of addled, mindless, sheeplike thinking is that!!!
Our country and our way of life is being murdered in front of our eyes and you think some politician connected to the criminals in DC is gonna save you.
They are as we speak, enslaving you!
Wake the F@*K UP America.
Hey moron I also said you do not provide a solution, just more bitching.
“Frank says a vote for Barry will KILL you but a vote for Willard will KILL YOU LATER.”
Nope I said one vote is immediate death, the other prolongs life.
But intellectual honesty is too much to expect from an anarchist I suppose.
Pfft. I don’t like Les Pauls myself, rather have a Strat, but I make my own fingerboards lately with rosewood. Probably just as illegal, but I don’t have the deep pockets for them to loot. Socialism=Fascism=Collectivism, yeah, more than you think, but left/=right; if you still think they are, you’re way behind.
FrankW says:
“Nope I said one vote is immediate death, the other prolongs life”.
What Frank is trying to say is that Willard is gonna kill you but just a bit later than Barry would.
That just inspires me to run out and vote…
WILLARD FOR PRESIDENT.
“If voting changed anything they would make it illegal”.
“Keep your power dry.”
Hey Moonbat, what you know about guitars is second only to what you know about freedom. I don’t give a damn HOW nice Martin guitars sound, why give money to those who will use it against you?
Since you’re a guitar expert, do you prefer the D-28 with old-style forward X bracing, or are you partial to a 000-18 with an Adirondack top and maple bridge-plate? Does it bother you that Martin has gone from nitro lacquer to a two-part poly finish? Do you find the 24.9″ scale intonates to your liking? Does the adjustable truss rod work for you, or do you prefer the old, pre-1980′s square tube version? What exactly does Gibson do different that makes them less good in your opinion? Are you speaking of pre-Bozeman Gibson acoustics? Ren Fergusen certainly bumped up the quality once they moved, don’t you think? They no longer use double-X main braces, and since switching to PLEK for their set-ups, while by no means perfect, the initial fret dressing is much more consistent. Some models are even using reverse-kerfing to give even more stiffness to the tops (esp. on larger bodies like the J-200) so the detail in the overtone series us much more pronounced now.
OK, smart guy. You wanna talk guitars? Start by addressing (in detail) what I asked…and I’ll know REAL FAST if you cut and paste stuff you’ve furiously looked up on Google. Show me you got something besides a big mouth to trash America.
Why is it unsuccessful disillusioned musicians usually blame the morons in the audience for being tone-deaf, or berate addled, mindless agents and enslaving studio execs for their lack of committment or understanding, when their own sub par abilities are generally at fault?
Same pattern: Scream even louder, break their guitar, sing of insurrection, and rage against the “machine.”
Where’s a little respectful do-wop when you need it?
:: Imagining moonbat frantically googling ::
BuggityBuggity,
I’m guessing he won’t answer, ’cause he’s completely fulla shit (about everything).
BuggityBuggity says
“Hey Moonbat, what you know about guitars is second only to what you know about freedom. I don’t give a damn HOW nice Martin guitars sound, why give money to those who will use it against you”?
What do guitars have to do with freedom? and are you saying a purchase of a Martin guitar is a purchase against freedom?
“Since you’re a guitar expert”.
Never said I was a “guitar expert”. I said I have a preference of fretboard and tonal quality.
“Show me you got something besides a big mouth to trash America”.
Wow…you got me with that one. I just don’t know what to say.
Oh, yeah I do…STUPID.
moonbat’s one sentence at-a-time diatribe shows the true level of his IQ. It’s equal to room temperature.
They truly are a brain-damaged cult, aren’t they?
Alphamail says
“Why is it unsuccessful disillusioned musicians usually blame the morons in the audience for being tone-deaf, or berate addled, mindless agents and enslaving studio execs for their lack of committment or understanding, when their own sub par abilities are generally at fault”?
That’s a good observation but you discribe yourself. LOL.
Thats what happens when you look in the mirror and can’t bare the reflection. You blame others.
“If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem.
If you vote for either of the two criminal establishment gangs, you are the problem.”
“I’d rather sit home than sell OUT!!”
So you are going to stand up to evil by sitting at home and doing nothing. You are so brave.
Liberals are thugs. Arm yourselves.
Hey…When Willard loses to the Kensyan,CIA,Globalist/Communists fraud, what are you gonna do?
Seriously??
You punks will be 0-2!!
Not exactly inspiring.
What are you gonna do when they come for your guns??
You will either cower like a whipped dog or you will stand with real patriots.
Willard’s minions will side with Barry’s when it comes.
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Fake Conservatives cause me more rage than Liberals!!
Most of you commenting on this site are FASCISTS.
Fascism is just a color of Collectivism.
You claim adherence to the constitution but ignore it when it suits you: The Patriot Act.
You people are the lowest of the low. Traitors to liberty.
At least with a Liberal, I know my enemy.
Wow, only one moonbat shill tonight. Barry’s campaign couldn’t afford two at a time?
Yeah, that’s probably it, he’s been having a hard time raising money lately. I heard he had to go back to the pedophiles in hollywood again to try and drum up some cash.
I have a Les Paul, and I wouldn’t have a Martin if you gave it to me. Rock on Gibson, we’re behind you out here.
Hey moonbat, I’m a Libertarian, period. Fuck the Patriot Act and George Bush too. That suit ya sport?
moonbat wanna-be-guitarist says, “Hey…When Willard loses to the Kensyan,CIA,Globalist/Communists fraud, what are you gonna do?”
Thank you for your stupid decision to stay home and not vote, ass.
RE: moonbat
One of the more fun things in life is watching a real dick wad self destruct.
There’s no guilt since they brought it on themselves and they were an ass to begin with. It has to be like someone on weight watchers instructed to eat ice cream – totally enjoyable, no remorse.
Speaking of ice cream, I encourage moonbat to post further because each time he releases CO2 he melts down even more.
His response to BuggityBuggity was… well…unresponsive. Buggity called his bluff and mr. macho moonbat shows he can’t carry a tune.
As far as his perceptive ability in his post to me – I can’t play guitar – my expertise is in disclosing phony wannabees, and I seldom look in the mirror because it makes me flinch.
In that comment he didn’t put an apostrophe in That’s, he can’t spell “describe,” and it should read “bear” the reflection. So much for mr. smarty moonbat.
I actually suspect moonbat is an Obama/HuffPo wimp, low on testosterone, who has come to an actual patriot site to gin up negative responses to be used by his liberal mommas.
Spouting off like some underground revolutionary militia man, hardly gets you out of your mom’s basement and past your tinkertoys.
I think the shill / troll is done, he came in and shat all over the thread and moved on. Typical.
Hey Mike Turcotte
You do know that Martin only makes acoustic and some acoustic/electric guitars.
And that your comparison to Les Paul is apples and oranges.
And that the C.F. Martin & Company was established in New Youk in 1833 by Christian Frederick Martin a full 69 years before Gibson.
You knew all that right?
You are most likely as Libertarian as Barry is NeoCon.
Your past comments on this site scream National Socialist. aka Fascist!
C.F. Martin left Germany to get away from fucks like you.
You take much exception with the messenger but have not much to say about the messages.
Typical ad hominem.
If the best you can do is Willard, be prepared for more Barry.
In your Fascists hearts you know this to be truth. LOL…
Your criminal gang is gonna be out played by that other criminal gang.
“One of the more fun things in life is watching a real dick wad self destruct…”
Let’s see if we can attain a full on “Kneel before Zod!” type of event.
moonbat,one who offers no solution and one who doesn’t act, a messenger without a message…nothing more worthless.
moonbat says: August 7, 2012 at 2:49 pm- “Hey Dave…You have the creme of the creme posting to Comments.”
Dave’s not here, man.
Alpha
The moonbat troll lost me at that “left right paradigm” trash
This bile ranks right up there with black helicopters and 9/11 conspiracies
Still it’s curious how (for example) he comes right out of the gate and accuses Mike T of being a NAZI fascist based on little more than his choice of guitars.
But just what is animating that empty mind of moonbat ?
Marxism ?
Anarchist Occutard ?
Naderite ?
Nihilist ?
He asserts that he is arbiter of Conservatism
(and we are ALL Marxist Fascist ect ect) with NO interest in a discussion of actual ISSUES
He also claimed the title of Liberal.
He is the Alpha and Omega of truth and liberty
He is everything
He is NOTHING
The reason people don’t address your so-called “message” is that you don’t have one, though I see Ant beat me to that observation.
All you do is wail and scream, accusing us of being “Fascists” (which is a left-wing ideology, do your research).
It has been demonstrated time and again that a third party is completely unworkable once you’re past the primaries. The primaries are the time to be picky about your candidate (though it can be annoying when your state holds them late and everyone’s quit by then), not the general election. The primaries are also the only time when a third party can show viability, and it usually does that by knocking one of the major parties out of the race. Once the primaries are over, you just have to pick one and throw everything behind him to have any hope of winning.
If you really believe that both Romney and Obama are puppetmastered by the Illuminati, how about you shut up and vote Romney just for kicks? After all, you’ve got nothing to lose if you’re right, and considerable ground to gain if you’re wrong. Kind of a heads I win, tails you lose deal.
By the way, my contacts in the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy said to assure you that the Illuminati doesn’t exist.
moonbat says:
August 7, 2012 at 4:49 pm
Fake Conservatives cause me more rage than Liberals!!
Most of you commenting on this site are FASCISTS.
____________
Actually Obama extorting money from Gibson is a great example of Fascism as work. The government lets those companies that “work with them” prosper. Those who stand up to the government are crushed. And Obama really is a fascist.
As to all the other fascists here, there isn’t a lot of love lost with George Bush. Personally I think Bush should have been impeached for taking money from TARP and using it to keep GM going.
As to the Patriot Act, well…not really a fan of that one either. The fact that Obama approved its extension (and expansion) tells you almost everything you need to know about that act.
As to Mitt Romney, he wasn’t my first, second, or probably third choice. But I’m sure going to show up and vote for him. For all his faults, he understands what makes business work, and he wants the US to be successful.
I note the resident troll is completely ignorant of political regimes and their direction from center.
It must really suck to be so damned stupid.
My guess is he is a disgruntled young person frustrated by the liberal non-productive educational system or abused by someone at home or church, who has lost hope in the wisdom (or lack thereof) of the grown ups he was counting on.
He’s smart, but all over the map, and can’t figure out who’s telling him the truth and who’s not. Actually, that’s a common problem in our increasingly phony liberal world.
Probably had a decent upbringing otherwise but is angry as hell, and probably blogs in the same manner on liberal sites.
He doesn’t have an answer to any of our political problems – so in a sense his frustration is a canary in a coalmine – but he’s directing his anger at the wrong people when he does it on Moonbattery.
The bloggers here are very vocal (a good thing) and are focused, dedicated, highly accurate, and want the best for America. He’d be wise to listen.
His best bet would be to join the effort to vote the current party out of office before he goes off the deep end – always better to make a change before totally calling it quits.
I believe he’s a sort-of Anarchist who likes the rhetoric but not the lifestyle or the results.
Just sayin’
I am the illuminati, the voices said so.
moonie is a moron. He can’t even quote me right, he has no idea as to the construction of the political spectrum and he offers no solutions. He just bitches. I think he needs his meds checked. Anyone wanna bet he was at the ows things? At worst he is just a troll, at best he is an anarchist.
“moonbat says: August 7, 2012 at 4:49 pm
Fake Conservatives cause me more rage than Liberals!!”
I see, so you rage against your self. That does explain a lot about you.
“Your past comments on this site scream National Socialist. aka Fascist!
C.F. Martin left Germany to get away from fucks like you.”
BTW, do tell us how Martin left Germany in 1833 to get away from National Socialists and Fascists who wouldn’t really be invented as such for another 100 or so years. Include in your dissertation the status of the confederation of German States at the time.
Lets see. If Willard is elected will he repeal ObamaCare? No. He wrote it. It’s called RomneyCare.
Will he repeal the NDAA and the Patroit Act? No.
Will he shrink the welfare state? No.
Will he shrink the warfare state? No.
Will he protect your 2A rights? No.
Will he stand up to the UN? No.
Is he just another paid for puppet? Yes.
Lets see. Willard looks alot like Barry to me.
Never picked up an axe in my life butI’m buying a Gibson.
There should be a buy a Gibson guitar day. Even if one doesnt play the thing its sure to be a good investment.
Hey there, Moonie,
I think you need to enroll in more advanced Moby classes at Axelrod Comedy Central.
Try something like, “I voted for Ronald Reagan 74 times” or something like that.
It may punch up your act.
moonbat says:
“Is he just another paid for puppet?”
Let me guess, The Joooos(tm) ?
mb: Not a lot of light in mom’s basement.
Birdie
For someone so content to sitting it out on the sideline, he sure does have an interest in the game.
His routine however is wearing a little thin
He could spice it up with some “skin in the game” shtick.
Maybe he could add some reverse top spin propaganda
http://www.politico.com/blogs/click/2012/08/jenna-jameson-supporting-mitt-romney-131021.html
Or that Romney is a murderer
http://www.humanevents.com/2012/08/07/harsanyi-civility-watch-obama-super-pac-blames-romney-for-death/
Or Romney beat him up
http://www.politicolnews.com/romneys-friend-gets-welcomed-in-jail/
Here is a bunch of ideas
http://thepeoplescube.com/peoples-blog/topic9436.html
I’m with moonbat.
It is very telling that no leading Republican came forward to assist Gibson of this blatant shakedown.
Here in TX, the Republican comptroller and governor penned an agreement to shakedown Amazon to collect state sales tax. Yes, we better vote Republican cuz we know hard they work to make government smaller all the time.
Looking back on my life, I’m glad I never joined the military. None of the places the military goes to has anything to do with any alleged freedoms, and I can’t say any of my fellow ‘Merikans’ whether on the right or left, have lives or property worth defending.
I’ll be staying home election day.
We have no real private property, right to defend ourselves, freedom of association or speech, or much of anything else left in the Bill of Rights.
sth_txs
You are correct! I simply can’t understand the delusions of some of my fellow Americans. The system is rigged. The states propaganda and brainwashing efforts have been very effective. If one steps back and takes a good hard look at the two parties infesting this country, one can clearly see theres not a dimes worth of difference between them. They say different things but in the end they both do the same things. Bad things.
Left/Right Paradigm. Divide and Conquer.
Both Republicans and Democrats are equally responsible for the on going distruction of this country and delusional people will never admit that their guy is a bad guy. It’s always the other guy!
“None are so blind who will not see”.
Besides the fact that I bet both of the above were posted by the same person, your solution is?
…
…
*crickets*
That’s what I thought. The fact is, there is no giant conspiracy in Washington. What we are dealing with is nothing more than misdirected political and cultural inertia. Because Republicans as a whole manage to “talk the talk”, despite only a handful who “walk the walk”, they are still a better choice than Democrats who firmly and vocally believe in Socialism and Anti-Americanism.
This makes the Republicans a better platform to launch the re-engineering of American politics. Romney won’t have a snowball’s chance in hell at reelection if he goes up there and acts like Obama, because he’ll have the popularity of second-term Bush and none of the good first-term memories.
As long as we can make sure he knows this, we’ll have leverage over Romney that we wouldn’t have over Obama. This is why when it comes down to it, Romney is a better candidate than Obama no matter what he really believes: we have dirt on Romney.
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