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“They…come in with weapons, they seized a half-million dollars worth of property, they shut our factory down, and they have not charged us with anything,” says Gibson Guitars CEO Henry Juszkiewicz, referring to the August 2011 raid on his Nashville and Memphis factories by agents from the Departments of Homeland Security and Fish & Wildlife. The feds raided Gibson for using an inappropriate tariff code on wood from India, which is a violation of the anti-trafficking statute known as The Lacey Act. At issue is not whether the wood in question was endangered, but whether the wood was the correct level of thickness and finish before being exported from India. “India is wanting to ensure that raw wood is not exported without some labor content from India,” says Juskiewicz. Andrea Johnson of the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) counters that “it’s not up to Gibson to decide which laws…they want to respect.” She points out that Gibson had previously been raided under The Lacey Act for imports from Madagascar. This much is clear: The government has yet to file any charges or allow Gibson a day in court to makes its case, much less retrieve its materials. “This is not about responsible forestry and sustainable wood or illegal logging, this is about a bureaucratic law,” argues Juszkiewicz, who testified last year before a congressional hearing convened by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). It is, he says, “a blank check for abuse.” About 6 minutes. Written, produced, and narrated …
Video Rating: 4 / 5
xXSilverSnakex says:
Thats because our retarded world doesn’t run with logic like it should, our world is a world where people stop at nothing to get as much money in their pockets, and as much money out of your pockets as possible.
January 12, 2013, 2:35 amAnd that’s why we have world hunger!
bratz2 says:
What a bunch of BS!
January 12, 2013, 3:20 amTHARN393 says:
the part at 4:20 proves this is a politically motivated raid!
January 12, 2013, 4:06 amGibson isnt the only company using these woods.
msg to Obama and his cronies-
Fuck you you piece of shit Left wing Communist Cock suckers!
undeadpresident says:
lol the drug war pretty much killed that idea…along with NSA/FBI wiretapping going clear back over 50 years. They only need that shit if they take you to court on charges. If you don’t go to court no judge is going to give service to that part of the constitution now are they? The only way is if you file a suit against them, and good luck with that because it will take years from your life and a lot of money and there is no guarantee you will win anyway. Welcome to the injustice system.
January 12, 2013, 4:18 amundeadpresident says:
This kind of shit is why I’m not even going to try to open a business in the USA. There are a million stupid laws that would take ten lifetimes to read through and understand and then the government goes beyond their bounds in trying to enforcing them. I’m afraid to do anything because everything is against the law.
January 12, 2013, 4:24 amDEM0NSLAYAJ1995 says:
I thought that the government couldn’t do any unreasonable searches and seizures without a permit. Or was this not the case?
January 12, 2013, 4:36 amTheMaglioso says:
This incident pissed me off so much, I went out and bought two wonderful new Les Pauls. Hell with the Obama Regime Gangsters. Shut Government down. It has become a life-sucking cancer that must be stopped. Rock and Roll Forever.
January 12, 2013, 5:28 amTheF86Sabre says:
Henry Juszkiewicz is a corporate whore! Fuck you Henry!
January 12, 2013, 5:31 amsonictextureful says:
No wonder so many other peoples of the world look at us as complete idiots- this is one example of our government wasting so much more than most people realize- the waste of time, effort and energy all because of a political issue- childish ego, psychotic leaders is what we have- ego-mainacs- amazing the types of people who make it in office-
January 12, 2013, 6:26 amDADGADDY says:
You’ve got to hope that somewhere in the back of one of the agents mids that was actually involved in the raid, he was thinking “Man, this is bullshit.”
January 12, 2013, 7:16 ammaridings85 says:
its all polyticks….. polyticks
January 12, 2013, 7:38 amOneJHWH says:
guilty until proven inoccent
January 12, 2013, 8:00 amrjmprod says:
The Government would be better to leave the US businesses alone. You don’t cut off your nose to spite your face!
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January 12, 2013, 8:55 amOnlygIobal says:
JESUS CHRIST IS LORD -
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January 12, 2013, 9:22 amTheGatorfanatic12 says:
How about this, go to hyundai, and toyota assembly factories in the US and document what parts are US. ‘finished’. Foreign metal = Foreign wood, difference? Painting and sanding and assembling ‘ALL’ the products in the US keeps more jobs here. Gibson all the way. They are a true old fashioned US made product, not only an invention like apple+china.
January 12, 2013, 9:27 amasdfdjc1 says:
as a guitar player for the past 9 years and fan of gibson guitars i am neither democrat or republican i hate both parties but i do believe that the government had no right to raid the gibson factory whatsoever
January 12, 2013, 10:12 amwcmcfaul says:
wait i got an idea. lets raid their fingerboard stash… yeah.. then instead of being used it can sit in a warehouse. that will save the trees. that will teach them not to waste beautiful mother nature on the best guitars on the planet. what a fricking joke
January 12, 2013, 10:26 amwcmcfaul says:
what a bunch of shit god damn it.. WE WANT EBONY.. NOT PAPER.. game and fish… get a job.
January 12, 2013, 11:07 amScott Nelson says:
I wish the republicans wernt right wing fanatics and i would have voted for them just basied on this situation but look whos runnig. Our rights and freedoms or Gibson guitars hard choice to make. GOD BLESS GIBSON and their workers
January 12, 2013, 11:52 amhybrid601 says:
Who gives a #!=#+)_
January 12, 2013, 12:48 pmOnlygIobal says:
When JESUS CHRIST comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, HE will sit on His glorious throne. OPEN YOUR HEART TO JESUS CHRIST !
January 12, 2013, 1:27 pmJubbliesM says:
0:50
January 12, 2013, 1:58 pm
JubbliesM says:
i have the honey burst les paul at 0;50
January 12, 2013, 2:36 pmMrDrdaveturbo says:
HEY its wooooooood you obtuse douchbag your house is made of wood if you live in one which you probably don’t ,,alot of stuff is made out of wood WTF … are you retarded ???? you must be, you cant even spell Madagascar with Googles built in spell checker AAAAAAHHHHHHHH DAMN i hate stupid people..
January 12, 2013, 3:15 pm