by Max Johnson
Gibson Guitar was raided by the US Fish and Wildlife Service for using illegally exported rosewood from India. The government raided the facility shutting it down. The CEO, Henry Juszkiewicz, has become a star in the fantasy world of the Tea Party for railing against laws that destroy jobs. He was even invited to attend the Obama Jobs Speech as a sign of support by the Corporate party. He is claiming that he received no warning of any infraction before the raid, and it cost his company $1 million then $2 million or even $3 million, as well as prevented him from hiring 14 additional American workers. In a time of terror over the unstable jobs market, using the jobs defense is the ultimate trump card.
This is all really silly, and can be easily smacked down. All the Justice Department has to say is, "If you folks out there in the frontier justice world of the tea party allow Gibson Guitar to make some guitars out of "Lady Liberty" the 2,000 year old Cypress Tree down in Florida and the Auburn Oak which was recently poisoned on the campus of the University of Auburn, we will drop the case against Gibson." This would shut up these loons who so hate government that they will lionize a corporation engaged alleged illegal activity. Cut down Lady Liberty and we see how they scream for government regulations.
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