Here, for those of you that care you can listen to the CEO of Gibson being interviewed by Mark levin. Whatever opinion you may have of the talk show host is irevalant. The interview takes place during the last 20 minutes of the show. Don't worry you lefties don't have to listen to the whole show bcos you can scrub it. And then you can form your own opinion is to why they were raided.
He talked a lot, but didn't say very much. And of course gave his version of events. I don't wish anything bad on Gibson, but I think they broke the law here, I don't think anybody will go to prison, just pay your fines and follow the law from now on.
And if the wood was so legal as he claimed, why was the shipment falsely labeled, and why did they have a false destination (a California luthier) for the wood, and instead of going there was diverted to the Gibson plants?
I don't think all of this is that big of a deal, but they should just own up to it, and not try to make some political issue out of it. They broke the law, deal with it.
I agree. If they screwed up and broke the law, be open about it, deal with it and make better choices next time. It's not like enough people are going to ban Gibsons to make a difference anyway. Gison is not the next Edsel.
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It is funny seeing people wanting to up hold the law.
Why isn’t that the attitude when we discuss illegal immigrants
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It is funny seeing people wanting to up hold the law.
Why isn’t that the attitude when we discuss illegal immigrants
I've never discussed illegal immigration at all on this board, so I don't think I've made my views on the subject known. But that doesn't have jack shit to do with this topic. If somebody on this board were, let's say, in support of not prosecuting illegal immigrants, that doesn't mean that they believe all laws should not be upheld and that there should be anarchy. They just disagree with those laws. If somebody is against pot laws, that doesn't mean they think that burglars shouldn't be punished.
I think the point here is that Gibson should just shut up and pay their fine or whatever and not act like they're political martyrs for getting busted.
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I don't know? I mean why the hell would they even need to break the law any way? They are a multi million dollar company and it just seems to me that they wouldnt make such a careless choice if that's what they did. It's interesting none the less.
I don't know? I mean why the hell would they even need to break the law any way? They are a multi million dollar company and it just seems to me that they wouldnt make such a careless choice if that's what they did. It's interesting none the less.
BIG INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
Have managers who make bad decisions all the time. just because they make fantastic gutars dosnt mean that some doofus sitting in an office choosing contracts for the supply of timber for the necks of the guitars may just choose a dodgy indian company based solely on cost. on promise of good supply.
If Obama wasnt in office they still would have been raided.
So gibson makes guitars, does this make em angels or somthing. They like all others is a company trying to make $$$$. they can do wrong. even with great company ethos a bad manager can do a lot of bad things
this law like many other laws are to protect corporate interests ... this raid, similar to the raid against a raw milk co-op in california, is designed to protect the rackets that are commonly known as the <insert industry> association of america ...
gov't these days is just doing the bidding of corporate interests ... so, don't look to obama ... look to the corporate lobbyists that have a firm grip in washington ...
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Why isn’t that the attitude when we discuss illegal immigrants
I don't see the connection. I don't recall seeing any posts on AMT in which someone has advocated that we should not uphold any laws what-so-ever.
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
I've never discussed illegal immigration at all on this board, so I don't think I've made my views on the subject known. But that doesn't have jack shit to do with this topic. If somebody on this board were, let's say, in support of not prosecuting illegal immigrants, that doesn't mean that they believe all laws should not be upheld and that there should be anarchy. They just disagree with those laws. If somebody is against pot laws, that doesn't mean they think that burglars shouldn't be punished.
I think the point here is that Gibson should just shut up and pay their fine or whatever and not act like they're political martyrs for getting busted.
BIG INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
Have managers who make bad decisions all the time. just because they make fantastic gutars dosnt mean that some doofus sitting in an office choosing contracts for the supply of timber for the necks of the guitars may just choose a dodgy indian company based solely on cost. on promise of good supply.
If Obama wasnt in office they still would have been raided.
So gibson makes guitars, does this make em angels or somthing. They like all others is a company trying to make $$$$. they can do wrong. even with great company ethos a bad manager can do a lot of bad things
What about laws providing for the death penalty for certain heinous crimes?
I think I misunderstood your post at first...I thought you were saying that no one on this board has ever advocated not upholding a law.
Upon further review, it seems you were saying that no one on this board has ever advocated throwing all laws out the window in favor of total anarchy.
Please disregard my previous post.
gov't these days is just doing the bidding of corporate interests ... so, don't look to obama ... look to the corporate lobbyists that have a firm grip in washington ...