Muscatine

Why do they do this?

They're democrats!

Look, they are pandering to their base.....the people that vote for them.  Those people relish the DOJ persecuting successful business people, especially in the South.  In addition, if there is some hint of breaking a law involving endangered species (even if it's not true) all the better.  This will boost Obama's numbers among his disaffected base.  Getting tough on "eco terrorists"!

I don't know how anyone with half a brain could come to any other conclusion than that Holder's DOJ is completely politicized now.  You can judge a tree by its fruit.  Everything he does and doesn't do shreaks it.

GH-DOiJ

aka, the Gonzales Holder inJustice Depts. Being democrats now, you'd think they might like this title version instead.

The Plot Thickens:

CEO of Gibson Guitar a Republican donor; Democrat competitor (Martin) uses same wood

"Putting aside the presumably misguided motivation to enforce another sovereign nation’s laws, why would a homegrown American company be the target of the Department of Justice in the first place?

It’s worth pointing out that Henry E. Juszkiewicz, Gibson’s Chief Executive Officer, is a donor to a couple of Republican politicians. According to the Open Secrets database, Juszkiewicz donated $2000 to Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN07) last year, as well as $1500 to Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN). Juszkiewicz also has donated $10,000 to the Consumer Electronics Association, a PAC that contributed $92.5k to Republican candidates last year, as opposed to $72k to Democrats. (The CEA did, however, contribute more to Democrats in the 2008 election cycle.)

When warrants as ridiculous such as these are issued and executed, there appears no other reason than because the company or individual at hand is being targeted, not because there is any sort of wrongdoing. As a company, Gibson is a legendary. They’ve done nothing wrong, except, apparently, deigning to have a Republican CEO.

The plot thickens, however.

One of Gibson’s leading competitors is C.F. Martin & Company. The C.E.O., Chris Martin IV, is a long-time Democratic supporter, with $35,400 in contributions to Democratic candidates and the DNC over the past couple of election cycles. According to C.F. Martin’s catalog, several of their guitars contain “East Indian Rosewood.” In case you were wondering, that is the exact same wood in at least ten of Gibson’s guitars.

The Gibson facility wasn’t raided over allegations of tax evasion, charges of embezzlement, or even something as drab as child labor. Not even close. It was raided over what the DOJ deems an inability to follow a vague domestic trade law in India (one that apparently the Indian government didn’t seem too concerned about enforcing) regarding a specific type of wood. Not illegal wood, just wood with obscenely specific procedural guidelines.

Stand with Gibson: They have the Law on their side, just not the government."

http://landmarkreport.com/andrew/2011/08/ceo-of-gibson-guitar-a-republican-donor/

You're right. I'm sending a message to the whitehouse tomorrow, by looking into buying a gibson for my great grandson.

Good idea sir!