Gibson Guitars says "bite me" to the government
Posted by Non_mooching_artist 11 years, 1 month ago to Business
I love these guys because they haven't just taken the crap the govt has dished out!
You type: | You see: |
---|---|
*italics* | italics |
**bold** | bold |
While we're very happy to have you in the Gulch and appreciate your wanting to fully engage, some things in the Gulch (e.g. voting, links in comments) are a privilege, not a right. To get you up to speed as quickly as possible, we've provided two options for earning these privileges.
We can be pretty sure that most of our elected politicians have never read the Constitution or they certainly don't understand it. We should require that all candidates publicly read the Constitution out loud so that we at least have some reassurance that they at least have seen the Constitution and know of its existence.
Fred Speckmann
throwthebumsout2014@yahoo.com
No need to wonder, here is what he believes about the Constitution.
Seven years before Barack Obama’s “spread the wealth” comment to Joe the Plumber became a GOP campaign theme, the Democratic presidential candidate said in a radio interview the U.S. has suffered from a fundamentally flawed Constitution that does not mandate or allow for redistribution of wealth.
In a newly unearthed tape, Obama is heard telling Chicago’s public station WBEZ-FM in 2001 that “redistributive change” is needed, pointing to what he regarded as a failure of the U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren in its rulings on civil rights issues in the 1960s.
For more on this go to:
http://www.wnd.com/2008/10/79225/
Fred Speckmann
throwthebumsout2014@yahoo.com
Not lecturing you, just venting.
Fred
First of all, I love your screen name, there aren't many non mooching artists.
Secondly, as an immigrant from East Germany, although many decades ago, I recognize the Marxist agenda of this administration. I too am saddened to see the greatest nation ever on this earth disintegrate so quickly. That's what happens when half the population gets a check from the government for the purchase of their votes.
Fred Speckmann
throwthebumsout2014@yahoo.com
Thank you regarding my screen name. Sadly, it's true that there are not many like I in the arts.
That you have witnessed first hand the terror and ruinous nature of Marxism, only to see it happening here, must be terrible for you. I don't know where the fight has gone from those who love this country. I has to be found again, though, or we as a nation, a civilization are doomed.
You forgot, drive the car designed by Obama Motors, send your children to the Common Core Public School for indoctrination and last but not least, buy the inflated priced gasoline because, God forbid that we should use our own oil in the ground and under the sea that would free us from having to pay the inflated price of imported oil.
Fred Speckmann
commonsenseforamericans@yahoo.com
For the rest of the story you can go to: http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2...
You can see how Gibson dodged the bullet and settled by viewing an actual copy of the agreement at: http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Fe...
Jeff is playing a Cherry Sunburst just like mine!
Here's Les himself. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH8vjxFIU...
Most likely, replacement parts will cost around one hundred times the fair market value, too. AND require 25 pages of specifications, submitted in triplicate, not to mention a bidding process.
My guess is that the design process takes around seven years and costs ten times as much as usual as well.
I once had half of a set of guitar strings stolen by the TSA from a guitar case that was checked as baggage (I know, a dumb idea, but it was not my "Number One" guitar, it was an airline-rated case, and a LOT of extra padding was added). I have heard since that musical instrument strings are verboten as carry-on articles (apparently to prevent musicians from garroting anyone), but from a CHECKED bag? And why take three strings and leave the others (plus another complete set)?
I suppose a government guitar would go to eleven, too. When it was set on six.
Kudos to Gibson for standing true to their principles, and not folding to the looter's lack of same.
That's my spin.
http://www.galtsgulchonline.com/posts/42...