Marines and FBI in Benghazi?

You know, I am curious....



Didn't we hear that 'the Marines are underway to Benghazi'???



Wasn't the FBI is going to 'investigate this incident and bring the perpetrators to justice'?????



Do I have amnesia or were those "assertions" simply word salad presented in the heat of the moment during the week of 9/11/2012?



Again, this is more evidence that the Obama Administration and the Main Stream Media believe we are collectively as "Dumb as a Rock"!



With the collection of brainiacs recently interviewed by Howard Stern, it is easy to see how the politicians and media would believe we are stupid as a collective 'electorate'.



So - what has happened to the news coverage of the Marines and FBI in Benghazi?



I don't hear anything about it.



Who can I call to give me some satisfaction on this?   Where can I go to get the straight story?



Wait, I know.... I can call the TRANSPARENT OBAMA ADMINISTRATION FOR THE STRAIGHT DOPE!!



Unbelievable.

Marines and FBI in Benghazi?

You know, I am curious....

Didn't we hear that 'the Marines are underway to Benghazi'???

Wasn't the FBI is going to 'investigate this incident and bring the perpetrators to justice'?????

Do I have amnesia or were those "assertions" simply word salad presented in the heat of the moment during the week of 9/11/2012?

Again, this is more evidence that the Obama Administration and the Main Stream Media believe we are collectively as "Dumb as a Rock"!

With the collection of brainiacs recently interviewed by Howard Stern, it is easy to see how the politicians and media would believe we are stupid as a collective 'electorate'.

So - what has happened to the news coverage of the Marines and FBI in Benghazi?

I don't hear anything about it.

Who can I call to give me some satisfaction on this?   Where can I go to get the straight story?

Wait, I know.... I can call the TRANSPARENT OBAMA ADMINISTRATION FOR THE STRAIGHT DOPE!!

Unbelievable.

BAD NEWS Fatigue

How much BAD NEWS must we endure?



How many underhanded, closed-door, pre-planned, rammed-through "fundamental transformation" changes are we to blithely accept?



Wave upon wave of rapid tempo, stress based news, negative ad campaigns, multiple international tensions in the mid-ease - each with it's own personality - Syria genocide, Israel/Iran stand-off, Afghanistan war, Muslim Extremists in Northern African countries stirring up trouble,  pre-planned attack of US Embassy in Benghazi, and the unmentionable, horrifying murder/lynching of Christopher Stevens and 3 dedicated patriots/envoys.



ALL of which is being observed with cold blooded detachment, tepid, feckless reactions, and literally NO ACTIONS to demonstrate our authority and protection of our sovereign soil in these countries.



NOW, at home... we are dealing with a wilting dollar's purchasing power, health care explosion, double digit unemployment, unwarranted wiretaps by DOJ, a Federal monetary system printing money to fund our own debt, freedom of speech issues, 1st Amendment, 2nd Amendment issues....



How much oppression and NUMBING DOWN can we endure?



Plus the outrageous bald face lying, fabricated falsehoods, alternate reality based propaganda all produced at an unbelievable level of arrogance, founded on the belief that we are so stupid, we will buy it at face value.



What happened to transparency?  The lies are so ridiculous, they are transparent.  We are truly seeing a mad-man Pied Piper fluting his way to the cliff, with all his happy somnambulistic followers.



It is such a sad sight to see.



Vote for Romney/Ryan!

BAD NEWS Fatigue

How much BAD NEWS must we endure?

How many underhanded, closed-door, pre-planned, rammed-through "fundamental transformation" changes are we to blithely accept?

Wave upon wave of rapid tempo, stress based news, negative ad campaigns, multiple international tensions in the mid-ease - each with it's own personality - Syria genocide, Israel/Iran stand-off, Afghanistan war, Muslim Extremists in Northern African countries stirring up trouble,  pre-planned attack of US Embassy in Benghazi, and the unmentionable, horrifying murder/lynching of Christopher Stevens and 3 dedicated patriots/envoys.

ALL of which is being observed with cold blooded detachment, tepid, feckless reactions, and literally NO ACTIONS to demonstrate our authority and protection of our sovereign soil in these countries.

NOW, at home... we are dealing with a wilting dollar's purchasing power, health care explosion, double digit unemployment, unwarranted wiretaps by DOJ, a Federal monetary system printing money to fund our own debt, freedom of speech issues, 1st Amendment, 2nd Amendment issues....

How much oppression and NUMBING DOWN can we endure?

Plus the outrageous bald face lying, fabricated falsehoods, alternate reality based propaganda all produced at an unbelievable level of arrogance, founded on the belief that we are so stupid, we will buy it at face value.

What happened to transparency?  The lies are so ridiculous, they are transparent.  We are truly seeing a mad-man Pied Piper fluting his way to the cliff, with all his happy somnambulistic followers.

It is such a sad sight to see.

Vote for Romney/Ryan!

Are we living in a Psychotic Paradigm Shift?

We are being asked to accept the flimsy, transparent fabrications of alternate reality the Obama Administration is spewing as fast as the minute hand on a stop-watch.



We are being lied to not only by wonks, wanks and bots, but by the very "leader" of the United States - Barak Obama. He is lying to us to promote his own communistic, socialist agenda to reduce the US to a 3rd world presence, standing beholding to Islam.



 He and his media have steadily beat the drums of lies and propaganda about:

•  the pre-planned attack of our Embassy in Libya, Egypt, Somalia, Afghanistan, and 5 other countries


• the inside job on the attack of our Embassy in Libya


• the criminal murder of our Ambassador Christopher Stevens and 3 other US Envoys


• the side-stepping of Israel's repeated requests to confirm our support 


• the total avoidance of the crisis and genocide in Syria by a dictator gone wild against his own people 


• the print and spend government approach to rebuilding the economy 


• the complete lack of transparency promised by BHO at the outset of his presidency 


• the complete failures of GM, Solyndra, etc. 


• a failed and feckless foreign policyWe have voted an enemy to the Republic into office as of 2008. 

Barack is not for the America we built. He is for a "fundamental transformation of the foundations of America" Economy, Transportation, Government, Rule of Law, Energy, Education, in short EVERYTHING that has made America what it is today.His anti-American approach to dismantling our infrastructure is the greatest threat to the National Security since the Declaration of Independence.



Below are links to other sites with even more details on this "transformation" that was so ignored and overlooked until now.



Wall Street Journal - Transformers 2



Alexandria Tea Party - We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America



57 Days Away from Fundamentally Transforming the USA

Are we living in a Psychotic Paradigm Shift?

We are being asked to accept the flimsy, transparent fabrications of alternate reality the Obama Administration is spewing as fast as the minute hand on a stop-watch.

We are being lied to not only by wonks, wanks and bots, but by the very "leader" of the United States - Barak Obama. He is lying to us to promote his own communistic, socialist agenda to reduce the US to a 3rd world presence, standing beholding to Islam.

 He and his media have steadily beat the drums of lies and propaganda about:

•  the pre-planned attack of our Embassy in Libya, Egypt, Somalia, Afghanistan, and 5 other countries
• the inside job on the attack of our Embassy in Libya
• the criminal murder of our Ambassador Christopher Stevens and 3 other US Envoys
• the side-stepping of Israel's repeated requests to confirm our support 
• the total avoidance of the crisis and genocide in Syria by a dictator gone wild against his own people 
• the print and spend government approach to rebuilding the economy 
• the complete lack of transparency promised by BHO at the outset of his presidency 
• the complete failures of GM, Solyndra, etc. 
• a failed and feckless foreign policyWe have voted an enemy to the Republic into office as of 2008. 

Barack is not for the America we built. He is for a "fundamental transformation of the foundations of America" Economy, Transportation, Government, Rule of Law, Energy, Education, in short EVERYTHING that has made America what it is today.His anti-American approach to dismantling our infrastructure is the greatest threat to the National Security since the Declaration of Independence.

Below are links to other sites with even more details on this "transformation" that was so ignored and overlooked until now.

Wall Street Journal - Transformers 2

Alexandria Tea Party - We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America

57 Days Away from Fundamentally Transforming the USA

Insane rhetoric deep in the Left Wing

I received this from a post I know came from a very left wing individual.



It is truly shocking to read such groundless fear based drivel.

Insane rhetoric deep in the Left Wing

I received this from a post I know came from a very left wing individual.

It is truly shocking to read such groundless fear based drivel.

A Sad Day for America - 9/14/2012

I have seen and heard so much this week, I am shocked, saddened, angered, and severely concerned that we will have such massive problems as a result of the "DO-NOTHING" Obama response to 9 - NINE US Embassies up in flames, overrun and overturned - US Flags ablaze and the Black flag of Old Islam now flies above our Embassies, on our sovereign soil.



These riots are acts of WAR, not protests.



 What part of this makes any sense? I can't figure it out. We have had no protection, no back-up plans, no preparation (due to all the advance intel we know the State Department has had) for any of the US properties / Embassies on Sovereign ground.

I cannot imagine a president of the USA behaving as the one we have now, Barack Hussein Obama.



 That we have allowed all these embassies to be BREACHED shows we have been asleep at the wheel, and at the hands of an incompetent and arrogant administration.

Oh yes, we also slid to a Credit Rating of AA-. A far fall from AAA++

It is a sad day for America today 9/14/2012.

A Sad Day for America - 9/14/2012

I have seen and heard so much this week, I am shocked, saddened, angered, and severely concerned that we will have such massive problems as a result of the "DO-NOTHING" Obama response to 9 - NINE US Embassies up in flames, overrun and overturned - US Flags ablaze and the Black flag of Old Islam now flies above our Embassies, on our sovereign soil.

These riots are acts of WAR, not protests.

 What part of this makes any sense? I can't figure it out. We have had no protection, no back-up plans, no preparation (due to all the advance intel we know the State Department has had) for any of the US properties / Embassies on Sovereign ground. I cannot imagine a president of the USA behaving as the one we have now, Barack Hussein Obama.

 That we have allowed all these embassies to be BREACHED shows we have been asleep at the wheel, and at the hands of an incompetent and arrogant administration. Oh yes, we also slid to a Credit Rating of AA-. A far fall from AAA++ It is a sad day for America today 9/14/2012.

What's wrong with this picture and why isn't the bell ringing

Over the past three days since 9/11/2012 we have lost three embassies in Egypt, Libya and Yemen to Islamic jihadist extremists.



Our president is too busy campaigning and criticizing presidential candidate Mitt Romney, to assess the situation deeply and attend to the massive crisis unfolding day by day.



Because of his softness and collusion with the Islamic position, the problem is that by having our embassies unprotected he is allowing these attacks to occur and to spread throughout other countries in the region. He has provided his tacit approval by non-response or middle of the road non-committal statements.



I ask you, what does this look and sound like to you?



Does it appear that our president is being pro active in a response to these attacks against our sovereignty and flag in these foreign countries, or is he simply standing by to wait and see what will happen next with these new and fledgling Countries?



By his own admission he is standing by to wait and see what will happen next.



Our flag has gone down in three embassies along with murder of one ambassador and three other civil embassy servants working in the embassies.



The coverage of military protection has still not arrived as of Thursday when these events happened on Monday morning.



In my view it appears that our president is siding with Islam, who are the extreme faction of that religion, and plans to do nothing whatsoever to prevent them from doing it again.

What's wrong with this picture and why isn't the bell ringing

Over the past three days since 9/11/2012 we have lost three embassies in Egypt, Libya and Yemen to Islamic jihadist extremists.

Our president is too busy campaigning and criticizing presidential candidate Mitt Romney, to assess the situation deeply and attend to the massive crisis unfolding day by day.

Because of his softness and collusion with the Islamic position, the problem is that by having our embassies unprotected he is allowing these attacks to occur and to spread throughout other countries in the region. He has provided his tacit approval by non-response or middle of the road non-committal statements.

I ask you, what does this look and sound like to you?

Does it appear that our president is being pro active in a response to these attacks against our sovereignty and flag in these foreign countries, or is he simply standing by to wait and see what will happen next with these new and fledgling Countries?

By his own admission he is standing by to wait and see what will happen next.

Our flag has gone down in three embassies along with murder of one ambassador and three other civil embassy servants working in the embassies.

The coverage of military protection has still not arrived as of Thursday when these events happened on Monday morning.

In my view it appears that our president is siding with Islam, who are the extreme faction of that religion, and plans to do nothing whatsoever to prevent them from doing it again.

No Presence and no Response in Egypt, Libya and Yemen

With the events of the past few days, I cannot stay silent any longer.



Our flag has been pulled down from these embassies by extreme Islamist jihadists and replaced with the black flag of Islam. We have been attacked and we have been overturned.



This is the result of a weak and lame foreign-policy by Pres. Barack Obama and a lack of military presence to protect our embassies and sovereign soil. Therefore there is no fear in the Islamists who have begun to attack our embassies throughout the Middle East and Mediterranean region.



I am saddened I am outraged. I am beyond words with anger at the lack of leadership and the absolute despicable treatment of our own sovereign properties in Yemen, in Cairo and Egypt. There has been no protection provided by the POTUS or by our state department.



THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE A DEPLORABLE JOB OF PROTECTING OUR FLANKS, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME INVITING MEMBERS OF THE ISLAMIC BROTHERHOOD INTO OUR OWN INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR OWN POWER STRUCTURE AND ALLOWING OUR GOVERNMENT'S PRESENCE IN THESE COUNTRIES TO BE OVERRUN BY EXTREMIST FACTIONS... WITH NO PROTECTION TO OUR SOVEREIGNTY OR PERSONNEL WHATSOEVER...



We as the United States have nothing to apologize for. We have been providing these countries with financial support during a very unstable period in our history and in their history. We have been repaid with violence subterfuge and sheer defiance of our presence.



The Islamic Brotherhood is now in league with the Democratic Party to have Barack Hussein Obama re-elected. The Islamic Brotherhood is not a recognized governmental body in this country rather it is an extremist faction of Islam determined to install Sharia law in United States.



Please go to http://MichelleMalkin.com to see her recent statements on FOXNews.com about her opinion of the present situation and how Pres. Barack Obama has failed to meet the needs of our country.



Also please track along with http://jihadwatch.com. This is a blog written by Robert Spencer and attended by many in the anti-Islamic jihadist movement. These are people previously involved with Islam and the jihadist movement and have long since realized that was not the way to go, and are now here to reveal the true meaning of the extreme Islamic Jihadist movement with this blog being one of the venues.

No Presence and no Response in Egypt, Libya and Yemen

With the events of the past few days, I cannot stay silent any longer.

Our flag has been pulled down from these embassies by extreme Islamist jihadists and replaced with the black flag of Islam. We have been attacked and we have been overturned.

This is the result of a weak and lame foreign-policy by Pres. Barack Obama and a lack of military presence to protect our embassies and sovereign soil. Therefore there is no fear in the Islamists who have begun to attack our embassies throughout the Middle East and Mediterranean region.

I am saddened I am outraged. I am beyond words with anger at the lack of leadership and the absolute despicable treatment of our own sovereign properties in Yemen, in Cairo and Egypt. There has been no protection provided by the POTUS or by our state department.

THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE A DEPLORABLE JOB OF PROTECTING OUR FLANKS, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME INVITING MEMBERS OF THE ISLAMIC BROTHERHOOD INTO OUR OWN INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR OWN POWER STRUCTURE AND ALLOWING OUR GOVERNMENT'S PRESENCE IN THESE COUNTRIES TO BE OVERRUN BY EXTREMIST FACTIONS... WITH NO PROTECTION TO OUR SOVEREIGNTY OR PERSONNEL WHATSOEVER...

We as the United States have nothing to apologize for. We have been providing these countries with financial support during a very unstable period in our history and in their history. We have been repaid with violence subterfuge and sheer defiance of our presence.

The Islamic Brotherhood is now in league with the Democratic Party to have Barack Hussein Obama re-elected. The Islamic Brotherhood is not a recognized governmental body in this country rather it is an extremist faction of Islam determined to install Sharia law in United States.

Please go to http://MichelleMalkin.com to see her recent statements on FOXNews.com about her opinion of the present situation and how Pres. Barack Obama has failed to meet the needs of our country.

Also please track along with http://jihadwatch.com. This is a blog written by Robert Spencer and attended by many in the anti-Islamic jihadist movement. These are people previously involved with Islam and the jihadist movement and have long since realized that was not the way to go, and are now here to reveal the true meaning of the extreme Islamic Jihadist movement with this blog being one of the venues.

Indefinite detention provisions are wrong and un-constitutional

Please
read this relase today. 

 Regarding the indefinite detention provisions
of Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012... 

"The Obama administration has already claimed that the president has the
authority to kill Americans overseas, if he believes they are
terrorists. 

"Now, in the latest National Defense Authorization Act,
Congress is trying to give the president power to imprison Americans
indefinitely, without charges or respect for habeas corpus, if he claims
they are terrorists. 

We have to watch it, here. If this power is
granted to the President, we are all potentially at risk.  These powers were NEVER intended for a US President.

http://www.lp.org/news/press-releases/indefinite-detention-provisions-are-wrong

Indefinite detention provisions are wrong and un-constitutional

Please read this relase today. 

 Regarding the indefinite detention provisions of Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012... 

"The Obama administration has already claimed that the president has the authority to kill Americans overseas, if he believes they are terrorists. 

"Now, in the latest National Defense Authorization Act, Congress is trying to give the president power to imprison Americans indefinitely, without charges or respect for habeas corpus, if he claims they are terrorists. 

We have to watch it, here. If this power is granted to the President, we are all potentially at risk.  These powers were NEVER intended for a US President.

http://www.lp.org/news/press-releases/indefinite-detention-provisions-are-wrong

The New Economic Imperialism - WATCH IT! China is the new Pawnbroker Loan Shark

The New Economic Imperialism



ITALY TURNS TO CHINA FOR BAILOUT....



China Woos Caribbean With Offer of $1 Billion in Loans...

---

Yes, China may have the cash, but LET THE BORROWER BEWARE!





CHINA is out buying up countries and governments during hard economic times.  Stressed out countries with ailing economies are easy prey for the Chinese Lenders.





They may be your new MASTERS tomorrow.  This is a wave of Global Economic IMPERIALISM with the Chinese at the helm.





I have been watching China slide in to a myriad of countries where either the 3rd world dictator is an intellectual pygmy or the economy is rife with overspent budgets and corruption.  This has been going on now for over the past 10 years in a very low key way.





The Chinese have been slowly buying up property in Urban Areas and developing the interest in building an active urban lifestyle.  Check out Toronto, or any city on the upswing and you will find Chinese cash.  Bombay previously under-valued has become a gold mine for condo investors as well.





I have nothing against the Chinese, but I have noted their presence in the realty market in Texas, Canada, almost everywhere.   The recent news of China holding all sorts of notes with the USA is unsettling, and now they are courting 3rd world countries with flagging economies.





China may be the new GLOBAL IMPERIALIST - the very thing they abhorred about the USA.





So, I'm just sayin'........ 





I have been watching the Chinese for the past 30 years slowly creeping in and quietly investing in our land and economy.





WATCH IT!

The New Economic Imperialism - WATCH IT! China is the new Pawnbroker Loan Shark

The New Economic Imperialism

ITALY TURNS TO CHINA FOR BAILOUT....

China Woos Caribbean With Offer of $1 Billion in Loans...

---

Yes, China may have the cash, but LET THE BORROWER BEWARE!


CHINA is out buying up countries and governments during hard economic times.  Stressed out countries with ailing economies are easy prey for the Chinese Lenders.


They may be your new MASTERS tomorrow.  This is a wave of Global Economic IMPERIALISM with the Chinese at the helm.


I have been watching China slide in to a myriad of countries where either the 3rd world dictator is an intellectual pygmy or the economy is rife with overspent budgets and corruption.  This has been going on now for over the past 10 years in a very low key way.


The Chinese have been slowly buying up property in Urban Areas and developing the interest in building an active urban lifestyle.  Check out Toronto, or any city on the upswing and you will find Chinese cash.  Bombay previously under-valued has become a gold mine for condo investors as well.


I have nothing against the Chinese, but I have noted their presence in the realty market in Texas, Canada, almost everywhere.   The recent news of China holding all sorts of notes with the USA is unsettling, and now they are courting 3rd world countries with flagging economies.


China may be the new GLOBAL IMPERIALIST - the very thing they abhorred about the USA.


So, I'm just sayin'........ 


I have been watching the Chinese for the past 30 years slowly creeping in and quietly investing in our land and economy.


WATCH IT!

UnLawful Raids by DOJ on Gibson Guitar - Harrassment and Prejudice

Here is a posting from another blogger following the DOJ Raid on Gibson Guitar for using imported wood.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

I fear that our federal government is guitarded.

I have been watching the Gibson guitar issue with great interest, collecting the media stories about it and trying to get to the bottom of what is happening.  To make a long story short, the US government has raided Gibson twice (the first time in 2009; no charges have ever been filed) for alleged environmental violations over imported wood.  The problem has virtually nothing to do with the wood being harvested illegally; it is not.  The problem has everything to do with the fact that the wood purchased is only two-thirds of the way finished, as Gibson (naturally) prefers to finish their own fretboards for purposes of quality control.  There is no US law prohibiting this, yet the Feds are claiming that Gibson may be violating an obscure Indian law which they (the US gov't) are interpreting to state that only Indian workers can finish Indian-sourced woods.  The last raid involved similar shipments from Madagascar; according the Gibson's CEO, Henry Juszkiewicz, the Feds have told him that if he will allow foreign labor to finish the wood, "the problem will go away."  Does this make sense in America, particularly given the current unemployment rate and the stagnant economy?  It is also interesting to note that Gibson's major competitors use the same wood without retaliation from the federal government.  The difference is which political party the competitors support.  This smacks of political retribution to me, and I don't like it.

Now here's the real rub: owners of Gibson guitars are now at risk of having their instruments seized at the border if they are unable to provide documentation that sources the wood and bone used to make the instrument.  I don't know about you, but while I can document when I purchased my guitar, and from who, I know that I cannot document the source of every little piece of wood used to build it.  Does this mean that I can no longer travel with my instrument of choice?  Will this ridiculous trend affect owners of other makes and models of instruments, or only those loyal to the Gibson brand?  Are we willing to take the risk of having our legally purchased instruments confiscated by overzealous government agents?  Where does the abuse end?



I remember what it felt like to live in a free country; it was nice while it lasted.  It'll be a great story for the grandkids.



References:



Gibson: Feds Want Guitar Work Done By Foreign Labor

Chris Daniel Interviews Gibson CEO Henry Juszkiewicz

Gibson Guitar CEO Responds to Federal Raid

CEO of Gibson Guitars' Main Competitor is a Huge Democrat Donor; Also Uses Same Wood Without Any Complaint From Feds

CEO of Gibson Guitar a Republican Donor; Democrat Competitor Uses Same Wood - Landmark Report

Guitar Frets: Environmental Enforcement Leaves Musicians in Fear



Some scathing related satire:

New Scandal at DoJ as Illegal Guitars End Up In Hands of Mexican Drug Lords



Updated 9/10/11:

http://savannahnow.com/exchange/2011-09-09/federal-seizure-wood-products-used-gibson-guitars-concerns-local-guitar-makers#.Tmt7xXPHoj6

http://indiecareertips.blogspot.com/2011/09/i-fear-that-our-federal-government-is.html?showComment=1315680547034#c658931859449809145

UnLawful Raids by DOJ on Gibson Guitar - Harrassment and Prejudice

Here is a posting from another blogger following the DOJ Raid on Gibson Guitar for using imported wood.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

I fear that our federal government is guitarded.

I have been watching the Gibson guitar issue with great interest, collecting the media stories about it and trying to get to the bottom of what is happening.  To make a long story short, the US government has raided Gibson twice (the first time in 2009; no charges have ever been filed) for alleged environmental violations over imported wood.  The problem has virtually nothing to do with the wood being harvested illegally; it is not.  The problem has everything to do with the fact that the wood purchased is only two-thirds of the way finished, as Gibson (naturally) prefers to finish their own fretboards for purposes of quality control.  There is no US law prohibiting this, yet the Feds are claiming that Gibson may be violating an obscure Indian law which they (the US gov't) are interpreting to state that only Indian workers can finish Indian-sourced woods.  The last raid involved similar shipments from Madagascar; according the Gibson's CEO, Henry Juszkiewicz, the Feds have told him that if he will allow foreign labor to finish the wood, "the problem will go away."  Does this make sense in America, particularly given the current unemployment rate and the stagnant economy?  It is also interesting to note that Gibson's major competitors use the same wood without retaliation from the federal government.  The difference is which political party the competitors support.  This smacks of political retribution to me, and I don't like it.

Now here's the real rub: owners of Gibson guitars are now at risk of having their instruments seized at the border if they are unable to provide documentation that sources the wood and bone used to make the instrument.  I don't know about you, but while I can document when I purchased my guitar, and from who, I know that I cannot document the source of every little piece of wood used to build it.  Does this mean that I can no longer travel with my instrument of choice?  Will this ridiculous trend affect owners of other makes and models of instruments, or only those loyal to the Gibson brand?  Are we willing to take the risk of having our legally purchased instruments confiscated by overzealous government agents?  Where does the abuse end?

I remember what it felt like to live in a free country; it was nice while it lasted.  It'll be a great story for the grandkids.

References:

Gibson: Feds Want Guitar Work Done By Foreign Labor
Chris Daniel Interviews Gibson CEO Henry Juszkiewicz
Gibson Guitar CEO Responds to Federal Raid
CEO of Gibson Guitars' Main Competitor is a Huge Democrat Donor; Also Uses Same Wood Without Any Complaint From Feds
CEO of Gibson Guitar a Republican Donor; Democrat Competitor Uses Same Wood - Landmark Report
Guitar Frets: Environmental Enforcement Leaves Musicians in Fear

Some scathing related satire:
New Scandal at DoJ as Illegal Guitars End Up In Hands of Mexican Drug Lords

Updated 9/10/11:
http://savannahnow.com/exchange/2011-09-09/federal-seizure-wood-products-used-gibson-guitars-concerns-local-guitar-makers#.Tmt7xXPHoj6

http://indiecareertips.blogspot.com/2011/09/i-fear-that-our-federal-government-is.html?showComment=1315680547034#c658931859449809145