Thread: Gibson Competitor is Dem Donor; Uses Same Wood,

Report: Gibson Competitor is Dem Donor; Uses Same Wood,

Experienced No Federal Raidsby John Nolte

Via Andrew Lawton at Landmark Report:

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 elections (though, to be fair, he did donate a whopping $750 to Republican Congressmen in the 90s.) According to C.F. Martin’s catalog, several of their guitars contain “East Indian Rosewood.â€

Gibson is located in a right to work state. Their competitors are located in forced union states.

Gibson Guitars: Global Bureaucracy Attacks American Workers

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CoBDIBy ... r_embedded

September 2, 2011

Last week Federal agents raided two Gibson guitar factories in Tennessee because materials that were used by the guitar maker were allegedly breaking international laws. The law that Gibson allegedly broke was that they used wood that wasn’t finished by workers in India, and the process was being completed in plant in Tennessee, therefore making it illegal. Alex Jones, radio host of the Alex Jones Show, tells us if Federal agents raids are on the rise.

Update: Gibson Guitar CEO Says Feds Told Him Problems Would ‘Go Away’ if Labor Done in Madagascar

(Updated With Beck Interview)
Posted on September 1, 2011 at 7:56am by Jonathon M. Seidl

The tale of the Gibson guitar raid — the one focused on the legendary guitar maker’s alleged importation and use of illegal wood — has taken an odd turn. Now CEO Henry Juszkiewicz is claiming the Feds told him that some of his problems “would go awayâ€