Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Dear Mr. and Ms. Government

I have the same guitar wood in my workshop.  Some of it I even bought from Gibson. Do I rate a visit from the U.S Fish and Wildlife SWAT team?  Is it just me or are the times getting a little odd and heavy-handed?  Between this and campus police tearing down posters and police departments removing/destroying sculpture because it doesn't satisfy law enforcement's definition of art, I'm beginning to wonder about this new reality. 

The Gibson Raid: Much to Fret About

This is a good summary: "In other words, a U.S. agency is enforcing foreign labor laws that the foreign government doesn’t even think were violated."

More here and here.