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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 01:12 PM Original message |
Why Gibson? Why Armed Swat Teams? Why shut down this small, but vital company? |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. they probably got behind on their vig payments. |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. ok, I give up.. what does "vig" stand for? n/t |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. "Vig" -- AKA "Vigorish" |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. thanks for the inteeresting link |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Short For 'Vigorish', Sir: An Old Mobster's Slang For Interest Payments On A Loan |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. I don't get it, in this context though.. I guess I'm being dense.. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. My Guess, Sir, Is A Variant On 'He Must Not Have Kept Up His Payments' |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 02:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Agreed.. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
95. What part of ENDANGERED SPECIES do you not understand? |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #95 |
112. +1000000 |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. You should see what they do to people with feathers |
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rog (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Back story on this. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Good info. Unlike the wood, the issue isn't cut-and-dried. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 05:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. Thank You! I'm So Sick of the "Why Are They Picking On Gibson" Crap |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 07:29 PM Response to Reply #32 |
50. Good stuff. I wonder why DU has taken up the cause of the right-wing douchebags |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 12:05 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Look, I'm a self identified leftist, I'm also a musician. |
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rog (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 01:25 AM Response to Reply #53 |
62. VERY good article on NPR, with a lot more details, quotes from CF Martin |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #62 |
70. Very informative and clarified everything for me., .... |
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rog (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. LOTS MORE UNBIASED INFO (sorry about the allcaps) |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 12:01 AM Response to Reply #74 |
96. Excellent and thanks for your time and efforts... n/t |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #62 |
101. Thos guys are out of shape? |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #62 |
102. +1 |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #62 |
121. "pretty out of shape guys" - what? Do you only speak to bodybuilders? ha |
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rog (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #121 |
123. The point is, "no SWAT team." |
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bmbmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #123 |
132. That guy in the middle |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #50 |
81. The right-wing douchebags are all in favor |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 12:30 AM Response to Reply #32 |
55. Very interesting, informative links.. Thanks for this.. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
86. Thanks for "glasdoor.com" |
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SwampG8r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 12:48 AM Response to Reply #23 |
58. gibsons webpage |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. SWAT teams and the DEA have NEVER done anything good for society. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. There has to be a better way. |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. If you buy a Les Paul now, it looks like you can be criminally charged with a Felon |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
75. Chances are that those instruments will be treated like ivory art ojects |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. probably because China wants to sell crappy guitars |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. touche n/t |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yep, our paymasters called in a favor and their lackeys responded. |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. that's it. now i get it. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. And this is a handy way to make environmentalists look bad. |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. BINGO! |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. Three-fer: big government gets in the way of American industry. nt |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 05:49 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. No regulation!!!! |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 07:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
52. Gibson sells a fuckload of Chinese (and other Asian-made) guitars already. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
98. Here's the best answer in the thread. nt |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
10. The method you describe is a symptom of a government increasingly disconnected from its' people. |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Yes the Hammer and Nails perspective certainly is appropriate.. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. Just curious, when does a company get large enough to be one of |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Sorry, but This topic isn't about Obama. n/t |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 04:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
40. But it is about a large corporation being victimized by the Administration |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #19 |
67. Every topic is about Obama! |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 11:06 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Yep. |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. Natsecstapo, not 'ge' stapo, please |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 12:12 AM Response to Reply #14 |
54. *like* |
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ChoppinBroccoli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
15. Let Me Know When The Looting Begins |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Deleted message |
HappyMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
22. wtf? |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
25. Looks like they could use a guitar hero right about now... n/t |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. It will be interesting to see the myriads come forward.. if at all.. |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Makes me wonder if someone somewhere with the technology we have today cannot |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. That would take money. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Probably so, but you won't get guitar buyers to pay money for it.. |
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mulsh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
28. Maybe Henry pissed off the wrong dudes this time. |
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rog (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. I'm a Gibson player, too ... |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #36 |
103. +1 |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #28 |
116. Why? |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
30. i would`t blame them if they picked up and moved out of this country |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Oh, they're good at that. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
51. Wow. Now we're cheerleading for business to flee the US to avoid environmental laws? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
34. I know. It's not like they were a cancer granny smoking a joint to ease chemo nausea, or something. |
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MyrnaLoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
42. no big deal |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. The company says their wood purchases are certified and liensed |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #45 |
78. Have you even considered that the certifications are false? |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #78 |
92. Sorry, I hadn't considered "innocent until proven guilty" was out of vogue. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #45 |
87. Here's the crux of the matter: |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #42 |
104. +1000000 |
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Mendocino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #42 |
120. Passenger pigeons |
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letmedrinkuin (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
44. CF Martin Donates to the DNC, Gibson does not. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
46. Too many Brownshirts standing around with nothing better to do? |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
47. perhaps they are breaking the law. |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 12:34 AM Response to Reply #47 |
57. Banksters, Big Oil, Pharma, PG&E, AT&T, on and on, |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 01:10 PM Response to Reply #57 |
80. Mentioning ten boogieman does not release one boogieman from culpability. nt |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #47 |
79. Now, you have to go and ruin the narrative. nt |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
48. I believe it was because they were using protected exotic woods |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #48 |
82. Given that one posted pointed out Gibson is a GOP contributor |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
49. DU loves the environment, |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 12:32 AM Response to Reply #49 |
56. oh please.. get real. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 12:57 AM Response to Reply #49 |
59. You believe that spin? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #59 |
90. "fuck off over air pollution controls,"??? |
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Tom Ripley (418 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
60. That's not the iconic guitar factory in Nashville |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 01:16 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. You're exactly right, I misspoke.. |
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Tom Ripley (418 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 06:21 PM Response to Reply #61 |
133. It's okay! |
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Supply Side Jesus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
63. shocking photo of the "heavily armed swat" members in raid |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #63 |
106. zOMG, RUN!!!! THE BUBBLE WRAP!!! IT HURTS SO MUCH!!! |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
64. Maybe they prefer Fender. |
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Zambero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #64 |
125. Strats & Teles: Cheaper and (IMHO) better sounding |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #125 |
127. strats and telecasters are electric.. what about acoustic, and what about mando's? |
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Supply Side Jesus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
65. this post shows just how stupid some DUers are |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #65 |
108. If Gibson really is using a grey market to get endangered species wood, |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 02:41 PM Response to Reply #65 |
128. rude, nasty, snarky.. very UN informative.. be off with you... |
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Supply Side Jesus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 04:39 PM Response to Reply #128 |
129. funny, thats my opinion of the OP |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #129 |
130. explain |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
66. Why Gibson? Because they were BREAKING THE LAW, apparently. |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #66 |
69. AS a poster above said "DU loves the enviroment,until it doesn't" |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Not true! They just hate the Obama administration more than they love the environment. nt |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #66 |
83. Or the Koch brothers raping the land. nt |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #66 |
109. +1000000 |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
72. A guitar can be made of anything a rosewood or ebony tree cannot |
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The Midway Rebel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
73. Buy used dammit! |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #73 |
97. Good Idea! *like* n/t |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #73 |
114. Abso-fucking-lutely. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #73 |
119. Apparently there's even a market for new guitars that look used. |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
76. Typical "efficient" allocation of government resources |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 01:29 PM Response to Reply #76 |
84. Endangered trees are a bit different |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Of course, but the principle is the same |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #85 |
88. Are you serious? |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 02:53 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. The coins were not "stolen" from the mint |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 07:02 PM Response to Reply #91 |
134. Excellent point! n/t |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
77. What would you say to the Koch brothers ravaging old growth forests for lumber? |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #77 |
89. in different forums or maybe it was here, I read |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #77 |
94. Is it not true that the same wood is legal... |
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Lizzie Poppet (255 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #94 |
107. Correct. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
93. They are allegedly using illegal wood. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
99. Here's an interesting blog on Gibson and their main competitor - who happens to be a large |
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rog (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #99 |
100. Why are you linking to a rabidly right-wing web site? |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #100 |
110. As I said in my initial post, I simply did a google search for Gibson and competitor - |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #110 |
113. Here are other blogs talking about the same subject - |
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rog (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #113 |
117. I repeat, why are you linking to rabidly right-wing sites? |
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rog (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #113 |
118. You edited to post a SECOND right-wing site? |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #110 |
122. Obviously if they are doing what they are accused of I hope they are raided - |
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rog (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #122 |
124. Peace. |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
105. After listening to a RW nut job, I have made my mind up how I feel |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
111. If it turns out that they are smuggling wood from endangered species trees, |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
115. US gov killing off more jobs ....except theirs. |
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Supply Side Jesus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #115 |
126. ya! |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #126 |
131. Yea ...it's ok as long as it comes from another country. What are you going to build your house with |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 07:07 PM Response to Reply #131 |
135. Well, there's Hay Bales and Wheat Grass or something.. |
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