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You mean the EPA did more than just this!

Owner of Gibson Guitars is a conservative. I thought this whole thing smelled to high heaven when it happened.

In case you were not aware Gibson Guitars was raided with armed officers from the EPA because they may have be using endangered woods in their fret boards. Apparently every other guitar manufacturer in the world including many in the US (but are not vocally conservative) use the same wood and were not bothered. Musicians were afraid to leave the country and return with their instruments for fear of them being taken upon their return.

"Gibson CEO Henry Juskiewicz became widely known after he reacted to the raid by protesting his company's innocence of running afoul of arcane restrictions (the case here hinged on the degree the wood was finished in India, not whether it was endangered or illegally harvested) in the pages of national newspapers and in Senate hearings held by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)."