On Thu, 6 Oct 2011 18:42:12 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

http://blues.about.com/b/2011/09/07/...ided-again.htm

Here's what gets me:

"Most vexing, perhaps, is the fact that after numerous raids and the
confiscation of ebony and rosewood, the government won't tell Gibson
exactly how the company has broken the law, and the investigation is
ongoing, no matter the cost in materials, lost labor, and legal fees
to the instrument maker. It's this seeming overreach on the part of
the authorities that has helped stoke the anti-government furor
surrounding the story."

Since 2009 the powers that be should have had enough time to build
some kind of a case against Gibson but like the article said:

" ...the government won't tell Gibson exactly how the company has
broken the law, and the investigation is ongoing..."

Something ain't right.

As more and more regulations are written, more and more people must be hired to enforce them. That
means unfettered growth of the civil service, and it means that these new folks have to justify
their existence. What you're seeing is the result. It *will* get worse.