‘We’re Under Attack’: Gibson Guitar CEO Was Not Too Impressed With ‘Big Liberal’ Obama’s Jobs Speech
- Posted on September 9, 2011 at 1:43am by
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The Blaze has been following the ordeal at Gibson Guitar this month.
For our detailed post from a week ago…click here.
Amid the uproar over the company’s importation practices, CEO Henry Juszkiewicz was invited to attend Obama’s Thursday night speech as the guest of Tennessee Rep. Marsha Blackburn. Afterward he talked to National Review Online. He didn’t seem to be too impressed!
Henry Juszkiewicz, the chief executive officer of Gibson Guitar Corp., tells National Review Online that President Obama, a “big liberal,” has done “untold damage to business” and should not be applauded for his jobs speech. ”He’s a government fan,” he says. “He has a problem with successful businesses. He thinks they’re the problem, that they shouldn’t be quite as successful.”
“He is using the levers of government to not only redistribute, but to penalize,” he adds. “I see a difference between what he said and what he’s doing.”
Read the rest here.
And here‘s Glenn Beck’s recent radio interview with Juszkiewicz:
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Comments (129)
Deepwater
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 7:46amThis gets worse – according to one of the liberal Nashville newsrags, a Soros-funded group known as the “Environmental Investigation Agency” assisted the administration in the “investigation” of Gibson (they brag about it on their website). Another breathtaking abuse of power by this administration.
Report Post »Bluefish49
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 8:46amJust think…if they can bust down the door of a corporation on a trumped up charge like this…what chance does a homeowner have when they come for our guns. Obama’s civilian army…aka “union thugs” will not stand a chance against an armed citizenry…they have to disarm us for his plan to work……the whole time I was watching him last night I kept thinking that this must have been similar to what the German citizens saw prior to Hitlers push for marxism and world domination.
Report Post »Tusker
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 9:40amBluefish49, Great Post!
Report Post »SICKOFLIBSBULSH
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 9:52amThe question remains , doesn’t Fender use the same wood in their guitars? Is Gibson the only one that uses Ebony, Ivory & Rosewood? I don’t think so. So why is Gibson being targeted? Could it be they donate to the RNC instead of the DNC?
Report Post »jkendal
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 10:40am“The question remains , doesn’t Fender use the same wood in their guitars? Is Gibson the only one that uses Ebony, Ivory & Rosewood?”
Wrong question. Does the federal government have the Constitutional authority to tell citizens what kind of wood they can and can’t use? That’s the important question here and the answer is a huge NO! States have that authority if they so choose (it’s called the Tenth Amendment) but the federal government (according to same) does NOT!
Report Post »JRook
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 11:38am@jkendal You are incorrect as the wood is imported and sold across the company which places it under interstate commerce. The question is whether the wood being used, can be used and was it obtained and purchased correctly. If it was then there is a forum for Gibson to make their case. Usually very telling when a company or a lawyer chooses to present their case outside of that forum.
Report Post »Bum thrower
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 12:06pmCan’t we all just get along? Let’s move on to our “Green Economy”……How’s that “Hope & Change” you voted for working out for you……??
I bet if half the folks who voted for BHO looked in the mirror, REAL CLOSE; they’d see “sucker” written across their forehead……..
Report Post »gsplgtr
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 12:11pmAnd think about the independend guitar makers all over the country. They are a cottage industry that have in years past purchased woods and other items to manufacture guitars. How will they be able to defend themselves from the NATURE NAZIS in the federal governmnet?
Report Post »mrqstixx
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 12:12pmBluefish your right. And I’ll be prepared.
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 3:38pmwhy are they going after Gibson and not the people who sold them illegal materials? seriously, someone answer that.
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 3:49pm@Jrook – So little old gibson should have taken on the Fed lawyers with their bottomless pit of money in complete silence? Otherwise they are guilty? (certainly that was implied in your post)
Let me know if you still feel that way when they come down on your company… and you no longer have a job.
This administration doesn’t care about our rights, doesn’t care if we have jobs, or homes, or food, and they will do anything to push forward their leftist, statist agenda.
BE PREPARED.
Report Post »JRook
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 4:04pm@drphil69 Good point. But its not just the Feds you have to worry about. One of the companies I’m involved in was sued by a wealthy individual who choose not to pay his bill. When we lean his property he sued us and it became a issue of staying power ($) not right or wrong. You know the story, his lawyer knew the judge, etc. We waited til right before the judgement, declared bankruptcy and sold the assets to a new company. He technically won but got zip, other than he never paid us. My point was cautioning those who react to the statements by the CEO and the slant of the reports here. In my mind it is an issue of whether he or company representatives knew what they were doing was in the black, white or gray area of the applicable regulations or law here. While I understand the paranoid conspiracy tendency in this audience, I rather doubt Gibson was targeted by the Feds. There either is or is not a basis for the action. The Feds don‘t usually pursue cases they don’t already know they can win. If your a Prosecutor you can pick what to go after, so really no incentive to pick things they can’t win or would be tied up for an extended time. The CEO should publish the indictment and their response if he wants to gain public opinion here.
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on September 10, 2011 at 12:24amBluefish…
Report Post »I can actually see a time in the near future where under the guise of “fairness”, the Obama administartion adopts a policy of kicking good people out of their homes over spome trumped-up BS charges, only to turn around and hand your home over to some fat lazy Democrat voter being supported by the taxpayers. I can see it going so far as the original homeowner has their paycheck docked to make sure they continue to pay the mortgage for the home they got thrown out of (that some lazy dirt-bag is now living in).
RA0725
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 2:01am@jrook – There is no indictment. That’s one of the major issues here. No charges have been filed and the feds are not responding to Gibsons requests. The fact is, Gibson alone was targeted and other manufacturers, C.F. Martin was one named, that get their wood from the exact same source were not targeted. The only difference is Gibson is a Republican contributor and the other companies are, on record, Democratic contributors.
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 10:59amThis should be getting close to the same coverage as Fast and Furious
Report Post »OHOH54
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 7:02amB.O.is fighting against everything this country has worked and stood for. His Hitler like tactics are going unnoticed by almost everyone. We need to stand up, be heard and fight back before we no longer have enough power to do so.
Report Post »marvlus
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 8:56amThat’s been his plan all along. Remember 4 days before the election. “We are four days away from fundamentally transforming America”
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 9:15amIt is so frustrating. It seems we the people ARE powerless. These people are breaking the laws, left and right. There is no one to enforce the rule of law. It truly is a soft tyranny.
Report Post »Brad Wesselmann
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 11:14amFear not, the one with the greatest faith always wins and the only faith they have is in government…their failure is imminent, it just might take several years. ;-) Perseverance, my friends!!!!
Report Post »Saint Ron
Posted on September 10, 2011 at 3:38pmMarvlus: I thought I was the only person who heard that statement. I thought he said five days so maybe he said it several days?? Prior to that he said, “This is the greatest country in the world, help me change it”….
Report Post »mils
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 8:27pmWHY has this not been brought up at the staged press briefings? bring it up until we get an answer.
Report Post »Oh hell, it won’t happen…
BJColter Country Music Iconoclast
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 6:59amThe Lacey Act was revised in the 80′s to include wood. But this has to do with Alinsky, not wood.
Report Post »loadingmyclips
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 11:38amI thought that wood was a renewable resource??
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 3:49pmwood is 100% renewable.
Martin and Fender both use Ebony fretboards from the same place, why aren’t they being raided? this makes 0 sense…
Report Post »king jack rabbit
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 6:58amoboma , acting like a kid wanting candy now
Report Post »king jack rabbit
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 6:56amnot impressed , like a little kid wanting candy
Report Post »Stu D. Baker-Hawk
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 6:52amAt any other time in history a president like this would have been impeached… or worse. So what gives?…
Report Post »looseyloo
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 3:45pmThey are not going to impeach the first black President (OK, I guess they already sort of did when they impeached Clinton, but this is the first 50% black President)
Better to have him and his governance thoroughly repudiated at the polls than to have the left carry on for decades about how racist the impeachment was, how the Tea Party did it, making Obama a political martyr, and on and on.
He is a one-termer, and there is nothing he can do about it. The sentiment in this country has turned too far against him and his lying, his corruption, his incompetence.
No impeachment necessary. Let’s not let the left rewrite history to escape their record this time.
Report Post »carbonyes
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 6:29amAnother travesty of justice, meaning injustice. When one looks at the entire makeup of the Obama administration, it is hard to find anything that has been done right, or has not been done with underhandedness, corruption or Chicago style politics. Sometimes I wonder where God is while all this is going on. I do believe he is keeping a ledger on Obama and his “terroristic” and unconscionable activities, and what was done to Gibson guitar is nothing short of terrorism. You could call it an “enemies list” , with a “one down, and whose next”. Believe it or not, this is happening in the good old USA. Whats happening people?
Report Post »“Fast and furious, we didn’t know”, says Holder. ********! How many local offices of the ATF are going to release guns to terrorist Mexican thugs without the top dog in the Justice Department being not just aware but involved in the policy making decisions as well? Would you believe not one?
From the top down, from the Prevaricator-in-Chief, through all of his policy wonks and czars, to the implementers at the local levels, we have a situation of our American government run a muck. We are already in deep ****, and in case anyone hasn’t figured it out yet, we are going to need more than just getting rid of Obama, his cohorts and the Democrat controlled Senate. We need an overhaul from the top down, canning the EPA, the DOE, HUD and several other departments. the State Department and the Justice Department also minimally need a major overhaul. Everybo
Jenny Lind
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 10:13amYES! Thank you for saying it so well.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 5:45amWhere is the outrage among entertainers who use Gibson guitars?
http://www.lespaulguide.com/famous-les-paul-players.php
Report Post »http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/ArtistsAndEvents/ArtistList/
Dustyluv
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 5:52amThey are hiding their guitars. That’s where they are….
The Obama gestapo PC police are on the prowl….
Report Post »newhickschick
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 6:57pmYeah, where is Paul McCartney (Mr. “now there is a president who can read”) now? Just unflippingbelievable!
Report Post »bobora
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 5:40amHolder won’t do sh@t about all the people in this country illegally but instead will go after wood that is here “illegally.” Amazing!
Report Post »Libby Tarian
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 6:05amVery good insight!
Report Post »Holder, Ayers, Wright, Obama, Frank, Waters, Biden, Clinton, all cut from same cloth.
They want this country to fail.
If they want to suck the blood out of this country some people are letting them. Some people are Zombies for the Communists.
Gonzo
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 8:26amIt doesn’t appear that the wood is even here illegally. If it was, Fender in California should be raided because they are using the same rosewood from the same source.
Report Post »AquaBuddha
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 2:46pmThe wood can‘t vote and it’s not in a union. That’s why they are after it!
Report Post »jacques.daspy
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 3:51pmObviously, you miss the point. The imported wood used by Gibson may be rare, endangered, and very valuable. The common Mexican immigrant is none of the above?
Report Post »Living In NYC
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 5:29amMr. Juszkiewicz 92% of the country is behind you…the curtain has been raised on the empty shirt – Wizard of Washington.
Our lying Wizard has ideas that will never work from the coal fired Chevy Volt to the solar panel thieft of $535 million dollars! He is typical Chicago politics…taking whatever he can from himself and how to fill his pockets and his thug friends!
Report Post »Any_One_But_Obama
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 5:24amYEAH RON PAUL WASN’T THAT IMPRESSED EITHER…
Actually it looked like he was down right bored out of his mind: http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2011/sep/paul_obama_jobs.html
Report Post »Windsong
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 5:13amThis might possibly be the ‘great undoing’ by Mr. Holder and crew. They have pulled some outrageous stunts this far, but this one isn’t against an entire State like Nevada…this is against an innocent businessman who simply doesn’t agree with Mr. Obama’s agenda. Mr. Holder now looks just a step beneath Mr. Hoffa in the thuggery department.
Report Post »I know the far left doesn’t ever seem to care about their reputations, but once you’ve lost respect, you’ve lost believability. Simply put, there is no reason for anyone to rely on your word as a person – or as an attorney after that. Why do all of you continue to dig the holes you are in – even deeper? I’ll never understand.
RepubliCorp
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 4:40amDid Holder check type of wood that was used is the billy-clubs that the black panthers had?
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 4:29amYou idiot Union thugs better wake up. You are being used as tools. Soon they will discard you and close the businesses you work for. They are going after Gibson for something every single guitar maker is guilty of. They were singled out.
Report Post »And besides, who made them God to tell us what f’ing wood can be used in a guitar anyway?????
DR4SOUL
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 3:58amIt’s a no-brainer that Gibson has been singled out for DOJ harassment. This is consistent with Obama’s “punish our enemies” statement. His diabolical way of redefining “justice.”
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 3:24amGee, I wonder why the Republican supporter CEO is a target, but not the Democrat supporters, whom all import the very same wood, are not. The USA Dept. of Justice is a complete joke. It seems that only white, male, Republicans are worthy of prosecution under the racist, Eric Holder. If you’re a Black, New Party Panther, who intimidates White voters at polling places, you get a pass from Eric Holder. Under Eric Holder, only Whites are ever guilty. Blacks are always innocent. Seriously, I don’t understand why Holder still has his job. Holder is a racist. I thought that the Democrats despised racists. Does Eric Holder have any White friends? I doubt it.
Report Post »OHOH54
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 9:22amRaids on business. Then comes the arrest of citizens. After that concentration camps. This new terrorist scare gives him reason to call a hold on elections if anything happens this weekend
Report Post »foobear
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 3:07amAsset forfeiture (which is what Gibson is dealing with) is unconstitutional and a conflict of interest for law enforcement (which gets to keep the proceeds from the sale of any confiscated goods).
Join FEAR. http://www.fear.org/
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 4:25amI had a friend who’s son stole his car and was caught with drugs one night,,,Goodbye car.
Report Post »SHOWMESTATEGUY
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 3:00amEverywhere you look things are going badly. Can you imagine where we would be today if the Republicans had not secured the house during the last election? After two years of total dem control of the government it is going to take years to recover. What would happen if they had total control for four years? America would look like Greece.
Report Post »elphi43
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 2:44amYes, that was “organic” fertilizer, you were smelling. The only problem is that, the only things that will grow is the unemployment rate and the national debt.
Report Post »Buzzboy317
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 2:32amMr. Juszkiewicz is exactly right as are the leader of most every other successful, private, non-green business in this country who agree with him.
Report Post »One Man Progressive Wrecking Crew
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 2:18amI‘d personally love to take my Les Paul and bash it over someone’s head in the west wing if you catch my drift. With all the problems in the world they’re worried about freaking ebony fretboards on a couple thousand guitars sold each year.
If this isn’t a targeted political hassle job nothing is, especially since Martin and Fender use the same materials but donate to Obunghole and aren’t getting the gman shaft and anal probe.
Report Post »Micmac
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 2:27amAnd they weight a mighty bit too. :-)
NoBama 2012
Report Post »dissentnow
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 4:02amI like Gibson but when it comes to acoustics i still wouldn’t trade my Martin for anything.
Report Post »Jus-sayin
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 2:17amGibson is a successful company in a right to work state. No Union – just extremely talented American craftsman that produce an exceptional product for a company and management that do things the right way. The only problem being that is not what the administration hopes for the future of our country.
Gibson is not the problem.
Obama is the problem – Blame you can believe in Obama 2012
No Union Label – main offense
Report Post »lonewolf57
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 2:16amEbony wood.White wood.Oak wood.Guitar wood
Attorney General Eric Holder needs some wood up beside his corrupt Department of Justice.
We’re watching,and listening.
Fast and Furious.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/09/08/weapons-linked-to-fast-and-furious-found-at-violent-arizona-crime-scene/
TEA
Report Post »avgconservative
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 2:08amOil is older than wood. So, that‘s why we can’t use any American oil. Now I see it all clearly. It’s a “hug the friggin planet” science project. Okay…
For the latest liberal gaffs, turned upside down, come to: http://FlipTheLib.com
Report Post »Ron_WA
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 2:04amI agree his company is under attack but I’m not sure Obummer has anything to do w/ it.
It goes back to draconian 1900 oppressive regulations. The Lacy Act of 1900 applie to all rare & endangered wood, ivory & species.
The current application is way OUT OF BOUNDS but I’m not sure it has anything to w/ Obummer other than he should try to fix it..
Report Post »john koenig
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 2:30amThen why hasn’t the government gone after Martin and Fender ? Same material. You think their donations to Obama might just play a role?
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