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On 8/29/2011 9:49 PM, Wayne B wrote:
On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:21:52 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Aug 29, 8:16 pm, wrote: On Aug 26, 8:48 am, wrote: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...57653052047122... This **** is getting old. This is only one part of the article that gets me, Scott. "Consider the recent experience of Pascal Vieillard, whose Atlanta- area company, A-440 Pianos, imported several antique Bösendorfers. Mr. Vieillard asked officials at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species how to fill out the correct paperwork—which simply encouraged them to alert U.S. Customs to give his shipment added scrutiny. There was never any question that the instruments were old enough to have grandfathered ivory keys. But Mr. Vieillard didn't have his paperwork straight when two-dozen federal agents came calling. Facing criminal charges that might have put him in prison for years, Mr. Vieillard pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of violating the Lacey Act, and was handed a $17,500 fine and three years probation. " Oh yeah. this too! "If you are the lucky owner of a 1920s Martin guitar, it may well be made, in part, of Brazilian rosewood. Cross an international border with an instrument made of that now-restricted wood, and you better have correct and complete documentation proving the age of the instrument. Otherwise, you could lose it to a zealous customs agent— not to mention face fines and prosecution. John Thomas, a law professor at Quinnipiac University and a blues and ragtime guitarist, says "there's a lot of anxiety, and it's well justified." Once upon a time, he would have taken one of his vintage guitars on his travels. Now, "I don't go out of the country with a wooden guitar." ============================ What nonsense. Does anyone remember voting for a government like this? How did it happen? How do we fix it? You have to find a way to stop voter fraud in the US so the voters can vote "regressives" out of office... Unfortunately, ACORN didn't go under, they just split into hundreds of seperate offices with new names, but they are already hard at work in key states for 2012 and as history shows, they are quite capable of stealing elections... |
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