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maybe obama's a fender fan and has a grudge against gibson. Nevermind, guitar players are cool guys, that leaves obama out. Must just be a hate towards our evil western rock and roll filth

VMI77 wrote:Everyone should be scared if this guys is right (http://thesilicongraybeard.blogspot.com/):

This amendment deals with illegal plants -- the primary thrust being illegal wood. Henceforth, all wood is to be a federally regulated, suspect substance. Either raw wood, lumber, or anything made of wood, from tables and chairs, to flooring, siding, particle board, to handles on knives, baskets, chopsticks, or even toothpicks has to have a label naming the genus and species of the tree that it came from and the country of origin. Incorrect labeling becomes a federal felony, and the law does not just apply to wood newly entering the country, but any wood that is in interstate commerce within the country. Here are some excerpts from a summary:

Looking around my house, not one piece of wooden furniture - either the ones I built or the ones I bought - has a label telling the genus and species it came from along with the country of origin. Certainly the toothpicks and knife handles don't. I see perhaps 2 dozen felonies within eye shot. Perhaps I should shut up about that.

Anyone who imports into the United States, or exports out of the United States, illegally harvested plants or products made from illegally harvested plants, including timber, as well as anyone who exports, transports, sells, receives, acquires or purchases such products in the United States, may be prosecuted.

What I see from this, is if they can regulate ALL pieces of of wood federally, then we all need to be switching to synthetic stocks. So next they'll be raiding Hogue and other stock manufacturers to inspect the wood they use.