OK, we have named sources on one side, unnamed on the other. Now I don’t particularly carry any water for Hobby Lobby or its owners, but I cannot get away from the idea that this investigation is politically motivated. And it’s worth noting that they don’t name any evidence that it was actually “looted”, but rather simply imported without proper forms.
Again, I’ve got no big bias for the Greens—my personal view is that Christians ought to set a firm upper bound on personal wealth to avoid the Solomon syndrome, and they’re probably on the wrong side of that line—but something smells here, big time.
…..with the hypothesis of Obama retaliation is that the motion started in 2011, and the contraceptive mandate Hobby Lobby objected to became “code” in January 2012. However, it is possible that they got things in going in response to likely Hobby Lobby funding in the aftermath of the Citizens United decision, which was in 2010.
Joe, others, I simply have to question whether it is just to confiscate items brought into the country if it’s really just a paperwork error. OK, pay a fine for doing so, require an 8D for those involved in doing the paperwork, pay relevant import duties along with an enforcement fee, but on what grounds does the government confiscate items based on a simple paperwork error? Shouldn’t that be reserved for willful wrongs, real looting of antiquities, etc..?
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OK, we have named sources on one side, unnamed on the other. Now I don’t particularly carry any water for Hobby Lobby or its owners, but I cannot get away from the idea that this investigation is politically motivated. And it’s worth noting that they don’t name any evidence that it was actually “looted”, but rather simply imported without proper forms.
Again, I’ve got no big bias for the Greens—my personal view is that Christians ought to set a firm upper bound on personal wealth to avoid the Solomon syndrome, and they’re probably on the wrong side of that line—but something smells here, big time.
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NewMy take ...
Smoke (some undocumented artifacts) … no fire (nothing to stick)
By the way … ever buy something “on the cheap” on Ebay?!
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ever win a court case that the government didn’t want you to win?
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…..with the hypothesis of Obama retaliation is that the motion started in 2011, and the contraceptive mandate Hobby Lobby objected to became “code” in January 2012. However, it is possible that they got things in going in response to likely Hobby Lobby funding in the aftermath of the Citizens United decision, which was in 2010.
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NewI'd go further, actually
Joe, others, I simply have to question whether it is just to confiscate items brought into the country if it’s really just a paperwork error. OK, pay a fine for doing so, require an 8D for those involved in doing the paperwork, pay relevant import duties along with an enforcement fee, but on what grounds does the government confiscate items based on a simple paperwork error? Shouldn’t that be reserved for willful wrongs, real looting of antiquities, etc..?
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