It's difficult to picture Willie Nelson on a skateboard but if he had one, it would look like the one pictured second from the right, which is based on his legendary Trigger guitar. These are the work of a skateboard designer named Greg Koenig ...
"That gift really got me out of my basic shyness, which I'm sure you'll find hard to believe," he said. "But if it weren't for that electric guitar that my parents sacrificed to give me, I assure you I wouldn't be on the Fox News Channel, wouldn't be talking to you, would never have run for anything except run to hide."
I wonder how he would have turned out if his folks had given him an accordion instead ...
The feds swoooped down on the Gibson plant in Nashville this week, apparently looking for endangered wood. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service agents had a search warrant but wouldn't say what they were looking for or if they found it. The speculation is that they were checking for endangered tonewoods.
Gibson says it's in the clear. Also, the Tennessean newspaper says the company has a strong environmental record and links to Greenpeace and that CEO Henry Juszkiewicz has long been an advocate of preserving endangered woods.
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Same kind of thing happened to young Sarah Palin, but it was after her parents gave her her first mirror.
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Haha, thats funny, I'm a wakeboarder and at first glance I was like "What the..." Amagad! :D Dig the skater boards too though. They aiight! :D
I wouldn't take Gibson's (or any big-name guitar manufacturer's) word for it on environmental responsibility.
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