Wednesday, 22 April 2009

• I love my chickens and don't want the government messing with them

  
  
  (Dear readers, I had heard about this bill a while back but had almost forgotten. . .a dangerous thing to do when it comes to threats to liberty!)
  
  Do you want a law passed that would give special interest groups and bigwigs detached from the average American the ability to dictate to you what pets you could have? H.R. 669 , the "Nonnative Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act" would really do just that. By labelling common household pets such as ferrets, hampsters, reptiles, some fish, and many pet birds + even farmyard animals like chickens "Nonnative" (which they ARE) and then, under the provisions of this bill, "Invasive" (Which they AREN'T!). . .bam! There go your pets, courtesy of the U.S. government! (Or, of course you could be fined for non-compliance, thus covering the huge cost of implementing such a freedom-stomper bill.)
  
  This is up for a vote before a House Subcommittee Thursday (4/23) at 10 a.m. Let's stop it dead here before this invasion of freedom bill gets any farther!!!
  
  You can find more information and email your representative using the link below. They have a pre-filled email or you can write your own.
  
  http://www.rallycongress.com/no-hr-669/1733/
  
  As with many government bills--this one would go highly astray from its purported purpose.  Granted, there are some Nonnative animals that threaten our ecological system (I'm thinking of that snake-like fish that has caused serious problems after being released into waterways)--and they can definitely ban Japanese beetles if they'd like-- but a wide-open bill like this is NOT the way to fix that problem.
  
  
  I will give the bill's sponsor & co-sponsors the benefit of the doubt and say that they  probably didn't understand the problems the bill would create or the freedoms it would endanger. . .but that's not exactly the most confidence-inspiring thought to have about members of our government.   
  

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