Re: NAIS

In article <1138659754.968532.60310@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Larry Caldwell" <larryc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> CanopyCo wrote:
>
> > What is it that they are trying to accomplish with this?
>
> > Chipping rabbits and pigeons looks a little odd.
>
> There don't seem to be any plans under way to chip rabbits, gerbils,
> pet turtles or fish. The technical committee hasn't come up with any
> plans for poultry, though the ID will probably be handled the way it
> has always been handled, by leg bands or neck bands. Nobody is going
> to install a $10 chip on a 50 cent bird.
>
> This is all just Chicken Little "The Sky is Falling!" crap. Everybody
> identifies their animals somehow, by branding, ear tags, chips or
> tattoos. Everybody who breeds, buys or sells animals keeps records of
> the transaction. This proposal just reformats the data so the damage
> of disease outbreaks can be limited.
>

And so that Big Brother can crawl up my horse's ass.

Long and short of it: You'll chip/register/track my critters only over
my vehement (read "Me pitching lead at you if that's what it takes")
protests.

Sorry, Larry, but this is my "line in the sand" - Or perhaps "straw that
broke the camel's back" - The government is already so far in my
business that I practically need to ask permission to take a *** and
file an environmental impact statement if I want to wipe afterwards. I
can put up with a lot of indignities personally. But I won't put up with
*ANYTHING* being inflicted on my critters unless there's a *DAMN* good
reason for it. So far, I see no reason beyond "The government wants it
so" (and the associated "The government knows best" mindset that's *FAR*
too prevalent today) which is no reason whatsoever as far as I'm
concerned.

NO MORE! Stand up for your rights instead of rolling over and giving up
another one for no better reason than "It might help".

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