HR 2811 live feed?

Anybody know where we can watch a live feed of the hearing?

http://judiciary.edgeboss.net/real-l...141_070212.smi
im watching it now

I'm having problems opening this? What are you watching it in?

Real Player SP. It's free to download.

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Real Player SP. It's free to download.

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The link keeps opening up golive on my comp.

That guy was a jerk. He says you can't keep a snake of that size in your home. I know a lot of people who do it successfully. Idiot.

I know these guys are complete idiots

On the bright side, the fish and game says it will take till 2011 to have the right documentation.

How long is this supposed to go?

ha score I love how the guy brought up feral cats.

"Just like monkey's and tigers." Yeah, ok.

We have a good arguement, but, these guys have worked up some nonsense stories that sound very strong.

It doesn't sound like they are talking about ball pythons. They are clearly mentioning 9 "LARGE" consrtictor snakes.

Exactly what 9 constrictors? I know in another thread it said Red Tails... this is not good for our industry.

4 species of anaconda
boas
retics
burms
rocks
scrub

Has USARK spoken yet? I won't be able to watch, as I won't download Real Player at work.

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Has USARK spoken yet? I won't be able to watch, as I won't download Real Player at work.

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Same here. All I have is this thread...

Yes Andrew has spoken and is answering questions now. He's pretty good and standing his ground despite all the ridicule.

It kinda sounds like the chairman is leaning towards the fact that this bill is extreme.

I just started to watch this. "People in Florida have elephants and lots of cats" :P But yeah, looks like it's going good for what I can see so far. Talking about ball pythons in the industry atm.

HA! So the bill was amended! People were saying that it wasn't.

Of course, no updates right now, but you can follow USARK on Twitter for updates later:

https://twitter.com/USARK

Who is this old guy? I'm loving him! He's really putting it to them. He looks like Albert Einstein. :)

yea I love the old guy

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On November 6, 2009 USARK will have two expert witnesses testify Opposing HR2811 aka ‘The Python Ban’ before the US House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism & Homeland Security. Andrew Wyatt, President of USARK and Dr. Elliot Jacobson, DVM, PhD, and Professor of Zoological Medicine at University of Florida have been invited to give testimony.

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Perhaps Dr. Jacobson - although I've never seen a picture of him, so I can't say.

There the solution! Opening a hunting season for burmese pythons in florida

A burmese hunting season? A guy that can smell snakes in the wild?!?~!

"We need to have the snake smeller testify.":8::rofl::8::rofl:

I really don't like this lady.

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I really don't like this lady.

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I agree. She says, "You aren't affected because your children don't live in the problem area of Florida." Jerk #2.

I wo uld smack her if I was there. And her crooked teeth

Yeah shes a.......And very close minded also. She needs to look at this matter with an open mind. I believe she has had her mind up before she woke up this morning.

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Perhaps Dr. Jacobson - although I've never seen a picture of him, so I can't say.

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Yeah, that's him! He's so cute :)

You think she would fix her snaggletooth.

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I wo uld smack her if I was there. And her crooked teeth

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Agreed. It's people like this that are going to hurt us. They don't like snakes, and that's that. They are scary and shouldn't be in the US. Just like people who want to know if we're afraid they are going to get out at night and strangle us.

You know if you took one those gorgeous albino burmese in there, she wouldn't even look at it. She'd be screaming, and running for the door. I would pay to see that.

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I wo uld smack her if I was there. And her crooked teeth

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That's a great way to show how responsible herpers behave and make your point and win sympathy to your side at the same time! :rolleyes:

OMG..... I can not repeat on this forum what I was yelling at my computer screen while this lady is talking... Does no one believe in good hard science any more?

Her ignorance on the subject is hurting the supporters arguements.

wow they said someone got chased by a burm. I have NEVER seen a burm put forth enough effort to chase a human. She also showed the pick of the burm eating an alligator. Thats one in a million chance of a burm growing large enough to eat a full grown alligator

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That's a great way to show how responsible herpers behave and make your point and win sympathy to your side at the same time! :rolleyes:

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I'm sure that tradesman of all types have similar thoughts.

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That's a great way to show how responsible herpers behave and make your point and win sympathy to your side at the same time! :rolleyes:

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no matter how well you behave you are not changing that womens mind even andrew was getting pissy with her

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wow they said someone got chased by a burm. I have NEVER seen a burm put forth enough effort to chase a human. She also showed the pick of the burm eating an alligator. Thats one in a million chance of a burm growing large enough to eat a full grown alligator

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Not to mention that the snake did not successfully eat that alligator.

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no matter how well you behave you are not changing that womens mind even andrew was getting pissy with her

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Perhaps, but we certainly don't need to behave badly, just because we don't like what they have to say. Not when we need more people to take this industry seriously. Don't think that the opposition doesn't read forums as a guest and draw incorrect conclusions about us.

"There have been children that have already been eaten."
Is there some kind of documented proof of this?
and also, whats to keep the alligator in her backyard from eating her kids?

Oh, but as she said, "that's natural." Weirdo.

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Perhaps, but we certainly don't need to behave badly, just because we don't like what they have to say. Not when we need more people to take this industry seriously. Don't think that the opposition doesn't read forums as a guest and draw incorrect conclusions about us.

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Did anyone notice there are a lot of guests on today? Hmm.

Has anyone bothered to mention that you are more likely to get killed by an Army Psychiatrist than by a constrictor? I believe the numbers prove it.

Please leave it to the state to make legislation.

I don't think it is looking good for us. They are hitting Alex pretty hard.

people already keeps sharks as pets