This thread makes me depressed. Not because of anything people here have said. But because it seems that we, as snake keepers, are up against people [politicians] who do not read, do not educate themselves on the facts, and do not even care about what they are doing, so long as it "sounds good" to voters. This whole debate about whether or not we compromise with them - the politicians! When really, everyone here knows that the compromise point is moot, that the whole bill is garbage, and that banning anything doesn't make any sense whatsoever. But truly, I don't think USARK is anti-burm owners, and I don't think they intend to throw burms on the chopping block. I think that they believe that, because of the little girl's death and the swarm of media attention given to the situation in the Everglades, that SOMETHING's gotta go, and that politicians won't be able to handle a lack of flashy legislation to boast about... so maybe a ban on the import of burms would be something we could withstand. I'm not even sure what I think anymore, just that, why oh WHY must we have to try and convince a proverbial brick wall of our ideas...



New idea... let's just have Greg Graziani run for Senator and replace Bill Nelson. I think that will solve everything!