UPDATE: HR2811 Amendment

[neilgolli]

Neil,

I understand what you are saying... I really do.

But please let me ask you something that I think is VERY relevant to your argument.

Is there a single expert out there that would testify that there are not breeding Burmese Pythons in South Florida? If there is, how could they testify to that when there has already been proof of this found? This is after all the single fact that all this stuff is based on.

USARK did not compromise with the enemy. They gave the man a pizza so he would release 18 of his 20 hostages. Now that 18 of the innocent victims are out of this mess, we can start to work on getting the other 2 out with as little harm does as possible.

Mike, you are 100% correct regarding the burms in south florida HOWEVER once we start allowing them to bypass the steps necessary to make a fully educated risk assessment, we give up the right to ask for a full and fair fight when they come after anything else. I'm only arguing that they play by the rules they themselves established. We start handing out rubber stamps that then dictate how we live our life's and we are asking for a world of hurt. I don't argue that they may actually deserve to be on the list (not for 99% of the hype that is out there) I do argue that tossing out a sacrificial lamb is wrong.

I do not contend they only gave a guy a pizza. Call bob clark, call prehistoric pets, call anyone who breeds burms for a living, they will tell you, that they just gave up their right arm. They may get it back after back door maneuvering during the august recesses and get a pass to breed and sell across state lines but I don't think any of them are not going threw a good deal of pain right now.