I don't really agree with you...you sound very bitter towards those with educations! (did one steal your job??) The problem with many government agencies is that they hire people for positions OUTSIDE their range of expertise. Keep in mind there are millions of educated people who properly use their knowledge and apply it appropriately. And there's a good reason why academics are somewhat resistant to outside input...the outside input is usually very tainted by fear and/or religious views and/or plain ignorance (like the milksnake storys "they drink milk from cows!".
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-David

Check out my pet pics at:
http://www.myspace.com/obx_fisherman

1.0 ball python (Pandora - don't ask)
1.0 argentine boa (Prometheus)
0.0.1 colombian boa (Athena)
0.1 hogg island boa (Andromeda)
0.0.1 brazilian rainbow boa (Inara)
1.0 Dumeril's boa (Hannibal)
1.0 kenyan sand boa (Diablo)
0.0.1 normal corn snake(Cypress)
0.1 amel. corn snake (Morgan LaFay) RIP
0.0.2 baby corns (Romulus and Remus)
- 1 normal, 1 ghost
0.0.1 banded cali. kingsnake (Cain)
1.0 tangerine honduran milksnake (Narcissus)
0.0.1 snow corn snake (Valkyrie)
1.1 garden phase amazon tree boas (Pegasus, Lenore)
0.0.1 baby yellow amazon tree boa (affectionately called
Snuggles)
0.0.1 albino san diego gopher snake (maybe Octavian)
0.0.1 sandfish skink (Slick)
0.0.1 fire skink (Phoenix)
1.0 bassett hound/black and tan coonhound mix (Luke)
0.1 Boxer (Zoe)
1.0 bearded dragon (Leonidas)
1.1 ferrets (Ares, Enyo)
1.2 cats (Galahad, Ripley and Sassy)
2.0 rats (Pan, no name yet)

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• USGS "Giant Python potential range" map! - brhaco, Wed Feb 20 22:56:47 2008
• RE: USGS "Giant Python potential range" - TimCole, Thu Feb 21 00:14:29 2008
• RE: USGS "Giant Python potential range" - womakid, Thu Feb 21 10:01:27 2008
• The insane media has just begun - Eby, Thu Feb 21 10:08:13 2008
• 12,000 PYTHON/RATTLER HYBRIDS - Eby, Thu Feb 21 10:42:56 2008
• RE: 12,000 PYTHON/RATTLER HYBRIDS - HappyHillbilly, Sat Feb 23 08:57:03 2008
• RE: 12,000 PYTHON/RATTLER HYBRIDS - HydraZulu, Wed Mar 5 15:36:06 2008
• There is no excuse for this.... - lbenton, Thu Feb 21 11:02:13 2008
• RE: There is no excuse for this.... - djs27, Thu Feb 21 11:12:23 2008
• Like the Spanish-American War? - laurarfl, Sat Feb 23 09:14:04 2008
• RE: The insane media has just begun - superdave1781, Thu Feb 21 12:18:14 2008
• RE: The insane media has just begun - lbenton, Thu Feb 21 12:49:50 2008
• RE: The insane media has just begun - superdave1781, Thu Feb 21 13:05:12 2008
• just wanted to add... - superdave1781, Thu Feb 21 14:08:40 2008
• A little temp range perspective - MadAxeMan, Thu Feb 21 22:15:36 2008
• Government Scientists confirmed??? - MadAxeMan, Thu Feb 21 21:56:31 2008
• RE: The insane media has just begun - HydraZulu, Wed Mar 5 15:35:04 2008
• RE: USGS "Giant Python potential range" - jeffb, Thu Feb 21 15:44:10 2008
• RE: USGS "Giant Python potential range" - djs27, Fri Feb 22 11:25:29 2008
• RE: USGS "Giant Python potential range" - HydraZulu, Wed Mar 5 16:06:42 2008
• dont believe - amazonreptile, Fri Feb 22 12:09:10 2008
• RE: USGS "Giant Python potential range" map! - Luhrsreptiles, Fri Feb 22 13:50:56 2008
• What we're dealing with .............. - wstreps, Fri Feb 22 14:00:01 2008
• RE: What we're dealing with .............. - superdave1781, Fri Feb 22 15:30:50 2008
• RE: What we're dealing with .............. - wstreps, Fri Feb 22 17:15:54 2008
• RE: What we're dealing with .............. - superdave1781, Sun Feb 24 09:01:27 2008
• RE: What we're dealing with .............. - wstreps, Sun Feb 24 11:09:36 2008
• RE: What we're dealing with .............. - superdave1781, Sun Feb 24 18:38:30 2008
• RE: USGS "Giant Python potential range" map! - superdave1781, Fri Feb 22 15:21:35 2008
• RE: USGS "Giant Python potential range" map! - Luhrsreptiles, Fri Feb 22 16:32:38 2008
• RE: USGS "Giant Python potential range" map! - jscrick, Fri Feb 22 18:07:46 2008
• Don't think the pythons read his books? - lbenton, Mon Feb 25 10:45:13 2008
• RE: Don't think the pythons read his books? - jscrick, Mon Feb 25 11:24:41 2008