It's interesting to see how our personal political ideals come out during an election...In this polarized environment, you have the far right that isn't concerned with protecting habitat or endangered species, and on the other side you have the far left that is very active in regulating and banning our ability to enjoy herps.

Thinking that the right will somehow become concerned with protecting habitat makes about as much sense as thinking that the left will somehow favor less regulation and government intervention. The fact is that BOTH sides present their concerns as relates to herps, and simply blaming the OTHER side for the current state of the hobby/industry is a waste of time....

It's all too easy to target current political figures and say "it's all THEIR fault", but this accomplishes nothing...the issue is moving FORWARD from where we are TODAY. Change for change's sake isn't always a good thing, but it's incumbent upon each of us to work with our representatives to improve the state of the herp hobby/industry for all of us.

So please....save the "neo con", "leftist", etc. political buzzbabble for your personal space....such talk doesn't do much more than make the poster feel better...and that in the grand scheme of things means little when one considers the very real issues that this industry is faced with.

-Kris

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• Hard to vote republican this time - jeffb, Tue Nov 4 08:47:09 2008
• RE: Hard to vote republican this time - jscrick, Tue Nov 4 09:13:30 2008
• You think Obama will reduce government? - thatsme, Wed Nov 5 00:15:28 2008
• RE: You think Obama will reduce government? - jscrick, Wed Nov 5 09:34:17 2008
• RE: You think Obama will reduce government? - kingsnake1, Wed Nov 5 12:52:25 2008
• RE: You think Obama will reduce government? - jscrick, Thu Nov 6 08:12:35 2008
• RE: You think Obama will reduce government? - wstreps, Thu Nov 6 08:29:12 2008
• RE: You think Obama will reduce government? - kingsnake1, Thu Nov 6 10:49:47 2008
• RE: You think Obama will reduce government? - jscrick, Thu Nov 6 18:12:46 2008
• RE: You think Obama will reduce government? - kingsnake1, Thu Nov 6 19:19:59 2008
• RE: Hard to vote republican this time - TylerStewart, Tue Nov 4 09:21:55 2008
• RE: Hard to vote republican this time - jscrick, Tue Nov 4 09:25:56 2008
• RE: Hard to vote republican this time - wstreps, Tue Nov 4 09:52:27 2008
• RE: Hard to vote republican this time - Tyep, Tue Nov 4 11:46:27 2008
• RE: Hard to vote republican this time - TylerStewart, Tue Nov 4 12:03:23 2008
• RE: Hard to vote republican this time - kingsnake1, Tue Nov 4 12:27:58 2008
• RE: Hard to vote republican this time - jeffb, Tue Nov 4 15:17:31 2008
• RE: Hard to vote republican this time - wstreps, Tue Nov 4 12:46:11 2008
• RE: Hard to vote republican this time - kingsnake1, Tue Nov 4 14:05:17 2008
• RE: Hard to vote republican this time - PHGinger, Tue Nov 4 15:20:27 2008
• RE: Hard to vote republican this time - wstreps, Tue Nov 4 17:01:28 2008
• RE: Hard to vote republican this time - jpenney, Wed Nov 5 10:18:11 2008
• RE: Hard to vote republican this time - jeffb, Tue Nov 4 14:33:51 2008
• RE: Hard to vote republican this time - HappyHillbilly, Tue Nov 4 16:07:47 2008
• RE: Hard to vote republican this time - TexasReptiles, Thu Nov 6 19:21:57 2008
• RE: Hard to vote republican this time - wstreps, Thu Nov 6 19:33:46 2008
• RE: Hard to vote republican this time - PHFaust, Fri Nov 7 00:11:26 2008
• RE: Hard to vote republican this time - OHI, Fri Nov 7 03:16:20 2008
• RE: Hard to vote republican this time - PHFaust, Fri Nov 7 09:45:38 2008
• The loop hole - wstreps, Fri Nov 7 08:29:48 2008
• Don't kid yourself... - jscrick, Tue Nov 4 16:13:12 2008
• Exactly - OHI, Tue Nov 4 17:35:37 2008
• RE: Exactly - emysbreeder, Sat Nov 15 11:12:35 2008
• RE: Hard to vote republican this time - OHI, Tue Nov 4 17:05:00 2008
• RE: Hard to vote republican this time - laurarfl, Tue Nov 4 18:33:24 2008
• Yeah that too. - jscrick, Tue Nov 4 19:19:17 2008
• RE: Yeah that too. - Wstreps, Tue Nov 4 19:55:30 2008
• I'll give you that. - jscrick, Tue Nov 4 20:19:36 2008
• RE: Yeah that too. - laurarfl, Wed Nov 5 06:56:09 2008
• RE: Hard to vote republican this time - topknot20, Tue Nov 4 20:39:00 2008
• RE: Hard to vote republican this time - jpenney, Wed Nov 5 07:29:11 2008
• Just have to throw my .02 around here... - azatrox, Wed Nov 5 10:40:38 2008
• Bravo - OHI, Wed Nov 5 16:16:37 2008
• Great post!... - Brhaco, Thu Nov 6 15:15:41 2008
• Plenty of blame to go around - Brhaco, Thu Nov 6 14:46:03 2008
• RE: Plenty of blame to go around - wstreps, Thu Nov 6 15:41:25 2008
• RE: Plenty of blame to go around - jscrick, Thu Nov 6 17:05:32 2008
• That's hilarious - brhaco, Thu Nov 6 18:34:07 2008
• RE: That's hilarious - wstreps, Thu Nov 6 19:01:08 2008
• RE: That's hilarious - jscrick, Thu Nov 6 19:54:19 2008
• RE: That's hilarious - brhaco, Thu Nov 6 21:21:03 2008
• RE: That's hilarious - jscrick, Fri Nov 7 09:00:52 2008
• RE: That's hilarious - emysbreeder, Sun Nov 9 10:48:00 2008