I've signed the petitions, emailed representatives, contacted TV show hosts, etc. The sad reality is that the vast majority of people don't care. Most people don't even like snakes. And now with the economy in the crapper, people will care even less. I doubt signing petitions will do anything. In my opinion, this is a PR issue as much as, if not more than, a political issue.
Some group or individual needs to aggressively and publicly attack these politicians and pseudo-scientists that are wasting time with this stupid legislation and publishing idiotic "research" that a 16 year old reptile hobbyist can debunk. People might get riled up if they see their representatives are putting forth effort into such peripheral stuff while they are losing their jobs and houses. And trying to politely reason with these agenda pushers won't work, because they are not acting in good faith in the first place. The other thing that might help, imo, is for EVERY snake owner to go down to a local school and do an educational presentation with his/her snake(s). Educating our youth may not yield immediate results, but it's a good long term investment.

Anyway, my 2 cents, if it's even worth that much...

Thanks,
Ed





>>Pijac circulated the list of congressmen/women that support this bill along with links to email them. I emailed or at least tried to email each and every one. Several would not even allowm me to email them as I don't live in their specific district. Several more allowed me to email and then replied back they don't respond to emails from outside their districts. I've also emailed my own congresswoman, still waiting on any real replies.
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>>Thanks,
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>>Dave Colling
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>>www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com
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>>0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
>>0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)
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>>LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
>>26.49 BRB
>>20.21 BCI
>>And those are only the breeders
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>>lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

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• Here is the bill itself H.R.669 - grogansilver, Wed Feb 4 14:14:44 2009
• RE: Here is the bill itself H.R.669 - Hissenia, Wed Feb 4 16:05:29 2009
• No we don't need to buy up we need to... - Joel_Thomas, Wed Feb 4 16:29:33 2009
• RE: No we don't need to buy up we need to... - grogansilver, Wed Feb 4 17:32:05 2009
• RE: No we don't need to buy up we need to... - Sidviciouser, Wed Feb 4 17:43:48 2009
• RE: No we don't need to buy up we need to... - grogansilver, Wed Feb 4 17:50:05 2009
• RE: No we don't need to buy up we need to... - aquick, Wed Feb 11 05:55:29 2009
• The way I read it is.... - Joel_Thomas, Wed Feb 4 18:08:55 2009
• RE: The way I read it is.... - rainbowsrus, Wed Feb 4 20:11:00 2009
• Dave, spread the word!!! - Joel_Thomas, Wed Feb 4 20:59:19 2009
• Remember.."don't tread on me" - Joel_Thomas, Wed Feb 4 21:21:37 2009
• This is what I emailed them....... - rainbowsrus, Wed Feb 4 21:35:37 2009
• Dave you should be the model.... - Joel_Thomas, Wed Feb 4 22:10:35 2009
• RE: No we don't need to buy up we need to... - dan80woma, Wed Feb 4 18:09:31 2009
• Here is the link. - Joel_Thomas, Wed Feb 4 18:14:08 2009
• RE: Here is the link. - dan80woma, Wed Feb 4 19:48:14 2009
• RE: No we don't need to buy up we need to... - dan80woma, Wed Feb 4 18:11:05 2009
• RE: No we don't need to buy up we need to... - grogansilver, Wed Feb 4 18:21:46 2009
• grogansilver... I am watching brother! - Joel_Thomas, Wed Feb 4 18:24:40 2009
• dan80woma... Great point! - Joel_Thomas, Wed Feb 4 18:22:14 2009
• They only work to a point....more... - rainbowsrus, Wed Feb 4 20:15:17 2009
• RE: They only work to a point....more... - Hissenia, Wed Feb 4 20:32:18 2009
• RE: They only work to a point....more... - natsamjosh, Wed Feb 4 21:16:04 2009
• I see your 2 cents and raise you 2 more! - Joel_Thomas, Wed Feb 4 21:31:02 2009
• This will be illegal!! - Joel_Thomas, Wed Feb 4 22:02:59 2009
• RE: Here is the bill itself H.R.669 - minicopilot, Wed Feb 4 19:48:22 2009
• RE: Here is the bill itself H.R.669 - jsschrei, Thu Feb 5 02:02:10 2009
• Writing to your Senator(s) - jsschrei, Thu Feb 5 02:22:53 2009