I just spoke with my brother. He asked me if I'd seen the Today Show. Said they had just had a segment on the Ball/Burmese Python issue before Congress. Sounded like they intentionally combined Ball with Burmese to overstate the facts as to how many are imported annually. Some ungodly number that just had to include Ball Pythons. But of course the issue was the Burmese Python in the Everglades. A very convenient and deceptive method of spreading the propaganda. A shell game with the facts. A bit of slight of hand, I'd say.

Has anyone else seen this? Can someone find the segment on the Internet? It was either today or the day before, I'm pretty sure.

Something smells about this story and I don't think it's Burmese Python dung.

jsc
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John Crickmer

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• TODAY SHOW - PROPAGANDA? - jscrick, Thu Jul 30 13:26:22 2009
• RE: TODAY SHOW - PROPAGANDA? - BigAngryBill, Thu Jul 30 14:54:31 2009
• JUST WATCHED IT - jscrick, Thu Jul 30 16:01:39 2009
• RE: JUST WATCHED IT - jscrick, Thu Jul 30 16:12:30 2009
• HERE IS THE VIDEO LINK... - jscrick, Thu Jul 30 16:15:24 2009
• THE LINK WORKED - jscrick, Thu Jul 30 16:23:23 2009
• RE: THE LINK WORKED - jscrick, Thu Jul 30 20:23:25 2009
• RE: THE LINK WORKED - natsamjosh, Mon Aug 3 08:53:33 2009
• Thermal imaging on a python???? - Jaykis, Sat Aug 8 10:24:52 2009
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• RE: Thermal imaging on a python???? - Jaykis, Sat Aug 15 11:05:03 2009