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RE: If we really want to stop S373

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Posted by: mike_panic at Mon Dec 14 07:03:01 2009   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by mike_panic ]  
   

I think you may have misunderstood what I am saying. Of course Science matters to our hobby and Science matters to me and it matters to you but trust me when I tell you, it has no bearing on what these politicians want to do which is nothing more than forwarding their agenda. And if we keep wasting time squabbeling(im sure I didnt spell that right) over the fact that this scientist said this and this one said that, we will have lost valuable time and more importantly MONEY. Its like being in a court of law. For every "expert" witness we can produce to say what we want to say, they can produce one or more to counter it. You dont threaten to vote a politician out of office after they have done something you dont agree with, you do it before and then you follow through with. I would venture to say that hal of us who frequent this forums only vote in major elections such as mayoral, presidential and for Governer. THEY KNOW THIS. Although its a SMALL part of what we should be doing, mostly we are wasting our time with letters and emails and phone calls. Senator Nelsons office could care less what Mike Panichi from NY has to say trust me. But he may listen to people calling from Florida who are telling him they will vote him out if he continues with this agenda. We need to put our foot on their necks and press down hard. In my view, this is very simple politics really. THIS IS THE SAD TRUTH....Its just because now.... it involves our true love and livelyhood for some, that we(not me though)woke up and became aware of what DEMOCRATS do every day in our country. So what can be done that will work? You hurt them and get their attention by staying in Florida, taking out full page ads as often as possible in local FL newspapers, you pass out flyers and leaflets to every pet store in Florida and you get yourslef on local TV and radio explaining our cause. We must attack attack attack. Senator Nelson name should be a CURSE WORD by the time we are done. The others will fall into line because they will be afraid they will see their names on the next volly of attacks. TRUST ME
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