Ihaggerty1313":1c954 said:If any of you have not heard of HR669 than you gotta see this to believe it! For those of you who have than you know what I'm talking about. I don't even know if I put this in the correct forum but as far as I'm concerned it should be in every forum and I'll post it there to make sure.
Click this link. Click on "Do Something Now". Follow the directions to send an e-mail. Do it once a day and call your rep once a day. If we don't thwart this bill THIS THURSDAY APRIL 23rd you can kiss your Bearded Dragons goodbye! Because owning one will become a felony in the United States of America!
nohr669.com
And pass this on RIGHT NOW to ALL your e-mail lists. Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, Digg.... Call your moms... Tell your wives, kids, cousins, brothers, sisters... And make sure that they do it ONCE A DAY!!!
Thanks guys!
-Ian
diamc":1c954 said:Ihaggerty1313, I'm sure we all agree that this is a very important issue but I feel it could have been handled differently from the beginning.
Wow, I didn't know that GoFast was the only one w/ an opinion and appointed by Beardeddragon.org to be the ONLY one that could post anything about HR669. Obviously the "spamming" issue takes precident over HR669 here on the board so I apologize for making the single biggest mistake and "spamming" your board. And just like the minority subcommittees who are a small but powerful minority in politics, I have seemed to annoy a small but powerful minority of users here on the board.GoFast":1c954 said:Too much of anything Ian, is never a good thing. By you posting this same thing 10 different times in 10 different places after it has already been beaten to death since i first posted it a couple months ago is just downright annoying and actually makes me, and I am sure others, just want to ignore the whole thing and that is sort of counter productive wouldn't you say?
Menolly":888c7 said:Tomorrow it is just going into committee...Do you have any idea how long a bill actually takes to pass...a long time. Not to mention that companies like petco and petsmart would not allow that to happen. They probably already have the politicians pockets lined with cash. There's no way that would be able to pass, especially with the way the economy is in an economic downturn. The government wouldn't risk putting that many people out of a job because there would definitely be mass riots. I don't think Obama or our ruling bodies are that stupid. At least I hope our ruling bodies aren't, Obama seems like a sharp guy with a dog of his own. I doubt up would be that unsympathetic.
GoFast":8e79f said:as an alternative starting countless threads about it, why not do like many others have and just put it in your signature line? This way the more you post, them more the word gets spread without annoying people?
BrittanyS":183b1 said:WOW. Stop beating the issue to death. It's just getting annoying. This is about the 10th post about HR669.
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Ihaggerty1313":ec23d said:BrittanyS":ec23d said:WOW. Stop beating the issue to death. It's just getting annoying. This is about the 10th post about HR669.
Yes your right dear. I think that you've hit the nail on the head. This thread has been beaten to death and though I was hoping to turn it around and debate this whole HR669 thing to keep my own personal moral up and give others some hope as well... Certain people find it more important to try to impose their beliefs on the thread and ruined it for everyone. So as for the few of you who find it amusing to bash people on here w/ opinions? Just remember that this is a public forum and everyone can read your posts. I think your comments compromise the integrity of this whole board way more than a little spamming incident that half the people on here missed anyway.
-Ian
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