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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-22-06 10:00 PM Original message |
Feds to force owners to register, RFID tag, and file reports on animals |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-22-06 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Enforcement should be more than interesting |
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electropop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 09:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
32. The exact mental image I had. |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-22-06 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. I guess I'll be put in jail, then, because I'm not doing it... and I'm |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-22-06 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. Ka-ching! |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-22-06 10:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. BTW, |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-22-06 11:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. And the human versions are next |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 02:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. You're right. Book 'Spychips' shows this happening soon |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 02:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Wait, didn't the food industry just claim they needed to cut costs by |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-22-06 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. Pets too? |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-22-06 10:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Heck, a lot of pets are already chipped anyway-I've heard that |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-22-06 10:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I guess I'm going to jail with you then. |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-22-06 10:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I'm against RFID with a passion, anyway. Last year I saw that |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-22-06 10:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I have chickens too |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 01:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. I've got some aracauanas that lay the colored eggs-I've got green |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 03:51 PM Response to Reply #18 |
40. I'm getting some of those tomorrow! |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-22-06 10:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. That sounds like a nice bunch o' pets you got, not terrorists. |
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HeeBGBz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-22-06 10:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. I had some beautiful chickens a few years back |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 12:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. no chips for my pet chicken |
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northofdenali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 03:54 AM Response to Reply #8 |
60. guineas are SOOOOOOO cool. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-22-06 10:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. I don't have a problem with chipping your dog. |
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Higans (819 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 05:58 PM Response to Reply #15 |
51. they want to do it to all animals because Humans are next. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-22-06 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
10. We're on the fast track to Hell here in TX. The RFID, bar sweeps, |
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ekelly (303 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 03:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
24. And we'd have no problem finding one....... |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 10:56 AM Response to Reply #24 |
37. My dad despises that look. |
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MazeRat7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-22-06 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
11. All 6 of my pets already are micro-chipped. |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-22-06 10:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. First it's your pet's ass |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 06:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
28. Why do you think this is a good idea for pets and livestock? |
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IdaBriggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 07:29 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I recommend microchipping dogs. Its too easy for them to slip |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 09:46 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Chips are RFID transmitters |
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IdaBriggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 11:23 AM Response to Reply #36 |
63. I wish that technology was already in place to help locate wandering |
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Higans (819 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 06:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
52. By your reasoning we should Chip Human Babies too. |
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IdaBriggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 11:20 AM Response to Reply #52 |
62. Humans are already being chipped in areas where there is a lot of |
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vireo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 11:46 AM Response to Reply #52 |
64. It's already being done |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 09:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
34. I think chipping pets is a great idea, but for your own knowledge, |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 05:10 PM Response to Reply #34 |
50. And think of the potential to be tracked and annoyed by marketers |
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txindy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
19. Well, boy, howdy. Won't Junior's rural base be ever so tickled with this? |
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Higans (819 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 06:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
53. Your assuming that they count our votes on those Die Bold machines. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
20. Ok....if I raise a chicken with a chip in it...and then I... |
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Higans (819 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 06:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
54. I think it would come out the other end in a few days. |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 02:38 AM Response to Original message |
21. This is DESIGNED to CRUSH the ORGANIC food movement. |
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freefall (617 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 07:20 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. My thought exactly. n/t |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 02:57 AM Response to Original message |
23. So much for the party of "smaller government." |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 03:40 AM Response to Original message |
25. As long as they don't try to stick a chip in my gecko... :P |
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Higans (819 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 06:16 PM Response to Reply #25 |
55. I have 13 gecko's a Bearded dragon and 3 mice. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 03:24 AM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Cute. :) |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
26. Remember the drive to register all food sellers in national database? |
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mia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
27. NPR did a segment on this recently - related to "mad cow" disease. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
31. Hee. If you have a citrus tree growing in your back yard, it's already |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
33. This could get to be fun. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
35. Much as I hate having to do it but its time to fight |
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donkeyotay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
39. "Holy George Orwell!" |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
41. Cats won't put up with it. |
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QuettaKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 04:03 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. and did you know the chips themselves look just like |
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warrens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
43. Bullshit. |
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QuettaKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 04:05 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. the chips themselves look like |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 04:12 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Livestock raised for food is one thing. Pets are another issue. |
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countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 04:17 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. That's not what we experienced. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 04:34 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. No bullshit, read for yourself |
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RhodaGrits (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 04:44 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. They had a nightmare tracking the dairy cows that may |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
45. No freaking way am I doing this to my horse. No chip, no reports, nothing. |
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Higans (819 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 06:37 PM Response to Reply #45 |
56. Leaving the USA is starting to look more and more tempting. |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 11:20 AM Response to Reply #56 |
61. I'm going to stay and fight the bastards. n/t |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 12:14 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. me too... I'm thinking more and more of civil disobedience |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 01:04 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. What kind of chickens so you have? |
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RazzleDazzle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
57. I'll get rid of my 12 chickens before I do this. |
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northofdenali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 03:51 AM Response to Original message |
59. I want to be there |
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