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bev@cyberpursuits.com - 07 Feb 2007 00:43 GMT

Has anyone complained to the USDA about the charges brought against
the operators of the Hemingway Home and Museum?

I found this paper at the Mises Institute, which is pointed and
eloquent...
http://www.mises.org/story/2445

There are some online petitions to drop this silly mess, but I see
only a little over a thousand people have signed. I would have
thought there would be tens of thousands signing.

Does anyone have any concerted effort underway to stop the USDA from
this bureaucratic insanity? Gee, if they keep this up, the USDA will
cage the squirrels on the White House lawn next.

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Matthew - 07 Feb 2007 00:52 GMT

That is just one of the online petitions going on. There are thousands of
signatures on the one the has been floating around here in Florida. Plus
there is protest going on when the issues arise in courts.
The people at the Hemingway's place are doing what ever they can to comply
with the courts. There is an upside to all of this the media attention is
bring more tourist in and the web page is getting more hits.

> Has anyone complained to the USDA about the charges brought against
> the operators of the Hemingway Home and Museum?
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> this bureaucratic insanity? Gee, if they keep this up, the USDA will
> cage the squirrels on the White House lawn next.

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bev@cyberpursuits.com - 07 Feb 2007 20:54 GMT

> That is just one of the online petitions going on. There are thousands of
> signatures on the one the has been floating around here in Florida. Plus
> there is protest going on when the issues arise in courts.
> The people at the Hemingway's place are doing what ever they can to comply
> with the courts. There is an upside to all of this the media attention is
> bring more tourist in and the web page is getting more hits.

I just sent an email to the USDA secretary asking him to take the same
measures against the squirrels on the White House lawn. If the
Hemingway cats are an attraction that should be caged, then so are the
squirrels on the White House lawn. The same situation applies: the
squirrels live there; the tourists visit there; the tourists get a
kick out of handing peanuts to the squirrels; therefore, the White
House needs an animal exhibition license.

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bev@cyberpursuits.com - 07 Feb 2007 20:57 GMT

> That is just one of the online petitions going on. There are thousands of
> signatures on the one the has been floating around here in Florida. Plus
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What's been done about the woman who started the whole mess...Deborah
Schultz of the SPCA?

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bev@cyberpursuits.com - 14 Feb 2007 04:54 GMT

I just received an email attached PDF from the USDA, putting all the
blame on the Hemingway Home, indicating they have failed to comply and
that some cats have been killed by cars. Heck, Aunt Betty's kitty
down the street could get out and become a pancake in the street.
What about the chickens? USDA claims it has the interests of the cats
in its actions.

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