Thoughts from the Middle of Nowhere

According to Walter at noNAIS Rep Ron Paul has introduced an amendment to H.R.5384, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007, that would defund National Animal Identification System (NAIS).

AMENDMENT TO H.R., AS REPORTED
(AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS, 2007)
OFFERED BY MR. PAUL OF TEXAS

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following new sections:

SEC. . None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to implement or administer the National Animal Identification System.

We must act immediately and call our Congressmen, the Capitol Switchboard can be reached at (202) 225-3121, and ask them to support Rep. Ron Paul's amendment to H.R. 5384. There is not time for letters or e-mail to make a difference, call now and maybe we can bury this unconstitutional invasion on our privacy and liberties.

Thanks.

I will act as if what I do makes a difference. William James

Rep. Ron Paul is at it again, asking for the impossible.

Bringing Sunlight to Congress

Before the US House of Representatives, March 3, 2006

Mr. Speaker, Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously said, �Sunlight is the best disinfectant.� In order to shine sunlight on the practices of the House of Representatives, and thus restore public trust and integrity to this institution, I am introducing the "Sunlight Rule." This measure amends House rules to ensure members have adequate time to study a bill before being asked to vote on it.

What a novel concept, allow Congressmen and their staffs time to review a bill before voting on it. I can see why the powers that be are scared of such a thing. People might discover the pork they shove in all bills before it's voted on. Rep. Ron Paul is always tilting at windmills and he is after another one here. I wish him luck and admire him for his courage and persistence. Go get them Ron Paul.

We assume a common sense as the necessary condition of the universal communicability of our knowledge, which is presupposed in every logic and every principle of knowledge that is not one of skepticism. Immanuel Kant