And for those of you who have Sen Chambliss (GA) for your senator, you are fortunate. Sen. Chambliss has halted Sunstein's approval at this point, he spoke out against Paws, and he has been a strong foe of the HSUS incursion. He needs letters of thank you for protecting our rights to own animals free of the animal rights agenda. Stormy On Jul 1, 2009, at 7:10 PM, BAERENTATZE312@xxxxxxx wrote: > Just heard on the news about Obama's nomination of Cass Sunstein to > the > powerful new position, regulatory czar, which will require Senate > approval. > Hopefully it will fail as this person has very radical animal rights > views. > Not good folks. Below are two of Sunstein's books. Very > disturbing. I'm > sure HSUS and Peta will lobby with big bucks to push his approval. > In his 2004 book, "Animal Rights," he wrote: "Animals should be > permitted > to bring suit, with human beings as their representatives…” > > In "Animal Rights: A Very Short Primer," he wrote "There should be > extensive regulation of the use of animals in entertainment, in > scientific > experiments, and in agriculture." > > We are in deep doo doo if he gets Senate approval as the Obama czars > report > directly to the President. No checks and balances there. I don't > know > if contacting our senators will do any good but it's worth a try. > I know > politics are supposed to be verbotin on the list, but this affects > our dogs > and our sport. > > Regards, > Pat Galambos Stormy Hope www.carpoc.org AKC Legislative Liaison, GSDCA Sunshine Squad <showgsd.org/sunshine.html) GSDs and more ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================