8 Simple Steps to Stopping HR669!

[yotaman]

Hello,

I only own a few fish but I own a very large collection of reptiles so I'll be effected by this just as everyone else will on this site.

I have come up with an easy way for people to send in letters to help stop this Bill. I feel letters will make the largest impact as it's harder to ignore a large stack of letters than it is to ignore and delete emails.

It's mostly reptile specific but can be altered a little to express more for fish.

I'll post my 8 steps here and if someone would like to edit the letter and petition in step 7 so it's more fish specific please do so.

[yotaman]

8 Simple Steps to Stopping HR669!

Doing these steps will cost you at the max $5.00. Just think of what it will cost you if you sit around and do not send in your letters.

- Step 1.

"Cut and Paste" everything from this line to the next line into a word document. Erase and input your information in the bold areas where it says to.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Erase this and input your FULL NAME & FULL RETURN ADDRESS)

Subject: No on HR669

Dear Committee Member,

Please oppose HR669. It is a fundamentally flawed Bill written by a radical environmentalist group that seeks to end the ownership and trade of all non-native animals. There is not a shred of scientific evidence to justify the destruction of a Reptile Industry that leads the world in producing and exporting high quality captive bred reptiles. With the stroke of a pen thousands of small American family businesses would be bankrupted overnight. With no quantifiable benefits, what could be the justification to destroy a viable sector of the American economy in a time of hardship?

What will the additional drain on taxpayer dollars be to grow USFWS at unprecedented levels in order to destroy American small business? These are not the "Too big to fail" corporate titans, but small family businesses with their entire net worth wrapped up in their Reptile breeding projects and ancillary supporting businesses. A 3 billion dollar a year industry would be wiped out by HR669. Thousands of American families would suffer losing everything.

- Trade in Reptiles and ancillary businesses are estimated to be a 3 billion dollar a year industry.
- More than 9 million Reptiles are exported from the US annually.
- More than 11 million Reptiles are kept as pets in the US. That means 1 in 25 households have 1 or more Reptiles.
- The US accounts for 82% of the worldwide trade in Reptiles.
- At least 500,000 Americans would be negatively impacted by HR669. Thousands of small family businesses would be destroyed.
- There are approximately 4 million boas & pythons, as well as more than 7 million geckos, lizards turtles & other Reptiles in captivity in the US today.
- The United States Association of Reptile Keepers Opposes HR669.

Please oppose HR669! The costs to American Families would be enormous. The benefits are both questionable and non quantifiable. NO ON HR669.

Sincerely,



(Erase this and input YOUR FULL NAME)

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STOP AT THE ABOVE LINE!!!!

- Step 2.
Print 22 of the above letters and SIGN THEM.


Don't forget to erase and input your FULL NAME & FULL RETURN ADDRESS where it tells you to.

- Step 3.
Take 22 envelopes and write your FULL NAME and RETURN ADDRESS in the top left hand corner.

- Step 4.
Write one of the following 22 names on EACH envelope. Each envelope should only have 1 name per envelope. Write the name in the middle of the envelope.

- Madeleine Z. Bordallo (Ch)(NP-Guam)
- Henry Brown (R-SC) Ranking Republican
- Lois Capps (D-CA)
- William Cassidy (R-LA)
- Jason Chaffetz (R-UT)
- Donna M. Christensen (NP-Virgin Islands)
- Diana L. DeGette (D-CO)
- Eni F.H. Faleomavaega (NP ? American Samoa)
- Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
- John Fleming (R-LA)
- Doc Hastings (R-WA)
- Dale E. Kildee (D-MI)
- Ronald James Kind (D-WI)
- Frank M. Kratovil, Jr. (D-MD)
- Douglas L. Lamborn (R-CO)
- Frank J. Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ)
- Pedro R. Pierluisi (NP-Puerto Rico)
- Nick Joe Rahall, II (D-WV)
- Gregorio Sablan (I- Mariana Islands)
- Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)
- Robert J. Wittman (R-VA)
- Donald E. Young (R-AK)

- Step 5.
Put one of each of the signed letters into one of the envelopes and seal the envelope. You should now have 22 envelopes and each one should have your FULL NAME and RETURN ADDRESS in the top left corner, one of the above names, and a SIGNED letter inside.

- Step 6.
Put all 22 envelopes into a manila envelope and send the manila envelope with all 22 envelopes in it to the following address:

Tom Wolfe
6246 Lee Hwy
Arlington, VA 22205

- Step 7.
Follow this link and sign this petition:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/usarkHR6311/?e (http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/usarkHR6311/?e)

- Step 8.
Tell everyone you know to come to this page and do these 8 simple steps.



SEND IN YOUR LETTERS.

WE HAVE TO STAND TOGETHER ON THIS!

[Tongue33]

NICE!

[syndicate]

how can they justify banning fish that couldnt survive most of north americas climate

[yotaman]

how can they justify banning fish that couldnt survive most of north americas climateThey're not really thinking this out.

It's the same with most reptiles. Reptiles are cold blooded so there are very few places in the US that they can survive if released into the wild. Reptiles do not do well in cold weather.

[Retuks]

ummm these guys are idiots... its already ILLEGAL to own almost all native species so i think they just want to ban ownership of pets period... if violence werent in my blood i would find it in my heart to say an alternative to SHOOT THOSE PETA ****ERS!!!!!!!!!!

the way to stop this bill is simple... gun down all residence in and around the proximity of that return address and persuade against the proposal to whoever is planned to make the appeal at gunpoint.. then assassinate the heads of peta just for a statement. go around in a Russian tank hooked up with megaphones repeating the message "ALL KNOWN MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS OF PETA WILL BE SHOT! TAX WRITE OFFS TO THOSE WHO IDENTIFY MEMBERS OF PETA! AFFILIATION WITH THE MEMBERS OF PETA WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE ARREST! FAILURE TO TURN IN AFFILIATES AND KNOWN MEMBERS WILL RESULT IN EXECUTION AND IMMEDIATE FAMILY ARREST" just keep rolling on by... every block, every neighborhood, every street. tanks for all!!

or perhaps we could just call forth evan allmighty during the flood and when the environmentalist start bugging him about all his non-native "pets" we splash beef blood all over them, push them off the arc and dump our piranhas on them.

[Knowdafish]

ummm these guys are idiots... its already ILLEGAL to own almost all native species so i think they just want to ban ownership of pets period... if violence werent in my blood i would find it in my heart to say an alternative to SHOOT THOSE PETA ****ERS!!!!!!!!!!

the way to stop this bill is simple... gun down all residence in and around the proximity of that return address and persuade against the proposal to whoever is planned to make the appeal at gunpoint.. then assassinate the heads of peta just for a statement.

Now! Now! Death by constriction would be more fun! :grinno:

[arkmann]

I think I will do the steps mentioned above. To make it more personal, I will even hand write them all... Man... That's a lot of work...

It's our hobby though and I say let's protect it from all encompassing bills.

[yotaman]

I just recieved this email from USARK:

URGENT Reminder HR669

I am Happy to report that the REPTILE NATION has awoken!!! Hundreds of letters began to pour into Tom Wolfe's office yesterday. Keep it up we need thousands more. The sleeping Giant is awake and Leading the charge in OPPOSING HR669! But we need to keep the Giant awake and get him to deliver the death blow to HR669.

If you have written your letters to the Committee on Insular Affairs, Oceans & Wildlife opposing HR669... Thank you!!!-- now go get your friends and colleagues to do the same!

If you have NOT written your letters.... WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!!!! We are running out of time. All letters need to be to Tom Wolfe's office by Tuesday April 21st. That means your final opportunity will be to OVERNIGHT a package to him NO LATER THAN MONDAY! Get it DONE!!!

ALL LETTERS MUST BE TO TOM WOLFE'S OFFICE BY TUESDAY APRIL 21st!!!!!

REMEMBER the 3 most effective way to influence the Subcommittee and Congress as a whole:

1. Personal appearances in Congressional offices.
2. Real Letters delivered in mass.
3. Phone Calls.
ALL LETTERS MUST BE TO TOM WOLFE'S OFFICE BY TUESDAY APRIL 21st!!!!!

IF YOU ARE SLACKING AND HAVEN'T SENT YOUR LETTERS - STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW AND SEND THEM!!!

[yotaman]

Are you guys mailing letters?

[yotaman]

13 EVEN BETTER STEPS TO STOPPING HR 669!

I talked to Andrew Wyatt from USARK.org tonight about a better way to get multiply packets of letters shipped out and this is what I came up with and have ran by him to make sure it would work.

If you want to help the cause even more you need to make up packets of 22 letters each.

Let's say you have 10 family members or 25 friends? I know you guys have family, and I know that a least a few of them have to love you. So, if they do YOU NEED THEM TO SIGN 22 LETTERS EACH.

Follow these steps to make this easy on you. I figure the easier I make this the more packets of letters you can have signed. Let's make your goal this.

Repeat after me: I WILL HAVE A LEAST 10 PEOPLE SIGN 22 LETTERS EACH BY THURSDAY.

If you care about this hobby at all you need to put this at the TOP OF YOUR PRIORITY LIST RIGHT NOW!!! I'm not trying to be mean but this is serious people.

What you will for this:



10 friends or family members that will sign 22 pieces of paper!
22 manila envelopes!
220 pieces of paper!
some pens!
a printer
a love of this hobby
you get the idea!!!!!!



- STEP 1!

Print 220 of the following letters. This is if you only want to do the bare minimum of 10 people.

CLICK HERE FOR A PRINTER FRIENDLY COPY OF THE BELOW LETTER. (http://www.allproreptiles.com/hr669print.html) No PDF or WORD needed.

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Subject: No on HR669

Dear Committee Member,

Please oppose HR669. It is a fundamentally flawed Bill written by a radical environmentalist group that seeks to end the ownership and trade of all non-native animals. There is not a shred of scientific evidence to justify the destruction of a Reptile Industry that leads the world in producing and exporting high quality captive bred reptiles. With the stroke of a pen thousands of small American family businesses would be bankrupted overnight. With no quantifiable benefits, what could be the justification to destroy a viable sector of the American economy in a time of hardship?

What will the additional drain on taxpayer dollars be to grow USFWS at unprecedented levels in order to destroy American small business? These are not the "Too big to fail" corporate titans, but small family businesses with their entire net worth wrapped up in their Reptile breeding projects and ancillary supporting businesses. A 3 billion dollar a year industry would be wiped out by HR669. Thousands of American families would suffer losing everything.

- Trade in Reptiles and ancillary businesses are estimated to be a 3 billion dollar a year industry.
- More than 9 million Reptiles are exported from the US annually.
- More than 11 million Reptiles are kept as pets in the US. That means 1 in 25 households have 1 or more Reptiles.
- The US accounts for 82% of the worldwide trade in Reptiles.
- At least 500,000 Americans would be negatively impacted by HR669. Thousands of small family businesses would be destroyed.
- There are approximately 4 million boas & pythons, as well as more than 7 million geckos, lizards turtles & other Reptiles in captivity in the US today.
- The United States Association of Reptile Keepers Opposes HR669.

Please oppose HR669! The costs to American Families would be enormous. The benefits are both questionable and non quantifiable. NO ON HR669.

Sincerely,




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- STEP 2!

Make 10 stacks of 22 letters.

- STEP 3!

Find 10 people!

- STEP 4!

Have each of the 10 people sign one stack of 22 letters and write there FULL NAME and FULL RETURN ADDRESS under there signature on one piece of paper.

When you are done with this step you should have 220 letters that have been signed buy 10 different people and on the first page of each stack it should have there FULL NAME and FULL RETURN ADDRESS.

- STEP 5!

Now go home and write the persons FULL NAME and FULL RETURN ADDRESS on each of the other 21 letters they have signed.

This is the most pain part of the whole thing. You can handle it. I know you can. Let the force be with you reptile lover. Keep telling yourself it's for the good of the hobby I LOVE!

When you are done with the step you should have 10 stacks of paper. In each stack there should be 22 letters that have been signed by your friends of family members and you should have written there FULL NAME and FULL RETURN ADDRESS under it on each piece of paper.

- STEP 6!

Make 22 stacks on your floor.

- STEP 7!

Take one piece of paper out of each stack of your 22 letters and put it in 1 of your 22 stacks.

When you're done with this step you should have 22 stacks of papers on your floor and in each stack there should be 10 pieces of paper and on each piece of paper you should have a different signature with that person FULL NAME AND FULL RETURN ADDRESS under the signature.

- STEP 8!

Take the 22 stacks of 10 papers and put them in the 22 manila envelopes.

When you are done with this step you should have 22 manila envelopes and in each envelope you should have 10 pieces of paper signed by 10 different people.

- STEP 9!

Write one of the following 22 names on EACH manila envelope. Each manila envelope should only have 1 name per envelope. Write the name in the middle of the envelope.

- Madeleine Z. Bordallo (Ch)(NP-Guam)
- Henry Brown (R-SC) Ranking Republican
- Lois Capps (D-CA)
- William Cassidy (R-LA)
- Jason Chaffetz (R-UT)
- Donna M. Christensen (NP-Virgin Islands)
- Diana L. DeGette (D-CO)
- Eni F.H. Faleomavaega (NP ? American Samoa)
- Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
- John Fleming (R-LA)
- Doc Hastings (R-WA)
- Dale E. Kildee (D-MI)
- Ronald James Kind (D-WI)
- Frank M. Kratovil, Jr. (D-MD)
- Douglas L. Lamborn (R-CO)
- Frank J. Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ)
- Pedro R. Pierluisi (NP-Puerto Rico)
- Nick Joe Rahall, II (D-WV)
- Gregorio Sablan (I- Mariana Islands)
- Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)
- Robert J. Wittman (R-VA)
- Donald E. Young (R-AK)

When you are done with this step you should have 22 manila envelopes with one of the above names written in the middle of each of the envelopes.

- STEP 10!

Write your (not theres) FULL NAME and FULL RETURN ADDRESS in the top left corner of each of the 22 manila envelopes.

- STEP 11!

Put all 22 manila envelopes in a box or shipping envelope.

You can go to USPS, FEDEX KINKOS, THE UPS STORE or any SHIPPING STORE and get something sturdy to put the 22 manila envelopes in.

When you are done with this step you should have all 22 manila envelops in a box or some kind of heavy duty envelope ready to ship.

- STEP 12!

Mail the box or heavy duty envelope with all 22 manila envelopes in it to the following address:

Tom Wolfe
6246 Lee Hwy
Arlington, VA 22205

- STEP 13!

Tell everyone else to make a promise to themselves to do this exact same thing.

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What you have now done is get 10 more people in on this fight that would not have had there voice heard.

You should now feel proud of yourself.

I just used 10 people as an example. If you have 100 people that will sign 22 letters for you. PLEASE GET THEM TO.

If you ship a box full of these via FedEx or UPS it will not cost you much more than you just sending a manila envelope with 22 letters in it. Plus you're saving money by not having to buy 100's of small white envelopes.

The people in the know feel that sending letters is the way to make the biggest impact. I'm not saying emails aren't good or calling is bad. I'm just saying, sending just emails or just calling will not win this fight. We need to bombard these people with letters. LOTS AND LOTS OF LETTERS PEOPLE!