Holy cat litter Batman, forget guns, now Obama and his ever bloated government is coming for your cats!!!
The Ernest Hemingway Museum in Key West Florida has always featured a bunch of wild six-toed cats. I have seen them myself. The adorable cats are descendants of the cats that the great author Hemingway owned when he wrote in his house, which is now the museum.
The museum has a veterinarian who visits every week to check their health, give annual shots and treat any issues. But that is not enough for the Obama’s gigantic invasive federal bureaucracy.
From the Sun-Sentinel:
Government inspectors determined that if the museum wanted to keep the cats “on display” it needed to obtain a license under the federal Animal Welfare Act, keep the cats in individual cages each night, tag each cat for identification, and build elevated resting surfaces for the cats.
In 2009 the museum sued to challenge the federal government’s assertion of jurisdiction over its cats under the Commerce Clause. However, U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez of Miami ruled in favor of the government last year, and the museum appealed.
On December 7, the Eleventh Circuit also ruled in favor of the federal government’s authority to regulate the museum as an “animal exhibitor” under the federal Animal Welfare Act.
Instead of being wild carefree bohemian Hemingway cats, now the museum must keep the cats in individual cages each night, tag each cat for identification, and build elevated resting surfaces for the cats.
What the??????
This is good for the cats how? Being locked up at night, which is when cats are awake? Cats sleep in the day for God’s sake! This should be considered animal abuse!
Build elevated surfaces? They have patio tables, what more do they need?
While at first this story is sort of fun, as I wrote this I realized it was more scary. Big Brother has arrived, and is forcing it’s bloated bureaucracy dictatorship into virtually every aspect of our life. Very scary.
Some Blogging Guy
The nerve of that Obama going back in time to 2003 to control a neighbor of the museum and make her complain all the way to the US Dept of Agriculture!! http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-12-25-hemingway-cats_x.htm
It is not Obama specifically, anymore than it is Obama murdering US citizens in foreign countries with drones without them even being charged with a crime. But his bloated administration is doing it, and as he makes it even more bloated more and more of this crap will appear.
Allen, government is fine so long as no human beings are involved. But since humans are involved, it is a threat to freedom and liberty.
Just like big corporations are a threat to the same.
Imagine the government ass weasels camped out in Key West with high powered binos watching…cats!!!
Our tax dollars at work!
The govt, like the news media, have too many people on the payroll with not enough to do to justify their paychecks. Answer, they invent things to do to justify their paychecks.
You want to blame the government, that’s fine. You want to say it’s a bloated bureaucracy, that’s fine. But when you start blaming President Obama for everything that is happening within government, it just makes it difficult to hear your point. This is not an example of his administration, anymore than it is an example of the Bush administration. Yes, government at the federal level is far too big. Anyone that votes for any incumbent is a fool. The only way things will change is if we throw out all 100 Senators, and all 435 Representatives, along with the President as soon as possible, then we just might be able to make a little bit of headway into fixing things. But if people continue to vote for someone who is currently sitting in office (which by all measures is doing a terrible job) then nothing will change. It’s not just the President at fault, it’s the entire thing that is at fault.
I see your point Allen. I am not one of those people who think Obama is a Muslim or a communist or born in Africa. However, I truly believe he is a leftist who would love a socialist America. And that starts with a huge government that regulates and controls everything, including cats. So, to me Obama represents Big Brother. I truly think that he feels government is the solution to every problem.
So, yes, Obama had nothing to do with these Key West cats. But if given the choice, I believe he would 100% support it. So, he represents that to me.
Plus, I really do not like the guy.
Forget tossing out the senators and congresspersons and starting over. Let’s cut some positions. We don’t need two senators for every state. One is enough. Same with the house, do we really need over 400 crooks stealing from us? Let’s cut 200 from that too.
Debbie Ass Weasel is my rep. She does not represent me in any way shape or form. Let’s start laying off positions with hers.
SBG