I might have a better one. I saw the episode of Spongebob yesterday where Patrick becomes King of Bikini Bottom, called "Rule of Dumb." Here is one quote in particular.

www.r-calfusa.com is also a good place for information about NAIS. NAIS recently had a hearing in the House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry and we have until THIS FRIDAY to fax them as many letters as possible. The Subcommittee members during the hearing showed that they are completely ignorant and gladly choose to remain so, only taking seriously the people who tell them what they want to hear. This includes the huge corporations and tag companies that stand to make billions off of this while pushing the costs onto the producers. Once this thing gets into Congress, there is no hope. They already snuck in $14.5 million in the stimulus bill for it.

Explain to me, if this is really for disease control (particularly foot and mouth) why alpacas are included? When they do not enter the food chain and can't get foot and mouth? Why you have to register your PREMISE, not PROPERTY, instead of just your contact information? And why USDA can never give a straight answer?

Eileen, this INCLUDES NAIS. Says so right in the bill, in the section about reviewing existing laws. Interesting, considering that NAIS is NOT mandatory in the majority of the country and there are still many of us fighting hard against it. This is NOT just about farmers, this includes ANYTHING that goes into the food chain. The "Administrator", appointed by Obama, will be in charge of, well, pretty much anything and everything. This is an atrocity and we can not and will not let it happen. They want to use a crisis to shove their agenda down our throats. Maybe it's time to give them a NEW crisis to worry about.

I haven't done much research on this, but I read an article that said land ("premises") registered with the government will be included in the Lands Preservation Act and will be used to collateralize the bailouts.

I'm assuming you are a dairy producer. Are you pro-NAIS?