Yesterday, writing about the team of seven fearless
super-butch undercover agents from Virginia’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage
Control who jumped a 20-year-old coed and demanded to inspect
her bottled water, I observed that every tinpot makework paper-shuffling
bureaucracy now runs around pretending to be Seal Team Six. Well, over at the
US Department of Agriculture, they have a Bunny Team Six.
In 2011, I mentioned that USDA was dispatching crack field
agents to poke around the
back yards of children’s magicians on the off-chance they might be using
rabbits on stage. Two years on, Bunny Team Six has come up
with a new hare-brained scheme to take the magic out of our lives. Sure, it’s
impressive when a conjurer pulls a rabbit out of his hat, but let’s face it,
it’s not as impressive as a federal
bureaucrat pulling a new regulation out of his butt:
My USDA rabbit
license requirement has taken another ridiculous twist. I just received an 8
page letter from the USDA, telling me that by July 29 I need to have in place a
written disaster plan, detailing all the steps I would take to help get my
rabbit through a disaster, such as a tornado, fire, flood, etc. They not only
want to know how I will protect my rabbit during a disaster, but also what I
will do after the disaster, to make sure my rabbit gets cared for properly. I
am not kidding–before the end of July I need to have this written rabbit
disaster plan in place, or I am breaking the law.
The magician, Marty Hahne, has been given until July 29th to
submit his cottontail disaster-relief plan in the event that a tornado strikes
his top hat, and to provide proof that he and his wife are trained to implement
the plan. How much further down the rabbit hole can America go?...This AppearedHere……
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