IV. REQUIREMENTS FOR LISTING SPECIES

    Plaintiffs argue that the statutory requirements for listing species as prohibited pursuant to MCL 324.41302(3) are not satisfied in regard to the species listed by the ISO amendment. MCL 324.41302(3) provides in pertinent part:

    (3) The commission of natural resources or the commission of agriculture, as applicable, shall list a species as a prohibited species or restricted species if the commission of natural resources or commission of agriculture, respectively, determines the following:

    (a) For a prohibited species, all of the following requirements are met:

    (i) The organism is not native to this state.

    (ii) The organism is not naturalized in this state or, if naturalized, is not widely distributed in this state.

    (iii) One or more of the following apply:
    (A) The organism has the potential to harm human health or to severely harm natural, agricultural, or silvicultural resources.
    (B) Effective management or control techniques for the organism are not available.

What this means, is that an executive branch of our government once again is allowed to step out side the law, and offer its own form of oppression on the population one segment at a time.

The farmers whom have been on the battle front, and in the news recently have made one point very clear.  Their swine are contained.  Buried fences, long term operations, and experienced operators back up the stated claims.  In fact, feral swine damage has yet to be documented by the DNR in its action.  It simply COULD happen.

Its bad precedent.

Some believe the decision to squash small farms and decades old enterprises is as a result of big agribusiness.

It wouldn't surprise those of us who watch with wondering eyes what drives some decisions in the executive branch if there wasn't a tie, a quid pro quo, or a payoff in some way.

We don't trust or government.  

It matters little if it is a Democrat or Republican in charge when the oppression looms from on high.  The guy who loses his farm to the random decision making by an apparently unaccountable agency could care less about labels.  The dreams that are made nightmarish by what amounts to a "taking" are colorblind to Red & Blue, as political banners.

They all simply want to be left alone.  

The tyranny exhibited by recent actions of those who are a an extension of Rick Snyder's team is unacceptable.  Snyder has no business sitting idle while the families in Michigan are being attacked by his minions in such a way.

I leave you with this vision of recruitment for an administration that is out of control.