Lou wrote: >> So if importation of Burmese pythons had been prohibited years ago, one of the most unusual and endangered ecosystems in the US would have been much better off. There's certainly a good argument to ban them from Florida and Louisiana. Banning them from Alaska doesn't do much to protect the Everglades, though. Nor does banning albino ones that can't survive anywhere in the wild. Washington often carries a very blunt bat and swings it very hard. Mike San Jose, CA