Season 8, Episode 29
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The Southern Oracle
Joe Ferret has finally made it to the Southern Oracle after a long journey seeking wisdom.
Surely this ancient source of knowledge can tell him how to legalize ferrets in California.
Instead...
Caption: Progress.
If you have never seen The NeverEnding Story, don't worry. You have not missed the joke.
The humor is not really about the movie. It is about bureaucracy.
Joe has spent months trying to get answers. Every door leads to another door. Every office points him to another office. Every person says someone else is responsible.
Eventually, even the all-knowing oracle tells him:
Sometimes satire does not require exaggeration.
Independence Day
Tomorrow America celebrates its 250th birthday.
Two hundred fifty years ago, our founders believed something extraordinary:
That principle matters just as much today as it did in 1776.
Our case is not simply about ferrets. It asks a larger question:
If the answer is yes, then the right to petition government becomes little more than an illusion.
A Note from Italy
This week I received an email from our friend Dr. Gandolfi in Italy that really made me stop and think.
He asked whether, because the impact of this coming ruling could be so broad, larger organizations or businesses might recognize how significant it would be if state government can simply sideline any petition.
He even raised the possibility that, someday, others might see enough importance in the issue to support the case through an amicus curiae brief.
That observation gets to the heart of why this case matters.
Today it is a petition to legalize ferrets.
Tomorrow it could be a petition involving agriculture, technology, wildlife, small business, or any citizen trying to persuade a state agency to follow California law.
If agencies can simply accept petitions and then quietly set them aside forever, every Californian should pay attention.
So yes, we are hoping to be noticed.
Sometimes a case starts with one small issue and ends up protecting everyone's rights.
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