But will it work for Congress?

* The University of Minnesota was seeking more "specialists" to
work on its three-year, $390,000 program to set an "odor emissions
rating system" for regulating the state's 35,000 animal feedlots,
according to an August Minneapolis Star Tribune story.  Having
judges, or government officials, go sniff the feedlot apparently
would give insufficient due process of law; rather, a panel of
sniffers will develop objective standards on the types of odors and
their strength.  Already 35 people are employed and have begun
sniffing the nearly-200 chemical components of cow and pig
manure in order to categorize them for the formal state stench test. 

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At 7:51 PM -0700 11/18/97, TruthMonger wrote:
>* The University of Minnesota was seeking more "specialists" to
>work on its three-year, $390,000 program to set an "odor emissions
>rating system" for regulating the state's 35,000 animal feedlots,
>according to an August Minneapolis Star Tribune story.  Having
>judges, or government officials, go sniff the feedlot apparently
>would give insufficient due process of law; rather, a panel of
>sniffers will develop objective standards on the types of odors and
>their strength.  Already 35 people are employed and have begun
>sniffing the nearly-200 chemical components of cow and pig
>manure in order to categorize them for the formal state stench test.

 This is, pardon me, a minor issue compared to other "smellist"
legislation. Here in the People's Republic of Kalifornia, some areas have
been declared "fragrance free." It's a crime to enter these fragrance-free
zones with banned smells.

--Tim May

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In <v03102808b0980af7cf33@[207.167.93.63]>, on 11/18/97 
   at 08:21 PM, Tim May <tcmay@got.net> said:

>At 7:51 PM -0700 11/18/97, TruthMonger wrote:
>>* The University of Minnesota was seeking more "specialists" to
>>work on its three-year, $390,000 program to set an "odor emissions
>>rating system" for regulating the state's 35,000 animal feedlots,
>>according to an August Minneapolis Star Tribune story.  Having
>>judges, or government officials, go sniff the feedlot apparently
>>would give insufficient due process of law; rather, a panel of
>>sniffers will develop objective standards on the types of odors and
>>their strength.  Already 35 people are employed and have begun
>>sniffing the nearly-200 chemical components of cow and pig
>>manure in order to categorize them for the formal state stench test.

> This is, pardon me, a minor issue compared to other "smellist"
>legislation. Here in the People's Republic of Kalifornia, some areas have
>been declared "fragrance free." It's a crime to enter these
>fragrance-free zones with banned smells.

LOL!! I can just see the PSA's now: "Eat a Burrito Go to Jail"

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