Can you spot Karl Rove in this picture (weirdest picture ever)?

[DemoTex]

He's third from the left.

(From BartCop)

[lavenderdiva]

1. ewwwww!

he's got lots of friends...

[BlueJac]

2. Yes I see him!!

He is standing right next to George, Dick, Condi, and Donald...........:puke:

[KyndCulture]

3. LMAO!! nt

[Fridays Child]

4. WHY are they feeding him???

[rodeodance]

5. new game:-WHERE IS ROVE?

[On the Road]

8. Maybe It's a Sacrifice to an Idol

which isn't shown in the photo, and the rats are just being opportunists.

[AlienGirl]

17. It's for the rats. nt

[DemoTex]

6. I would love to know the true story behind this bizarre photo.

Then again, maybe I wouldn't.

[Generic Other]

7. There is a temple dedicated to rat god in India

I forget the story, but the rat is one of the incarnations of Vishnu. Something like that...

[TahitiNut]

12. Those are the REAL "pro-life" people.

:shrug:

[SteppingRazor]

13. Kinda true. It's not a "rat god" though...

More just the venerating of the rat itself as an aspecct of divinity.

[SteppingRazor]

9. It's in a certain area of India, where the rat is venerated...

So at this certain temple, the people leave milk for the rats. And, as with cattle in most of India, everyone avoids killing or hurting rats.

[AlienGirl]

16. Yes, and I've heard that the people there believe

that if you feed the temple rats, and are very good, you'll come back in your next life as one of the temple rats, to spend your remaining lives playing and enjoying the food left by villagers.

Interestingly, the denizens of this town were protected from the bubonic plague because when the epidemic came close, they moved into the temple with the rats. Their temple rats, who were not infected, kept the infected rats away.

Rats have been considered sacred or magic throughout much of the world, because of their ability to go almost anywhere and survive almost anything. The earliest stories in Europe of magical animals that entered a house in springtime to leave gifts involved a rat--not a rabbit; the "Easter bunny" had its origins as the Oester rat.

Rats are actually highly intelligent, social animals that really shouldn't be compared to Republicans.

Tucker

[WiseButAngrySara]

21. That's fascinating.What a different view of rats we have in this country.

It reminds me years ago, one of my first jobs after graduate school, I worked in a major University and the lab that I was working with wanted me to work on dogs to isolate a protein. I refused! (I'd actually cried, seeing all of the animals caged up in the basement, and longed to set them all free.) Then it was suggested that I work with rats, and I tried, but couldn't kill them either. It wasn't until everyone convinced me that by gassing them, they experienced euphoria prior to death, that I could even consider it. To view rats as highly intelligent, social animals is just not in our culture!

[AlienGirl]

25. If you can get your hands on this book:

Star Songs of an Old Primate read "The Psychologist Who Wouldn't Do Awful Things to Rats."

Once I had a pair of rats who lived together from the time they were little. Jared developed kidney failure when he was young and died. Kramer, his cagemate, huddled up in a corner for a week, not playing or even eating much. He'd be sleeping and I'd hear him making the sounds he used to call Jared over to play. It was very sad.

Tucker

[WiseButAngrySara]

27. Thanks so much! The book sounds so sweet...Recently, I was checking out

the Blogathon 2004 (people blog for 24 hours non-stop for their favorite charities that they want people to contribute to) and I read the blog of a young woman who was blogging for The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee. My sister lives there and spoke about it years ago when I'd mentioned a documentary about elephant's emotions; how they'd recognize each other after being separated for years, and weeping with joy when they'd meet up again! I'd forgotten about it until I happened upon this blog, and she had all sorts of links and info. Its a place where 'retired' elephants from circuses and zoos spend theiir last days. I don't have the links handy, but I'll try to post them later. To know that rats have similar emotions makes me weep...gosh we treat them so terribly!

[photuris]

10. Awwww

Look a little Ann Coulter running over to infect the children with her special pestilence.

[stevedeshazer]

11. Looks like a House Republican caucus.

The lobbyists are all up in the front.

[Cult]

14. What a bizzare picture...

n/m

[AlienGirl]

18. As bizarre as this?

[DemoTex]

19. She is cute!

At least at my resolution. Maybe it it is the old guy in me!

[AlienGirl]

20. The rat, or the girl? nt

[DemoTex]

23. The girl in your pic. Not the damn rats!

Glasses, short hair, infectious smile. Is that you? If not, she is my dream girl. Perfect! Know what I mean, Vern?

[AlienGirl]

26. LOL, that's me

The rat is Huntington (named after Alice Sheldon's husband). He died a few weeks ago. :-(

Tucker

[DemoTex]

15. Kick for the late evening sqeemish!

RATS!

[0007]

22. The whole crime cabal is there.......

[Roland99]

24. Is that what a Turd Blossom looks like?

[VOX]

28. Nice to see all the PNAC signatories dining together. n/t