If a plague of locusts were to descend on the US .......

[Stinky The Clown]

I would bet any damned thing they'd find defenders here on DU.

That non sequitor apros pos of nothing ......

[bluestateguy]

1. Oh come on. It's our foreign policy that obviously brought the attack on ourselves

:sarcasm:

[mike_c]

2. raises hand to defend the locusts....

I'm an entomologist. What can I say? :shrug:

See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_locust

*sigh*

[Stinky The Clown]

3. :snort:

:rofl:


Hiya mike! :hi:

[phantom power]

6. No shit. Like a latent phenotype?

[mike_c]

9. pretty interesting, huh?

The most destructive insect in the western U.S., once considered one of the primary barriers to settlement of the west, creator of the largest and densest swarms of animals ever seen by humans, suddenly and inexplicably extinct.

[phantom power]

11. It makes me want to do genetic comparisons from the surviving specimens.

Or, actually a biologist should do the comparisons. I'm not allowed within 100 yards of most lab equipment, owing to certain restraining orders.

[damntexdem]

18. Hey, don't bug us with that!

We all know where an exterminator is -- at least until he's convicted, or at least kicked off Dancing With the Stars.

;-)

[mike_c]

19. bring. it. on.

I'll bet I can dance better than him, too! :rofl:

[Romulox]

4. It could be good for the environment. nt

[Speck Tater]

5. Locusts are GREEN. Green is good, right? nt

[Billy Burnett]

7. If a plague of locusts were to descend on the US which nation should the US attack?

Syria? Iran?

[Tesha]

12. It's the fault of our acceptance of "teh Gay"

Man, the locusts have just been Hell here in New England of late!

Tesha

P.S.: I don't really need a sarcasm smiley, do I?

[shadowknows69]

16. Kansas?

[autorank]

8. Expecially if the locusts engaged in ...

nah, I'm not going there.

[tridim]

10. Didn't that already happen on 9/12?

[ddeclue]

13. Well... locusts are better than Republicans IMHO...

:P

[madrchsod]

14. the unrecommenders are out today.....

oh yes.....

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

15. They'd be unemployed with no health care. But, the politicians would tell them to be patient.

[damntexdem]

17. So why do you have to denigrate locusts?

There you go: using loaded words like "plague"! Why not ask what would happen were a BLESSING of locusts were to descend on the U.S.? ;-)