[Oshkalaboomboom]

What have Fire ants got to do with anything? Well if you delve a bit deeper into the article you will see 2 telling quotes:

Early efforts to eradicate fire ants --- using World War II bombers to drop pesticide-laced bait --- killed more wildlife than ants. The fire ant eradication effort, derided by some as "the Vietnam of entomology," earned its place among many other misguided attempts to mess with Mother Nature in Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring."

As if man's meddling wasn't enough our assault on the planet is making things even worse:

Gradually, fire ants are settling into their niche in nature's scheme of things. Cold temperatures have blocked, at least for now, the northward expansion of the ants. Global warming, of course, could help extend their range further.

Once again nature triumphs over the evil human race. If we're bothered by fire ants we have noone but ourselves (and the ignoring of the Kyoto Protocols) to blame.

[texas_mrs]

ignoring of the Kyoto Protocols, eh? I smell ozone

[ARealMothersSonForever]

NB4ZOT!

[MikefromOhio]

Once again nature triumphs over the evil human race. If we're bothered by fire ants we have noone but ourselves (and the ignoring of the Kyoto Protocols) to blame.

And after I type this I am going to go pollute in my horribly ineffcient car and get fast food, just to piss libs like you off.

[groanup]

Your ant just got fired.

[small voice in the wilderness]

..you must've broke down somewhere along the internet and decided to wander in here.. Town seems quiet, doesn't it??..too quiet..better get that Prius running and fast, mister. Consider yourself warned..

[MikefromOhio]

cheese

moose

sister

log in

moron

liberal

kaboom!!!

[Former Fetus]

what they don't realize is that the ants are usually there even when you don't see them. I get reminded of that every time I bend over to pull up a weed in my yard and get stung

My "favorite" is when I pick a peach from a peach tree and dozens of fire ants start coming out of the peach! Last year they almost killed one of my peach trees.

I have posted this in FR before but it never hurts to remind people: if a fire ant bites you, use a roll-on deodorant that contains baking soda in it (such as Arm and Hammer). I've been using it for years now and, if used promptly, you won't have those annoying blisters the following day. My son is allergic to fire ants and I used to carry an epinephrine pen with me... now all I use is the deodorant and it works!

[BruceysMom]

IB4TZ!!!!!

[BruceysMom]

(and the ignoring of the Kyoto Protocols)Are YOU the eco whacko you are warning us about?

[PeteB570]

None of those little buggers set up shop around my yard for long. Lights out with a good overdose of pesticide.

I see a dirt patch coming up out of my neighbor's yards and I'll sneak over and get that one also.

[facedown]

...Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring."

An unparalleled bit of dishonesty directly responsible for the deaths of millions of people.

[NonValueAdded]

I swear there is a solid layer of fire ants a foot thick under Florida. They also live in trees, in the walls of your house; they are everywhere. They are voracious eaters and can reduce a small dead animal (mole or snake) to a skeleton in less than a day. If the turkey vulture doesn't handle the clean-up, the fire ant will. All the chemicals seem to do is to move them from one location to another. I don't see how Florida livestock can co-exist in untreated fields. If the author thinks that we can somehow co-exist with these predators, s/he's crazy.

[mewzilla]

We've got the big black ones. Ant motels take care of those just fine. Why not use them for fire ants. The red ones turn up their mandibles at them or something?

[Bommer]

. If we're bothered by fire ants we have noone but ourselves (and the ignoring of the Kyoto Protocols) to blame.

I'm bothered more by enviormental Nazi's then Fireants, because I can get away with killing fireants.....by the millions!!

[DustyMoment]

IB4TZ!!!!

[marko525]

I live in south Florida and we had a serious fire ant problem years ago but we used commercially available fire ant poison for a couple of years and have not seen one in maybe 10 years. Those suckers are mean but not immortal, kind of like terrorist. Just keep killing them and eventually they go away. Better living through chemistry (and 500 lb bombs).

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Hate fire ants. I used to pour boiling water on ant hills. Sometimes it works, some times it just chases them to the neighbor's yard. I got where I gardened barefoot because I could wash the bites immediately, but if I were wearing shoes, I'd have to take the shoes off and I'd get a blister.


Here NO had so much flooding with salty water that the fireants, though, died.

[processing please hold]

If we're bothered by fire ants we have noone but ourselves (and the ignoring of the Kyoto Protocols) to blame.

KYOTO PROTOCOLS?

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Good one!!!

[cardinal4]

The Kyoto protocols are as valid as the Protocols of the Elders of Zion..

[stands2reason]

Why do you insist on breathing, evil human?