Ants.

Self | January 14, 2003 | Luis Gonzalez

[Luis Gonzalez]

[Luis Gonzalez]

It seemed like a good time to post this.

[Cicero]

Good analogy.

Some years back I had to buy a bunch of tightly sealing containers to put all our cereal, pasta, and similar things in, because we had a plague of pantry moths. Ants, too.

Cut off their supplies and they'll go somewhere else.

[IncPen]

Actually, if you have ants, you just mix equal parts of flour, sugar and borax and set it out in bottle caps when you see them.

Works every time...

[Centurion2000]

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[Bahbah]

It is a great time to post it, and you are so right.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Sounds good to me!

And BTW, if you are really trying to rid your place of ants (and not just using that example as a really clever ploy to get us to read your editorial) look for a damp place where they can hide their nests.

My mother was plagued by ants for years. Nothing helped. Last Christmas when we were out in California doing repairs on her house my husband found the mother of all ant nests under a matt of rotting leaves and other tree vegetation collected on her cedar shake shingles. Removed the shingles, removed the nests, no futher problem with ants. Who would have thought to look for them on the roof????

[Taxman]

AbsoFReepinglutely, Luis.

[CJ Wolf]

yep, and terro works pretty good too. (with borax)

[Luis Gonzalez]

PING!

[Ben Ficklin]

If you really have a problem with ants, get that stuff sold at Walgreens. Don't recall the name but it is a viscous fluid that you leave out as bait.

[Howlin]

Ants? Hmmm.......I need some help with carpeter bees!

I liked your ideas. As usual.

[Lurker]

Nice post.

The only thing I disagree with is making exceptions. If you're here illegally, you should be deported.

I don't care if you put down roots or not. Breaking the law should not be rewarded.

Regards,

L

[Godel]

You raise some excellent points. Liberals constantly point out how hard it is to patrol the whole border but imho they miss the point. If we took away the incentive to be here illegally, and were vigilant in deporting illegals whenever they were caught, you would see a massive drop. The problem right now is they know once they've crossed the border they're home free.

[hoosierskypilot]

What about killer bees? (These come in from Mexico.)

[MHGinTN]

I love the essay, Luis! Your writing is getting so darn good, you'll be found in magazines before long, and then we'll be the little people you used to write for. LOL ... More power to you, my friend.

One note to add to the 'right on' essay: it is time to bring our employed military folks home to patrol the borders using their techno skills. Will it stop the ants from coming in? No, but it will slow them down, and it will get our people out of the nations we're paying to insult US, like South Korea, Germany, and ... oh never mind, no one listens to a non-political kook like me, anyway. You, on the other hand, they need to listen to, Luis!

[Rain-maker]

Surrender humans, resistance is futile!

[hchutch]

We would cut out all of the welfare sponges with Luis Gonzalez's approach.

The violent criminals (gang members, etc.) can be dealt with by a variation of Project Exile.

The terrorists are best dealt with by having a strong intelligence community, a sharpened Special Operations Command, and the will to wipe out the terrorists in their foreign training camps before they can get to our shores, and then to collect intelligence so the FBI can deal with the ones we find here.

That will deal with most of the problem. But some folks won't be happy with anything less than 100%.

[amused]

Kent Brockman: "Ladies and gentlemen, er, we've just lost the picture, but, uh, what we've seen speaks for itself. The Corvair spacecraft has been taken over -- "conquered", if you will -- by a master race of giant space ants. It's difficult to tell from this vantage point whether they will consume the captive earth men or merely enslave them. One thing is for certain, there is no stopping them; the ants will soon be here."

"And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a trusted TV personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves."