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Bedbugs Hitching Rides On Detroit Buses, Say Drivers
FoxNews ^ | June 29, 2012 | FoxNews.com

Posted on 06/30/2012 5:22:28 AM PDT by Son House

Edited on 06/30/2012 5:27:34 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Detroit's bus drivers has reportedly asked local lawmakers to put pressure on the transit agency to help stop the spread of bedbugs on buses.

The Detroit News reports that roughly 50 Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) drivers have said they've seen bedbugs on buses, and some have been bitten within the past year, according to Henry Gaffney, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 26.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bedbugs; buses; detroit; drivers
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And I thought this only happened in Europe...
1 posted on 06/30/2012 5:22:32 AM PDT by Son House
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To: Springman; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; madison10; ...
I choose to live in a virtual quarantine for a reason.

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2 posted on 06/30/2012 5:25:49 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: cripplecreek

America- the latest third world sewer!


3 posted on 06/30/2012 5:28:51 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: Son House

Remember that scene from The Shawshank Redemption flick where the guards delouse Andy Defrane? Well, that’s what they need to due to all of the bus patrons before they get on the Detroit Buses.


4 posted on 06/30/2012 5:30:55 AM PDT by zbogwan2
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To: Son House

Not a big surprise after my recent visit there while crewing for the Indy Car / Grand Am races the first week of June. Everything looked OK on Jefferson Ave between the Marriot (GM) and Belle Island, but get one street off and Yikes!


5 posted on 06/30/2012 5:31:10 AM PDT by mazda77 (and I am a Native Texan)
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To: Son House

The White House DNC CZAR-for-Fomites-and-Parasites
is doing his job well.

Rumor is that AG Holder and the DOJ eagerly
want to arm them with FleshEatingDisease-AutomaticWeapons.


6 posted on 06/30/2012 5:33:33 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
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To: Son House

Even the bed bugs are trying to get out of Detroit.


7 posted on 06/30/2012 5:41:08 AM PDT by layman (Card Carrying Infidel)
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To: layman

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!


8 posted on 06/30/2012 5:43:31 AM PDT by mazda77 (and I am a Native Texan)
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To: zbogwan2

Detroit busses, Chicago busses, Philly busses, St Louis busses.......


9 posted on 06/30/2012 5:43:54 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: cripplecreek
Detroit busses, Chicago busses, Philly busses, St Louis busses.......

Subways, taxis, airplanes. Anyplace where filthy subhumans might park their arse.

10 posted on 06/30/2012 5:53:42 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

A friend of mine who lives in town found bedbugs in his house and he’s a regular old clean freak. He took all his washables to a laundromat in another town.

Yeas ago I worked with a guy who moved, sold, or scrapped old mobile homes. The ones he sold went to an empty field he owned for fumigation before going to his sales lot next to his house.


11 posted on 06/30/2012 6:05:17 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: Son House

I wasn’t aware that parasites could exist on other parasites...


12 posted on 06/30/2012 6:09:26 AM PDT by Common Sense 101 (Hey libs... If your theories fly in the face of reality, it's not reality that's wrong.)
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To: Son House

Leave the buses locked up for a day in this heat. End of problem.


13 posted on 06/30/2012 6:09:44 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: vetvetdoug

Diatomaceous earth (Shell flour). You don’t want to inhale it due to the silicosis danger but its completely non toxic and appears to work well.


14 posted on 06/30/2012 6:13:21 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: cripplecreek

Maybe federal money should go for cattle shutes which would have each mass transit passenger dip before entering at each bus stop. That would resolve the bedbug problem and the not-showering problem often seen on mass transit.


15 posted on 06/30/2012 6:22:43 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: cripplecreek

Maybe federal money should go for cattle chutes which would have each mass transit passenger dip before entering at each bus stop. That would resolve the bedbug problem and the not-showering problem often seen on mass transit.


16 posted on 06/30/2012 6:22:51 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: hal ogen

My mass transit motto.

Mass Transit - Because nobody wants to die alone.


17 posted on 06/30/2012 6:24:25 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: hal ogen

Yeah, they could put drains on the floors of the buses.


18 posted on 06/30/2012 6:24:40 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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To: Son House

IIRC, the bedbugs are from south of the Border.


19 posted on 06/30/2012 6:25:25 AM PDT by popdonnelly (The first priority is get Obama out of the White House.)
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To: popdonnelly

Yup. People ride a city bus to a greyhound terminal and on to the next town. Its how they’ve spread all across the country.


20 posted on 06/30/2012 6:30:30 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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