Comments on: Sen. Bennett Lashes Out At Sen. McCain: ‘We Ought To’ Infest Arizona With ‘Mormon Crickets’ http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:48:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: joe cantwell http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/comment-page-2/#comment-5567788 joe cantwell Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:11:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/#comment-5567788 * mole troll alert! ** *

mole troll alert!

**

]]> By: ChaiKat http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/comment-page-2/#comment-5544765 ChaiKat Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:59:35 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/#comment-5544765 Some "earmarks" are very necessary. McCain and most of his friends are just to dense to realize that. Some “earmarks” are very necessary. McCain and most of his friends are just to dense to realize that.

]]> By: jay http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/comment-page-2/#comment-5544208 jay Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:42:47 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/#comment-5544208 <em>blood1 Says: McCain continues to try and be relevant, but so far few, if any, are listening. What is more amusing…he TWEETS…as he couldn’t use email before last year…and claimed to be unable to type (remember the war wounds), he has really progressed…as long as it is less than 140 characters! too funny!</em> So it's funny that a VET has war wounds. Right? blood1 Says:

McCain continues to try and be relevant, but so far few, if any, are listening.

What is more amusing…he TWEETS…as he couldn’t use email before last year…and claimed to be unable to type (remember the war wounds), he has really progressed…as long as it is less than 140 characters! too funny!

So it’s funny that a VET has war wounds. Right?

]]> By: seslisohbet http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/comment-page-2/#comment-5543507 seslisohbet Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:08:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/#comment-5543507 saf-dece sghs aggATGH <a href="http://www.canlarseslichat.com" title="SesLi Chat sesli sohbet " rel="nofollow">SesLi Chat</a>- -<a href="http://www.canlarseslichat.com" title="SesLi Chat sesli sohbet sesli " rel="nofollow">SesLi sohbet</a>--<a href="http://www.seslikameralisohbet.net" title="kamerali sohbet sohbet siteleri" rel="nofollow">Kamerali sohbet</a>- saf-dece sghs aggATGH SesLi Chat-
-SesLi sohbet–Kamerali sohbet-

]]> By: blood1 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/comment-page-2/#comment-5542419 blood1 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:17:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/#comment-5542419 McCain continues to try and be relevant, but so far few, if any, are listening. What is more amusing...he TWEETS...as he couldn't use email before last year...and claimed to be unable to type (remember the war wounds), he has really progressed...as long as it is less than 140 characters! too funny! McCain continues to try and be relevant, but so far few, if any, are listening.

What is more amusing…he TWEETS…as he couldn’t use email before last year…and claimed to be unable to type (remember the war wounds), he has really progressed…as long as it is less than 140 characters! too funny!

]]> By: jkfields http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/comment-page-2/#comment-5541929 jkfields Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:02:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/#comment-5541929 #30 Great laugh, Cappy. Much Thanks! #30 Great laugh, Cappy. Much Thanks!

]]> By: TexMex http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/comment-page-1/#comment-5541861 TexMex Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:37:16 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/#comment-5541861 Thank you pterophylla The writer of this article messed up when he/she called the Mormon cricket a type of cicada. Wrong!!!! it is a type of katydid which is related to grasshoppers and crickets. NOT cicadas. I guess the bug folks sleep in more than other folks. Thank you pterophylla
The writer of this article messed up when he/she called the Mormon cricket a type of cicada. Wrong!!!!
it is a type of katydid which is related to grasshoppers and crickets. NOT cicadas.
I guess the bug folks sleep in more than other folks.

]]> By: pterophylla http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/comment-page-1/#comment-5541834 pterophylla Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:58:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/#comment-5541834 "Mormon crickets" (Orthoptera) have nothing to do with cicadas (Hemiptera). “Mormon crickets” (Orthoptera) have nothing to do with cicadas (Hemiptera).

]]> By: seraya http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/comment-page-1/#comment-5541427 seraya Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:31:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/#comment-5541427 THAT VICIOUS UGLY LIAR MEGYN KELLY SHE IS SO VINDICTIVE HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A DIRTY UGLY WOMAN LOOK AT THE BEAUTIFUL CALM CNN AND OTHER CHANNELS WOMEN SO CALM AND WE VIEWERS ARE SO RELAXED THIS UGLY WOMAN KELLY IS DESTROYING THE GOP SACK HER MAKE HER JOIN THE POOR JOBLESS PEOPLE OF BEAUTIFUL AMERICA THAT VICIOUS UGLY LIAR MEGYN KELLY SHE IS SO VINDICTIVE HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A DIRTY UGLY WOMAN LOOK AT THE BEAUTIFUL CALM CNN AND OTHER CHANNELS WOMEN SO CALM AND WE VIEWERS ARE SO RELAXED THIS UGLY WOMAN KELLY IS DESTROYING THE GOP SACK HER MAKE HER JOIN THE POOR JOBLESS PEOPLE OF BEAUTIFUL AMERICA

]]> By: AlphaLiberal http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/comment-page-1/#comment-5541370 AlphaLiberal Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:50:42 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/#comment-5541370 Megyn Kelly was, apparently, reared to be rude. She's abrasive and has no patience for explanations that don't hew to her warped world view. Megyn Kelly was, apparently, reared to be rude. She’s abrasive and has no patience for explanations that don’t hew to her warped world view.

]]> By: Cal Malenky http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/comment-page-1/#comment-5541363 Cal Malenky Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:46:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/#comment-5541363 Yeah, and fruit fly research. Who needs that? says Sarah Palin Remember the Medfly crisis? Mediterranean fruit flies decimated fruit crops and forced a quarantine for years Where have the bees gone?. Fruit flies are also very useful in genetic research. Bug-brained Republicans have no use for science. Yeah, and fruit fly research. Who needs that? says Sarah Palin
Remember the Medfly crisis? Mediterranean fruit flies decimated fruit crops and forced a quarantine for years
Where have the bees gone?.
Fruit flies are also very useful in genetic research.
Bug-brained Republicans have no use for science.

]]> By: JRULF http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/comment-page-1/#comment-5541348 JRULF Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:38:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/#comment-5541348 brown acid: I did at one time know my insects well, especially taxonomy. But now I'm a grad student in Latin American literature! Not sure how that happened... It's neat, though, encountering some of my entomological past in Spanish words such as "escarabajo," which is the normal word for "beetle." In any case, good luck on your exam! ¡Suerte! brown acid: I did at one time know my insects well, especially taxonomy. But now I’m a grad student in Latin American literature! Not sure how that happened… It’s neat, though, encountering some of my entomological past in Spanish words such as “escarabajo,” which is the normal word for “beetle.” In any case, good luck on your exam! ¡Suerte!

]]> By: the brown acid http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/comment-page-1/#comment-5541266 the brown acid Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:25:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/#comment-5541266 A professor who wants you to know 55 different families of Hemipterans and the defining features of each. A professor who wants you to know 55 different families of Hemipterans and the defining features of each.

]]> By: dbadass http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/comment-page-1/#comment-5541231 dbadass Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:10:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/#comment-5541231 Who gives an exam on only the hemiptera? Who gives an exam on only the hemiptera?

]]> By: majii http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/comment-page-1/#comment-5541210 majii Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/#comment-5541210 Question: Why doesn't McCain read each of the earmarks before posting them on twitter? Answer: It's too much trouble;bloviating is much more rewarding than knowing what you are b!t@h!ng about. Question: Why doesn’t McCain read each of the earmarks before posting them on twitter?

Answer: It’s too much trouble;bloviating is much more rewarding than knowing what you are b!t@h!ng about.

]]> By: the brown acid http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/comment-page-1/#comment-5541209 the brown acid Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/#comment-5541209 <em>JRULF Says: </em> Dude I have an entomology exam coming. How well do you know your bugs? JRULF Says:

Dude I have an entomology exam coming. How well do you know your bugs?

]]> By: the brown acid http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/comment-page-1/#comment-5541206 the brown acid Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:58:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/#comment-5541206 <em>Chocolate Jesus Says: one really big insect related thing thats flying under most peoples radars is the dwindling number of honeybee colonies…bees play a vital part in our ecomsystem, they are responsible for helping to polinate many plants we depend on, and they are for some reason mysteriously dying out.. google: “plight of the bees” or something like that to find out more..</em> I took the liberty of repeating this because as an environmental science this issue is very close to my heart. The estimated cost of the services bees render to us (for a small stipend of pollen) is about 50 Billion USD Chocolate Jesus Says:

one really big insect related thing thats flying under most peoples radars is the dwindling number of honeybee colonies…bees play a vital part in our ecomsystem, they are responsible for helping to polinate many plants we depend on, and they are for some reason mysteriously dying out..

google: “plight of the bees” or something like that to find out more..

I took the liberty of repeating this because as an environmental science this issue is very close to my heart. The estimated cost of the services bees render to us (for a small stipend of pollen) is about 50 Billion USD

]]> By: JRULF http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/comment-page-1/#comment-5541193 JRULF Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:53:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/#comment-5541193 According to Wikipedia, the mormon cricket is a <strong>katydid</strong>, not a cicada. Order Orthoptera: katydids, grasshoppers, crickets... Order Hemiptera: cicadas, aphids, "true bugs," leafhoppers... According to Wikipedia, the mormon cricket is a katydid, not a cicada. Order Orthoptera: katydids, grasshoppers, crickets… Order Hemiptera: cicadas, aphids, “true bugs,” leafhoppers…

]]> By: pastcaring http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/comment-page-1/#comment-5540914 pastcaring Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:39:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/#comment-5540914 “So do not deceive your listeners and your viewers.” ________ Riiiight. “So do not deceive your listeners and your viewers.”

________

Riiiight.

]]> By: Trittydi http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/comment-page-1/#comment-5540585 Trittydi Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:19:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/bennett-mccain-crickets/#comment-5540585 Re-Thuglics resist all critical thinking. They look at a label and react without bothering to try to understand it. Like Jindal with Volcano monitoring. The lack of critical thinking is characteristic of these clowns - and it's part of why they simply can't govern. They don't take time to understand the problems - they simply make decisions based on what they think - not what is real. * Re-Thuglics resist all critical thinking. They look at a label and react without bothering to try to understand it. Like Jindal with Volcano monitoring. The lack of critical thinking is characteristic of these clowns – and it’s part of why they simply can’t govern. They don’t take time to understand the problems – they simply make decisions based on what they think – not what is real.
*

]]>