Bug zappers and Iraq

LJ — 10/25/2004 7:52:43 PM (archived)

Gary used a bug zapper analogy below, and I thought this information about them was interestign enough to bring to the top here.

"They are a total waste of money. Bug zappers will not control mosquitoes or other biting insects such as horseflies, dogflies or deerflies," said Jonathan Day, associate professor of entomology with the UF's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.

"They simply do not work as advertised. In fact, bug zappers actually make things worse by attracting more mosquitoes into your yard, and they end up killing thousands of beneficial insects that don't bother people."

U of Florida

Now doesn't that sound frighteningly familiar?

I don't understand how anyone can deny that the whole Iraq mess has greatly increased the number and inflammation level of terrorists, and that the "collateral damage" (a horrible newspeak term IMO) is killing thousands of innocent people, not to mention the damage to international relations, the environment, and historical treasures.

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Bug zappers and Iraq - LJ - 10/25/2004 7:52:43 PM
- Our lack of a post war Iraq policy is not attracting terrorists, it is creating them (n/t) - E.P. Grondine - 10/25/2004 11:48:20 PM
  - Attracting AND breeding (n/t) - LJ - 10/26/2004 12:08:42 AM
    - Still no evidence of the "breeding." Did somebody poll al Qaeda members? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/26/2004 1:52:08 AM
      - OK, Tom - try this one - LJ - 10/26/2004 5:24:59 AM
        
        re: try this one - Tom Brosz - 10/26/2004 6:03:28 AM
        
        re: try this one - Chris Vancil - 10/26/2004 7:50:55 AM
      - Didn't have to - as usual, bin Laden issued a press release - E.P. Grondine - 10/26/2004 3:01:46 AM
        
        And just for the record... - Tom Brosz - 10/26/2004 4:23:22 AM
        
        not that one - E.P. Grondine - 10/26/2004 2:16:14 PM
        
        I don't get your point. - Tom Brosz - 10/26/2004 3:37:16 PM
        
        "You break it, You buy it." - E.P. Grondine - 10/27/2004 2:48:35 PM
        
        And what were these "sacred warriors" doing before? - Tom Brosz - 10/26/2004 4:19:37 AM
        
        holed up on the afghanistan-pakistan border - E.P. Grondine - 10/26/2004 2:19:20 PM
- The analogy really doesn't hold up very well. - Tom Brosz - 10/25/2004 8:45:52 PM
  - It holds up VERY well. It's accuracy is what makes it objectionable to the right. - Bowser - 10/26/2004 12:13:11 AM
  - re: The analogy really doesn't hold up very well. - LJ - 10/25/2004 9:04:20 PM
    - I have as much evidence against it as you have for it. - Tom Brosz - 10/25/2004 9:20:14 PM
      - re: I have as much evidence against it as you have for it. - LJ - 10/25/2004 11:03:03 PM
- re: Bug zappers - et - 10/25/2004 8:37:53 PM
- Iraqi Camel Spiders - Eric - 10/25/2004 8:33:33 PM
- Since we're on this tangent - Gary - 10/25/2004 8:04:40 PM
  - An alternative - LJ - 10/25/2004 8:47:27 PM
    - re: An alternative - Tom Brosz - 10/25/2004 9:09:36 PM
  - Here's where you can get one - Gary - 10/25/2004 8:09:23 PM
- LOL good job!!! (n/t) - R.L. - 10/25/2004 7:57:41 PM

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