When will it start raining frogs?

[bigbrother05]

When will Pharaoh * drown in the Red Sea (sea of red ink, anyway)?

We already have wars, famine, pestilence (pandemics), floods, and natural disasters. Bill Bennett wants your first born, if you bear the 'mark of Cain'. Who will lead us from slavery?

Has it finally come to pass that the only way to wrap your head around the situation is to describe it as a series of biblical plagues? Are we on the threshold of Apocalypse?

The Theopublicans await their rapture and we try to parse whether Hillery is too tied to the DLC or Clark lacks political finesse. Only hope we can raise our sights enough to see down the road to save ourselves before they flame out and take us all with them.

[Spinzonner]

1. Toadday

[Neil Lisst]

2. It was the Best of times, it was the worst of times

It was the Best of times, it was the worst of times.

And by that, I mean the Clinton years were the best of times and the Bush years are the worst of times.

How are we losing to these guys?!!

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my progressive political cartoon
http://www.webcomicsnation.com/neillisst

[Deja Q]

4. greed over longevity.

Think of the children.

[orpupilofnature57]

3. Al Gore, the frogs have been rained, and we're in the middle.

[leveymg]

5. We've almost wiped out the frog population - would have to rain tires

or PCBs.

The Apocalypse has come and gone already. This is what follows. Demons and dunces in charge, and all that stuff.
:evilgrin: B-) B-) B-) B-) B-) :patriot: :dunce: :+ :patriot: B-) B-) B-) B-) B-) O8)

[Tace]

6. Anyone Want Some Manna?

: )

[LiberalEsto]

7. I dunno, but the locusts are already in DC

occupying the House, the Senate, the Supreme Court, the White House and all the big lobbying firms ... and they're chewing up our tax dollars and swallowing them faster than we can send them more.


Where's a huge can of Raid when you really need one?

[leveymg]

11. Locusts are good eating. Don't waste valuable protein!

Dr. Frog's Recipe Page
http://www.frogsonice.com/froggy/recipes.shtml
By popular demand, here are some frog-approved bug recipes!


Parcht Locusts
This dish was discovered by William Dampier in 1687, while visiting the Bashee Islands (located between the Philippines and Taiwan). He described it in A New Voyage Round the World:

They had another Dish made of a sort of Locusts, whose Bodies were about an Inch and an half long, and as thick as the top of one's little Finger; with large thin Wings, and long and small Legs. ... The Natives would go out with small Nets, and take a Quart at one sweep. When they had enough, they would carry them home, and parch them over the Fire in an earthen Pan; and then their Wings and Legs would fall off, and their Heads and Backs would turn red like boil'd Shrimps, being before brownish. Their Bodies being full, would eat very moist, their Heads would crackle in one's Teeth. I did once eat of this Dish, and liked it well enough....

That part about the crispy heads sounds particularly appetizing, doesn't it?

Locust Stew
Here's another locust recipe, this one developed by American pioneers. It's quoted from Calvin W. Schwabe's Unmentionable Cuisine (University Press of Virginia, 1979).

Locusts and grasshoppers are prepared for cooking by removing the wings, the small legs, and the distal portion of the hind legs. Then pull off the head, withdrawing any attached viscera.
Boil prepared Rocky Mountain locusts in salted water. Add assorted cut-up vegetables, butter, salt, and vinegar to the broth and cook until the vegetables are tender. Serve as a thick soup or over boiled rice as a main dish.


Apparently, modern gourmands have lost the taste for crunchy locust heads.

Bee Grubs in Coconut Cream (Mang Non Won)
This is a Thai recipe, also from Unmentionable Cuisine.

Marinate bee grubs, sliced onions, and citrus leaves in coconut cream containing some pepper. Wrap in pieces of linen and steam. Serve as a topping for rice.

[LiberalEsto]

12. There are plenty of rethug locusts who should be parched

over a hot fire in an earthen pan. Particularly Bush Locusts.

[leveymg]

13. Fine, but I don't eat junk food.

I think that line's out of "Ice Age". :9

[B3Nut]

8. That would be a ribbiting experience

Many would croak.

(sorry) :D

Todd in Beerbratistan :beer:

[wurzel]

9. We certainly have no shortage of toads.

[SpiralHawk]

10. When the Woodbine Twineth (per Scooter)

Where the bee sucks
There suck I.