Plague of locusts greeting Bush arrival to the Yucatan

[IChing]

I'm not saying it is connected..............But.......oh hell why not?




Before Bush's visit, locusts plaguing state of Yucatan
By S. Lynne Walker
COPLEY NEWS SERVICE
March 10, 2007

TEMOZON, Mexico – Houses are getting a new coat of paint. Restrooms at the majestic pyramids of Uxmal are being refurbished. English-speaking waiters have arrived from Cancun to serve lunch at a restored sisal plantation.
Three days before President Bush meets with Mexican President Felipe Calderón in the tropical state of Yucatan, everything is under control.

Everything, that is, except a plague of locusts.

No one knows how many locusts are sweeping through Yucatan – millions, perhaps billions.
When a massive black cloud crosses the horizon, their numbers seem biblical in proportion.
Archaeologists say that plagues of locusts may have forced ancient Mayans to abandon Uxmal and other nearby cities.>>>snip

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20070310-9999-1n10locust.html




LUIS J. JIMENEZ / Copley News Service
Locusts clung to a branch in a forest in the Mexican state of Yucatan this week.
The crop-eating insects have sometimes blotted out the sun.

[Subdivisions]

1. Global Warming?

[mavoix]

12. Maybe that explains why

the descendants of Mayans in Guatemala (located in close proximity to the Yucatan peninsula) are taking the necessary steps to resanctify their lands after Bush's visit: they'll want to erase all evidence of the presence of pests.

[saltpoint]

2. Kinda gives things that End Times feel, don't it?

[notadmblnd]

20. god already did locusts.. it was in Exodus wasn't it

you think he's run out of ideas?

[saltpoint]

21. Locusts SELL. Fundies can't git enough of 'em.

At heart, God hates to let people down when he sends signs. And for an end-of-the-world gig, only locusts will do for the opener.

[Ian David]

3. Was he followed by an angry Rottweiler? n/t

[Straight Shooter]

9. If only she could. She's been pissed ever since December 2000.

[K8-EEE]

4. K&R!!

Perfect timing!

[1620rock]

7. Did they pour out of smoking holes like it says in Revelations?

[frogcycle]

26. smoking holes?

Is that like holes where people go to smoke, or is it holes that smoke?

Reminds me of the old joke about Q: "do you smoke after intercourse?" A; "just a minute, I'll check"

[tanyev]

5. After Bush's visit, watch out for four guys on really big horses.

[saltpoint]

10. Ok, but what would Adam, Pa, Hoss and Little Joe be doing in the Yucatan?

[saltpoint]

6. Are we sure he didn't just stumble onto the set of APOCALYPTO?

[tanyev]

13. Aw, now I'm gonna be singing that song.

Thanks a lot. :P




Oops, that was supposed to reply to #10. :blush:

[saltpoint]

14. You caught me humming it too, tanyev.

D d-d-D d-d-D d-d-D d-d D G B

D d-d-D d-d-D d-d-D D d-d-E F# G

[tinfoilinfor2005]

Cue the serpents. n/t

[Jamastiene]

8. I don't know what else they expect with the arrival of the

antichrist incarnate. I mean even if he is not, he is close enough. Maybe the insects are trying to tell them something. If they let this man presuade them to do anything he thinks is good, they will be doomed to failure and ridicule...like America now is.

[alittlelark]

11. Perhaps the 'rivers of blood' will flow when he arrives.

:shrug:

[stevedeshazer]

15. I almost peed my pants

This is a very funny thread.

I'm now rooting for the Revelations in the NCAA Tournament.

Don't they play in the Midwest bracket?

[KoKo]

16. Well....It's part of the "Seven Plagues." No wonder they hype panic over Bird Flu!

:eyes:

[AnnieBW]

17. Some jokes just write themselves...

What's next - frogs?

[PA Democrat]

19. Remember that big ugly boil Bush developed on his face during the Florida recount in 2000?

That must have been the first warning.

[Jackpine Radical]

18. Note the photo credit--Luis Jimenez.

That does not make the critters in the pic Jimenez Crickets.

(Jackpine go chastise self now.)

[tblue37]

22. His minions? (eom)

[otherlander]

23. Perfect.

Just perfect. :)

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

24. It's the Demon "Pazuzu" who appears with a swarm of locusts like in Exorcist II

Only the sacred pretzel can save us from Pazuzu.

[AshevilleGuy]

29. bush can probably swivel his head like Pazuzu,

they just don't let him do it in public - it might scare the Baptists...

[Neshanic]

25. Plagues of Aztec Republicans forced Mayans to abandon astronomy... was seen as "theory".

[saltpoint]

27. Can this plague of locusts thing be turned into something positive?

On every grocer's shelf in the land there's Hamburger Helper.

Why not Grasshopper Helper?

Clothe the naked. Feed the hungry. That sort of thing. Ship crateloads of the stuff to all corners of the globe.

Let us harness the bounty of the earth.

[EFerrari]

28. LOL

:rofl:

[I_Make_Mistakes]

30. This is rich, when I was in Cancun I was told, Cancun meant the

serpent pit (they have like 27 different kinds of snakes there!). This is true funny to be true, I don't think he is going to Cancun this visit, but it is the Yucatan Penn., and all!

[AnnieBW]

31. Apocalypto...

Well, didn't Mel film "Apocalypto" in that area?

I'm just sayin'...

[nadinbrzezinski]

32. Passover is in two weeks

I wonder....

On a more serious note... I have no recollection of Locusts in the Yucatan in my lifetime

[dpbrown]

33. Bush is the Anti-christ

Mabus = GWBush

[Canuckistanian]

34. It is Prophecy!!

Verily, it has been foretold.

The evil of the world that has been allowed is being avenged.

God shall smite each and every sinner.

Then, there'll be a reception at the Holiday Inn in Dayton, Ohio. 6:30 sharp.

Bring your first-born son.

[BeHereNow]

35. Clearly, the locusts want an end to the "Who's better at clearing brush" competition.

Show down time at the corral.
Bush, the brush master vs the locusts.
heh.
BHN