[newsperson999]

Fols trhis is spreading like mad..lst week we only had 22 cases confirmed here in IL

[Hodar]

Boy ... here's my chance to get on my soapbox, about my favorite misunderstood mammal. Yes folks, the maligned 'bat'. The flying death from above (from a bug's point of view). They need homes, and homes are easy to build, and will be used. Here in Austin, we have the Colorado River running through the middle of town, tons of bug breeding ponds ... and ~2 Million Mexican Free-tail bats that fly out from under the Congress Street Bridge each and every night. Each bat eats roughly 2x it's body weight in misquitos. It's rare to get bitten by a skeeter. Check out http://www.batcon.org The site is free, the knowlege is interesting, and knowing that that bug that bit you, will be dinner in a few short hours actually DOES make the bite itch less. Bats can reduce the occurance of the West Nile Virus, by killing the bugs.

[Brian Allen]

We had best rename this one: Rachel Carson Disease.

For that obscene scumbag fraud is without a doubt the single most important factor in the spread of this and every other of the world's mosquito-bourne diseases -- and the billion or so unecessary deaths that have occurred world-wide since she silenced the wonderful Spring sound -- and smell -- of the world's agricultural airplanes applying DDT to the world's swamps!

[backhoe]

West Nile Virus- Bring Back DDT?

100 things you should know about DDT

And in the FWIW department, G. Gordon Liddy was discussing the possible revival of DDT today with a spokeswoman from ( not positive ) Heritage.

[Post Toasties]

We should stop playing sacrificing human lives in the name of bogus environmentalism, drain the urban wetlands and start spraying DDT.