[OneVike]

This should be a good lesson for those in Haiti also. They had very little to begin with, and now they have even less. By the time the world is finished helping them, they will have had billions of dollars pumped into their country. Now if they can learn to stand up, dust themselves off, and throw out their leaders they may be able to imprive their lives. They have only up they can go.

Unfortunately, I really do not see that happening. When the world goes away and they are left to themselves again, the same thugs will be in control. These thugs will now have billions of dollars to enrich their own lives, while the people will continue to live in absolute poverty.

For those looking to blame God for the earthquake due to the Haitians evil practice of Voodoo, I suggest looking at what God agreed to with Abraham over Sodom and Gomorra. If He found ten righteous He would not have destroyed the two cities. He did not and history shows us what happened. However, I know for a fact that there are thousands of good Christians in haiti, so No God did not punish them for their evil. Otherwise San Francisco would have been destroyed long ago.

No, the only thing the people of Haiti suffer from, besides their current travails is evil leadership. hat and evil meddling by men like Bill Clinton, Carter, Powell and other liberals who want socialist leaders in control of the world. is their own ignorance and inability to

[Westbrook]

> Makes you think about the way the capitalist spirit has
> allowed America to become the most prosperous and
> successful society the world has ever seen.

Ants are collectivists, NOT capitalists.

The individual is expendible to the ant collective.

[9YearLurker]

I think this was a rare good column from David Brooks today, and it addresses voodoo and the carnage in Haiti: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/opinion/15brooks.html?hp

[OneVike]

Nature video Ping!

I like using nature to explain the way I see things, and when I first watched this video of fire ants building a raft to survive a flood , it made me think of America and our current travails. We need to get back to wanting to survive, or we will lise everything our ancestors fought and died for.

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I like using nature to explain the way I see things, and when I first watched this video of fire ants building a raft to survive a flood , it made me think of America and our current travails. We need to get back to wanting to survive, or we will lise everything our ancestors fought and died for.

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[Skooz]

bfl

[texanyankee]

We saw some of those “fire-ant rafts” while working in the flatwoods of SE Texas.....
All I can say is, stay the hell outta the way and dont’ bump into those rafts....they’ll swarm all over you.

[arthurus]

Actually the dominant animal life form, at least by total mass, is probably termites.

[Pollster1]

These ants build a raft out of worker ants in an attempt to save the Queen and the colony during a flood ... Makes you think about the way the capitalist spirit has allowed America to become the most prosperous and successful society the world has ever seen.

It makes me think of Obama's socialist spirit as he tries to build a raft out of the bodies of real working Americans to support Queen Michelle, the UAW, and his other parasites. We have finally found a society on the intellectual level of Obama - and they're insects.

[Swiss]

Makes me think of the old H.G. Wells short story “Empire of the Ants” where the ants turn against man.

[gardengirl]

While those fireants were on the water would have been a great time to spill some gas and light the whole river.

Did I mention that I LOATHE fireants?! LOL

They’re bad enough anyway—add in a hurricane or 10-20 inches of rain...

[al_c]

Fire ants ... disgusting creatures.

[blam]

I’ve seen these Fire Ant rafts numerous times around Mobile in my youth. Mobile, Alabama is where the Fire Ant entered the USA.

[HollyB]

Great video OneVike. Ants are amazing creatures.

[HollyB]

Great video OneVike. Ants are amazing creatures.