Skills he got from playing in The Locust. Now pays for a soy latte. Good job!

I really really dislike the vuvuzela. It's made it nigh on impossible to hear the commentary during some of the games, and I had to stop watching the last 20 minutes of the South Africa v. Mexico game as my brain was pounding.

They also drown out singing fans, which in my opinion are far more entertaining, and contribute to the atmosphere much more than the locust plague of biblical proportions. There were hints of songs breaking through the cacophony during the England v. USA game, and it really improved the viewing experience (let's just not talk about Green )

Finally, the players themselves say they don't like them.... The French team bemoaned the fact that they couldn't get any sleep, nor communicate during the game, while other players have also spoken out against them.

There's also the "oh no they damage your hearing" argument, but I'm less into that as a reason to get rid of them. Football games have always been noisy, and air horns (and drums) can easily reach similar (if not quite the same) decibel levels. It's more the incessant droaning on and on that really gets to me.

I'd love to hear what some South African players think of them. The man with the fashion sense said that the players love them, but I simply can't believe that unless I hear it from the players themselves - it just seems ludicrous to me.

I create a nice world for you humans to live in, and all you care about is leaving it.

/locusts

clearly that's not god's wrath - if it were, there would have been a locust appetizer.

It may be a sign of 'The End Times(tm)'. Instead of locusts, we have lady bugs.

Some individuals, including myself, are hunkering down in their basements.... collecting can goods and water, and awaiting the Rapture(tm) to arrive. Because it will you know. It'll sneak up on us before we know it and we'll all be sprouting wings and flying off magically into the sky. At least those of us that are cool enough to have signed the contract and been deemed saved(tm).

The rest will take a dip in a lake of fire. Though.. oftentimes that term confuses people. At the far depths of the underworld, the pressures are so high that the so-called lake, is actually a reservoir of superheated highly compressed plasma. The souls of course are noncorporeal and magical in nature, so the high pressure environment is unnoticed by them. Though.. I still don't get how sitting in a hot pool of 'fire' would harm a soul. They have no nerve endings after all. Hmmm. I'll have to ponder that for a bit.

As much as I dislike Bill'O for his flippant comments and inability to engage in a thoughtful argument, and as new as i consider myself here, I still think that thinker, you were outta line.

You participated in one of the very things I dislike about Bill'O (real AND sift versions)
"CUT HIS MIC!!!" comes to mind. Then you act all high and mighty.

The real loss of people like that comes from their eventual realization that they have been leading inauthentic lives (in an Ebenezer Scrooge sorta way), and they're gonna try to bat your nose around to get you angry, because once you're angry they know how to handle you.

The answer is always a well thought out argument.

PS
anyone else think it was ironic that the previous post before the spam was "[locusts]"

[locusts]

(plague thereof)

I am the great locust
firend of man and beast alike
will fuck any sheep
or goat
for that matter you
so
keep me in mind
I am great
no hope
no ghost
I am GOD

My name is "Falter Locust"!

ahhhhhh mammon-you know you want some!! if we run low,-print some mo!!!!!


Frustration, devastation, tribulation,indignation, hyperinflation,recession,depression, globillization, ere me now!
A take dem lesson from all dem 'istory,
dem old Reichsmark in dem Weimar dem free;
i and i wheelbarrow for a loaf of dem bread,
den dem look back on us ah say dem fill with d'dread
cause dem money fi dem flow when dem battle begin, and d'nex big war, start them all over agin', say-

Frustration, devastation, tribulation,indignation, hyperinflation,recession,depression, globillization, united nations

dem a president know when dem locust begin, cause dem close affiliation with dem power of ten-
dey dat meet in secret places choose d'affairs of men, dem a tell you when to sit, dem a tell dem when to stand, dem a tell the people how inna every land, and dem rule from b'ind the veil of a peaceful plan, BUT DEM REAL FASCINATION IS CONTROLLING I-MAN!!!

Babylon , babies....it's what for dinner!!!

Fascinating. The press really is like a cloud of locusts.

The depth of the rollbacks are quite amazing. Here are just some more articles about them (from a quick google search):

http://www.google.com/search?q=Bush%27s+Administration%27s+Environmental+Rollbacks&hl=en&start=20&sa=N
http://www.nrdc.org/legislation/rollbacks/rollbacksinx.asp
http://www.grist.org/news/muck/2003/09/04/rollback/
http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2003/feb/business/kc_rollbacks.html
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E00E3D71630F93AA15753C1A9679C8B63
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1594/is_3_12/ai_74628721
http://www.earthjustice.org/news/press/002/bush_administration_recommends_rollback_of_clean_air_act.html
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/campaigns/forests/u-s-forests/bush-rollbacks
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0828-15.htm
http://www.newmediamusings.com/2003/09/bush_and_the_en.html
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2004/2004-01-19-05.asp
http://www.collegenews.org/x7447.xml
http://www.bushgreenwatch.org/mt_archives/000081.php


I hadn't even noticed that qm had downvoted it. I was just trying to find a clip that would interest people in looking into the other rollbacks. Funny isn't it? I see being environmental-minded, being good stewards of the earth, and sustainability as true conservatism. Would we rather live with the planet for a long as possible or continue being like locusts? It isn't a hard choice if you actually plan long-term and open your eyes.

I've ignored all of you so far, including the topic of discussion, therefore I would just like to state that I, KARaidl, find snicker doodle cookies to be sufficiently more delectable than cinnamon cookies.

Also, anybody wonder why Jesus gets all the attention? I mean, Moses got all the kickass powers. Jesus walks on water, Moses parts the waters. Jesus turns water into wine, Moses summons plague upon plague of locusts and frogs on an entire city. Jesus feeds dozens of people with just a couple of fish and some bread, Moses sends out a spirit to kill hundreds of innocent young boys. Even the Bible needs a badass.

If those locusts actually were a sign of God, I would sacrifice that whiney little girl in half a second.

"OH MY GOD THE KILLER BLOODSUCKING VAMPIRE LOCUSTS HAVE COME!!! WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN US, LORD??!?!? I OFFER MY FIRSTBORN AS A SACRIFICE TO APPEASE YOUR WRATH...

...oh what's that? Just regular locusts? Oh. Heh. Just kidding, dear."