Your taxes to study social status of ants
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Published August 19th, 2008
I almost fell out of my chair when I read this.
“the scientists conducted paternity tests on 1,200 ants”
For what? Child support?
there is only one social trajectory for males - they “do nothing but mate and die”
Oh, the life!
Perhaps both genetics and nutrition can fuel a hormonal response that determines whether an ant develops into a worker or a queen, the scientists suggest.
It was at this point where I screamed “WHO CARES????” We have a giant budget deficit, a huge national debt, and a war on terrorists who want to kill us, and we are spending money on studying what determines the pecking order of ants!
John McCain, save us from this idiotic spending!
“There is only one course of action that is acceptable. We MUST continue to study these ants and be successful in that study before we can exit from that study. I would rather lose and election than lose out on the precious information that studying these ants will provide.”
- John McCain
was there an ant surge?
I keep telling you people we have two many Republicans and Libertarians around here on Bearing Drift and that we really really need an entomologist on staff. But is anyone listening to me? Noooooooo.
Heh. Why ants? Bees, I could see studying - bees are important in agriculture. But, ants? We need an entomologist, is all I’m sayin.’
Don’t I bug people enough?
No, Brian, you’re just creepy.
whew.