Spraying Anvil and Malathion

[Randy]

In article <37FB7123.C7D0050A at ucla.edu>, Kathleen Moon <kmoon at ucla.edu> wrote:

> Randy wrote:
> > 
> > In article <37FAEC0F.5625 at gernsback.net>, ralph <124c41 at gernsback.net>
wrote:
> > 
> > > I've been wondering... since when do you spray vast tracts of land to
> > > kill adult mosquitoes that have like a 2 week generation time? I thought
> > > the way to eradicate mosquitoes was either drain the water where they
> > > breed, or lay a cover of oil over it to suffocate the larvae?
> > > --
> > Malathion kills the mosquitos but also Democrats. That's why it's the
pesticide
> > of choice for Lord Combover, aka Tsar Rudy.
> 
> Let's not be stupid here.  You are just as intelligent as anyone else. 
> If it kills Democrats, it also kills Republicans, Libertarians, Greens
> and so on.  The problem isn't so much that it kills as that it kills in
> ways that we dop not understand yet, and therefore cannot mitigate
> against as effectively as we should.  Of course, certain members of some
> political parties would rather we did spray anyway.  That way, they get
> more money from the survivors for their companies' coffers when we come
> calling for remedies.
> 
Um, it's called humor. 

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