[TheForge] Fw: Fire ants

[Mike Spencer]

> Everybody is gonna be wiping out his local nest this way.   If we're
> luck, the fire marshals will clamp down on it after the first few
> houses go up in flames, due to the ant tunnels under their
> foundations.  Otherwise, one fine day, an entire state will have fed
> black powder to the saturation point, and one guy sets it off...
>
> Is there any hope the ants aren't making colonies around arsenals and
> underground missile silos?
>
> Constitutional question:  When a state is blown completely off the
> map, can we evict their senators from Congress, or do we have to
> retain them for tradition's sake?

Um, lets leap ahead here, Bruce.  That would only expunge congress
critters from (the remains of) states widely afflicted with fire ants,
y'know?

Suppose we leave some paper bags full of money around K Street.  After
a while we start lacing them with black powder.  A bit later we drive
by and throw a cigar butt into the street.  Then we get the Frosty
Effect without prejudice to state, region or party.  And by following
the smoke, we might find out where all that corrupt money percolates
to.

- Imafa Kinasso
  Better America through Nigerian Gimcrackery