We here at Myrmecos Blog don't care to voice our opinion of talk show host Glenn Beck. But we are rather enamored of dung beetles, those gorgeously ornamented insects who prevent the world from being buried in feces.
Thus, we were pleased to find the following Facebook project in our inbox this weekend:
Can This Dung Beetle Get More Fans Than Glenn Beck?
If you're on facebook, and you like dung beetles, now's your chance to become a fan.
h/t Jesse.
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HELL YES. I'll take a dung beetle over Glenn Beck anyday.
It's a question of cleaning up crap or creating it.
Unless you happen to be typhus, you really should have no use for Glenn Beck.
Glen Beck and Sarah Palin, like all natural beings, serve a purpose. In their case they help up to identify the intolerant leftist fascist types of humans via their typical illogical reactions. Kind of like an antigen-antibody thing, isn't it ?
;D
It's a tough choice: one is cute, chubby and spends his life submerged in steaming horse-shit, but the other has those awesome little horns.
Funny thing, we were just reading The Metamorphosis by Kafka. I got my Facebook-connected friend to convince the other AP English kids on Facebook to support the dung beetle.
GLENN BECK IS A REAL PATRIOT WHO DARES TO STAND UP TO THE OBAMUNIST REGIME AND FIGHT FOR AMERICAN FREEDOM BECAUSE HE ASKS REAL QUESTIONS AND PUTS HUSSIEN OBAMA's FEET TO THE FIRE!!!!!*
*Disclaimer: Just kidding. Isn't it crazy how many posts there are just like this, but without the disclaimer? I think a lot of people are really scared of having health insurance.