Ravings of a Textual Deviant

L: The guardians of animal nomenclature had mixed feelings over a proposal to name three newly-discovered species of slime-mould beetle after US President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. A pair of insect experts reserved the names Agathidium bushi, Agathidium cheneyi and Agathidium rumsfeldi for their latest creepy-crawlies.
Me: Slime-mould beetles, eh? I think I’m OK with that.
L: Me too!
Me: I’m not experiencing any mixed feelings, other than a very mild disappointment that it was not an actual slime mold.
L: Wonder what color slime mold the beetles like?
Me: Red. Red states…blood…power ties…

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