The SF Gate article from above has a wide assortment of entertaining, frustrating, and REALLY stupid comments.

Here is my favorite:
>>>Our greatest concern should be the inter-species breeding that will occur between these pythons and the rattlesnakes that live in the high deserts and in the Sierras. The largest verified rattlesnake measured was six feet long. After inter-breeding with these pythons, we will have rattlesnakes twenty feet long. N.B.: The pythons lay 100 eggs at a time. If only ten of these pythons are successful in crossing the Sierras and inter-breeding with the native rattlesnakes, there will be 12,000 giant rattlesnakes invading San Francisco in 12 years. For more details, see Laurence Klauber's "Rattlesnakes: Their Habits, Life Histories, and Influence on Mankind." UC Press, 2nd edition, 1972.

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• USGS "Giant Python potential range" map! - brhaco, Wed Feb 20 22:56:47 2008
• RE: USGS "Giant Python potential range" - TimCole, Thu Feb 21 00:14:29 2008
• RE: USGS "Giant Python potential range" - womakid, Thu Feb 21 10:01:27 2008
• The insane media has just begun - Eby, Thu Feb 21 10:08:13 2008
• 12,000 PYTHON/RATTLER HYBRIDS - Eby, Thu Feb 21 10:42:56 2008
• RE: 12,000 PYTHON/RATTLER HYBRIDS - HappyHillbilly, Sat Feb 23 08:57:03 2008
• RE: 12,000 PYTHON/RATTLER HYBRIDS - HydraZulu, Wed Mar 5 15:36:06 2008
• There is no excuse for this.... - lbenton, Thu Feb 21 11:02:13 2008
• RE: There is no excuse for this.... - djs27, Thu Feb 21 11:12:23 2008
• Like the Spanish-American War? - laurarfl, Sat Feb 23 09:14:04 2008
• RE: The insane media has just begun - superdave1781, Thu Feb 21 12:18:14 2008
• RE: The insane media has just begun - lbenton, Thu Feb 21 12:49:50 2008
• RE: The insane media has just begun - superdave1781, Thu Feb 21 13:05:12 2008
• just wanted to add... - superdave1781, Thu Feb 21 14:08:40 2008
• A little temp range perspective - MadAxeMan, Thu Feb 21 22:15:36 2008
• Government Scientists confirmed??? - MadAxeMan, Thu Feb 21 21:56:31 2008
• RE: The insane media has just begun - HydraZulu, Wed Mar 5 15:35:04 2008
• RE: USGS "Giant Python potential range" - jeffb, Thu Feb 21 15:44:10 2008
• RE: USGS "Giant Python potential range" - djs27, Fri Feb 22 11:25:29 2008
• RE: USGS "Giant Python potential range" - HydraZulu, Wed Mar 5 16:06:42 2008
• dont believe - amazonreptile, Fri Feb 22 12:09:10 2008
• RE: USGS "Giant Python potential range" map! - Luhrsreptiles, Fri Feb 22 13:50:56 2008
• What we're dealing with .............. - wstreps, Fri Feb 22 14:00:01 2008
• RE: What we're dealing with .............. - superdave1781, Fri Feb 22 15:30:50 2008
• RE: What we're dealing with .............. - wstreps, Fri Feb 22 17:15:54 2008
• RE: What we're dealing with .............. - superdave1781, Sun Feb 24 09:01:27 2008
• RE: What we're dealing with .............. - wstreps, Sun Feb 24 11:09:36 2008
• RE: What we're dealing with .............. - superdave1781, Sun Feb 24 18:38:30 2008
• RE: USGS "Giant Python potential range" map! - superdave1781, Fri Feb 22 15:21:35 2008
• RE: USGS "Giant Python potential range" map! - Luhrsreptiles, Fri Feb 22 16:32:38 2008
• RE: USGS "Giant Python potential range" map! - jscrick, Fri Feb 22 18:07:46 2008
• Don't think the pythons read his books? - lbenton, Mon Feb 25 10:45:13 2008
• RE: Don't think the pythons read his books? - jscrick, Mon Feb 25 11:24:41 2008