>From ~~Suz~~ "Protect yourself: Shoot first, and ask questions later" ...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/libertarianisland http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnythingGoesNews http://www.bulletinboards.com/Chkpswd.cfm?comcode=SuzQ [ChatSpot Political Forum] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JokesFromSuz NASA NO LONGER REMEMBERS WHY IT LAUNCHED SPACE PROBE Purpose of Decade-old Space Mission Eludes Scientists http://www.borowitzreport.com NASA sent shockwaves through the scientific community today by acknowledging that it could no longer remember why it launched a space probe over a decade ago. At the Johnson Space Center, spokesperson Harrison Froling said that NASA scientists were "working overtime" to try to remember why the space agency launched the Explorer 17b on May 17, 1995. "We are confident that the Explorer 17b will expand our understanding of the solar system and the universe," Mr. Froling said. "We're just not sure how." Red-faced NASA officials said the file containing the Explorer 17b's mission statement may have been mislaid during an office move several years ago, leading to the space agency's present confusion about the space probe's reason for being. On Capitol Hill, congressional leaders demanded a fuller explanation of how NASA could have launched a multibillion-dollar space probe and not remember why they did it. "According to the General Accounting Office, the Explorer 17b cost taxpayers over eight billion dollars," said House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas). "With that kind of money, we could invade Syria." At NASA, Mr. Froling said that the space agency was considering launching a new space probe, the Explorer 17c, that would dock with the Explorer 17b and determine what its mission was supposed to be. "Our only hope is that by the time the Explorer 17c gets up there we will still remember why we launched it," he said. Elsewhere, California stopped issuing I.D. cards for medical marijuana patients, claiming that patients would not stop giggling long enough to have their pictures taken. Freedom exists only on the frontier It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong. -Voltaire [François Marie Arouet] (1694-1778) An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens." -- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) "As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." ...H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/libertarianisland/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
