[ElkGroveDan]

No need to panic anyone. We'll let the liberals do that.

[ProudVet77]

Billiards in space.

[taxesareforever]

Probably have the same effect as shooting a bb pellet into jello. Fireworks? Only in their dreams.

[tet68]

“It will not upset the balance of the solar system.”

As long as we're not overdrawn.

[NormsRevenge]

3 Cheers for the Red White and Blue and the 4th of July!!

Adult beverages optional for maximum viewing experience

[TomB]

It's hard to believe the luddite wing of Free Republic hasn't been raising holy heck over this.

Well, there's still time for (uninformed) righteous rage.

[DManA]

Little Green Men, we are not firing at you. DO NOT BE ALARMED!!

[DJ Taylor]

"tangle with Comet Tempel 1 on July 4."

While the rest of us honor and old American tradition and just get drunk and play with explosives.

[etcetera]

The feeling I get about this collision project is - where do we get the idea that we have the right to possibly destroy this object? Here's something that's been traveling in space since the universe began. And we think we can just send something to collide with it in the name of science?

It takes a lot of arrogance to decide that we can do this.

[KevinDavis]

[Our man in washington]

This might be a good time for a scientist to say "The interesting thing is that if we alter the angle somewhat, we can get it to eject a rock of about any size we want to hit anywhere on earth."

"Anywhere, doctor?" a reporter might ask.

"Oh, yeah, anywhere. Mecca, Palestine, Pyongyang, you name it. Science is fascinating, and I think people everywhere on earth should pay attention."

[Talking_Mouse]

The sky is falling, the sky is falling /panic mode

[Mad Mammoth]

Oh everything will be just fine, I'm sure, but it IS a little unsettling to consider the fact that these people who are working so damn hard to reassure us mere mortals that there is absolutely NO risk whatsoever, are the SAME people who most likely were 100 percent confident, and had no doubt that the space shuttle Columbia was going to land at Kennedy Space Flight Center without a hitch, "as usual".

"The (atomic) bomb will never go off. I speak as an expert in explosives."
- Admiral William Leahy, 1945

"No matter what happens, the U.S. Navy is not going to be caught napping."
- U.S. Navy Secretary Frank Knox, December 4, 1941

[demlosers]

"Cosmic Crash Won’t Destroy Comet or Earth"

Who thought it would? Da DUberals. LoL!

[lainie]

No need to panic anyone. We'll let the liberals do that.

Here ya go!

[SunkenCiv]