Posted on 09/05/2013 9:04:17 AM PDT by kevcol
Albert Einstein. George Takei. Jerry Garcia.
All of those men and many others have had an asteroid named after them. And if William Lowell Putnam III, trustee of Lowell Observatory, has his way, another name will be added to that list: Trayvon Martin.
The retired broadcast executive, alpinist, author and Flagstaff resident believes that Martin has not received justice.
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Truth stranger than fiction: I’m in the Food Lion at the self service checkout & a black guy comes up & asks,
“You, you look like a smart man, what’s the polite way to say the next planet after Saturn?”
I replied, “I usually pronounce it `you-RAHN-oos’.”
“Hey, thanks, man!”
;^)
Indeed.
He is also immortalized in the word trayvon. Look it up. It’s in the urban dictionary.
Oh hell no!
I think it’s safe to predict that one day someone will name a planet after our fearless leader.
The madness continues.
“Look it up. It’s in the urban dictionary.”
Will try...with the amount of resumes and cover letters we get, we could barely decipher “English” in these cover letters so we need an urban dictionary.
“I am enterested in applying for a clerk position LOL”
I flushed an enormous, steaming asteroid down the toilet this morning. We could name that for Trayvon Martin, if it would help. ;-)
And if it ever heads toward earth, we will do our best to destroy the threat.
I have no doubt that someday the Navy will name a ship after him as well.
;’) We’d better decide in advance, because it will definitely threaten the Earth if named for the thug.
The third one isn't named after anyone yet.
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