New Mexico Might Declare Pluto a Planet

pease1 writes "Wired and others are reporting that for New Mexico, the fight for Pluto is not over. Seven months after the International Astronomical Union downgraded the distant heavenly body to a 'dwarf planet,' a state representative in New Mexico aims to give the snubbed world back some of its respect. State lawmakers will vote Tuesday on a bill that proposes that 'as Pluto passes overhead through New Mexico's excellent night skies, it be declared a planet.' The lawmaker who introduced the measure represents the county in which Clyde Tombaugh, Pluto's discoverer, was born. For many of us old timers, and those who had the honor of meeting Clyde, this just causes a belly laugh and is pure fun. Not to mention a bit of poking a stick in the eye."

Comments

I'm glad ro see all of New Mexico's problems....

[ip_freely_2000]

...have been solved and they have time for important declarations such as this.

Re:Fine

[Breakfast Pants]

So you don't believe intelligence was formed from materials condensed out of a stellar (or proto-stellar) accretion disk, or is otherwise naturally found in space? Are you from Kansas?

Slap in the face...

[Ingolfke]

Do these jackasses in the government not have anything better to do then come up with stupid meaningless laws and declarations... do something useful or get the fuck out you lazy bastards.