Thomas Jefferson said, "Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not."

Some other random thoughts....
An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.
Gun control is not about guns; it's about control.
If guns cause crime, then pencils cause misspelled words.
If guns cause crime, then matches cause arson.
Free men do not ask permission to bear arms.
If you don't know your rights, you don't have any.
Those who trade liberty for security have neither.
The Second Amendment is in place in case the politicians ignore the others.
64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one yesterday.
Assault is a behavior, not a device.
You have only the rights you are willing to fight for.

What are your thoughts?

(as taken from FoxNews.com)

The good news: This won't happen for another 7.6 billion years.
The bad news: Life on Earth will end long before then.

In fact, we've only got a billion years left before the slowly expanding sun boils off the oceans and reduces our planet to an uninhabitable cinder, says Smith.

That may sound like a long time, but in fact life on Earth's been around a lot longer than that — a total of 3.7 billion years, according to the latest estimates.

For those first three billion years, true, we were nothing but pond scum. Still, the new figures indicate the long story of life on our fair blue-green planet may be entering its last act.
Is there any way our future descendants can save themselves? Why, yes, explains Smith.
He cites a recent study emanating from the University of California, Santa Cruz. It proposes taming an asteroid to swing by the Earth every few thousand years, slowly nudging the Earth into higher solar orbit, enough to outpace the sun's own outward growth.
"This sounds like science fiction," says Smith. "But it seems that the energy requirements are just about possible and the technology could be developed over the next few centuries."

Todd's take:
First off, I am sorry, but I refuse to believe that we came from "pond scum". I find it hard in today's age that smart people think that something (humans) can come from nothing (what they say earth was). Show me that anyone has made something from nothing, they haven't, you can't...period.

Secondly, if it sounds like science fiction Mr. Smith, it is because it IS science fiction. Go back to your Star Trek reruns and let us "normal" people get on with their meaningless existence :-)

Labels: Death, End of the World, Science Fiction

I am in Washington DC at the 2008 CRT (Cardiac Revascular Therapies) with my client, the Cell Therapy Foundation (http://www.ascrnetwork.com/). Tim Russert canceled on the event (thank God) and Tony Snow stepped up and in.

Here are some highlights from the event besides me shaking his hand and briefly talking to him after the event. I did get to ask a question, which is below with the answer.

1) Definition of a Maverick: Someone who doesn't stab you in the back, they stab you in the forehead.

2) The USA has had 52 months of consecutive job growth.

3) Protectionism is just another word for defeatism.

4) Tony thinks it is going to be a good year for the Democrats - picking Obama to pull it out

5) Said about the Clintons (paraphasing) Bill cannot take second seat to anyone, not even his wife. Hillary doesn't really know who she is.

6) Both Bush Presidents share two common enemies, Sadaam and the English Language, they both defeated only one.

And finally, my question to Mr. Snow was, "If you could put yourself in each canidates shoes, who would you choose as your VP? Obama - Sam Nunn (needs to have experience behind him) Clinton - Obama (yes, that was his answer) McCain - Fred Thompson (Said Fred just needs to start acting like he wants to be there) and for Huckabee - (said Obama will be available and didn't really have an answer, thought McCain 100%)

In conclusion, Tony was a great speaker, polite to both parties, respectful to the administration and 100% a great American.