Al Gore and space junk---hemorrhoid meets asteroid--or should that
be, more appropriately, ass-teroid.
Studies have shown that the air mass leaving the US on the east coast
is cleaner than that entering on the west coast. I offer the following
for your consideration:
For instance, to be a liberal is to believe that 300 million Americans burning gasoline to drive their vehicles each day can be more damaging to the ecology than 1.5 billion humans burning wood and dung for heat and cooking fuel each day.

Check out the concise refutation of mr. gore in the attachment. This will never be

widely circulated or read because it lacks the element of "hysteria," which we all

know and love--that's why horror movies get big audiences and roller-coasters coast

and roll. "Let's all get scared!!!" It's the "CLS"   Chicken Little Syndrome: "The

sky is falling;the sky is falling!"

As to the asteroid, it may be sooner than you think: 2014!

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- A giant asteroid is heading for Earth and could hit in 2014, U.S. astronomers have warned British space monitors.

But for those fearing Armageddon, don't be alarmed -- the chances of a catastrophic collision are just one in 909,000.

Asteroid "2003 QQ47" will be closely monitored over the next two months. Its potential strike date is March 21, 2014, but astronomers say that any risk of impact is likely to decrease as further data is gathered.

On impact, it could have the effect of 20 million Hiroshima atomic bombs, a spokesman for the British government's Near Earth Object Information Centre told BBC radio.

The Centre issued the warning about the asteroid after the giant rock was first observed in New Mexico by the Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research Program.

"The Near Earth Object will be observable from Earth for the next two months and astronomers will continue to track it over this period," said Dr Alan Fitzsimmons, one of the expert team advising the Centre.

Asteroids such as 2003 QQ47 are chunks of rock left over from the formation of the solar system 4.5 billion years ago. Most are kept at a safe distance from the Earth in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

But the gravitational influence of giant planets such as Jupiter can nudge asteroids out of these safe orbits and send them plunging towards Earth...

the first story i headrd on tv last week,was that the asteroid would strike the earth on April 13th,2036....
and dang! i was all broken up because Peg/Me would be celebrating our 100th birthdays that year and the asteroid was gonna hit 6 months too soon!
but heck,now that i learn about this one (2003 QQ47 )is gonna hit the bearth in 2014,i'm still broken hearted!
crap! just can't plan on anything
Tar...