Mars Attacked!

Well, sort of . . .

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Mars could be in for an asteroid hit. A newly discovered hunk of space rock has a 1 in 75 chance of slamming into the red planet on January 30, scientists said Thursday.

"These odds are extremely unusual. We frequently work with really long odds when we track ... threatening asteroids," said Steve Chesley, an astronomer with the Near Earth Object Program at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

The asteroid, known as 2007 WD5, was discovered in late November and is similar in size to an object that hit remote central Siberia in 1908, unleashing energy equivalent to a 15-megaton nuclear bomb and wiping out 60 million trees. (H/T - CNN)

To quote Tommy from Tommy Boy: "That. Is. AWESOME!"

Of course, to some of the environmentalist wackos, it is not so awesome. As of this posting, Al Gore and his band of Un-Washables are traveling to Siberia to document the effects of the 1908 asteroid strike. Reports say that the group will immediately gather data from this obvious criminal act and sponsor legislation banning all future strikes. The Gorbots have also threatened to levy fines against the Milky Way to the tune of 60 trillion dollars - the equivalent of one million dollars per precious, precious tree.

Said a visibly shaken Gore, "Those bastards will pay. They will pay dearly!"