The first casualty of war is truth.- Hiram W. Johnson
The heavens are changing. Pluto recently lost its standing among the planets. The pronunciation of Uranus was changed to reduce the giggle factor (no, children! Accent the first syllable, schwa 'a'!). Maybe it's time to modernize the personifications accompanying Mars.
Mars, named for the Roman god of war because of it's reddish tint, has moons that were discovered in 1877 by Asaph Hall. He named them Phobos (panic/fear) and Deimos (terror/dread) after characters in Greek mythology who accompanied their father, the god of war, into battle. There's been practically no reaction to Bush's 'hot air' about sending a man to Mars (in defiance of Newton's laws of motion). Well, I say we send him there in spirit. Let's rename the moons Bush (Ignorance) and Cheney (Lies).
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How can you suggest naming celestial bodies after denizens of the underworld???
Good point, but now that Pluto has lost its status, we need replacement underworld representatives.
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