Just heard Obama on TV saying we would go to Mars.... and that we would use an asteroid as a pit stop.
That's like saying we'll fly to St Louis from New York by using San Francisco as a pit stop.
And the media seems too dumb to understand that.
(Hint to DA: The Asteroid Belt is between Mars and Jupiter.)

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper
“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves.” - William Pitt
"Logic. There is little logic among the cultural elite, maybe because there is little omnipresent fear of job losses or the absence of money, and so arises a rather comfortable margin to indulge in nonsense." - Victor Davis Hanson