People for Pluto

PEOPLE FOR PLUTO!

We hereby petition the International Astronomers Union to reinstate Pluto as an official Planet. Pluto has enjoyed Planet status since 1930. With the discovery of three other Pluto-sized objects in our solar system, the status of Pluto as a planet came into question. Instead of classifying the other objects as planets, Pluto was demoted. This is disturbing for a number of reasons:

-Pluto was obviously the second coolest planet, after Saturn, and maybe tied with Uranus. (Mars was cool in the 50s, but now it's passe.);
-We all grew up with Pluto, and theres a lot to be said for tradition;
-What will the new memory method be, now that "My Very Elderly Mother Just Sat Under" leaves us all wondering what my ailing mother has hanging over her head?;
-This could be an elaborate ploy by the Disney Corporation to provide an excuse to re-issue every Mickey Mouse cartoon and reap the profits.
-The International Astronomers Union is obviously too lazy to process the paperwork for three new planets, and felt that it was easier to process the paperwork to demote one;
-Look, nobody wanted "Xena" in the solar system, but they didn't have to take it out on Pluto;
-A NASA craft is currently hurtling toward Pluto... and if the brilliant people at NASA think Pluto is a planet worth of exploration, then that should be good enough for the IAU!;
-Plutos unique orbit (which contributed to its demotion because it overlaps with Neptune) was just Pluto trying to be original and express itself, and that makes this a violation of Plutos rights;
-Pluto is obviously too small to defend itself against this sort of bullying;

Please sign the petition to reinstate Pluto! PEOPLE FOR PLUTO!

Screw Xena though. We don't like Xena.

For more information:
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2006/08/24/astronomers_say_pluto_is_not_a_planet/