Okay, it seems like “NASA scientists” is the ultimate weasel phrase (or pair of weasel words). This phrase was used twice by commenters at this College Republican’s blog at Western Michigan University (I joined the fray). (no Firefox, “commenters” is a word, and in my book it’s better than “commentators”, which just feels.. too inflated.)

Now this report comes to my attention about newspapers in the UK wielding the phrase also without any attribution. By the way, that report is fairly funny. And cool - the image is pretty dang cool. And so is the entire panorama. And eerie. That’s an alien world! The surface of another planet!

The next time I find myself in any argument about anything, I’m going to begin a rebuttal by citing “NASA scientists”. NASA scientists say it’s possible golden plates could have resided anywhere in North America in the Nineteenth Century. According to NASA scientists, recycling your own poop in your vegetable garden is bad for you. NASA scientists say South Park is often hilarious..