Jimmy Brannon Blog

12 year old's statement about smoking from a Mr. Dampier's 7th grade Bourbon Middle School class

You people are stupid if you smoke. My mom smokes so i would not call them stupid. I would say that they are acting stupid. All people need to stop smoking. We are all exposed to secondhand
smoke, but most of you don't know it. IF someone smokes outside then the smoke will eventually catch up with you. My advice is to not smoke.
Did you know that 1200 people die per day from tobacco use. If you are a smoker trying to quit, don't feel like you're never. going to make it, because 2000 people quit smoking per day.
If you smoke, you could get cancer, heart disease, and lung cancer. Over 400,000 people a year die from these things. You may  not know it, but 4,162 chemicals are released into your body and 69 chemicals cause cancer. 
When you started smoking, you didnt think you would get addicted, did you? Well there is a reason that you did get addicted. There is a reason that you did get addicted. The addiction is caused by nicotine.

If you want to smell good for people then don't smoke. If you smoke, your house stinks. your car stinks and you will stink.
Don't act stupid. Quit Smoking. You smokers out there are exposing us to and killing us by second hand smoke. If your mom smokes, dad, sister, brother, or friend smokes, then you are more than likely to start smoking. Tobacco companies are like smokers sitting outside, like smokers, influencing others. Don't stoop to their level.
                                                                                          Sincerely,

                                                                                          Sarah Brannon 

Obama budget cut For NASA is shortsighted-

An effort by the Federal government to reduce expenditures is truly hard to oppose, but the Obama budget cut for NASA is one that is shortsighted. The Obama budget will cut NASA’s moon landing plan.

We’ll leave it to scientists to discuss the huge benefits of the moon exploration program in the past and what future manned landings on the moon may offer.

But while admittedly expensive, the moon program has benefits that are lasting and intangible. A whole generation of Americans grew up with the memory of man’s landing on the moon in 1969 and the effort to land man on the moon encouraged children to develop of a love for science.

As a human matter, the moon program in particular and the space program in general, truly represents man’s best effort, even if a symbolic one, to find new worlds and conquer a new frontier.

The space program encourages nations of the world to engage in healthy competition beyond the globe, perhaps at the diminution of less healthy competition between nation-states such as development of weapons of mass destruction.

Finally, unlike other federally funded programs that may be able to be eliminated, or absorbed by state and local governments, the private sector or charitable organizations, the moon program is one that is destined to death unless funded by the United States Government.

Top reason of the week to stop childhood cancer is new feature of web site-

A new weekly feature of the web site for my upcoming book will post the week’s number one reason to stop childhood cancer. Of course, saving children’s lives ought to be enough reason but the weekly citing of a factual reason to support children’s cancer research is offered as means of generating greater public awareness. Visit

http://www.iloveyoumygoose.com/ for weekly updates.