re: #2 makeitstop

Don’t forget volcano research as well.If they had their way we’d all be huddled around fires and dying of fright at every noise off in the woods.

True, I just remembered specifically the Palin derision of fruit fly research in Paris. It’s hard to argue with what you’re saying of course since scientific research seems so foreign to these people. Ironic too since we’d never have the strong military we have today without that.