It's worth the money

Hey you know that "overhead projector" Sen. Grumpy kept bitching about at the last Debate. Turns out, kinda as expected, that the request was for the Adler Planetarium in Chicago--and it was a project that was not funded. The Planetarium issued a statement:




"To clarify, the Adler Planetarium requested federal support -- which was not funded -- to replace the projector in its historic Sky Theater, the first planetarium theater in the Western Hemisphere.... To remain competitive and ensure national security, it is vital that we educate and inspire the next generation of explorers to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math."

1) The Sky Theater, if you haven't been, is just cool. So screw off, Grumpy.

2) The attempted appropriation, which didn't even pass, is about several hundred million dollars less than what Gov. Palin took for her famous bridge that she supposedly passed on, but, as it turns out, still took the money for and spread it around her State. A State which has a population, I would gather, less than the number of people who visit the Adler Planetarium in an average year.

Yahoo has a fun story about how scientists, like many others, think Sen. Grumpy has gone over the edge. Don't Mess With Scientists.