On Sep 10, 1:23*pm, Rich wrote:
They could have built 4 colliders for the same cost as the white
elephant in space. Hey Americans, remember the Superconducting
Supercollider? *Too bad you abandoned it to the prairie dogs.

Of course, the scientists pushing the project bear part of the blame
for the waste of money. They knew they wouldn't have the votes in
Congress once a *location* for the project was decided, with it just
barely sneaking through earlier appropriations debates because many
representatives hoped it would end up creating jobs in *their*
districts.

This isn't the fault of the American people, therefore; it's the fault
of a structural flaw in the American political system.

John Savard