Well, Chris, since you asked:
I am a taxpayer. When you spend tax dollars, you are in essence spending my money. If my money is used, and is used w/o my permission, I believe that I have a right to voice my opinion regarding the spending of my money.
Without commenting on the importance of your work, I do feel I am justified on questioning if it is a fair and reasonable use of tax dollars.
In order to show to you how insignificant your opinion or cares are to me I won't divulge to you how much or, if any, grant money was used. I'm a taxpayer too, you self-righteous ass. And I served this country with six years of my life in the U.S. Marine Corps. Who the hell are you to make a statement as you did about me or my research? You speak of options, well this is your only true one: If you don't like it then don't read it, got it? And to all of the other nice people reading this, I sincerely apologize for lowering myself to Michael's level and that you had to hear this from me. I just cannot stand rude people and won't tolerate it. I would be happy and honored to help/answer any questions that I may be able to regarding Indian place-name research. My expertise is humble but whatever I have I will gladly share with anyone interested.