[Gondring]

Does it anger anyone else that we have to go to a foreign nation to use their equipment for this type of research?

Who's "we"?

Ah the progress the Democrats represent. Much more of it, and we’ll be back to the horse and buggy and the requisite pooper-scoopers for our streets.

I love your irony. You do realize it was the GOP and more conservative governments, not the Democrats, who has cut funding to the labs...right?

Brookhaven has the most vocal voices against proposed GOP cuts...e.g., good ol' far-left Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Tim Bishop.

There are many projects that have been affected by various funding halts.

Good timing for this release--even the Australian synchrotron is in trouble, with Ted Baillieu defunding it after taking over from Labour's John Brumby.

[DoughtyOne]

With Obama’s gutting of our space program, AND Clinton’s gutting of our collider in Texas, it’s tough for me to imagine the ‘Right’ destroying our tools for productivity in a more focused way. JPL is going through the slicing and dicing process right now.

I do cater to the idea that both parties are working on consort to take this nation down though, so I do get your point. I’m sure there was slicing and dicing under Bush too.