[muawiyah]

There are things going on here that are way beyond what you see the government up to ~ at one time we had at least 5 publicly known Class 4 laboratories. Two of them right in Springfield.

They were private institutions doing research of all kinds for all sorts of contracts ~ probably most of them with private sector organizations.

Education and medical science are major employers ~ plus computer service companies. The internet began here (Remember UUNet), and other communication services are all over the place.

[Zeneta]

At one time, maybe still the case, the greatest amount of Internet traffic flowed through those UUNET pipes.

I have said that giving the talent pool in this area, we can and will adapt to whatever changes occur.

I have suspected that many of the business leaders here, actually drive Washington’s spending decisions.

Kinda like a drug company that has a cure for a disease that no one knows they have.

[Humvee]

I live in deep blue territory - Boca Raton - Voted at 10:30 this morning. A moderate sized crowd of about 100. Only took 20 minutes (mostly because an additional precinct had been added to the polling place). Then robo-Mitt called to remind me to vote. Unfortunately I can’t do it again. Hope my vote helps keep Florida red.