When I think about the direction this country is headed in regards of what's being cut (science), and not cut (defense), I see red. Add that to big companies like the ones in the oil industry making record profits in this economy, and I feel like going postal.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell