October 31, 1993 America decided to pass search for the Higgs Boson to CERN

[Johonny]

Stating Regret, Clinton Signs Bill That Kills Supercollider

http://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/31/us/stating-regret-clinton-signs-bill-that-kills-supercollider.html?src=pm

A woot out to American meritocracy. Of course despite cutting the budget the Dems would lose the House to the Republican revolution anyways. The more things change...

[PoliticAverse]

1. The superconducting Supercollider was an $11 billion boondoggle plauged with bad management...

and cost overruns. The House campaign to kill it was led by a Democrat.

[Democrats_win]

3. Yep, the contractors killed it.

Over and over again we heard about how the contractors to build this Texas travesty were screwing the American taxpayer. The Democrats did the right thing. It was "free-to-screw-us" enterprise that failed America this time.

[Egalitarian Thug]

7. Of course it was because there is no good idea that republicans can't deny,

nor Democrats screw up. As was pointed out at the time, a time when the Democratic Party was instituting the DLC republican-lite strategy, this kind of pure research is vital to our nation's interests, so instead of killing the whole thing, it would be far better to fix it. But, Americans don't need no learnin-n-stuff. We can just hire us one of them smart fellers from India.

[Stargazer09]

2. Science isn't a priority in our country

Look how many people still promote creationism over evolution.

People just don't understand how valuable scientific experiments are to our future.

[MrTriumph]

4. The SCSC was a boondoggle in Joe Barton's district.

The real foolishness was in starting it (and throwing away $ Billions) at all.

[Johonny]

5. well CERN's boondoggle just found the Higgs Boson

[Bake]

6. But Amurika doesn't give a damn about that! We've got tax cuts to pass!

Teachers and firefighters to lay off!

Understanding the universe? Who gives a damn!! Don't tread on me!!

(Or some such shit.)

Bake

[Festivito]

8. It becomes clearer that Republicans want the US to diminish in the world.

Call it a boondoggle and get the M$M to help kill it.

They can always find the words.

Buy off some Democrat and blame him. No one will look at 100% Republicans voting in a block.

Argue it costs too much and never mention what the results could bring to the economy, let alone the high-end jobs, prestige and the generated results of those.

Nope. Boondoggle without backing. Cost overruns without quantity. Future losses with no projections.

They end up as smaller big fish in an even smaller fishbowl, parading themselves as bigger than ever.

Losers. Unfortunately, all of us.

[moondust]

9. On the plus side...

keeping it outside the U.S. may have shielded it from the lustful gaze of the military beast.