Consider These Three Things:

> > (1) Zero Gravity
> >
> > When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they
> > quickly discovered
> > that ball-point pens would not work in zero gravity.
> > To combat this
> > problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12
> > billion developing a pen
> > that writes in zero gravity, upside-down, on almost
> > any surface
> > including glass and at temperatures ranging from
> > below freezing to over
> > 300c. The Russians used a pencil. Your taxes are due
> > again--enjoy paying
> > them.
> >
> > (2) Our Constitution
> >
> > "They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for
> > Iraq Why don't we
> > just give them ours? It was written by a lot of
> > really smart guys, and
> > it's worked for over 200 years. And, we're not using
> > it anymore."
> >
> > (3) Ten Commandments
> >
> > The real reason that we can't have the Ten
> > Commandments in a Courthouse
> > is that you cannot post "Thou Shalt Not Steal,"
> > "Thou Shalt Not Commit
> > Adultery" and "Thou Shall Not Lie" in a building
> > full of lawyers, judges
> > and politicians. It creates a hostile work environment.

Many thanks to my ridiculously intelligent left-coast friend for this posting.