Mauna Kea, the Sacred

[Kelena]

And the pro-military element might do well to remember that Al Gore served honorably and later supported technological advances, unlike, say, former Vice President Dan Quayle who avoided service in Vietnam and who, I can personally attest, wanted to dismantle NASA in favor of outsourcing the job to faux libertarian Texans who wanted to play with rockets on the back forty with government money.

I am with Al in thinking that grand scientific endeavors, such as the TMT on Mauna Kea, deserve governmental support. The University of Hilo needs to provide training for young astronomers, so that they can have a shot at working at the observatories. Really -- is nothing sacred?