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Careful with your headline, Burt!
May 29, 2008 by Fred Bortz, 1 year 23 weeks ago
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People may miss the tongue in cheek tone here.
As you note, the decision was a budgetary one, not a scientific one. The scientists recommended further funding.
I'll pitch in ten bucks to complete the analysis if another 379,999 people join me. Or we could do it by spending 20 cents per taxpayer.
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