I remember when the funding for the SSC got pulled. Had actually been to Waxahachie shortly after they started digging and was doing a summer internship at Fer

I remember when the funding for the SSC got pulled. Had actually been to Waxahachie shortly after they started digging and was doing a summer internship at Fermilab. Everyone was fighting to get it funded and built in their backyard but as soon an actual site was decided, it suddenly became a boondoggle, pork, or what have you by those very same people.