Agrred! The first book is absolutely depressing. But the story eventually gets sooooo good.

It is incredibly telling and depressing that "And Tango makes Three" is the number one most challenged book. From the summary of the book: "At New York City's Central Park Zoo, two male penguins fall in love and start a family by taking turns sitting on an abandoned egg until it hatches." Wow... This country has a long way to go on the way for tolerance.

No please!

I remember David Letterman, right after Bush Jr had won, thanking the country for picking the dumb guy.

8 years of jokes is not worth the damage a dumb president can do.

I agree. This is actually the kind of spending (dual-use) that I agree with in the department of defense. Things that eventually will help in the private industry and will affect our lives beyond war. Defense spending gets a bad rep, but there are plenty of technologies that started with defense spending that now make our lives better - the internet being the obvious one. I can see shipping companies, construction companies, anyone with large warehouses, lining up to buy these babies when they are ready. I'm surprised Walmart is not working on something like this already!