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 million 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 300 C.

The Russians used a pencil.

Notice the turmoil in the middle east again and who is bashing the dollar.
When there is war on the horizon money flows to the most stable currency, the dollar, no matter how hard our government tries to debase it. We are still the safe haven for the money of the world. That's due to our freedoms and security that we provide.
Even if we didn't use common sense on the pencil, NASA's little inventions are being used in new technology today that would not have been developed if it were not for the mistakes made and learned from little mis-spendings such as this. Even Thomas Edison made 1000's of mistakes or experimentations before he perfected his inventions.

Your extensions on your taxes are coming due again--enjoy paying them.

On a final note I am proud of our troops defending our freedoms throughout the world so that we can still be the safest free country in the world.