blind comatose monkeys

Mars Needs Dim Republicans / Dubya dons a shiny spacesuit, dreams of spending billions to meet little green men. The nation cringes

ok, so this article is pretty negative, but this guy still cracks me up every time...this time, the whole article was worth it for these 2 paragraphs:

"Look. NASA is wonderful. Space exploration is magnificent and essential and we learn enormous amounts about ourselves in the process. The Spirit rover on Mars right now? Breathtaking.

Astounding new technologies are developed during major NASA missions, ideas that trickle down into the cultural mainstream and make life, if not easier, then at least more interesting, or lighter, or thinner, or edible at temperatures down to minus 450 degrees with a battery pack that lasts 127 hours and a new infrared extrasensory ink that can be read by blind comatose monkeys. Space is good."