It only takes a couple of generations for all our perceived immutable political alignments to get scrambled. Woody Guthrie’s federally funded paean to hydroelectricity stands as testimony.
More on this mind-boggling story here and here and here.
Woody wrote 26 songs celebrating electricity and democracy and populism and big government over the course of a month. The taxpayer was dinged for this to the tune of ten dollars and a quarter per song.
The Department of Interior still funds interesting work. The project I worked on last year is a case in point. I am starting a blog around an environmental modeling server that we got funded from the DOI as an open source project.
http://ContextEarth.com
The last read on Woody Guthrie is inspiring. They got a deal out of it, didn't they?
I'm still adjusting to the changed connotation of "red"!