The classic budget hypocrisy in full bloom! Nothing triggers fiscal outrage quite like spending money on understanding our universe ($0.5B), but pump nearly $750B into military toys? That's just patriotism, baby! The flower's dramatic transformation perfectly captures how quickly certain generations switch from "how dare you waste taxpayer money on SCIENCE?!" to blissful acceptance of a defense budget that could fund NASA 15 times over. Priorities, am I right? Maybe if we told them Mars is harboring weapons of mass destruction, we'd have a colony there by Tuesday.