Because the LHC isn't big enough, it seems

[Nanny]

Congress was allowing one, as were the area officials, in Waxahachie, Texas, I think it was in the 90s. It was going to be considerably more powerful than this thing in Geneva is! But Congress ended up pulling funding. The thing was partially built, seems vague in my memory. They've been pushing for bigger and better and came dang close. Obviously, even in such an unstable world economy they are a determined bunch. (IMO it was God's mercy that blocked this thing in Waxahachie, for all of us not just for Texas of course.)