Comments on: More on the Democrats politicizing of the Minnesota bridge collapse http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2007/08/04/more-on-the-democrats-politicizing-of-the-minnesota-bridge-collapse/ Don't dis or dismiss this miss! Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:23:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Steve Haas http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2007/08/04/more-on-the-democrats-politicizing-of-the-minnesota-bridge-collapse/comment-page-1/#comment-715352 Steve Haas Sun, 05 Aug 2007 17:19:13 +0000 http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2007/08/04/more-on-the-democrats-politicizing-of-the-minnesota-bridge-collapse/#comment-715352 I have lived in Minnesota for five years, more or less, and one thing I can say about it is that Minnesotans are rather anal about almost anything they do. I would be very surprised if anything was stinted on this bridge, especially inspections and repair. The bigger problem is infrastructure, and that problem can be directly traced to Congress. We spend less on infrastructure than Congress scams on pork and earmarks every year. Bridge repair can always be put off, because no one expects any particular bridge to fail tomorrow, or even next year, so why not put off spending the money for later? If you think this is bad, wait until we have another blackout. The electrical system in this country is in worse shape than the road system...and don't even get me STARTED on the air control system. I have lived in Minnesota for five years, more or less, and one thing I can say about it is that Minnesotans are rather anal about almost anything they do. I would be very surprised if anything was stinted on this bridge, especially inspections and repair.

The bigger problem is infrastructure, and that problem can be directly traced to Congress. We spend less on infrastructure than Congress scams on pork and earmarks every year. Bridge repair can always be put off, because no one expects any particular bridge to fail tomorrow, or even next year, so why not put off spending the money for later?

If you think this is bad, wait until we have another blackout. The electrical system in this country is in worse shape than the road system…and don’t even get me STARTED on the air control system.

]]> By: NC Cop http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2007/08/04/more-on-the-democrats-politicizing-of-the-minnesota-bridge-collapse/comment-page-1/#comment-715344 NC Cop Sun, 05 Aug 2007 13:39:34 +0000 http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2007/08/04/more-on-the-democrats-politicizing-of-the-minnesota-bridge-collapse/#comment-715344 I thought I had read that the bridge was declared deficient in 1990. How strange that 8 years under the Clinton administration didn't help fix it, but I guess we don't want to talk about that. I thought I had read that the bridge was declared deficient in 1990. How strange that 8 years under the Clinton administration didn’t help fix it, but I guess we don’t want to talk about that.

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