Quote:
|
Originally Posted by ratbastid
Not to get political on this... but this highlights JUST how horribly off-base our government's priorities are.
The State of MN released their report on all the bridges in the state today. There are literally DOZENS that are in as bad shape as the 35W-Mississippi bridge was. That bridge got a score of 50 on its last inspection--there are several bridges just in Hennepin County (where the Twin Cities are) labeled "functionally obsolete" with scores of 3! And we're spending trillions on this Iraq cowboy bullshit while our people are dying because our infrastructure is literally collapsing underneath them.
MAYBE this will be what enrages us enough to actually do something? Maybe? Or maybe we'll watch it all unfold from our air conditioned couches on CNN instead...
|
Many of the local bridges here in NYC get poor ratings from time to time. They are currently renovating the Manhattan Bridge, after finishing the Williamsburg bridge a number of years ago.
It's important to pay attention to the infrastructure and its' needs and not politic and nickel and dime them.
Our 3rd water tunnel is almost complete, it was started in the 1970s.
You can't pin this kind of stuff on the presidency. It's up to the local governments to take action.
__________________
I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not.
|