Bridge Disaster Waiting To Happen Near You? Very Likely

I had absolutely no idea of what Patty Murray D-WA of the rain soaked, bog brained Pacific Northwest actually did until the recent and tragic bridge collapse. Today we heard from her, It turns out that she leads the Senate panel which controls transportation spending. Murray states that her hands have been tied. She bemoans the fact that the Bush administration has threatened vetoes when her committee mentioned raising such spending. So, now we know what she does, nothing when faced with a potential no. White House spokesman Charlie McCarthy, refused to address the matter more than to say that it was just partisan propaganda from the Democrats.

Take this propaganda Bushie. The headline story today said that 70,000 plus bridge disasters are just waiting to happen. Far from hyperbole, these are but the bridges similar to the one in Minnesota, some built as late as 1999. Engineers say it would take at least 20 years and 188 billion to fix them. That seems like a lot of money until you consider that the running total for the war in Iraq moves to quickly to jot down, a few minutes ago it was flying by in the neighborhood of $448,869,680,800, but judging by the blur as the numbers whizzed past, I’d guess it’s up to $500 billion by now and moving, five minutes later.

Family values folks should avert their eyes, for surely this is obscene in a country where education, healthcare, homelessness, and even bridges could be addressed with the amount of money this will ultimately cost us, and I’m not factoring in loss of life, perhaps the largest obscenity of all. Oh, and as for Patty, you should have seen who ran against her. Read rest of story here                         AP The News Tribune.com 8/3/07