Holy Schtuckee #4 – 35W Bridge Collapse – Daily Kos
Once again another braintrust for the left is filled with blame and just plain asshatery.
Remember this is the lefty blog that Demo…… (not tonight AAA)
Just read Daily Kos’ initial comments on the catastrophy.
 Unfortunately, more of these kinds of things will (9+ / 0-)
continue to happen as all our monies have gone to the war effort; leaving nothing to take care of infrastructure, and other issues at home.It will take years to catch up!!!
by Phil S 33 on Wed Aug 01, 2007 at 06:11:44 PM PDT
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Frog march Rove out of the WH! (0 / 0)
FREE TRADE ISN’T FREE!by Intercaust on Wed Aug 01, 2007 at 06:14:05 PM PDT
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But look what happened in Boston… (2+ / 0-)
They spent something like 14 billion dollars on their tunnels and within a year or so the ceilings began coming loose and one massive section fell on a car and killed a woman.by Nimbus on Wed Aug 01, 2007 at 06:25:54 PM PDT
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Funny thing, tho (1+ / 0-)
that the exact same big, corporate, well-connected engineering and construction firms (such as Bechtel) that failed to build anything workable in Iraq, yet made billions in profits, were behind the screw-ups in the Big Dig.No way that is a mere coincidence.
by Tulkinghorn on Wed Aug 01, 2007 at 06:36:08 PM PDT
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Right – infrastructure (3+ / 0-)
That’s one of the non-sexy stories about what the Republican-dominated 109th Congress did to this country. Lots of pork and earmarks dished out to new construction, but not much to standard maintenance and repair.Our engineers have been warning us that this kind of incident is going to become more frequent. I sure hope not. And good luck to this poor city – they’re going to have a tough time.
Every day’s another chance to stick it to The Man. – dls.
by The Raven on Wed Aug 01, 2007 at 06:31:29 PM PDT
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Once again, there were construction crews on the bridge at the time the bridge collapsed, so even trying to say the bridge was being ignored is just plain … well…. pretty fracking stupid.
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It’s a little quick—and facile—to blame Republicans for this, though their connection to big contractors is well-documented. Of course, if you’re going on Daily Kos for that site’s take on it, you’re likely going to find comments like those above. It is a left-leaning political blog, after all.
It’s looking more like an engineering/structural failure that everyone has to take some of the blame on. To paraphrase from the movie “Full Metal Jacket”:
“It’s one big schtuckee sandwich, and we’re all gonna have to take a bite.”
I live in West Texas—Odessa, specifically—and a few years back about 90-some-odd miles west of here on I-20—near the booming metropolis of Toyah—a shallow bridge washed out and disrupted the Interstate for several months. Like a lot of interstate highways, I-20 is a major transnational route, so it was an inconvenience, to say the least.
Now that the rescue efforts are over – And from what I see we have some of the best in the business – the political games can begin.
If we want to play politics there is plenty of blame to go around.
Anyone who has spent the past few years focusing on trains and not roads.
Anyone who supported that stupid amendment to dedicate a minimum of 40% for train and buses and cap the amount we spent on roads.
How much money did Mpls, St. Paul and their friend spend examining that stupid idea of a train across town?
To put it bluntly, both Republicans and DFL need to stop playing games with trains and fix the d#$n roads.
It was sick hearing the DFL talking points, but mark my words – we will get an endless parade of both Republicans and Dems promising to spend money on “transportation” for Minnesota.
Six months from now we will find out that most of it will be for trains, buses, bikes, segways, rickshaws, etc.. and very little for roads.