Wow.

[Tex]

There are dead people still in the water.

It took less than a day for the disastrous bridge collapse in Minneapolis to turn into a political uproar on Capitol Hill.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0807/5228.html

[MikeWaters]

Tex, something like 25% of bridges have been deemed as substandard and needing repairs.

It really is a scandal.

[Tex]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Tex, something like 25% of bridges have been deemed as substandard and needing repairs.

It really is a scandal.

There are still dead people in the water. Do we really need to be flexing our political hate muscles at this juncture?

Despicable.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by Tex

There are still dead people in the water. Do we really need to be flexing our political hate muscles at this juncture?

Despicable.

it's best to instigate change while people still care about the issue.

[Tex]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

it's best to instigate change while people still care about the issue.

Then instigate change. There's no need to play the blame game here.

Frankly, I'm not too surprised that you see nothing wrong with this.

[BYU71]

Originally Posted by Tex

There are dead people still in the water.



http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0807/5228.html

I don't know how we stop it. It's not like one political party does it and the other doesn't. Shame on both parties and probably is a reason the congress's approval rating is so low. These guys and gals are shameless. Somehow they think their low rating isn't about them, but the ignorance of the American People.

I think the republicans are a little less likely to act in this manner now because some of the real jerks like Delay have been ousted.

[Tex]

And more:

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat, suggested Bush administration spending on the Iraq war may have crimped funding for domestic projects such as road and bridge construction, and for such infrastructure projects as new levees for New Orleans.

"We've spent $500 billion (250 billion pounds) in Iraq and we have bridges falling down in this country," Klobuchar told MSNBC. "I see a connection between messed-up priorities."

It's never too late for a Minnesota Democrat to use a few dead constituents to score some political points. Absolutely disgusting.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/UKNews...27346420070803

[SeattleUte]

Had somebody said a week ago that they were blowing the whistle on an unsafe bridge over the Mississippi in Minneapolis you just know Texy would have said that's despicable, there are no unsafe bridges in America.