Not my words but damned salient:

I already said my piece about the decaying infrastructure in this country - the situation is way beyond critical. And nothing will be done about it, because building bridges and overpasses doesn't buy votes. Giving the money that should've have gone to that enterprise and was mandated by law for that enterprise to 'poor' people, after school programs and all the other feel good wastes of money those scum suckers in Washington can dream up, buys votes. By now, you've already heard that the collapsed bridge was deemed 'deficient' several years ago. And yet, it was not due for replacement until 2012 at the earliest. You should have also heard that there are at least 80,000 other bridges in the same, or worse, shape. But let's put that aside.

I am no expert on demolition or explosives but I have had experience in both. I can safely say with no doubt, that I could have brought that bridge down with two backpacks of the appropriate explosives. Next time you see a wide shot from the scene, look closely and you'll notice that there's a very heavily wooded area UNDER and adjacent to the support structure of that bridge. Perfect cover for two guys with backpacks. And, this is not unusual across the land. Do you realize that fifty 2-4 man teams spread out across the infrastructure could destroy enough bridges and tunnels to bring commerce to an immediate halt. Such an action would effectively shutdown every major freeway and railway in the United States. The damage would be so wide spread that crops, meat, health products and all the things you take for granted would be nearly impossible to deliver.

Meanwhile, Congress is concerned about wiretaps. cameras, Miranda rights, freedom of information, 'comprehensive' immigration and the like. Do you see where I'm going with this? While those idiots in DC are arguing about the trappings and the trivial - this nation is so vulnerable that it boggles the mind. You may say that they're all the same, and you'd be almost right. But there is absolutely no doubt that the Democrats will do nothing about anything of substance as regards YOUR security. The Republicans at least go through the motions.

Listen to me very carefully. Republicans brought this nation out of WWII and built all the infrastructure you take for granted. They also established all the intelligence networks you count on for security. And yes, all that building and construction made corporations like Halliburton and Morrison Knudsen filthy rich. Then the Democrats took the reins in 1960, and not a godamnn dime has been spent on the infrastructure since AND they gutted and emasculated the entire intelligence network AND the military starting with the end of Vietnam. They spent all the money that should've gone into Social Security, infrastructure, intelligence, and the military on crap like after school programs and bi-lingual education. And if they win in 2008, they will continue that waste PLUS spend even more on national health care and the like. And they will raise your taxes to do so. That is the truth. There is no denying it. And do what you will with it.

But you think about THAT the next time you drive across a bridge.

"Then the Democrats took the reins in 1960, and not a godamnn dime has been spent on the infrastructure since"

odd, since i've personally witnessed many millions of godamnn dimes being spent to maintain the very very liberal democratic San Francisco Bay area bridges and highways since 1960.

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