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Breaking: Bridge Collapse in Minneapolis
KSTP TV 5/ME | 8/1/07 | Me

Posted on 08/01/2007 4:28:27 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo

Just turned on the news. 35W bridge collapsed in the Mississippi River. Cars, trucks, semis.....

Fires burning, tanker trucks, at least one school bus, more than ten cars......

Just now breaking.......


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: 35w; breaking; bridge; bridgecollapse; bridges; btld; collapse; corrosion; engineering; infrastructure; jihad; minneapolis; mosques; mothman; prayerforminnesotans; rust; slownewsday; terroristattack; transportation; twincitiescell
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To: Lizarde

Oh goody.


2,161 posted on 08/02/2007 12:18:24 PM PDT by Shelayne (I will continue to pray for President Bush and my country, as I am commanded to do by my Lord.)
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To: Palladin
"When I think of the hundreds of bridges built like this in the sixties and seventies, possibly with poor design and substandard materials, by unions rife with corruption and fraud..."

There was an anecdote about an astronaut back in the '60s being asked by a reporter what his thoughts were just before lift-off. Supposedly he replied (don't know if this is apocryphal or real anecdote): "Millions of parts proved by the LOWEST BIDDER"

From now on, every time I cross a bridge I'll be thinking "this structure may have been built by corrupt unions protected by Demagogues."

Since the left already wants to politicize this tragedy, let's ask why Minn. as one of the 3-4 most liberal states, dominated by the Demagogues for 40+ years, preferred a pricey light rail boondoggle over upgrading this bridge and other infrastructure??? It's always sexier for politicians to go for fancy new projects instead of routine but crucial maintenance of existing infrastructure. Both parties are liable to this failing, but the Demagogues are usually much worse, and only the Demagogues love to rush to politicize tragedies even when THEY are likely to be more responsible (e.g., Katrina and local 'RATs who failed for decades to prepare for major hurricanes, etc.).
2,162 posted on 08/02/2007 12:21:06 PM PDT by Enchante (Reid and Pelosi Defeatocrats: Surrender Now - Peace for Our Time!!)
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To: Shelayne

did that guy just say the MN pol was in Bejing?

good grief.


2,163 posted on 08/02/2007 12:22:02 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: Eva
Preferably, George Bush.

What does he have to do with the bridge collapsing?

2,164 posted on 08/02/2007 12:23:24 PM PDT by Shelayne (I will continue to pray for President Bush and my country, as I am commanded to do by my Lord.)
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To: Spktyr

I don’t know....that sure looks like the rear of a Jaguar Vanden Plus (XJ). ;^)


2,165 posted on 08/02/2007 12:25:35 PM PDT by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
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To: BurbankKarl
"60% of the funding came from the Federal government under mass transit grants"

That means 40% of the funding came from state/local sources? That's one heck of a lot of money that could have gone to other uses..... and even federal funding only goes to "mass transit" because enough people in Congress choose that appropriation over other possible uses of the funds, so the comparison between bridge/infrastructure maintenance and the light rail spending is still relevant. The Demagogues always want to deny any responsbility for THEIR political and budgetary choices while ranting and demagoguing against Republicans. As in the countless billions of local, state, and federal monies that the Demagogues never spent to prepare for an event like Hurricane Katrina.
2,166 posted on 08/02/2007 12:25:38 PM PDT by Enchante (Reid and Pelosi Defeatocrats: Surrender Now - Peace for Our Time!!)
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To: Enchante

That bridge wasnt on a list to be upgraded anyway. Airport money isnt going to go for a bridge.


2,167 posted on 08/02/2007 12:26:49 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: BurbankKarl

The gov and lt gov have taken several trips overseas exploring commerce opportunities. Not a strange thing around here.


2,168 posted on 08/02/2007 12:27:08 PM PDT by Abigail Adams
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I am giving up on listening to the “News Conferences” by the experts.

They have become total C Y A!!


2,169 posted on 08/02/2007 12:27:16 PM PDT by acoulterfan
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To: DCPatriot

Jaguars don’t have full width taillights, nor do they impinge upon the trunk.

You’re looking at a Lincoln Continental.


2,170 posted on 08/02/2007 12:28:07 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Abigail Adams

They are lining up contractors to build a new bridge...with lead paint!


2,171 posted on 08/02/2007 12:28:15 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: acoulterfan

I am afraid that you are correct.....


2,172 posted on 08/02/2007 12:28:28 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Tracking The "Flyin' Imams" since 11/20/06)
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To: UCANSEE2

I realize that President Bush is truly walking the walk now. He is not making a show of his faith in public, but quietly, as Christ told us to to do, keeping our goof works secret.

Thank you for posting this. I truly didn’t know.


2,173 posted on 08/02/2007 12:29:06 PM PDT by jacquej
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

77,000 bridges of this design in the U.S.!


2,174 posted on 08/02/2007 12:29:09 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: BurbankKarl

LOL! And with melamine just to make it stronger.


2,175 posted on 08/02/2007 12:31:11 PM PDT by Abigail Adams
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To: DCPatriot
Sorry, not a Continental, but a Buick, probably a late model Regal like this one:


2,176 posted on 08/02/2007 12:33:16 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: acoulterfan

I don’t know why people keep saying CYA is going on. We are very straight-forward around here. Just because people would be CYA somewhere else, or in other circumstances, doesn’t mean it’s happening here. I think everyone involved is doing their honest best to give information to reporters in a timely and accurate manner. That’s how we do things around here. It shows in how people responded when it happened. You didn’t have people running around histerically in helplessness. People calmly assessed what happened and jumped in to help others get out of harm’s way.


2,177 posted on 08/02/2007 12:34:34 PM PDT by Abigail Adams
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To: BurbankKarl

I don’t know, I didn’t catch that.

Which MN pol?


2,178 posted on 08/02/2007 12:38:17 PM PDT by Shelayne (I will continue to pray for President Bush and my country, as I am commanded to do by my Lord.)
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To: Spktyr

ROFL! I’ve been frantically looking too!


2,179 posted on 08/02/2007 12:39:21 PM PDT by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
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To: Abigail Adams

Expert saying that engineers did not consider fatigue to be an issue with bridges before the late 1960s. They were obviously wrong. Truckloads over time contributes, and temps may be an issue over time as well.


2,180 posted on 08/02/2007 12:39:26 PM PDT by Abigail Adams
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