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Bad Portents for Biden
American Greatness ^ | 29 Jan 2022 | Roger Kimball

Posted on 01/30/2022 6:18:06 AM PST by Rummyfan

I thought of that episode the other day when I read of the dramatic collapse of a bridge in Pittsburgh just before Joe Biden was due to arrive to rally his troops for a further assault on American independence and prosperity.

That wasn’t how the agenda was described, of course. No, it was supposed to be the “unofficial launch of a new strategy the President devised to shore up his political fortunes by changing how he spends his time.”

In particular, we are told, Biden will be spending less time wrangling with Senators Kyrsten Sinema (D- Ariz.) and Joe Manchin (D- W.Va.) over why they refuse to rubber-stamp his agenda and more time “jetting to places where he can highlight his achievements to ordinary Americans.” I do like to think about what “highlighting his achievements” might mean. I think this is where logicians start talking about “null sets.” Bridge collapse or no bridge collapse, however, I don’t think that was meant ironically. To quote Donald Trump, “Sad!”

But this just underscores the uncomfortable possibility that, when it comes to Joe Biden, the signs and portents are addressed as much to us as to him.

Biden talks about infrastructure. We’re the ones that have to drive over the crumbling bridges.

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Democrats have been talking about — and spending hundreds of billions — on “infrastructure” for decades, but somehow the bridges keep crumbling.
1 posted on 01/30/2022 6:18:06 AM PST by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan
Pittsburgh bridge's 2016 infrastructure funding reportedly diverted to bike lanes and green energy programs
2 posted on 01/30/2022 6:19:18 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Suppo)
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To: Rummyfan

Zackly.


3 posted on 01/30/2022 6:20:54 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Rummyfan

Biden’s legacy is that California teacher taping a mask on that child.


4 posted on 01/30/2022 6:23:58 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Rummyfan

Now it’s to be speed cameras and Chinese made surveillance.


5 posted on 01/30/2022 6:25:42 AM PST by Track9 (Agamemnon came home to a HRC type party. )
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To: Rummyfan
but somehow the bridges keep crumbling.

And the timing of this crumbling bridge was impeccable.

6 posted on 01/30/2022 6:30:43 AM PST by DaBroasta
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To: Rummyfan
But both of those bicyclists are really enjoying the new lanes on Forbes Avenue that those repair funds were diverted to.
7 posted on 01/30/2022 6:34:07 AM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Rummyfan

Ha! Same story over and over, money spent on pretty things like bike lanes.


8 posted on 01/30/2022 6:40:19 AM PST by Rusty0604 (" When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." -Ronald Reagan)
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To: Rummyfan

Who needs portend when the night and day difference is crystal. Compare Trump in Texas last night to brandon on his best day,
duhhh


9 posted on 01/30/2022 6:41:35 AM PST by Recompennation (Don’t blame me my vote didn’t count)
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To: DaBroasta

If only they had been crossing the bridge enroute to his function.


10 posted on 01/30/2022 6:41:59 AM PST by Rusty0604 (" When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." -Ronald Reagan)
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To: DaBroasta

unofficial launch of a new strategy the President devised , Please, this is all devised by his handlers AND Trump needs to focus on the country’s malaise is due to democrat rule not Biden...


11 posted on 01/30/2022 6:42:58 AM PST by Hot Rod Garage (Shark)
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To: Rummyfan

DON'T CROSS BRIDGES

DON'T WALK UNDER LADDERS

DON'T BREAK MIRRORS

IF YOUR THREE YEAR OLD TAKES OFF HIS MASK, SPANK UNTIL PURPLE

BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH! (And of November 8th)

12 posted on 01/30/2022 6:50:51 AM PST by GaltAdonis (As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide. Abe Lincoln)
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To: Rusty0604

Or under.


13 posted on 01/30/2022 6:54:03 AM PST by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.p)
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"...Or under...."

If an 850 ton bridge falls on you, it will only hurt for a split-second.
So no big deal.

14 posted on 01/30/2022 7:23:21 AM PST by GaltAdonis (As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide. Abe Lincoln)
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To: Gaffer

We had a Pennsylvania school teacher do that at a school just down the road from me.


15 posted on 01/30/2022 7:30:36 AM PST by Tallguy
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If only they had been crossing the bridge enroute to his function.

First Epstein, now this--these politically expedient 'coincidences' hearken back to the Klinton-era.

16 posted on 01/30/2022 7:36:22 AM PST by DaBroasta
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