To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
And now, they are going to all get fat.
2 posted on
12/27/2011 1:45:52 PM PST by
trumandogz
(If Rick Perry cannot secure his name on the Va. ballot, how could he be trusted to secure America?)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Interesting......I wonder if “slums” in Columbia are similar to US slums where this wonderful community addition will be trashed in a matter of weeks or the local gangs will take control and start charging a fee to use it
Time will tell.....
4 posted on
12/27/2011 1:48:30 PM PST by
Popman
(Obama is God's curse upon the land....)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Now they need a high speed train and broad band cable.
5 posted on
12/27/2011 1:48:30 PM PST by
Baynative
(The penalty for not participating in politics is you will be governed by your inferiors.)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
If it breaks down or the power goes off, all those people will be stranded.
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
MEDELLIN
7 posted on
12/27/2011 1:50:13 PM PST by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Who needs a giant outdoor escalator when you have marching powder?
8 posted on
12/27/2011 1:53:28 PM PST by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Thank GOD there aren’t many Civil Liability attorney’s in Columbia. Can you just imagine the field day they would have with something like this?
9 posted on
12/27/2011 1:53:44 PM PST by
tcrlaf
(Election 2012: THE RAPTURE OF THE DEMOCRATS)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Now, how many millions of Reals or whatever did that cost? And, what is the benefit as well as the potential unintended consequence? Feel good gestures, expensive ones, always have unintended consequences.
Somebody’s going to get killed on it, for one, caught in the treads. For two, it encourages sloth and dependency. Three, it’s going to encourage further slum development as a result, and drive up the price of living nearby. Four, somebody’s going to have to maintain that thing, and it will be expensive.
Deploy an army of volunteers, require the slum dwellers to participate, encourage donated materials and bulk purchasing, and actually improve their lot by making their dwellings better and safer. Literacy volunteers, too, teach them to read and teach them basic life skills so those with the will to do so can advance out of this.
But an escalator? Huh? Somebody in government got a cut of this or owns the escalator company.
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
I guess it is rain proof.
12 posted on
12/27/2011 1:56:33 PM PST by
razorback-bert
(Some days it's not worth chewing through the straps.)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
I am unable to come up with any type of cynical comment about this. Looks like a fine idea.
15 posted on
12/27/2011 2:01:04 PM PST by
Jay Santos CP
("Idiocracy"... It's no longer just a movie.)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
"mayor of Medellin said is the first massive, outdoor public escalator for use by residents of a poor area."
Wrong
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Light-rail for pedestrians!
19 posted on
12/27/2011 2:38:53 PM PST by
BfloGuy
(The final outcome of the credit expansion is general impoverishment.)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
For $6.7M, why not just rebuild the slum at the base?
21 posted on
12/27/2011 3:12:46 PM PST by
NonValueAdded
("At a time like this, we can't afford the luxury of thinking!")
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
what's the over/under before it's broken???
22 posted on
12/27/2011 3:34:41 PM PST by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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