[Alia]

Selfish twit did this; utterly careless about anyone else's concerns. I heard the guy was demanding someone give him a job at $50K a year or he'd jump. Obviously a Kerry voter, doing an emotive plea in the campaign against "outsourcing". If this is indeed true -- what I've heard given as this man's reason for messing up thousands of people's life? I think Kerry campaign should hire him; certainly Dean could use him in his own personal campaign.

Of course, it is sad the man would even contemplate such selfishness -- the taking of his own life. Is he aware of how many people's lives he may have nearly taken in his selfish act? non.

Your photo reminds me of other times I've been trapped in such traffic -- and almost always due to some liberal nonsense, on the SF Bridge. Like "bicyclist" protests. blech.

[bootless]

Well, as of five minutes ago - after 12½ hours - the police negotiators talked the guy back onto the deck of the bridge, and he's on his way to the hospital for evaluation.

I'm glad they succeeded in that ... I can't imagine the effort and sweat these officers put into these very long negotiations. Is this story about him wanting a job the real reason why he did this?

BTW, some leftist was on Bernie the Hutt Ward's show tonight, lambasting the selfish drivers who HAD to guzzle gas in their cars, and if they had taken mass transit, they wouldn't have been inconvenienced by this suicide standoff. What self-superior, arrogant, soulless ideologues.

And yes, I took BART to the Giants game. I would have preferred to drive, but not tonight.