[clee1]

A "tenderloin" cut of pork.

WTF are we (Federal taxpayers) paying for this grandiose, unnecessary project?

[IronMan04]

Alaska residents can thank Rep. Don Young, who just brought home $941 million worth of bacon.

No mention of Rep. Young's Party affiliation?

[kenth]

I would have thought that Salon would be happy for the bears. They don't have to swim or wait for flights any more.

[Wolverine]

Rep. Don Young, who just brought home $941 million worth of bacon.

....home to fewer than 50 people, has no stores, no restaurants and no paved roads.

 

Shame...in light of two major natural disasters, others could really use this money!

[xJones]

The 20-mile-long island, home to fewer than 50 people, has no stores, no restaurants and no paved roads. An airport on the island hosts fewer than 10 commercial flights a day.

That must be the last remaining place in the U.S that the illegals haven't found.

[Ostlandr]

There's a movement afoot to have the pols take all the pork in the transportation bill and use it to fund hurricane relief.
Yeah, right- and Ted Kennedy is gonna stop drinking and praise Ronald Reagan.

Ferengi Rule of Acquisition #1- "Once you have their money, never give it back."

[Nalu]

It would be cheaper to buy them Mansions in Beverly Hills than build that bridge.

[akdonn]

This is a story by somebody having an axe to grind; it repeats itself (Population 8,000) and tries to be cute with calling Ketchikan a "megalopolois" (OXFORD DICTIONARY: Urban area of great extent).

Alaskan Response: TS

[Bernard]

An airport on the island hosts fewer than 10 commercial flights a day

That's interesting - is that the same as zero? If so, why didn't the article say Zero?

Less than 50 people population on the island, and yet there is commercial air traffic to and from the island. What's the rest of the story?

[Hank Rearden]

Thanks, Republicans!

So, how's that "limited government" thingie you've been promising us for decades coming along . . . . hmmmmmm?

GOP '08: "We promise we won't piss away another 14 years. Really. Trust us!"

[Paul C. Jesup]

This story get posted here once every two months and I am getting tried of it's hateful preaching. What the story sums up is that liberals are against any taxpayer funded projects that helps rural areas/small towns. Liberals believe that only major urbans areas should recieve taxpayer funds.

This isn't a welfare project, it is a bridge that will connect a town to it's airport, thus bring in and create more business for that town.

In other words, this project will pay for itself in new tax revenue within ten to fifthteen years.

It's not a wasteful welfare/pork check, it's an investment.

[SolidRedState]

In today's dollars, what do you suppose the cost to build the transcontinental railroad? Talk about a bridge to nowhere.

What was the cost of building public utilities (phone, electricity, etc.) to sparsely populated rural areas?

Why should Alaskans be denied benefits of infrastructure building to aid their economy and living conditions?

Sounds like sour grapes by someone who wished they had gotten that "pork" instead.

[bmwcyle]

[ozzymandus]

Almost a billion taxpayer bucks. Jeeze.