Minn. bridge problems uncovered in 1990 (warned as early as 1990, bridge "structurally deficient")

AP on Yahoo ^ | 8/2/07 | Sharon Cohen and Brian Bakst - ap

[Holicheese]

How did George Bush manage to get Bill Clinton not to give any money for this bridge to be repaired when he wasn’t even president yet?
He and Rove are amazing!

[NormsRevenge]

Prayers of comfort and strength go out to those who lost family members and those who also await news of those unaccounted for or listed as missing.

[LdSentinal]

Built poorly by lazy union members.

[NormsRevenge]

Good question.

I was just gonna post the link to this thread on the

Jack Cafferty Just Blamed Bush For Minn Bridge Colapse
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875475/posts

[WBL 1952]

But Minnesota has the money to build a stadium for a billionaire - Carl Pohlad.

I hope the wacko baseball fans enjoy their stadium with our money that could have been used for infrastructure.

They all need to get a life instead of watching overpaid men that play children’s games very well for a billionaire owner.

[samm1148]

Here come the ‘experts’ out of the woodwork: “I knew this bridge was unsafe as far back as thirty years ago!”

[Perdogg]

I guess Bush will be blamed for this one too.

[Secret Agent Man]

The moral of this story is:

It takes a lot of finger pointing before someone’s ass gets handed to them. Musical chairs anyone.....?

[Ingtar]

They keep using those words. I do not think they mean what they think they do.

[TaMoDee]

Real reason is probably 40 years of NaCl on the roadway to control ice and snow. Corrision of steel to steel connections IMO will be the majority reason for the failure.

[Perdogg]

I have been told not to drive on a particular bridge in Washington DC.

[alfie]

wonder if they have used the quote, “good enough for government work” before.

[ErieGeno]

It is interesting that the Romans built bridges that have lasted for 1500 years, with technology that was considered antiquated, BUT the high-tech geniuses that are being produced in today’s colleges can only design a bridge that will last for 40 years!!!!

[Buddy B]

Prove your posted “Statement”.

[pnh102]

So it is George H. W. Bush’s fault?

[LdSentinal]

Throwing out a retort to the 'blame Bush' crowd.

Time to fire back.

[F-117A]

From what I've read. The bridge was a non-redundant design. Basically if a part failed there was no backup. The Silver Bridge over the Ohio river that collapsed in 1967 was also non-redundant.

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[boop]

I hate how this is shaping up. When was the last time a bridge collapsed killing a lot of people? I can’t remember, but I sure as hell don’t remember even thinking to blame the president, whoever it was. I just don’t understand why leftists aren’t laughed at 24/7 for blaming republicans everytime something bad happens.

[Westlander]

‘last for 40 years’

NOT the Mackinac!