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Rural Michigan counties turn failing roads to gravel
Chicago Tribune ^
| June 12, 2009
| Tim Martin
Posted on 06/13/2009 12:18:43 PM PDT by magellan
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I guess these new and improved gravel roads will lead to the new and improved bulldozed cities.
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posted on
06/13/2009 12:18:44 PM PDT
by
magellan
To: magellan
They just turned the state “kinda” highway next to my property from paved to gravel - thank you Oklahoma.
To: magellan
Gravel Roads may be cheaper, but they are sometimes less safe.
Easier to get cracks in your windshields as well, and even a small crack can become a bigger problem once a Michigan winter rolls around.
Not to mention, they make your car all dusty/dirty.
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posted on
06/13/2009 12:24:03 PM PDT
by
RatsDawg
To: magellan
We’re soon gonna be sorry all those buggy whip manufacturers went out of business.
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posted on
06/13/2009 12:24:11 PM PDT
by
skeeter
To: magellan
Even in third world countries they are paving roads, as it is a sign of progress. The rats are willing to mismanage everything to a point that the US becomes a banana republic. Disgusting.
To: magellan
Does anyone else see this as a sign that the standard of living here in this country is trying to be lowered?
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posted on
06/13/2009 12:25:19 PM PDT
by
GOPsterinMA
(Where can I take 'Austrian' lessons?)
To: magellan
I read Atlas Shrugged. This is going backwards. Just like in the book.
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posted on
06/13/2009 12:25:49 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com <----go there now,----> tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
To: magellan
Another good reason for roads to be privatized, not government control.
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posted on
06/13/2009 12:26:25 PM PDT
by
In veno, veritas
(Please identify my Ad Hominem attacks. I should be debating ideas.)
To: magellan
Comrade, in the People's Land of Hope and Change, roads paved with gravel! Can you believe???
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posted on
06/13/2009 12:26:31 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: magellan; All
If they’d get all the wealth-redistribution schemes and the high govt employee benefits out of their tax code and gubernut spending programs (in other words if they did first and most what the govt should do), there’s no doubt they could pave their rural roads, again.
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posted on
06/13/2009 12:26:39 PM PDT
by
Wuli
(u)
Is there even one aspect of what is going on today in this country that WAS NOT covered in Atlas Shrugged?
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posted on
06/13/2009 12:28:17 PM PDT
by
dsrtsage
(One half of all people have below average IQ...In the US the number is 54%)
To: ABQHispConservative
True. Of course we are using our dollars to gravel our roads while the third world countries use our billions to pave theirs.
We are becoming a giant sink hole thanks to our worthless leaders.
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posted on
06/13/2009 12:28:18 PM PDT
by
VicVega
(Join Jihad, get captured by the US and resettled in the best places in the world. I love the USA)
To: dsrtsage
Is there even one aspect of what is going on today in this country that WAS NOT covered in Atlas Shrugged? Hyper-inflation?
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posted on
06/13/2009 12:30:25 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 145 of our national holiday from reality.)
To: RatsDawg
Tough! all cost cutting measures are welcome. Otherwise you can start paying european style taxes.
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posted on
06/13/2009 12:32:22 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
To: ABQHispConservative
Third world countries don’t use union labor or
have gov-inspectors to buy off. They just get
things done and move on to the next 100 miles to
be paved. (Like we use to do.)
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posted on
06/13/2009 12:33:36 PM PDT
by
Cyber Ninja
(His legacy is a stain OnTheDress)
To: magellan
Another Indiana innovation has been the RETENTION of facilities with "dirt floors". They are easy to clean ~ just dig 'em up every now and then and haul the nasties away. Then recover it with clay.
Used to be three beer joints in Bloomington with dirt floors.
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posted on
06/13/2009 12:33:57 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: magellan
Guess those roads just aren’t shovel ready.
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posted on
06/13/2009 12:34:34 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: GOPsterinMA
Does anyone else see this as a sign that the standard of living here in this country is trying to be lowered?Yep.
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posted on
06/13/2009 12:35:05 PM PDT
by
fso301
To: magellan
Anything that makes it a little tougher for the city slickers to get to the good fishin’ holes is AOK with me.
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posted on
06/13/2009 12:36:01 PM PDT
by
The Duke
(I have met the enemy, and he is named 'Apathy'!)
To: mamelukesabre
Tough! all cost cutting measures are welcome. Otherwise you can start paying european style taxes.Ditto that!
Tough times call for tough measures!
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posted on
06/13/2009 12:36:04 PM PDT
by
SonOfDarkSkies
(Obama: "Enough about me, let's talk about you...what do you think of me?")
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