[Roccus]

Everywhere the state builders, the government growers have built buildings, roads, bridges, social programs that we can not maintain.

Remember all the "Homeland Security" bucks that were being passed out a while back? A wholebunchalotta counties and municipalities here in WV just had to have big, expensive Haz-Mat rigs............then came the bills for maintenance.....

[WVKayaker]

One of our local VFD's bought a new "crash truck" for $400,000. West Virginia is his bond money for purchases such as this, and the County repays it out of property taxes. They already had two crash trucks, and a dozen other assorted fire and emergency vehicles.

I was curious when it was described to me as being one of a kind, and they had designed it to their specifications. It seems that what it unique is their front bumper was extended to make a toolbox to keep their hydraulics and other stuff.

The guy just looked at me kind of funny when I asked what they expect to happen if the truckers off the road, down the side of one of our steep hills, and plows into a tree headlong?Hmmmmmmmmmmm!

My road is graveled. It is wretched when it snows or ices up, but that gravel gives a certain amount of grip on the steep hill where I live. Except during the 3 foot snow in February, my Windstar van was just as useful as my four-wheel-drive explorer. when it's that deep, you sit in the house by a fire, and watch the idiots drive by with their lifted redneck limousines.

[wjcsux]

Remember all the "Homeland Security" bucks that were being passed out a while back? A wholebunchalotta counties and municipalities here in WV just had to have big, expensive Haz-Mat rigs............then came the bills for maintenance.....
The Sheets Byrd Memorial Hazmat truck?