Rendell Apologizes For Interstate 78 Fiasco

CBS 3 PHILADELPHIA ^ | 17 FEBRUARY 2007 | AP

[hsmomx3]

A little late, Eddie. At least he can be chauffered in a plane.

[roses of sharon]

Where is all his national bad press? Local bad press? Celebrities stating he hates black people? White people? Truckers?

[cripplecreek]

Rendell announced an investigation into what went wrong,

T minus 24 hours till Bush gets blamed.

[mpreston]

This is what happens when people rely too much on government. Nanny state can't take care of you all the time. A little ice and snow and the state is apologizing. Geesh. Then they wonder why taxes are so high. Connect the dots idiots.

[Ken522]

Does anyone know how to post an image of a map of the affected area? Thank you.

[Spok]

In this case, the state might have done a better job mitigating the effects of this snow storm, but there's a trend in the public perception of holding government responsible for natural events. It all seemed to have started a few years back with the heat wave in Chicago that killed 50 people, and more recently with the hurricanes Katrina and Rita. This perception reinforces the notion of an infinitely capable caretaker government with infinite resources, if only it was more competently run. More fodder for the concept of the nanny state.

[JOHANNES801]

The worst part of this mess was that only minorities were stranded out there for hours.

[Moonman62]

This will give him an excuse to raise taxes.

[Tribune7]

Calling the situation "totally unacceptable," Rendell

Thanks Eddie. That makes it OK.

[centurion316]

When Democrats go bad...

The good people of Pennsylvania are getting what they paid for.

[Tribune7]

What happens when you pick your highway managers on the basis of the political support they give you.

[NonValueAdded]

I am amazed that FEMA has not been blamed and there is no mention of George's Fault. So ... if such a large area of weather disaster is the state's problem in Penn., why wouldn't the same apply to Louisiana?

[chiefqc]

Fast eddie never needs an excuse to raise taxes, he just does it and dances later.

[JOHANNES801]

What they are not reporting is the fact that Fast Eddie stop the use of private contractors and layed off 25% of the Penn dot workers some months ago.It was to save money to be used on other social programs.He gambled and lost.

[Popman]

The worst part of this mess was that only minorities were stranded out there for hours.

...don't forget the women and chilrun

[MissEdie]

Where was Sean Penn in his SUV trying to rescue people?

[Rakkasan1]

they got it all backwards. should have closed the freeway entrances and opened the freeway exits.

[hgro]

A typical dim response to a crisis.

[Roccus]

"Where was Sean Penn in his SUV trying to rescue people?"

He couldn't get it started. Nobody put the plugs in.