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  • Original 9/11 thread

    09/11/2007 12:57:30 PM PDT · by Iron Eagle · 24 replies · 1,066+ views
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    Sorry for this vanity -- but each year the original thread was bumped for reading on the anniversary. It is painful, gut-wrenching, and disturbing. But it is a real reminder of what happened to us that day. I did not see it bumped -- and I am guessing it might no loger exist with the passing of 5 years
  • How to Unite Congress: Spend Billions on Projects for Roads

    03/11/2005 3:33:18 AM PST · by bd476 · 9 replies · 326+ views
    New York Times ^ | March 11, 2005 | Carl Hulse
    ASHINGTON, March 10 - The usually fractious members of the House of Representatives on Thursday found something they nearly all shared: an appetite for millions of dollars for home-state road, bridge and transit projects. On a vote of 417 to 9, House members approved a $284 billion, six-year measure that would pay for transportation upgrades around the nation, including more than 4,000 projects sought by individual lawmakers at a cost of more than $12 billion. The measure, which stalled last year in a dispute with the White House over spending levels, stands a much better chance of becoming law this...